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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
HEAVY REPAIR BILLS.
Admitted That The Transport Business Was
Badly Managed.

Washington, April 9.-Secretary Root
has sent an answer to the house resolu-
ton of March II calling upon him for
all facts that have come to his knowledge
as to the conduct of the transport service
between San Francisco and the Philip.
pine Islands. The answer includes re.
ports of Inspector General Cham berlain.
The reports of the various officers cover
several hundred pages.
Major Generals $. M. B. Young, in sub
uniting the report of Lieut.. Col. Cham
berlain, submits an analysis of the report
showing no adequate supervision of any
feature of the fitting out of transports for
a long time after the service was inaugu-
rated and later the efforts to reform the
system. Gen. Young specifies the lack
OF securing competitive bids. He says
I'm the case of Hancock (before the
board was organized) involving an ex-
penditure approXimating if not amount
ing to half million dollars, the matter
of indicating needed repairs was put into
the hands of officials unknown to trans
port regulations under verbal order and
plenary powers given by the honorable
secretary of war to insure more sanitary
arrangements on that transport.
Gen. Young also::specitied the case OF
can inexperienced man, who knew
nothing about paints being employed to
supervise painting, where the painting
bill OF single firm in two years amount
ed to $343 ,074."
In other respects it is stated the report
shows that work was given out and sup
plies for general use (such as the fitting
up of cabins) were purchased without
due regard to the protection of the
governments interests. On that branch
of the investigation covering cost OF arti-
cles, eec., Gen. Young, summing up the
Chamberlain report, says that in one
case where the bill was $l05,3lS, the
work is pronounced generally unsatis
factory charges excessive and material
inferior"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL
Victory for the Project Secured in
the Senate Commerce
Committee.

Washington. April 11.-A double VIC
tory for the commercial interests of the
state of Washington has been won in the
senate commerce committee. By the
terms of the river and harbor bill as
amended and completed by that commit.
tee $6l4, $40 is to be ultimately used for
Improvement upon the uprer Columbia
and the benefit of the Inland Empire.
The obnoxious paragraph in the house
bill declaring that the appropriation for
Salmon bay shall not be construed as
committing the government to the con-
struction of the Lake Washington canal
is stricken out. In authorization Of the
survey for the proposed canal, the words
land adyisability' are also stricken out
thus removing the doubt or custom i'm
piled in the bill as to the wisdom of the
object. As the canal provision stands
at present. the government actually be-
comes committed to the policy of build
ing the Lake Washington canal. The
senate bill also adds the following to the
canal provision, referring to the authori-
cation of a new survey, land shall recon.
mend in its report that route which it
finds to be the most feasible. practicable.
economical and best, taking into consid.
Grafton the needs, requirements and
commercial growth of Seattle"
In the house bill authority was given
only for a survey of the canal route be-
tween The Dales and Cello. This is
stricken out in the senate bill aud the
following Is inserted: Improving the
Columbia river between the foot of The
Dalles rapids and the head of Cello falls,
Oregon and Washington. and the i'm.
provement of the channel of the river in
accordance with the project submitted
in house document 228, Fifty-sixth con-
gress, second session. The unexpended
balance heretofore appropriated for the
purpose of procuring q right-of-way and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14

or less anaemic, and disease of the kid
neys is common complaint. Very few
of the men live beyond 60.
In the manufacture of blea ching pow
der, chlorine gas is pumped into Stake
lime, and this gas Is so poisonous that
the men whose work it is to fill the
barrels with bleaching powder have to
wear goggles over their eyes and some
twenty thicknesses of flannel over the
nose and mouth. They even have to
cover all openings in their dress. so
that no particle Of dust could possibly
find its way to the skin.
Danger of quite different character
is encountered by the workpeople en-
gagged in bottling aerated waters. Here
the danger arises from the liability of
the bottles to burst. The pressure of
the condensed gas is very great, and
if the bottle contains the slightest flaw
or weak place it is pretty certain to 60
All the bottlers wear wire-gauze he'll
NETS, and their arms are protected
with full-length gauntlets.
The workers in explosive factories.
too, run great risks. They are scat
tered in sheds, only two or three men
working together. with the sheds
placed far apart. No iron is allowed
in these buildings. Visitors appearing
in ordinary boots dare not enter, be-
cause of the nails in their footwear.
All the workers wear wooden guern-
seys and specially constructed over
shoes and the gas jets are in lamps
hung outside the windows.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
TURNING SMOKE INTO GOLD,
Clever Way in Which Raleigh Defeated
Queen Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth.
Queen Elizabeth of England was not
a thorOughgOing spinster. for she had so
little prejudice against the practice of
smoking that she permitted Sir Walter
Raleigh his pipe in the royal presence.
She was sufficiently woman. however.
to twit him openly on his devotion to
the weed. and it was on one of these
occasions-or so the author Of 1.-The
Soverane Herbe' shrewdly surmses-
that the knight replied:
Il can assure your majesty that
have SO well experienced the nature of
it that l can tell even the weight of the
smoke in any quantity | consume"
Il doubt it much, Sir Walter" replied
Elizabeth, holding it was impossible to
weigh smoke, and mayhap scentng a
joke. land | will wager you twenty gold
angels that you do not solve my doubt"
Calamity accepting the wager, Raj
eigh filed his pipe with a weighed
quantity of tobacco. smoked 1t out, and
then, weighing the resultant ashes, an
nounced the weight he had smoked
away.
Your majesty cannot deny that the
difference has disappeared in smoke"
"Truly cannot" answered the queen.
Ordering the wager to be paid. she
turned to the cOurtiers around her and
said: MANY alchemists have heard of
who turned gold into smoke, but Raj
eigh is the first man who has turned
smoke into gold"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
PRISON is A PALACE.
Ohio Legislators Make an Inspection Of Re-.
fOrmatorv at Mansfield.

Columbus, o., April 9.-What the
finance committee of the Ohio senate
learned by a recent visit to the state re-
formatory at Mansfield was in the nature
of a revelation.
AS the result of an expenditure of ST.
30O, 900 of the money of the taxpayers
they found one of the most palatial build
ings in the state, 700 feet long, all occu-
pied by the administrative officers of the
institution as offices and living apart
ments. Behind this palace they found
one completed cell block and one shell
of a cell block, in which to place the cells,
which will cost nearly 100000. and one
little workshop occupied by brush fac
tory on contract.
Aside from this one workshop are half
dozen wooden shanties in which in
mates are employed on state work The
shanties are of the kind that are put up
by contractors to house tools during the
construction o. buildings.
The palace is there, but the prison
must yet be built by the state. Seven.
teen years have elapsed since the insti-
tuition was begun. Today it's capacity is
but 300 prisoners. The Ohio penitentiary
at Columbus, with three immense cell
blocks, sufficiently roomy administra-
ton department, rs immense factory
buildings and a capacity for about 1900
prisoners, cost the state, all told, $685.
558. The Mansfield reformatory, with
one-seventh the cell capacity and one
sixth the workshop capacity, has cost
the state more than double what the
pententiary cost.
The administration building would
make Biltmore, the country palace of
Vanderbilt look like three dimes. Its
walls are of cut granite and the caves, all
around, are bedecked with towers and
columns that in the aggregate must have
cost the state at least 100000.
In the interior the building rs
Waldorf Astoria. Its MOSAIC floors, inn
mepse rooms and grand furnishings are
in keeping with its dimensions. Much
of the furniture is mahogany. Most OF
the 25 or 30 bedrooms are furnished with
the most expensive brass bedsteads, and
nearly every room contains just about
the finest class of leather couch that is
to be found in the market, and enough
expensive rocking chairs IN each room
to supply regiment. There are marble
baths of great magnifcence.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14

Olympia, April 12.-Preparations for
memorial day observance in Olympia are
already under way, and an effort will be
made to enlist the aid OF the whole state
on the occasion. The monument erected
to the memory of the soldiers who fell
while fighting in the Philippines will be
formally dedicated on that day, George
II. Thomas Post, &. A. r., having this
part of the exercises in hand. Both Gov.
Mcbride and Adjt. Gen. Drain have sig
nitied sheir desire to cooperate with the
& A. r. post and citizens in the services
Judge White, OF the supreme bench, has
been invited to deliver the memorial add
dress. The following committee has been
appointed by the q. A. X. to take charge
of the arrangements: Commander Phil
Skillman, Senior Vice Commander Bu-
ker, Junior Vice Cruikshank, Adjutant
Hill, Quartermaster Giles and Comrade
Cole.
Olympia, April 81. II. Coffman, of
Puyallup, is to be commandant at the
soldiers home at Orting. j. n. Carson,
the present commandant, was appointed
to the position some seven months since
by the late Gov. Rogers. Mrs. Coffman
will be matron. The new commandment
is Grand Army man. The change will
take place May l..
Olympia, April 8 The biennial report
of State Superintendent of Instruction
Bryan, now in preparation, contains
some interesting figures, showing the
proportion of enrolment in the first four
grades of the state public schools as COM
pared with the grades above the fourth.
Comparison of the figures shows that of
the total enrolment in the public schools
OF ThurstOn county 60 per cent belongs
to the first, second, third and fourth
grades, the remaining 40 per cent being
divided among the higher grades. In
high school enrolment Pierce county
leads with King county fair second.
The total enrolment in the state pub
lie schools is l23,390 pupils, divided
among the thirty-six counties as follows ::
Adams, 500; Asotin, HOO; Cheha-
lis, 3,429; Chelan, l 062; Clallam, 1895 !;
Clarke, 3,7l4; Columbia, 2,l53; CowIitz,
2,239; Douglas. 1872; Ferry, 433 !;
Franklin, 1875; Garfield, 1,lSO; Island,
453; Jefferson. 1862; King, 29,225; Kit
sap, 1863; Kittitas, 2,70l; Klickitat,
1867; Lewis, 4,763 Lincoln, 3,9l5 !;
Mason, 700; Okanogan, 1856; Pacific,
l ,45S; Pierce, II 1880; San Juan, 79S !;
Skagit, 3.54l; Skamania, 3Sl Snoho-
mish, $3.50; Spokane, 12,Sl9; Stevens,
1886; Thurston, 2,742; Wahkiahum,
637; Walla Walla, 4,240; Whatcom,
1868; Whitman, 1876; Yakima, 1922.
Olympia, April 9-State Land Com
missioner Calvert has appointed Charles
Trumbull of Spokane assistant engineer
in his department. Mr.. Trumbull is an
old soldier and until recently has been
in the employ of the Great Northern
Railroad Company.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
WILL CUT RATES DEEP.
Independent Telephone Companies Organize to
Fight Bell Monopoly.

Chicago, April lO.-If the plans of rep
resentatives of independent telephone
companies who are meeting now in this
city are carried out the day of excessive
and exorbitant telephone rate is soon to
be a thing of the past. Almost every
independent organization in the United
States is represented.
The avowed purpose of the meeting is
for the general organization under one
head for the purpose of combating the
Bell-Sunset monopoly. Not only will
they fight the Bell company in local fields
but in long distance work as well.
1t is expected that long distance rates
over the country will be cut almost in
two after the Independent lines have be-
come established. 1t was pointed out that
the cost of operation and maintenance
is such that the Bell monopoly has been
enabled in some instances to pay for the
construction of a line in the first SIX
months of its establishment.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14

their living, would tell you that they
never had chance that they were
kept back: that circumstances were
against them: that they had no OppOr-
tunities. such as other boys around
them had. or that they did not have the
proper schooling. or else plead some
similar excuse.
The probabilities are that opportunity
did visit every one of these men more
than once in their youth or early man.
hood. but that they did not see that all
good chances consisted in doing every
thing they undertook cheerfully,
promptly, and just as we'll as it could
be done.
AS boys they did not look upon every
errand as Il chance to be polite, prompt.
energetic; on every lesson in school as
foundation stone in their success.
structure. They did not think that the
demoralzing hours of Incidence and
shiftlessness which they were weaving
into the web of their lives would mar
the fabric forever, and reproach them
through all time. They did not realize
liidl tue lluI,uueIlt IcIly W lHeii Chi'
plOyer. the carelessness and indiffer
ence which they slipped into their
tasks, would come out as ghosts, in the
future. to mar their happiness and sue
cess. They looked upon every duty
shrked, the minutes they could cut oil
from each end of day, as so much
gain. They did not realize that these
things. which seemed so innocent
would go grow into giant defects which
would mar their future success.
They did not think that their slipshod
methods, their careless attire, and their
aggressive manners. would lie as great
bars across the path Of their future sue
cess. and keep them back from the goal
of their ambitions.
They did not think that all these
things We're the real causes Of their be.
ing fixtures at salaries of $40 or SIS a
week.
They did not think that these SEEM
ing trifles in youth would doom them
to be perpetual janitors clerks or farm
hands. and that it would be almost i'm
possible in maturity to outgrow the de
fects Of their youth.-Success.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14

and in gas works and factories where
fumes of ammonia, etc. are liable to
escape it is often necessary for a kind
of diving apparatus to be worn by the
men who have to enter such places.
Another kind of danger arises where
the grinding of metal or stone is car
ried on. The fine dust gets into the
lungs of the workpeople and is apt
to produce a species of pneumonia.
Many devices are used to prevent this.
Specially constructed fans are used to
carry off as much dust as possible, but
this is not sufficient IN the case of sand
blasting, which is process of engrav-
ing or polishing by means of a power
full blast of fine sand directed against
the object. The workers here have to
wear helmet and jacket. much like
fireman
1t would hardly appear on the sur
face that he handling of skins Is at
tended by any great danger. yet, as
matter of fact. persons engaged in the
tanning and Undressing trades are
frequently exposed to grave peril.
There is a peculiar kind of dust, min
gled with minute fragments of hair,
which gets into the lungs and sets up
a special form of irritation, which
sometimes results in serious illness. In
the fax spinning and other trades con-
nected with the making of textile ia
brics great danger. as we all know,
from irritant and poisoned dust, is Of
ten present. and has to be guarded
against by various precautions in the
way of ventilation and personal clean
illness.
One of the most perilous of all man.
ufactures IS seen in the alkali indus
try. which is carried on principally
around Widnes and st. Helena. The
testimony of medical men, says
HarmswOrth's Magazine, is unanimous
that men employed in the alkali works
rarely live to an old age. Their appe-
tites disappear, the foul gases destroy
the tone of the bronchial tubes and
bring on asthma; all the men are more
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
DARING DEATH TO LIVE.
Occupations Which Are Considered
Most Dangerous in the World.

Occupations Which Are Considered
Most Dangerous in the World.
1t is no eXaggeration to say that
many thousands of our fellow country
men work for their daily living on the
threshold of the unseen and unknown
world.
The builder ascends ladder, and one
moments giddiness. one slip OF his
foot. may bring him to death. Work
ers with machines, if they cease their
vigilance for one instant, are caught
and crushed to atoms in second
time. But even leaving out of count
such tremendously risky employment.
there are numerous trades where dan
gers to life and limb are ever pres
ent.
Take. for instance, the bother of
aerated waters. Did you know that
the women who work in this trade
have to have protectors? We all know,
of course, that the fireman and the
worker among poisonous gases have
to wear respiiutors and air pumps,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
PRESIDENT TALKS
ROOSEVELT DISCUSSES MANY
NATIONAL ISSUES
Speech at Charleston Wherein He Tackles
Problems Of Expansion as Well as Those
OF Labor-Presents the Much. Discussed
Sword to Micah Jenkins Exposition Sees
an Enormous Throns Of Cheering Visitors.

Charleston, S. c., April l0.-One hun
dred thousand citizens of the South
yesterday took part in the celebration of
Presidents day at the South Carolina
Interstate and West Indian exposition.
The enthusiasm Of the demonstration
was worthy of the great state of South
Carolina and the president OF the repub-
lie. President Roosevelt was profoundly
impressed with the magnitude of the
greeting and made no effort to conceal
his pleasure. Throughout the day the
president, his cabinet and the other dis
tinguished members of his party received
continual ovation.
Owing to the long program arranged
for the day the formal exercises were
brief. Addresses of welcome were deliv-
cred on behalf of the city of Charleston
by Mayor Smyth and for the exposition
company by President WAGNER.
Presidents Speech.
In his response the president began
by saying he claimed South Carolina as
his state by inheritance, because his
mothers people lived there in colonial
union of the states, and paid glowing
tribute to the loyalty of the South and
the worth of its fighting men, paying
particular attention to the Confederate
veterans and sons of veterans who fought
with distinction in the war with Spain.
The speaker pointed to the selection of
Luke Wright, an ex-Confederate general,
to the vice.governorship of the Philip
pines as an evidence of the great esteem
in which men of the South were held.
Coming down to national issues, the
president said: "The events of the last
four years have shown us that the West
Indies and lsthmus must in future oc-
cupy far larger place in our national
policy than in the past. This has been
proved by the negotiations for the pur-
chase of the Danish Islands and the &C.
QUESTION of Porto Rico, preparations for
building the Isthmian canal, and the
changed relations between the United
States and Cuba" The president then
urged that we deal with Cuba as we have
already dealt with her, in spirit of
generosity.
Regarding Corporations.
Mr.. Roosevelt, continuing, said "This
is an era of great combinations, both Of
labor of capital. In many ways these
combinations have worked for good, but
they must work under the law, and all
laws concerning them must be just and
wise, or they will inevitably do evil
This applies as much to the richest cor
poratjons as to the most powerful labor
union.
Following these formalities came the
presentation of handsome sword to
Maj. Micah Jenkins by the president,
on behalf of tine people OF South Carolina.
After these ceremonies the president
and his party were escorted to the
woman's building, where they were en-
tertained at luncheon by the woman's
department of the exposition, and the
presidential party then departed for
summerville, where they were enter
tanned at dinner at the Pine Forest inn
by Capt. Wagner.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
A. o. U. W. GRAND LODGE.
Tenth Annual Convention Of the Order in
Session at Everett.

Tenth Annual Convention Of the Order in
Session at Everett.
Everett, April '0.-The teuth annual
session of the grand lodge, Ancient Order
of United Workmen, convened OF 10
O'Clock a. m. The morning session was
taken up with preliminary routine work
and comforting the grand lodge degrees
on eighty of the delegates. In the after
noon the lodge, upon reconvening, elect
ed the following grand officers for the
ensuing year:
Grand master workman, II. r. Cox
of Tacoma grand foreman, J. M. Hit,
of Port Townsend grand overseer, G. +.
PARCEL, of Seattle; grand recorder, J. H.
Hemer, of Seattle; grand receiver, +. M
Mead, OF Puyallup; grand outside watch,
}. Nj. Harris, of Davenport supreme
representatives, f. M. Stain, of North
Yakima, w. a. 1nnman, of Colfax, and
q. W. Race, of Tacoma.
Everett, April l2-The tenth annual
sessions of both the A. O. U. w. and
Degree OF Honor grand lodges adjourned
late yesterday afternoon, after three
days meeting. At the session of the A
o. U. W. in the morning Olympia was
chosen as the place for holding the an
nual session of the grand lodge next
April. The resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution prOvid.
ing for biennial sessions of the grand
lodge, instead of annual sessions, was
indefinitely postponed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
TRACING PEACE RUMORS,
British War Office Knows Of No Definite Actio
to That End.

London, April 12.-Inquiries at the
war Office by the Associated Press elicit.
ed the statement that the office knew
nothing about the rumors of peace or the
alleged telegram from Lord ROBBERS to
Dover in which he is reported to have
said the war was over.
In the house of commons A. J. Balfour,
the government leader, replying to a
question asked I'd by ;h Sir Henry Campbell
that the government had no information
concerning peace rumors, and that there
was no foundation for them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
That Dread Uncertainty.

A local real estate firm had occasion
recently to send large number Of cir
culars throughout the country. They
had no mailing list Of their own, but
succeeded in getting one from another
firm that succeeding events showed
was sadly in need Of revision. Among
the many returned envelopes was one
that was addressed to Rev. J. b. Simp-
son, Kosciusko, Mo. On the face of it
was stamped the usual Returned to
writer" The name and address hat
been scratched off, and underneath was
the following:
Party dead for eight years. Present
address unknown" Sem
tinel.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-14
WRECK AT BELTON, MONT.
Engineer. Fireman AVID Express Messenger
We're Among Injured.

Kalispell. Mont, April 9.-No.4 east
bound passenger train, on the Great
Northern, was wrecked at point four
miles west of Bolton station, 80 miles
east of Kalispell. The engineer, Charles
Hart, and his tiremen, w. o. Cherrier,
were badly scalded. Express messenger,
EdMcConville, was hurt, together with
q number of passengers, the names of
whom cannot be ascertained.
The engine and first four cars are a
complete wreck. The cause of the acct
dent is unknown.