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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1903
Page
2
Olympia February 27 The senate passed Representative Lewis bill declaring gambling a felony and amended it to include raffles and lotteries under the same penalties as faro and roulette. Final vote 28 to 9 with four absent. Opposition plans to reconsider. lobbyists expect renewed action after the weekend adjournment.
G T Bell of Montreal says the Grand Trunk intends to build a coast to coast line with western terminals at Port Simpson. He cites President Hayes confirming the project and expects trains to reach the Pacific within three years, regardless of land grants. The route would pass through a rich farming area north of the Canadian Pacific, with development needed before profitability.
Professor J W Roberts of Washington State Agricultural College travels to Olympia to push legislative changes for permanent road building. Delegates from state good roads groups meet the roads and bridges committee to propose reforms including fewer road districts, contract letting for large projects, and a state aid plan limited to one third of road costs. The effort emphasizes business methods, skilled engineering, and broader road improvements for producers and consumers. Roosevelt signs Havana treaty securing Cuban coaling stations. Elder Dempster liner hopes fade as it remains 36 days overdue.
London February 25. The house of commons debated Brodrick's army reforms with a motion for a vote of censure. Mr Beckitt led the challenge, denouncing the war secretary for neglecting opportunity and for a plan deemed unsound, ruinous, and costly. The amendment mirrored Campbell-Bannerman's 1901 motion.
Nome reports the Arctic ice pack opposite the city since November 21 with no danger seen for winter. Golovin bay is frozen and crossing is possible. Nome’s population is down 1200 from last winter and the number of stores is reduced. Incoming arrivals note creek activity as workers prep to depart Nome for winter assignments.
Vancouver B C Feb 25 The cheapest through rate ever known between Vancouver and Dawson City may go into effect with Yukon navigation opening in May. The White Pass company plans to push independent lines hard in the coming summer as a war likely begins when river ice clears.
Seattle February 26 With the start of the fiscal year many branches of the federal service now under the treasury will transfer to the new department of commerce and labor The lighthouse board establishment steamboat inspection service bureau of navigation shipping commissioners national bureau of standards coast and geodetic survey immigration bureaus and the immigration service will move Local customs authorities received the act creating the new department and are reviewing it.
State printing contractors in Olympia publish charges against Louis Levy King County representative and House investigation chairman. They accuse him of seeking 1500 dollars from contractors to influence a favorable report and call for his removal from the chairmanship.
Olympia February 27 The special committee found the printing contractors testimony insufficient to prove charges against Representative Lewis Levy of King County. The report was read with applause and adopted unanimously. Indiscretion is the most serious finding, with Levy not shown to solicit a bribe.
Washington reports that Dr Adolph Razlag has reportedly cured and nearly cured leprosy in a Canton leper village. Three of four treated are discharged cured and the fourth shows progress. The method emphasizes extended sanitation and antiseptic drugs and has attracted Manchu and Chinese officials. The physician urges use in the Philippines and Hawaii.
Boston February 28 The full bench of the supreme court held that a valuable property right exists in news for information gathered at expense and furnished to daily subscribers under secrecy and contract. Courts of equity will protect this right against unauthorized use and resulting damages.
Venezuelan plenipotentiary Mr Bowen suggests to the allies that the czar of Russia name the three arbitrators to decide the question of preferential treatment. The state department has approved the suggestion.
The Delaware Lackawanna & Western railway reports 8.97 percent drop in gross earnings and 21.60 percent fall in net earnings due to last summer's coal miners strike. The annual report criticizes the anthracite region for lawlessness and violence, arguing such conditions would have prompted federal military action elsewhere.
Constantinople Feb 25 Tewfik Pasha says the sultan accepts the reform plan backed by Austro Hungarian and Russian ambassadors. The scheme includes an inspector general of gendarmerie with wide powers, European instructors, and Muslim Christians admitted to service without Turkish literacy requirements. Amnesty for political offenders is demanded.
Ex Governor Eugene Semple, head of Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company, was jailed until he complies with a grand jury order to produce company records. Semple refused to produce or certify records while admitting possession, asserting constitutional rights and standing before Judge Bell. He remains in sheriff custody, his attorney failing to gain more time.
Everett Feb 28 D E K Balcomb station agent for the Northern Pacific Railway at Oso has been adjudged insane and taken to the Steilacoom asylum. He served about a year at Oso and is likely 48. He believed he was in St Paul upon arrival and sought his old friend J J Hill. He is the fourth county man sent to the asylum since February 20.
The Democratic Liberal party in The Hague introduced a bill in the states general to amend the constitution to grant universal suffrage to all men and women over 21, excluding lunatics.
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