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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
IN A RUSSIAN JAIL.
Prominent American Confined Arbitrarily n
Neva Fortress.

New York, June S.-The Prese
this morning publishes statement
that L. James Gordon, sales and con-
tracing agent in Russia of the Bald
win Locomotiv Works, disappear
ed in St. Petersburg last January,
and that his disappearance was caused
by his arrest by the Russian authori.
ties on charges unknown to the pub
lie. On the day succeeding the arrest
a St. Petersburg paper contained the
following notice: "Mr. L. j. Co.,
a prominent business man, was ar
rested yesterday" Those who know
Gordon knew that it referred to him,
but that ended the matter in St. Pie
ersburg. 1t is only within few
weeks that it has become known that
he is confined arbitrarily in the fort
ress of the Neva. The American
has been asked to inter-
est himself in the affair by a brother
and two sisters OF Gordon, who are in
this city at the present time, but
without result.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06

The follwing prices are hing offered
to the producer by Seattlelealers for
delivery in round lots the dock
and in the car at Seattle.
Hides, pelts and tally Heavy
sailed steers, over 60 b., no;
medium, per h., 7c.; ligh under 80
lbs, 7c.; cows, all wehts, 7c.
sailed kips, 61ac.; calf,sc. /; stays
and bulls, 41ac. green Hes lc. less
than salted; culls, 1c. Is; grubby
hides, 11ac. less; dry hhs, per TO-,
12c. dry culls, 1Oc. snmer deer
2O@25c. /; winter deer, d, 14@2Oc. !;
good butcher tallow, 3@3c.; grease,
11a@2c.
Northwestern Washiton, clean,
13c. dirty, 1l@12c. Easrn Wash
ington wool, Sol
Live stock - Choice eef cattle,
cows, SIC. steers, 4h@. choice
sheep, &C.; good hogs, Ii, 51a@6c.
hogs, dressed, 7lac.; yves, live,
large DC. small, 7c.
Live poultry - Ch,ens, 11@
121ac.; turkeys, l2@l2,.; ducks,
l3@ lac.
Butter and eggs-Creary butter,
23@24c. dairy, loo l6c. anch eggs,
Ice.
Grain-Oats, 1927. so bay, SIT. 500
Is; wheat, chicken feed, O.
Hay-Puget sound, s; Eastern
Washington timothy, $3.50 16. so;
alfalfa, $lO@ 1918.
Field seed-Field peaShite, $37
oats, $26; spring seed'heat, $50;
seed rye, SIS; seed barleSl8.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
Fire Ragged Ten Days.

Oaxaca, Mexico, June 4.-Details
Of the great fire which ragged on the
isthmus OF Tehauntepec for several
days have been received here. Over
70 people were unable to escape the
rapid progress of the flames and were
burned to death. The fire started
on coffee plantation, and owing tc
the dryness OF the VOCATION it was
soon beyond control and wrought
great destruction to growing crops.
Many thousands of acres of coffee
trees, bananas, orange trees and other
tropical products were destroyed.
The fire burned for 10 days and was
finally quenched by a heavy tropical
rain.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
SWEPT OVER A DAM.
Seven Persons Drowned in the Schuylkill
River.

Philadelphia, June ga rowboat
containing party of eight young
people was swept over the Flat Rock
dam, in the Schuylkill river, and
seven Of them, five girls and two
boys, were drowned. One young man
was saved.
The party, with n large number OF
Others, organized picnic. They en-
barked in gaily decorated wagons
early in the morning, and pitched
their camp at Rose Glen, along the
Schuylkill river, on the northern
outskirts of the city. The party split
up after dinner for row on the river.
Heavy rains during the past week
had made the muddy stream quite
high, and the current was much
swifter than usual. However, the
unfortunate party Immediately struck
out for midstream. All the girls
were huddled in the stern, one OF the
bows was rowing and the others were
sitting in the bow OF the boat After
getting in the middle of the river,
and finding the current too swift for
comfort, the boat was rowed in to-
ward the shore. During this time it
was being carried slowly down stream.
The boy doing the rowing decided
to 60 through the locks, and as he
approached the dam he was warned
by the lockkeeper not to approach
any closer. The warming was not
needed, and the young oarsman kept
on rowing until he found that the
lock was closed. He attempted to
turn the boat, which was then about
80 feet from the dam and % feet
from the shore, but he turned the
wrong way. A moment later and the
boat was in the swiftly moving cur
rent. Swiftly it was carried toward
the brink OF the falling waters, and
just as it reached the breast of the
dam, over which 30 inches of water
was pouring, the entire eight stood
up and the boat went over stern first.
The drop to the rocks below is APP
proximately IL feet. The boat
struck the water bottom up, and as
it disappeared the whole party was
under it. Nothing more was seen
by the few persons who saw the acct.
dent for almost minute, when the
boat reappeared with one boy cling
ing to its keel. Then another young
man was seen to come to the sur
face and make q frantic effort to
reach shore by swimming. The six
girls never rose to the surface.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
FOREIGN TROOPS CONC.
Withdrawal Of the Allied Forces From Chinese
Territory.

Tien Tsin, May 3l.-Two British
transports have arrived at Tong Ku
to take troops direct to India. An
other transport will arrive today to
take the Beluch regiment to Wei Hal
Wei.
General Voyron, the French COM
mander, expects, now that the evacu.
alton has been decided upon, that
France will countermand the order
holding her troops temporarily in
China. He anticipates the early ar
rival OF French transports.
General Lorne Campbell, the Brit
ish commander here, says the inter-
national situation at Tien Tsin is bet
ter than at any time since the arrival
of the troops.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06

Financial papers in Loon are pre-.
dieting that the United ties will be
the richest nation.
John d. Rockefeller 81 that dur
ing the past quarter Of century he
has paid out over $1,000, GOO in
wages.
According to the rets OF this
years census the total ,ulation of
England and Wales iB2, 525, 716.
This is an increase ovehe popula-
lion of 1891 OF 3. 523. 1911
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06

Kingston Jamaica, June At is
reported that the revolution in Santo
Domingo has been completely crushed
at its inception and number OF the
prominent rebels shot or imprisoned.
among the latter is son OF the late
president. There is little cargo
onering from Colombian ports in
consequence Of the heavy export
duties imposed by the Colombian
government to meet expenses Incl.
dent to the revolution.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
ex.ConSFsssman Price.

Washington, June 3. - Hiram
Price, whe served many years in con.
gress as Republican representative
from Iowa, and who was commission.
er OF Indian affairs from 1881 to the
beginning OF the first Cleveland ad.
ministration, died here of heart
trouble. Mr.. Price, who was 81
years OF age, was president of the
State Bank of Iowa for many years.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
Treasury Auditor RESIGNS.


Philadelphia, June ga cable
message received by William Cramr
4 Sons announced that the first pay
ment for the cruiser contracted for by
the government of Turkey has been
paid by the Imperial Ottoman Bank.
Until now there has been an element
of doubt as to whether the cruiser
would ever be built, but with the first
payment made, the work will be car
ried forward.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06

Seattle, June 3.-The Alaska steam
ship rate war is at an end, Temporal.
lily at least. An agreement was
entered into by managers of the re
Gently warning companies restoring
the former passenger rates of $25 first
class and SIG second class. The
agreement is to be in force for 60
days, and it is thought will then be
extended. The rate war was
forced by Canadian lines, which in.
sisted on American steamers keeping
away from Vancouver on north bound
trips.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
Discoveries OF Argentine Scientist.

New York June 3.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says
Senior Ricaldoni, an engineer, has Just
made experiments with an improved
system OF wireless telegraphy. The
results OF the experiment were very
satisfactory. He will soon try sub.
marine boat OF his own invention,
which he believes ia superior to any
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
Imports From philipplnes,

Washington, May 31.-A statement
prepared at the treasury department
shows that the receipts from customs
duties collected upon articles i'm
ported into the United States from
the Philippine islands from April |,
1888, to March 81. 1901, were 81, OO3,-
9l7. OF this amount 1896. 942 came
tor sugar, $l19,539 for cigars, and
the remainder for miscellaneous
articles.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06

Everett, WASH, May 3l.-An extra
south bound freight train was cut in
two today at the top OF two mile
grade at Edgecomb, intending to dou.
Bile back for the second section cut.
The half train left standing started
down the grade and dashed into an
other freight train at Edgecomb,
smashing two cabooses and three
freight cars into kindling wood. The
debris was burned. No one was hurt.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
HONOLULU's SENSATION.
Investigation Of Charges Of Bribery In tn,
lesislature.

Honolulu, May 26, via San Fran
cisco, June 3.-The special CRANE
jury called to Investigate the charges
of bribery in the legislature has raised
the biggest sensation Honolulu ha.
had since the days OF revolution anc
agitation for annexation. 1t has hat
as witnesses Gov. Dole. Attorney Gen.
eral Dole, Secretary of the Territory
Cooper and other high officials, and
on the refusal of some of them te
answer questions, the grand jury
has had them brought into court tc
show cause why they should not
testify.
In the absence OF s. B. Dole, who
is indisposed, Secretary Cooper is act.
ing governor. The jury began it's
investigation on a letter from the
governor to the legislature, refusing
to extend the session because he had
information that bribery was taking
place. Governor Dole appeared he.
fore the jury and it is said told all
that he knew. The other heads OF
departments were summoned to
testify, and all refused to tell what
they knew, on the ground that the
information they had received was
in the nature of privileged com.
munication," having been given to
them as government officials.
Acting Governor Cooper, Attorney
General Dole and L. A. Thurston,
president of the Gazette publishing
company, were sumomned to appear
before Judge Humphreys and show
cause why they should not tell the
grand jury what they had learned re-
garding bribery in the legislature.
Judge Humphreys sustained Dole as
it was shown that he had told the
grand jury the names of the men
from HON he had received evidence.
Thurston had told the jury that he
had heard that legislators had ap.
preached corporation with solicita-
tions OF brides, but he declines to
give the name of the corporation on
the ground that as attorney he had
q right to withhold it rs given in
by client to an attorney.
Helen Gould's Health Failing.
Miss Helen Gould of New York.
overcome by the strain OF her charta.
Ole work, has been ordered to take a
ong rest and is believed to he suffer
ng from nervous prostration.
Treasury Auditor Resigns.
Washington, June 3.-Colonel
foungblood, of Alabama, auditor of
he treasury department, has rendered
lis resignation, and it was accepted,
o take effect June IL. The president
oday appointed b. A. Pierson, assist.
mt auditor for the same department,
o succeed him. 4
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings Of i'm.
po'tsncs-A Brief Review u OF the
Growth and improvements Of the Manv
industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com.
msnwealth-latsst Market Report

Memorial Day exercises were held
throughout the state.
Fire in New Whatcom destroyed
SO, GOO worth OF property.
Lubricating oil has been struck in
a we'll bieng bored near Olympia.
Forty thousand pounds of wool was
sold at Dayton for ID cents per pound.
A little 3-year old girl was drowned
in Ashtanum Valley near North
Yakima.
A saloon keeper at Sultan has been
arrested, charged with selling liquor
to Indians.
Several mild cases OF smallpox have
developed at the Warm Springs
Indian agency.
Seattle is overlooking with people
waiting to get transportation to the
Alaskan gold fields.
The Menlo creamery is building
cellar in which to store its butter
while the price is SO low
The Lucky Dick mine, % miles
north of Wenatchee, has been pro-
ducing some very fine paying ore.
An experiment made in Oyster Bay
with japanese for oyster pickers, has
not proven a success, as the japanese
cannot stand the exposure and work.
The Simpson mill at Soth Bend has
shut down. When it starts up again
it will be practically a new and mod.
,ern mill with capacity OF lou, OOO
feet per day. 1t will take two OF
three months to install the new
machinery.
Mount Vernon is to have q brick
yard.
Fire at Aberdeen destroyed 5000
worth Of property.
A longshoremen' union has been
organized at Tacoma.
A class OF Is graduated from the
Olympia high school this year.
OF the 6 school districts in Thurs.
ton county, only six are in debt.
Special mail service from Dragon
Spur to Hockspur has been discon-
tinued.
An eight year old girl, while play.
ing at her home in Evei1S>, wee acct.
IDENTIFY killed.
The Northern Pacific will soon be-
gin extensive Improvements at the
South Tacoma car shops.
San Francisco capitalists ere inves-
tigating the conditions aronnd Van
couver, relative to establishing fruit
packing house.
William Miller, a pioneer of Orcas,
was accidently killed last week by the
turning over of sled which held a
barrel OF lime.
1t is hoped and expecte, by the
merchants of Davenport that the
Northern Pacific will exten' its road
further to the south into the rich
wheat country tributary to 'dwall and
Waukon.
The passing OF the law b the Brit
ieh Columbia parliament rohibiting
the expectation Of logs ct in that
province into the United States for
manufacture into lumber IRE, works
severe hardsh Ups on the NIL men Of
Northern Washington.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-06-06

It is understood in Rome that Pope
Leo XIII has made will naming his
successor.
Northwestern Iowa has begun ship
ping choice butter to Porto Rico.
The first consignment left Sioux
Falls few days ago.
The Austro Hungarian census just
completed shows the total population
to be 100000 an increase since
1890 OF 8 per cent. The population Of
Budapest has increased 45 per cent.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
Lord Bacon Was a Wonder.

Ignatius Donnclly left an earnest and
ingenious disciple of the "Baconian
theory in the person of Sir Edwin
Observation-Disclosures, an English mem
Der of parliament. Sir Edwin has
studied the theory p%ropounded by Don
nelly until he has become convinced
that Bacon wrote not only the plays OF
Shakespeare, but those of Kit NARROW.
Edmund Spenser and Montaigne, and
for full measure he throws in Burton's
ANATOMY of Melancholy"
In the house in Carlton House terrace
once occupied by Gladstone Sir Edwin
has $4,000 worth of original editions
of famous books published in the latter
part of the sixteenth century and the
first part of the seventeenth. He also
has a great collection of books and
manuscripts containing references to
the Baconian theory. Sir Edwin will
reel off numberless instances of COIN
cidences based upon the cipher cryptic.
gram and is given especially to seeing
hidden meanings in Shakespearean
names, as for instance, "Prospero,'
which he reads ''proshaks-pero."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
TRADING I'm WALL STREET.
Volume of Business in Stocks and se-
curitics Paralyzes Brok

Volume of Business in Stocks and See
curitics ParaIyzes Brokers.
The tremendous business which Wall
street brokers nave been called on to
transact during the present record break
ing days has more than taxed their
strength and resources, it has fairly par
alyzed them, says Il New York dispatch.
One development of this unparalleled ac-
tivity in the stock market is seen in the
strain put upon Wall street bookkeeping.
The question has been discussed in a
number of firms as to whether, if present
conditions continue, it will become neces-
sary shortly to have two forces of clerks,
a day force and a night force. The de-
mand for accountants just now far eN-
ceeds the supply, for, while bookkeepers
with experience in mercantile houses are
easily obtained, brokers say it is difficult
to find men who are competent to handle
the complicated accounting of a broker.
nge office. The tremendous advance in
values is almost without precedent, and
the dealings have never been witnessed
in u tremendously heavy volume.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
CALLAHAN SET FREE.
Jury that Acquits cuhahy Suspect u-
nounced by the Judre.

~ AA AS
To the surprise of the court, and evcr
the defendant, the Omaha jury declared
James Callahan guiltlcss of any com
plicity i'll the Kidnapping of Eddie Cud-
nhy, the millionaire packers son. Judge
Baker, who presided at the trial, followed
the announcement of the verdict with one
OF the most bitter arraignments ever
heard in the Omaha criminal court room.
ut is impossible for me to conceive" he
said, "how twelve men of ordinary intel.
lisence could have reached such a con.
clusion after hearing the absolutely con
vincing arguments in this case. III Cal
1ahan had selected his own representa-.
tives he could not have chosen more wise
~ in his own behalf. and if the State, on
the other hand, had chosen it could not
have pointed out twelve men who would
have been more blind to it's interests. l
do not know what motives actuated YOU
in this decision, but l hope none of you
will ever again appear in this jury box.
You are discharged without the compii-
ments of the court. The defendant is
likewise discharged-I presume, to con-
tinue in the criminal course in which YOU
ave failed to check him."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
Odds and Ends

Col. j. G. McCook, United States con-
sui for the Klondike, is reported to be
dead at Dawson City.
After being pardoned, Frank Coles, a
burglar in Jail at Richmond, Va, declar.
ed he would be a missionary.
Underground cells at Toronto's prison
are called the 'sblack hole horror. The
prison is reeking with vermin.
New steel and iron company, Youncs.
town, Ohio, has purchased land ON which
to build its plant. Capital 1000, 600.
In German hospital, New York, the
stomach of Jacob Wichman was removed
and IN operation performed for cancer.
At Grow Summit, w. Va. Everett
Wheaton, 20, was fatally shot by his
father, James Wheaton, in u family row.
The new Naval Academy at Annapolis
will be a fine structure. When complet.
ed the building will cost $4,000, 600, and
be finer than any government structure
outside of Washington. 1t will accom-
modate 500 cadets.
During the prevalence Of the intense.
cold in the Yukon region the first two
months Of this year (6S.5 below zero being
the lowest), there was a haze all e
the country, and an epidemic of rabies
seized upon the dogs Of Dawson.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
CENTER OF POPULATION.
Census Bureau Fixes Point Six Miles
East Of Columbus. nd.

East of Columbus, ind.
In a bulletin issued by TIE census bu-
reau the center of population of the Unit
ed States is reviewed at length. AS pre-
viously announced, the center on June l,
1900, was six miles southeast of Column
bus, Ind. In the past ten years it has
moved westward about fourteen miles
and since 1890, the first census, 3l9
miles. The center of population is deter.
mined as If the surface of the country.
with the population distributed upon it,
were a card, and is the point ut which
the card would balance. The 'median"
point is located at ~Spartansburg, Ind.
This is the point of intersection of the
line dividing the population equally north
and south with the line dividing it equal
ly east and west. Comparison of the
movements of the center of population
and the ''median' point shows that they
do not move in parallel lines, as from
1850 to 1880 the .'median" point moved
west 21-miles and north $40 miles. while
the center of population moved west 4S
miles md north 0 miles.
Since 1890 the center of population has
moved westward n little over fourteen
miles and southwark n little less than
~ IN III is tuc SlllilllCSl uIONC.
mcnt of the center of population ever
noticed since the beginning of the gov
crnment. 1t seems to Indicate quite
clearly that the day of abnormal in
creases i'll population throughout the
Western States has passed by.
The census figures show Il large in
crease in the population of the north At
lantic States and this has kept the cen
ter of population much farther east than
had been expected. In the decade ending
with 1880, there was a westward move
ment. of forty-eight miles. Thus it will
be seen that in the last ten years the star
of empire has taken it's way westward,
so far as population is concerned, only
one-third as rapidly. as formerly. The
slight southerly movement of the center
of population is due to the great move
ment of people into Indian Territory, Ok
lahoma and Texas.
1t is n topic worthy of consideration,
not only by statisticians, but by ethnolo-
gists as we'll, that the center of popula-
ton has chung in remarkable way to the
thirty-ninth parallel of. north latitude.
Assuming the westward movement to
have been uniformly along the parallel of
80 degrees of latitude, the westward
movement of the several decades has
been as follows: 179O-1SOO, forty-one
miles: 1S0O-1S10, thirty-six miles;
1S1O-1S2O, fifty miles; 1S2O-1S3O,
thirty-nine miles; 1S3O-1S4O, fifty-five
miles: 1~S4O-1S5O, fifty-ive miles; 1856
1860, eighty-one miles; 1SGO-1S7O, forty
two. miles; 1S7O-1SSO, tifty-cight miles;
1SSO-1S90, forty-eight miles; 1S90-190O,
fourteen miles. This is s. total westward
movement of 519 miles since 1870.
Excluding Alaska, Hawaii and other
recent accessions, the center of area of
the United States is found to be in north
ern Kansas, in approximate latitude 80
degrees % minutes, and longitude 9S de-
grees 80 minutes. The center of popu-
lation is therefore about three-fourths Of
a degree south and more than thirteen
degrees east of the center of area.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10

the main fine, where the battle ragged
more fiercely than ever. Maurice and
his men rejoined the line Of American
light horse.
BY this time it was dusk and the con-
fict ended, the wearied American troops
lying down on their arms and sleeping
the sleep of exhaustion. Here and there
over the plain the light of lantern and.
torch showed where the surgeon has es-
tablished his field hospital.
well make mince meat on 'em to-
morrow" declared Sam. I'VE are just
gittin' our fightin' harness on"
When morning dawned the Americans
sprang into line with deadly arms to
fight the battle DER again. 10! there was
no foe to face.
(To be continued.)