The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-02-02
LATER NEWS.

been drowned by an ice disaster at the
village Of Warpuhnen, Boirheim. re-
Gently.
The president has nominated Colonel
Asa b. Carey, assistant paymaster-gen-
eral to he paymaster-general, with the
rank of brigadier-general.
A terrible blizzard was general
throughout the Mississippi valley on
the 29th and Both of January, reaching
as far south as st. Louis.
Three representatives Of 40 German
families in the East are looking over
the Pacific Northwest with view to
buying several thousand acres of lanl
fOl a colony.
Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, who has
settled the estate of her late husband,
Leland Stanford. and who would be en-.
titled to $685.. 7Gs as fees, refuses to &C.
cept anything for her services.
Companies II, d, X and l., of the
Seventeenth United States infantry,
4l2 enlisted men and nine officers,
have left Columbus for the Philippines.
They go via New York.
The American shipping interests OF
the Hawaiian islands have largely IN
creased since their annexation to the
United States. There are now load
ing for or on the way to the islands 90
vessels, of which 80 fly the Am erican
flag.
+. w. Peck, United States commits
siOner-general to the Paris exposition,
asks congress to increase the amount
set aside for the government exhibit to
81 100000. The first appropriation
was 500, 900. which Mr.. Peck says il
entirely too small.
The reported rich strike of gold at
Cripple Creek has been confirmed. 1t
is the richest ever discovered in the
world, estimated to run as high as
ont in one level, at depth of $50 feet,
$4,000, 600 worth of ore.
A. Thompson, agent of the Coast
Seamen's Union at Seattle, says: I'm
less the Shipowners' Association gives
up trying to put scab seamen on coast
ing vessels, a general strike will he or
dered, and every sailing vessel on the
coast tied up as soon as she gets into
port. The union men will not accept
less than $40 per month";"
Theodore Kitchener, aged 60. acct
dentally shot and killed his wife at
Newtonville, N. Y.
One billion feet OF Oregon timber,
on Abiqua creek, was sold to VISION
SIN parties a few days ago.
The thermometer ranged from 35 to
! 40 degrees below zero at different
points in Wisconsin the first OF the
week.
Ore assaying from $40, 900 to $780,
600 god per ton is reported to have
been struck in the Isabella mine at
Cripple Creek, Colo.
On the 18th ballot taken in the joint
urday, Hon. VIM. A. Clark was elected
| United States senator.
In the lower house of congress a
joint resolution has been adopted grant
ing to Venezuela the privilege of send
ing q cadet to West Point.
Charges affecting the integrity of
District Judge Scott, of Omaha, and
seeking his impeachment by the Iegis.
lature have been presented to that
body.
Ex-senator Slater, prominent figure
in Oregon politics for a number OF
years, died at his home in La Grande
on the 2Sth. He came to Oregon in
1850.
The Montauk Club, of Brooklyn, ten.
dered a banquet on the 2Sth to Admiral
/ William L. Sampson, and principal
among the other guests was Secretary
of the Navy joni d. Long.
A big celebration was held in Havana
/ in honor of the memory of the first Gu
ban president, Jose Marti. -Four thou
sand people were present, and there
was no disorder of any kind.
The body of Captain Sturtevant,
pilot of the Paul Jones, has been found.
From the clothing of the body it is be-
| lieved he was off duty and asleep when
the disaster was caused by the boiler
exploding.
General Eagan, tried by court-mar.
tial on charges of conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman, was found
guilty and sentenced to dismissal from
the army. The president has the
power to mitigate or entirely set aside
the findings.
The district attorney at Philadelphia
has notified counsel for Senator Quay,
his son, Richard. and ex-State Treas
urer Haywood, that he had fixed Mon
day, February 20, as the date for trial