The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-03-16
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
CuIled From the Telegraph Columns.

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A rupture is imminent between Italy
and China, over the latter's refusal to
cede a coaling station to Italy at San
Nun bay.
The British cruiser Talbot, which
was sent to New York to convey the
remains of Lord Hershel! TO England.
has sailed.
The Madrid authorities have offered
Aguinaldo a ransom of 81, 900 for each
officer, 800 each for the privates, and
$50 for each civil servant.
Advices from Honolulu dated March
/ state that Princess Kauilani was not
expected to live "a hours. Rheuma
tism Of the heart was the cause of her
illness.
Both houses of the Oklahoma legisla-
ture have passed bill prohibiting the
practice of Christian science in Okla
homa. The governor, it is said, will
sign the bill.
The Canadian government has de-
cided to construct a telegraph line to
the Klondike country. The pan is to
build line between Lake Bennett and
Daw son City at once.
The Whitinsvile cotton mill. at
Whitinsville, Mass, and the cotton
mills at LinwoOd and Saundersville
have announced an advance in wages.
about J, 900 operatives are affected.
The British minister has informed
the Chinese foreign office that any
attempt to repudiate the railway con-
tract will he regarded as breach Of
faith meriting retributive measures.
The government has concluded to in
augurate stringent sanitary measures
in Cuba and Porto Rico. Apparatus
for destroying garbage is being shipped
to the principal cities of both islands.
An army winter hospital at Savan.
nah, Ga, Of AZ buildings, has been
opened for patients. The first ship
have been received by the hospital ship
Missouri.
Welcome A. Botkn. husband Of
Cordela Botkin. convicted of the
murder of Mrs. John Il. Dunning. Of
Dover, Del. has applied for a divorce
on the ground that his wife has been
convicted of a felony.
The 10 dynamite cartridges found
back Of the exploded arsenal at Tou-
Ion, France. are Of foreign manufac.
ture, and French authorities are now
convinced the destruction OF the arsen-
al was due to foul play.
At Tien-Tsin, China. 200 persons
broke through the ice where three riv.
ers meet, and l06 were drowned.
Another rebellion has broken out
in China. An army 10000 strong is
committing serious depredations in the
central provinces.
The Argentine training-shi with
President Sarmiente, has arrived at
Valparaiso, where great festivities
have been prepared in his honor.
The republican deputies at meeting
held at Madrid, have decided upon
vigorous republican propaganda. Pals.
the republican paper. has been seized.
A message received at Harvard COL
lege observatory from the European
Association OF Astronomers announced
the discovery of faint comet by DR..
Wolto.
A severe earthquake shock was ex-
perienced at Yokohama. the disturb
ance visiting localities of the great
shock of 1891, with some loss of life
and property.
Governor Smith, Of Montana, has
vetoed a bill passed by the late legisla.
ture legalizing boxing contests. Such
contests are absolutely forbidden by
the law in force
Ex-Commissary. General Eagan, who
has remained in Washington since the
court-martial suspended him from the
service for an attack on General Miles,
has left Washington for the West. He
will go to Honolulu, where his son has
large interests i'll coffee plantations.
A sensation has been caused in
France by report that ~ dynamite
cartridges were found behind the Tou.
Ion arsenal recently destroyed, and by
the further report that some person not
vet identified fired three revolver shots
at an arsenal sentry. none OF them,
however, taking effect.
A suit for $780, 900 damages against
James J. Hill, az president OF the Great
Northern Railway Company, has been
commenced in the superior court at
Seattle by W. +. Hays, who claims that
the state granted him an exclusive con-
tract to fill in tidelands at Smith Cove
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