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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
3
A broad wire service digest reports on events from the Pacific to Europe. It notes battles in the Philippines with Amira forces engaging Aguinaldo’s troops, a Manila fleet action, and US military movements from San Francisco to Manila. It also mentions strikes, ship orders, and political changes in Britain and Canada.
A mixed batch of overseas and domestic items: Second Oregon revival in San Francisco noted. an Omaha fire injures 11 after a magazine explosion. a Massachusetts sailor sails solo across the Atlantic in a four ton boat. a Linn ton Oregon railroad collision kills one and harms six. a Pennsylvania judge blocks liquor sales to soldiers in canteens.
Bellamy Storer was received in formal audience by the queen regent at the Madrid palace. No speeches were given and exchange of cordial phrases occurred as two royal carriages conveyed him from the Hotel de Rome to the palace and back. The audience was unannounced to avoid incidents and the queen regent spoke warmly of President McKinley’s health.
Four French convicts from Saint Jean prison in Maroni sailed from Devil's Island to sea life, lasting days with no food or water. They reached New Amsterdam in Dutch Guiana after perilous travel, preferring hunger to confinement. Ages 37 to 21, including a Boulanger supporter, a Paris rhetoric professor, plus an artist, an optician, and a landowner. Police have not recaptured them.
The Rio Grande reached its highest level since 1896 flooding water works and ice plants in Laredo and washing away homes and possessions. Three bodies seen in the river and heavy losses reported above Brackett where the town is said ruined and county records destroyed. Fort Clark supplies shelter and rations to the homeless as the flood spreads through the valley.
A London Kentucky report to the Chicago Tribune says James Howard, of the Baker Howard feud, was shot from ambush and killed near Manchester. The killing follows the murder of Tom Baker and comes amid rising hostilities after the Philpots joined the Baker faction. A second note reports the United States and Great Britain will sign a reciprocity treaty at the State Department this afternoon under the Dingley tariff plan.
A Blair Nebraska dispatch reports two funnel clouds destroying Herman 11 miles north of Blair. The storm collapsed most structures, killed Mr Hawkins and others, wounded dozens, and left a relief effort by train crews from Blair, including Train No. 2, the Chicago line, which returned with injured passengers. Bank and depot areas were buried, and only a few buildings remained standing.
A Seattle dispatch reports Japan plans to return all captured Chinese warships to China. China must invest funds for new vessels under Japanese direction. Japan halts foreign repair work at government yards, citing private docks. Hong Kong papers warn of consequences if a 200000 strong China review proceeds at Peking amid foreign objections. Plague still strips Formosa, prompting depopulation fears.
A Wisconsin town endured three minutes of devastation as a tornado struck New Richmond on June 14 leaving an estimated 100 dead and extensive property damage. The cyclone tore through homes, barns, and streets leaving splintered trees and smoldering ruins in its wake.
Railway expansion sweeps Idaho Washington and Oregon with surveys graders and proposed lines from Billings to Spokane aiming at the Seven Devils district along the Snake River. New routes from Astoria to Tillamook and a Burney Scott line seek to stitch Multnomah Clackamas Marion and Linn counties. Wheat harvest outlook is strong in Oregon while navy shop bids in Puget Sound face higher offers and a Steilacoom asylum expansion proceeds with a new 40 000 wing to be built by June 20.
The obituary notes Rev. L. A. Smith of Colville died Sunday after a 50 year spree of preaching every Sunday. Born in Ohio he was about TV years old and wished to die in harness but had been a lifelong invalid for over a year.
Bids opened for Wallace Idaho sewerage bonds received three offers. C F Kimball of Cleveland won with bid to pay par plus accrued interest from delivery and a $450 premium for $18 000 bonds bearing 6 percent interest from July 1 1889, semiannual payments begin January 1 and July 1.
Prospecta for Wool, Mr E H Clarke, a noted wool buyer, visited Elgin to assess the wool situation. He cites a favorable price outlook, with market prices around 10 to 11 cents per pound and Elgin as a shipping point for Wallowa county handling about 1,000,000 pounds of wool this year.
An election will be held soon at Vernon British Columbia to vote on a by law to borrow eighty thousand dollars on the credit of the Vernon municipality for fifty years at five percent annual interest to fund a water works system.
Reports from Oxnard California indicate 17 000 acres in the sugar beet district planted and a factory nearly ready to crush 2000 tons of beets daily. When operating at full capacity the plant will pay farmers about 10 000 dollars each day for beets.
A Seattle market listing shows prices for produce and staples across categories. Commodities include onions at 0c 1.10 per 100 pounds, potatoes 85 40, beets 1 per sack, turnips 50 71e per sack, carrots 1 per sack, and numerous dairy, meat, grain, and millstuffs prices with regional references to Puget Sound and Eastern Washington.
A long list of current prices across Wheat Valley Bluestem and other grains plus farm staples. It covers cereals like oats and barley, millstuffs, hay, dairy products including butter and cheese, poultry, potatoes, vegetables, onions, hops, wool, mohair, mutton, hogs, beef, and veal with per unit costs and ranges. Names of crops and animals are paired with price points from regional markets.
Seattle area market prices list Wool-Spring-Nevada 10 to 12 cents per pound and other regions 8 to 17 cents. Millstuffs and bran priced per ton. Onions Silverskin and eggs store prices shown. Butter and dairy butter values range 14 to 18 cents per pound. Hops reflect 1898 crop pricing.
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