Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-09-08
DOINCS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
4 Complete Review Of the News of tho
Past Seven Days I'm This and
All Foreign Lands.

The transport st. Paul has arrived
i'm Manila from San Francisco with all
well on board.
Foreign vessels will be allowed to
enter the ports of Hawaii rs usual,
pending revision of the United States
laws.
Schley and Gordon, commissioners
to settle the conditions for the Spanish
evacuation of Porto Rico, have sailed
for San Juan.
Being out OF work and without means
to support his family. Chicago drug
clerk turned highwayman, and in at
tempting to rob saloon was forced to
shoot the proprietor.
Several vessels of the "Mosquito'
fleet are useless. The board of survey
has found upon examination that their
machinery and boilers are badly worn,
and will make a report Conforming
them.
The annual session OF the National
Irrigation Congress opened at Chey-
enne Thursday. Ex-senator Carr, the
pres ident, delivered the annual ad-
dress, urging the necessity for extend
ing irrigation facilities.
Eight lives were lost and considers.
BILE damage wrought by the Georgia
storm, which was more serious than
first reported. Lieutenant Morgan and
a crew of six were drowned by the up
setting of yawl off Tvbee island.
The mate OF All Italian ship lost his life.
The American ship Barring Brothers,
from New York, has been burned in
the harbor of Kobe. About 5000 tons
of mating was also destroyed. 1t is
intimated that the fire was OF incendiarv
origin. When the vessel arrived at
Kobe from Yokohama six OF the crew
were in irons. Four We're afterward
liberated.
Orders have been received in An.
napolis from the president directing
Cervera to make arrangements to pro-
coed with his officers and men back to
Spain Immediately, in accordance with
instructions issued by the Spanish
ministers of marine. The officers were
very enthusiastic when they received
the news.
A passenger train on the New York,
Ontario & Western railroad, was
wrecked at Ingalls,, near Saratoga. The
wreck was doubtless due to the BASTARD
ly work of tYamps, who threw open the
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The dead are: Engineer B. c. Dowd,
of Oswego: Fireman william Hall, OF
Norwich; Brakeman A. l. Osborne, oi
Walton. Eight were injured.
Cuban troops threatened to enter the
town of Gunantanamo, but were pre-
vented by Colonel Ray.
Recent developments in the cele.
brated Dreyfus case in France, it is
said, may occasion retrial which
would liberate Dreyfus and Emile lola.
Wilhelmina HELENA Paulina Maria
has attained her majority, and became
queen of the Netherlands Solemn
thanksgiving services We're held in
churches throughout the country.
Unknown ncendaries set fire to a
Chicago house. Their intention was to
kill woman and child who were with
in, but the intended victims were res
cued by man who observed their
peril barely in time.
The hospital ship Olivette, while
anchored near the quarantine station at
Fernandina. Fla, in some unaccounta-
Bile manner suddenly filled and went
down, giving those on board barely
time to escape with their lives.
Strikers are determined to prevent
by force, if need be, the operation of
the coal mines at Para, Ill. Six
thousand union men from other sections
are about to join the ranks of the
strikers, ana aid in enforcing their de-
mands.
William Ferriss, wealthy resident
of Mount Vernon, H., died, aged 90
years. He served on board an Amer-
can privateer in the war of 1872. and
subsequently was member Of the ex-
petition that cleared the Gulf of Next
co of plates.
The convention assembled at Man.
aqua to form constitution for feder-
acy to consist of Salvador, Honduras
and Nicaragua has agreed upon ~ OF
the l49 articles. 1t has been agreed
that the name of the coniederacv shall
be "The United States of Central
America"
General Garcia is now without a
command. The Shafter incident led
to his removal at the hands OF General
Gomez. His successor has been
named in the person OF Rodriguez, who
will command the Cuban army in San
tago. Garcia's sending of his famous
letter to Shafter was grave breach oil
discipline.
Minor News Items.
The United States government has
placed an order in Eng land fol 10, 600,
600 cartridges.
Repulations have heen issued con.