The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-21
LATER NEWS.

The weather bureau at Fort Canhv
has been closed and the work will here
after be done at Astoria.
The verdict OF the jury IN the Nc
Daniel case was manslaughter, with the
extreme penalty recommended.
Howard Tuttle, a former Portland,
Or, boy, denies that he is the man
who jumped into the bay near San
Francisco.
Malcolm Glenn, a newspaper man
known all over tire north coast region,
attempted to cut his throat with a razor
at Ontario, Or.
Yamhilll county hopgrowers have
decided to 60 into the pool and have
sent delegates to the Oregon Hopgrow-
ers' Association.
The La Marie Optical Company, of
France, with capital of 81, 900, 900,
will establish branch factories in Illi-
nois and Connecticut.
The executive committee of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
have decided to build $500, 900 build
ing in Cleveland, O.
A South Pacific naval station will
be established as soon as conditions in
the Philippines admit of the with
drawal of some of the ships there.
The German navy may be used in
Russia to exert pressure to prevent re-
Inducements reaching South Africa.
The president of the Brown univers-
ity asserts that if England whips the
Beers it will bring on a war of nations
in which the United States must par
ticipate.
In the steer-tying contest at Denver,
Col, Ed. Harrell defeated Doc"
Goodin. tying five steers in minutes
80 seconds. Goodin claimed the
worlds championship.
1t is probable that the distressed
bark reported ashore near Point Bonilla
on November Is, is the long-missing
Colusa, which sailed from Honolulu on
October 8 for Esquimault.
The Boer republics have not yet used
a third of The military resources at
their command. They have been quiet
ly preparing for years. Forts OF the
Transvaal are now impregnable.
Lieutenant Thomas NJ. Brumby, flag
lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during
the Manila campaign, who has been
i'll with typhoid fever for several weeks,
died at Garfield hospital, Washington,
d. c.
General Methuen is preparing for
another advance.
The German press and people are
jubilant over Buffers defeat.
Major General Wood anticipates hay
ing pleasant time in Havana.
Agitators are alarming the peaceable
natives Of the island OF Negroes.
Three Mexicsns were killed as re-
suit of fight near Florence, Ariz.
New York is working hard to secure
the next national Democratic conven-
ton.
The Broadway National Bank, of Bos.
ton, has failed, with liabilities of 49,
000,0 900.
William II. Carpenter, poet and edi.
tor. died at his home in Baltimore,
aged Sc.
The usual large number of British
officers were killed in the engagement
at Tugela.
Aguinaldo has retreated into the
mountains and Major Marsh has given
up the chase.
The Beers captured great quantity
of British supplies and ammunition at
Magersfontein.
The Forty eighth United States in
fantry has been released from quaran-
tine at Angel island.
Buffers casualties in the battle at
Tugela river, in killed, wounded and
missing, number LOO.
The American Federation of Labor
has registered an emphatic disapproval
OF government subsidies.
The Stanford University football team
will play the Multnomah club ON New
Years day at Portland.
Baron Roberts has been appointed to
supersede General Butler in command
of the South African forces.
Four persons We're burned to death
in Alliance KY, as result of a child
throwing some powder in fire.
The Ancient Order OF Hibernians
will donate 81 900, 900 to aid the Beers
in their fight against the English.
The Spanish government has formal
ly recognized General Castro as presi-
dent of the rannhlic of Nanaznala