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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
2
The Aberdeen Herald from Washington reports a miscellany of topics from a failing play The Iron Tooth to profits in trusts like oysters and flour. It notes tax dodging in Germany and England and discusses public concern over lectures and old age pensions with calls for reform and efficiency.
The article critiques a pension deficit and proposes life insurance based funding to ease taxpayer burden. It contrasts American and British war powers, arguing Congress and the Senate alone authorize war and peace treaties, with ministers holding decisive early control in Britain.
A condensed European and Pacific roundup notes the Danish Antilles sale to the United States, deaths in Walla Walla, and Transvaal tensions. Items cover Manila garrison sends soldiers to San Francisco, Paris expo plans, Knowsley soldiers, and cautions on immigration controls.
Lord Roberts advances on Cretoria and Japan war fears ease as Russia Turkey tensions rise. Cambridge defeats Oxford in the 57th boat race. McBride proposes Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Coal mines idle in Indiana and Pittsburgh district mark eight hour day. Phoenicia brings record steerage passengers into New York while Boers rush to front. Two new plague cases in Honolulu and a fatal oil house explosion in Wyoming.
Col Stillwell bristles at a conundrum and jokes about Kentucky versus Massachusetts. He calls it a primitive humor form and jokes that Massachusetts makes boots and shoes while Kentucky makes shoots and booze. He notes being broad minded enough to accept the quip.
The Royal Gardens at Kew in England cover about 270 acres and attract around 1.4 million visitors annually. The site houses an extensive plant collection including exotic trees, a palm house, a winter garden, a museum, an observatory, and a school for gardeners.
British landlords are said to own 20 000 acres of land in the United States larger than Ireland. A school teachers finding a good cook sparked the impression that the general superintendent of destinies mixed things up.
British force commanded by Colonel Brown hood with the Tenth Hussars and household cavalry and two field batteries, supported by mounted infantry under Colonel Pilcher, moved from Bushman Kop to Bloemfontein water works area. A Boer shelling at dawn prompted a convoy escape. the rest of the force acted as rearguard. The convoy was trapped in a deep slot and captured, including six guns, with light British casualties as many soldiers had entered the trap before firing.
Honolulu reports March 23 that the steamer Cleveland bound for San Francisco, carrying 100000 bags of sugar from Kahului, is adrift with a broken shaft and helpless at sea. Three crew fled in a boat seeking Maui aid. the others drift nearly 820 miles north of Maui. A search steamer is dispatched.
Sydney Nova Scotia reports eleven fresh bubonic plague cases and two additional deaths today. Authorities warn residents and monitor outbreaks across affected districts. Public health measures are being stepped up as medical teams respond to the cluster.
London reports from Kimberley describe starving residents eating horseflesh, disease, and fear during the siege. The piece notes dehydration, scurvy, influenza, and panic as relief signals reach Modder River, with Lord Methuen’s forces and Kekewich awaiting further news.
Carlos Locayo former Bluefields governor arrived in New Orleans after a tense sequence involving arrest and exile in Costa Rica during a mission to place railroad bonds with New York financiers. The Costa Rican authorities reportedly seized his funds and shipped him home amid regional tensions. Also aboard were Nicaragua survey party members Weldon Roberts Melville Moxley and Joseph Stringham who fled an attack by Sasardi Indians 175 miles south of Colon.
Nassau Bahamas residents led by Gaston Drake claim ownership of the wreck of the Spanish warship Infanta Maria Teresa lying near Bird Point Cat Island. They plan to recover metal and import it duty free, but treasury counsel says the wreck becomes dutiable upon U S import as ownership shifted from Spain to private citizens after abandonment by the United States. In North Africa, French forces under Lt Col Eu storm a kasbah at Insalah after bombarding the town March 19, securing a French victory in the campaign against Arab forces.
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