Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-01-14


ploves followed, and c. E. Cline. Of
Whatcom. was chosen speaker. and
Judge Carusi, Of Clallam, chief clerk.
A committee was appointed to test the
contested places, and the house ad-
!ourned.
The nineteenth session Of the Ore
con legislature met in Salem Monday
and failed 10 organize completely be-
cause Of disagreement between factions
in the senatorial fight. The evident
purpose seemed to be TO delay the cleo
ton Of United States senator for two
weeks and they were successful. The
senate organized without friction, but
the house not at all. \ vote for sem
ator can not now be taken until Tues
day. January 20. Joseph Simon. Of
MulJnomah. was chosen president Of
the senate without opposition.
The four presidential electors OF Ore
con met in salem and east their ballots
for William Mckinley and Garret Ho-
bart. Hon. 7. T. Geer was elected
messenger TO carry the vote 70 Wash
ington.
A dispatch from Nice says that
ei-hty-two persons, including the
mayor and the mayors assistant, to-
gether with many prominent citizens,
have been arrai-ned for corruption in
the municipal elections.
Advices received from Manila show
that the Philippine insurgents who
were deported to the Landrane islands.
the Spanish penal settlement in the Pa
cific, recently made desperate attempt
to escape, but were overlowered by the
garrison and spanish marines. Eighty
Of the convicts were killed ana forty
wounded.
a passenger train on the Burlington
jumped trestle near Omaha, and i've
people We're injured, one fatally.
William Dobbs. Of Union, Or. has
received the Maui prize for raising the
largest table beet Tor 1895. The con-
test was open 10 all growers in the
United States and Canada. The prize
consisted Of a $50 draft. The beet
weighed seventeen pounds.
Some boys while hunting near Pe,a-
luna. Cal. shot q pigeon on : tree.
and the bird dropped with a broken
wing. a message tied to the birds
wing proved tina. i came from Walla
Walia. Wash, four days previous.
Tie note was addressed 10 : san Fran
cisco firm.
Important papers showing the
amount due the Pacific roads sinking
fund. On account Of subsidies paid the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. have
apparently been lost. The senate
adopted i resolution calling FOR them.
Tie acting secretary has replied that
they cannot b found.
The Columbia river salmon packers
held meeting in Astoria for the puC-
pose u fixing the price 70 b paid for
salmon during the coming season. Ii
was decided 70 offer cents 4 pound.
and communication 10 thar effect was
sent 70 the Fishermen's Protective
Union. The union met later. but no
action was taken in the matter If the
Gamers proposition.
4 thousand warning Poles. in BY
City. Mich. We're determined that Fa-
ther Bogacki should not oaiciate as
their priest. They attacked the par
sonage u $. Stanislaus' church. and
s-ormei Il for over an hour. They de-
moli-hei the eiiice and one man was
shot and several others wounded with
clubs. Tie priest finally surrendered,
and The police quelled the riot.
a Chicago paper says that President.
alec; Mckinley VIII select Colonel John
Hay. - Washington. as ambassador u
Great Britain. Colonel Hay has been
secretary II the legation al Paris.
Vienna and Madrid ana was often
charge d'atfaires al interim a, each q
these capitals. Ii Hayes admiustra-
tion he WIS hrs, assistant secretary Il
state. Hay was one of President Lin
clou'- secretaries.
S.r Charles Upper Al a dinner in
London : quoted a. saying: Il feel
great .mira,ion Tor the United States,
nut ITO not desire 70 Possess their il 81
tu,ious. l Eel thai there Is greater
security under British institutions for
life. property and liberty. Canadians
ara greatly fattered AT the desire Of
the United States 10 possess Canada,
but % deep Is their loyalty and -
united are the Canadians tina, the ques-
ton i impossible" The speech Of the
ex-prenier was received with grea, APP
plau>e.
The Southern Oregon Fair Associa.
tion has filed articles OF incorporation
in the office OF the secretary OF state.
The capital named Is s., 600, divided
into shares Of $40 each. Meiiord viii
be the principal Office.
Frank Hoyt, who 30 brutally assault
Fl and robbed Agent Hoopengarner, II
Myrtle Creek last week, has been tried
in Rosehur.. Or. and bound over to
the grand jury, in the sum OF 81 900.
In default OF bondsmen he is now in
the county jail.
In the supreme court in Washington.
D. c., an opinion was rendered by jus
tice Gray, in the case OF the Harvey
Valley Stock Company Is. Hoke Smith.
secretary OF the interior, and :. W.
Lamoreux, commissioner Of the general
land office. in favor Of Smith and Lam
oreux The principal object Of the sui,
was TO compel them, by mandatory in.
junction. 10 issue lists 70 certain swamp
lands in Oregon. The court dismissed
the case without going into It's merit:
on the ground that it had aba,ed a. &c
Smith because OF his resignation from
offica and 70 I.amoraux as he is mere