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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
2
A column of satirical observations and social commentary covers: vanity in public discourse, fashioning legends about geography and science, a Philadelphia verdict on a wandering VP, and gender roles in labor and marriage. The piece lampoons modern life while noting wages, marrying trends, and public perception of women.
A verbose mock lecture on celibacy, marriage proposals, and reform via science. The piece mocks obsessed suitors and noisy talkers, suggesting a future use of a phonoscope and soap bubbles at Sing Sing to cure singing and vanity. It lampoons social mania surrounding romance and public spats over courtship.
A report recounts Dean C. Worcester describing a large Philippine python. Hunters lured, restrained, and used chloroform to calm the reptile, which finally resisted, was stabbed, and skinned. The specimen measured twenty two feet six inches.
A note mentions a bag gage man who claims to have discovered a sure cure for influenza while another remark questions his ability to verify the claim. The brief witticisms reflect a contemporary exchange from the Baltimore American.
A brief dialogue features a woman pressuring a man about a kiss and his promise to refrain. The exchange centers on consent and boundaries with a playful yet pointed tone.
Rioting in St Louis worsens with three men and a girl wounded. Ashland Oregon quarantines against San Francisco Chinamen. Alaska Republicans denounce Governor Brady and favor retirement. Boer delegates barred from Senate floor. Reeves Bros Boiler Works fire at Alliance Ohio damages 144000 with 40500 insurance. Bryant and Beckham vie for Kentucky governor. Point Claire near Montreal wiped out by fire. 200 homeless. Fires, deaths and political shifts noted across US and abroad.
In LATE NEWS a major clash is anticipated with all British forces converging on Johannesberg. Reports also note political bets, ship departures from Portland to Cape Nome with 750 passengers, and a San Pedro breakwater contract of 2 875 000 dollars awarded to California Construction Company.
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts advancing toward Johannesburg with 30 000 infantry 20 000 horses and 150 guns as Boers retreat toward the Klip river hills The piece notes Kruger admitting grave prospects and the Keer plan to lure Britain into destroying mines while generals Botha and Meier plead for property preservation in the Transvaal. A separate San Diego item mentions Captain Field ordered to survey San Diego Bay for a potential naval coaling station.
Report from Accra states three European officers were killed and Captain Aplin with 100 Hausers wounded in a Lagos Hausers attack on Kumassie lines. Ashanti losses feared, Hausers using three Maxims amid heavier enemy numbers. Earlier action reportedly left 300 Ashantis dead as the rise spreads.
Milwaukee May 29 report says the Flambeau Paper Company mill and warehouse at Park Falls burned with an estimated loss of 200000. The town lacking adequate fire protection narrowly avoided total destruction as aid from Medford and Abbotsford stopped the blaze from spreading beyond the plant. Two paper machines, valued at 40000 each, were among the losses.
The king of the Tonga islands objects to the protectorate clause in the Great Britain treaty with the island government. He seeks protection only against foreign powers and insists on his own kingship and that of his descendants. Commissioner Thompson refuses concessions, causing a deadlock, with hopes for a solution.
Washington reports the United States has instructed Minister Conger to urge the Chinese government to suppress the Boxers promptly and protect Americans. The note seeks peace and order and does not specify actions if China fails to comply. Conger coordinates with other powers but has not joined a joint action.
In St Louis on May 28 sympathizers of striking street car workers sparked another riot. As a Jefferson avenue car approached Sullivan avenue shots were fired and about 100 exchanged. Patrolman Peter Wells was wounded in the armpit. Authorities say management and union differences were resolved for now and transit service was limited. An earlier attempt to bomb a Spaulding avenue car also occurred.
Major Marsh with a Thirty third Infantry battalion and Colonel Hare pursue the Filipino trail northeast of Bangued as they scour the mountains. They believe Aguinaldo is being escorted by the party. Also, Sgt Barry and four privates rescued the San Mateo president's daughter from Ladrones. the sergeant and one private were killed in the ensuing ambush. Seven attackers died. Lieutenant Elliott of the cruiser New Orleans died at Cavite from sun stroke. Looting described near the Charleston wreck, with loot including a surgeon’s instruments found aboard a ship at Aparri. Disorder in Jersey between British and French residents after pro Boer sentiment. Prison death of a priest by his own action at Whirlpool Rapids Niagara Falls.
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