The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-20
Comprehensive Review OF the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Culied From the Telegraph Columns.

Agricultural implements have adj
vanced in price.
General Joe Wheeler's seat in con-
gress will probably be declared vacant.
An industrial commission will in
vest gate the smelter troubles in Colo
RADIO.
Great Bri,ain's argument in the
Venezuelan boundary dispute is COM
pleted.
A war department order permits sol
diers' families to purchase fuel and
supplies at post prices.
A tube trust has been formed. 1t
will be the third largest steel and iron
incorporation in the world.
Subscription books have been opened
in this country and Europe for the gold
loan to Mexico. 1t will amount to
sll0, 900.
The president has appointed Colonel
Alfred +. Bates paymaster general Of
the army, to succeed General Asa b.
Carey, retired.
The Second Oregon regiment has ar.
rived safely in san Francisco. The
health of the regiment is good, and
there were no casualties Oh the Tip
over.
Seven persons already have died at
or near New York from kjaw, result.
ing from Fourth OF July pistol acct.
dents, and others are in precarious
condition.
The Atlantic liner Paris. which was
stranded on the Mauacles, off the Eng
lsh coast, and given up for lost, has
been tioated and is now safe in Fal.
mouth harbor
The cruiser Olympia from Colombo,
Ceylon. has arrived at Suez and has
entered the canal. Admiral Dewey
said that his men and himself were in
very good health.
A copy OF the Independence has
reached Manila containing the speech
which Aguinaldo made during the re-
cent celebration at Tarac of the an
nual anniversary of the proclamation
Of Filipino Independence. 1t is very
fowery, and in it he calls attention to
the anti.expansion sentiment in the
United States.
An offer from a prominent firm Of
shipbrokers, to purchase the Reina
Mercedes and any and all of the other
war craft captured during the late war
has aroused a suspicion that Spain is
trying in this indirect manner to OBJ
tain possession of the vessels and thus
remove the otfense to SpaniCh pride
caused by the floating of the American
flag over her ships. The navy depart.
ment will not sell any of these vessels,
and that anwer will be returned to the
writer Of the letter.
General Joe Wheeler has started for
Manila.
New York, Wednesday. shipped
40, 600 ounces of gold to Europe.
Roosevelt is being doomed in some
sections of the East for secretary of
war.
British soldiers have been ordered to
proceed to the Cape, presumably to
fight the Beers.
After thorough cleaning the battle
ship Iowa has been tloated out OF tho
Port Orchard dry dock.
DR.. Tuttle's "thorite." the new high
explosive, was tested at Sandy Hook
and pronounced a success.
Can tain Watkins frankly admits that
his misCalculations caused the accident
to the steamship Paris.
The educational convention opened
at Los Angeles. The delegates Were
welcomed by Governor Gage.
The Austin. Tex, cotton exchange
says the heavy rains benefited and
ruined an equal proportion of the cot
ton crop.
General Gilleta de Sanguiseppe, the
Italian officer recently sentenced to five
years imprisonment as a spy, has been
pardoned.
The French government is attempt
ing to raise revenue by letting out the
backs of match boxes, which are state
monopoly, to outside advertisers.
The New York World says the presi-
dent is prepaIin. to submit to the Gu
bans to vote upon whether they will
have Independence or annexation.
The president has confirmed and
commissioned the officers recommends
ed by General Otis for the Thirtv-slxth
and Thmty-seventh volunteer regi-
ments. now being organized in the
Philippines.
The war department has announced
that the customs receipts at the port
of Havana for June were 81 ,0l2, 500.
The total receipts for six months OF
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