Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-02-23
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection Of Items From
tho Two Hemispheres Presented
in u Condensed Form.

NIanlld lOT SPAN VII tlic iSth hEu Iotil.
One man was killed and five serious
ly injured in a powder explosion at
Mossgrove, Pa.
Four Chinese have dieu from in
juries sustained in the San Francisco
Chinatown fire Sunday.
Slas Jones and six children were
burned to death on the Richardson
and May plantation, at Cornerstone,
Ark.
ii. NJ. S. Leander has been ordered
to proceed with all speed to Bolivia to
protect the property and lives of Brit
ish residents during the revolution.
Fire in Cincinnati destroyed the
clothing houses of Kahn & Felthmeyer,
H. A. Heinsheimer and Sanford, Stern
& Sarner. The loss is nearly $500, 900.
There is a rumor in Paris that ne
gotiations are taking place between the
Panama canal company and the Wash
ington government, looking to the COM
pletion of the canal.
Thrtv-five persns have died of small
pox in the Creek nation within a few
weeks. The victims were negroes and
Indians. All of Western oklahoma
has quaIantined against the infected
district.
The recently arrived Filipinos, Gen.
Riego de Dios and NJ. Rivera, are on
their way to Montreal to urge Agon-
clio, the Philippine government repre-
sentative. to go to Washington and sue
for peace.
The buildings of the Greer Ma
chinery Company and the Whittle
Trunk Company, at Knoxville. Tenn,
with their contents, were destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at between
s75, 900 and 100000.
In the United States senate Tuesday
the McEnery resolution, declaring that
| the ratification of the peace treaty is
not declaration on the part of the
| United States 20 permanently hold the
Philippine islands, was passed by a
vote of 26 to 20.
There WAS a celebration in Salem on
| the 14th, the occasion being the Goth
| anniversary of the extension of the
laws of the United States over the Ore
gon country. and the 10th anniversary
of the admttance OF Oregon into the
| Union as state.
Gen. Brooke cables from Havana an
nouncing the death of Captain Oliver
Perry Smith, commssary, from acute
nephritis.
Ben Graves, Alexander Clark and
Will johnson, Collins county farmers,
were frozen to death Saturday night
near Dallas Tex.
The senate has passed bill creating
the Office Of admiral of the navy.
Rear Admiral Dewey, it is understood,
will be named for the position.
On Monday an ocean liner in dis
tress was sighted off Dread ledge, in
Swampscott bay, Mass. The lifesav-
ing crew could not reach her on ac-
count of the ice.
The outbreak at Manila has enliven.
ed business at the United States re-
| cruiting office in Portland. Nineteen
more men mustered out of the Eighth
California were enlisted last week.
| The senate has confirmed the nomi.
nation of G. J. Bell, assistant secre.
tary of the treasury, and that of Lieu.
tenant. Colonel F. NJ. Coke, to be as
| sistant paymaster-general OF the army.
Otis wires the war department list
of deaths in his command since FeSru-
ary 4, not including those OF men killed
in action. They number nine. Among
the names appear those OF Private Dam
iel Kyger and W. Chopwood. First
Washington, and Michael p. Crowley,
Second Oregon.
Speaker Reed was not at the capitol
Monday, and sent word he thought it
| advisable to adjourn on account OF the
| storm. Less than a hundred mem bel 8
were present, and those who braved
the storm refused to adjourn, and went
on with consideration of the sundry
| civil appropriation bill.
There is reported serious hitch in
the work of the Anglo com.
m ssion. The obstacle is said to be a
demand made by the Canadian COM
m ssion for the cession of the town of
| Skagway, Alaska. The American com .
missiOners have definitely refused to
ceded that gateway to the Yukon.
Terrible billiards. swept over the
South, East and Middle West Sunday
and Monday. The winds went SO high
on the Atlantic seaboard that ocean
steamships were storm bound in the
han bors. Nine big Atlantic liners due
at New York Saturday had not put in
their appearance Monday. Intense
cold accompanied the storm and much
suffering is reported. The cold wave
extends from the Atlantic to Western
Texas
Minor News Items.
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