Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-10-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK
interesting Collection Of Current Event,
In Condensed Form From
Both Continents.

wan GIN o'ih from Suoa on October 90.
Benjamin Nelson was found dead on
the floor of his cabin near Hendricks
Or.
The general grand chapter of ROYAL
Arch Masons is in session at Baltimore
Delegates are present from all parts
OF the world.
Leila Jones, years old, was killed
at logging camp, near Ferndale.
WASH, by being crushed under two
rolling logs. She was Paying about
the dumps where the logs are rolled
into the Nooksack river.
The whalers that wintered in the
Arctic last year are having hard luck
this season. Only one OF them succeed.
Ell IN killing whale this summer. and
the feet that will return this fall will
bring only small revenue TO their
owners.
Sunday was the sixth anniversary of
the death OF Charles Stewart Parnell.
Five thousand nationalist paraded the
streets OF Dublin to the bleak q lasnev.
IN cemetery, where they apel high
the grave OF their famous and talented
leader with flowers brought from Ill
the counties OF Ireland.
Senorita Evangelina Cisneros. the
Cuban girl who escaped from Casa lie
Recogias, in Havana. is said to have
arrived in New York city. American
friends accompanied her by train from
New Orleans. On reaching Jersey City.
Miss Cisneros was taken in closed car
riage to the headquarters OF the Cuban
sympathlzers.
Cubans OF New York celebrated the
29th anniversary OF the beginning OF
the 10 years war by a mass meeting,
presided over by Tomas Estrada Palma,
president Of the junta. All the speak
ers emphasized, amid great applause
from the audience, the firm resolution
of the Cuban people 10 carry on the
struggle until absolute independence OF
Cuba is accomplished.
A dispatch from Long Valley. Idaho,
says there has been battle between
settlers and sheepheriers, and that
three OF the farmers were killed. The
trouble is the outgrowth of the strained
relations that have existed in that sec
ton between the settlers and shcepmen
for some time. II has been no uncom-
mon thing for stock to be MANNED ard
haystacks TO be burned. and even for
settlers and sheepmen to exchange
shots. but no one has heretofore been
killed.
The United States board OF georra-
phical names, which meets at Washing
ton. D. c., at state intervals, has just
rendered decisions determining the
spelling OF l49 geographical names.
These include a nuHbe in Alaska. sig
niticant at this time in view oi the
klondike excitement. Many varia-
tons OF nomenclature for the same
place are encountered. and the boards
action settles the uniform usage. As
10 klondike. the decision is to spell il
as here given. and not Cloniyke. The
inlet. river and village al the head OF
Linn canal, which now appears in The
newspapers almost daily under the
form OF Dyea, the starting point for
the overland route, is an Indian word
which has appeared in many forms.
Admiral Meade, in 1869, wrote it
Tv-Ya; Krause. in 1882. W o-e it
Dejah; Schvatka, in 1888, Dayi; Dali,
in 1883, Taiya. The board ADOPT. the
form Taiia.
Edward Langtry the former hus.
band OF Lily Langtry, has been placed
in an insane asylum.
At Dixon, Ia. the dead ooiy OF Rob.
ert Parks was found in his burning
house. 1t is believed he was murdered
for his money.
During a quarrel at their home in
St. Louis, George P. PETER, stenog-
rapher. shot his father-in law, Robert
Delaney, through the brain, and then
killed himself.
Eddie Bosley, the 20-mon.hs-old
child Of Mrs. George Bosley. was killed
at Bothell, Wash, hy a Seattle & Inter
national train. The child's head was
severed from its body
The Union Pacific committee has
acceded 10 the governments contention
that its lien on the Union Pacific road
includes the Omal.n bridge. and that it
has increased its cash bid so as TO make
tn entire concession approximately So
600, 900. This would make its guaran.
~ offer for the property, including the
sinking fund. now in the treasury, about
$50, 900, coo
The United States circuit cour. has
decided that tapioca flour must be taxed
a duty of cents per pound. This
will increase the government revenue
many hundreds OF thousands of dollars
per annum. This -four Is used almost
exclusively in all the Chinese launirics
in the United States because OF its
cheapness, as starch, and il has been
the most formidable obstacle to the
starch manufacturing Industry in the
United States.
Burglars broke into the office Of the
steamer Flyer on the water front at
Seattle, and. after overhauing the con-
tents OF several trunks, carried away
the safe, weighing 400 pounds. No
trace of it has been found.
A California company proposes to
build three enormous RATS n Stella, on
the Columbia river, and take them TO
San Francisco during the coming sum-
mer. Each raft will contain over 30
600 piles, TO be used by the Southern
Pacific Company in the construction
and repair of wharves.
The steamship Pelican will carry L.
100000 feet of ties from Puget Sound
for Chinese railroad.
Theodore Durrant, through his attor-
news. has been served with motion
by Appellee Hale, the warden of san
Quentin. to dismiss the appeal on