The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-04-26
NEWS AND COMMENT.
What Is Bsln5 Done and aid Through
Ont the tate and Nation.
PUGlLIST CORDETTS GREAT TRIUMPH.
Washington worlds Fair building
shipped 10 frascc-Crcat Northern
s,rike-Prospecss Frightening for
Better Prices for Grain.

Robert Harris, formerly president and
atterly vice-president OF the N prthern
Pacific railroad, died Suddenly at Roches-
ter, N. Y, April 2ist, of capillary bron-
chitis. Mr.. Harris was "a years Of age.
He was president OF the road when North
Yakima was started and made brief
visit to this city in the fall Of 1885.
Sometime next month there will sail
from the Atlantic coast a schooner laden
with huge logs and timbsrs OF which the
Washington state building atthe Worlds
fair was constructed. Its destination will
be either Havre or Cherbourg. it being
the intention OF those who purchased The
building to set it up in France exactly as
it stood upon the Worlds iair grounds.
Last week Portland's water bonds, to
the amount OF half million OF dollars,
we're sold to Chicago and Boston CAPITAL
lists for premium OF nearly $4,000.
This is the highest price ever paid for
Portland securities and it is significant ia
the fact that money is plentiful in finan.
cial centers and that the holders are get
ting extremely anxious for investment
where they are assured against loss.
Enough damage has already been done
by drouth in California to make il GER
tainty that there will be short crop Of
grain, and il the rain does not put 10 an
appearance before long the crop will be
practically failure. In sympathy with
the reports from California the price OF
flour has been advanced 80 cents per bar
rel in Portland and the Sound cities, and
grain quotations have gone up with q
| rush. Present indications point to bet
ter prices for the Washington cereal pro-
ducers this year.
BY private letters from far away Cape
Town, South Aferica, it is learned that
the gold fields are overcrowded with men.
| Cape Town, which is an Quitting point,
has about forty Thousand inhabitants,
over half OF whom are either woody headed
native blacks or vampire-like petty
traders. The climate is a good training
school for those who may expect ticket
for the frying uRder world At 9 O'Clock
in the morning at Cape Town on March
8, 1894, the mercury was very nearly
ninety in the shade.
The Great Northern will open bids this
week for the construction of tunnel
under the city of Everett. II will be a
substantial piece of work 1000 feet in
length, so feet wide and 80 feet high. 1t
will require $500, 900 brick, 4,00l yards
of masonry and 100000 feet OF timber.
II permanent tiinbering is adopted the
timber will be of red fir, of quality APP
proved by the engineer in charge, sawed
to full dimensions, free from wind shakes,
loose or rotten knots or any other defects
impairing its strength and durability.
At Portland, on Saturday last, occurred
one of the most daring robberies in the
history OF the northwest. A man entered
the office OF the citytreasurer and. shoot
ing G. A. Malarkey, son Of the treasurer,
through the breast, rifled the vault of its
monied contents aud escaped. This was
| in the same building and within 100 feet
OF the sheriff's Office, and hundreds of
people were constantly coming and going.
The hanl made by the robber is estimated
at between 500 and $4,000. Young Ma
larkey will recover.
Ten years ago young bank clerk in
San Francisco declared his purpose Of
compelling the respect and admiration OF
his millionaire employer. Last week
they met as social equals-the young man
the honored guest OF his former employer.
The bank was the Nevada, the proud EN-
ployer vas John W. Mackay. and the
young man was james j. Corbett, the
champion OF the world. The bonanza
king gave farewell dinner to Corbett be-
fore he set sail for Europe, at which he
congratulated him upon his wonderful
success and gave him letters OF introduce
ton to notabilities abroad. Some very
remarkable things bob up in our civiliza-
| ton.
The strike on the Great Northern rail-
road has assumed gigantic proportions
and now includes the whole transconti-
mental system, traffic with the exception
Of United States mails being effectually
tied up by the men. The present move
ment was made against the advice and
commands of the various brotherhoods,
the men forming new union for the ex-
press purpose Of carrying out their inten-
tons. 1t is claimed that the strike was
instituted on account of the Great North
ern having lower scale OF wages than
any other of the transeontinental roads.
1t is difficult to foretell the result Of the
strike but it cannot but cause great injury
to business and suffering among those
who have voluntarily taken part or been
forced into It,.
IIOw's ThiSs
We offer 500 reward for any case Of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. +. ]. CHENEY & Co.,