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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
2
The government dispatched fifty tons of candy to Philippine soldiers to brighten the holidays amid an environment many find unattractive, aiming to lift morale during the season.
A Wednesday blaze wiped out Seattle's public library and an estimated twenty five to thirty thousand books. A fireproof building priced at about 250000 is planned. The city debates street lighting as electricity vies with gas for public illumination.
Ex-President Harrison notes no strong case against territorial growth yet sees it as not the safest path. He cites coal, iron, surplus food, and efficiency as indicators of national progress. A Richmond man was robbed by a husband for calling a married woman the sweetest peach, then faced a raw-hiding from the wife and legal trouble. Woman is a dangerous thing to monkey with.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. takes the social reins in New York shrinking the four hundred to about one hundred. The only family members admitted are the William K. Vanderbilts. The Peabody Wetmores, four in number, may reclaim the balance from their arid condition.
City youths are warned that persistent night wandering in a drunken or semi intoxicated state could lead to police court charges. Parents accuse liquor vendors of supplying minors and vow to pursue offenders, urging dealers to be cautious in direct sales and in supplying bottled goods.
One hundred seventy eight cases were filed in the superior court last year. Born Wednesday January 2 to Mr and Mrs Harold Thompson of Nob Hill a son. There were 84 marriages in Yakima county during 1900, against 71 for the previous year. E Mulhollan of La Grande Ore is spending a week or ten days with his sons the Mulhollan Bros. Each of the twenty five employes of the H H Schott Co were presented with a turkey on New Year's eve. The city was left in darkness for a part of Wednesday night through the breaking of belting at the power house.
Mrs N S Johnson plans a quick Sound trip while Twentieth Century club hosts a reception at Mrs Alex Miller's home. Tacoma fruit grower John Baker visits, and local commerce hawks new glassware. Hops traded, a power plant worker ill, and legal fines issued. Royal Arch Masons form in Yakima with ceremonies and banquet.
The Yakima Armory Company is incorporated by Capt. B. B. Coombs Dr. C. T. Dulin W. L. Lemon Frank Liggett and A. S. Dam with Dr. Dulin as president W. L. Lemon as treasurer and A. S. Dam as secretary.
An old ad note lists an artist to make your picture and promotes Lee’s tie killer along with International poultry food and stock food at Kleis and Bond’s. It touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for liver and bowel cleansing available via Quiett and Ayres Drug Store.
The Yakima paper notes current residents returnees and local shop bargains while previewing a busy stage slate. Frederick Warde and company perform Duke's Jester on February 9 at Larson's, Seabrook's Comic Opera prepares The Rounders February 22 with 65 artists, and Belle of New York Company seeks a heavy one night guarantee as negotiations progress. Coffin Bros. advertises all wool satins at 60c for 36c per yard.
An elephant tied at a Philadelphia restaurant rear caused a ruckus when kitchen noises and a taunting tapping spurred it to batter a thin wooden partition. The cook fled with apples and other edibles as pots and pans flew about, ending the disturbance for the day.
Studies of the zodiacal light at sea lead F J Bayldo formerly of the British navy to remark that Pacific air is clearer and better for celestial observation than Atlantic air. Honolulu is well situated for clear air and may become an important astronomy outpost, already chosen as a chief point for earth vibration studies.
Captain Cecil A. Deane of the Denver State Historical Society spent two weeks near Gallup, New Mexico, searching for a sandstone house beneath lava. He found a cliff dwelling above a lava lake, with calcined corn and lava-burnished debris, suggesting habitation before and after the lava flow in the later tertiary period.
The white ants of Manila bore holes from outside and invade wood in thousands. They eat furniture leaving only shells and may destroy chair legs so a sitter falls suddenly.
The article reports 313 percent annual death rate illustrates rapid decline of Civil War veterans. Commissioner Evans estimates 925000 survivors with 742,467 on pension rolls last year. 24787 pensioned veterans died, implying about 50855 total deaths if nonpensioned share matches. Average survivor age around 59. last War of 1812 survivor died after 75 years. Few Civil War veterans may remain into 1940.
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