The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-12-09
The case OF The State of Washington

The case of The State of Washington
against the bondsmen of J. X. Edmiston,
Frank Sinclair and Tom Harvey, came
up for hearing in the Superior Court on
Monday. This is case in which Walla
Walla county ia seeking to recover $4,000
from these bondsmen as bail of Edmis.
ton, Mr.. H. J. Snively. in behalf of the
bondsmen, made an elaborate argument
to show the court that the bond was
worthless, because not taken by the
court, but only by the clerk; because Ed
mission was not in custody when the bond
was given, and because the Supreme
Court dismissed the case without affirm.
ing the Judgment and holding the bonds
men. The court took the case under ad-
visement. 1t has been in court for a
long time, and 80 far the bondsmen have
always won.
A rumor has been pretty freely handed
around to-day to the effect that Dan Sim
mons had been frozen to death up in
Alaska but careful investigation failed to
find any foundation for the story. The
report came from Ellensburg and it
seems it was started up there among the
school children in some way. No word
has been received from him since he left
Lake Tagish and it is supposed that he
either went direct to Dawson on a quick
trip and from there into some outlying
district away from mail connections, or
that his party branched off from the
main route and are spending the winter
in some new ont of-the-way location.
Mr.. Simmons strong physiqui and good
judgment make the possibility OF any
such accident very remote.
The case OF L. II. Porter vs.. Thompson
& Kahn came OIL for hearing in the Su-
perior Court on Monday. Mr.. Snvely,
representing Thompson & Kahn, objected
to the complaint, claiming that it was de-
fective. The court sustained the OBJ
jections, and the plaintiff was allowed an
opportunity to cure the defects in the
complaint. This case has already at
tracted much newspaper attention, but
this is the first attention had by it in
court. Porter is the assignee of fruit
raiser on Snake River, who sold his crop
of fruit to Thompson & Kahn. They claim
that he misrepresented the crop and that
they lest large amount of money
thereby.
John Reed acted as host at very
pleasant gathering which occurred in the
City Restaurant a few nights ago. His
guests were g. A. Graham, F. H. Hunter,
$. S. Purdy, Lieut.. Briggs and Chris
Scow. Lack of space forbids printing a
full list of the good things that Scatchard
Il Stohan set before them. However, G..
A. Graham acted as POSTMASTER and
Lieut.. Briggs responded to "The Army !"
s. s. Purdy talked about 1.-THE Ladies !"
and F. H. Hunter struggled with "Tbe
Rising Generation" assisted by Chris
Scow.
r. B. Hsssell reports that while in
Walls Walla last week he had the pleas
ure of visiting the State Penitentiary with
large company of friends from the State
Association of Congregational Churches.
Warden Catron gave them an opportunity
for thorough inspection Of the system
in force, and they were very we'll pleased
with what they saw.
Some sneak thief made raid on Mr.
w. B. Newcomb's poultry one night
early in the week and departed with
seven or eight OF his choicest turkeys
Coming at this time, along with his other
misfortunes, the loss is severe one to
Mr.. Newcomb, as the fowls were being
fattened for the Christmas market.
1t was pleasant surprise for the nu-
merous readers Of the Seattle Times, under
the management of the local distributor,
Doc Coe, that the subscribers were en-.
abled to read the Presidents message at
the breakfas table Tuesday morning.
The Yakima Commercial Club held it's
first party of the season in the club rooms
last night and it proved very enjoyable
affair. Gard playing and dancing preceded
very tasty refreshments, and every body
had good time.