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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
2
News highlights from various regions include a deadly fire in Helling Hungary with seven fatalities, a Seattle masked robbery netting $30 and watches, and the Detroit millers seeking equal freight rates for flour and wheat. Also noted are international legal moves, a rising New York ice company, a pope illness report, relief for Kansas flood victims, and resignations in the U S judiciary.
President Roosevelt fully approves the aggressive probe into post office affairs and directs a searching inquiry to purge the department of dishonesty. Postmaster General Payne reports to Bristow as 25 inspectors continue work. McGregor and Upton, rural free delivery clerks, dismissed. status of contractor C. E. Smith remains undisclosed.
Washington reports the Treasury Bureau of Statistics expects Alaska’s commerce for the fiscal year ending this month to top 20 million dollars excluding gold. The statement notes rising territorial value reflected in domestic trade statistics. Secretary Moody will leave the cabinet at term end to return to law practice.
Champoux is sentenced to death by Judge Bell in Seattle for the murder of Lottie Brace. R M Moody named postmaster at Belfast replacing Sallie P O Connor. James Dollar steamer reassigned from San Francisco to Seattle Nome route. Wilson Creek school contract awarded to Oliver of Spokane for 5570 dollars. Senator Dillingham contemplates Alaska trip this summer. Adrian cutoff creek work advances, trains expected by July. Douglas county census near 10 000, about double 1900. Merriam resignation effective. Director North assumes duties. James Burns, 60, dies from injuries at Lane's logging camp near Granite Falls. Nellie Underwood trial for drowning her infant postponed to fall term. North Pacific Sangerbund hosts 400 attendees at Walla Walla gathering. North Pacific Window Glass and Bottle Company of Van Asselt declared insolvent by federal jury. first such local case. company disputes debt.
The Eppinger failure is blamed on five years of unwise investments. Liabilities total about 1,373,000 with only 650,000 of property available. Of this, 400,000 is land under mortgage by the London Paris and American bank, leaving roughly 250,000 in warehouse, stores and grain to satisfy claims nearing 1,000,000.
Chicago June 8 Capt John J Healy is defendant in a $180000 damages suit filed by L Orville Wilcox. The case stems from a business deal with both men holding large Alaska company interests. It is claimed Healy failed to turnover a large amount of stock due Wilcox. The exact corporation and stock are not disclosed and the declaration has not been filed.
Seattle market report lists producer prices for grains hay eggs poultry and livestock with paying terms for dock or car delivery. Prices include oats 21 22d barley 22d wheat 25d chicken feed 25d bran 17d shorts 18d hay Puget Sound 12d Eastern Washington 17d eggs strictly fresh ranch 17 18c live hens 14c roosters 8c ducks 13 14c geese 9 10c beef cows 4 4 1 4c steers 5 5 4c sheep 4 5c hogs 7 8c calves 5 7c spring lambs 3 50 per head.
A garbled catalog of farm product prices lists Wheat Bluestem cattle steers cows sheep hogs calves butter from Washington and California honey oats feed and hay prices. Values show per cwt per ton and per unit with numerous decimals and inconsistent formatting.
Seattle June 9 At midnight June 10 a suite of new statutes becomes operative including a felony for gaming and a cumulative punishment law. The code also tightens living off earnings of prostitutes and enacts Sunday closing and oil inspection rules. Barber shops face Sunday closure. mining promoters face prison or fines for misrepresentation. labor arbitration and school mandatory attendance are among many changes. A complete list of voting and civil statutes follows with numerous provisions for taxation, contracts, graft prevention, and public health.
A torrential rain storm near midnight washed away all bridges on the Southern railroad main line. At dawn extensive damage followed at Pacolet Clifton and Glendale mills with forty to fifty workers drowned, reports vary but many mill operatives are dead and wires are down.
United States Secretary of State Hay was telegraphed by Ambassador Conger to request an inquiry into the authenticity of a published interview with Count Cassini denying Conger’s report of Russian demands on China. Conger based his statement on a letter from the Russian chargé d’affaires in Peking to the Chinese foreign office.
Seattle reports King county names Game Warden H. Reiff as fire marshal and designates all county road supervisors as ex officio marshals. A brush-fire prevention program runs from June 15 to October 15 with strict forest-fire controls aimed at preventing repeats of last summer's Western Washington fires.
Floods along the East Side cities north of East St. Louis plunge Venice Madison West Madison Newport Brooklyn and Granite City into ten to eighteen feet of water. Eight thousand residents evacuate homes while drownings are variably estimated as five to twenty.
Seattle June 9 an important decision by Judge Knowles in Montana defines presidential authority to withdraw lands and include them in forest reserves The ruling favors a homesteader in a case over timber value and sets a precedent affecting many Montana and Washington land parcels now in reserves Attorney J C Boyles Helena notes the decision may exempt several homesteads and influence numerous cases across the region
The monitor Nevada suffered turret damage from an explosion during target practice off the cape. The ship returned to Old Point Comfort and the navy department was notified. Orders were expected directing sail to a navy yard for repairs.
Heavy rainfall across Northern and Southern New England ended a 50 day dry spell and helped quell extensive forest fires that had blackened large areas, easing fire danger and damage.
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