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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
2
A colonial era Aberdeen Herald column distills a gossip of random notes. The piece riffs on a California man fleeing with a locomotive, Keeley’s alcohol cure praise, Thackeray and Johnson quips, and musings on public affairs, novels, and moral lessons.
A discussion contrasts Britain’s opposition to Russia’s seaport plans with the Congo Free State’s development under King Leopold II. It notes Belgian sponsorship, Congo Railway expansion, rubber discovery, and a shift away from slave trade, praising Leopold’s philanthropy while highlighting missionary work and modernization efforts among natives.
The era's news notes Puerto Rico strikes and famine bringing 50 thousand laborers to worklessness, while the Philippine commission sails to Manila. Across the Atlantic German and Austrian actions loom, with trade, diplomacy, and naval changes shaping a tense world scene.
New York labor report shows 74 892 arrivals in last quarter of 1899 up from 51 880. Southern Italians comprised 24.2 percent, with Slovaks Poles Greeks and others also high. Most newcomers headed to North Atlantic states led by New York. 2 386 went to the West division.
London reports detail the fatal clash where Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe Codrington and Captain Trotter died after a five-man Boer party used a kopje refuge. No relief for Mafeking yet, while Sir Forestier-Walker and Prince Alexander depart for Bloemfontein.
An uncensored Manila letter details rising civil governance in Philippine towns, growing American control, and insurgent gains in rifles and ammunition since January. It notes increased casualty rates, looming guerrilla warfare, ambushes on supply trains, and police and military actions to restore public safety amid ongoing unrest.
A 300 gram steel sample yielded insoluble graphitic carbon after nitric acid steps, then graphite melted with chlorate. Residue redissolved and reprecipitated, finally forming tiny transparent octahedrons that burned on platinum, identified as diamonds despite disbelief.
Fire destroyed the Clinton Liberal Institute building in Fort Plain with a loss of 95000 dollars. The five story college prep school and Universalist military academy owned by Universalists of the state was unoccupied at the Easter vacation. the armory was saved and most faculty and students lost personal effects.
Pittsburg March 26 A settlement settles the Carnegie Steel dispute. Carnegie Steel Plant Ltd becomes a New Jersey stock company with capital from 20 to 250 million dollars. Frick, ex president, gains control and all ironclad litigation is dropped. Frick holds 6 percent and will receive up to 12 million in stock depending on capitalization.
The German cruiser launched at Kiel was named Prinz Heinrich by Princess Henry. It features belt armor of 100 millimeters, 15 000 indicated horsepower, triple expansion engines, and speeds up to 202 knots. Armament includes two 24 centimeter guns in revolving towers, six 15 centimeter guns in casemates, four 15 centimeter guns in revolving towers, numerous smaller guns, and four torpedo tubes. Displacement is 8 800 tons.
William H. Crocker will fund an Lick Observatory party to observe the May 28 solar eclipse. An outfit of instruments will be sent. a station is not fixed, likely Barnesville near Atlanta, Georgia.
In Munice Indiana six miles southwest of town a boiler explosion at the James Nickum sawmill killed three men namely Thomas Sullivan Clifford Van Bus kirk and Marion Carey. Engineer Lon Van Bus kirk suffered a crushed skull and broken arms. Three others were injured and one more is expected to die.
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