Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-01-30

Manila banks refuse 10 accept ue-
posits of Mexican silver.
Colorado union miners have demand
cd the discharge of nonunion men.
A man and his wife have been arrest
Cd in San Francisco for counterfeiting
Eight of the coleries in the Hazel
ton district, Pa, were closed because OF
high water.
1t is estimated that the loss by the
recent fires in Columbus, Ohio, will
reach 100000.
The wheat crop of the Pacific North
west for 1901 was, approximately, A.
OO0, 900 bushels.
Governor Taft says $4,000 soldiers
will be enough in the Philippines be-
fore the close of the year.
Five hundred miners at the West End
colliery, at Mocanaqua, Pa. went on
strike because nonunion workmen were
employed.
All formalities for the purchase OF
the Danish West Indies have been COM
pleted and the treaty will be signed in
few days.
A Cincinnati bookkeeper is almost q
quarter of million short in his ac-
counts. He contends that it is the re-
suit of errors and has made most of it
good.
Governor Taft says the situation in
the Philippines is encouraging.
Hon. Franklin Murphy was inaugu-
rated governor of New Jersey.
Prince Ching will represent China at
the coronation of King Edward.
Charges have been brought against
officials of the Mineworkers' Union.
A Filipino force in Batangas prov
ince, Philippine islands, surrendered.
Contract for repairs to the transport
Dix to the amount of 1921 has been
let.
John d. Rockefeller contemplates
giving the Chicago University sec, OOO,-
900.
United States Senators Dolliver and
Allison were reelected by the Iowa leg
islature.
All of the cOnvicts who escaped from
the federal penitentiary on McNeill's
island have been recaptured.
The senate has begun debate on Phil
ippine tariff bill.
More revolutionary movements are
reported in China.
The annual convention of the United
Nineworkers of America is in session.
Three of the II convicts who escaped
from Mcneil island prison have been
captured.
The isthman canal commission re
ports in favor of the purchase of the
Panama canal.
A bank cashier of Great Falls, Mont,
il short in his accounts, due to gam
bling in stocks.
Portland exported one-fifth OF the en-
tire wheat shipped from the United
States in December.
The combine of all the leading steam
ship companies is still under discussion
by those interested.
General Bell has determined on war
in the strictest sense in Batangas prov
ince, Philippine islands.
A great naval battle took place in
the harbor of Panama, in which the
government lost heavily. Governor
Alban was killed.
A great diamond field is said to have
been discovered in Idaho.
Sixty lives were lost by boiler ex-
plosion in a Spanish village.
Eleven men of the Second infantry,
in the Philippines, are missing
Peace negotiations between Beers and
British are under way at Brussels.
Secretary Root favors disposing of
government transports on the Pacific.
The military will play large part
in the entertainment of Prince Henry.
The isthmian commission recon-
mends the purchase of the Panama ca
nal.
Governor Geer does not consider the
confession of Wade anything in Dali
toms favor
A woman insurgent leader has been
captured in Laguna province, Philip
pine islands.
Fresh troops will be sent to the Phil
ippines to take the place of those now
in the islands.
The loss of life in the Mexican earth
qnake, while heavy, was not so great
as at first reported.
The per capita consumption of spirits
in the United States is smaller than
any other of the great nations.
Reginald C. Vanderbilt. of New
York, has come into possession of ST.
500, 900 left him by his father.
J. +. Green, st. Louis mechanic.
claims that he invented the airship |
made famous by NJ. Santos Dumont. in |
Paris, and that the drawings were