The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-27
LATER NEWS.

California to succeed Stephen NJ.
White.
Ex-Governor Richard J. Oglesby ieli
lead near Lincoln, Neb. He had been
in i'll health for some time, but the end
was unexpected.
Daniel f. Brewer, a prominent Chi
cago physician, in a lecture, advocated
the establishment of Tarpeian rock in
Chicago. unless the city secures new
code OF criminal law.
The jury in the Windsor hotel fire
at New York, brought in verdict that
the fire was caused by accident. The
police still have $40, 900 worth oi nm.
claimed jewelry and other valuabes
recovered from the fire ruins.
Major Francis b. Dodge, of the pay
department. recently relieved from
duty at Denver, has been selected by
the war department to disburse the So,
600, 600 allotted by the government foi
the pay OF the Cuban troops.
The United States Worsted Com.
pany, with a capital of 10000, 600,
and the American Plumbing supply u
Lead Company, with an authorized
capital of $50, 900, 900, have been in.
coIporated under the laws of New ,Ier.
sey.
n. NJ DYER, captain of the cruiser
Baltimore, now at Manila, Will return
at once on account of sickness. and will
arrive in Boston, June 80. The family
has notified Baltimore city officials,
and they will present him with a
sword.
The president has appointed Colonel
James +. Smith of the First California
regiment, to be brigadier-general of
volunteers The regiment is now in
the Philippines. General Smith will
be assigned to one of the bIigades of
General Otis army.
At Springfield Mo a bold attempt
was made to release from the county
Jail Jack Kennedy. Bill Ryan and Bill
Sheppard, who are held here pending
trial for the recent train robbery on
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis road, near Macomb, Mo.
III Nut u Ilitll StdltS supreme court
an opinion was handed down in the
case of Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr..
vs.. &. ID. Hunt, holding that copyright
on book, the contents of which have
been published serially without being
previously copyrighted, is invalid.
Captain Wild, of the United States
cruiser Boston, has protested against
the promotion OF Colonel Miller to IN,
rigadier-general as reward for tn,
capture of lilo llo. Itappears that thi,
capture had been effected and that the
place was simply turned over to Col.
onel Miller, who, up to that time, had
| nothing to do with its capture This
action is Endorsed by Admiral Dewey
The majority of the wounded in the
Quingua engagement were Nebraska
men.
The Asiatic liner, Glenogle, sank
the City of Kingston in fog near Ia
coma.
Sam Hose, a negro, was burned at
the stake in Georgia. He had killed
Alfred Crawford, white farmer, near
/
Major General Otis at Manila reports
| that one of the regiments under hi
command has received some cable
grams reading Don't enlist boys. "
The Duke of Tetuan, ex-minister OF
foreign affairs, has been appointed
| SPANS delegate to the peace confer.
ence, which is to meet at The Hague
next month.
Contracts were signed in London
Friday which formally transferred to a
single organization practically all OF
the United States.
An informant of London paper as.
serts that the Chinese, European and
even American merchants doing bust.
ness in China are helping to supply the
Filipinos with arms and ammunition.
The senatorial elections for the new
cortes was held at Madrid. and passed
off TRANQUILITY throughout the country.
They have resulted in giving the gov
eminent larger majority in the sem
ate than it had secured in the cham Der
of deputies.
President Zelaya has granted an OPP.
tion, in force until January /, 1900. to
| Nj. Charles Nicoll, British counsel at
Managua. to purchase the railroads and
steamboats, of Nicaragua. with the
workshops appertaining to them, toI
the sum of &, 800, 900 pesos silver.
At Oakland, Cal, John Mccain, a
| laboIer, was beaten to death during a
quarrel which began during a game of