The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-08-19

as special correspondent of the News
to interview farmers and others on the
railway commission as proposed by Gov
ernor Mcbride. He will be in that part
of the state about two weeks when he
will go to Tacoma, taking up regular
work at the home office. For the past
two months Mr.. Shoemaker has been
correspondent here for the Seattle Times,
Portland Telegram and Spokesman Re-
view, which papers he has turned over
to the former correspondent.
E. w. Dooley and family while seated
in their carriage on Second street at the
corner of Roaf's drugstore last Saturday,
watching the circus parade, were given
good scare. The steam calliope came
scouting by bringing up the rear of the
parade, and frightened the horse, which
had hitherto remained very quiet. The
animal at once began kicking and trying
to get away, but the crowd of men stand
ing by Succeeded in throwing him
and unhitching the tugs. Thus was
narrowly averted what might have prov
en- disastrous runaway.
In the Tacoma News of the 9th inst.
appears an article be Anne Shannon
Moore on Dowie's Zion City. The writer
at one time lived III North Yakima, after
wards marrying a young man from
Tacoma and residing at Sunnyside.
Their union was not happy one and
the contracting parties soon separated.
Miss Moore is well-known writer.
She is the author of eugene Norton"
an interesting novel, the scene of which
is laid in the Sunnyside country, and
supposed by many of her friends to be
the story o. her own life while there.
James Hardy, accompanied by Mrs.
Hardy, arrived here last Tuesday. even.
ing from Grantsdale, Montana, and
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Sweeney during their stay in the city.
They travelled overland by team on their
way to Seattle. They left Grantsdale
on July 9TH, making the trip in little
over two months. They left here Thurs
day afternoon to continue their journey
to the Puget Sound country, where they
will remain during the winter visiting
friends.
Ringing Bros. circus met with an ac-
cident while enroute from North Yakima
to Portland, in which the cars contain
ing the elephants were thrown from the
tracks and overturned. The wreck &C.
cured on Sunday in the yards at the head
of the bay in Tacoma. Fortunately no
lives either man or beast were lost but
several of the keepers are in the hospital
with injuries. One small elephant was
mired in the soft mud and had to be
dragged out to terra firma with the aid
of larger elephants.
Last Saturday was one of the biggest
days North Yakima has seen for many
years. Ringing Brothers great shows
drew the people from all over the coun-
try. 1t is undoubtedly true that circus
always takes a great deal OF money from
the section of country that they play in,
but nevertheless, the town at which
the show is pulled off fares equally as
well if not better than the circus man.
agement.
Miss Florence Stephenson of Yakima
is visiting her sister Mrs. w. C. Prater
~ Martin l.. Holienbeck died ivery
suddenly at his home at Toppenish last
Friday night of obstruction of the bow
els, after being ill only "a hours. The
body was brought up here and buried in
Thorp cemetery Sunday afternoon. The
funeral was largely Observation-Disclosures
burg Capital.
O. James of Gle Elum, brother of pho
tographer James of this place, was down
last week visiting his brother. They
were over on the Columbia river hunt
ing and Mr.. James when he left for home
Friday afternoon, made the remark that
from sportsman's standpoint he could
not have been better pleased with the
few days outing.
Robert Scott and family left Wednes-
day morning for Everett, where Mr..
Scott has some real estate interests and
where his son, Newt, is in business.
Mr.. Scott will return home in time to
attend the republican county conven-
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