Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-03-01
LATER NEWS.

Colonel W. $. King, ex-congressman
and national character for the past
Az years. died ut Minneapolis.
Northern Ohio is in the throes OF
fierce blizzard Trains on the trunk
lines, especially west. bound, were de-
layed.
Desperate engagement between the
British and Beers north of the Tugea
resulted in the English being twice re-
pulsed.
The German steamer Admiral has
arrived at Lourenco Marques with 10
passengers, mostly Germans, who will
join the Boer forces.
The japanese minister to the United
States, Jutaro komura, has been notl-
fled by cable from Japan OF his appoint
ment as minister to Russia.
A young dentist OF New York city
shot the wife OF the man who befriend-
ed him and then committed suicide.
Jealousy was the cause of the crime.
The Platteville Powder mills, Plat.
teville, Wis, were wrecked by an ex.
plosion, killing three men and badly
injuring one. Several buildings were
destroyed.
A steamer believed to be the Cali.
fornian, of the Allan line, is ashore off
Fort Williams, Portland (Me. harbor.
She was heavily laden with grain,
bound for Liverpool.
In Chicago, 600 machinists employed
by Frazer Il Chalmers and Croley 4
Co., are on a strike, on account OF the
alleged refusal of their employees to
recognize the union.
Four of the five members OF the new
Philippine commission have been
selected. They are: Judge Taft, OF
Ohio; Luke r. Wright, of Tennessee;
II. G. Idle, of Vermont, and Dean
Worcester, of Michigan.
The plague in India continues vlru.
lent. There were 5S3 victims in Bonn
bay city during the week ending Febru-
airy Is. With 81 900. 600 people affect
ed by the famine and only about 1 ,0O0,-
900 in receipt OF relief the country is
in a bad plight.
A preacher of New Britain. Conn,
whose love for preaching has entirely
overcome his desire for ordinary labor,
was given the alternative of obtaining
a position by which he could support
his family or go to Jail to continue his
religious studies. lie had spent his
time expounding his doctrines ON street
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vided nothing for his family.
Leander j. Mccormick. of McCor-
mick harvester fame, is dead.
The Beers are falling back and con-
centrating for the defense of the Trans
vaal.
Rev. James Smart, president of Per.
due University, Lafayette, Ind, is
dead.
The Nez Perces Indians will soon
get nearly 5000, 900 from the govern.
ment.
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
stevedores at Vancouver, b. G., are on
strike.
All business at Mafeking is now con-
Quoted in "bomb-proof' underground
chamber
Operations in the Philippines are
drawing to a close and police will re-
place soldiers.
Contract has been let for the erection
OF new oil and guano factory near AS.
toria, Oregon.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany has established relief depart.
ment for its employees.
The Fair estate has failed to break
down Mrs. Craven's testimony relative
to her marriage with the senator.
Admiral Dewey says that if the Mic.
aragua canal is to be neutral path.
way, Notifications are unnecessary.
Women's rights have made such
progress in Chile that already two.
thirds OF the public school teachers are
women.
Leslie f. Kelley, inventor of the
Kelley cure for the liquor habit, died
at his home in Los Angeles, CAL, Of
heart disease.
The sultan will pay for the losses of
Americans in Turkey during the Ar.
menian troubles. The sum involved
is about 800. 900.
General Hector Mcdonald, COM
handing the Highland brigade and
leading in the pursuit of Cronje's
forces, is severely wounded.
Representative Lentz of Ohio, intro.
duced in the house a bill to provide for
the public distribution of United
States map to all schools in the United
States.
Upon representations OF the Spanish
government to the effect that some of
the islands south OF the Philippine
archipelago, which had been taken
possession OF by the United States gun.
boats, were the property of Spain, the
authorities of the state department
have examined the charts and con.
cluded to direct the withdrawal OF our
claims to the islands of Caygayen. Su.
lu and Subutu, both OF which lie with.
out the boundary lines laid down by
the treaty OF Paris.