Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-03-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Interesting Collection of Current Events
In Condensed Form From
Both Continents.


try of Chinese parents is entitled to
citizenship.
Chicago Typographical union has tel
egraphed the Illinois representatives i'll
congress calling for the intervention OF
the United States toward ending the
inhuman war in Cuba.
Frank b. Clark, of Chicago, has pur-
chased 1000 feet OF river frontage at
Linnton. a few miles below Portland,
Or. and is negotiating for more. He
will construct large ship-building
plant.
A diet kitchen and dispcnsarv, where
1900 sick will he cared for daily has
been started in Havana. The kitchen
was built by the central committee, and
serves its purpose excellently. The sick
and feeble will find the disrensary y
great source OF comfort and help.
The dispatch OF the British fleet from
Halifax to Bermuda following the agi-
tation for an Anglo-American alliance,
is considerably commented upon by
diplomats in London. The authorities
explain that it is merely considered de-
sirable that the British ships should be
in the vicinity Of Cuba in order to
safely guard British commerce and
British subjects, in case of war. The
idea of Anglo American cooperation in
Cuba is secuted.
The levee on the Wabash river, near
Sullivan, Ind, went out with Il break
Of 100 feet, entailiuG a loss of 500, 600.
Twenty thousand acres of land are
overfowed, and hundreds of families
are rendered homeless and destitute.
Citizens are responding for miles
around in the effort to remove families
and stock Hundreds of cattle and
horses are hemmed in. Such IA rush Of
water was never known in this section
Of the country before.
Deep interest is felt in Havana in
the news received from the United
States. La Lucha, in an editorial,
says: "The United States note to
Spain demanding that date be fixed
to end hostilities is simply declara-
ton of war. 1t was not issued until
after the finding of the United States
court OF inquiry had been received,
which finding is without scientific
basis, and is open to question even
upon the part of the most prejudiced."
The most significant of the naval or
ders issued by the navy department re-
Gently was the detachment of Com
mander Horace NJ. Elmer, from Cramps
ship yard, and ordering him to duty
Gin the mosquito fleet" This auxiliary
organization of the navy, which is to
be called into service in time OF war,
is to be composed Of small craft of all
kinds that may be obtanable by the
department upon which a gun may be
mounted, and other defensive devices
placed. As far as practicable, it is the
intention OF the department that there
shall be separate set OF ships for the
defense of the seacoast cities, the whole
to compose the ''mosquito fleet" In
the event OF necessity for repdezvops
Of several OF these local fleets it can be
arranged, as the primary idea is for
each local fleet to form the "mobile de-
Tense" of the particular city where it
will be called into service to assist in
1uIHISIlliS armament LOT NtSStlS, ana
in the event Of war, naval officers will
he assigned to the command OF each OF
the several local fleets.
An explosion occurred at the Mano-
wan coal mine near Monongahela City,
Pa. Two men are known to have been
killed. Five We're injured, and from
10 to 25 are said to be entombed in the
mine.
An explosion TOOK place at San
Rafael, Cal, at the United States
smokeless powder works, which result
Ell in the death Of two men, Charles
A. jerks and Charles Nelson, who were
employed in the material room. Two
buildings were completely destroyed,
and the roofs torn off the other build
ings close by and windows broken for
miles around.
A Havana dispatch alleges that Cap
tain-General Blanco and General Nam
terola have notified the Madrid govern
ment that they Will resign their Offices
IT the Spanish torpedo feet is to be de
tanned at the Canariea in Obedience to
the demand of President Mckinley.
Captain Eulate, of the Nizcaya, is also
alleged to have sent a similar message
to the Spanish admiralty.
Chaplain Chadwick, of the Maine,
has completed his mortuary report,
which shows that 257 men and two
officers persisted in the catastrophe.
Six succumbcd to their injuries while
lying in San Ambrosio hospital; one
died on the Spanish transport; III
bodies have been recovered from the
wreck, Of which 81 have been identifed;
16l have been buried in Colon cemetery
and II at Key West, This is the Off
cial report, made public after careful
correction.
After being opened to the public for
more than five years for recreation pur-
poses, Castle island, in Boston harbor,
has been closed. Orders from WASH
ington to this effect have been expect
ed ever since the work of handling ex-
plosives was begun at Fort Independ-
ence on the island some three weeks
ago. More than score of men have
been at work painting torpedo shells