Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-09-15
LATER NEWS.

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be effective September FL.
Captain James g. Blaine, assistant
adjutant-general, U. :. ", has been
discharged from the army for his recent
fragrant escapades at San Francisco and
Honolulu.
| Spain has lost another Pacific posses.
/ sion. Native forces captured the gar
rson of Ponape and took full posses
sion of the Carolines, which this coun-
trv had contemplated seizing had the
war been prolonged.
Governor Lord, of Oregon, has com
pleted his investigation Of the condition
of the $50 recruits of the Second ore
yon volunteers encampcd at San Fran
cisco, and has telcgraphed to the secre-
tary OF wal that he has found every
thing satisfactory.
General Rios. governor OF the Vi
sayas islands, and ad interim governor
general of the Spanish territory in the
Philippines, has wired the Madrid gov
eminent that he has arrived at AN
understanding with the American
authorities respecting the island OF
Luzon.
There is reason to believe that the
navy department has selected the Texas
as the future flagship Of the Asiatic
station. The understanding is that
she will replace the protected cruiser
Olympia. which is to be ordered to the
United States as soon as her relief ar
rives on the Asiatic station.
a A Madrid dispatch says Spain is
at ,eady to concede our every demand,
he d the impossibility OF resumng the
On s'.ggle is fully recognized The gov
nj eih, mt is evidently of the opinion that
ds WIN strong navy there might have
V. peei' d terent story to tell of the out
ns come VI he war with the United
4. states ana 'eplores the fact that she
has but few sA,s left.
A Cutan patti writes that misery
" among the Cubanis on the increase,
= and that condltioe in Havana City
=" and province are w'yc now than dur.
e. ing the war, with no ?, lief in sight
SO The Spaniards, lie sas are reyeng.
1a ing themselves for the .ss Of Cuba by
~ robbing, maltteating and,nuressing in
a, every possible way the un fortunate
~ people OF the island. C,aos reign:
er and the public service has cen com.
pletely abandoned in ali Departments.
Il Under peremptory orders itan Gen
at eral Miles, preparations are bein, mad,
he to break up Camp Wikotf at one. b,
pc sending home all the soldiers. Tn,
g new order conflicts with one from N,
Ty war department.. Preparations are be
lr ing made, however, to abandon tn
SO camp in accord with the commandin
as generals order and in direct disregar
1e OF that Of the secretary. Aiger, whe
10 questioned, passed the matter over b
or saying Miles order was issued in fu,
10 therance OF the departments plans.
$ The naval station at Newport, r. l.
10 is to be discontinued.
Fifty Spanish prisoners captured a
a. the naval battle July 3. off Santiago
80 have sailed from Jersey City on tn
- steamer City OF Rome for home. TIL
men had been held prisoners at Nor
Oh folk, Va.
- Illinois has secured the commander
in-chief of the q. A. r., in Colone
James A. Sexton, of Chicago an,
IL Pennsylvania has secured the location
10 of 33d annual encampment at Phila
y delphia next year.
l. A dispatch from Manila says: TIL,
10 attitude OF the Philippine insurgen
leaders Is daily becoming more danger
. Gus. So open is their opposition to tn
80 American authorities that the situation
~ is strained and reconciliation may b.
a. difficult.
"a TeXarkana, Ark, is overrrun Will
" idle negroes, who are said to have com,
n. from the Northern districts of Texas
ID whencei they We're driven by white
caps, who are alleged to have mad
several murderous attacks on thu
:, negroes.
g AT the Washington state convention
70 held at Ellensburg, Wash. the Demo
1t Gratis renominated James Hamilton
is Lewis for congress by reclamation
" and the silver Republican convention
IT renominated Congressman w. G. Jone
X by acclamation.
1t is officially announced that Senate
10 George Gray, of Delaware, has beer
III eNioStcb az llIt Nun member OF TIT
ID Paris peace commission. This com
D pletes the pei sonnel of the commission
d which stands composed as follows: Elk
1T Secretary of State Day, Senators Fry,
2. and Gray and Whitelaw Reid.
j. Two million dollars, for the purcha 3,
-" OF the Center Star mine, in Rossland
y q. g., has been deposited with tn,
y cashier of the State Savings bank, il
y Butte, Mont. The purchasers are AZ
English syndicate, of which Sir Charlie.
J. Ross, now in New York, is the head
The stockholders who sell out are prin
n clpally Butte people.
- A dispatch to the New York Hera lc
:, from Ponce, Porto Rico. says that i'll.
\ ness among the United States troops i:
!, increasing. There are now more thar
- 20 per cent of the men unfit for duty