Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-14
EVENTS OF TIE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items Fro"
the Two Hsmis here's Presented
In . Condensed Form.

cisco for Manila before the OctopeT
All unnecessary noises are to be
stopped by the health and police Off.
,ials of Chicago.
The plague is reported to he spread
Ing in India and famine is staring
them in the face.
The state department has been in
formed that revolution has broken
out in Venezuela,
Mrs. Sarah A. Baker, who has just
died at Forest Home, Pa. was the old
est American actress.
A band of Macabee scouts number.
ing 100 has been organized at Manila
from former Spanish volunteers.
An American interviewed at Allan
ia, Ga, knows much about the Drey-
fus case, and says Eaterhazy 10 the
guilty one.
The Thirty.third regiment Of volun-
teers has started from Houston, Tex,
for San Francisco, for EN- bar ation to
the Philippines.
An American company will estab.
lisli gigantic locomotive-b building
plant in Switzerland, employing
American methods.
The retail business OF the country lie
now being done largely on cash basis.
and banks are seeking new mediums
for investment.
President Schurman, of Cornell uni.
versity, will act as Governor Roose-
velt's representative at the Chicago
trust conference.
At johnson Springs, Va, a mot as.
saulted Mormon Elder Jose Wuffin,
and then threatened lynching if he at.
tempted prosecution.
This years. corn crop breaks the rec
ord. The United States will produce
$500. 600. 600 bushels. with Kansas in
the lead and Nebraska second.
Chicago will have hotel for the
poor. First class rooms including a
bath can be had for 20 to SO cents a
night. The building will be 10 stories
high.
The American Bankers Association
at their annual convention in Cleve.
land, o., took steps to have the com
mercial paper laws the same the world
over.
English newspapers seem to regard
the outbreak of hostllitles with the
officials, however, deny the situation
is SO serious.
A Washington special SAYS Great
Britain and the United States have
practically agreed upon the Alaskan
boundary line and present negotiations
relate only to minor questions.
All peace negotiations with the in
surgents have been suspended. The
commission has been dissolved and
military men of the service have been
given full! sway in the Philippines.
Copies OF General Otis order grant.
ing home rule to the inhabitants of
the island OF Negros have been received
by the war department., together with
a constitution proposed by the people,
upon which they seek to have estab.
lished for themselves republican form
Of government.
A silk ribbon trust has been organ.
lied.
Fear of war lie effecting trade in
England.
Toronto bricklayers earn 371a cents
per hour.
The Washington volunteers have
sailed for home.
The condemned ship Relief is to be
used as floating hospita, at Manila.
Otis will send the Ohio after the
grounded Morgan City troops at Nag
asaki.
Yucatan Indians now refuse to pay
taxes IN Mexico, and more trouble is
expected.
British seamen have declared gen.
eral strike and the movement will
effect all British ports.
Thousands of veterans are in attend.
ance at the national &. A. r. encamp.
ment in Philadelphia.
The retail butchers propose to make
great fight against the trust. They
have 81 900, 900 of capital and mem.
bers in nearly every large city in the
United States.
Kruger has withdrawn his conces
sions to England. The time of resi-.
dence necessary to obtain franchise has
been increased instead Of decreased as
England demanded.
AT the next session of congress the
Nicaraguan government will open nego.
tiations with the United States for a
treaty on the subject of the canal, and
will agree to wipe out all other con.
cessions that have heretofore been
granted.
The legislative council of Western
Australia has passed bill enfranohis.
ing women.
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