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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
3
A condensed wrap of global events includes talks of a Pennsylvania and Santa Fe alliance, a French squadron heading to the Mediterranean, and Yerkes buying Turner’s Rockets and Blue Lights for £46,750. Reports mention Russia crop failures and censorship, Franco-German tensions, and dispatches from China.
An inter urban tram from New Westminster with fifteen aboard collided with a cow near Vancouver and overturned into a ditch. Only one passenger was injured lightly. the rest escaped unharmed.
A head on collision near Linwood North Carolina between Buffalo Bill's show train and a freight train left the show master badly hurt while the engineer and fireman were slightly injured. About one hundred of Buffalo Bill's horses were killed in the crash.
Local Seattle dealers offer round lot prices for oats barley wheat and feeds. hay from Puget Sound eastern Washington timothy and alfalfa. eggs butter poultry live stock and pelts with marked ranges for beef cattle cows steers sheep calves lambs and various hides and furs. wool and tallow figures included.
Washington grows with 226 saloons in operation. In Seattle Andrew Johnson found guilty of horse abduction. Seattle grain receipts for October total 1 400 carloads. The Oregon battleship is in drydock at Bremerton for extensive repairs. Walla Walla plans a 22000 club building by local businessmen. In Seattle the Index town site case favors plaintiffs for fraud by company officers. Glanders in Fall City horses nearly stamped out. A poultry and pet stock show set for January 21 to 25 at Walla Walla. Kent merchants push Interurban railway shops to Tacoma Seattle. Fairfield Loy Hardware store burglarized, about 125 dollars taken. Louis Sanderson and Ralph Matthews killed a golden eagle near Fourth of July Lake. Snohomish sheriff pursues new Sound pirates gang. Garfield ships apples and potatoes east. Seattle Chamber forwards petitions to Hill and Mellen on union depot settlement.
A New Orleans dispatch reports in Washington parish a race riot leaving fourteen dead: three white men and eleven black victims. The violence began at a Balltown ne gro camp meeting after a white constable challenged a negro refreshment vendor. Lott opened fire, killing two whites. whites fired back, killing Lott and a negro preacher. his daughter died as collateral harm, with E H Thompson wounded and several blacks killed as chaos spread.
The iron moulders' strike appears to end this week as workers may drop the nine hour demand and return to work. At a recent union meeting W. J. Keough urged members to resume, after reviewing the situation and deciding a tie-up should be lifted.
Seattle October 31 moulders returned to full staffing with nearly all large establishments reporting full crews at 7 o clock. Only one shop showed a shortage while others indicated ample man power and many workers planned to report for assignment the next morning.
Gen Chaffee has informed the War Department that thirty six field guns have been forwarded to Honolulu aboard the transport McClellan which departed Manila on the 18th inst. The artillery troops at Honolulu are without guns and have drilled as infantry and foregone artillery practice until delivery.
Butte suffered a severe blizzard last evening with a 25 degree temperature drop and hail like snow. A gale wind chilled residents and many endured cold while unprepared for winter on such an early date in the city.
Leon F. Czolgosz was electrocuted at Auburn Prison at 7 12 p m He died unrepentant and without priestly ministration His body will be buried by prison authorities likely inside the prison walls with relatives consent.
News accounts describe the final hours before execution of Leon Czolgosz at Auburn Prison. He showed little emotion, refused religious rites, and would be interred in secret after autopsy. Brother Waldeck relinquished claim to the body, with burial to follow immediately after autopsy.
Paris The Herald cites a Figaro dispatch through its London correspondent detailing a new treaty to replace the Clayton Bulwer pact. The United States would be the sole guarantor of neutralization for the canal and the right to fortify it is recognized. The treaty would cover the Nicaragua canal and other canals under U S control.
Spokane October 30 The dedication of a handsome new theater was led by Minnie Tittell Brune and company with Theodora. The nearly sold out house by subscription before the box office opened marked the opening as a brilliant social event in the city’s playhouse scene.
The New York sub-treasury asks the Washington secret service to trace those behind a wave of light-weight silver half dollar and dollar pieces found in the city. The scheme mirrors gold coin sweating, with silver coins being plated to reduce weight.
Chicago supreme court rules city relieved of damages claims from residents who say property values fell due to track elevations. Court holds improvements made for public safety negate liability for property loss.
The Montana Supreme Court upholds a state board decision to rescind a $40,000 furniture contract with Robert Mitchell Furniture Co for employing non union labor. It states lack of lawful bid advertisement was decisive, but non union status alone does not bar performance. Bids to be reissued with nondiscriminatory consideration for all firms.
A man fled two Nashville detectives using a taken two-horse wagon team a horse and buggy and a riding horse while two bloodhounds marked his trail He is suspected of ties to the Great Northern express robbery near Wagner Montana last June A wallet with 1040 in Montana bank bills was discarded and Chief Curran holds the money Annie Rodgers alias Maud Williams remains jailed in connection with Montana bills Ferguson denials noted The sheriff with a posse searches for the fugitive
Washington report shows Seattle at forty seventh among U S cities for post office receipts after a fiscal year total of 206 621 dollars. Expenditures were 37 percent of gross, with Portland and Tacoma also cited and statewide Washington totals reaching 608 672 dollars.
General Miles publishes his annual report praising the anti-canteen law overall and recommending a military school on the Pacific coast, preferably in Southern California. He also urges broad decentralization and restoration of lawful authority to subordinate commanders.
In Seattle a city council resolution calls for drafting an ordinance to construct a municipal lightning and power plant. The proposal would require public ratification or rejection.
London reports that about 250 Boers were captured in the Rustenburg district. The men were mostly unarmed and seemed to be farming fields to supply food for their belligerent forces.
American jockey Cash Sloan fell unconscious on the Warsaw race course and was revived before being taken to his home after the incident in St. Petersburg on October 28.
In Empire Review, David Mills of Canada argues the Monroe doctrine and canal treaties shape U S dominance in the Americas. He urges Britain to safeguard canal neutrality and warns Canada will not accept unequal rules, seeking Alaska concessions. He implies U S control over Dyea and Skagway and hints at leveraging frontier gains.
Washington reports Admiral Schley’s long cross examination ended as he left the witness stand. The session focused on coaling difficulties, retrograde movements, and the Brooklyn reconnaissance, with emphasis on the original report written in 1898 and now admitted to the records. Captain Borden and others from the Brooklyn were noted, and Schley is expected to testify again tomorrow.
The court hears Schley describe conversations with Evans after the battle and the handling of ships like the Helena and Brooklyn. He notes plans for action with the leading squadron, mentions misjudgments by the enemy, and references signals and writings not yet produced.
George E. Daniels once stole forty thousand dollars as cashier for Bartsch & Co. He arrived on the steamer Portland with alleged accomplice R. Noblett and was arrested in his Seattle stateroom. Daniels will be returned to Dawson while Noblett faces charges of concealing and bringing stolen goods into Washington.
Chief signal officer Gen Greely calls for a larger signal corps to meet demand as Alaska telegraph lines rise to 336 miles and Canada routes are arranged for Alaska. Philippine operations show 4586 miles of telegraph, up 2054 in the year, underscoring the value of U S cable facilities for distant stations and commercial safety.
Washington reports Secretary announces that experts from the agriculture department will assess growing fine filler tobacco in all our new island possessions. Land will be selected to determine how and under what conditions the filler product can be built up here.
The Northern Pacific Railway set its annual purchases for new rolling stock for the coming year. Contracts are placed with manufacturers, and rapid development work in Washington and Montana provides a sizable portion of the required facilities.
London dispatch reports the U S legation in Constantinople opened negotiations with Miss Stone captors. A Sofia telegram says Bulgaria allowed the monastery near Samakov to be searched and two monks arrested.
An Ottawa dispatch reports a marine and fisheries agent indicating the Dominion steamer Quadra will proceed to King Combern to overawe tribesmen, following a request to the provincial government. Captain Gau is noted in the dispatch.
Telegraphic advices from Van Buren Arkansas report Miss Helen Gould accepting the appointment as lady manager of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. National World's Fair Commissioner P D Scott received the telegraph confirming her acceptance and role.
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