Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-03-02
OF RECENT OCCURRENCE,

is said to be dying at his hotel in New
York.
Texas is passing through an alarming
epidemic of meningitis Thirty deaths
from the disease have occurred in Fort
Worth in the past week.
A report from Madrid says that Eu-
ropean troops have been landed at Ma
Mia from warships. The Washington
officials discredit the story.
A representative of the Associated
Press learns that Pierpont Morgan is to
bear the entire cost, amounting to
about $4,000, of the installation Of
electric lights in st. Paul's cathedral,
New York.
Colonel Amos G.. Babcock, an init.
mate friend of Abraham Lincoln, and
prominent fig ure in the abolitionist
movement in the early sos. is dead at
Chicago. He was born in New York
in 1928, and came to Illinois in 1916.
The naval committee of the house
has directed a favorable report on the
senate bill creating the grade of admi-
raj and intended for Rear-Admiral
Dewey. The committee also decided
favorably on the senate bill granting
two months extra pay for naval service
outside the United States during the
war with Spain.
Lieutenant Commander G. P. Rees.
u. S. NJ, who was the signal officer
with Admiral Dewey's fleet and who
stood upon the bridge with the admiral
during the battle at Manila, has ar
rived in Topeka. KAN, to visit rela.
tives. The naval officer was received
by the governor and both branches of
the legislature, and spoke briefly before
both the house and senate.
An appeal has been received by the
chamber of commerce of San Francisco
on behalf of the flood sufferers of the
Shan Tung province of China. Those
signing the appeal are American and
English people. They state that the
Chinese of the district have raised
something like $4,000 American
money, but this will go but a short
way, as there are over 1000, 900 people
starving.
According to the statement Of Col.
onel Byrd. Of the quartermaster depart-
ment, there remain at Manila 1900 OF
the 5000 Spanish troops that were
turned over to General Otis. as a result
of the surrender of that place. OF the
5000 who have been returned to Spain,
about half we've taken back by the
Spanish government, so only about
1900 have been repatriated so far at
the expense Of the United States. The
remaining 1900 he expects to leave
Manila for Spain within the next two
weeks.
The government has sent 1900, 900
postage stamps to Porto Rico, for use
in the postal system there.
Representatives of the Kickapoo tribe
OF Indians are in Mexico trying to get
concession of land from the govern
ment for a settleme mt. The tribe de-
sires to move to that country.
A large sale of steers took place at
San Antonio. Tex, on the 22d. The
George b. LOvington Co. sold 5000 g.
year-olds and $1,000 yearlings to an.
other company. The price paid for
the lot was 1915, 600.
The pine timber lands OF Southwest
Virginia, East Tennessee and North.
western North Carolina have been
monopollzed by Canadian and New
England capitalists. The syndicate
represents $5,O0O,0O0.
The Nicaraguan government having
placed too close a censorship on United
States cable messages, and failing to
listen to protests from this country,
President Mckinley has dispatched
the cruiser Detroit to Greyto wn to de.
mand an explanation.
There is great activity in the iron
industry, and many orders have been
refused. An order for $4,000 tons of
steel rails for China will be sent
abroad, as American mills have con-
tracts for six months ahead.
The west-bound Burlington fast mail
recently beat all records between Chi
cage and Omaha. The distance is 500
miles, and the actual running time
was eight hours and Al minutes. The
train made 100 miles an hour for sew
eral spurts.
An attempt to burn Manila was
made by insurgents. Fires were start.
ed in two portions of the city, which
ragged all night long, sweeping away
rows of buildings and devastating
acres of property. After daylight the
American troops drove every native out
of the districts in which fires occurred.
The island of Negros, the fourth in
importance in the Philippine group,
has been completely pacified. Four
commissioners from the island visited
General Otis on the 22d and informed
him that the insurgents had been
driven from the island and the Ameri-
can flag raised, and they desired Otis
to take possession, which he promised
to do.
Private Edwin w. Hampton, of Com
pany II, Second Oregon regiment, was