Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-19
LATER Me- VS..

Beers bombarded British trenches at
One man was killed and boy fatal.
ly injured in 100000 fire which oc-
Cured in Brooklyn.
During fire in coal mine near
Pittsburg. Pa, one man persisted and
two others in the pit escaped.
During the siege OF Iadysmith. Cen
eral Whites total losses from all
causes were 1859 officers mad 3, l63 men.
British people insist on a change in
the army service, owing to the unsatis'
factory conduct OF the campaign against
the Beers.
Three men are said to have found
gold in quartz formation within two
miles OF Joplin, Mo-, which assays $40
to $50 ton.
A Chinaman, possessing documents
bearing the seal OF the court Of Picking,
ed ut WI Chang.
The University OF Edinburgh, Scot
land, conferred the degree OF LII ID. ON
Joseph II. Choate, United States am
bassador to Great Britain.
At New York, 5000 cigarmakers,
employed by six OF the largest firms in
that city, have been locked out. No
reason is given for the action.
Rufus Wright, millionaire and
treasurer OF the firm of Morgan q
Wright, bicycle tire manufacturers,
was fatally shot by II woman in Chicago.
The cruisers Detroit and Marblehead
and gunboats Bennington and Concord
have been ordered out of commission,
owing to the lack of II sufficient number
of officers.
The Chinese government has sent
1000 troops to Shan Ting to suppress
the "Boxers.' However, it is notori-
GUS that the majority OF the troops are
members OF the same society.
The transport Lake Erie. with up
wards of 500 Transvaal prisoners, in
Guiding French. German and Russian
members OF the foreign legion, captured
at Boshof, sailed from Cape Town for
st. Helena.
The trial OF Perico Pipin, who re-
Gently led small uprising against the
government OF Santo Domingo, has
ended with the conviction of the pris-
oner, who was sentenced to 20 years
imprisonment and to pay fine OF $30.
600 in gold.
Mrs. Kruger, wife OF Dom Paul, ON
being interviewed, said that she trust
ed God would soon stop the merciless
bloodshed, but that the republic would
be VIGOROUSLY defended, even if Pre-.
toria were finally taken. She added
that she had had in the field 33 grand.
sons, two of whom were killed, tour
sons, six sons-in-law, and numerous
Other relatives"
Bloenlu..+nin is badly in need OF
water.
The total British losses in the Boer
war are now %, 200.
A Texas town in the flooded district
was destroyed by Il tornado.
Fishermen testing the Columbia
river near Astoria found but few Chi
hooks.
The Puerto Rican bill, as amended
by the senate, passed the house by u
vote of 1853 to 1853.
Admiral Dewey denies the story of
his withdrawal as candidate for presi.
Dental nomination.
II. c. Frick will dispose OF all his
holdings. something like SIG, 900,
in the Carnegie Company.
An international naval demonstration
will soon take palce ut Taku Gin, the
gulf of Pc Chi Lii, China.
During fight with riotous laborers
in New York, one Italian striker was
killed and several wounded.
At the Georgia Populist convention,
Senator Marion Butler, OF North Caro-
lima, was denounced as the ''chief of
all traitors"
George w. Hull, an Arizona million.
aire, was arrested in New York on a
charge of perjury in divorce case
against his wife.
Competent authorities estimate that
Viz NAcOhSC w AOASVc immunity ~ VIO
British forces in South Africa, must be
calculated ut not less than 5000.
b. G.. Bergin, an assayer in the Uni.
ted States mint at San Francisco, has
been arrested for stealing small
amounts OF gold daily for months past.
Capitalists of Berlin, through Chi.
cago firm. have made All offer to pur.
chase the Ferris wheel. The wheel.
which weighs 200 tons, will be ship.
ped to Berlin.
In San Francisco. 500 pounds of
plug.cut tobacco have been seized in
various local stores by internal revenue
agents, because the packages were in.
sufficiently stamped.
Burglars in Chicago stole diamonds,
jewelry and silverware valued at $4O,.
900 from the home OF Orrin W. Potter,
the multi.milllonaire and ex.presi-
dent Of the Illinois Steel Company.
The period of time allowed Spanish
residents in the Philippines to elect
whether they shall remain Spanish sub.
jects or adopt the nationality of the ter.
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