The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-02-09
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Comprehensive Review OF the Import
ant Happenings OF the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.

Fine buildings covering half a block
in the heart of the BUSINESS portion of
Columbus, o.. were destroyed by fire.
The transports, Ohio and Senator,
bearing the Twenty infantry to
the Philippines have sailed from San
Francisco.
The second battalion of the Seven
teenth infantry are en- route to Manila
via New York. They sailed from that
port on the transport sherman.
The largest combination of whisky
and distiling interests yet attempted
has been concluded in New York. IN.
der the title of the Kentucky Distillers
d Warehouse Company.
Negotiations for the consolidation OF
the leading pottery interests have been
concluded in New York by the forma-
tion of the American pottery compa-
MES. with capitaliza alton of $40, 000,-
600.
A snow-slide occurred on the Cana
dian Pacific at Rogers Pass. in the Sell
kirk range. The railroad roundhouse
and other buildings were demolished.
Nine persons are known to have been
killed and two injured.
Contracts have been let for the erec-
ton of a large beet-sugar factory at
Amers. a small town west of Omaha,
on the Union Pacific. The men who
are furnishing the money to build the
factory are Boston capitalists.
The United States transport Grant,
which left New York January 10, hav-
ing on board Major General Lawton,
the Fourth infantry and a battalion of
the Seventeenth infantry, bound for
Manila, has arrived at Gibraltar.
Steamer Rhynland, from Liverpool.
for Philadelphia, went ashore four
miles north of Penwick's island life
saving station. A heavy snow-storm
was prevailing at the time. There
were AZ passengers and a crew of 10 on
board, all of whom were rescued.
There has been no further general
fighting between the partisans of the
rival chieftains in the Samoan islands,
since the last advices except that a
party of Mataafa's followers was routed
in the bush by Malietoans. 1t is ex-
pected, however, that fighting will be
resumed, as Mataafa is arresting per-
sons who have been already fined and
released. The work of piilage con-
tinues, among the houses looted being
Wilma, the home of the late Robert
Louis Stevenson, the novelist.
Iowa mineworkers are making an
effort to have eight hours declared a
days work.
Native troops a,e to be utilized in
Cuba and American soldiers gradually
withdrawn.
A syndicate composed OF American,
Canadian, English and French capital
lists. is making an effort to secure con-
troll OF all the railroads in Cuba now
building and in operation, and all to
be constructed hereafter.
The bishop OF Havana has declared
that Protestant services cannot be held
over the graves of the Maine victims in
Columbus cemetery, as it is Consecrated
ground. Americans were preparing to
decorate the graves on the anniversary
OF the explosion.
The Central Cable Company an
nominees that the United States govern
ment in the Philippines has modified
the recent prohibition of kilograms in
cipher or code. Messages in secret lam
guage may now be accepted. subject to
government censorship.
The senate committee on naval
affairs has decided upon favorable re-
port on the bill providing for addi-
tional pay to laborers in navy-yards
who worked overtime during the emer-
gency OF war with Spain. The amount
required is about $500, 900, and about
5000 men are involved.
General Otis cables the war depart
ment. giving the number of deaths in
his command since January Z. The
total is 10, many OF ON died of
smallpox. The great number OF
deaths were OF Kansas, Colorado, Cali
fornia and Pennsylvania pIivates. In
the list appear the names OF Allen L.
Carlyle, private, First Washington.
January l6, typhoid; Earld A Jeans,
First Washington, January &c. ty-
phoid; Wistar Hawthorne, private,
Second Oregon, diphtheIa.
Cuban General Gomez refuses to
disband his army unless paid nearly
$50, 900 He claims to have 40, 900
men under arms. for which lie asks
pay for three years service, at the same
rate as given American soldiers. For
his own services in the past he wants
$1,000 year. the same as paid an
American lieutenant-ge lie has