The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-02-23
OF RECENT OCCURRENCE.

The war department has issued an
order III ustering out of service all the
volunteers now in the United States.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri,
has taken the prescribed oath and en-
tered upon his duties as secretary OF
the interior.
The house committee on appropria-
tions has ordered favorable report on
the bill to pay Spain 100000. 600 for
the Philippines.
Agonoillo, the Filipino delegate, ar.
rived in New York Monday from Mon
treal. Agoncilo expects to sail for
England III few days.
The senate committee has reported
favorably an amendment to the sundiy
civil bill providing for the laying Of a
cable from the United States to Hawaii
and the Philippines.
Many French newspapers are bit.
terly assaling NJ. Loubet. the new
president. but the better class support
him. and confidence in the stability Of
the new government is increasing.
Samuel II. Stevenson, ID. d.. one of
the oldest Presbyterian ministers in
the United States, is dead in Bloom
ington, H.. at the age of Sc. He was
near relative of former Vice-Presi-
dent Stevenson.
A fire in the little city OF Port
Washington, Wis. destroyed $500, 900
worth of property. and rendered 30
families homeless. A chair factory
covering two blocks was destroyed,
throwing 600 men out of work.
The revolution IN Nicaragua is
spreading. General Mena. at the head
of 700 insurgents. is near the town of
Rama. The insurgents are well armed
with small guns and are expecting
Calling, Krupp and Hotchkiss cannon
Michael Milano, the prosperous pro-
prietor of bootblacking establishment
in Tacoma, committed suicide by firing
two shots from revolver into his
brain. Fifty-two dollars was found
on the body. Family trouble was the
cause of the act.
A new town has been laid out in
Alaska. 20 miles from juneau. which
it is expected will be the gateway to
the Atlin goldfelds. 1t has been
named Taku, and is situated on Taku
bay, four miles from the mouth Of the
inlet of that name.
TIE Italian bark Barbara Luigi went
ashore February 4 on Little Bahama
bank and is "A total lose. Three of the
crew were drowned and two persisted
frcm exposure The captain and eight
of the crew have arrived at Nassau, N.
p and report the loss.
Mrs. Howe, OF Gresham, o.. was
drowned in the Willamette at Port
land Monday. She was passing from
one steamer to another, as the boats
were lying at the dock. when she fell
between them. An attempt to rescue
her tailed. She was on her way to
visit son at Salem.
The first session Of the eighth cont.
mental congress OF the National Society
of the Daughters of the American Rev.
olution began in Washington Monday.
Mrs. Daniel Manning, president.gen-
eral of the society, made her annual
address. She dwelt especially on the
aid given by the society during the re-
ton had furnished $780, 900 In money
and supplies.
The Columbia river fish cannery
combine will close half Of the canneries
the coming season.
The Cunard steamer PavOnia, which
sailed from Queenstown for Boston,
January 26, and which was sighted ON
February 5, in disabled condition,
has arrived in tow at the Azores.
NJ. Loubet was elected president of
France on the 2ist. The assembly
cast Sl2 votes, of which Loubet re-
ceived 4s3 to 279 cast for NJ. Meline,
and 80 scattering.
A battle has occurred at fallen Wan
between Russian soldiers and Chinese,
in which 800 Of the latter were slain
The trouble is said to have originated
over the question of taxes.
Grading has begun on the Snake
River Valley railroad. between Union
fiat and the head of the south fork Of
the Penewawa creek. A large force Of
men and teams ID working on the big
cut between those two points.
A dispatch from Cape Charles. Va,
saws 80 oyster sloons and schoonprs
have been carried out to sea by drift
ing ice from Magothys bay. 1t is be,
lieved many are manned, and the crews
may suffer from exposure and hunger.
Tugs will be sent to overhaul the ves-
sells.