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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
3
A wide review highlights events of the past week including three deaths in a Pittsburg storm, Luzon prisoner releases, Batangas surrender hopes, Chaffee named Philippines military governor, and Manila civil transfers. Reports cover floods, fires, political moves, assassinations, and economic shifts across the United States and abroad.
The Navy Department has decided torpedoes do not belong on cruisers and will be removed from newly designed ships and those under construction. The change frees space for engines and crews, with the Maine class keeping tubes. Contractors note space gains may ease engine installation.
San Francisco reports 7500 volunteers from Manila set to arrive before June 26. The Aztec brought Company H of the Forty second United States Volunteers and about 140 discharged soldiers and civilians. Other ships, including the Thomas, Ohio, Buford, Logan, Grant, Kirkpatrick, and Pennsylvania, are slated to arrive or depart for Nome with various infantry units and personnel.
Ex Gover nor Richards reports no mineral evidence in Kiowa Comanche and Apache districts and Wichita reserve areas in Oklahoma. Water supply is good and openings preparations are ready for August six. Governor Jennings predicts up to 100000 people will seek lands though only 13500 entries are possible.
Major developments across the state include Hoquiam planning a 35000 dollar sewer system and Aberdeen starting a 50000 dollar brewery plant foundation. Everett receives artificial ice shipments while Seattle reports 64 graduates and Walla Walla ships fruit and vegetables to Montana.
Washington announces a civil government on July 4 1901 with William H Taft named civil governor to exercise executive civil authority in the Philippines under the Philippine commission instructions and with war department approval. The military governor is relieved from civil duties except in insurrection or unsettled districts.
In Paterson New Jersey a store explosion after fireworks burst mobile flames across a four story tenement. Seventeen killed and many injured as debris and collapsing floors trap residents and firemen. Rescue work and heroic efforts follow as upper floors cave in.
New York June 22 Captain Henry M Manney guided the large battleship Massachusetts through Hell Gate with no pilot aboard to prove such vessels could pass the narrows in case of hostilities. Secretary Long ordered that ships of its size may not use the Hell Gate narrows except in great emergencies.
State engineers and Western lawmakers met in Cheyenne Wyoming to discuss irrigation government aid and arid land reclamation. Wyoming State Engineer Fred Bond presided while H E Burkett of Lincoln Nebraska was elected chairman of the congressional meeting. An action plan and resolutions were outlined for Congress with a joint effort expected.
Washington reports that the period set by the protocols for exchanging ratifications of the reciprocity treaty with Nicaragua ends on June 20. Indications suggest no extension by supplementary article. The reciprocity treaty with Ecuador awaits action in its congress.
Washington June 21 the ordinance bureau of the war department will soon contract for 373000 pounds of smokeless powder for seacoast guns. emphasis on powder selection follows recent San Francisco navy smoke leany powder troubles.
Cheyenne Wyoming June 21 reports say several crews hired by the Burlington railroad on the proposed extension of the Guernsey branch toward Salt Lake have been recalled and all work halted. The action leads to the impression the company will not construct the extension.
Seattle dealers publish dock and car price lists for hides pelts tallow wool livestock butter eggs grain hay and field seeds. Prices cover heavy salted steers to under 50 lb hides and salted hips and grubb hides dry hides and culls. Wool beef cattle sheep hogs calves poultry butter eggs oats barley wheat timothy alfalfa peas seed wheat rye barley.
In Matewan West Virginia on June 22 a clash between union and non union miners left two union men dead and a third wounded as guards with Winchester rifles repelled a union entry attempt at the Maritime mines Sheriff Hatfield dispatched fifty deputies to the scene and further trouble was anticipated with planned renewed efforts tomorrow by the union ranks
Denver reports George Estes president announces the Brotherhood of Railway Employees will relocate its headquarters from San Francisco to Denver soon. The organization admits all railway workers regardless of line, is relatively new, and has a large Western membership.
The report notes about 125000 neapers in London during the prior year. It discusses various economic and educational figures including India’s income tax threshold and a Bradshaw’s Railway Guide sale, plus student origins at the University of Berlin.
A strong June morning wind storm from the south veered to the southeast causing extensive damage in Independence. Trees were uprooted outbuildings overturned houses and barns shifted from foundations with smashed fronts and windows. The mill roof was blown off an ice house unroofed and Santa Fe depot damaged.
At New York on June 24 plans call for floating and righting the capsized army transport Ingalls in Brooklyn harbor. A divers’ crew works to seal ports and hatches before pumping and flotation. The vessel does not appear seriously damaged.
An appeal has been issued for money to buy supplies for the women and children of the Transvaal in camps tied to the Boer war. Signers include prominent New York clergymen. The appeal notes 22,000 people in camps and 818 deaths of children in May.
A severe rain and lightning storm in Bluefield West Virginia triggers floods across the Pocahontas coal region. Keystog, home to about 2000, is washed away, with coal plants destroyed and rail and telegraph lines severed. Officials estimate up to 200 lives lost and property damage around 2 million dollars as bridges wash out and relief access is stalled.
Manila dispatch cites roughly 40 insurgents killed or wounded in recent actions near Sorsogon in Albay province. Report notes insurgents’ return home, plus accusations of theft in commissary witness cases. Also mentions Manila municipal government plan and a $10,000 request for a Filipino teachers program in the United States. Two hundred soldier prisoners to be transported to the United States aboard the Indiana.
A blast on the Oregon and Washington Railroad in a Kalama deep cut near the town killed three men and wounded five. About 25 workers were present as two men loaded a 12 foot drill hole with No 2 giant powder and tamped it with an iron bar before the explosion.
A Daily Mail correspondent reports Americans steadily acquire Rand mining interests aided by British apathy. He claims Americans are buying shares and expanding influence with most mining equipment already owned by Americans, and cites a rumor of an American bid to control poorer Rand mines.
London reports no update on Waterkloof mishap as Cape Colony events indicate a serious Boer invasion. A Daily Mail letter from Cape Town dated June 5 places Boer forces at 7 000 to 10 000, expanding across eastern and midland districts with growing recruits and horses.
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