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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-10-15

ELECTION OFFICERS APPOINTED.
Kennewick-N Travis, inspector; Wu
Richards and G r Smith, Judges.
Alder Greek -Robt Dorothy, inspector
- Stone and S Donoho, judges.
Bed Rock-Louis Anderson, inspector
B Marion an VIM Fox, judges.
Kiona-John Chisholm, inspector; A
Mcneil and w A Kelso, judges.
Parker-W. P. Sawyer. inspector; Wn
Morgan and w A Bowen, judges.
Moxee-P G Harper, inspector; L
Parish and 7 F Allen, judges.
Selah-R H Aitkin, inspector; Johi
Monroe and q s Taylor, judges.
Yakima City-Thos Butler, inspector
P T Gervais and Moses Adams, judges.
Ahtanum-W L Stabler, inspector;
Lynch aud A J Chambers, judges.
Tampico-E A Shannafelt, inspector
Chas Anderson and D Kingsbury, Judges
Fruit Vale-Earl Peck, inspector, w ]
Wright and W d Beck, judges.
Fairview--James A Beck, inspector
G s Simpson and @ Mooter, judges.
Mob Hill 7 Stewart, inspector; LIE
roy Broker and R Fraker, judges.
Cowy chee-L Brown, inspector; d l
Weddle and Arson White, judges.
Natcheez-Henry sedge, inspector; +
Denton and John McPhee, judges.
Wenas-David Longmire, inspector
T. ]. Taylor and r Sisk, judges.
Zillah-S F Haines, inspector; d F
Mcdonald and Thos Shannon, judges.
Sunnyside-M B Stone, inspector; Johr
Goodwin and ] w Day, Judges.
Mabton-F A Phillips, inspector; /
Sullivan and E E Collins, judges.
Prosser-Henry McCreason, inspector
E w R Taylor and VIM Finn, judges.
North Yakima:
First ward-M L g Wheeler, inspector
A j Leach and W A Hall, judges.
Second ward-A L Flint, inspector
Jos Baxter and Henry Presley, judges.
Third ward-W II Robinson, inspector
W. Aumiller and r Strobach, judges.
Amount OF tax to be raised for expenses
of court, county offices, election ant
maintenance of poor, SOS. 1925.
For bridges, INDECENT sailors and sol
diers and support of common schools
$10,750.
The state tax levied for general pur
poses is sl3,560; for redemption fund
$3.50. SO; military, $S3O.53; schools, $l4,
1874, and it appearing that the assessed
valuation OF property in the county i,
$4.l52, 1884 the following levies we're lad,
for 1896:
For general state purposes, 3 26.10t
mills; redemption fund, 20'l00 mills
military purposes, 20 100 mills; schools
42-l00 mills; general county purposes
mills; road and bridges, $1,000; sol
diers and sailors relief fund, 6l00; sup
port of common schools, 36-100.
The board ordered that contract bt
made with John Kyle for changing chan
mel Of Natcheez river at the Matches
bridge in accordance with his bid OF $500
and with Mcdonald & Thompson for fill
ing slough at the Simcoe bridge at ten
cents per yard.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-10-15

VIM. Mcmillan has gone to 0rting to
spend the winter with his family.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
shermnn,r short Memory.

Senator Sherman and some of the other
senator's, in their speeches on the resolu-
lions recognizing the belligerency of the
Cuban insurgents, expressed the utmost
horror at the alleged cruelty and van
dalsm of Capt Gen. Weyler. The senator
seems to have forgotten the march of his
brother Gen. Sherman, from Atlanta to
Savannah, and up through the Carolinas.
Gen. Sherman held to the theory that war
was doing everything that was bad to
the enemy, and he certainly acted upon
that theory. A devastated country mark
ed the track of his army. Fire and sword
did their work with little show of mercy.
And did not Gen. Sheridan turn the rich
and prosperous valley of Virginia into a
wilderness? We doubt if the spaniards
have done anything i'm Cuba to compare
to what the federal forces did in the south
in the way of vandalism. The federals
left the country so destitute that ''crow
flying through 1T would have to carry its
Tations."
We do not call attention to these things
for the purpose of excusing Gen. Weyler
and the Spaniards for anything they have
done. We simply refer to them because
some of the senators in their horror at
what is alleged to be taking place in Cuba
appear to have overlooked the fact that
they were not so Mortified when acts OF
pretty much the same character were be-
| ing committed in this country.
| War is always horrible, and should not
| be entered upon hastily or unnecessarily
! When it is entered upon the necessity for
/ it should be clear and imperative.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

II is source Of satisfaction that a de-
termined effort is being made TO close up
the nickel lottery places and put an end
TO the writing Of policy in this city. II is
matter Of surprise that the nickel lot
terry has been permitted TO continue here
so long. II has hourished for years, and
Il is safe to say that it has absorbed tens
Of thousand OF dollars of the earnings Of
the people annually. The great majority
Of the players of policy are colored
people. Now and then one OF them is given
a prize of a few dollars, and IL is sufficient
10 make 1hem believe that it is a matter
OF only a short time when all of them
will draw prizes if they continue to buy
policy tickets freely. AS long as the pol
icy shops are permitted to exist there will
be the direst poverty in the homes of a
very large percentage of the coTored peo-
pie. Too many OF them now are without
beds and have to be fed out of the base
ment windows of homes where they have
friends employed as servants.
But isn't it remarkable that the policy
vendors have been able to continue their
business so long2 Does it not seem as if
the authorities could close all the policy
shops and keep them closed if a persist
ent effort were made to do so? Those who
own the shops and employ the policy
writer's are conducting their business right
along, Notwithstanding the fact that the
grand jury is finding indictments against
them. They defy the law and appear to
hold the officers of the law in contempt.
We are inclined to think they will be
taught very severe lesson before many
days. We do not, of course, know the
mind of the court, but there appears
TO be reason for thinking that if there
has been leniency in the past there viii be
none in the future-that the EXTREMIST
penalty of the law will be inflicted upon
those who may be convicted of selling
policy or of being in anyway engaged in
promoting the nickel lottery business.
1t is not difficult to find the policy shops
and it ought not to be impossible to close
them up. The best interests of the city
require that they should be closed at once.
There are no more potent agencies for
making Migrants and paupers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
PERSONAL.

Mr. Rudd. one Of the great money kings
Of South Africa. who. with Mr.. Belt and
Mr.. Rhodes controls financial affairs
down there. is said 10 be descended from
the alleged father Of Louis Philippe. MI
Rudd Is proud OF his descent from Chalp-
p.ni-
William II. Porter, otherwise known
as BILLY" Porter. a young millionaire,
who lives in Brooklyn, has developed a
rad that promise TO make MN FAMOUS
Every night. rain or shine, snow or nan,
ia freeze or thaw- Mr. Porter Turns out Jil
a bicycle to every fire. In order that ne
may be promptly on the scene Mr. Porter
has had fire alarm rugged IN his ped
room, and he claims ne beats the engines
every time.
Lord Brassey, the governor general OF
Victoria. was recently riding in one of the
Melbourne parks. and having lost his
way he made inquiries OF a stalWart irish
policeman. The Melbourne police are Iree
ana easy in their manners, ana the oIllcer
replied by laying his hand on the gov
ernorS shoulder aud pointing TO a distant
gate. Yes, old man. he said, that s
the way out, and be id sharp out OF II,
or you'll be getting yourself into trouble.
When the picture of the Russian
Grand Duchess Olga. whom he later mar
ried, was shown to the late King Charles
of Wurtemberg. he looked at the por-
trait carefully and then said, dryly: The
portrait is highly fiattering; the hair is
too full, the eyes are too brilliant, and
the skin too fresh But. your majesty,
you do not know the princess" answered
the adjutant, who had been sent from st.
Petersburg. mo, that is true" said the
king, " but / know court painters.
The innovations which the young car
ina is making in the etiquette of the
Russian court are meeting with a good
deal or opposition from some of the Mus
covite ladies. Among the changes, her i'm
perial majesty has ordained that presenta-
tons shall be made in the English fashion,
the sovereign Offering her hand to be
kissed, and not shaken, as was the GUS
tom of the dOWager empress. The Rus
sian ladies are disposed to resent this as
an unnecessary display of haughtiness.
Figaro tells an amusing story about
NJ Ricard, the minister of justice. Some
time ago he bought two launches of
kangaroo at a shop where frozen meats
from Australia are sold. He had them
served up "a. la sauce poivade. His
guests, who were curious to try this plat
exotique," found it anything but suited
to their taste. The kangaroo had a most
peculiar flavor. NJ. Ricard was naturally
much vexed. He made a complaint to the
shop keeper, and asked him to taste the
remains of the dish. 1t was then discov-
cred that the launches had been cooked
in lamp oil instead of olive oil, but II is
not known who made this substitution in
the minister's cuisine
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
A Wasted Life.

William e. Brockway, the aged coun-
terfeiter. who was convicted in the courts
at Trenton, N. j., the other day, is a liv-
ing and picturesque illustration of the
proverb that honesty is the best policy"
and that it would still be best if it were
practiced merely for policy's sake, and
not because it is right. Brockway is "A
years old. For fifty years he has led the
life of a professional criminal, though
he boasts, with apparent pride, that he
has never been accused or convicted of
any crime save counterfeiting He adopted
the career OF a counterfeiter from choice.
Circumstances did not force him into it.
He was well educated, of exceptional in
.telligence, and as a young man had a
bright.prospect ahead of him. He had the
ability to win and wear an honorable
NAME and to accumulate a competency
by legitimate methods But he chose de-
liberatey to become a rascal And he
has been to some extent a successful
rascal, too, in so far eluding the au-
thorities and giving them lot of trouble
is concerned. He has been the most sue
cessful counterfeiter of his day. He pro-
dueed artistic bad money, and succeed
ed in floating a lot of it. But in the end
the law has triumphed. In his old age he is
destitute and penniless, and the chances
are that he will die in felon's cell. He
has children and grandchildren but he
cannot leave them fortunes as a result of
his operations in counterfeiting He cam
not leave them even good name. His
only bequest will be stigma and social os-
tracism.
During those fifty years of criminality,
were Brockway's successes worth the cost
he paid for them? During greater part
of those years he was a hunted man. He
was forced to be constantly on the alert
for fear of detection and punishment. He
was forced to regard every person in the
world as a possible enemy. His friend
ships were eircumscribed by the necessity
for looking out for himself first It was
impossible that he could have unselish
and noble impulses. He must have had
a conscience in his younger days, and
that must have dashed him at times all
most to desperation 1t is said that dur
ing his trial he evinced the tenderest love
! for his young grandchild. If that is true
it would indicate that conscience of later
years had merely been dormant, and that
he felt the disgrace that would be trans
mitted through him to the innocent child
And his grief must have been poignant
! At that time, when it was forever too
late. he probably realized the emptiness
of the life of the criminal, how he had
wasted his talents and how hard is the
! way of the transgressor. His career is
one that should attract the attention of
! the intelligent young man who, finding
| the way of honorable toll at the start one
/ of harships and disappointments, mag
| ines that it might be easier to resort to
criminal ways of acquiring money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
An Incident in Gotham.

Just a moment, SIR" said pleasant
faced man to a stylishly dressed young
man who was about to take the New
Haven train the other day, writes NJ.
Quad in the Detroit Free Press.
"Well what is it?"
You didn't pay your bill at the -
hotel"
"Whew! Why, 1 clean forgotr'
"Of course. Here it is-$12."
WELL did l everi l was in hurry and
it slipped my mind. Here's your money. "
Thanks. 1t will be 81 more for the cab
and my services, you know"
Two dollars-yes-her it is. Well, by
George but 1 never made that blunder
before! Why, you must have thought l
meant to beat the hotelv'
"Oh, no; You were rushed and forgot
it. Good-day, sir
Did he forget?'' asked the shadow
from the hotel as the other passed out to
the train.
That's the best way to put it," he
laughingly replied 1T isn't to be sup
posed that man can pack UP and get
his valise out of a hotel and forget that
he owes for three days, but Wen give
him the benefit of the doubt
And how did you catch on?'
"Um! If you were posted on the tricks
of the profession you might want my
placer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
A Soft Answer.

Young Sloan was ever noted for his
perfect breeding, and though as a col
lege student he was sometimes a trife
the worse for late supper, he never for
got to be true to his code, says Harper's
Magazine. One one occasion, after a
most determined effort TO enter a house
which he believed his own, he was met
at the door by the scantily attired mas
ter of the mansion with Information as
to his whereabouts, and the added news
that the householder had a sick wife and
child upstairs who had been disturbed
Sloan made affect apologies, and de-
parted; but his home seemed to elude
him, and again the same irate house
holder was brought to his door by
Sloam's knocks for admission.
Didn't l tell you this was my house?'
cried the indignant man. And don't
you remember that my wife and child are
ill.,"
IT remember perfectly" answered
Sloan, sobered for the moment, land l
merely returned. sir, to ask how they
were getting along"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

A western member of congress was re-
Gently with a party discussing the capac-
ity of men to drink strong liquor, says
the Washington Times. After listening
to several stories along this line, he said:
WELL don't believe any class of men
can beat these Washington negroes when
1t comes to drinking strong liquor. One
Friday night, as / came home after a
nights session, l thought l would stop
in a little saloon near my house and
get stovepipe of lager to make me sleep
sound. 1t is not a very swell place. but
1t was the only one convenient. While
l was emptying the big glass of the
frothy liquid a tough-lOoking negro, with
big stick under his arm, walked in and
demanded pint of gin.
What price, asked the young man
behind the bar.
" Twenty cents said the fellow, be-
ginning to count out lot of pennies.
" All right said the bartender, where
is your bottle?
" Il don't want no bottle; jest hand out
a glass, huh
THE liquid was measured off in a big
beer glass, and, without taking it from
his lips. he swallowed the contents, not
even deigning to take drink of water
when he had finished. The bartender did
not seem to be al all surprised, merely
remarking that the fellow would prob
ably take several such drinks before he
finished the evening"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
The ChecIS was q joke.

Probably you have seen those novel
New Years gifts which take the form Of
a check, PuTpOrting to be drawn on the
bank of Providence, and wishing the re-
celVer of II 365 days of prosperity in the
ensuing year. says London Tit-Bits The
800 days were filled in in the usual man
ner, and appeared as figures in the left
hand corner Of the check, as would be the
case with ordinary checks.
one of these documents fell into the
hands of a humorous gentleman exceed
1ngly well known in the shipping trade,
particularly in the portion of it connect
ed with the north of England. BY way of
joke, he set that check to a friend in the
north. This gentleman was not deceived
by the document at all. but thought it
might be passed on with advantage to
the community. He had an account with
firm of shipbuilders and to them, as a
remittance on account, he forwarded this
check.
The firm Immediately returned him his
account, properly cEedited and receipted,
with the usual letter of thanks, and paid
the check into their bankers. The officials
of the latter, apparently being still fur
Their under the influence of Christmas and
New Year festivities took the check as a
matter of course, and posted ii for 1866
TO the credit of their customer.
The check found its way eventually to
the bankers clearing house in London.
The gentlemen of that establishment evil
IDENTIFY observed holidays in a more aus
tere spirit than their friends in the north.
They detected the error, and returned the
check with the simple notice that it
SnOuIQ nave been dated April l.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
BRIGHT BITS.

in Kansas.-"That was a powerful in
terestin' debate at the littery society last
night"
what was it about?'
Whether the microbe is more injurious
than the cyclone. Puck.
Rare Kindness.-Eminent Physicians
Clerk-Shan make out Mr.. Younghus-
bands bill and send it to him?
Eminent Physician "a man with a soft
hearD-Well, no; not yet. He seems to
be in a seventh heaven over the arrival of
that baby, and hate to intrude on his in
nocent joy.-New York Weekly.
II was very much disappointed to-
day." said Mrs. Northside, when her hus-
band came home from the office.
What about?'
1T was a fine afternoon, and thought
I'd return Mrs. Tawk's call"
And she, was out was she?. That
mo, She was in."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
This new light they have discovered
that enables one to take a photograph of
a mans bones without skinning him will
be a terrible factor in the wars of the fu-
ture," said Wilkins. Take bearer of
a message, for instance; he is captured,
and after the old-fashioned method, swal-
grapher, takes his internal picture, re-
produces the swallowed message, and
there's all the poor messengers devotion
gone for nothing. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Never Satisfed.-"Yes, my eldest
daughter married for money"
'She is happy, of course"
Far from 1t. While she has everything
one could wish for, she is far from being
happy. She loved another"
You second daughter also married, did
she not?"
Yes, she married man for his good
looks"
Il suppose she is happy"
Indeed, she is not. While her husband
! is a good provider he can't afford to
give her what her eldest sister receives,
and, consequently, she is unhappy"
And you youngest daughter, the one l
always thought so much of, is she mar
ried?''
Yes, she married man for love"
"Ah, sensible little girlr'
But her husband is very poor!''
Still, with all her poverty, she loves
the man of her choice, and is, of course,
| happy?'
mo. indeed. She is the unhappiest of
! the three. San Francisco Wave.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

ITO what do owe my success In life?'
repeated the magnate refectively. as he
snapped the ashes from his three-for-a-
half, says the San Francisco Wave Yes.
1 believe ! may say truthfully that I
owe my success in life 20 my poor hand
Wriung- This may seem strange to you
sun IL IS nevertheless true.
Many years ago when the idea was
first conceived 10 build the road of which
l am now the president. our president
at that time, came to me, then a poor
c4erk, ana stated that the company was
IN need % a treasurer and wished a
specimen Of my handwriting. / was al
ways good at figures, but my handwriting
was and IS to-day, something horrible
can assure you IL was with some trepida-
SIP OF paper and handed il to the presi-
dent, never dreaming that 1 would be
considered.
Just the thing" exclaimed the pres
ldent, as soon as he had caught sight of
my scrawl; that would look well at the
loot OF any check. You are the only
man IN our employ who can write a sig
nature that no one can make out. Look
at the writing of your fellow-clerks,' con-
on winch mad been neatly written tine
signatures of my brother slaves They
all look as II they had been written by a
lot OF boys just fresh from school, They
write good hands TO fill in the body of
the checks, but not to sign EN-. Hereafter
you snail be our treasurer at a salary of
nVe thousand per year, to be increased
as our business becomes in better shape
i might add that ] did not marry the
presidents only daughter. but did marry
MS widow, the president having died
Few years after my appointment"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
The schomhnrek LING.

In our dispatches yesterday it was stat
ed that a copy of England's case in the
Venezuela boundary dispute, as prepared
by Sir f. Pollock. had been handed to
Ambassador Bayard and had by him been
sent to Washington. The document is to
be laid before the American commission
The understanding appears to be that
England practically abandons the Schom-
burgk line. If this understanding is cor
rect it is a curious commentary on the
action of Lord Salisbury, who has refused
repeatedly to have any negotiations with
Venezuela for the settlement of the boun-
Diary dispute that We're not based upon
the admission that everything inside OF
that line belonged TO England.
With the Schomburgk line eliminated
from the dispute there ought not to be
a greal of difficulty in arriving at a sci
tlement unless England insists that she
shall have all the territory occupied by
English settlers on the ground that it is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
After the Whole Trutb.

An agent for one of the large jewelry
stores in Cincinnati was canvassing a sec
ton of the over-the-Rhine district. en-
deavoring to sell an eight-day clock. saws
the Youths Companion.
My dear SIR, he said to a portIv Ger
man, this is a remarkable clock. Not
only is it beautifully finished but it is a
perfect timepiece. Why, it runs eight days
without winding"
The German opened his eyes at this and
gazed solemnly a the clock
You say it run eight days vidout Wind
ingg he inquired of the agent. "VeH, dat
is Elm gut clock but if it run eight
days vidout Winding. den how long viii
it run ven you Wind it?'