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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1903
Page
2
Outside the State of Washington condensed recap notes Mayor Williams of Portland turning eighty. Also reports: German consul Mezger in Caracas accidental death. Nicaraguan revolution gains, and other political and legal briefs.
N K Fairbanks millionaire manufacturer and bank director died at his Chicago home aged 73 after a brief illness Born in Sodus New York he built a fortune in soap and lard manufacturing later expanding into mining near the Arizona Mexican border A founder of the relief and aid society and St Luke's Society he was a longtime Chicago Board of Trade president survived by seven children.
Burglars dynamited the Monroe post office safe in the early morning raid and seized 190 dollars along with a large quantity of stamps or goods. The getaway was a Great Northern speeder, later found abandoned at Lowell. Tools were traced to a nearby blacksmith shop. No arrests have been made.
Washington state report notes Eastern parties gaining control of Spokane gas works while other items include a New York agent shipping 500000 in gold to Buenos Ayres, a Everett man Edmund Jones sentenced to two years for false pretenses, Mathews and Sons stove foundry first carload arrives, Port Angeles General Hospital opens, Walla Walla water gravity system put forward at 100000, and Grays Harbor Lumber contract for new mill and tide-landing wharf at Hoquiam priced 1200000 with June 1 completion.
The council of ministers outlined steps after the chamber of deputies refused permission for religious orders to remain. Combes will notify congregations and seek prosecutions for noncompliance while liquidators take charge of dissolved orders. Teaching orders may delay departure to July if state schools are unavailable. Prefects warned to halt anti lay teacher demonstrations and enforce the law.
Ambassador Tower handed Secretary Hay a dispatch from President Roosevelt approving William’s invitation to send the North Atlantic squadron to Kiel during the yachting week in June for practice. The cruise will avoid European ports and extend east only to the Azores. Tower and Naval Attache Potts will attend Kiel events.
Seattle market report lists producer offered prices for grain and feed, eggs, poultry, livestock, beef, hogs, veal, and hay. Entries include oats 24.25 ton barley 24 ton wheat 25 ton, eggs 16c per dozen, live hens 14c per lb, cattle 4.75 per cwt, steers 4.75, hogs 6.5c per lb, hay Puget Sound 8.11 per ton, timothy east of mountains 17 and 145 per ton, alfalfa 10, clover 15.50, and other items with varying unit measures.
Union leaders in Seattle demanded recall of men sent to Tacoma and recognition of a local union as they threatened a citywide stoppage. A restraining order halted action and sharp questioning followed about using Seattle workers to influence Tacoma, while officials warned against violence and disruption.
Sixteen thousand school children in Des Moines will welcome President Roosevelt on April 28. They will form on the state house campus to spell the word Roosevelt with flags in a vivid display of civic welcome.
The Irish land purchase bill text released in London reveals detailed provisions. It allows arrears at purchase to be recovered by the land commission and permits remission in special cases. The commission limits purchases to mainly agricultural estates, extends powers to improve untenanted estates, and can declare subtenants as tenants. Rights to fishing shooting and minerals may be vested in the commission upon purchase. The bill also covers boundary disputes and resale of bankrupt estates to tenants.
Washington reports a Treasury circular dated March 28 1908 outlining refunding of the 3 percent 1908 and the 4 percent 1907 funded loans. Surrendered bonds may yield 2.44 percent income with new bonds issued at a 2 percent premium, accrued interest calculated to exchange date. Outstands include about 97 million 3s, 233 million 4s, plus 446 million 2 percent consols. 1904 five percent bonds are excluded.
Maj W W McCammon retired army officer died at his Vancouver Washington home at 65 from Brights disease. Entered service in 1861 and served in the Civil War. He later served as adjutant and major of the Fourteenth Infantry, fought in the Philippines 1898 99. Survived by his wife five sons and one daughter with two sons in the army. Wallace a first lieutenant in the Twenty third Infantry and Edward at Fort Sheridan Illinois.
The commissioner of the general land office informed Representative Cushman that the application to eliminate about 12,000 acres of surveyed lands in Snohomish County from the forest reserve withdrawal has been defeated, based on the geological survey recommendation.
The Fortune, a US Navy tug, traveling from Norfolk via Culebra to Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, arrived at Valparaiso today near Santiago de Chile on March 28.
Secretary Hay warns Cuba that any amendment to the Cuban reciprocity treaty by the Cuban congress would derail the accord since amendments must go to the U S Senate and exceed the March 31 deadline. Ambassador Squiers in Havana relays the note. officials fear foreign influences pressuring Cuba to amend and defeat reciprocity.
Washington March 28 The article notes rising interest in Alaska as several senators and congressmen plan summer tours. Senator Dietrich of Nebraska will travel from Valdez to Nome by land and water with his daughter to learn about soil, settlement, and northern conditions. Representative Cannon of Illinois will visit Seattle and likely Alaska, gaining knowledge beneficial to future policy.
Berlin reports the German empress was thrown from a galloping horse in Grunwald forest near Charlottenburg after a doe crossed the path. She broke her left arm with a fracture above the wrist as Emperor and generals hastened to her aid.
The Arbeiter Zeitung reports a secret decree by the Austrian war minister directing military commanders to use all efforts to arrest socialist propaganda spreading among troops.
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