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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
3
Secretary Wilson’s annual third term report shows farm wealth at 6.415 billion dollars for 1905 with corn, hay, wheat and rice posting new value highs. Cattle and poultry rise, banking expands in rural areas, and exports total 12 billion since 1884, signaling farming as a major wealth engine.
Moscow November 27 Zemstvo congress narrowly backs the program of the executive committee pledging solidarity with the October manifesto and seeks a general direct secret ballot to empower a future constitution with the first Douma. The fight over universal suffrage is upheld by a two thirds majority despite opposition from Count Witte allies. Karaloff warns that a constituent assembly could spark anarchy and bloodshed while banished Venesisk Siberia representative pushes against universal suffrage.
British ambassador Sir Mortimer Durand called on Secretary Root to discuss Manila and Dagupan railroad demands. English capitalists claim wartime and postwar use of the line caused about 1.5 million dollars in damages to their interests.
G Stanley Hall of Clark University told Columbia audiences that the modern college professor is merging into the university and every student will soon have his own professor. He criticized hard entrance exams and favored open access, noting Stanford’s gates are open for all who profit. He warned astronomy is fading yet religion may revive as a central goal.
The Social Democrats leader told the Associated Press that if the premier accepts universal suffrage it would deal a hard blow to revolutionary organizations in St. Petersburg.
El Had Jie Abdallah Pasha, Abyssinia's commerce minister, paid a call on President Roosevelt with a personal letter from Emperor Menelik. He presented three elephant tusks and a Numidian lion skin. The president plans to place the tusks in the national museum and keep the lion skin in his private collection. The pasha promoted America as an ideal field for commerce and offered numerous concessions for Abyssinia's development to capable American hands.
Ottawa dispatch says a rich vein of gold one and a half miles long has been struck in the Montana vein, with about 12 million dollars worth of ore in sight. The report comes to the assistant commissioner of police at White Horse, Yukon.
Gov Mead appoints E M Adams of Blaine as deputy factory inspector in Olympia on November 27, expanding the factory inspection service of the department of labor.
The Marquis of Downshire agrees to sell his agricultural lands in County Down Ireland to the tenants. The estate is the largest in Ireland and valued at about 15 million dollars.
Report from St Petersburg says 500000 Manchurian and Siberian troops may revolt if discipline and food fail. Crews of Pan taleimon and Orchaskoff join mutiny at Sevastopol, with 4000 mutineers from 28th to 36th squadrons. Clocked amid Brest Bielostok regiments and artillery battalions as authorities vow harsh action to restore order.
Cincinnati November 27 The Interstate Commerce Commission win upheld in a U S district court ruling on a Proctor and Gamble suit against the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Pennsylvania Big Four and the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads The commission declared rate hikes on fractional carloads of soap improper and ordered the railroads to stop The railroads defied the order and the suit by District Attorney McPherson led to the commission being sustained and an injunction against the higher fractional lot rates
New York November 27 The City Club plans a dinner to unite reform leaders and energize the anti boss movement Guests will include Jerome the district attorney Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland Senator elect Colby of New Jersey and possibly Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia Invitations have been sent Burnett club chair says the aim is not celebration but learning from independent movements for future gains.
The Rock Island railroad will practically rebuild its entire system to secure minimum grades on every division. Chief engineer J B Berry will prepare a detailed report for President Winchell. Berry previously doubled train loads on the Union Pacific after reconstruction.
In Youth's Companion tale, Betty learns from her deaf grandfather to consider others before acting. A misstep at a picnic garden sparks a lasting change in her conduct as she imagines his admonition guiding daily choices.
The piece argues modern maidens grow taller and stronger due to increased sugar intake. It notes outdoor training isn’t to blame and contrasts today’s sweet consumption with mothers’ and grandmothers’ habits. A London World quote credits sugar as the secret of strength, amid love lore.
A terse journalist reply compares titles for writers with a hypothetical "Baron of Ideas." The piece notes a habit of delaying worries and suggests fearlessness, while describing a man in a sporty vest as part of the scene.
A survey of new books ranges from Ed ward Willard Watsons Old Lamps and New to A Soldier s Trial by General Charles King advocating canteen reform. Millicent I Manns Lady Dear shares Columbus era tales for children. Joel Benton s Persons and Places recalls Emerson and Arnold. The Reign of Gilt by David Graham Phillips criticizes wealth worship. Other works include The Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain and Cathedrals of England and Wales. The Boy Craftsman guides boys in making and earning, while The Unfolding of the Ages in the Revelation of John offers homiletical study. Harriet Pearl Skinners Boys Who Became Famous Men profiles Giotto Bach Byron Gainsborough Handel Coleridge and Chopin for eager youths.
An adopted Quapaw member struck rich zinc and lead ore near Baxter Springs Kansas, spurring a large concentrating plant producing 120000 pounds of zinc and 4000 pounds of lead weekly. Dozens of drill holes found more paying ore as surrounding lands lease to white interests. The field rivals the Joplin district in richness.
SMITS M D physician and surgeon with offices at Aberdeen General Hospital Crowther Wooding block corner of and Heron streets hours vary morning noon and evening with several telephone numbers. Hayes Hayes Building office over bank hours listed and phone provided. U G Kinnison appears as a listed name in the directory.
Directory style notice lists dentist at 315 Market Street with hours 9 am to 8 pm and phone 1543 plus residence 541. Attorneys include Fox at Zelaska Block RR4, Robert E. Taggart in Dabney Block room 14, Ben Sheers in Dabney Block room 7, and Olympia land office veteran Four years register. Additional builder service by Es timates and plans at 94 Heron Street with phone 626. Aberdeen firm Hayes & Hayes Bank Building room 3 noted for homestead defense and consultations.
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