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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
2
A montage from the Aberdeen Herald surveys a mix of topics from prizefights and German prophecies to Paderewski’s trip home with wealth and opinion. It notes public figures like Rockefeller and Emperor William, plus a Dublin professor’s Egyptology find, and ends with Paris exposition razing plans.
The passage notes that Congress often rushes pension bills, with eighty four bills in forty five minutes recently approved by the Senate. It defends the process by saying each bill had committee reports and that more time for pensions reduces time for tariff debate.
A North American Review writer argues that forty five state legislatures enacted over 14 000 acts in their last sessions. He says many acts arise from impulsive social reform aims or private interests using state power to grind private goals.
After decades of infamy, Marshal Bazaine is reconsidered as loyal to the Bonapartes. Empress Eugenie, acting as regent after Sedan, ordered the surrender to seek an armistice, with German circles already knowing the true story. The account shifts from betrayal to faithful service.
A reader urges that American history be taught in strong American diction. They argue public schools need sound language and concise democratic principles to deepen youth’s understanding and foster national honor through monumental achievements.
The New York meeting notes a shift from traditional church festivals like oyster suppers and bake sales to raising funds on business principles. It argues that “passing the hat” will replace elaborate events as a simpler, more efficient revenue method, while noting past practices such as rum in colonial times and lotteries have faded.
The passage discusses the absence of fixed Chinese nomenclature and the difficulty of obtaining reliable personal information. It notes many natives rarely travel beyond their birthplace, making distant inquiries unreliable as locals often claim ignorance of what lies beyond nearby hills or far regions.
A humorous anecdote states that Looby, president of the French republic, opened the Paris exposition by removing a painter's ladder, kicking a plasterer's hod and bricks, moving a carpenter's horse, tearing a no admittance card, scraping sand from the door bottom, and yanking the knob to admit the crowds.
The Sultan authorizes sending sixteen pure-blood Arabian horses from Turkey to the Paris exposition. The imperial stables director will select and care for them in France. This marks the first European export of such horses, challenging European beliefs that true pure-blood Arabs exist.
The piece notes concern for elderly men living in poverty and praises the thrift of younger men who save money for hard times, stressing the value of prudent financial planning amid hardship.
Diverse dispatches report Colombian rebels threaten Panama and forces in China, battles near Tien Tsin, and British and French military actions in Africa. U.S. politics note Bryan backing in Maryland, Moody re elections in Oregon, and Alaska law post. Also reports plague in San Francisco, floods, rail incidents, and famine scenes in India with cholera.
Reports from the era describe Russia and Japan edging toward possible war over the Boxer movement. U S warships Nashville and Monocacy head to Taku while Boxers clash with forces near Peking. Concurrent events include fires, assassinations, and political moves across cities and nations.
The discharge of the president of the Amalgamated Association of Tin Workers sparks a strike at Great Western Tinplate Works Joliet Illinois throwing out 300 men. Seven hundred injunctions are filed against strikers and labor leaders in the George's Creek Maryland coal region restraining miners from resuming work.
An American water hyacinth obstructing navigation on the Melpomene canal in New Orleans was killed by a chemical spray. In Benton Kentucky a liquor license was issued with the condition that no one be allowed to “treat” in the barroom and that every patron pay for their own liquor.
In St Louis a day of clashes between striking transit workers and authorities leaves four dead and over five wounded. Deputies under Colonel Cavender fire buckshot from repeating shotguns after a brick was hurled at a Park avenue car. Police arrest 20 strikers and seal them in the Four Courts while unrest spreads.
A relief and repair train fleet, led by Admiral Seymour, ferries British, American, Italian, Austrian, Japanese, Russian and French troops to restore the line two miles beyond Yang Tsuh. Foreign vessels gather at Taku as Peking warns of rising danger. legation street shelters foreigners while mobs threaten.
The Russian syndicate led by Count Bogdanovitch sails from San Francisco aboard the Samoa for the Siberian coast to prospect for gold. About 40 people travel with 27 miners headed by IH Roberts of Comstock fame, with Paul de Lamachkoff Sky accompanying them. The vessel heads to Alexander Bay for a six month expedition. London reports near Honing Spruit native warnings and a railway near destruction between America and Roodeval.
In Machadodorp a railway car serves as Kruger’s mobile headquarters. He states the war is not over despite Pretoria’s fall and praises Steyn and Dewet’s work. He explains the car lets him move quickly and avoid capture, staying ready to return to Pretoria when needed.
London reports indicate M Rothstein will visit the United States to arrange a large Russian loan for railway construction in the Trans Caucasus. Financiers doubt a sizable loan will be possible before the presidential campaign ends. A prior February loan of 15 million was guaranteed by bonds and a Vladikawkos mortgage. A Rusco-American bank is deemed unlikely.
Captain O J Storra of the transport Leelanaw reports a long quiet volcano near the Babuyan islands has renewed activity. The ship passed within three miles of the Medicas rocks as steam issued from the crater and surrounding seas showed signs of disturbance.
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