The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-10-04
YAKIMA, THURSDAY, 4, 1894.

have been much greater as this crime has
been curse which has become very bur
densome to this community. Tie other
day drunken Indians rode their horses in
to DR.. Heg's buggy causing the doctor
and Nelson Rich 10 be thrown to the
ground and sustaining severe bruises; a
squaw was hacked nearly to death in
Lombard & Horsley's hop yard last week,
in drunken row besotted siwash held
up everyone travelling on one OF the
county roads, with big knife, Monday,
and rows and cutting scrapes apongst
themselves, due to this elicit liquor traffic,
are of frequent occurrence. On Tuesday
evening two women were chased by
drunken Indians near X. b. Mil-oy's res
idence and Mr.. Milroy's services were re-
quired before they were estopped. Two
other Indians got into a scrap at the
crossing Of Walnut street and the railroad
the same night and beat each other with
stones and slashed with knives until the
police interferred. There was a big
crowd Of Indians around them, most OF
whom were drunk. The respectable ele.
ment OF this community is upholding the
deputy marshals in their efforts to bring
the guilty sellers to justice.
On Monday Henry Drum appointed the
following executive committee OF the
state democratic committee to conduct
the state campaign: John Collins, King
county; Z. ]. Hill, Whatcom; Thomas
Maloney, Clallam NJ. Il. Holbrook, Lewis;
HIT. Jones, Spokane; John I. Kent, W1;aa-
Walla; Ii. j. Snively, Yakima. Officers
of the state central committee were made
members of the executive committee ex.
officio, and are as follows: Henry Drum,
chairman; Charles De France. secretary
A. V. Fawcett, treasurer. The commit
tee will meet in the democratic state CEN
trail committee rooms, Tacoma, at 2 p. M,
October 8, at which time all candidates
will be notified to be present.
r. L. French's dramatic ~ company
inflicted some very rotten work upon
small sized audiences at Mason's during
last week. There was nothing in any of
the three very, very old plays presented
to commend them to the listeners. The
specially work was somewhat above the
ordinary, and when that is said all is said.
The troupe is booked for st. Paul; but 1t
is dollars to doughnuts it never reaches
that city unless shoe leather and ties
suffer.
The Dayton band. engaged for the fair,
gave a very enjoyable concert to number
citizens of Yakima in the Commercial
club rooms on Thursday evening last.
Invitations to attend were issued by
members Of the local U. r. X. Of p. The
audience was not large, but the affair was
more than usually pleasurable.
Capt. Fred X. Reed and Lieuts. Scud-
der and Hiscock, Of troop G, First cav
airy battalion, were Tacoma visitors on
Monday to participate in the election OF
an adjutant general and brigadier gen.
sral for the N. G. W. Il. G. O'Brien and
James NJ. Ashton were chosen for the re-
spctive positions.
j. L. Sharpstein and wife, l.. l.. Whit
ney and wife, County Commissioner Ed |
d. M. jesse, the Misses Bla- |
lock, Jack Leahy, T. d. S. Hart and H. |
Macarthur were Walla Walla visitors to |
the state fair last week.
Mrs. Andrew Gibson and child, and
Miss Suffer, who have been guests Of |
Mrs. John Donald and Mr.. and Mrs. G. |
S. Vance for two or three weeks, returned
to their home at Martin station on Tues
day morning.
Work on the Kershaw & Taft block
on Yakima avenue has begun, and dirt
will fly on the Schlodtfeldt building. two
doors east of the above-named block, in
the very near future.