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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1904
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald lists semi weekly publication dates and subscription rates. Editor J. Carney asserts the paper is the oldest on Grays Harbor with the largest Chehalis County circulation, warning contracts may be forfeited if circulation is not absolute truth.
Collier's Weekly notes a year of prosperity with shifting attention from commerce to politics. President Roosevelt dominates discussion beyond Morgan, while domestic issues from Northern Securities to tariffs and copper shape sentiment. Foreign affairs show gains like the Alaskan award and Isthmian Canal progress amid a calmer anti US rhetoric.
A Tribune analysis cites De Lesseps 1880 effort with 60 million paid capital, an eight year toil by 1500 workers, and a 200 million fund-raising outcome of which 156.4 million was spent on the isthmus. Excavation cost 88.6 million with eventual total projected at 174,400,000. By 1894 the Panama Canal Company formed with 13 million paid up capital and annual excavation of about 1,009,009 cubic yards, with earlier records limited to yards data. The Walker commission praised excavation progress and Panama Railroad records while noting plan-based construction excluding Bohio dam costs.
The Walker commission proposes a deeper canal than earlier plans, from 29.5 feet to 36 feet. Total cost, including purchase and construction, exceeds 450 million dollars, with 512 million spent so far on construction and administration.
Boston correspondent notes that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that saying a candidate “sold his vote” is not slander, while buying a vote remains a crime. The decision in Doyle v Kirby clarifies libel standards and election law, with broader remarks on civic duty and suffrage by Rev. L. A. Crandall.
Chehalis county gang of claim jumpers fights Fred Green in Aberdeen with a plan to seize timber land. Al Santabin’s sale of improvements for 500 dollars triggers Green’s filing in Hoquiam as authorities threaten disbarment, perjury charges, and a General Land Office probe.
The brigantine Lurline and the schooners Fred E. Sanders and Cecelia Sudden load at West Slade Bryden Leitch mills for San Francisco. A.J. West loads for Santa Rosalia and James H. Bruce heads to San Pedro. Sailor Boy loads for San Francisco while Coronado sails for San Pedro. Signal sails from Aberdeen mills to San Francisco.
In the December issue of The Work's Work Serena E Pratt notes that one twelfth of the nation s wealth is represented by the board of United States Steel Corporation when all 24 directors are present. Names include Rockefeller Morgan Frick Schwab and others.
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