The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-07-25
"HERALD'S" NOVELTIES
North Yakima Is TO Have a Private
Bank With 100000 Capital.
A BLACK SHEEP BROUGHT TO GRIEF
The Darkey Highwayman OF the
Yakima Canyon Captured = sad
Death OF mrs. Geo. watt-sprays
From soda Springs.

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Death OF Mrs. Geo. wast-sprays
From soda Springs.
The financial outlook OF Yakima has
received an impetus through the deter.
mination OF John s. Miller, Of Montana,
and g. s. Hough, Of San Francisco, to
establish private bank in North Yaki-
ina, with capital OF 100000. Mr..
Miller, who is millionaire with q very
heavy income from mining and other
properties, visited this city some months
ago and was most fsvorably impressed
with the business advantages offered and
the future growth of town and country.
He has also, during the past year, kept
himself in touch with the conditions ex-
listing, through the medium Of THE HER
AID. He arrived in Yakima last Friday
and day or two later was joined by Mr..
Hough, and during the succee ding few
days they visited the various sections OF
the county and were so imbued with the
stability of the country and the safety OF
real estate securities that they were not
long in realizing the opportunities offered
for private bank which could handle
mortgages and other collsterals forbidden
to the National banks.
Their determination once made they
tooaad thu atoyo yoop, 10, tho uouiatt
building, on Second street, and opened
negotiations for the purchase OF the prop
erty. A suitable vault and steel safe have
been ordered, and it is proposed to have
the institution open for business about the
LIST of September. Mr.. Miller's large in
terests in Montana demand his attention
so he will not personally be in attend
ance upon the bank, that duty devolving
upon his associate, Mr.. Hough. This
gentleman has been In the United States
customs service in San Francisco for a
long time past, and is said to be bright
and thorough business man, as he is an
agreeable gentleman and companion.
Mr.. Miller returned to Montans on
Tuesday, and Mr.. Hough left this
morning for San Francisco to close up his
business interests there and move his
family, consisting Of wife and two chill
dren, to this city.
The establishment of this bank in
North Yakima at this particular time
gives especial satisfaction on account OF
the demand for money for the picking
and curing of the hop crop. The safety
Of loans for this purpose has been called
to the attention of Messrs. Miller and
Hough, and no doubt their assistance in
this direction will enable many growers
to tide safely over the crucial period Of
harvest.
woman's Regres MANS vileness.
A couple of years ago G. A. Keene was
arrested for an assault with intent to COM
NIT rape upon Mrs. Fred Bricknell, in a
lodging house at Prosser. He was tried
at the June term of court in 1898, and
the jury, after being out all night, brought
in verdict of assault and battery, and
the Judge imposed fine Of 500. Mr..
Keene is in the sheep business, and it is
generally understood that he is in easy
financial circumstances, but time has
passed by and still the fine remains un-
paid. With view to securing settle
ment, Deputy Sheriff Wayne Field visit
ed Keene's camp on the upper Ahtsnum,
where he has $500 head Of sheep, placed
him under arrest and attached his flock.
Keene has an unsavory reputation that
is not alone confined to his assault on
Mrs. Bricknell. Several years ago he ran
off with Mrs. King, of Minnesota.
The woman left loving husband and
happy home to lose the comforts OF life
and sink her honor and respect in sheep
camp in the hills of Yakima. Here she
was found in an almost demented condi-
ton by her broken-hearted father, who
had traced her in her wanderings across
the continent from the Gopher state
Freed from the care OF this ruined and
broken woman, the amorous Keene in
vaded the home of Mr.. Elliott, OF the
Mckee, where his hypnotic RIGHTEOUSNESS
soon won the trust and affection of an
other foolish wife, who also left husband.
children and home comforts for the
mountain camp of her psramour. When
Deputy Field went to impose the law
penalties upon Keene be found this wo-
man, broken in health, unkempt, and ly-
ing upon pallet spread on the ground
and in her misery she no doubt was a
prey to constant regret over her folly and
unrequited sacrifice, and thoughts of the
love and comforts she had abandoned
must have been like acid to her moral
sores, as they were fever to her physical
condition.
A Black Highwayman.
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