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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1905
Page
2
Fire at the Myers and Neyland hardware store in Lewiston Idaho caused an estimated $25,000 in damage. The brief item notes the blaze and its toll as part of a weekly roundup of world happenings.
The Northern Pacific Railway outlines new round trip exposition fares of 7.50 from Seattle to the Lewis and Clark exposition with thirty day validity starting June 4. Daily through trains both directions will carry crowds with multiple Seattle to Portland schedules and reverse routes plus a night service, promising comfortable travel and liberal terms.
An anarchist threw a bomb as King Alfonso and President Loubet left the Grand Opera House. The king and president escaped unharmed, but the blast injured five at the royal escort, maimed horses, and struck bystanders. The bomber and two alleged accomplices were arrested.
Burpee Bros. & Co of Anacortes added a clapboard machine to their shingle mill to serve Boston markets. A carload has shipped and the cedar and spruce clapboards are now produced continuously day and night. The boards are sawn vertically and are favored in Boston over standard siding. the plant is believed to be the coast’s only such machine.
Washington news notes the Erie railroad will open Seattle offices led by Traveling Passenger Agent Harry B Smith. Warden E C Miller of McNeill's Island penitentiary is replaced by O F Hallagan and will focus on private interests. A Walker canyon cloudburst damaged grain fences and buildings. Snake River Valley railroad lost track in a washout. Game Warden Mossman vows strict enforcement against wild pigeons despite legal protections. Postmaster salaries in several towns rise 100 annually. Oroville becomes a designated subport of entry. Washington State Bar Association to meet in Spokane July 6 7 8 with an address from a visiting judge.
Washington supreme court backed the validity of an oral will under state law in the John Sullivan estate case. Sullivan died Sept 26 1900 four days before his marriage to Marie Carrau leaving a Seattle estate valued above half a million dollars. The will was witnessed noncupative and admitted. Irish relatives challenged it in King County courts but federal and state courts upheld the will.
In Washington May 31 the US Supreme Court upheld the circuit court ruling to move Frederick A. Hyde and Henry P. Dimond to the District of Columbia for trial. Joined by John A. Benson and J. T. Schneider, they face conspiracy charges under section 5444 for defrauding the United States of large tracts of public lands in California and Oregon. The indictments were filed in the District of Columbia and the defendants have resisted transfer. All defendants live on the Pacific coast and the alleged fraud spanned California and Oregon acres.
W H Lucas reports back from Colfax and Palouse about a farmers funded railroad under construction between the two towns. The 20.5 mile line will use gasoline motors, with three quarters of the right of way ready for ties, and aims to eliminate the costly Portland freight loop. The project could extend into Idaho near Viola, tapping a wheat region. capital is supplied entirely by local farmers.
The latest AP dispatches on the Sea of Japan battle show four Russian vessels reaching Vladivostok: the cruiser Almaz and torpedo boat destroyers Grozny Bravi and Tero siahty. Casualties and the fate of Admiral Ro jestvensky are still uncertain with conflicting reports from Tokyo and St Petersburg.
Tokyo reports 118 killed and 424 wounded in the Sea of Japan engagement. The Mikasa suffered the heaviest losses with 63, and Russian casualties are estimated between 7,000 and 9,000, with many prisoners and missing sailors. Admiral Voelkersham dies after being reported captive.
Olympia June 3 820000 acres in Washington state are under irrigation or scheduled for irrigation. Prof O L Waller of Washington State College notes the figure more than doubles in five years. He points to Yakima valley extensions and federal surveys as underestimation and warns water will limit available irrigable land.
The thirty fifth annual convention of the American Bankers Association will be held in Washington on October 25 and 26 with the trust company and saving banks sections meeting October 24.
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