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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
6
A rock 50 000 cubic yards in Amalfi slid into the sea at about 2 pm crushing the Capuccini hotel and Capuchian monastery below. The collapse dragged several villas and four vessels to the sea floor. Rescue teams and troops are on site. numerous monks and guests feared dead.
Eleven St Francis parish school children aged 9 to 11 died after a gas jet set dresses ablaze during a rehearsal in Quincy Illinois. Ten died within minutes and two more later. several teachers and sisters were burned while aiding the children.
Sixty five people attended a farewell banquet for General Brooke at the Paris restaurant in Havana on December 25. General Mario Menocal presided and Ernest Lee Conant served as toastmaster. Major General Wood pledged to carry out Congress promises while Brooke praised Cuban kindness and lasting friendship with Americans.
Alexander Tarbet of Salt Lake secured control of the Destroying Angel and Copper Bottom Lodge mining rights for 300000 dollars. The vein runs through Butte’s business district and was recently exposed during hotel foundations work. New owners plan a 1000 foot shaft under Broadway and Arizona streets near major hotels and the city hall.
Natick Mass December 25 Lizzie Morse a wealthy West Natick resident shot and killed Lewis Perry a 38 year old Spanish war veteran after Perry and Arnold Slappen on bicycles allegedly forced entry by smashing windows Perry attacked Elreta Morse and seized a croquet mallet Lizzie fired four shots killing Perry she claims self defense and that the trigger was pulled after Perry threatened her and her sister
John Edgar Gardiner aged 60 shot his young wife after pressuring her about a newspaper photo. He shot himself, ending the incident in Binghamton New York on December 25. The wife, 29, fled to a neighbor as police arrived.
Two Tongue proposed bills return from last session. One creates Crater Lake National Park covering 249 square miles under the interior secretary with prohibitions on settlement mining lumbering and business. The other bill seeks land examination and classification in Roseburg and Oregon City districts within the Oregon & California grant.
Pittsburg December 25 The Carnegie Steel Company posted notices at its mills that starting January 1 1900 common labor will rise to 1.50 per day and other day turn and tonnage labor will increase in proportion with certain exceptions for sliding scale tonnage workers. The adjustment marks a 7.41 percent rise, bringing total voluntary increases to 25 percent since the last general scale.
Washington officials report a recess tally of 5 015 bills introduced 95 joint resolutions 65 simple resolutions total 5 175 measures of all kinds for the house of representatives as the session paused.
The Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station reports three Oregon regions Union county Malheur county and Jackson county well suited for beet sugar due to available land water fuel and lime A Washington plant in Waverly began operations December 6 farmers produced about 400 acres with eight ton per acre average yield and profits expected to rise as experience grows The note adds Northwest updates including postmaster resignations school enrollment and county clerk appointment in Coos county.
The Division of Agriculture plans a twelfth census effort to collect and tabulate irrigation data in arid and semi arid US regions. A preliminary schedule asks for canal names downstream and contact details, with filings to be mailed for detailed data and later census figures. The work aligns with the Geological Survey and aims to illuminate irrigation progress and future development.
R G Dun report frames the downturn as a correction after a peak year of business. It notes ample capital use in trade and industry, loan contraction, and solid breadth across sectors. It cites higher weekly exchange activity, farm and cotton dynamics, wheat demand weakness, and weekly failures tallying 220 in the United States and 26 in Canada.
Onions new 1.00 one and a quarter per sack. Potatoes new 16 20. Beets 75 8bc per sack. Turnips 0c. Carrots 50c per sack. Parenips 75 85c. Cauliflower 75c to 1 per dozen. Cabbage 7% 90c per 100 pounds. Peaches 65 80c. Apples 1.25 1.50 per box. Pears 1.00 1.25 per box. Prunes 60c per box. Watermelons 1.50. Nutmegs 50 71c. Butter Creamery 32c lb dairy 17 22c ranch 22c lb. Buggs-Firm 830 81c. Cheese Native 16o. Poultry 9 10c dressed 11 138c. Hay Puget Sound timothy 12.00 choice Eastern Washington timothy 17.00 18.00. Corn Whole 23.00 cracked 23 feed meal 23. Barley Rolled or ground per ton 21 whole 22. Flour Patent per barrel 3.35 blended straights 3.10 California 3.25 buckwheat flour 6.00 graham per barrel 3.80 whole wheat flour 3.10 rye flour 8.80 4.00. Millstuffs Bran per ton 16.00 shorts per ton 17.00. Feed Chopped feed 20.60 per ton middlings per ton 22 oil cake meal per ton 82.00
The Portland market reports a wide range of prices for staples and livestock. Wheat and flour values, oats, barley, millstuffs, hay, dairy products, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, vegetables, hops, wool, mohair, mutton, hogs, beef, and veal are listed with cash-per-unit quotes and per ton or per dozen figures, reflecting regional supply and demand conditions.
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