Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-24
LAT Err NEWS.

st. Mary's school at Belmont, S. G.
Loss is estimated at $2OO,0OO
William II. Hunt, OF Montana. has
been selected to be secretary OF state
Tor the island of Puerto Rico.
Street.car strikers OF st. Louis are
restrained from interfering with mail
cars by temporary injunction.
Texas has declared quarantine
against San Francisco on account OF the
prevalence of plague in that city.
Fenian sympathizers with the Beers
made an attempt to blow up the Brit
ish Notifications at Esquimalt, b. q.
Congressman George B. Mcclellan.
son of "Little Mac" the federal gen.
eral, is being urged as II running mate
for Bryan.
Washington Democrats in convention
at Spokane, Endorsed Bryan for presi.
dent, James Hamilton Lewis for vice.
president.
The Beers announce they will defend
johannesburg, and the consuls OF the
neutral powers have been advised tc
look after their citizens.
Owners of Chicago breweries have
defied the city ordinance requiring
them to pay $500 license fee the first
day of May each year.
American warships are leaving
Manila for Chinese ports to escape the
hot weather which comes to that city
every April, May and June.
In the coast towns of Colima ant
.Toisco, Mexico, an earthquake caused
houses to he submerged, boats swampet
and several natives to drown.
The statue of General Grant, pre-
scented 10y the q. a. Il. to the nation
was unveiled in the great rotunda o
the capitol with impressive ceremonies
In the senate, the proposition relat
ing to the transportation OF mail b.,
the pneumatic tube system, was laic
on the table by vote OF 80 to Is.
A work train on the Guadalaja,s
branch of the Mexican Central roac
ran into an obstruction, wrecking thu
engine and number OF cars and kill
ing men.
Assistant Surgeon 4. S. Lloyd. O.
the United States marine hospital ser
vice at Chicago, has been ordered tt
San Francisco to assist in the work
prevention OF the spread OF the bubonie
plague.
General Brabant has occupied Lady
brand.
More Christians have been massa cree
north of Tien.Tsin by the BOXERS"
Kentucky Republicans Endorsed thu
administration of President Mckinley
Disease is causing the deaths o
many American soldiers in the Philip
pines.
Filipinos reject civil marriage
claiming it as no more than concu
binage.
Boer peace ENJOYS will be allowed II
present their credentials at the state de
partment.
Collector OF Customs Ivey has with
drawn his resignation and will serve
out his term in Alaska.
F. p. bengal, who eloped from Pros.
ser, WASH. with Il Mrs. Brackenburg,
was arrested in Spokane.
There is strong sentiment in favor
of Hepburn, OF Iowa, for vice-president
on the Republican ticket.
Manila editors and correspondents
protest against the press censorship.
Many papers are shutting up shop.
Four persons persisted in the fire in
the Hotel Helena. in Chicago. Guests
were forced to jump from windows.
Elijah Moore. aged 10, who murdered
Rev. Jesse Moore, his father, at Dex.
ter. Mo-, November last, was ex.
ecuted.
Americans in Yucatan lose contracts
OH electric and bridge work through
being underbid by Englishmen and
Germans.
Fire destroyed the works OF the Can.
ada Cycle & Motor Company of st.
GATHERINGS, Ont, causing loss OF half
a million dollars.
Columbian rebels threaten Panama,
great excitement prevails in that city
and United States vessels have been
ordered to the scene.
An alleged nobleman. charged with
forgery, in Victoria, b. g.. court,
swallowed glass during the trial and
will die. His name was Elliott.
A factory is now constructing at
Corvallis to manufacture many articles
of hardware, thus utilizing valuable
timber that has been going to waste.
Webster Davis was called upon to
speak at the Missouri Republican con-
ventlon, but debate on the question
OF appointing committee to escort
him to the stage came near disrupting
the convention.
Secretary Gage, in response to an in
quiry from the house Of representatives
as to the extent OF the influx of Jap.
anese, has submitted letter from i'm
migration Commissioner POwderly,
stating thsat the arrivals for the nine
mouths ending March 81, last. were
4,427.