Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-12
NEWS Of THE Day
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Outside ne State Of VIZ hlnston- Resume o.
he Less Important Though Not Less
lntssssAins. Happen q Of the Past Week
n Q Condensed. but Comprehensive

Former Governor Fisllback of Arkan-
sas is dead.
Edna Lyall, the English novelist, is
dead.
A strike of employees of elevated rail
roads of New York is threatened.
The United States circuit court of APP
peals at San Francisco has upheld tn e
Hawaiian income tax law.
What is known as the Philippine ex-
tradition bill has been signed by the
president and is now law.
Charles A. Bosworth of Cincinnati
has been nominated for the Office OF as
sistant treasurer of the United States.
Teh comptroller of the currency has
issued call for the condition of na .
tional banks at the close of business
Feb. 6.
The house committee on ways and
means has reported a bill providing
that all registered brood animals be adj
mitted to this country free of duty.
A disastrous fire broke out in the
town of Krutz, Galicia, Sunday and
wiped out 3O7 homes and many public
buildings. Five hundred families fare
destitute.
At the National Sporting club, Lon
don, Spike Sullivan of New York, gained
an easy victory over Jim Maloney, of
London, who was counted out in the
first round of what had been arranged
to be fifteen round contest for 81 900.
The president has sgined the bill APP
propriating 81 900, 900 for constructing
a new building for the department Of
agriculture at Washington. The build
ing will be erected on the plaza directly
in front OF the present building. 2
The duke of Tetnan, formerly Span
ish minister of foreign affairs, VIII" has
been i'll for some time past, is dead.
Harvey Holmes, instructor of athlet-
les at the University of Utah, has been
offered complete charge of college ath-
letics at the University of Wisconsin
for the summer term.
News has been received of the death
of Mrs. Laura NJ Cranston, wife of
Bishop Earl Cranston of the Methodist
church. Mrs. CranstOn accompanied
the bishop to Mexico several weeks ago
to attend church conference.
Reports are arriving at Dawson Of
epidemics of disease and prvation
among the natives in the districts
about Nome. Typhoid fever is raging
among the Esquimaux at the Swedish
mission. Their ranks are thinning rap
idly.
During the month of January there
were but five deaths in the Yukon Ter
ritory out OF population of 10000.
Included in these five deaths were the
two murderers, LaBelle and Fournier,
who were executed. There were four
teen births and five marriages.
While sleighing party OF young
people were crossing street car track
at Winona, Mimi, car running at
top speed crashed into their sleigh. The
party consisted of eight women and two
men, and all were injured, two Of
them, Mary Cummings and Mary
Black so seriously that they may die. 2
Great Northern telegraphers have
been granted slight increase in wages.
Ralph Milbanke, the British minis
ter at Vienna, died suddenly of heart
disease.
The Montreal street railway strike
was settled after lasting but one day.
The men got all they asked.
Adelina Patti has finally signed a
contract for sixty concerts in America,
commencing November next.
Governor Chamberlain has appointed
Charles W. James, of Baker City, SUI
perintendent of the Oregon peniten-
tiary.
The Oregon senate has passed Sena-
tor Stevens DILL prohibiting the sale of
state lands prior to the time the state
secures full title.
While workmen were tearing down
an old tannery plant at Buffalo, n. Y,
the archways in the lower part of the
building collapsed and buried mum.
Der of workmen. Three were killed.