Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-03-15
LATER NEWS.


consular bill.
Oueen Liliuokalani will receive no
pension from the government.
General Joe Wheeler's resignation
will he accepted on his arrival III
Washington.
Reur.Admiml Mccormick has been
placed on the retired list on his own
application.
General Kobbe, with $500 men, has
occupied the town of Sorsogon. III the
southern end of Luzon.
Thousands OF organized insurgents
are resisting the Americans in the
Antique province in Panay.
The annual reports of Indian agents
show that the entire Indian population
of the United states is 297,905.
The legislature of illinois appropriate
ed 500, 900 for the reconstruction OF
the Lincoln monument at Springfield.
The mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York. has subscribed for e.
OOO. 900 of the new English war loans.
The legislative trouble at Frankfort.
KY, il at the boiling point Militia is
in complete control Of the state execu-
tive building.
The threatened strike Of the em-
ployes of the st. Louis Transit Com.
pany is off. An agreement satisfactory
to both sides was reached.
Indications are that the Boer war is
drawing to All end. President Kruger
has appealed to Lord Salisbury for IL
cessation of hostilities.
Taxation of corporations in Paris has
led to the transfer Of many main Offices
to Brussels, French societies being in
corporated there under the laws of Bel
gium to avoid the French income tax.
Admiral Kautz, COMMUNICATIVE CHIEF
of the Pacific squadron, has been
ordered to proceed with the Philadel.
phia to the coast of Central America
for the purpose OF protecting American
interests there.
The president has committed to i'm.
prisonment for life the sentence OF
death imposed by court-martial i'll the
case of Private George Murphy, COM
pany G, Twenty-fourth infantry, con.
yicted of the murder of another soldier
OF the same company in the Philippines.
DR.. II. d. Morgan. OF the United
States navy, speaking of the war in the
Philippines, says: 81 do not believe
that the revolution is at al end. The
Filipinos are scattered about the
islands, mainly in Luzon, in small
bands, but it is generally understood
that they are under orders to concen.
trate ut any given point when the word
is passed. 40 not believe that Agui.
naldo is in China. 1t is my impression
he is still in Luzon."
General Joubert is now in supreme
command OF the Beers.
The total cost OF the war in the Phil.
ippines SO far is $50, 100000
OF i1aus smith were almost 1000.
The island of Tutuila. of the Samoan
group, is to be used rs a naval station.
Fire in the retail dry goods district
of Philadelphia, caused loss of $780,.
600.
Beers say that the retreat from Lady.
smith was due to commanders mis-.
take.
Senator Hoar now wants to give
Queen Liliuokalani $3.50, 900 from the
treasury.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill was de.
nounced from the pulpit by Washing
ton minister.
Steps are being taken to organize a
bank with $25, 200 capital at lone,
Morrow county, Or.
Strikes and labor troubles of various
kinds have thrown $4,000 men out of
employment in Chicago.
Civil war is imminent in China.
One province is already in revolt over
the dethronement OF the emperor.
The senate has confirmed the appoint.
ment of H.. b. Miller, of Josephine
county. Oregon, to be consul at Chung
Kiang, China.
Lady White, wife OF General Sir
George White, has been invested by
Queen Victoria with the Order of the
Grown of India.
Congressman Alfred c. Hammer, OF
Pennsylvania, father of the house OF
representatives. is dead at Philadel.
phia, aged IS years.
The United States government has
ordered that the California Mammoth
Tree Grove" in Calaveras county. be
bonded for park purposes.
The Pure Food and Drug congress.
in convention at Washington, adopted
resolutions seeking congressional action
to provide penalties for adulteration.
Isaac Gordon, OF birmingham, Eng.
land, the notorious money lender, is
dead. He was known all over the
kingdom, under various aliases, and is
said to have been worth 81 100000
DR.. Nansen, the explorer, questioned
in regard to the possible fate of Andre,
said: IL believe as long as possible,
in his return, making the most liberal
allowance of time for his temperance,
but no longer have any hope. don't