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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1899
Page
3
A tense confrontation erupted as nonunion workers were confronted by striking miners at the Bunker Hill mine. Armed men patrolled streets and the canyon as leaders demanded workers stay away from shifts. A doctor reported castration threats and a pursuit followed a clash near the main street before dispersal. The night saw armed presence around the mine and communications cut as guards constrained access.
April notices from the war front describe Aguinaldo's defense at Calumpit with trenches and artillery. Casualties include several killed and wounded as forces contest the river area amid jungle heat and communication difficulties. Supplies and engineers work to repair river crossings as units regroup for renewed action.
President McKinley commuted Rafael Ortiz of Caguas Puerto Rico from death to life imprisonment for the murder of Private Burke of the Forty-seventh New York. Ortiz had killed Burke after a dispute over a Porto Rican woman, and his execution was halted when Secretary Alger arrived in Porto Rico.
At Frank H. Flees & Co. in Philadelphia an explosion from 75 gallons of benzine in a vanilline lab killed Walter Manwaring, Charles McKinley, and injured Harry Randall along with Mrs. Givison and her son. Over 100 nearby buildings were damaged and the blast blew Randall through the room door to land on a neighboring roof.
A mob of about 25 masked African Americans forcibly entered the Galena Kansas jail at 3:30 this morning and shot Charles Williams alias Jones dead as he refused to exit his cell after admitting murder of Laura Canaffux. No arrests reported. The coroner ruled death from pistol shots by an unknown assailant.
In Wardner Idaho a mob of 800 to 1,000 armed men from Canyon Creek seized a Burke train and stirred giant powder blasts at the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mill. One picket died and workers were wounded as the mill and nearby buildings were leveled, with property losses estimated up to 800,000.
Letters from the famine provinces of Russia describe widespread misery with 182,000 fed by the Red Cross in Kazan. Peasants begged for food in snow as disease and mortality rise in Kazan and Ufa. A Manila conference with Filipino leaders failed to secure a truce, while Dewey plans a discreet return to the United States after peace. Canadian postal cards may be forwarded with a one-cent stamp.
The German government filed a formal protest with Secretary Hay over Captain Coghlan s remarks at a Union League Club banquet. Hay said the language was not an official public utterance but the navy could take action if needed. Berlin notes Hay strongly disapproved of Coghlan s conduct aboard the Raleigh.
A Washington report notes the United States is building 48 warships under existing contracts totaling 33.3 million dollars for hulls and machinery. The fleet includes eight first class battleships, sixteen torpedo boat destroyers, four heavy harbor defense monitors, one cruiser akin to the New Orleans, and eighteen torpedo boats.
The Herald from Washington reports Britain may demand concessions in exchange for abrogating the Clayton Bulwer treaty. Negotiations with the American Canadian commission resume in August with Britain pressing for an Alaska access through the Northwest, while the U.S. resists. McKinley and Hay delay Nicaragua canal talks until the new isthmian commission reports, with a Panama Nicaragua tour planned and a report expected before Congress adjourns.
The body of Lige Strickland, accused in connection with the Cranford murder by Sam Jose, was found hanged near Palmetto Georgia. His ears were cut off and the left middle finger severed before death. a blood stained note reading New York Journal We must protect our ladies warned locals. Strickland denied guilt to the end as a mob carried out the lynching.
Four men and a boy were killed at Cook & White's coal mine in Madrid at noon following a breach of safety rules. Despite a strict order to use safety lamps, two workers brought in open lamps after the foreman had inspected the mine.
Highlights include Henry Brunot in Taylorville jail confessing to his aunt’s murder implicating his mother Anna Branot, a Williamsport NC rifle homicide followed by suicide, Edward Scott stabbing his son in Jamestown NY with the father under arrest, and a raft of political, military, and legal items from the United States and abroad.
The report notes the beef court of inquiry completion and adjournment. It lists weekly New York imports of 20,326 gold and 24,257 silver, a 17 year old died in Butte after being struck by a baseball during practice, and Dewey Day celebrations spanning Maine to Hawaii. It covers a wide mix of incidents from rail accidents to copper trusts, canal reports, immigration law debates, fires, and local crimes with various political and industrial notes.
General Wheeler reports two buttons shot from his Union uniform have been recovered. The Interior Secretary approves Director Walcott’s Alaska survey plans for the summer of 1599 amid growing Jamaican disaffection and rising annexation sentiment toward the United States.
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