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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1900
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald invites correspondence from all county areas and offers free publication for births marriages or deaths. It notes advertising rates by request and asserts it is Grays Harbor's oldest paper with the largest circulation in Chehalis county, warning contracts will be forfeited if circulation claims are not true.
The House Democrats debate the naval appropriation bill set at 61 million dollars, opposing armor plate and ship construction in government yards. The minority backs a government armor plate plant. Secretary Gage says next year's revenues will exceed disbursements by 82 million, with war taxes contributing about 80 million, questioning continued tax collection.
"You have turned back the hand of time," Thomas B. Reed tells Senator Beveridge. He urges reading British parliamentary records from the thirteen years before the Declaration of Independence to find a resolution identical in purpose to Beveridge's action and notes Benjamin Franklin's similar plea to the Commons about Azel Ames.
A supplement prints a stenographic report of Hon. W. J. Bryan's speech delivered in Olympia last Tuesday. The Heraud invites readers of all views to peruse it with an unbiased mind and report any unpatriotic or demagogic wording that threatens the principles of free government as outlined by Washington Jefferson and Lincoln.
The passage laments Admiral Dewey's diminished stature as a sociable lady's ambitions and anti Bryan democrats undermine one of America's most popular idols. It contrasts his wartime nerve with his postwar downfall and national adulation fading after years.
The Cosmopolis Enterprise clarifies that a quoted remark about State Senator Schofield printed by the Herald was not published by the Enterprise. Editor Pattison defends the paper in a thorough file search, noting the Herald correctly quoted the Cosmopolis piece but should have credited another source.
The cabinet crafts a plan to urge Congress to reduce war taxes citing a large treasury surplus. Republicans argue Dingley tariff receipts fall short of forecasts. Brewers are reportedly being canvassed to fund Hanna corruption concerns if the administration backs beer tax relief.
The investigative committee favors unseating Senator Clark, while pondering how a quorum could be found if every elect union fund donor was barred. The piece questions Mark Hanna and mocks a Washingtonian editor, defending local Chehalis county dealings and warning the editor to verify facts.
Dan Downing who faced a death sentence for the murder of Joe Anderson at Ovehut last summer escaped from Montesano county jail while Deputy Hep singer was at dinner. He crawled through a 10 by 15 inch window opening aided by outside help and two revolvers, but was found exhausted within a mile and returned to town for medical aid.
United States Land Office announces township No. 23 north range 9 west Wil lamette meridian surveyed. plat to be filed May 10 1900 at 9 o clock a.m. and after that date applications for entry of land in said township will be accepted. Frank G. Deckebach Register John O Scobey Receiver.
Aberdeen sits at Gray's Harbor at the Chehalis and Wishkah rivers, offering deep water frontages and ready river shipping. The town, founded as a mill town, has emerged into a commercial center with rail access added in 1895, expanding mills, a fish-carrying refrigerator line to the East Coast, and growing harbor facilities.
The piece argues that marriage changes a woman's appearance and vitality due to ignorance and neglect of health. It claims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription restores health, strength, and happiness to weak or sick women, improving both body and countenance.
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