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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
2
A roundup of events spans heat in Kansas and Missouri, avalanches near Berlin, and violent clashes in Scottdale. Navy ships face strikes in Kobe while aviation and polar exploration mark the era. Finance officiaries debate tariffs, mint output, and immigration law as European powers discuss trade and indemnity.
Pittsburg August 4 mass meeting of miners at McCrea school house draws over 5 000 strikers for an all day session. Turtle Creek camp sends 1 600 miners amid cheering bands and banners. Officials speak including A P Carrick and W A Carney as deputies tighten guards and new camps form Camp Resistance and Camp Isolation. Governor Hastings told adjutant general to be ready for troops as clashes loom.
A Cedar City report says Mrs. Joseph Smith was killed instantly and Mrs. Amelia Webster badly injured when a timber wagon descended a mountain, brake beam failed, and plunged down an embankment. Five children escaped unhurt as the wagon carried Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Webster and Joseph Smith. Also noted is Admiral Sir Henry Keppel turning 88 and remaining on active duty.
Louisville reports William Sadler and William P. Parks, both Garrard county farmers, were struck by lightning and killed instantly during yesterday's afternoon storm.
Captain-General Weyler signs order expelling Edouardo Garcia and George Eugene Bryson, New York newspaper correspondents, from Cuba.
A moonshining band attacked Frank Simmons home near Huntsville. Leader Dudley Johnson was shot dead when Simmons fired as the door broke. Johnson's body was found in woods next day as moonshiners feared his testimony.
A London paper reports growing support for a Washington backed seal settlement. The September talks aim to draft a permanent agreement with a reference scheme for sealing protection. Represented by Pauncefote and D Arcy Thompson for Britain, Foster for the U S, Laurier for Canada, with Russia Japan and others in play.
San Francisco merchants, who profited from Yukon supplies, seek retaliatory action against Canada as Ottawa imposes high duties and mounts police to collect them. About $1,000,000 has been spent locally on Yukon outfits, with plans to organize with the chamber of commerce and broaden support to Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma.
Berlin reports that Russia and Germany urged Greece to accept conditions. Premier M Ralli official reply states Greece will never surrender to financial control and will help itself.
Morristown resident Mrs. Christiana French marked her 103rd birthday with a family reunion at her home. The item also notes a London Strand traffic statistic, stating 12,000 daily vehicles pass through the narrow street and its 638,000 residents each lose about three minutes.
Cape Town reports government troops have seized all enemy positions north of Twisklof. British casualties include Sergeants Hall and Mercer killed. Rebel leader Lukajantejes killed with many followers. A general native surrender is expected after serious Langeborg district fighting. Rebels retreat toward Twisklof after impaired Gamsiep valley position.
Vancouver dispatch reports another massacre tied to Australian unemployed seeking gold in Papua. Natives killed whites with tomahawks after claims of government neglect. larger raid near Port Moresby ends with head injuries and planned mass arrests. Military police surging to seize locals and bring offenders aboard a chartered steamer.
San Francisco reports a near pure petroleum lake found in Alaska with samples analyzed in Seattle showing incalculable richness. A Seattle formed company plans to market the product quickly and transport routes via coastal and inland waterways to mining camps in northern Alaska.
Inventor Marconi says the current wireless telegraph range reached 12 miles and that limits are not fixed. He cites tests from Spezzia to the San Martino warship and confirms plans for renewed experiments in Italy in September before the royal commission. He notes success at the Italian ministry of marine and at the Quirinal before the king and queen.
New York reports cigarette makers will raise prices by about 15 percent on all brands from Turkish to domestic. Turkish brands jump from $7 to $8.65 and $20.30 per thousand, Louisiana perique moves to $6.15 and $6.50, and domestic stock climbs from $3.80 to $4.10 per thousand. The rise is attributed to changes in the internal revenue law.
The Buffalo Refining Company, led by president B. Matthews, has made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. The small refinery, capitalized at $15,000, has operated independently in opposition to the Standard Oil Company under different names.
Berlin reports severe floods in Silicia with destruction described as unparalleled for centuries. Officials estimate losses in the millions of marks and about 100 people drowned, signaling a dire humanitarian and economic impact.
Five deaths from the intense heat have occurred in Hopkinsville Kentucky over the past two days as residents cope with soaring temperatures and health risks.
Albert and Clara Franks of Toledo were found in a Lake Shore stock car by a conductor while beating their way to Klondike. The woman wore men's clothes and was described as good looking. They carried a large sum of money and said they planned to use it to buy outfits for the gold fields, aiming to reach Yukon early next spring. In Kansas City a horse wandered from its stable into an abandoned 22 foot well but escaped injury.
Professor S. E. McClure of Eugene, Mazamas member, fell 800 feet while descending Mount Rainier after reaching Gibraltar rock with companions including Professors Baillie Mitchell and Dr. E. Dewitt Connell. His body was found at daylight on a rock shelf near the cliff and brought to Tacoma.
St Louis saw a partial solar eclipse this forenoon with dramatic sun activity described by astronomer Ira R. Hicks. He reported a giant spot with a black center and fiery plumes and noted two smaller spots indicating unusual solar disturbance for which he predicted storms and electrical displays on Earth. In Vancouver a fisherman named Ibbotson drowned at Green's Slough near Ladners while allegedly under the influence of liquor.
Topeka Kansas reports Mrs Mary E Lease the Populist orator elected queen of the fall harvest demonstration she will reign for a week and wear a crown valued at twenty thousand dollars.
The North camp at Malakand was abandoned as troops moved to Kotal. An 8:30 pm attack lasted until daylight with desultory firing all day. Thirteen sepoys were killed and 45 wounded as Punjaab forces repelled tribesmen, who suffered ninety casualties. Further heavy fighting is anticipated.
Astoria Oregon August 3 4 15 this morning the O R N steamer Elder with 383 passengers from Portland and 25 from Astoria bound for the Klondike slowly left her dock. Hundreds gathered to bid farewell as the ship moved off amid shouts from shore and aboard. A few last minute trades occurred including a diamond and a 500 dollar gold watch for an outfit and a man buying a packed outfit he had ordered but never called for. Passengers were entertained during the day while the ship’s slightly damaged machinery was repaired.
Coroner Owens holds inquest into William Cummings murder during a strike clash in Scottdale Pennsylvania. Constable Longnecker testifies he saw the flash from William Hubbs revolver. Jury returns verdict of guilt and Hubbs is arrested as town fears end of rioting.
In Carlisle Indiana four people including Mr and Mrs Grant Ammond and Mr and Mrs Abner Morris drowned after entering Hyatt’s Ferry in the Wabash river. A fifth victim, Charles Hines, was killed by an Evansville Terre Haute freight train near Carlile with fatal injuries.
The general strike of the pantsmakers union, a socialist trades branch, began in 250 shops in Greater New York. Workers, 8000 operators, say the move will end sweating and restore wages. Finishing work is idle for about 5000 due to the stoppage.
Captain Hall and six shipwrecked sailors of the Belle Hooper return to New York aboard the Clyde liner New York after being rescued July 8 near Silvercape sixty miles northeast of Macoris. The crew abandoned to boats, were picked up by the Norwegian steamer Bratten, landed at Macoris and sent home by the U S consul.
Working potters in Trenton New Jersey held a mass meeting at their clubhouse and demanded restoration within 60 days of the 24 5 percent cut of 1894 The group cites the Dingley tariff increases as justification A committee will press for a conference with manufacturers this week to discuss the wage restoration
In Phillipsburg N N on August 3 the American Sheet-Iron workers met and heard a report on talks with Superintendent Danby. The company offered jobs at reduced wages, but the workers refused and stood firm, deciding not to leave their position.
The storthing in Christiana issued a maximum customs tariff against all countries, granting less favorable treatment to Norwegian products and ships than that given to others. In Boston a rowboat capsized during seat changes, drowning Robert Stott and John Peters. In Gervais Joseph McGrath, 29, drowned at Mission Landing while swimming. body recovered and to be buried in St. Paul.
A 21 year old cyclist Charles Schilling was killed near Rahway New Jersey when his bicycle collided with a carr iage whose shaft pierced his heart.
The report surveys Oregon and neighboring states noting a new wheat warehouse at Mission to replace a recent fire site, a Grant county bicycle fund near voter parity, and rapid foundry work with night shifts. It also covers shortages of sugar butter eggs and fruit in coastal towns, the Grande Ronde land district's acreage totals, and historical context from 1879 including an Odd Fellows box buried in P.
Washington state items cover H T Jones named Spokane chief inspector with a 1200 dollar yearly pay, Fishermen's Protective Society activity on Gray's Harbor, Whitman County Union Veterans meeting at Pullman, Adams Hardware awarded Port Townsend revenue contracts, wheat prices in Pomeroy, letters of credit across western towns, Port Angeles school oustanding warrant vote, Port Townsend receivership goods held to August 24, fruit shipments from Walla Walla totaling 40 percent above last year, many idle men and berry-pickers around Lake Como selling wild blackberries, a 345000 foot raft of logs for a wharf fortifications at Marrowstone, Eva James released from jail after contempt case, and TM Company choosing a site for a smelter.
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