The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-06-22
EVENTS OF THE DAY
An Interesting Collection Of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
+. in y Condensed Form.


Wardner, Idaho.
Hon. Richard p. Bland died at his
home in Lebanon, Mo.
A cloudburst near San Antonio.
Tex. caused loss of life.
The Northern Pacific has dropped one
OF its transcontinental trains.
San Francisco wants her new federal
building built of home material.
Earl Hanchette. con OF a former Los
Angeles newspaper man, killed his
wife and then attempted suicide.
Kruger is conciiatory. He will con.
tinue to make concessions. whether
Great Britain accepts arbitration or
not.
The Alaskan boundary difficulties
are practically smoothed over until
the meeting of the high commission
in August.
Rather than concede the S-hour day,
Colorado smelters belonging to the
trust have closed down, throwing thou
sands out OF employment.
The tornado which struck Herman,
Neb., also wrecked several houses at
Dane Hollow. Two persons were killed
and ten severely injured.
Sam l.. Simpson, Oregon's best
known poet, died as the result of fall
sustained recently while walking in
Portland. He was 81 years of age.
Major General Anderson, command.
ing the department of the Lakes, has
been mustered out of the volunteer
service and assumed the rank of bliga,
diergenelal.
In a street.coIner speech in Los An
geles, Rev. Mr.. Jeffres, father of the
new champion pugilist, said lie hoped
his boy would soon get licked, and he
would then see the error of his way
aud seek salvation.
Ten persons dead, 25 injured, five of
whom will die, and half of the re-
mainder suffering from very serious
wounds sums up the list of casualties
resulting from the cyclone that
wrecked Herman, Neb.
Henry O. Havemeyer appeared be.
Washington in connection with the in.
vestigation of trusts. He contcnded
that the tariff is tie most gigantic
trust Of them all. and robs the people
of 1924 900, 600 annually. With the
tariff off, he says, refined sugar woula
be cents a pound.
A bear escaped from his pit in the
park at Tacoma.
A torpedo factory blew up at Mari
eta, o., killing two.
Six thousand garment makers are on
a strike in New York.
A cloudburst occurred near Viola,
Wis, damaging crops
A salmon cannery at Vancouver, b.
G., burned; loss. $4,000
The supreme lodge of Workmen are
in session at indianapolis.
T. G.. Shaughnessy Is the new presi-
dent of the Canadian Pacific.
Whites and Towards, of Kentucky,
planned an attack on troops at Lexing.
ton,
John d. Rockefeller and James ].
Hill held "A conference at Seattle Tues.
day.
Portions of a body are being found
all over New York. Another murder
mystery.
j. X. Orr, Californian, on his way
to Klondike, was robbed of $1,000 in
Vancouver, B. G.
New York Manhattan railway must
pay 81, $50, 900 taxes by recent dc.
cision of the court.
The company which lost the City Of
Paris. has ordered two new boats to be
built in this country.
With the present transport services
it would take four months to get 3d..
900 troops to Manila.
Transports bringing the Second Ore
gon home will first touch at San Fran
cisco to land other troops.
The famous Wells Fargo war case tax
has been ordered back foy rehearing in
the California supreme court
The Manila feet forced the rebels to
abandon their guns, who, however,
chung on stubbornly for four hours.
General Luna and his aid-de,camp.
Lieutenant Pasco Ramon. were assassi-
mated by Aguinaldo's guard, at the lat
ter's headquarters.
Lawton's troops had q severe engage
ment with the enemy in a strong en-
trenchment at the crossing OF Zapote
river, near Bacor, Cavite province,
He drove the enemy back with a heavy
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