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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
4
Aberdeen Herald claims largest Grays Harbor circulation as city official paper. The August 16 1900 issue lists Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska among the ticket.
The excerpt traces Republican positions on money standards from 1888 to 1900. It cites Adlai Stevenson as vice president candidate and compiles party platforms arguing for bimetallism in 1892 and gold standard elsewhere, detailing opposition to free coinage of silver and calls for parity between money forms.
The administration says arrangements are nearly complete for the United States to purchase two Philippine islands from Spain, an oversight in the Paris treaty. The price is quoted at $100,000. The move aims to plug a treaty gap and tighten strategic holdings.
The piece critiques foreign policy and McKinley era actions in the Philippines, condemning expenditures and urging restraint. It discusses school district levy adjustments, Aberdeen taxation, and potential mill reductions to maintain city credit while funding services. It also notes Dun’s Review figures, McKinley prosperity implications, and local newspaper politics.
The republican ticket nominated Saturday is described as the weakest ever fielded in Chehalis county. The Bulletin praised it as meeting with endorsement and approval on every hand, though the remark likely reflects Hoquiam perspectives.
Five hundred dollars reward offered by Allgr. Witson Bros. & Co. for the arrest and conviction of any person cutting lines or turning adrift rafts or boom sticks tied to the Chehalis river wharf or boom. The firm seeks protection of its property on the river.
The Republican convention at Tacoma nominated a full slate including J. M. Frink-King for Governor H. G. McBride-Skagit for Lieutenant Governor E. H. Nichols-Snohomish for Secretary of State C. H. Maynard-Lewis for Treasurer J. D. Atkinson-Chelan for Auditor W. B. Stratton-Pacific for Attorney General S. A. Callvert-Whatcom for Land Commissioner R. B. Bryan-Chehalis for Supt. of Public Instruction Wallace Mount-Spokane and R. O. Dunbar-Thurston for Supreme Court judges Frank Hastings-Jefferson S. G. Cosgrove-Garfield Charles Sweeney-Spokane for Presidential Electors and Francis W. Cushman-Pierce Wesley L. Jones-Yakima for Congress with one elector to be chosen by Okanogan County.
Notice states that Local Improvement District No. 19 assessments in Harbor Dock addition Aberdeen Chehalis County Washington were filed August 10 1900 and that August 25 1900 the City Council will act as board of equalization to hear appeals. Also dissolved partnership notice between M J Doyle and R L Gilbert dated August 14 1900 directing all bills to R L Gilbert.
Public notice lists numerous township and section descriptions in Chehalis County for timber cutting. Names George L. Fieitz of Detroit Michigan appears as party to the notice.
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