The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-11-21
A PLETHORA OF NEWS
FACT, PAECIES and IMPRESSIONS.


chards-The Durrant Crime.
DR.. Samuel F. Smith, the venerable
author of America" died in Boston
Nov. 10th, aged 81 years.
Henry Clay Humphrey, for many
years engaged in the banking business at
Eugene, Oregon, committed suicide ct
Portland Nov. 10th, by morphine
A daughter was born to the car and
czarina of Russia on Nov. 18th. The
royal accouchment passed of most salts.
fsctorily, II the cablegrams are to be be-
lieved
The gold reserve in the treasury has
fallen below ninety millions and is stead
lily dropping. It is reported that Cleve-
land has already taken steps to issue
more bonds, this time to the amount oil
$75,OOO.OO
There is rate war on between the o.
r. & N. company and the Southern Pa
cific, in consequence Of which steamer
rates between Portland and Sec Fran.
cisco have been reduced to IS for cabin
passage and $3.50 for steerage.
Salem. Oregon, is now passing through
the financial crucible. The Williams &
England Banking company, the State
Insurance company and the Capital City
railway have all passed into the hands oil
receivers during the past week.
Henry E. Green, aged % years, and
son of Mrs. Henry d. Green, q wealthy
and prominent society woman of Port.
land, committed suicide by taking poison
in the bsrroom of the Hotel Portland on
Friday last. Dissipation and an unfor.
tunate love affair are the causes given fol-
the act.
Secretary Hoke Smith has decided q
very important case by holding that the
eastern terminus of the Northen Pacific
railroad is either Thompson. Mimi, or
Superior, Wis, instead OF Ashland, Wis,
as has always been claimed by the COM
pany. About SOC, 900 acres of land is lost
to the company by the decision.
Jim Corbett says he has retired per.
manently from the prize ring and has
turned the championship belt over to
Peter Maher. Now Fitzsimmons wants
to fight him very badly, and Dan Stuart
says he has found place in Texas where
they can fight unmolested an! that he
will hang purse OF 10000, but Cor
bett says his retirement is final.
A sad accident at South Bend, Wash,
Nov. 18th, resulted in the drowning Of
Stanley Egbert and G. A. Riddeii. The
former was the son Of Mayor M. D. Egg.
bert, who is well known In this city.
The boys had left in a fishing boat to
cross Willapa bay, and after a severe
storm the boat partially submerged and
capsized was found on a mud fiat
Young Egbert had just attained his ina.
jority, and was most bright and prom.
Using youth.
The fate of the candidates tor the seat
OF Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, will
rest in the hands Of two populists elected
to the house. Complete returns show
House-democrats, 46; republicans, 50;
populists, 2. Senate-democr::s, %;
republicans, 16. Joint ballot-demo-
Gratis, So; republicans, So; populists, 2.
The republicans claim that both popu-
lists will vote with them, while the DEM
ocrats are of the opinion that the populist
vote will split.
Henderson, the so-called "cow butter"
man, was fined $50 in the justice court
of Seattle the other day for violation oil
the state dairy laws in selling oleomarga-
rine colored 80 as to resemble butter.
The case was defended by the Cudahy
Packing company, who will carry it up
in furtherance of preconceived plan OF
proving the unconstitutionslity of the
law. Whether this can be done lie ques-
tionable, inasmuch as it is a counterpart
OF the Massachusetts, law, the constitu.
tionality of which was sustained by the
supreme court.
Lumber prices seem certain to 20 up
with the opening of the new year, for on
January the largest combine ever psde
will begin to control the trade of the Pa.
cific coast. 1t is the Central Lumber
Company, of San Francisco. the successor
to the old Pacific Pine Lumber company,
and it represents a capital of at least $45,
600, 900. II includes every mill of i'm.
portance in the region west of the Cascade
mountains from San Francisco, on the
south to Vancouver. B. G. on tine north
The organization Of this giant trust has
required nearly year of hard work and
every step has been taken with the ut
most secrecy.
Governments Harse shoeing.
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