Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-02-11
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Az Int sting Collie elton Of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Present d
In Condensea Form.

Mrs Mary Scott, . pioneer o: 1864
died a. her home in WallA Walla q,
the age Of - years Her husband.
John Scott, died only .hree months ago
Tie president ms signed. OF the rec-
Communication q the =-c-eta-y u The
interior, al order. reducing The mum
Ter Of pension agencies in the United
States from eighteen 70 nine Ii i saii
this will save a. least $50. 600 pr ar
NUN.
Hon. ]. F. Boyer died 6, hi. resi-
dence in Walla W4lla- Mr.. Boyer was
one q the be=t known men q ,ha:
city. Ii business. il church, il social
life ard il almost every matter q pub
lit Interest he was tor many years one
o. the most prominent -len @: The IL
land Empire.
= Santa f train was held ID and
robbed ty TWO masked m-n nea- Nel-
soa, \. 7. one II the robbers while
attempting 70 break :a;o The exprcs.
car was shot and killed by M=s--l,-r
Summers. The o.her e-c4r-i. ,4;:n.
with him about half iozen re-is-ere!
packages. the through mail pouches
being unnoleSt-l.
\ grand hall OF luxurious sale. il
honor q Presiden. and Mrs. D:az. Wa
gwen SATURDAY nigh, Il III pal-,.al
residence u Pablo Escaudon ~ -
opu.en. family OF ;ha, name. I; was
in point o. importance. ;.ste and Is
play. what the BrAdle-- Martin bal
will te il New York.
News has been received 0; the who'll
sale killing q paciacos Z: Juhsco. M
,anzas province, las. week. y one =
Weyler's captains. namei Mario H
r2iie3 3 small village. expactir, - iill
al irsureeu- hospital there. BAN.
disappointed he arrested .veu.v u M
men. and. putting them il linz. h o.
der=i every odd NUN t-erei man shot
promising 70 spare ;he Others. NJ
sooner had these bten dispatched than
he had the Others pu: 70 the mache:e
Rev. Myroa Reei. pastor Of the Dan
vsr Broadway Temple Association
preached a sensational sermon las;
sunday. il which he discouraged The
collection OF grain and money Tor Inc
Starring people Of India. while there i
80 much suffering and ne@i il our own
country. Rev. Reel declared tina:
pcesen. conditions in India were
brought aoou, ~ British uisgove-u-
mea- and should therefore he relieved
by the British people.
Two drunken tramrs. named Shep-
pari AID Irving respectively. were
locked ID together az Mercei, Cal. and
a f.. hours later. when the cell was
opened, Sheppard was found lying dead
on the fo0y, with q red mark upon his
neck indicating that lie had heen
str2nsled. Thirt!-fve cents in change.
which Sheppard had when lockai up
were found in Irving's possession
The latter was charged with his com
panion's murder.
The Pennsylvania STATE capitol las
bean destroyed by ire. The legislative
halls are il ruins and new structure
mus rise from the ashes o: ,ha building
that has served as meeting place Of
the state legislature since I.22. Tie
flames within the shor. space Of aD
hour, ate Up g. 500, 900 worth Of prop
erty. The ineffciency Of the Harris
burg volunteer fire department i gen
orally blamed.
! special cableEram from Frankfort
on--he-Na;n 70 the New York Pos, says
tina, the Berlin committee O; holders Of
Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
pany ) Der cent bonds have received
poin. BID Of - from The Northern Pa
cifc and Great Northern railroad CON-
panies for ali the stock q the Railway
& Navigation Company represented by
them, the purchase price 10 - payable
July !, with rer cent interest The
bid IS conditional! on il acceptance By
at least 80 600 900 Of stock. Il Is un-
derstood the Union Pacific will also
become interested later il The purchase
George Edwarl Bu,ler. the mos.
noted criminal u late years. has jus, ar
rived in San Francisco on the Swan
hil3a IRON Australia He was imme-
dia,aly arrested by Australian detec-
tive- and will - taken back 70 answer
70 his numerous crimes. He IS known
10 have killed a. lea-. twelve men. and
it Is said his crimes may reach forty.
His cold-bloodei method was 70 insert
an "ad" in Australian papers for a
prospecting partner When he found q
man that suited his purpose he would
lure him 10 some desolate SPOT and
there request him to dig When the
unsu-pec-ing victim would have dug
deep enough in the earth. Butler would
come behind MIN, and either shoot or
stab him. He would then rob him.
bury the body in the newly made
grave. destroy all traces Of his crime
and return to the city for fresh vic
tim. His crimes show that ne was NJ
terly devoid Of any sense OF humanity.
a house was destroyed in China
town. Portland, by fire. the loss being
in the neighborh0od Of SIS 900. with
very light insurance.
One half Of the famous Naglee brandy
Of San Francisco. has been shipped east
en- route 10 Europe. This brandy be-
longed 10 the estate Of General Naglee
who made part OF il in 1859 and was
the property If his daughter. Mrs Rob
bins. OF san Jose. The shipment CON
sisted OF seven carloads. Ii i probably
the most valuable shipmen, ot brandy
ever made from California
Captain Thomas R. Brown died a,
his home just south Of Ashland. Or.
aged about SO years. Mr.. Brown was
well known in Washington, where he
was United States marshal during the
Harrison administration.