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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
WASHINGTON.

1t is said that Hoquiam will have a
basket factory.
The Aberdeen Order of Eagles will
eject a $3, 900 building.
Spokane has accepted plans for a
crematory which will cost 81, 500.
The old Hartford hotel has been torn
down and loaded on cars, billed for
Jackman, Skagit county.
New WhatcOm is endeavoring to
have the appropriation for the water.
way project raised from $4,000 to
$50, 900.
Whitman county boasts of the
youngest court bailiff in the United
States in the person Of Willie, the II.
year.old son OF Judge Mcdonald, of the
superior court.
DR.. L. r. Markley has been ap.
pointed quarantine officer for Belling.
ham Bay. Heretofore vessels have had
to wire to Port Townsend for instruc.
tions.
Measures are being taken TO intro.
duce a bill in the legislature to sub.
NIT to a vote OF the people an amend.
ment to the constitution designating
Tacoma as the state capital instead Of
Olympia.
The miners working on the Admiral
Dewey claim, near Republic. have
killed tour cougars recently. The
largest measured 8 feet 4 inches from
tip to tip and the smallest z feet 10
inches.
The board OF county commi ssioners
for Lewis county has let q contract to
the Northwest Bridge Company for the
construction Of a l4O.foot span bridge
across the Chehalis river at Blacks
Station. The contract price is 81, AGA.
An important strike has been made
on the property of the Orc Grande
Gold Mining & Milling Company, a
few miles from Marcus. Previous as.
says gave from IS to $21.65 in gold,
silver and copper and the ore from the
new vein is expected to 60 much
higher.
The executive board of the Thurston
County Bicycle Path Association re.
ports 1901 received last year from
the sale of bicycle tags and sass from
other sources.
David Jathley, who has returned to
Everett from Dawson, brought home
the petrified jaw Of q prehistoric mas.
todon. From point to point the Jaw
measures 81 inches. and it still con.
tains two teeth nine inches long. 1t IL
thoroughly petriAed. weighing 90
pounds.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
Germany's Position Not Defined.

Berlin. Jan. ll.-Germany is not
yet willing to define her position with
reference to Secretary Hays proposal
to transfer the Pekin negotiations to
Washington, according to "a statement
made by high foreign Office official
to representative OF the press today.
because OF difference in views on the
subject. The German foreign Office
believes Mr.. Conger's view OF the at
titude of the empress dowager is col.
rect, and that the position OF the Chi.
nese court ut Sinan Flu is growing
more and more untenable, rendering
it probable that the powers will soon
succeed in persuading the imperial
personages to return to Pekin.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
iNFWS Of THIS AID Nf|6Hb0R|h6 STATS
Interesting Events and Gossip Of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington Oregon and Idaho.

A 5O-year franchise has been granted
for an electric railway between Seattle
aud Tacoma. The line is to be in
operation in Is months.
The machinery for the new mill at
Hartford is now on the ground. 1t
will cut IS, 900 feet OF lumber per day,
and the single mill in conjunction
will have capacity of 100000
shingles.
As the result of eating canned meats
and salads at a lodge entertainment ut
Ballard, F. S. StilIman, drug clerk
of that city, is lying in critical con-
lition at his home, suffering from pto-
maine poisoning.
Word has been received OF the death
OF Captain William Haines, a pioneer
mining man, at Northport. He was
native of North Carolina and had been
on the coast since the palmy days OF
Virginia City, Nevada.
The Northern Lumber Company's
sawmill at Everett. which was burned
few months ago. is to be rebuilt.
New machinery is on the way from
the East, and plans for the building
are ready for the contractors.
1t is announced that the logging
camps adjoining the Sedro. Wooley
townsite on the north, stai ted up again
by a new concern. These camps, two
in number, are among the largest in
the Northwest, each employing about
$50 men. The operations Of the new
firm are expected to be on scale even
more extensive than heretofore.
Judge Moore at Seattle has issued
peremptory writ OF mandate to the
King county board of commissioners
requiring them to call special cleo
ton within 40 days to permit the resi-
dents of that part of the reservation
lying within KING county to vote
whether they desire to have the reser-
walton annexed to Pierce county.
Natural oil indications have been
discovered near Spangle. The discov-
cry was made on the adjoining ranches
of A. D. McNlichael and j. b. Butler,
and lease has been secured on one Of
these by capitalists who will prospect
for oil and gas. F. K. Mccoy, a repre-
sentative OF an oil company in Cali.
fornia. has been examining all the
fields of the Palouse looking for oil
l.nds for his company, and he has SO.
cured q lease on Mr.. McMichael's
| farm.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
BLOCKED THE MAILS.
Indiana Farmer Removed Railroad Track
From His Property.

Craw louisville, Ind, Jan. l4.-The
rails of the Chicago g. Southeastern
Railway. which crossed the farm OF
Wesley Gianthanl, near this city, were
torn up and removed from the farm
last Wednesday night by Sheriff Ca
nine, acting on writ OF ejectment,
secured by Grantham. All train traf.
tic including the government mail
service was effectualIy blocked.
Injunction proceedings were lpmed'
iatey filed against Grantham, but to.
day in the circuit court Judge West
refused to grant temporary restrain.
ing order, declarig that Grantham had
already been kept out OF his property
seven years. and that the constitution
guaranteed him certain rights, with
which the court did not propose to In.
terfere. The roads attorney asked
that an order be made giving the road
possession until the land could be con-
demned, but the court refused to do
this, saying that the company had had
seven years to do this and had failed.
The court issued an orier, however.
forbidding any further destruction OF
the roads property.
Granthams land is guarded by
armed men. Last night two OF the
roads bridges were blown up. one OF
them 60 feet long and Is feet high.
Many loads of rails we're carted of to
a school house, three miles from the
right OF way. Two hackloads OF armed
men went down from Ladoga last
night to the Grantham farm. The
road will be blocked now for several
days at least, and Grantham 9 attorney
declares possession will not be relin'
quished until the road pays $4,000.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
Lawshe Goes to the Philippines.

Washington, Jan. l4.-Auditor Law.
she received the final instructions rom
the secretary OF war today, preparatory
to leaving Washington tonight for the
Philippines, where he will enter upon
his duties as auditor for the Philip.
pine archipelago. One OF his duties
will be to re.examine the accounts OF
officers OF the army who handle all the
government funds in the Philippine
ssohipelago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17

by the Navy department. The Morans'
bid of $3,s73. 900 must be scaled down
$4,000 to bring it within the limit
fixed by congress. The business mon
volunteered to furnish this amount if
the company would accept the contract
at the reduced figure The entire sum
was raised in week. being oversub.
scribed 3d., 1t is estimated that
the battleship contract means the ex.
penditure OF ~, 1905 in wages on
Puget Sound during the next three
years. Moran Bros will build at once
new machine shops and power house,
to cost $500, 900.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
WANTS ANNEXATION
Russia Demands an Indefinite
Lease on Lao Tung.
WITHDRAWN FROM TRIPLE ALLIANCE
Her Treaty With China will Also Give Her
Complete Possession Of the Man.
churian Railroad.

London, Jan. 14.-"Prince Uchtom.
sky's mission to Pekin," says the St..
Petersburg corr espondent of the Daily
Mail, twas to secure a convention,
understand, on the following basis: In
return for renouncing her claim for
war indemnity, Russia demands an in.
definite, instead OF 90. year lease Of
the Liza Ting peninsula, and of the
Port Arthur. In other words, she de.
mands annexation, as we'll as the com.
plete poss ession of the Manchurian rail.
way. which, under the existing agree.
ment. reverts to China after 80 years. :"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
FORESTRY OF OREGON.
Many Interesting Features Representing the
Natural Woods at the Pan.American.

Buffalo, Jan. IL "A. j. johnson,
forestry commissioner of the state Of
Oregon to the Pan.American, is work
ing hard to gather an exhibit that will
properly represent the state in this
important industry. One hundred and
forty varieties OF woods will be repre-.
sented, many OF which are very inter.
esting. Mr.. johnson mentions the
myrtle as one Of the most useful and
interesting woods in the world on &C.
count of its varied colors.
Oregon will have exhibits in the
agricultural. liberal arts, forestry and
fisheries buildings, as the commits
sioners in the different departments
are alive to the advantages to he de-
rived from thorough representation
and they wish the state to keep abreast
of the times.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
Danish West Indies to Be Ours.

Copenhagen. Jan. 1.-THE negotia.
tions for the sale of the Danish West
Indies to the United States are seem.
inlgy approaching settlement. The
matter has been placed in the hands OF
the finance committee OF the rigsdag,
with the view OF arranging the differ.
ence in the price asked and offered.
The king and ministry are in favor Of
the sale, but final action may be de.
layed by powerful opposition both In
the iblands and here.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
Two Chinese Burned to Death.

Boise, Jan. lin q fire at Nampa
this morning in wash house two Chi.
nese were burned to death. There
were seven Chinese in the place, and
the others were rescued with difficulty,
one being badly burned. Tho body Of
one Of the victims was recovered. but
the other was incinerated, nothing
being lett but bits OF bones. The Chi.
nese had considerable money In the
building. One fellow had IS, 1000 bur.
led, which he expects to recover.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17

Kansas City, Jan. 1l.-An apparent
attempt to counterfeit Burlington rail.
way tickets has been learned by the
local officers OF that road which has
received information that man re-
Gently tried to open negotiations with
St. Joseph printer to furnish an cleo.
trotype OF Burlington coupon ticket,
which he produced. The printing firm
refused to do the work and notified
the railway officials OF the request.
Burlington agents have been notified
to be OH the outlook for spurious trans.
pOrtatiOn.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
OREGON.

The organ factory at Dallas is en-.
larging its plant.
The Rybee bridge across Rogue river
is being repaired and is closed to
travel.
The free ferry at Liverpool. Benton
county. is not yet in operation, owing
to high water.
F. f. Dunn, of Eugene, sold 81
bales of 1899 hops to San Francisco
buyers for 8 cents per pound.
Fred Walters, OF the Farmers Gus.
tom mill. has purchased the Cheape
mill property at Pendleton for $4,000.
The telephone Office at Sumpter has
abolished its telegraph Office, and mes
sages are now transmitted by telephone
to Baker City.
A test pit, sunk Is feet OH the Ore
gon Boy, recent location in the Ala
mo district, is said to have disclosed a
ledge with $l2 values.
Oscar Dilley, of Oakville, is building
a dairy building which will be large
enough for 80 COWS and will have all
up.to.date Improvements.
]. A. Fitzgibbon has bought the
Cook and Miller ledge on Foot's creek,
Southern Oregon. This is ledge in
which two feet Of $50 rock has been
developed.
A young man, aged 1S years, the
adopted son Of Thomas Smith, was
thrown from load of railroad ties near
Elgin. and received injuries which re.
suited in his death.
The shaft on the Little Breaches
claim. in the Bald Mountain district,
is down 20 feet. and average assays of
$5.4O are reported. No cross cutting
will be done until the 1OO-foot level is
reached.
| Farmers living between Lebanon
and Sodaville will make an effort to
get free rural mail delivery. Tho
route will be about as follows: From
Lebanon to Sodaville. thence west
about six miles, thence north about
six miles. thence east to starting point.
George Newsome, farmer living
near Marquam, was held up and
robbed in his own doorway. Mr..
Newsome answered knock at the
front door and was surprised to fiud
revolver in his face on opening the
door. He gave up few dollars he
had in his pocket.
G. S. Warren. Jr.. has purchased
from George Day a one.sixth interest
in the Crown Point property for $500.
The property adjoins the Diadem In
the Greenhorn Mountain district, and
has been developed by 4O-foot shaft.
It is said that average assays from =
31a.foot ledge are $3.50. while scme
specimens assayed $lO4.
An important mining deal has just
been contaminated in Eastern Oregon.
whereby the Quebec and High Ore
claims changed hands. The considera'
ton is placed at about $4,000.
A mass meeting OF citizens OF Gil.
liam county was held, ut which 1t was
decided to organize company and
build q railroad from Condor to the
Columbia. This would greatly benefit
the wheat men Of that county, % Of
present ell wheat Is being hauled In
wagons 40 to go miles.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
A Milking Machine.

1t has been generally believed by
those engaged in dairying that cows
could not he MIXED by any mechanical
device. A Glasgow, Scotland, firm
claims to nave a machine that will do
the work and wants to exhibit it at
the Pan.American exposition at Buf.
falo next summer. The milking ma.
chine is said to be built on the pneu-
matic system. with valves, suction
rubbers etc.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17

Washington. Jan. 1.-the president
today commuted the sentence of Chas.
l.. McUin. who was to have been
hanged in this city tomorrow. to I'M.
prisonment for life. In December,
1899, McUin, who was motorman ON
one of the street railways, killed an.
other motorman. Jealousy was the
cause.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17

Five hundred motor carriages per
year il the average output of q Paris
firm for the past five years.
The Esikmos OF Alaska make water.
proof boots and shirts Of the skin OF
the salmon.
In the Boston high schools the girls
cutnumber the boys BY 1000 OF so, but
in the primary and grammar schools
the boys outnumber the girls by nearly
$500.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
American Engineer ReIs ,sed.

Washington, Jan. IL. - A dispatch
from Charles W. Kindick, consul OF
the United States at Juarez. Mexico.
reports the release of r. W. Lewis, an
American citizen, an engineer on the
Mexican Central railway, who was
arrested because his Grain ran over and
killed a Mexican named Jesus Calde.
ron. who had attempted to make .
coupling.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
RAISES THE BONUS.
Seattle in One Week Subscribes $l03, 900 for
the Battleship Contract.

Seattle, Jan. 1.-the people of Sc
attic have completed the raising of a
500, 900 bonus to be paid the Moran
Bros. Company. of this city upon the
launching OF the new sheathed battle.
ship, which they have been awarded
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
Sentenced to Death.

Princeton. Ind. Jan. 14.-J. d.
Keith was this afternoon convicted OF
numbering Nora Keller and sentenced
to death.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17

Washington, Jan. l4.-Commander
John w. Quackenbnsh. United States
navy, retired, died today at his home
in this city, aged 81 years.
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Dickey said that he could not en-
tirely agree with the statements made
by the Representative from the Fifth
District. He thought the senatorial
epistle was an insult to the good sense
of the House Then he proceeded to
lay down the law as he understood 1t.
The bill had not. as yet been finally
acted upon. According to Dickey, the
final passage of a bill means the final
action by which a law is passed ana
becomes ready for the signature OF the
Governor. AS long as there are
amendments under consideration, by
either house. the bill is not finally
passed, and any final action, either on
an amendment or on the body of the
bill. which results in the final passage
of the measure. By sections Y and 40
of the organic act it requires MAJOR
ty of the members OF the House 10
finally pass any bill.
Evidently the other members OF the
House were of the same opinion. foI
when a vote was demanded, on whetn-
er or not the bill should be considered
as having its final reading, 1t was de-
feated by vote of IA to 4
In the afternoon, the same matter
was discussed again. although notn-
ing was done, all that could De done
having been accomplished in the morn
ing. BeckIey talked right out in meet
ing. and made some strong accusations
against the Senate. The letter SEM
down in the morning by the upper
house was nothing more than game
of bluff. said he Continuing, he salc
that he objected to having things rall-
roaded through in this way. The
Senate was none too careful IN tne
manner in which it was spending the
public funds AS an example, TINS
methods employed in hiring and pay
| ing a translator were directly IN hni
with what he was saying. Last Satur-
davis luau was a good example O.
what he had in mind, and the otnel
members of the House knew what ht
meant. The Senate was deliberatlV'
body, elected at large, to prevent d
their conservativeness. the excuses OF
| the part of the lower house, which was
elected by districts. and which was II
direct touch with the people. The sen
ators should have asked for SlV'oV
more. in order to pay the expenses o
| the third house. Instead OF following
/ the path that was originally marke'
out for them, they had assumed TIT
province of a supreme court, IRON
| whose decision there was no appea'
| At a few minutes before O'CLOCK IN
House adjourned until this morning.
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son to congratulate herself not only in
getting out of 1t so well but in getting
out of it in a way which, by dint OF
management, can be turned into tri-
umph. Better immeasurably for China
to agree to the dictation of the allies
and give her obligation to pay the four
hundred and fifty millions. Had she
refused. her ACKNOWLEDGMENT would have
been certain and speedy. BY acquiesc-
ing she has taken away the excuse the
allies had for holding onto her terri
tory. Now they are bound in honor tG
get out, and that means largely the
continuing of autonomy; and if her au-
tonomy is continued to her, in the end
China will rise. That the empire is now
to be developed on new and progress
i've lines is generally conceded. Taught
by bitter experience her statesmen Will
now introduce modern improvements
and make herself powerful. Little by
little. in less than half century. per-
haps, the unwieldy, double jointed
giant now fioundering in the ditch will
be on her legs on solid ground, and then
the nations will hear from her. What
China has to apprehend just now is an
attempt to fetter and battle her in an
efficient military organization-such as
/ the destruction of her forts, the prohibf-
ton on military supplies and kindred
| features. The discussion of such facts,
with the various treaty establishments
anticipated, are now just ahead, and
will add to the embarrassments of her
statesmen. but with autonomy secured
/ she will come out right.
/ All this does not mean that Chinese
autonomy is a desire of all the nations
that are now dealing with her Neither
Russia nor France are satisfied to see
her exist in independence. And we are
not convinced that at heart the Kaiser
is much better. 1t is 1.-The best thing
to do" just now automatically TO ex-
press a desire for the integrity of Chi
ma. But for the United States, England
and Japan there would be no such talk
But for these three powers China would
have been on the chopping block before
this.
It remains for us now to watch the
moves on the interpational chessboard
Stirring times. are Ahead.
WILLIAM ASHMON.
No. 10 Bund, Yokohama, Japan, June
II, 1901
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CHINA, AWAKENING,
MAY BECOME A MENACE

Editor Advertiser: AT last we begin
to see the loving the land in China
matters. The indemnity is decided
upon. The mode of its collection will
involve some further discussion, but
that will not hinder the execution of
the agreement. The Emperor of China
has issued his edict which indicates a
finality; the foreign troops are to be
greatly reduced If not wholly with
drawn; the Court is getting ready to
come back; the Chinese military is or
ganizing to act as its own police, and
things are now expected to resume, lit
tie by little, their normal condition.
So far so good. But Chinese states
men are not done with their troubles.
One fear is that as some OF the foreign
troops are Withdrawn a period of an
archy will prevail in the provinces
which have been the seat of disturb
ance. They they have big task on
hand to regain this lost prestige in the
eyes of their own people. At present
the antagonism towards the foreigners
inclines them to sympathize with their
own rulers; the moment the foreigners
are gone the rulers must win their own
sympathy by successful and popular adj
ministration. People will become criti-
cal as never before, and the officials
must meet it. 1t may be safely said
that many millions of people who have
come SO rudely into collision with out
side nations and have had many new
thoughts and ideas sprung into their
minds viii never be just what they
were before. The beginnings of a new
departure are sown broadcast and it
will be hard to tell just what kind of
crop will be the result. And, again,
they are to have a new experience in
getting themselves adjusted to their
new foreign relations and foreign con-
ditions. certain it is that China is not
her own master. Her statesmen are
aware of that. And her common people
will find it out faster than they can
adapt themselves to it. The foreigner
has come into his politics, and hence
| forth viii always have to be taken into
account
| Though it is disastrous for China in
so many particulars, yet she has rea-
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NnLLs MAY COME.
win Not Arrive Until Late in the
Season.

A letter received from Florence Rob-
erts to a Honolulu friend states that
Julia Dean, well remembered here IA
connection with the Neill company par
ticularly for her work in THE Bache-
lor's Romance visited the popular Mt
tie star in her dressing-room and stated
that the Neills had made all arrange
ments to play here in November.
This is good news, as the town "Il - :
hungry for something in the dramas 1na,l.s
line by that time. and shows Nen ~, :
business acumen in waiting uneii IN
good folk of Honolulu have relu.lSe
from their midsummer wanderings.
NELL himself has sent no posltlss e. en-
nouncement of his coming beyond q .ow
clippings from time to time - s :"
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that he is continuing successful tour.
The company have many new plays in
their repertoire and are sure of a hearty
reception should they decide to make
the trip.