The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-03-27


the result Of q blow Of the fist by Assist
ant Sergeant-at-Arms Ehman. Owing to
the lax methods Of conducting the bust
ness Of the house, Brown and others
were absent Tuesday and some disgusted
member asked for q call Of the house 10
teach the recreant ones . lesson. The
sergeant-at-arms was ordered TO arrest the
absent members and then and there WAs
q row which terminated In Brown being
Teprimanded. Smarting under this
stigma be went to Ehman and demanded
IS which the latter had borrowed. Ugly
words ensued and Ehman struck the
blow which will mar Browns beauty for
some time to come. The committee to
whom the matter was referred has recon-
mendsd the summary dismissal OF En-
man.
Harry Baer, Of Spokane Falls, who shot
and killed ''Big Mac McCrossen In jan
nary, has been indicted by the grand Jury
for murder in the second degree. Tie
murder occurred in front Of Dutch Jake's
saloon, which Is owned by Goets and
BaeF. AT the time the coroner's Jury rem
dered . verdict Of justihable homicide,
but citizens took the case up and the YER
dict was reOpened, with the result that
Baer was held 10 await the action Of the
grand jury. It Is possible the Indictment
for murder could have been secured but
for the peculiar Circumstance. When the
case came before the coroner the second
time, Attorney Graves was asked to draw
up the verdict Of the jury. Heidi 90 and
held him for murder in the second degree.
1t afterwards transpired that Graves was
Baer's attorney. The grand jury could
not 90 back Of the record.
The governor Il reported to contemplate
an extra session II the Legislature does not
pass such bills a. he considers necessary.
Just what those are be does not point out.
It would be impossible 10 hold the legisla-
ture together now. Some Of them will 20
home on Saturday, governor or no COVER.
nor. II an extra session be called II will
probably be for . month from now.
The lower house Of congress has passed
q bill cutting down the ices in this state
to be paid 10 register and receivers for en-
tries and final proofs. II will reduce the
price Of presumption entries from % TO
tl.5O. homesteads from ~ TO go in rail-
road limits and S16 to 81 outside, and
the price Of taking testimony from 22K
to Is cents per folio.
Rev. 1T. Eshelman exhortsd at Ellens-
burEh last Sunday. He struck asplendid
field, and quite q number Of hardened
sinners were gathered into the fold.
EllensburEh, strange a. It may seem, has
struck q moral vein, and among many
other wonderful things 125 conversions
have been made at the Methodist 70
vival.
A jail delivery occurred at EllensbuFgh
on the 18th inst, at which James Wash
ingtOn, a mulattO, indicted for the mur-
der Of . colored boy, and Frank Emel.
beck, held for the stabbing Of Frank
Fisher on the 18th Of December, made
their escape. A reward Of 700 IL offered
for the capture Of the missing men.
A Portland paper gets Of the following
on the Washington Legislature: Gan
Olympia liquor dealer advertised, the
other day, for 10000 whisky TASKS. Two
bright young urchins fuShed TO the back
windows Of the capitol building and filed
the order before shutdown that night.
Bismarck il evidently up in arms. He
has deposited all Of his stars, crosses and
medals in . bank, donned his frock coat
and retired from Berlin. His son, Count
Herbert Bismarck, has resigned the i'm
perial secretaryShip Of foreign Affairs.
The blockade on the Oregon 4 califor-
mia road has at last been raised. This
was probably the longest blockade that
ever happened to any American railroad.
and cost the company about . quarter d
. million Of dollars.
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down to inspect its depth. The well was
in a tolerabiy GOOD condition, hut 4 dead
Indian Was hoisted ont.