Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-03-29
LATER NEWS.

granted the demands OF the striking
machinists.
Rear. Admiral A. II. Mccormick re.
tired as commandment of the Washington
navy yard.
The Norwegian schooner Triton has
been wrecked at Dunkirk, Ireland, and
10 of her crew drowned.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Kid Mccoy
have been matched to fight July 4, %
rounds at catch weights.
Two murderers at Emporia, Va,
were lynched after the militia that had
protected them were withdrawn.
Fifty thousand Labor ers on the island
of Puerto Rico are without work. and
whole families have died from starva.
ton.
The Philippine commission will be
taken to Manila on the transport Han.
cock. and will sail from San Francisco
on April 10.
One man was killed and five injured
by a cave.in at Whitehall, on the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad, 10 miles south
of Pittsburg, Pa.
The Alaska mail service is meeting
with great success. Mail was recently
transmitted from Circle City to Wash.
ington in 30 days.
Work has begun on New York city's
underground railway, which will in
volve the expenditure of $36, 900, 600,
and will give employment to 10000
men.
Wharton Golden. in his testimony at
the trial of Secretary of State Caleb
Powers, of Kentucky, said, "John Pow
ers told me they had two negroes to
kill Goebel."
Eben S. Boyce, of Tacoma, was
found guilty of murder in the first de.
gree. lie brutally shot his wife Feb.
ruary 10, while she was acting rs CASH
ier in restaurant.
The government of Austria. Hungary
has replied to the South African APP
peal for mediation in the war that it
was only possible to take such a step
Through the breaking down OF the
first floor in factory building in New
York city, which was totally destroyed
by fire, three firemen were killed and
two injured. Property loss $4,000.
The court OF inquiry convened by
Rear Admiral Watson, at Manila, to
investigate the loss Of the cruiser
Charleston, exonerated the officers and
men from responsibility for the loss of
the ship.
Machinists OF Cleveland, O., have
been ordered out.
Bonneville, Iowa, is being terrorized
by striking miners.
General Kitchener has occupied
Prieska, in Cape Colony.
The crown princess of Austria and
Count Lonyay were married at Vienna.
Cuhans are clamoring against the
continuance of Manager Sbarretti in
the biShoprie.
The Beers at Aliwal North are still
holding position in the big hills on
the Free State side.
J. +. Allen, of New Orleans, has
bought 100000 Paris exposition tick.
cts as II speculation.
The will of Philip D. Armour, Jr.,
was proved and admitted to probate
The estate is valued at rs, 900, 900.
John +. Norton, Il Northern Pacific
switchman, was run over in the yards
1t Tacoma, Wash, and died few
aours later.
The slayer of Goebel is said to he
mulatto. who is now supposed to be III
hiding in the wilds of one of the noun.
lain counties.
At Buda Pest, Hungary, "a peasants
we're drowned by the capsizing of \
boat, in which they were crossing the
Danube during II gale.
Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder, pres.
ent secretary OF the naval inspection
BOARD, has been selected to succeed
Captain Lea,y as governor OF Guam.
Osman Pasha, the hero of Plerna, is
lead. In 1876 he defeated the finest
troops of the car in three pitched bat.
ties, which cost Russia over 1000
men.
Eight ladies OF the sultan's palace at
Constantinople have been sent into ex.
lie for Vaccinations in connection
with the sultan's fugitive brother.in.
law Mammal pashn
The city council OF Astoria. o.,
passed an ordinance authorizing the
chief OF police to pay bounty OF 3
cents each for all rats caught or killed
within the city limits within the next
30 days.
The house committee Oh foreign AT.
lairs has decided to investigate the al.
legation made by Charles +. Macrum.
sx.consul to Pretoria, relative to the
opening of his official mail by the
British authorities.
Sir William Van Horne, former pres
iient of the Canadian Pacific railway,
is interested in a project for the con.
solidation of all the railways in Cuba.
For the development OF this project Sir
William has $25. 900 at his dis
posal.