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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
2
General Miles arrives in Peking amid growing international relief actions. The Red Cross plans to deploy representatives to Andijan to organize earthquake aid. Premier Balfour remains bedridden in Scotland with influenza.
Tangier Morocco December 24 imperial troops were defeated after a bloody battle with rebels led by the pretender to the throne. The pretender decapitated forty sultan soldiers whose heads adorn his tent. Reinforcements were sent to seize Taza, the rebel HQ. The sultan ordered brutal reprisals at Taza despite chiefs counsel to show restraint.
San Francisco dispatch reports the cable ship nearing Oahu with about 450 fathoms of water depth. Two thousand two hundred thirty eight nautical miles have been paid out. The shore end will join the sea cable near Diamond Head, with completion awaiting favorable weather for Honolulu linkage to global telegraph.
State Mining Inspector Martin Jacobs reports Idaho 1902 mineral production just under 11 million dollars. Gold and silver yield about 467 thousand and 2.54 million dollars, lead revenue around 3.06 million. Copper in Seven Devils idle all year due to ownership dispute. Mackay plant of 1.5 million dollar smelter to restart next spring or summer.
From Caracas reports claim the port of Coro is not blockaded. Observers say English and German governments may be aiding the revolutionists and permitting Dutch schooners from Curacao to bring arms and ammunition into Coro.
Frame buildings destroyed in Oakesdale Tuesday night. Garfield McGlynn of Searle named penitentiary clerk in Walla Walla. State lumber mills cut to sixty percent for holiday week. In Spokane, Cook and Corbett sentenced to two years for attempted highway robbery. Spokane Falls Northern telegraph line reportedly purchased by Hill line. J. W. Allen of Great Northern ill in Seattle with Bright’s disease. Seattle fort project eyed for rapid street railway and regimental post. Great Northern passenger service between St Paul and Seattle may double. Vancouver high school to build a gymnasium. students do carpentry work. total cost about 750. Walla Walla building halted by cold. Vancouver to have daily paper. Portland firm considering venture. Pioneer Thomas J. Carle dies in Seattle at 76. W C Coleman dies in Dayton. Treasury adds eleven immigration inspectors for Vancouver district to curb crossborder entry.
Dispatches report a Pelly river Indian attack on the Little Salmon Indians as they traveled with furs near the Little Salmon camp. Several were killed on the spot and while fleeing. Survivors returned to their village and women and children fled to Tantalus police post for safety. Storekeeper slain in an earlier December 1 assault. store looted and burned.
Seattle market report lists producer offers for dock delivery in round lots. Grain prices include oats 24.25, barley 24, wheat 25, bran 17, shorts 18.40. hay Puget Sound 8.10, Eastern Washington 14, alfalfa 10. Eggs strictly fresh ranch 88 cents per dozen. Poultry live hens 12 cents per pound, old roosters 8, ducks 14? 18 cents, spring chickens 13, geese 8. Livestock prices show beef cattle cows 44.7 per pound, steers 44.25, sheep 31.4, hogs 63, calves 57, spring lambs 34 cents.
Wheat Bluestem FCc quoted at 72 percent. Cattle steers 4.75 to 4 per cwt cows 3.50. Sheep 3.00. Hogs 6.00. Veals 7.00 to 9.00. Oats 24.50 to 25.50, rolled 25.50 to 26.50. Barley Feed 25, rolled 26. Timothy east of the mountains 15 to 16 per ton. Clover 12 to 13. Alfalfa 11 to 12. Wheat 26. Prices from Tacoma quotations for grain and livestock.
Indianapolis reports incorporation of the National Society of Equity of North America to unite farmers stockmen and horticulturists. The group aims to secure fair crop prices support storage and transportation, promote education and irrigation, and set equitable prices for crops for the year with plans to expand branches nationwide. President J A Everett outlined broad objectives and a nationwide organization.
A night time collision on the Grand Trunk railroad at Wanstead station results in about thirty deaths and eighteen injuries. The Pacific Express No 5 westbound and a slow freight eastbound collided near the west switch. cars telescoped and wrecked the smoker while the rest of the passenger train stayed on track. London officials rush to identify the dead and assist the injured as a special train brings victims to the city.
Seattle on December 24 reports the old university grounds near downtown leased to a local syndicate. They will build business blocks and flats, with the state earning 6000 dollars yearly for five years and 9000 dollars yearly for ten years. The lease spans thirty years and buildings become state property. The complex is valued at about 1.5 million dollars at the end of the term.
President Dryden of Prudential Life Insurance Company of America announces that the proposed merger with Fidelity Trust Company of Newark has been abandoned. The decision marks the end of efforts to combine the two institutions.
The Caracas steamer from New York arrived at La Guayra after a clash with the Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan over landing rights. The Bausan initially barred passengers mail and freight, prompting protests from agents and allied officers. After talks with Lieut. Commander Diehl, the Italian captain agreed to allow entry, though the Tribune's night ban remained. Five correspondents were aboard.
The Montana Supreme Court affirms the Butte circuit court ruling in favor of Heinze and the Montana Ore Purchasing Company in the Pennsylvanian mining dispute against the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Co. The decision requires the lower court to adjust its judgment to align with the high court findings on vein lines and property apices. The loser pays one half the appeal costs. The suit, begun May 1898, involves trespass damages and quiet title amid the Johnstown claim context.
In Starbuck on December 27, C W Pearson’s ranch drilled through blue rock and hit a two foot water vein after hauling water from the Touchet river at Riverside. The discovery ends long water shortages and brings elation to the upper flat as the first well in the area.
The crown princess of Saxony is in Geneva under the name Franken Von Oben with her brother Archduke Leopold Ferdinand and French tutor Professor Giron at a private hotel. The archduke uses the name De Buriano.
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