Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-09-08
LATER NEWS.

1t has been decided to abandon Camp
Wikofr within the next three weeks.
James Wilson, "King OF Tramps,'
has been commended for his bravery at
Santiago.
Fifty deaths and over one hundred
plostrations is the result of one hot day
in New York.
John Hills, "A well-to-do New York
ice dealer, his wife and his slster-in'
law, Mary Conlin, nave been poisoned
bv whisky sent through the mani.
Private letters from ON consnss
abroad Indicate that the Philippines
must he retained if the United states
desires to maintain its position in the
world of nations.
The Iowa met with an accident in the
BROOKLYN navy-yard dock. The engine
rooms are said to have been partly
flooded during the process of floating
the big battle-shlp.
The French minister Of war, NJ.
Cavaignac, has resigned. The resigna-
,
colleagues, who desire a revision of the
Dreyius case. Thus revision of the
case seems assured.
Oriental advices say that the recent
assaulting Of an American missionary
in the Sorachi district, Japan, is caus-
ing considerable excitement, especial
" since the new treaties viii spread
foreign residents all through the in
terror.
According to native Japanses papers,
received in Seattle on the kinshu Maru,
MARQUIS Ito's visit to China is liable to
result in his changing residence. 1t Is
said that he has been offered "A prlncely
salary to become general adviser to the
emperor.
More soldiers are soon to leave for
Honolulu. General Miller says three
regiments will sal from san Francisco
within month. The First Tennessee,
Fifty-fi Iowa and Twentieth Kansas
are the lucky men The 9Th and 18th
California and California heavy arti,-
Levy are to be mustered out.
Spanish soldiers have demanded their
pay, and they object to leaving Cuba
without it. Posters eXhorting the
troops to refuse to leave Havana unless
the money is first forthcoming, were
circulated in Havana. The prevailing
sentiment is one of animosity toward
Madrid.
IL, =, tpI,
Jademes, al interim governor OF the
Philippines, replying to the govern
ment's request for information as to the
true situation OF affairs in the a1chi.
pelago, reports that to resume establish
ment of Spanish sovereignty over the
islands would require fleet and end
less quantities OF material.
At least 81 ,000,0 600 prize money will
be distributed among American sailors
as a result of the war with Spain.
Rear Admiral Sampson OF the North
Atlantic squadron will receive $40, 600,
Dewey and his men are to receive $751;
500 head money. Appropriations Tor
the purpose will likely be made at the
next session OF congress.
General Shafter says the surrender OF
Santiago was great surprise to him.
Retributon is not quite complete.
The Cuban commissioners will make
an attempt while in Havana to ferret
out the persons who destroyed the
Maine.
Orders have been issued by the war
department that all the regular army
regiments now at Montauk, which
were started previously east OF the Mis-.
sissippi river, shall return to the same
stations.
A semi-official note from Berlin says
that peace having been re-estabished
between the United States and Spain,
orders have been given that the German
naval force at Manila be at once reduced
to one or two ships.
A report is current in London that
Great Britain and Germany have signed
a treaty of alliance for Germany's sup.
port in Egypt. England will recog.
nize Germany's claim to Syria as an
outlet for her surplus population.
Reliable information has been OBJ.
tanned by the Associated Press to the
effect that Russia intends to convene
the international peace conference at
st. Petersburg one month after tine adj
journment of the Spanish-American
peace conference at Paris.
The monthly statement of the public
debt, shows that August 81, the public
debt less cash in the treasury, was
$l.Ol2, 470,1l which is decrease for
the month of $34, 1911. This de.
crease is accounted for by a correspond.
ing increase in the cash on hand, due
to the receipts from the war loan.
The Chicago Tribune prints statistics
showing the number OF soldiers who
have been killed in battle and have
died of diseases in camp during the war
with Spain. While $50 officers and
men have been killed in battle or died
of wounds received. there have died of
disease in camp between 1900 and
1000 volunteers and regulars.
A Madrid dispatch says: All Cata-
lcnia protests against the continuance
of the supcial war taxes and insist 9