Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-25
LATER NEWS.


There are % cases OF yellow fever In
Havana.
The total registration in Greater
New York for 1900 is $50, 1854.
Bryan closed his campaign in New
York with speech in Buffalo.
The spread of yellow fever in Ha'
vana is said to be due to Spanish im.
migration.
General Weyler, acknowledgement
Of Cuba. has been appointed captain.
general of Madrid.
Mr.. Stevenson's forecast OF the cleo.
ton is 1873 for Mckinley, lS9 for Bry.
an and 12O doubtful.
Many American and European mis-.
sionaries in Shan 81 province have
been killed by Boxers.
The Dutch cruiser Gelderland, with
President Kruger on board. has sailed
from Lourenco Marques for Europe.
One man was killed in train wreck
on the Northern Pacific near Missoula,
Mont, and ton of mail went into a
river.
Charles Dudley Warner, the author.
and one of the owners of the Hartford
Courant, died suddenly at Hartford,
Conn.,, aged II.
The New York Herald's forecast OF
the presidential election is that Nc.
Kinley will have 2Sl and Bryan l66
votes in the electoral college.
Fire in St. Paul destroyed packing
house, locomotive and 30 box cars,
caused the death of five men by falling
walls and entailed loss of 500, 900.
The United States census bureau an
nounces that the population OF Ala.
bama is 1928, 697, as against 1.5l3.'
OF in 1890; increase, 215,6S0, or 20.S
per cent.
A special dispatch from Constants.
nople says new and trightful massacres
of Armenians have Just occurred in the
district of Diarbekir. The Mussul.
mans. it is asserted, pillaged, out.
ragged and killed during five days with.
out the intervention of Turkish troops.
Eight villages, it is added, were entire.
ly destroyed and burned.
According to correspondent Of the
Shanghai Mercury, Bishop Fontosati,
in South Honan, was tortured four
hours by Chinese. Different mem bers
OF his body were removed singly. Two
priests were covered with coal oil and
placed on pile of sticks which were
then sect fire to. Bishop Fogota was
disem boweled, and others were fright.
fully tortured. Three thousand con.
verts. led by French priests, in defend.
ing their church, were massacred.
Chinese reformers captured Hui
Chow.
France wants peace negotiations to
begin at once.
Alvarez, a Tagal leader, was captured
in Mindanao.
The mineowners agreed to the strik.
ers' demands.
Roosevelt was given great recep.
ton in Cleveland.
English horsemen are fighting
American jockeys.
A French expedition was massacred
at Lake Assai, Africa.
Captain o. NJ. Carter is seeking his
liberty on habeas corpus.
Lipton's challenge was accepted by
the New York YaIcht Climb.
Hoheuhole has resigned. Won Bulow
may be the new German chancellor.
The United States gunboat Marietta
has gone to Canton, which is threat.
ened.
Rebels were defeated in an engage.
ment with Americans at Tubuguan,
Panay.
A dispatch received from Lord Rob.
erts, under data OF Pretoria, October
l6, reports q number of minor affairs,
but says that the only incident OF i'm.
portance was the surrendering of Tunis
Botha, q brother OF Commandment Gen.
sral Botha, at Volksrust, October Is.
Two hundred Uintah Indians from
Utah have invaded Northwestern Col.
orado on their annual hunting expedi.
ton, and as usual. on such occasions
the settlers are greatly alarmed. Gov
ernor Thomas has appealed to the led
eral authorities to drive the Indians
back to their reservation.
Secretary Long has received letter
from Governor Allen. of Porto Rico. in
which the latter tells of a tour OF the
island, of the prosperous condition OF
the sugar crop, and of the very salts.
factory coffee crop. Goveror Allen
predicts that, with these prosperous
crops. the people OF the island will
soon be upon their feet financially.
The family Of the late John Clark. Of
New York. has engaged counsel to try
to obtain the estate OF his brother, I'm.
lay Clark. who died q few years ago
in Australia. leaving = fortune esti.
mated at $2O. The dead man
was an owner Of gold mines. Recent
~, Governor Voorhees,, OF New Jersey.
was informed that the multimillion.
aires heirs were IN that state. He left
none in Australia and his whole for.
tune il said to be lying untouched