The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-20
LOCAL, STATE and GENERAL.
Interesting Items Of News from Home
and Abroad.
The Death OF . Prominent Yskim.
Indssn--Persenai and Psiisi.
cat Psinss-.Escs paae OF
HeedIum Bsys.

per hundred.
Samuel Storrow and w. T.. Thornton
left Monday for the Worlds fair and
other parts Of the east.
The second trial OF Rag Lewis and Nc
Carly. under the charge OF robbing the
Roslyn bank, is set for next Monday at
Ellensburgh.
During the three months that J. T.
Eshelman has been pastor of the First
Christian church, Of Tacoma, SO new
mem ers have been added.
II. J. snivels and T. F. Maher spent
several days in Tacoma this week at
tending the reception siven to Vice Pres.
ident Adlai Stevenson.
Mr. and Mrs. f. B. Kelly ass at present
in Dayton, Wash, arranging T. yiye n
series Of dramatic entertainments ,nder
the auspices OF the Knights OF Pythias.
Harry Coonse, late deputy county treas
urer, left Tuesday for Chicago to take in
the Worlds fair, He win visit his old
home in Indianapolis before returning.
Over 100000 pounds of wool have
been received at The Dalles up to date.
There is practically no market, dealers
refusing to make offers and 7@s cents are
the only figures mentioned.
The Worlds fair will hereafter be closed
on Sunday. The reason for this is that
the receipts were not up to expectations
and failed TO pay the additional expense
Of keeping open on that day.
Engineer G. r. Smith is still figuring
on building ditch from the headwaters
of the Big Klickitat to irrigate the Horse
Heaven country. He is now going over
the line of survey with two or three asso-
ciates.
p. b. Keaney, Of Tacoma, spent Friday
in the city visiting his democratic friends.
Mr.. Keaney was recently appointed in.
spector under Collector Saunders for the
Osoyoos lake district, along the border.
and was on his way there to enter upon
his duties.
Tom Martin, who has been in the EN-.
ploy Of the Palouse Irrigation Company.
in the survey corps, for some months.
spent couple Of DAYS in the city last
week, returning to work on Sunday. His
face WAS as red as a berry through expos
ure to sun and wind
1t is reported that the administration
will soon get around to the minor offices
of the state. The latest indications are
that ]. L. Banks will be appointed post
master at Ellensburgh, and A. L. Stem
mons, the attorney and stenographer, Of
the same place, leads all competitors for
the Office OF receiver OF the Yakima land
office.
Homash. prominent Yakima Indian,
living about ten or twelve miles from the
fort, was stricken with paralysis on the
9Th inst, and died on Sunday He was
about So years Of age, and leader among
the farming and better class OF Indians.
His funeral was conducted in style, de.
parting to the happy hunting grounds in
handsomely mounted casket.
1t is reported that two young boys
broke into the dwelling of John Martin
one day last week, and gathering IN lot
of provisions. left for Soda Springs in
company OF couple of chippies. Some
Of the kids of this town are liable to
get into exceedingly hot water If they
don't more carefully observe the rights
Of property, let liquor alone, and quit
their hoodlumism generally.
As indicating that the few thousand
dollars that the Yakima visitors spent in
Ellensburgh OH the Fourth OF July had
no permanent effect on the business Of
that place the Register says: THE most
remarkable thing abont the big celebra-
ton on the Fourth at Ellensburgh is
that it seems to have made no lasting
change IN the condition OF business. 1t
beat all how il does keep up"
Mrs. Alice Houghton is still in charge
OF the woman's department OF the Wash
ington exhibit at the Worlds fair, not
withstanding that Miss Mary Cochran. Of
Seattle, and Miss Ferndale, of Vancouver.
were sent on to supereede her. Mrs
Houghton appears to have the cinch on
the exhibit but it is only question OF
how long she can hold on without funds
for expenses which the Mesdames Griggs-
0wings faction refuse to give up.
The quarterly report Of the state treas
urer shows cash on hand to the amount
of *2zl .6sl %. distributed among the va
rious funds as follows: General fund,
s7.l7429; military, fund, s5,652.69; in.
terest fund, s5,7SO.73; permanent school
fund, sl3,877.l6; current school fund,
s42, 054.ss; deposits, tide lands and sur
veys, $9,32s.25; revolving fund, 81 $685.
"a; library fund, $S,404.l6; fish COM
mission, $6.6l2.70; gross earnings fund,
s1.740.42.
During the encampment of the Grand
Army, WomaR's Relief Corps and Sons OF
Veterans. 10 this city last month, one OF
the prominent representatives present OF
the latter organization was Ben Howe, OF
Spokane. He was handsome young
fellow Of 25 years, was captain Of the
Spokane company, and at the campfire at
the opera house, he responded, on behalf
OF the visiting Sons Of Veterans to the
address Of Captain Newman. He made
a splendid appearance, but like many
Others he has gone wrong aud word