Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-04-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Interesting Collection OF Curren> Events
In Condensed Form From
Both Continents.

By collision between two passenger
trains at Harrisburg, n. c., three men
We're killed outright and several others
seriously injured.
{. B. Bellinger, United States dis
trict judge for Oregon, has been APP
pointed by Governor Lord a member OF
the board of regents Of the state Uni
versity at Eugene.
The Heldageblatt, the Dutch ne~s-
paper OF Cape Town, declares that lead
ing officials of the Tran-vaal speak
openly of war with England as newt
able, and aver that it will be carried
right up to Table bay.
A dispatch from Montevideo states
that serious engagement has occurred
between the federal troops under Colonel
Casalia and the insurgents near Minas.
The federals are said to have been de-
feated. The insurgents have captured
the town of Sarandi del vi.
The government of Japan has decided
to send two warships to Hawaii, stop
ping meanwhile all emigration. A
number of rejected emierants have al
iiNNi a. iApbS. 1lIt pltcS IL uI x lIIE
the government to take a firm attitude
toward the Hawaiian and American
governments
Hot winds have taken the snow from
the mountains above Pendleton, Or.
and the Cmatilla river is up to as high
a stage as at any time this spring.
Part of the railroad bridge above town
has gone ont, compelling the abandon
ment Of the branch line between there
and Walla Walla The water is still
rising. and promises to do more damage.
The Turkish porte, in protest to
the powers against Greek invasion, saws
that the regular Greek army occupied
Turkish territory near Grevno and COM
mitted acts OF hostility by destroying
three posts. The protest further de-
clares that these acts virtually consti-
tute an act OF aggression and a casus
belli, and denounces Greece as an az
gressor in the war.
Fire greatly damaged the dwelling
house occupied by James jackson, rel
ative OF President Andrew jackson, and
inheritor of the relics of the deceased
president, at Clifton, o. Among the
relics was General Jackson's carriage,
the wheels of which We're made Of tim.
Der from the old war friCate Constitu-
ton. The carriage was DESTROYED along
with many other relics, valued at sl0,-
900.
A Salt Lake paper prints what is
claimed to be a confession by J. W.
~
Mont, in which he says he killed DR..
c. H. Nichols, superintendent OF the
insane asylum at Washington in 1873.
He says he has ten or fifteen other VIC
tins, but will not plead guilty unless
he can get death sentence. Fetzer
was arrested last week in Salt Lake and
turned over to Montana authorities
charged with swindling the state.
Carter Harrison has been elected
mayor OF Chicago.
The president has named Theodore
Roosevelt, of New York, TO be assistant
secretary of the navy.
The board of control of the state OF
Washington unanimously appointed ].
B. Catron warden OF the penitentiary
at Walla Walla.
The Oregon City land office. in an
swer to numerous letters Of inquiry,
announces that no date has yet been
announced by the president for the
opening 10 the public OF the klamath
reservation.
A London dispatch says the arch
bishop of Canterbury will personally
deliver into the hands of Mr. Bavald,
on the latter's return to London, the
log of the Maylower, which the con-
sistorial court recently decided to pre-
sent to the United States.
There Is scarcity of onions in the
California markets. Dealers say that
all the California onion crop was ship
ped as soon as gathered to the Eastern
and Southeastern states, and that a
corner has been effected in the Wash
ington and Oregon crop.
The prisoners in the Clatsop county
Jail at Astoria, dug hole under an old
sink in the Jail and some Of them made
an effort to escape. Sheriff Hare ar
rived just in time TO catch Peter Fus-
tin, who had crawled through the hole
and hidden under the sidewalk.
William Rothlage, an inmate of the
county Jail at Union, committed sui
eide in his cell, by hanging. He was
insane and was in Jail waiting to be
transported to Salem. The body was
taken to La Grande for burial, in ac-
cordance with the last request of the
deceased.
The supreme courtroom in Washing
ton, D. c., and the corridors without
were crowded with spectators attracted
by the appearance OF William J. Bryan
as counsel in a case. The case on
hearing involved the constitutionalitv
OF the law of the state OF Nebraska to
regulate railroads, to classify freights
and TO fix rates.
Great enthusiasm was manifested in
Athens, Greece, during the fetes or
ganized to celebrate the anniversary OF
the declaration OF 1921 of the indie
pendence Of Greece from Turkish rule
The scenes throughout the day, al
though very brilliant, were lacking in
the usual imposing military display,
on account of the large number of
troops sent to the frontier. The alb
sence of pleasant exchange between the
people here was also in striking con-
trast with other years. Otherwise the
usual customs were followed.
Luella Hoyt, % years old, daughter
of A. J. Hoyt, citizen of Vallejo,
Cal. has confessed that on July last