Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-21
NEWS OF THE DAY
ITEMS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE WORLD
Outside the State OF Washlngton-Resume OF
the Less Important, Though Not Less
Interesting. Happenings Of the Past Week
in Condensed. but Comprehensive
Form.

IN COnoense0s OUT comprehensive
j. Reiff, the American jockey, has
been licensed to ride in England.
Venezuela has ratified the protocol for
the renewal of diplomatic relations with
France.
Charles I. Fuller has been renominat'
ed for congress by Republicans OF the
Eighth Illinois district.
The president has nominated Colonels
Charles Bard, Simon Snider and VIM.
Amman to be brigadier generals in the
regular army to fill existing vacancies.
The Holland submarine boat company
has been notified by the British admit
raltv that one of its submarine torpedo
boats has been accepted by the British
navy.
Miss Sybil Clifton, one of the five
flower girls in 1.-THE Chaperone, is heir
ess to fortune of 100000 in oil lands,
left by her uncle, Huntington Hale, who
died near Beaumont, Texas, only three
days ago.
The senate has confirmed the nomina-
lions of James A. Garfield, of Ohio, to
be United States civil service commits
sioner, and William Williams, of Ohio,
the port of New York. 6
"Wild Bill" Hanrahan, the prize fight
er, is died Friday at the Cook county
hospital, Chicago.
1t is stated on good authority that the
Bank of Montreal contemplates opening
branch in Havana and other cities in
Cuba.
Hobart Chatfield Taylor, of Chicago,
has, it is state d, disposed OF the dramatic
rights of his novel, 1.-THE Crimson Wing"
to Charles Frohman.
Final arrangements have been made
by the automobile club of Long Island
for its 1O0-mile endurance, hill climbing
and other contests which are to take
place on Saturday, April 26.
James Henry Smith, of New York,
heir to the $50, 100000 estate of the late
George Smith, who amassed his fortune
in Chicago and died not long ago in Lon
don, has purchased Rubens' ''The Holy
Family" Tor $780, CO and presented it to
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Another palatial hotel is planned for
Fifth avenue, New York. Ground has
Just been purchased at Forty-fourth
street, opposite Delmonico's, ON which
stood the residence of the late Paran
Stevens. The price of the plot was a
trifle under 81 900 900, and the cost OF the
new hosiery will be in the neighborhood
of $4,000, 900. 5
The Norwegian premier, Johannes w.
C. Steen, has resigned and new cabinet
will be formed.
II. NJ. Whitney, of New York, has re-
signed the presidency of the Dominion
Iron and Steel Company.
The senate committee has reported
the sundry civil bill with additions to
the amount of nearly $3,OOO,OOO.
Preparations are nearly completed for
the installation of DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler as president of Columbia uni
versity.
An operation has been performed on
Congressman Amos j. Cummings. A
large tumor was removed and the sur
geons expect Mr.. Cummings to recover.
1t is announced that the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks has purchased
the Hotel Bedford, at Bedford City, Va,
and will covert the building into ma
tional Elks home. The price is said to
have been $l1 900. 4
Bourke Cochran had an audience with
the pope Tuesday.
Countess Castellane, formerly Anna
Gould, has given birth to son.
Roads entering St. Joseph, Mo-, will
erect half million dollar terminal depot
The resolution in the House of Com
mons providing for loan of G32 900 900
was adopted by vote of 229 to lO3.
The war department has been in
formed by cable that the cause of Maj or
Grandy's death at Lipa, Philippine Is.
lands, last week was apoplexy.
DR.. Mecheam, assistant to Major Maus,
the insular health commissioner, at Ma
nilla, is dead, of heart disease, caused by
over work on the cholera cases.
The transport Thomas has arrived at
San Francisco from the Philippines,
bringing the officers and 6S5 men Of the
Third infantry, 100 short term men and
a number of prisoners and invaded
soldiers. 3