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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1903
Page
2
Brief condensed list notes six Governor Perry L. Mitchell of Florida is dead and a London dispatch places John Morley for a baronetcy. Reports on boodling charges in Kansas City and other political shifts accompany clergy and war department updates.
In Olympia an armory find uncovers muster rolls from 1855 7 Indian outbreak settlements and correspondence between Governor Stevens and the War Department. An autograph letter from Jefferson Davis praises Stevens for exploring routes for a northern railway and helps recall the Marias and Mullan passes shaping rail expansion. The piece notes a proposed fiftieth anniversary celebration on November 24.
Dr J J Smith and Miss Selma Hansen of Enumclaw wed at the bride’s home. The couple planned a European tour and Egypt visit before returning to the United States in January. Mrs Hansen comes from a prominent lumber family and is a university graduate. Dr Smith, longtime physician and business leader, is president of the Washington state senate in his second term.
Seattle October 17 Alaska has chosen the first delegates to the national Republican convention of 1904 Judge C S Johnson and Col W T Perkins elected from the Nome division of the district A telegram confirms the selection received by the secretary of the Northwestern Commercial Company
The Globe reports President Mellen will depart October 24 for New York to wind up duties with the Northern Pacific and begin as president of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad on November 1.
Seattle post office gains ten extra mail carriers and beer in Republic drops to five cents a glass. Vancouver builds a new five stall round house for the Northern Pacific. Vancouver superior court set fourteen divorce cases, most granted. Puget Sound National Bank president Jacob A. Furth named nursing officer in Seattle federal building, $2800 fee. Clarke County prune crop ships to London and Montreal. total 100 carloads expected. Thurston County resident James Camby dies at 97. State bar exam sees 24 applicants. board of examiners increased to six. Seattle Iron and Steel plans a steel wire and nail plant near Seattle using Port Townsend smelter material.
Panama reports Nicaragua and Guatemala near declaring war on Salvador and Honduras. Zelaya and Cabrera mobilize forces with 10 000 Guatemalan troops marching to the Salvadoran frontier, while Salvadorean units form near Santa Ana under Gen. Regalado. Weapons move from Acajutla to La Union and Analapa as regional powers align.
Secretary Hay stated at the regular cabinet meeting that information indicates no hostilities between Japan and Russia. He suggested negotiations are progressing that seem likely to yield a peaceful outcome.
Seattle market report lists producer offers on grain oats barley wheat chicken feed and bran with per ton prices. It also shows hay prices for Eastern Washington and Puget Sound, eggs live poultry cattle hogs hides and wool values, and various weights and quality notes for hides and tallow.
Price quotes for wheat bluestem and other grains, hay, feed, poultry and dairy products. Live poultry and geese prices, dressed and live poultry, butter prices from Washington creamery and Eastern tub varieties. Multiple commodities listed with per unit and per pound figures.
James H. Tillman, charged with murdering N. G. Gonzales editor of The State in Columbia, was acquitted after a 20 hour jury deliberation. The verdict followed a lengthy 18 day trial with an initial 10 to 2 ballot for acquittal. Tillman left court with his attorneys and wife, heading home to Edgefield.
In Washington an equestrian statue of William Tecumseh Sherman was unveiled in an official ceremony led by the president with thousands of veterans in attendance. Col. T. W. Symons oversaw the event as flags were drawn aside and the Marine Band played. The president, Gen Young, and society representatives from the Army of the Tennessee, Cumberland, Ohio, and Potomac delivered eulogies.
San Francisco report says Christ Fields a long time boatswain on the Puget Sound packet City of Puebla was caught smuggling opium. Inspector Ross found twenty tins in his harness and twenty more in his room after the steamer docked. Fields claimed a Seattle Chinese contact paid ten dollars to land the drug.
A Havre dispatch reports Cutbank residents flee in fear of an Indian attack after a Browning tragedy left seven Blackfeet dead. The tribe allegedly seeks vengeance against locals linked to liquor sales blamed for the violence and threats extend to Major Monteath the Brown ing Indian agent.
Methow Trading Company president Guy Waring says Great Northern officials estimate a new Wenatchee to Columbia River line, with construction to start next spring. Chelan Railway and Navigation Co plans an electric Chelan to Chelan Walls line five miles to connect with the GN route.
A motion was filed in the Supreme Court to reset the hearing in the Czarni Kow MaDougall Co v. Collector Bidwell case to after November 1. The suit questions the 1900 act taxing duties on Porto Rican imports and seeks $15 500 in sugar duties. Solicitor General Hoyt opposes delay, offering to proceed on briefs, with a similar motion in Stranahan v United States. Both matters are under advisement.
The Kentucky New Orleans Oregon Wisconsin Cincinnati and Annapolis are in Japanese ports with Admiral Evans aboard the Kentucky. The New Orleans arrives at Yokohama for overhauling by a Japanese firm while repairs avoid docking. Admiral Evans and the fleet monitor Japan Russia tensions as British ships near celebration dates. The Cook expedition party returns to Seattle after a failed Mount McKinley summit attempt with plans to try again later from a new approach.
Beginning about November 1 a series of farmers institutes will be held under the Washington agricultural college. President Bryan will travel to arrange dates and sites in Wenatchee Waterville Brewster Lakeside Ephrata and Wilson Creek. Each two day session will cover diversified farming livestock and fruit growing.
The Leipsic court sentenced Herr Leuttich editor of the Liepsic Volks Zeitung to six months in prison. Herr Hellmann of the Altenburg Volks Zeitung got three months. Tr Schopplin, reichstag member and Leip sic Volks Zeitung editor, was sentenced to four months for publishing an article about an alleged half brother of the German emperor from a Vienna paper.
Nevada Mo Oct 14 Attorney General Crow files suit seeking judgment for 11500 against R B Speed ex coal oil inspector of St Louis alleging the amount was collected during Speed's term and withheld in violation of a 1590 legislative act.
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