The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-11-10
.tP|TOME OF THE DISPATCHES
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Culled From tho Press
Reports of the Current Week.

bringing Santa Cruz and other islands
under the British Solomon islands pro-
tectorate.
At Fridays session of the Paris peace
commission the Spaniards rejected the
Americans proposals, and refused to
give up the Philippines.
Later reports from tho confagration
at Hankow, China, say that 10000
houses were destroyed and 1000 peo-
pie killed and burned to death.
Ellis II. Roberts, treasurer of the
United States, in his annual report,
shows that the treasury was stronger at
the close than at the opening Of the
fiscal year.
Senator Redfeld Proctor in an ad-
dress at Montpelier. VT, declared that
there should be divided sovereignty and
that the United States should retain
the entire Philippine archipelago.
The work of removing the bodies of
all Cover nment soldiers buried in Cuba,
Porto Rico and Manila will begin in
few weeks. The expense of the under
taking will be borne entirely by the
government.
Major Helburn's recital before the
war investigating commission, while in
session at Cincinnati, disclosed ter
ribe state of affairs at Camp Thomas.
Chickamauga, due to ignorance and ne
glect. The sick soldiers were treated
like dogs.
The board OF control of the Joint
Traffic Association has decided to dis
solve the organization. This action
was taken because of the recent decision
by the supreme court that the efforts OF
the association to control railroad rates
was illegal.
BY the explosion of boiler at the
Oil City (Pa) boiler works, two men
were killed, two fatally injured and
dozen more slightly hurt. The killed
are Richard McCloskey and John Fraw-
ley. The fatally injured are b. J. Gid
ders and Denis Mcmahon.
A recent discovery of bituminous coal
in the Klondike region was made in
American territory about 100 miles
below Forty-Mile. A tunnel has been
dug into the hillside distance of 40
feet, and there the vein is six feet In
thickness. The coal is said to be Of SUI
perior quality.
The transport Panama, which was
reported lost with 800 lives, has arrived
safely in Havana.
Germany's exports for the first nine
months of the fiscal year showed an in
The newly-organized French cabinet
announces that it will support the
court OF cessation in the revision of the
Dreyfus case.
Several companies Of native troops in
the Visayas islands rebelled. They
were pursued and several were killed.
The rebellion is ended.
In speech delivered at Worcester,
expressed himself strongly opposed TO
the policy of expansion.
Russia has declined to support France
in the Fashoda affair, fearing that a re-
opening of the Egyptian question would
interfere with her tremendous task in
China.
Action has been taken by the admin
istration looking to the maintenance of
the status quo with respect to the con-
cession of the Maritime Canal Com pany
for the construction of the Nioaraguan
canal.
M. Fontaine, of Minneapolis, who
has just returned from the Stickeen
route, says he has discovered rich Dig
gings on an unexplored creek on the
Hootalinqua river. He shows guam
tity of coarse gold as evidence.
The war between England and France
has been aveited. A general and salts
factory arrangement is said to have
been effected in relation to the disputed
Fashoda question. An official note has
been issued on the subject in which the
British government announces that the
situation is ameliorating.
The navy department has practically
decided to abandon wrecking opera
tions under existing contracts on the
cruisers Cristobol Colon, VIzcaya and
Aimirante Oquendo, near Santiago,
which have become enormously ex-
pensive to the government. A Swedish
company has applied for permission to
raise the sunken vessels.
The war department has issued a
general order for the movement OF
troops to Cuba. The first troops will
leave on or about November 90, and
will comprise a brigade under Briga-
I;or nanaraI Carnantar The briuada