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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
3
Amid industrial and political unrest in the Monongahela region, miners threaten strikes over wages while coal shipments and railroad controls face government action. Separately, Spanish coast tensions escalate as ships exchange fire with marines, with territorial skirmishes and prisoner releases noted.
A Havana dispatch reports 4000 to 6000 Cubans moving west into Matanzas from Santa Clara with leaders La Crete Herie Quintin Banderas Castillo and Duccasse joining forces. They plan to land explosives arms and rapid-fire guns to support an attack toward Havana while Weyler evacuates Bayamo amid rising illness and troop strains.
A Stuttgart dispatch reports a powerful hail storm in Southern Württemberg lasting hours. It caused 13 deaths and crops damaged beyond 4 million marks. The storm followed extreme heat and sudden darkness, with torrents of rain and hailstones described as enormous.
Olympia dates show Dr. Wilson Lockhart of Spokane named to lead Medical Lake hospital starting July 20 with Dr. J. D. Maclean as first assistant on September 1. John Scott of Spokane appointed overseer of the penitentiary jute mill. Cincinnati reports six heat deaths and 96 degrees at 3 PM. Durrant appeal delays hangings as federal courts intervene. Jefferson flood damages and two known deaths reported. Miss Ella Collins becomes first American princess by marriage to a New Hebrides island realm.
News aboard the Tees reports ongoing friction between Kitkathtlas and Nootka tribes on the west coast. A bounty arrangement earlier favored Kitkathtlas. now Nootkas resist, leading to a tense pow wow and near blows, judged by Indian agent HL Gillet in Alberni. Indignation meetings continue as tribes plan appeals to authorities.
Seattle July 12. Japanese press reflects strong anti annexation sentiment over Hawaii. Articles from Tokyo papers urge firmness and possible force to protect Japanese interests in Hawaii, with calls for naval protection and decisive action if pacification fails.
Vancouver reports a new 1 percent duty on salmon from the U.S. side affecting Fraser river canners with Point Roberts traps. locals claim verbal assurances against such a levy. Los Angeles sees a fatal accident at zanja No 7 of the waterworks. two men buried by a collapsing embankment. St Louis endures extreme heat with multiple deaths and prostrations. Washington notes United States Consul-General Lee spent only $6,000 of a $50,000 Cuba relief fund but provided substantial aid and repatriation.
The week saw little market activity as wet weather across eastern states restrained trading. Wheat prices rose briefly on tentative strength but finished about unchanged, with large yield projections and a potential 575 million bushel crop. Corn futures showed renewed activity within a 14 cent range before profit-taking and a mild price retreat as conditions improved, with future crops still viewed with cautious optimism. Reported cash prices covered wheat oats barley millstuffs hay eggs butter cheese poultry potatoes onions hops wool mohair mutton hogs beef veal and fresh fish with regional variations and current price ranges.
The notice catalogs current prices for Wool-Choice and Hops, millstuffs, hay, potatoes, onions, fresh fruit, butter, cheese, eggs, citrus fruit, and a record wine cask. The wine cask at Maltermora, California holds 97 thousand gallons with steel hoops weighing 40 thousand pounds.
Tom Moran recalls Brother Bob’s tiger encounter on the Nepaul frontier during a hunting season. The two men beat jungle to stalk wild game using tom toms and coolies, with Bob wounded but alive after a tiger attacked. Moran shoots the tiger between the eyes and tends to Bob, who recovers as the pair boast of their nerve and skins.
The article traces steam power from early European attempts in the 16th and 17th centuries to key figures like Savery Papin Newcomen and Watt. It highlights milestones such as the first patent for steam machines in 1698, the atmospheric engine’s mining role, and Watt’s separate condenser in 1769, plus later boiler and propulsion developments.
An essay by Mr. Charles T. Hill in The St Nicholas outlines types of falling walls and fireman dangers, noting the rapid, broad sweep of certain collapses. A Bazhon Kansas freight claim seeks faster rail service to Leavenworth and Kansas City, accusing the line of harming merchants and mismanaging crews. A closing remark observes married women's busy lives reduce sympathy for idle pining.
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