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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
4
London May 8 The Associated Press reports Lord Pauncefote has received from Secretary Hay the draft of a new Nicaragua canal treaty It is understood the document advises neutrality and that the memorandum reflects the views of several senators and remains tentative and confidential
Washington reports indicate Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote held informal discussions on a possible isthmian canal treaty. A written memorandum was presented outlining U S views on neutral shipping, U S guarantee of neutrality, and equal access for all nations. No official proposition is expected before Pauncefote sails to London on June 5.
A three story wooden apartment building at 8916 Marquette Avenue in South Chicago burned, killing seven occupants and injuring several others. Firefighters faced a blocked crossing as a freight train refused to move, delaying response until police arrested the crew. Fire origin unknown. victims identified post fire. train crew detained pending coroner’s inquiry.
German guards firing on a British tug The Ego wounded two crewmen as a bridge at the Pei Ho river south of the British concession was touched. The bridge blocks river traffic and the incident occurred this morning in Tien Tsin.
Baron Kentaro Kaneko of Rei Yu Kyo Kai seeks UC Berkeley help to mobilize public support for a Kurihama monument commemorating Commodore Perry s landing. A sizable fund is already raised and the monument is planned for the next anniversary.
Paris reports the death of Marion Ignacio Prado aged 74. Prado joined General Castilla’s 1854 revolution against the Echugenes government, led forces to Lima in 1865, entered the capital November 6 with a victorious army, declared himself dictator November 26, then was elected constitutional president by Congress and again elected president in 1876.
New York reports from China reveal severe conditions under foreign military rule in North China. A Pe kin dispatch notes high indemnity costs, potential concessions to foreigners, and brutal violence including murders and enslavement of Christians, with up to 1,000,000 Chinese dead or starving near Pekin and Tien Tsin since the allied arrival.
The Thirtyninth infantry was mustered out today with the Thirty-second Twenty-ninth and Twenty-sixth to follow within days. Officers of the Twenty-sixth Infantry face examinations for regular army commissions. Regulars to replace long-serving volunteers will return from the Philippines, including the Fourth cavalry, the Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-third infantry. The transport Egbert, arriving from the Philippines, is held in quarantine after a smallpox death. cabin passengers will be fumigated and land.
The yacht Constitution was christened by Mrs. Butler Duncan in Bristol Rhode Island on May 8. The hull wore flags and sailors crowded the deck as the vessel slid into the water amid cheers from nearby boats. A Colona searchlight lit the stern while rockets and fireworks added flair. Private syndicate signals appeared on deck as the stern emerged from the shops.
The Cuban commission returning from Washington May 5 issued a full report on meetings with President McKinley and Secretary Root. It lauded social events, noted a few radicals opposed acceptance, and described Platt amendment limits, coaling stations, and plans for a future treaty and Cuban independence protections.
In Jacksonville Florida on May 9 the city reports relief efforts for the homeless. Two hundred tents were set up and 2,000 more tents are due from Washington to be erected. Military companies assisted in rapid tent assembly and extra commissary stations will ease shortages. No sickness outbreak reported and many residents left the city while others face labor at local bureaus. Streets are being cleaned as embers smoulder and eight carloads of provisions arrived from New York.
The article advises summer pruning to thin dense growth in cherries pears and plums and to favor sun reach and quick healing. It notes open canopies improve fruiting and that cutting back shoots near the base can induce fruit buds. It also discusses practical pruning timing and the benefits of a well shaped tree for sooner fruiting.
Burlington Nos 3 passenger train collided with a freight engine backing onto a sidetrack near Thayer Iowa. The locomotive and most of the passenger cars derailed and plunged 20 feet into a ravine. Over twenty passengers were injured, most not seriously, while the freight crew escaped with minor injuries.
A circular from H. W. Poor & Co. outlines forming the United States Shipbuilding Co. to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Union Iron Works San Francisco, Bath Iron Works Bath Maine, Hyde Windlass Bath, Crescent Shipyards Elizabethport, Samuel J. Moore Elizabethport, and Canda Manufacturing Cartaret New Jersey. Total annual capacity is about 380000 tons, with on hand orders promising over 5 million dollars profit. The charter may issue up to 65000000 dollars in capital stock.
Dispatches from Dawson dated April 23 report the royalty cut to 5 percent with certificates required at the boundary to prove payment or risk dust confiscation. Miners protest vigorously as beef and eggs rise and a cold storage plant costs 30000. Sluicing starts on creeks with conservative cleanup estimates of 25000000.
In Santa Fe on May 8 Governor Otero presented four turquoise stones from the Porterfield mines in the Burro mountains to President McKinley. The largest stone weighs 20 carats and is described as a superb specimen.
Chicago May 8 arrangements completed for a new group uniting eight leading U S sheet music publishers to form a collaboration advancing popular music distribution and promotion.
May 8 report notes ocean liners arriving in New York average 1,000 immigrants daily. Health officers reject steerage passengers with sore eyes amid a smallpox case on a German steamer. A Marseilles steamer carried 1,173 steerage passengers with three smallpox cases.
The Journal of Commerce reports the Alaska Packers' Association, long the main hurdle to a salmon packers merger, has offered options on its plants to the syndicate pursuing the deal. Valued at 12 million dollars, the outfit spans from Chilkoot Alaska to Seattle over 900 miles. Prominent U.S. financiers are reportedly backing the plan, with proposed capital of 32 million dollars in common and preferred stock and debenture bonds.
Pekin May 9 China will seek powers to obtain a loan to cover the indemnity once the amount is known and will request an extra 20,000,000 taels annually. Foreign ministers plan a collective note to China proposing a joint indemnity of 450,000,000 taels and asking for payment method. a reply is expected by week's end.
London May 9 The rumor that Germany and Russia relations are strained due to Count Von Waldersee slights is discredited at the foreign office. It is admitted many powers are irritated by the field marshal's expeditions but no definite misunderstanding is believed to have resulted.
Miss Bonnie, an employee of the state penitentiary near Lansing, was attacked while gathering mushrooms May 9. Struck on the head, she was assaulted and thrown into an old well, resurfacing later to tell of the crime. She died soon after. she believed she could identify her attacker. Searches are underway across the surrounding area.
Fire on the ground floor of a five story apartment building at 756 Lexington Avenue early May 9 forced 20 or more families to flee. Police and firemen aided by citizens rescued several persons. Two were injured and several are reported missing as flames spread from a butter and egg shop.
Ohio Farmer describes constructing a silo using 80 12 foot boards and 80 18 foot boards, totaling 2400 feet of Norway bill stuff. It requires about 100 pounds of No 9 steel wire for 50 hoops, a shingled roof, three exterior coats of paint, and one interior coat of raw linseed oil.
A Crop experts from American Cultivator discuss applying lime to soil using phosphate of lime acid phosphate or fine phosphatic rock to solubilize phosphoric acid with lime. They advise cabbage cauliflower turnips wheat or grass to maximize lime benefits while noting lime may not help corn and can raise potato quality concerns. Wood ashes offer a lime source rich in potash but are hard to obtain locally.
The writer contends a plow is preferable with a single handle rather than two. A one handed design would ease fatigue for the plowman and the team, even in tough rocky soil. Proper use requires skill to balance effort between plow and reins and between horses.
A Field and Farm writer notes success comes from proper care and food rather than luck. Set five to seven eggs under a chicken. hatch in about four weeks. Use a bottomless coop on the ground, confine the hen, and move the coop daily while keeping poults near the mother.
Agricultural notes warn swine care with sulfur salt mixtures to prevent lice and cholera. Avoid stale bedding and overfeeding while watching for indigestion. Also reports Michigan Agricultural College findings that bees are earliest pollinators as fruit trees bloom, with little value from other insects at that time.
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