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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
3
A prisoner named Melson was executed at 10 22 p m after a long jail stay. The scene drew about 600 spectators as sheriff Hiatt read the final prayer and the condemned man bid farewell. The incident followed an earlier case of Perry, later executed in Crescent for murder tied to Melson.
The Journal and Advertiser says General Weyler will demand at least 60 000 additional recruits to conquer eastern provinces and hold them for Spain. Weyler plans 14 columns from Sancti Spiritus to press Gomez and invade Puerto Principe, with outcomes shaping possible intervention.
Washington July 5 the general land office focuses on forest reserve governance as Commissioner Hermann drafts regulations to secure mining location building water and road access within reserves. Laws permit prospecting locating and mineral development while allowing schoolhouses churches and timber removal for mining and domestic uses by bona fide settlers and prospectors.
Secretary Gate forms a commission to audit treasurer D L Morgan's books and tally vault money. About 100 workers will take three months to count vast silver stores. Morgan's bondsmen stay until the audit ends and all funds are accounted for. Morgan received roughly 700 million from a predecessor and will hand Roberts about 60 million more than that.
Five men are injured when the engine explodes on a Chicago and Northern Pacific suburban express between Morgan Park and 113th Street. Engineer John Foggs severely burned, fireman John Latshaw crushed and scorched, both possibly fatally. Three Blue Island men hurt but expected to recover. Cause of the blast is unknown. In Henderson Kentucky, two young sisters Laura and Jennie Melton, ages 7 and 5, suffocate in a trunk while playing hide and seek. parents away, trunk in cellar becomes an airtight tomb.
A Brail dispatch says 20000 residents of Galatz Moldova on the Danube are homeless after recent floods. Most are destitute and camping in streets fed by the military. At least 100 people are reported drowned as government boats rescue families still in danger.
Thirty men aboard the Puritan at Brooklyn Navy Yard escaped death when a boiler crown sheet blew, sending steam and water through the engine room. Engineer August Wilson and Chief Engineer Cowie were injured as valves were closed and the room evacuated. The vessel remains in yard while boilers are repaired and tested.
A Valparaiso dispatch warns that government inaction could worsen living conditions for Chile’s workers. Closing engineering shops threatens 1000 plus families with hunger and may cripple nitrate plants in Tarapaca, risking 1800 jobs and halting building nationwide. Workers plan a monster meeting to protest tariff delays and railway locomotive imports.
In Guaymas Sonora on July 5 Clodomiro Maytorena a popular young man engaged to Ampara Ynigo faced opposition from her stepmother Another suitor's preference followed by secret meetings led to a confrontation After a friend intervened he shot himself with two pistols and died The young woman then took poison and is reported to have died as well
John N Bardwell of San Francisco has given Golden Gate Park museum a large ivory collection. It contains 700 pieces with values from 25 to 1000 dollars each and features animals vegetables and mythic figures. Will Not Give Up Thessaly.
William G Forsythe abducted his son from his wife in Oakland and took the child to his mother's house in San Francisco after claiming to return the next day. Police and search efforts have not located them. The note adds an unrelated line about the average adult male skeleton weight.
A French nurse earns the child’s affection until her departure drives the girl to wander the house and garden. A Georgia lawyer loses a verdict to a biblical quip. Uncle Eph battles Mississippi floods in a sketch of relief reliefs. Wagner and Offenbach exchange barbs ending with a sharp jab at the pamphlet.
In San Andreas Lake the steelheads are abundant but cannot return to sea. Parasites resembling snails cling to them and die when placed in salt water, suggesting salmon may retreat to salt water to shed parasites or possibly die after spawning.
In the Mission a clever boy uses a lawn mower to lure a stubborn donkey back to its stable. The donkey, injured after a stable accident, backs toward the machine with alert ears before the door is slammed shut. The device provides the boy a simple, practical win in confounding the animal.
An elder miner recalls how Rawhide mines in Tuolumne County California were shunned by Eastern and European experts who found no value. The Nevills bought them, mined profits rose to 50 000 to 60 000 monthly, totaling about 4 million, and a syndicate recently offered 1 750 000, proving practical knowledge beat theoretical judgments.
In Santa Rosa California Judge Brown debates corpus delicti with opposing counsel. The attorney seeks dismissal claiming the corpus delicti is not established while the judge concedes the corpus appears valid but questions the delicti. The exchange ends unresolved as the judge considers the record.
A defendant or lawyer jokes during a trial and then acknowledges the joke will be entered into the record. The attorney shifts to a solemn note, insisting the remark be part of the official proceedings.
A New York dispatch notes a sharp fall in audience for music halls and specialty performances. Investors backed up to 2.06 million for Olympia, salaries rose to 50 a night or more, and stars like Mlle Guilbert Chevalier and Loie Fuller commanded huge sums. If tastes do not rebound, many Broadway ventures risk collapse this summer.
A practical guide urges individuals with any amount of wealth to write a will. It argues the act is simple, inexpensive, and legally valid if witnessed by two people. The piece outlines a generic form and notes courts will uphold properly witnessed documents.
A new extensible bier features two skeleton-wheeled standards linked by a single rod. It moves easily through rooms doors and aisles where pallbearers struggle with a long casket. Rotarily mounted legs carry rollers with ball bearing joints for adaptability to any length.
An improved steam shovel or excavator moves the shovel toward the machine rather than thrusting from the car to dig. This design suits sites where underlying ground is too soft to bear the machine’s weight after surface removal, since the car can travel ahead of the work.
In Philadelphia the former Miss Dashaway who lost her campaign for mayor unexpectedly wields influence by marrying her rival, redefining local leadership as political alliances shift. The anecdote frames a quirky political turn in town governance.
A recollection from San Antonio recounts the legendary pacer Joe Patchen as a white stallion led by Calico Ferguson. The narrator slows his pace after Patchen’s blistering mile in 2 08 and recalls a thrill ride spanning ghost horses and a deadly bluff fall on the Colorado River.
The item recalls a classroom joke where a master asks how many months have twenty eight days and a boy answers all of them. It also notes general commentary on men and women being fickle and a quip about avoiding a liar whose mother was a good cook.
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