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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1898
Page
2
A British court ruled a will valid despite allegations of undue influence by a hypnotist. Mrs. Howard, estate around £100000, left residuary to Dr Kingsbury who treated her decades, with trials showing hypnotism could not compel unwillful actions. The ruling hinges on medical testimony about hypnosis and criminal suggestion.
A leading issue notes that the war will settle many important problems including questions about American summer girls and the role of American men, reflecting a wartime social debate from the Philadelphia North American.
Summary of global and domestic items including forest fires destroying timber, deaths at sea and in accidents, diplomatic talks on Crete and Egypt, plots against the czar, fires in Italy, war casualty tallies, political reorganizations in Cincinnati and Denver, railroad rate resets, and military dispatches from Manila and Oregon.
A fierce blaze in New Westminster British Columbia destroys the business core with an estimated loss of two and a half million dollars. Ten blocks burn as crews rush aid from Vancouver while casualties include a fireman dead and several people perished. In Prescott Arizona Jerome near by suffered a separate fire destroying the mining camp with over a million dollars in damage and eleven bodies recovered.
Fire at Ned Bluff Red Bluff California on Sept 18 destroyed an entire block. Property loss exceeds $100000 with insurers likely paying about half. Cause unknown. Sufferers include Darrough Fickert Bank of T A L Hoffman P R Kestner and B Prince from the conflagration.
A gasoline explosion at a Philadelphia grocery cellar on 144 Street destroys part of the building. Four bodies were recovered, including Samuel Schattenstein the storekeeper and a 10 month old named Max Goldberg. A girl about ten years old is also reported dead. The blast caused extensive damage to adjacent structures and continued into the evening.
A fire in Princeton Kentucky destroyed the Bank hotel on Main Street and the Newport Ocean House, two major properties. The Bank hotel suffered total loss with damages listed at about 600 dollars and the Ocean House valued at around 100000 dollars. Both buildings were reported heavily damaged by noon.
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