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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1897
Page
3
England observes its diamond jubilee with loyal Britons marking the 60th anniversary of the monarch’s reign amid parades cheers and pageantry across cities and towns as crowds celebrate a historic milestone.
A chaotic weekly digest reports a Louisville and Nashville express robbed of about $4,000, murders near DuBuque and Seattle, a racing of officials in Port Blakely and Ellensburg, and a Colorado strike on fortifications plans. A London Jubilee marks a multi-continental procession with royal escorts and crowds enduring long waits.
In Washington on June 24 the wool schedule was taken up as the senate debated class rates. Allison proposed 10 cents on first-class and 11 cents on second-class wool, passing after a brief exchange amid a Republican clash. Third-class wool delayed. amendments focused on classification.
Washington reports the senate made giant strides on the tariff bill with 56 pages of work and completed the free list in three hours after advancing schedules on paper and manufactured sugars. Debate focused on matches and fuses with narrow votes on a Pettigrew amendment. Bacon and McKain filed notices impacting cotton ties and raw cotton on the free list.
In a June report Robert P. Wilber an American Presbyterian missionary in India says famine is at its height though plague abates. He cites deaths in Bombay and Beona with plowing oxen dead and grain hidden by merchants. The piece also notes House actions on drydock repairs and labor import limits for the 1898 Omaha exposition.
A Madrid dispatch reports the liberal party has completed its Cuban policy, promising sincere autonomous rule under a humane civilian governor. The press evaluates a speech attributed to General Woodford supporting Cuban rebels and notes a claim about Hawaii falling under Spanish fleet influence if an international rupture occurs.
Milk from a cow in Oakland infected with tuberculosis caused the death of Manuel Alverez's infant son. Six children in the family drank the milk and five fell ill near the time of the infant’s death as Health Officer Rowell noted the cow’s liver and glands were heavily infected with tuberculosis. A French statistician notes the eye travels about 2,000 yards while reading an average novel and a person reads around 2,500 miles of text in a lifetime.
San Francisco dated June 28 report says Convict William Prekie, serving at Folsom, is strapped twice daily and on bread and water to force disclosure of firearms hidden by sympathizers for a planned escape. Involved are Robert Kelly, John Wilson known as Shy Red, and James Morton, all tied to the scheme. The warden uncovered the plan and stopped the breakout attempt.
June 23 Oaxaca dispatch reports a severe earthquake and heavy rains disrupting telegraph service to the isthmus. An official Diaz commission found Tehauntepec's 15,000 residents living in tents as the town lies largely destroyed with ongoing tremors and fear, while indications of a nearby volcano fade.
Professor Frederick Starr's pupils at the University of Chicago form a secret pact to donate their brains after death for scientific study. Accompanying tissue will be a mental history detailing personal virtues and vices. Researchers hope to map character by brain regions through tissue and a written key.
Washington reports McKinley aims to revive a general arbitration treaty with Great Britain. A new draft has been prepared to form the basis of negotiations. The treaty will likely be submitted to the Senate for debate before action and may precede a broader canvas of Senate attitudes. Sir Julian Pauncefote departs for London next week. a draft treaty is expected to reach the foreign office for consideration in due course.
From Washington a World dispatch reports Senator Perkins of California leans against annexing Hawaii. He warns of American registry for Clyde-built vessels, threats to coastwise trade, and the sugar industry. He favors buying British Columbia over Hawaii for strategic gain and questions the coaling station argument.
Harrisburg on June 22 Deputy Attorney General Elkins released a statement detailing the states finances showing a deficit of 3.5 million dollars in the state treasury. He said the legislature for several years appropriated more money than net revenues, creating the large deficiency.
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