Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-12
LATER NEWS.

were badly hurt.
A Paris paper says it learns from an
indisputable source that the court OF
cessation is convinced that Dreyius was
justly condemned.
Colonel Potter, special emissary OF
General Otis to Ilo Ilo, reports that the
rebels threaten to burn the town If the
Americans lombard the place.
Governor Leedy, of Kansas, has com.
muted the sentence of J. 4. Colean,
who, while cashier of the Safe bank, OF
Fort Scott, in 1895, stole $50, 900 of its
funds.
-Four dead, two injured. one OF these
perhaps fatally, and the loss of proper
ty OF the Southern railway to the
amount of about $25, 900, is the result
of wreck which occurred at Knox
Vile, Tenn.
A heavy wind storm swept over the
remote section OF Scott county, Ark,
AT Boles, schoolhonse was blown
down and three pupils were killed, an
other was fatally wornGed, and dozen
or more sustained more or less injuries.
A tremendous landslide occurred near
Spence's Bridge, on the Canadian Pa
cific railroad. A mountain which has
long been an object of curiosity to
travellers crashed into the Fraser river,
damming it completely, and sending
the water in torrents over the fertile
Nicola valley. The course Of the river
was changed completely.
The Sebastapool correspondent of the
London Times, who has been touring
in Eastern Russia for two months to
discover, If possible, some evidence on
the part of tie Russ ian government to
give effect to the disarmament propO-
sails of Emperor Nicholas, says all his
observations were quite to the contrary,
and that Russia is increasing her mil.
itary strength.
According to late advioas from Daw-
son. the United States government will
be called upon to relieve INDECENT min
ers in the Klondike. The Dawson
Nugget says there is strong move
ment on foot at Dawson to send a rep
resentative to Washington for the pur-
pose OF enlisting the United States
government in the cause OF aiding in
remedying the great distress which
prevails among the miners of the Yu-
kon.
AT the annual convention of the
Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and
Dtedge Engineers and Cranesmen of
America, held in Chicago, resolutions
were adopted, urging congress to pass
the Nicaragua canal bill and also that
law should he passed making eight
hours days work on said canal. Res
olutions were also passed urging con-
gress to pass the river and harbor bill
at the present session of congress. Con-
gress was also urged to create labor
comm isson of three union men to see
that the laws in the interest of work.
ingmen were enforced Oh all govern
ment work.
Senator Hale has been renomjnated
by the Maine Republicans.
Hon. Joseph Fl. Choate will be our
next am bassador to Great Britain.
DR.. II. Seward Webb, president OF
the Wagner Palace Car Company. is
mentioned as successor to Senator Nor
rll as senator from Vermont.
The first formal state dinner of the
season took place at the White House
Thursday, when President and Mrs.
Mckinley entertained the mem bers of
the cabinet.
A sensation has been created in Ger
I,,4 a
paper OF an alleged conversation had
with the late Prince Bismarck, in
which he predicted the fall of the Aus.
trian empire.
An American named Boynton, who
is trying to travel around the earth
without money, met with a terrible fall
into chasm while entering France by
night through the Pylenees. He was
seriously injured.
Another disagreeable consequence of
the late war has been presented to the
government of claims from the cable
companies for damages sustained
through the suspension of their bust
ness by the United States military and
naval forces. The aggregate amount
of these claims cannot be ioretod.
Representative Tongue, of Oregon,
has prepared an amendment to the bill
for coditiCation of the laws OF Alaska,
now pending in the house, providing
for the licensing Of main business con-
Gems in the territory, and especially
the liquor business. Mr.. Tongue says
that the Treadwell mines does not pay
anything in the way of taxes to the sup
port of the territorial institutions, and
that from the region surrounding Ju-
neau about So, 900, 600 in gold is pro-
duced annually, and does not contribute
cent to the government.
The Havana afternoon papers sent
thrill through the city with report
that torture and execution chamber
had been found at the residence of the
Spanish military governor, adjoining
the palace. The papers declared that
there the Snanish officials questioned