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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1902
Page
3
The Daly-West and Ontario mines near Park City Utah suffered a fatal blast after miner John Burgy entered a powder magazine with a lit candle. Thirty five men perished, 29 in Daly-West and six in Ontario, with rescue efforts hindered by gas and damaged equipment.
Fifty French sailing ships are listed for the coast with registered tonnage 85 300 and grain capacity 136 500 tons. Twelve vessels are new, others return, all receiving French government bonuses per mile sailed to aid farmers by lowering freight. Vessels hail from Swansea Antwerp and other European ports plus Pacific ports. Last year 451 grain ships sailed west with 71 French vessels.
King Edward arrives in Portsmouth at 2 PM and transfers to the royal yacht amid a naval salute. Bluejackets assist the move, the king’s coach is placed in a special upper deck reception room, and warships in the harbor dress ship as the yacht departs.
Water scarcity and waste presses Denver officials and chambers of commerce to convene with city council and real estate leaders. The goal is to retain water in depleted reservoirs and prevent epidemics through prompt measures.
Gen Yen Shie, governor of Chili province, and the Chinese foreign office will notify ministers of their decision to accept withdrawal terms for foreign troops from Tianjin unless the dowager empress disapproves. Ministers were surprised, expecting better terms.
The article discusses attempts to cross zebra with mares to create zebroids and notes limited success. It argues zebra temperament and size hinder such crosses and that zebra markings are lost in offspring, making the cross of little value.
A bill in the first session of the 57th Congress sought a $50,000 appropriation to honor Baron Steuben with a statue. The piece recounts Steuben’s pivotal role from Valley Forge to Yorktown, his reforms of the Continental Army, and his later poverty before a New York grant and a modest farm near Utica, where he died in 1784.
Philadelphia plans a $30,000 restoration of Congress Hall at 6th and Chestnut. The red brick building hosted Washington’s 1798 inauguration and Adams in 1797 when the city functioned as Capitol, but now its floor pillars and gallery rails lie in the cellar.
A speaker touts wealth experience steadfastness and wisdom as marriage qualifications. The listener notes strong points but reframes the outcome saying she seeks a husband, not just a father figure. The scene centers on chosen life partner expectations.
Instructions for making a simple paper and wood kite with a four-stick frame, string crossings, and a long muslin tail. Also includes a short poem about wealth and a note on Mrs. Kangaroo’s pocket carrying young. Ends with a children’s joke about jam pudding.
A fragment from the Little Chronicle recalls a kitchen moment where Mary urges to “put a good lot of jam in the ends.” A traveling man asks Floy about carpet spankers, seeking use for her mother, who replies she uses her hand.
Willie laments a broken kite made from fly paper that refuses to fly, as Mrs. Brown consoles her crying son in the Little Chronicle.
A tense exchange unfolds as a stern father menaces a quiet Johnny with confinement in a dark closet for asking a foolish question. The dialogue centers on obedience and childish curiosity in a domestic moment.
A playful exchanges notes a small boy who explains he cannot play because he is the team manager, highlighting a humorous mismatch between leadership and participation. The vignette reflects child figures within a sports setting and a comic misunderstanding.
A Washington Star inspired exchange about placing boys aged 14 to 15 in work. A business leader argues that this age is ideal for rapid skill uptake and early self reliance, contrasting with later entry and cautious parental concern. The dialogue stresses education, ambition, and practical business training.
A country man, Obed Pearson, recounts his stock speculation with Ringtail Gulch Company. He bought shares at twenty five dollars for twelve, expecting a hundred, but the price fell to zero in eight weeks. He notes the need to discard prospectuses and circulars to avoid further losses and shares his hard won lesson.
A witty dialogue about choosing love over travel mentions a woman who claims to have decided for her husband. The quip likens changing a lover’s mind to draining Lake Michigan with a pint cup.
George H. Williams, a former Attorney General under Grant, reenters politics as chief magistrate of Portland at age 79. Born in Columbia County New York in 1823, he served as Oregon Chief Justice Territory, U S Senator, and faced resistance in Washington over his wife’s stature and social influence.
The fire at St. Luke's Society sanitarium in Chicago killed Alderman W. E. Kent known as Blind Billy. Once a formidable political figure with a fiery temper and strong speech, he was blinded in a 1892 saloon brawl but continued to influence politics. He died after escaping his bed and suffocating against barred windows.
Report from Colchester England shows 286 diphtheria patients treated with antitoxin had 5.6 percent mortality versus 28.9 percent with other methods. The study highlights antitoxin as a reliable remedy and notes a contrast with nonantitoxin treatment.
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