The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-10-15

The matter Of salaries Of the county
officers Il In considerable Of muddle.
The ofiicers have been drawing their sal
aries on the basis Of this being q county
Of the 22nd class, but the prosecuting
attorney held that Il was Of the z3rd
class, and Auditor Ellis insned the war
rants with that understanding. The
various officials refused 10 accept the cut,
and In order 10 settle the question applied'
10 Judge Bloomfield for Q mandamus TO
compel the auditor 10 issue their warrants
under the head Of the END class. This
was refused BY the judge, who held that,
IN the absence Of official returns Of the
census, the report Of . population Of ass,
on which the legislative superintendent
was made, should hold. The petitioners
ct the time had q telegram from superin-
tendent Porter putting the population Of
Yakima county ct 6e52, which would
place us In the 10th class; but this was
not allowed In evidence, a. Il was unofi-
cial. Porter's figures include the Indians
on the reservation, and Il IL . question Il
Trey VIII count in the classlhcation.
Should Yakima b placed In the 10Th
class the treasurers salary would be IN
creased to q $50 and that Of the other
OfficerSin proportion. According TO Judge
Bloom6eld's ruling the cut In salaries is
q follows; Auditortrom u AUTO y no.
= A.
sheriff N'4OO 70 $I,SOO' clerk tl'SOO 70
N'OOO' treasurer Sl'SOO 70 SSOO' prosecute
ing attorney 900 to 400, school suPerin-
tendent 500 TO $3.50. The ofhcers have
all refused 70 accept their salaries on this
basis, and the matter VIII probably be
carried 70 the supreme court Tor settle
ment. Treasurer Nevin IL quoted a. say
Ing that II the cut 10 maintained be will
resign, % he does not feel disposed 70
handle 30 much money and give . bond
Of $SO,OOO icr such . tfifiing compensation.
KKxNx CoMNe.-On next Monday even
ING Mr.. Thomas W. Keene. the eminent
traeediau, and his own superb company
will be the attraction at the opera house,
on which occasion Bulwer's great his
torical DRAMA Cardinal kicheiieu' Will
be presented. Eleven years service con-
stantly engaged In portraying the leading
characters In the shakespearean dramas
certainly gives MI. keene strong claim
to popularity and consideration and the
wide recognition BY the most eminent
American critics secures tor him Q place
in the dramatic history Of this country
among the most illustrious OF our tragic
actors. 1t Is years since he made his
debut % tragic actor In Richard III.
He, from tho night Of his debut, has Veri-
fed the most sanguine prophecies made
by his admirers. Hesecured public favor
at once. He has done % by hard work
and patient study. He has overcome the
natural opposition to all new opponents
Of classic roles, and the admirers Of his
originality and Vigor have swelled from
hundreds into the thousands In every city
IN ''''' OO
z WANT YAKIMA INDIANS m THE Amy
Col. Lee, OF the 10Th infantry stationed
In Arizona, spent several days on the
reservation last week in an endeavor TO
persuade some Of the Indians 70 enlist IN
the United States army. Two companies
In each regiment are to be skeletonized
and 6lled up with Indians, fourteen hun
dred OF whom will be required, and this