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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
6
A sweeping digest of incidents from Oregon to Texas, noting tax levies, loans, robberies, betrayals, ship reef mishaps, battles, river landings, deaths, disasters, strikes and political shifts. Notable events include a $20 million Saxony loan request, a Chicago theater fire tragedy, a Beaumont oil well spectacle, and the Northern Pacific dividend news.
A Paris firm has produced about 500 motor carriages annually for the past five years. Elsewhere the Eskkmos of Alaska produce waterproof boots and salmon skin shirts. Boston high schools show girls outnumbering boys by around 1,000 while primary and grammar schools have about 2,600 more boys than girls.
Industrial Agent Judson of the O K and N Co promotes cooperative creameries in Eastern Oregon Washington and Idaho. Tekoa starts with 500 cow milk supply and Summerville eyes 600 cows. He says dairying conditions are highly favorable and cooperatives foster farmer wealth as in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
A J Johnson, Oregon forestry commissioner, works to assemble an exhibit for Pan American showing 140 wood varieties. Myrtle wood is highlighted for its color range and usefulness. Oregon will display in agricultural liberal arts forestry and fisheries buildings to reflect state advances.
A mob besieged Yuma County Jail after Under Sheriff Sam Devore was killed while arresting three tramps for stealing liquor. Acting Governor Akers ordered transfer of prisoners to the penitentiary as crowds urged punishment. Devore was a popular local figure, and tensions remained high.
Berlin officials said Germany will not define its stance on Secretary Hay s plan to move Pekin negotiations to Washington. They back Mr Conger s assessment of the empress dowager s attitude and see the Chinese court in Sinan Fu losing ground, with powers likely to press a return to Pekin.
Kansas City authorities uncover an apparent plan to counterfeit Burlington railroad tickets. A man sought a St Joseph printer to produce an electrotype of a Burlington coupon ticket, which the printer refused to make and alerted rail officials. Burlington agents have been warned to watch for the fake transportation.
A Glasgow firm says it has a pneumatic milking machine that can milk cows mechanically. The invention uses valves and suction rubbers and plans to exhibit at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo next summer.
Washington dispatch reports I. W. Lewis, an American engineer on the Mexican Central railway, released after being arrested when his train struck and killed Jesus Calderon, who had tried to interfere with a coupling.
A blaze in a wash house in Nampa killed two Chinese laborers and left seven others trapped, with one victim incinerated beyond recognition. One body was recovered while another was reduced to bone fragments. The victims reportedly had substantial money hidden in the building, including $6,000 buried by one man awaiting recovery.
London dispatch reports Prince Ukhtomski’s Pekin mission seeks a treaty giving Russia indefinite control over Port Arthur and the Lin Tang peninsula and complete possession of the Manchurian railway in exchange for renouncing war indemnity.
A London dispatch notes likeness between Vienna official views and English correspondents in the United States. It cites a recent instance showing unanimity against the American government. The Telegraph Vienna correspondent reports Austrian diplomats angry over Washington referred Chinese negotiations to a commission, potentially prompting a U S departure from a diplomatic scene.
Sheriff removes rails of Chicago & Southeastern Railway from Wesley Grantham’s farm near Crawfordsville Indiana. Government mail service blocked. two bridges blown, rails hauled to a school, armed guards posted. Court refused temporary restraining order. road seeks $3000 and land condemnation.
Seattle residents complete the fund to pay the Moran Bros. Company a $100,000 bonus when the new sheathed battleship is launched, a project tied to the city and the local shipyard efforts.
The article argues the concert among nations over China is dissolving. It suggests the Kaiser inspires many statements, Russia withdraws, France shifts toward America, and England is focused on excluding the United States from any concert. The sense is that divisions among powers are widening.
Auditor Lawshe received final War Department instructions and will depart Washington tonight to take duties as auditor for the Philippine archipelago. He will re examine accounts of army officers who handle government funds in the region.
The Moran brothers submitted a $3,873,900 bid which was cut by $100,000 to meet congressional limits. A businessman offered the shortfall, and the public raised the reduced total within a week, oversubscribed by $3,835. The contract would commit about $2,100,000 in wages on Puget Sound over three years, with new machine shops and a power house to cost $400,000 to be built promptly.
Commander John W. Quackenbush United States Navy retired died at his home in Washington January 14 at age 54.
Washington January 14 The president today commuted the sentence of Chas L McUin who was to be hanged tomorrow to imprisonment for life McUin a motorman on a street railway killed another motorman in December 1899 jealousy was the motive
J D Keith was this afternoon convicted of murder in Princeton Indiana and sentenced to death for killing Nora Keifer. The trial produced a final verdict and the court fixed the punishment as the death penalty.
Copenhagen reports negotiations for selling the Danish West Indies to the United States near settlement. The finance committee of the rigsdag handles price differences while the king and ministry back the sale, though strong opposition in the islands and at home could delay final action.
Thurston Hutchins Idaho stockman dies in Boise. Caldwell moves toward early store closings. Paul Jacot committed to Blackfoot insane asylum. John Harley Idaho City pioneer dies at 70. Callender named new Idaho county post office with Edward W. Taylor as postmaster. Dewey to Swan Falls line gives Falls direct Boise link. Bonners Ferry fire destroys Wright residence. Wallace 1900 recorded instruments total 2 052 416 73. Henry Ott sells 450 acre Boise valley ranch for 6 625. Thomas Bates Idaho Midland returns to New York. railway progress eyed into Seven Devils. steel rails purchased. Ada County selects I. C. Catlin for National Live Stock meet in Salt Lake City. Pioneer Association organized at Lewiston for pre 1877 residents. Boise judge rules city council lacks equalization authority. Bunker Hill mine tramway fire halts Stemwinder mine. Patten horse lost in ice near Bonners Ferry. Seattle Tacoma 50 year electric franchise approved. Hartford mill machinery to cut 35 000 feet daily. shingles 150 000. Ballard lodge poisoning cases Stillman critical. Captain William Haines dies at Northport. Everett sawmill to be rebuilt with new East machinery. Sedro-Woolley camps resume under new firm. 150 workers per camp. Seattle King county special election for reservation annexation to Pierce county. Oil indications found near Spangle on McMichael Butler ranches. McCoy from California to inspect Palouse fields. lease secured.
A survey of Northwest notes reports Hoquiam may host a new basket factory while Aberdeen plans a $3000 Eagles building. Spokane approves a $4500 crematory project and other regional ventures include a $50,000 waterway appropriation push, court news, mining yields, and a push to move the state capital to Tacoma.
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