Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-12-13
LATER NEWS.

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cutting down all estimates.
The Philippines commission has pre-
pared tariff for the islands.
The execution OF Yu Hsien is GER
tain whenever ENJOYS demand 1t.
The Chinese question is again said
TO be approaching settlement.
Fifty.two Filipino prisoners have
been taken by American troops.
Eulooies were pronounced in the
house on the late Representative Har'
mea.
Russia says all credit for securing
existing entente belongs to United
States.
johannesburg will be fenced around
with barb wire to cut of Beers food
supply.
United States Consul Goodnow, at
Shanghai, will return home on leave OF
absence.
Netherlands disavows responsibility
for sympathetic letter Of minister to
Kruger.
Senate will devote the present week
to Hay.Pauncefote treaty and ship
subsidy bill.
The naval appropriation bill will
provide for two more battleships ana
two cruisers.
Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, strong.
lvsopp0ses importation of negro labor
into the islands.
ENJOYS take removal of General
Tung Flu Hsiang to mean that govern
ment desires peace.
Esta blishment OF ship subsidy hill
as regular order will displace Nicara-
qua canal measure.
Bills for the reduction of war reve.
nue. tax and legislative appropriations
will likely pass the house this week.
Robert w. Wilcox. Hawaii's dele
gate.elect to congress, has arrived in
San Francisco, enroute to Washington.
Kruger was officially received by
Queen Wilhelmina. The queen has
promised to show her friendship when
the proper moment arrives.
A railway bridge collapsed in Ger.
many, letting AN express train plunge
into the stream below. Five persons
were killed and eight badly injured.
Six hundred telegraph operators on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
have walked out in sympathy with tile
operators on the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe road.
The ministers at Pekin have reached
an agreement.
The new war revenue bill will reduce
taxation SAC. OOO,s4s.
The pension roll for the coming year
will call for SLAP, 100000.
The governor of Shanghai publicly
executed 80 Boxer leaders.
Secretary Cages estimate for govern.
ment expense is 1928, 74l.762.
George Won l.. Meyer. OF Boston, will
be appointed ambassador to Italy.
Charles A. Towne accepted the ap.
pointment of senator from Minnesota.
Mccall made sensational speech in
the house against holding the Philip.
pines.
A small American force routed a
band of rebels at Santo Domingo.
Luzon.
Contract for erection of salem, Or. j,
postofiice has been awarded to q Chi.
cago firm.
In street duel in q West Virginia
town . minister was killed by q prom.
inens lawyer.
II 10 estimated that taxable valuation
OF Oregon for 1900 will be about 49,.
600, 900 less than in 1899. ,
Fire in the Cambridge. Ohio, works
Of tho American Tinplate Company,
caused loss on finished tin alone of
between $l75, 900 and 5000, 900.
John Luke Hely.Hutchinson, fifth
earl of Donoghmore, at one time assist.
ant commissioner in Eastern Rou.
mania, died OF paralysis. in London.
Robbers raided the office Of the West.
ern Lumber Company in Portland. Or,
just before the employees were ready to
receive their November wages in coin.
and secured $4.7OO.
At New York. the Fasig. Upton Com.
pany closed the most successful auction
sale OF trotting and pacing horses in its
history. The proceeds Of the sale were
1852, 1870 for 7O2 horses, an average Of
about $500 head.
Fire in the upper storeroom OF Hay.
wood Bros. ana the Wakefield Rattan
Company at Boston. caused loss of
$15O,OOO. OF which $4,000 was to the
stock and building OF Haywood Bros.
and tho Wakefield Company and the
rest to the building adjoining.
A serious cavern occurred at the
Ray Aug. mine, near Dunore, Pa.
Fifty.one men were entombed. The
rescuing party. after nearly three hours
hard work. succeeded in digging into
the chamber in which the men were
entombed All were rescued. not one
being seriously injured.