The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-11-12

President III. +. Blair, OF the norma
school football eleven oil Ellensburg, hal
written to John Ralph, secret airy of the
Yakima team, accepting the challenge
and all oil the conditions for a game OF
foot ball on Thanksgiving day. The
home team is making all of the arrange
ments necessary for the entertainment o.
the visitors and a good time and strone
game is anticipated. The "pigskin'
kickers and the North Yakima Cornel
band have combined to give grand ball
at Switzer's opera house in the evening
It will be known as the Hard Times
Dance" and prize Of $3.50 will be paid
to the couple best representing the pre-
vailing financial conditions in the way
Of character dress and Improvisation
The judges named for awarding the
prize are Geo. s. Vance, E. nj. Reed, DIR.
g. ]. Hill, DR.. w. II. Hare and Stanley
Coffin. The tickets OF admission to the
ball have been placed at 80 cents.
The sensation OF the state during the
past week was the murder OF DR.. James
s. Wintermute of Tacoma, by Samuel
Tucker, a hypochrondiac. Tucker met
Wintermute on Railroad street, Tacoma,
and after few words, the purport oil
which no one knew, Tucker shot his vic
tim with 3s-calibre revolver, the ball
entering in the back and passing through
the intestines. The shot was a fatal one,
DIR. .Wintermute dying while on the
operating table. After the shooting the
murderer placed the revolver to his own
head and died in his tracks. DR.. Win.
termute was one OF the best known sur.
geons on the sound. He was the elder
brother OF DR.. Geo. P. Wintermute, form.
erly of this city, but now resident Of
San Francisco. The wife of the murder.
ed man is niece of Mrs. ]. B. Reavis, Of
North Yakima.
Ralph X. Nichols and Geo. s. Courier
are mentioned as successors of Bernard
Wilkeson for the Office of postmaster
-Four years ago Mr.. Nichols was the sec.
reta-y of the republican state central
committee and Mr.. Courier was origin ally
from the state of Vice President Elect
Hobart, where he was an active worker
in the republican ranks as he has been
ever since his removal to Washington.
Mr.. Courier is an acquaintance OF Mr..
Hobart and Mr.. Nichols is in good stand.
ing with Senator Wilson. j. M. Brown,
the present county clerk. also aspires to
step into the official shoes of Mr.. Viii.
kinson.
Postmaster W. A. Mohr, of Roslyn
has been arrested by U. s. Marshal
Bridges charged with being a defaulter
to the amount of $2.l46. Mr.. Mohr is
not an extravaganza man nor is he dissi-
pated and the affair is wrapped in some
mystery although it is charged that Mr.
Mohr has been gambling for some months
past. He was formerly member of the
firm of Mohr & Son, of Perham, Mimi,
and his father had high rating in COM
mercial circles. He was taken to Ellens-
burg for preliminary examination.
On Tuesday Mrs. Frank Horsley me,
with serious accident while using the
curling irons on her hair. She dropped
the heated irons which touched the ball
of the right eye and for a time it was
feared that she would lose the sight
of what some poet has termed "the win.
dow of the SOUL" DR.. Fletcher Is her
attendant physician and it is believed
that time, and his skill will restore the
injured optic to its former usefulness and
beauty.
Wheat has again scared upward and
has reached the highest mark attained
for several seasons. On Monday rs cents
were the quotations on the sound and
Portland and 65 cents was freely offered
ia this city. 1t is understood that the
North Yakima Milling Co. has profited
to the extent OF about $4,000 through
the rise in prices on their grain purchases.
Harry Null, one OF the new proprietors
of the Puget Sound fish market. is taking
an involuntary rest as result OF having
broken finger of his left hand while
handling the boxes in which the fnny
products of the sea are shipped to this
city.
Charles Lee, of Yakima City. says the
prices for honey for this year have been
quite satisfactory. The best market has
been in Spokane where he sold $500
worth to one merchant. The average
net price has been IL cents per pound.
Mrs. Anna Price left on Tuesday for
Liberty in the Swauk mining district,
where her husband has some valuable
Claims. Mr.. Price was the original own
er and discoverer Of the Brown Bear
mine.
The entertainment at the Christian
church Friday evening, Oct. Is, promises
to be one that will be enjoyed by all those
attending. There will be music, recita-
tons, tableaux and military drill.
A. E. Larson is building seven room
residence on West A street. The founda-
ton will be OF cut stone and the super.
structure OF wood. The cost is estimated
at $1,000.