Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-31
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection Of Items From
the Two HenIispheres Presented
in u Condensed Form.

in u Condensed Form.
British are within 40 miles Of
Johannesburg.
Much lumber is going to Cape Nome
from Puget sound points.
Rioting in st. Louis grows worse.
Three men and u girl wounded.
Ashland, Or. has quarantined
against San Francisco Cinnamon.
Republicans of Alaska denonnce Gov
ernor Brady, and ask for his retirement.
Republican leaders do not favor
Senator Washburn, OF Minnesota, for
vice. president.
Boer delegates will not be admitted
to the floor of the senate. Their mis-
sion is failure.
The Iron Dyke mine. in Union coun
tv. Or. has been sold to Pennsylvania
parties for $50, 900.
William X. Hearst, OF the San Fran.
cisco Examiner, predicts the inaugural
ton OF Bryan next spring.
Mexican government is still fighting
the Yaquias, additional troops being
sent to reinforce General Torres.
The war department refuses to ac-
cept the designations OF volunteer Off.
GERS now serving in the Philippines.
No municipal governments will be
organized in the hemp provinces OF
Luzon until the rebels are driven out.
| Fire today destroyed Reeves Bros,
Boiler Works, at Alliance, Ohio. The
loss will reach $l44,OOO, with $40, 500
insurance.
Taylor and Beckham will both be
candidates for reelection to the Ken
lucky governorship this fall, and IL hot
election is expected.
Colonel Bethune, while marching in
the direction OF Newcastle, was am
pushed by party Of Beers and very
few of his force escaped.
Nathaniel =. Hill, former United
States senator from Colorado, one OF
the wealthiest men i'll the state, IL
dead at Denver, aged SO.
The village of Point Claire, l6 miles
from Montreal. Canada, has been almost
entirely wiped out by fire. Two hun
dred people are homeless. No fatalities.
People in the neighborhoo d OF Falls
City, Or, are terrified by the report
that wild man il in the neighbor'
hood. The man is believed to be A.
r. Handy, who went hunting over 2
since.
Frederic A. Bell, who made y vast
fortune in the bituminous. coal business
in Philadelphia, ami who was subse-
quently president OF the Buffalo Elevat.
ing Company, is dead, at his home in
Madison, n. j., aged 81. lie leaves
an estate valued at $25, 100000.
Fritz Meyer, murderer, was put to
death in the electric chair at Sing Sing.
An Ohio statesman shot and killed
his wife accidentally by taking her for
a rat.
Chicago is afraid OF the plague
Coffee from an infected vessel found it,
way into the city.
The United States supreme court de-
cided the Kentucky governorship case
in favor of Governor Beckham.
A bill to prevent interstate commerce
in convict made goods was passed in
the senate without division.
Chinatown OF Portland is to he
cleaned up to prevent the possible
propagation of bubonic plague.
| Two workmen were killed and 81
injured at strikers riot in Berlin.
One hundred and three arrests were
made.
Mataafa, one OF the Samoan chiefs,
thinks he has been treated sha billy by
Germany, and revolt may occur at
any time.
Filipinos lost 80 men killed in an
engagement at Agusan, in Cagyan
province. American loss, two killed
and three wounded.
Two cars of kerosene were blown up,
a car OF bicycles smashed by u collision
ON the Northern Pacific which occurred
about nine miles east OF Spokane.
Inc postmaster general mas suspended
Director.General Of Post Rathbone and
appointed Fourth Assistant Postmaster.
General Brystow rs acting director.
general of post in Cuba.
The Lodge amendment to the post.
Office appropriation bill continuing the
pneumatic service in cities where con.
tracts have been made and appropriat.
ing $225, 900 for the same was adopted
by the senate, SO to 20.
The Russian embassy has considera.
bly, perturbed governmental and diplo.
matte circles at Constantinople by in.
viting the immediate attention OF the
porte to the deplorable situation OF
many districts OF Armenia, resulting
from brutal methods OF collecting taxes
and from prosecutions.
Berlin, with the approval Of the
kaiser. sent over 500, 600 marks for the
famine sufferers in India.
Six Thousand passengers for Cape
Nome are booked for May sailings aud
all berths are preengaged.
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