Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-07
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
the Two HemisP heres Presented
In Condensed Form.

action WAS taken with the cai.al bill.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst is the principal
stockholdcr in a new California oil
company.
A Japanese paper says Aguiraldo
was killed by General Pho del Pillar
last June.
The military commander Of San Girls
tohal has been assassinatcd by the San
DOMINICAN rebols.
Julia Dent Grant. daughter of Fred
erick Dent Grant, now serving in the
Philippines, will wed a Russian prince.
Walter Wellman. the leader Of the
polar expedition, has arrived in Eng
land. He is probably crippled for life
as a result of his trip.
A company with capitalization of
SEQ. 900, 600 is forming in san Fan
cisco for the purpose of establishing
big enterprises in China.
According to a statement just issued
by the California state bank commits
sioner, the increase in assets and LA
bilities is the largest ever shown.
The United States transport Grant,
i bearing the Idaho, North Dakota and
Wyoming volunteers. has arrived IN
San Francisco. During the voyage
there were five deaths.
1t is rumored that the secret under
standing as to the boundary is merely
to hold in check possible demonstra.
lions at a proposition to cede Canada a
free port OF entry in Alaska.
General Joe Wheeler IN an inter.
view with n press correspondent says
he believes Otis will soon make rapid
progress. He saws he likes tho Philip.
pines and that the impression that the
country is unhealthy is wrong.
James Hamilton Lewis. of Washing.
ton, is about to leave for England to
press upon the attention Of tho British
government the claims OF large num-
Der of American miners, aggregating
nearly $50, 900, 900, and mostly in the
Atlin district.
Two wrecks in one day were re-
ported on the Rock Island. The cast.
boud flyer IAN into freight train at
Keats, Kas. The engineer and fireman
of the passenger train were severely
injured. The keokuk express ran OFF
the track near Elgin, III. The train
was badly smashed, but no one was in.
jured
England has elected Russians from
her lands at lIankow and trouble Is i'm
mnent
An agreement has been reached with
Germany whereby packages weighing
ii pounds may be sent by post.
Ringers concessions to England are
60 far reaching that it is thought his
resignation will be demanded.
In South America the products OF
Great Britain are being replaced by
those from the United States and Ger.
many.
While l6 men were descending into
the Couchard mine ut IIautccroix,
France, a cable broke and all were
killed.
Commercial travellers will cndcavol
to have uniform style adopted in iuile.
age tickets by the railways of thin
country.
An Italian anarchist organizer in
New York stated that wolkmcn all
over Europe are organizing for q
g. eat uprising
The recent withdrawal of troops
caused trouble in Panay and Cebu
islands. but robber bands and almeG
Tagals were punished.
A witness, who at the former trial
gave expert testimony that Drcyius
wrote the bordereau, has now declare CO
that Esterhazy wrote it.
Through the heroic work OF tho sis
ters only four deaths resulted from the
terrible conflagration in the Orphan
asylum at Sparkill, N. Y.
Free trade privileges for 10 year,
have been granted Spain in the Sult
islands. Germany and Great Britain
will also be granted like privileges.
The pope blessed the Olympia's crew
and sent an autograph letter to Adj
miral Dewey. He is much concerned
about war and expressed the hope tina,
it will soon end.
The Santo DOMINICAN government,
has surrendered to the revolutionsts
The rebels reached the capital ant
took possession and Huercaux' successor
threw up the sponge.
So satisfactory have been the results
of experiments made with thor.tc, thu
new high explosive discovered by ~
Oregon professor, that it will he recon-
mended3by the hoard Of ordnance ant
Notifications for use in the Philip
pines.
An anti-kissing league has been in
augurated among the society girls .
the Fast side OF Cincinnati.
1t is proposed to set up moderl
American saw mill in China, whor,
lumber is still sawed in the primit:v,