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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1901
Page
2
Dozens of terse items report fires in government buildings at Iba insurgent captures at Cavite Viejo and De La Rey losses in Africa. Britain drafts canal decisions, Nicaragua canal bill delays, and Pacific mail wrecks spark London alarm. Oregon elects John H. Mitchell to senate on ballot 63, amid other political and criminal notes.
The senate debated reapportionment with little else and did not meet this afternoon. A resolution to draft a self sustaining state penitentiary bill was adopted, aiming to prevent competition between convict and free labor. The house supported the Gunderson school book bill 31 to 82, altering the Westland contract by 1904.
The House passed Rosen haupts bill creating a state board of geological survey with a 5000 dollar appropriation. It approved probate law revision, and supported measures to validate warrants, fund damages from dogs, call a constitutional convention on direct senatorial elections, enable local improvements taxes in first class cities, allow teaching without exams for certain University and normal school graduates, and specified deficiency appropriations for insane transportation, convict transport, and court salaries. The judiciary committee moved Merritt’s investigation resolution to indefinite postponement, with Dawes resolution to follow.
Ashea Waba, an actress, was fined $15 for refusing to remove her hat during a matinee at the Crescent Theater in New Orleans, violating the high hat law. The Taft commission code later required voters in the Philippines to own real estate worth 500 pesos. The chair of the Messiah Episcopal church in New York went on strike after the minister accused them of flirting.
The bill by Baumeister to rename Lewiston in Asotin county to Clarkston was approved on Wednesday. Additional measures approved include House bills 60 and 42, Senate bill 67 aiding G W Geiger, and a King County addition to a superior court judge. A deficiency appropriation of 2200 dollars for the state superintendent’s office was also passed.
Hoquiam aims a busy season with two four masted schooners and a large $3,000 shed to enable winter shipbuilding. Urban improvements include a Walla Walla horticultural push for rate cuts and a winter agricultural course at Pullman. The North Pacific line may extend to North Beach, with a survey underway north of Hoquiam beyond Gray’s Harbor city.
Salem reports a defalcation of 80949.78 during 1894 95 under clerk George W Davis. The joint committee finds double credit and altered entries hid funds from 1894 95 totaling 30949.78 not turned over to the treasurer. They praise current officers and note further investigation is needed.
Omaha reports direct sources say Sioux leaders consider a major uprising. Ogallalla and other bands hold councils to select delegates for Washington while protests mount over reduced supplies and an unpaid Black Hills cession claim. Indian commissioner orders cited as trigger.
Washington February 22 General Harrison Gray Otis denies reports that he seeks the pension commissioner post stating the publications have no foundation.
The first mail from Nome arrived in Seattle early this morning. It consisted of six pouches containing about 2 000 letters. The latest left Nome on November 23.
Will L. Wood, a traveling salesman for a Pittsburg, Kansas meat firm, died by his own actions in a Parsons hotel after an alleged shortfall in his accounts. Local authorities reported the incident as a self-inflicted death.
Seattle Feb 23 John Callahan a miner at the Franklin mine was killed when he slipped into a 120 foot shaft after a blast while replacing boards at the shaft mouth. He lived four hours.
Topeka Kan Feb 22 The mob around the jail demanded Slater be delivered for lynching after he assaulted 17 year old Lottie Gerberick. Sheriff moved him out of town but shopmen vow to pursue him with a vigilant committee, recalling a 12 year old lynching case of John Oliphant.
Corry Pa Feb 22 a record blizzard dumps six feet of snow on country roads and three engines with three plows on 90 miles of track. Hatch steel lies buried under 12 feet of snow as the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad struggles to move trains toward Buffalo. Snow drifts reach 20 feet at Summerdale and a Philadelphia & Erie plow jumps the track at Jackson's. Traffic delays stretch for hours while railroads improvise snow plows for the first time in years. The Lake Shore and Nickel Plate report trains running but hours behind schedule.
A mob of eight men abducted Peter Berryman from Mena jail at 1 am and hanged him to a tree. Berryman, accused of assaulting a 12 year old girl in critical condition, had prior offenses. Night Officer Jones was forced to surrender keys and revolver. The attackers disappeared after returning the officer’s keys and weapon. Authorities have not identified the mob members.
Dr. Carlos Martinez Silvella, Colombia's foreign minister, meets at the state department to arrange credentials as minister to Washington. He aims to push Colombia's Panama canal interests over the Nicaragua route and will stay depending on canal legislation.
In New York on February 22 whispers in Wall Street spoke of a planned Chinese government loan of 200 million dollars to cover Boxer indemnities and expenses. Minister Wu was reported to have approached bankers about a loan guaranteed by higher customs duties beyond England's lien.
John H. Mitchell won on the 25th ballot of the day and 63rd of the session, securing 46 votes to Corbett’s 29 amid a tumultuous Portland scene. The vote swung as several Corbett supporters defected, including McQueene and Mattoon, delivering the decisive majority and prompting wild celebration in Salem.
Pekin report says ministers believe the gravity of the situation is over but expect friction as indemnity claims are sent. Germany's demand for cash payment before evacuation alarms others who say China cannot pay due to limited reserves and diverting customs receipts to prior dividends.
A clause in Oswald Ottendorfer's will bars union employees from a share in the $50,000 left to the New York Staats-Zeitung.
In St. Paul on February 24 W D Collyer a Chicago judge at the butter exhibit charged a St Paul butter maker with offering him a 500 dollar bribe. The executive committee held an immediate executive session to hear witnesses in the probe.
From Victoria B C dated February 24. The Idzumi Maru brought word that the Kobe university hospital building burned. Twenty one patients died and eleven were injured with several missing. Ships from the Orient report and Japanese officials seek government views on a rumored Russo Chinese secret agreement. Russian forces loot northern Corea frontier villages while Corean protests rise. Yueng Wuan, a Chinese reformer, was shot in Hong Kong during an English class. another reformer was killed the day before.
Secretary Root replies to a senate resolution on the extent of religious orders holdings in the Philippines and any pledge by the U S regarding their lands. He cites President McKinley’s 1900 instruction to the Philippine Commission to investigate titles and safeguard rights. The commission’s report notes inquiries on friars and land titles and refers the San Jose College claim to the Supreme Court.
The Cuban constitution was signed at a public session on January 27 as delegates approved the document. Senor Cisneros refused to sign, creating a sensation, while Senor Tamayo affirmed unity. Senor Capote will deliver the document to General Wood and a copy in English will be sent to Washington.
Boers destroyed a culvert on the railway near Johannesburg at dawn. They captured a train load of food stuffs, removed what they could carry after taking air, then set the remainder on fire and disappeared into the veldt.
A Philadelphia policeman arrested his son on a theft charge. The two men are now part of an ongoing case as the department investigates the incident and relevant evidence.
San Francisco reports the steamer Wryefield carried 5,000 tons of general army supplies bound for the Philippines and sailed for Manila direct. The Saoma, former German transport later bought by the U S government, departed Nagasaki for the port. The Bufford, carrying returning volunteers, left Nagasaki for San Francisco on February 19.
Washington Feb 24 The General Land Office commissioner recommends a deficiency appropriation of 201 dollars to pay Isaac M Galbraith late deputy surveyor for surveys conducted in Washington during 1895 The account though delayed by irregularities is regarded as meritorious and would be included in the general appropriation bill
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