The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-06-01
LATER EWS.

lHe tOtai nulnDeT VI plague cases Ie-
ported at Alexandria is eight. Two
have died and two recovered.
A Paris dispatch says Dreyfus will
certainly he acquitted at his second
trial. All his accusers are dead, or
have fled the country.
Secretary Alger will control the
granting of franchises in Porto Rico.
subject to nominal revisionaIy au-
thority of the president, which will
not Necessarily be exercised.
Two score scientists of note, con-
shutting the Hartman exploring ex-
petition to Alaska. have arrived IN
Portland. They will embark from
Seattle on the steamer Elder.
Baron Won Munchauscn's Sperbers-
bruder won the race for the grand
prize of hamburg, valued at 100, 900
marks. The baron married Miss Net
tie Crosby, OF Chicago, some years ago.
President Mckinley has issued the
long-expected amendment to the civil
service rules which he has had under
consideration for about year. 1t re-
leases from the operations of civil serv.
ice rules about 1000 offices.
An order has been issued at Manila
re-estabishing the Philippine courts,
which have been closed since the
American Occupation. 1t revives all
the Spanish system not conflicting
with the sovereignty of the United
States.
Secretary Alger has received cable
gram from General Otis in response
to his inquiry, announcing that ma.
jority OF the Oregon regiment of volun.
teers at Manila have decided to return
by steamer directly to Portland. The
Washington regiment decided to come
first to San Francisco.
Within one week the states OF Ne
braska, South Dakota, Iowa, Wiscon.
sin, Minnesota and Northern Illinois
have experienced seven of the most vio-
lent storms known in years, resulting
in the loss of nearly dozen lives and
doing damage to property and crops
that will run into the hundreds of
thousands.
The steamer China, from Hong Kong
and Yokohama, via Honolulu, brings
news to San Francisco of the murder of
an American soldier named George
Ryan, near Malolos. His frightfulIv
mutilated body was found on April II.
The body was dashed to raft floating
in the river. the skull crushed and both
arms had been cut off at the elbows.
Rosa Bonheur. the famous animal
painter. is dead at London. England.
The North Atlantic squadron will
make Newport, K. l.. its summer
quarters.
Cuban soldiers at Havana refused on
the first day to accept the $75 allotted
them by the United States to surrender
their arms.
From Hardeeville, S. c.. is reported
the burning to death of Jacob Solo.
mon, his wife and seven children, in
an accidental fire which DESTROYED
their house.
Particulars received regarding the
famine in Russia confirm the previous
narrowing accounts. Some authorities
estimate that as many as 10000, 600
peasants are starving.
The Spanish troops have withdrawn
from Zamboanga after a battle with
the insurgents. The insurgent loss
was severe. The Spanish loss was nine
killed and 81 wounded.
Harry and John Anderson, brothers,
went out sailing on Young's bay, near
Astoria, Or, in a small boat, and were
drowned by the capsizing of the boat
when they were less than 90 yards
from shore.
Howard K. Kretz, a young man
about % years Of age, an art student
of the Academy of Design OF New York,
made "A startling and successful jump
from the Brooklyn bridge, and came
out of the river uninjured.
An Oakland, (Cal., } miner. who has
just returned from Copper river, Alas
ka, says that he knows of so prospec-
tors III that section who are missing.
If not already dead they will die in an
effort to reach civilization. Most of
them went out in small parties, with
only provisions enough to last them
few months. Rescue parties have been
unable to get trace of them.
The London Times in an editor ial
dealing with thu prospect that the re-
suit of the peace conference will be a
permanent arbitration tribunal says:
mo government or people have devot-
ed themselves with greater ardor to the
study of the theory of arbitrator than
the government and people of the
ITnitaI States The Amprioaus not