Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-10-26
EVENTS OF TIE DAY
En;tome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TrRSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
A, r,..restine Collection Of Items From
the Two Hemisphere Presenseo
in . Condensed Form.

The Beers made three attacks on
Matching and were repnlsed with
heavy loss OF 800 men. The British
lost Is
Eor j., xeek a snow storm has been
raging il, the mountains surrounding
Leadville. Col something unprece'
Tented a. this time OF the year.
The towers are again wrangllng over
Samoa. and there i talk OF partition
ing the islands. Engan has offered
20 purchase Germany's interest.
band OF 300 Mayo Indians have
joiuetl the Yaquis in their war with
l.exico. Heretofore the Mayos have
refused to aid the Yaqui tribe i'll its
'ebellions.
The Beers secured the telephone at
Aodder river and attempted to speak
with Kimberley, hoping to learn the
disposition OF the British forces there.
The maneuver was discovered and irus'
rated.
klapper, editor of the Deutsche
Asrai Correspondent. at Berlin, has
been sentenced to imprisonment in
fortress for six months, on a charge OF
lese majestic, for criticizing Emperor
William.
An explosion OF mine gas in coll
liery near Pittsburg, Pa, resulted In
entombing % miners. Ten were re.
scued alive, but it is feared the others
are dead. The mine took fire and Is
burning.
The Columbia won the second race
with the Shamrock. Soon after the
start the Shamrock's topmast was
broken and she returned. The Colum.
l,ia sailed over the course and was given
the race.
Surgeon General Sternberg has re.
fused to recommend the building OF
large military hospital at Vancouver,
Wash, saying that the post hospital at
that place is abundently able for the
present needs.
\ dispatch from Nogales. Ariz., says:
A sheritf's posse has encountered Next.
can bandits and killed one an d wound.
ed another. American and Mexican
officers are now in pursuit OF five 9th.
ers, who escaped.
The smallpox scare at Astoria, re.
sultant from the case of Beecher D.
Slorp. has about died out. The patient
is getting along nicely, and the attend.
ing physicians have no doubt as to his
speedy recovery.
The British steamship Knight Bache.
lor has arrived at New Orleans from
Hamburg. Germany. with 1867 bags
OF raw beet sugar, equal to 1910 tons.
This is the largest cargo OF foreign
sugar ever brough, to New Orleans.
The Washington volunteer regiment
will be mustered out at San Francisco
on the 3lst inst.
4 new fast mail service has been in.
augurated between Chicago and San
Francisco, the schedule time being %
hours.
General William r. Shafter, who
for over year has had the position OF
trigadier.general vi volunteers, has
been retired.
Early IN December the United States
will hav. 10000 troops in the Philip.
pine islands. and As wal vessels in the
islands waters.
The Orange Free State troops have
cut the telegraph wires and destroyed
the railroad track at Norvalsport. just
across the Orange Free states southern
border.
The Beers have cut the telegraph
wires at many points. and reliable
news is harl To obtain from the more
important cities Ill the war districts VI
South Africa.
1ohp f. Dodson. OF Portland. has
written 70 friends from Dawson City
thar he is taking the census OF all the
people in the Yukon valley, Oh Ameri.
can territory.
\ dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela,
save that President Andrade is prepat.
ing :" leave the country. and the iusur.
gent leader, t;en-,al Castro. Is master
OF the situation.
The Portland Press Club at its meet :.
ing recently urged Its members to stand
by the 1909 exposition project and to
do all in their power to bring the affair
to A successful conclusion.
A train OF fat cars loaded with gravel
was wrecked on the Northern Pacific
track IN Jefferson street. Olympia, de-.
molishing about 100 yards of track.
The trainmen escaped unhurt.
The price Of fall chinook salmon.
steehead. and silversides has reached
the highest figure ever offered on the
Columbia. cents a pound, and 2ha
cents is being paid ior dog salmon.
James Roach goes free from further
prosecution or even the imputatlon Of
guilt 81 stealing cattle from his neigh.
bors. after \ struggle in the courts
which has gone on for more than year.
Charles Winters. of Jacksonville.
Or, native OF Sweden. aged 70 years,
"a