Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-11-15
EVENTS OF THE DAY
An Imteresting Collection Of Items From
the Two Hcnisphcres Presented
In u Condensed Form.

The ministers at Pekin have agreed
on the basis Of negotiations.
An investigation OF Berlin's CORFU pt
police force has been ordered.
Kruger is making a slow trip to
Europe on account of illness.
Russia has no intention OF building
another railroad across Asia.
Nome steamer Roanoke, repoi ted
lost, has reached Port Townsend.
Woodburn, Or, has granted 30.year
franchise for light and water system.
WI Ting Fang. the Chinese minister,
thinks that when allies withdraw from
China railroad construction Oh large
scale will be begun there.
The state board of health authorities
Of Mississippi, report one case OF yell
low fever at Natchez. The patient is
the wife Of local Baptist minister.
Isaac Hull Adams. a grandson OF
President John Adams, and u nephew
of President John Quincy Adams. died
at his home at Quincy, Mass, aged 81
years.
The Toronto soldiers OF the South
African contingent returned to Toronto
and were received with tremendous en-.
thusiasm. Traffic was suspended for
hours. and altogether the demonstra.
ton was one of the most notable in the
history of the city.
An explosion took place in the dry
house connected with the works of the
Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
at New Haven. Conn. The walls of
the building being blown out and the
windows in the adjacnt buildings shat.
tcred. No one was in the building at
the time.
Vice.Admiral Alexieff has addressed
. communication to Ii Hung Chang
asking China's intentions regarding
Manchuria and inviting her to resume
the government OF that territory under
Russian protection, which. he says,
will be of mutual advantage to China
and Russia"
The queen of Portugual, at Cascals,
. fashionable resort, made q thrilling
rescue. She has been staying at the
Palace Cascals, end was on the beach
Watching Catalo Groom, her boatman.
bringing his boat into shore. Sudden.
~ huge wave overturned the boat.
CIoom's arm was broken and he WAS
overcome by the undertow. which car.
ried him beneath the waves. The
queen is an expert swimmer. Seeing
that her boatman was drowning, she
sprang into the water before any Of her
attendants could prevent her. With
rapid strokes she swan to the boat.
mans side and held him up until per.
sons put out in boats and rescued both
the queen and her boatman. Groom
was taken to the Royal Palace.
Two men were killed in a railroad
accident at The Dalles, Or.
Orders for five new Russian warships
will be placed in this country.
The big Atlantic liner St. Paul sui.
fered serious accident at sea.
Kitchener is to stop pursuit OF Boers
and establish garrisons among them.
The king OF Corea sent the allied
troops q large gift OF -four. rice and
cigarettes.
Experiments with storage reservoir
for irrigation are being made In NAL
hour county, Oregon.
An immense crowd attended the un.
yelling of the statue Of the late prssi.
dent Carnot at Lyons.
American financiers are to partici.
pate in the naturalization Of the Swise
railroads and German capitalists arc
jealous.
Professor Schurman replies to Sixtc
Lopez, in which he shows it 10 for this
highest good Of Filipinos for Americana
70 succeed.
The suit Of the state OF Texas against
the Waters. Pierce Oil Company for
penalties amounting to 100000. for
alleged violation of the antitrust law
of 1899, ended in favor OF the company.
The deaths from the ,ailorad wreck
near Keswick. CAL. now number
three. James Hart. OF Charter Oak.
Ia, died from the effects OF his injur-
les. The name OF one OF the other
killed has been discovered to be e. j.
Bowen. Of Castle Rock, Wash. b.
Woodruff. Of Ashland. Or. may 70.
cover.
Adjutant General Corbin has re-.
ceived from Judge Taft. president OF
the Philippine commission, dispatch
forwarding . message from Senior Buen.
canine. formerly secretary Of foreign
affairs in Aguinaldo's cabinet. The
message was telegraphed to the presi.
dent. 1t is understood that Senior Blu.
encamino. besides unreservedly accept.
ing American sovereignty, submits .
proposition to organize force of Fill.
pinos to make war upon the supporters
OF his former chief.
California stands fifth among the
states as an oil producer.
W. P. Rend says European countries
must look to America for supplies Of
coal.
All the street mail boxes in Ire.
mont. O.. were broken open and the
contents rifled.