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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
TO PROBE SCANDALS.
British COlumbia Legislation to BE
Investigated.

Victoria, May 5.-The British Co.
lumbia legislature has adjourned for a
week in order that the charges of cor
ruption in connection with the propos-
ed grant of valuable lannds in South
east Kootenay to the Columbia 4 West
ern railway, the bill repudiating which
was today assented to by the leuten-
ant governor may be fully investigated.
The fact that the bill repudiating
the grant to the railway is now a law
will add complications to the deal, as
large army of locators have staked
the lands in question and claim rights
both under the land and mining acts.
The government is determined to bring
out all the facts in connection with the
deal and counsel will be engaged to aid
the work of the special committee ap-
pointed for that purpose.
In the legislature today in moving
for an adjournment for a week which
may be heightened the premier, Col.
Prior, said that the government was
most anxious to obtain all the evidence
in connection with the matter now be.
fore the snecial committee. He said it
was very serious matter and the
country as we'll as the house wanted
everything brought out that was con-
nected with the issuance or rather the
drawing up of the grants. Some state
ments had been made referring to MEM
bers of the house and where one was
specified the reflection was on all. Nc
Bride, leader of the opposition. who fol-
lowed, thoroughly Endorsed the motion.
The opposition, he said, wanted the
fullest examination into all the data re-
garding the matter before the commit
tee.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.
Spokane mill workers are on strike.

Spokane mill workers are on strike.
Vancouver mills are saving 800, 900
feet of lumber daily, about double the
usual output.
J. T. Russell. a large lumber dealer
of Kalamazoo, Mich, will locate mills
in Washington.
Thirteen prisoners from King county
were received at the Walla Walla peni-
Tertiary Friday.
Mack Wood, the Seattle bartender
who was found dead in bath tub. is
said to have been nephew of the Duke
of Ham .lton and heir to an estate of
$2,0O0,0 900.
The contractors are busily engaged in
clearing away the brush and logs from
about 100 acres of land on the govern
ment reserve at Vancouver. The land
will be improved and used as park
Extensive work is being done by a
large force OF laborers.
The Northwest Light and Power COM
pany, which is putting in an extensive
plant at Meyers Falls. is erecting poles
and stringing wires at Colville and it
is expected the city will be lighted by
electricity by the first OF July. The
plant is being equipped with view to
the distribution of both light and power
to all the towns of Stevens county. =
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
NEWS OF THE DAY
ITEMS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE WORLD
Outside the State of Washington.
Resume OF the Less Important,
but Not Less Interesting, HAP
penings of the Past Week in q
Condensed Form.

Homeseekers' rates will be- continued
until October.
Seven people were killed in election
riots in Madrid.
The Pacific cable to Manila will be
completed July 4.
Extensive forest fires are raging north
of Montreal. Villagers are fleeing for
their lives.
England has decided to leave Somal-
iland alone till the mullah gets over
his mad spell.
Portland lumber mills will shut down
for time because of lack of orders, due
to labor troubles.
Anaconda has two sets of municipal
officers and the courts will have to de-
eide which is legal.
O. G. Milne, postmaster at Taclobag,
Island of Leyte, who recently was con-
victed of misa ppropriating government
funds, has been sentenced to seven
years imprisonment.
The old Minneapolis exposition bnlid-
ing has finally been cold to M. W. Saw
age, who will convert it into big
stock food factory. 1t is possible that
the auditorium will be preserved.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles is to become a
resident of Long Island and ia eaid to
be contemplating the PURCHASE Of a
home on the island in which to reside
after his retirement. The general has
leased for the summer a cottage near
New Hampton. 2
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
ON THE COLUMBIA.
New Steamer Line to Tap Exceed
ingly Rich Country.

New Steamer LINE to Tap Exceed
ingiy Rich Country.
Davenport, Wash, Nav At is re.
ported here that steamer line has
been esta blishe0 on the Columbia river
between Wenatchee and Kettle Falls.
The line, consisting of two boats owned
by Captain Miller, is to be operated in
two divisions. The Chelan, of $50
tons capacity, is to ply between Wen
atchee and Peach, little village Just
below the junction of the Columbia and
Spokane rivers. The Jerome, boat
of 10 tons, is to run between Peach
and Kettle Falls, thus completing the
line. The jerome is now in the upper
waters of the Columbia and is prepa, ed
to carry traffic.
The significance of the starting Of this
new line is great. for if it should prove
to be success it will open up vast
territory rich in mineral, fruit and the
various agricultural products.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
FLOOD IN YUKON
WATERS SWEEPING DOWN 30.
MANIA CREEK.
Rush of Waters Destroying Dumps
and Machinery 90 Many Road.
by Fast Melting Snow and Ice
from EldOradO Gusher.

Seattle, May "A special to the
Post Intelligencer from Dawson says:
The most destructive food in the his
tory of the North is now sweeping down
Bonanza creek, flooding the cuts opened
for summer work, inunda,ing road
houses along the way, creeping into
piles OF pay dnt heaped up from the
winters work, and spreading devasta.
ton in its path for many miles.
Expensive machinery and equipment.
costing thousands OF dollars to get into
the north country, are in danger of be-
ing destroyed completely by the rush
of waters, and the injury to sluices and
the disarrangement OF dumps will run
into big money. So sudden has been
cause, that the miners and claim own
ers are partially stunned and are una
bic to calculate their losses.
The food ia caused by the fast melt
ing snow and ice from the Eldorado
gusher having filled the bed of the
creek to an unusual depth, and the wa
ter has started on wild rampage of
ACSiI
Water is running through the road
houses at Magnet city, at No. go be-
low, No. 56 and one or two other
places, and it is still rising.
The main street at Grand Forks is
under water, aud the food is creeping
into the stores and houses OF the town.
The floor of the fire station ia covered
to a depth of three inches, and the peo
pie are preparing to move back to high
er ground. Many dumps, containing
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
gold, are piled on the ice along the
creek. These are in danger of being
undermined by the water and washed
away entirely, setting at naught a
whole winters work, and making it
practically impossible to again recover
the gold.
The greatest danger lies between the
Forks and No. 20 below, where the rush
OF water is the greatest Coming 60
Suddenly, the people have had no
chance OF guarding against such flood,
and it is practically impossible to
build dykes to stop it.
, The dumps on both No. 10 and No.
20 are in great danger, and their total
destruction is looked for.
There seems to be no abatement in
the flow OF water and Their -is great ex-
element among the miners along the
creek.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT.

The following prices are being Of
fered to the producer by the local
dealers for delivery in round lots on
the dock or in the car at Seattle:
Grain-Oats, $21@22; barley, 1922;
wheat, chicken feed, $25; bran, SIT,
shorts. SIS per ton.
Hay-Puget Sound, $12 per ton;
Eastern Washington, SIT
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 17@1Sc.
Poultry-Live hens, lac per Id; old
ROSTERS. Sc; ducks. 13Q14c; geese,
9@1Oc.
Live stock-Choice beef cattle, cows,
4@4Ac; steers. 5@5Ac; sheep, Az @
5Mc; hogs, ~ @Sc; calves. 507c;
spring lambs, $3.50 per head.
Jobbing quotations are as follows:
Butter-Ranch, 15@20c; Washing
ington creamery, lib and 2-lb prints,
26c.
Cheese-Native Washington, 1904
C; Eastern. 14@15c; halk-skim, 500
c; California, 13c.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 18@19c;
Oregon. 1Sc; Eastern, 1Sc.
Honey-Caliiornia comb. 15c per ID;
strained, 6@Shc.
Poultry-Live hens. 14k@15c per
lb; ducks. 15@16c; turkeys, 22c;
geese, 11@12c.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
RUSH OF SETTLERS.
Northwest Canada Will Care for
100000 This Year.

100000 This Year.
Seattle, May Awhile the north
coast lines are figuring on putting lOO,-
600 homeseekers into North Dakota,
Montana, Washington and Idaho this
year the Canadian government has
made provisions to accommodate 2OO,-
900 on the lands of Northwest Canada,
in Alberta, Athabasca, Saskatchewan,
Assiniboia and Manitoba. These fig
ures are given by Thomas P. Hughes,
of the immigration department of the
Canadian government, with headquar-
ter. at Winnipeg, who is now in this
city. In an interview he said
"Ths will be- the greatest year in
the settlement Of Northwestern Canada
we have ever had. The government
has made provision to take care OF
200 900 homeseekers, great majority
of whom will be given farms in one or
the other of the Western provinces.
"These people are coming from every
part of the world. Probably one half
are Europeans who have been induced
to come to Canada and take farms.
There is large share OF them that
have not the means to leave the old
new one. To these the government
will give whatever assistance they may
need. Practically all that is required
OF them is to pay their passage to the
country. The assistance they will get
in the way of loan, which must be
paid back to the government within
five or ten years, at which time they
are to be given title to the land.
"During the last year we settled
$50 900 farmers in Northwestern Can
ada. and this year they will be raising
grain. Another year and the output
of grain of the Canadian Northwest
will he very large. Beside farming the
government has undertaken to establish
important towns. Stock raising will
also he encouraged. Meat packing
plants will be located, and the product
thus raised by the farmers will be
shipped to the markets of the world.
'ln the encouragement given settlers
in Canada we have the advantage over
the United States. and that Is the rea-
son we are getting so many more. All
the settlers who come to this country
are compelled to establish themselves,
and if they are not able to do this they
must etay at home.
"Within the next five years more
than 200, 600 farmers will be settled
in the Canadian Northwest, and when
that time comes there will be more
grain grown there than in any other
part of the world. The markets for this
product will be found both East and
West, and there is no fear but that
there will be demand for all the grain
and stock that can be raised"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
CUTS DOWN FORCE.
Sweeping Order Issued by South.
ern Pacific.

Sweeping Order Issued by South.
ern Pacific.
Grants Pass, Or, May 4.-The Sou
thern Pacific railroad management has
issued sweeping "cut down" order
and is reducing the number of work.
men, carpenters and mechanics en-
ploved along the line in Southern Ore
gon and Northern California. The
bridge crews. section crews and treste
crews have all been reduced one-half,
and it is understood that others are to
go, in spite of the fact that this is the
season when the work is heaviest on
the mountain divisions of the line. A
number OF idle railroad men are walk
ing the streets in this city and are Won
dering what to do and specuiating as to
the cause of the order, for men are let
off regardless of their efficiency or stand
ing.
There is considerable speculation as
to the cause of the railroad company
issuing the sweeping order, as their
business is better and traffic heavier
now than at any period before, and it
would seem there is now greater need
for large forces of men at work on the
road than ever before. The men dis
missed claim the cause of the trouble
is due to an impending schedule do
manding an increase in wages which is
about to be submitted to the general
management OF the company, and, get
ting wind of it, the management began
prompt and alarming dismissals in or
der to evade the issue entirely. This
can only be surmised, however. As a
mater of fact, if the labor organizations
knew the sweeping order was directed
as fight aginst them, general strike
would undoubtedly result. Such a
thing may result anyway.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
BIGSHIPSCOLLIDE
QUEEN CUTS THE ROBERT ADAM
SON NEARLY IN TWO.
Was Forced to Beach to
Avoid Sinking-.-Large Cargo of
Lumber Saved Her from Total
Destruction -. Queen Pacific
Coast Liner.

Seattle, May 4.-The steamer Queen.
of the Pacific Coast company's fleet and
the big English frelghter Robert Adam
son, cnllided in a dense fog yesterday
morning at 6 o'clock, off West Point
lighthouse. great gaping hole, twelve
feet long and from thirty to forty feet
long, was torn IN the port bow of the
Adamson, and it was only by prompt
work on the part of her crew that the
mammoth freighter was beached at a
point near the lighthouse. The Queens
bow was badly damaged, but not so Sc
riously as to prevent her docking
short time later at her regular BERTH
The damage to the Adamson is esti-
mated at 500, 900, and the Queen sew
eral thousand. No lives were lost.
The Queen was bound in from Ev
erettt, having completed what is known
as her Ground Sound trip" preparatc-
ry to sailing for San Francisco today.
She had 200 tons of freight aboard.
The Adamson was bound out from Port
Blakely for Buenos Ayres, with cargo
of 1000, 900 feet of lumber. A heavy
10y had settled on the water and both
masters Captain Cousins, of the Queen,
and Captain Saville, of the Adamson,
were carefully feeling their way. Both
vessels were steaming along at speed
of about seven knots an hour. Their
fog sirens were kept going at regular
intervals, and lookouts on the bow OF
each were Oh the alert. Suddenly out
of the gloom appeared the hulls of the
vessels, bearing down upon each other,
and before courses could be changed or
the back up signals answered. there
was crash, the bow of the Queen
striking the Adamson on the port bow
with sufficient force to almost keel her
over. Only the presence of an enor-
nous amount of lumber kept the Queen
from cutting the larger vessel in two.
She had narrow call as it was, for
in her run OF perhaps half a mile she
became almost unmanageable. Her Off
GERS think she could not have made an
other half mile before she would have
toppled over and sunk. Fortunately
no lives were lost, although had the
point of contact been three feet further
forward, four tiremen sleeping in the
forecastle of the Adamson would be
numbered among the dead. TO prevent
the vessel from sinking with her crew
of twenty seven, the officers of the Ad.
amson ran the disabled freighter on the
sandy beach back Of the lighthouse.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
MILLIONS IN FITS.
Annual Harvest and Cleanup Of
Oregon Placers.

Oregon Placers.
Grants Pass, Or, May 4.-The pla-
Ger mines of Southern Oregon are enter
ing upon the annual harvest and max
ing their cleanup for this season. From
this time on until late in July the va.
rious mines of the surrounding districts
will be busy cleaning the gold from
their sluices. More than 100 pounds
of nuggets and dust have been brought
in for exchange during the last few
days, and the harvest is yet but begun.
The season has been an excellnet one
for the surface miners. Tn rains have
been long and heavy and there has been
a good fall of snow in the mountains.
The output of gold from the hundred
or more hydraulic placer mines of the
Southern Oregon clay fields will amount
to 81 800, 900 for the past year. This
is 30 per cent greater than it has ever
been before. The Osgood hydraulic
mines, of the Waldo district, owned by
FIJI Osgnod, ri Seattle, are yet busy.
Their water euppIy is derived from the
main branch of the Illinois river, and
they will not have their final cleanup
till late in the summer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
Bishop Hurst Dead.

Washington, May 4-Bishop John
F. Hurst, OF the Methodist Episcopal
church, died here at ~ 40 a. M. Bish-
op Hurst has been in failing health for
nearly two yeras and for more than a
year it has been recognized that a fatal
termination of his malady was but a
question If months. He was stricken
with paralysis in London in Septem-
Der, year ago. when attending the
Ecumenical conference. The news of
President McKinley's assassination
Frustrated him and the shock brought
on rapidly the decline that fipallv
ended in his death.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
INFLUENCE OF THE VATICAN.
william Seeks Aid of Church In
Colonization Scheme

COIOnIZattOn Seneme
New York, May 5.-The visit of the
kaiser to Rome. while strengthening
afresh the bonds which unite the triple
alliance, making it compact of the
powers mastering Europe, is supposed
to have this time, according to the Tri.
bune's report from London, far-reach.
ing object, namely, that OF winning the
Vatican from the influence of France,
this being the best moment. when the
republic is SO severe with the Roman
church. 1t is believed that Emperor
William has great plan, namely, that
of using the power of Catholicism to
create a great colonial empire, and es-
pecially in South Africa, through the
work of missionaries. Thus the en-
peror took quite extraordinary mea-
sures to render his visit to the Vatican
pleasant and flattering to the amour
propre of the papacy, going so far as to
create even a little uneasiness in Ital.
ian Liberal circles.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
LACK OF HARVESTERS.
Situation in California Fields Said
TO BE Serious.

TO BE Serious.
St. Paul, May 5.-W. H. Murray,
representing the California promotion
committee of the commercial organiza-
tions of San Francisco and the state,
has arrived here in search of laborers
to assist in harvesting the fruit crop
Mr.. Murray says the labor situation in
the fruit districts is very serious one
and that last year very high percent
age of the crop was wasted because of
the inability to secure pickers The
cause OF this phenomenal shortage,
Mr. Murray Gays. is the Chinese ex-
ciusiOn act. Chinese being excluded
from the United States California fruit
growers have had to seek elsewhere for
labor and are turning their attention to
the Eastern states. sending envovs to
the more puopulous cities Of the East
with view to inducing laborers to en-
igrate to their state.
Mr.. Murray goes from here to Duluth
and will then go as far east as the New
England on the same mission.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
BURNING SHIP BEACNED.
Large Vessel Burned Nine Miles
North of Seattle.

North of Seattle.
Seattle, May A large vessel, sup
posed to be a three-masted schooner.
was burned to the waters edge early
this morning near Meadow Point, about
nine miles north of Seattle. The news
was brought to this city by Captain
Myer OF the steamer La Conner, who
passed the burning wreck shortly after
o'clock this morning while en- route
to this city. According to the report
made by Captain Myer, the burning
vessel had been beached, and at the
time she was seen was still burning
fiercely though all her upper works
had been almost entirely consumed.
The La Conner passed the burning hulk
at distance of about three miles. 1t
could be seen that she had been
beached. Two small boats could also
he seen lowering about the wreck. AS
there did not seem to be cause to fear
that the crew of the burning vessel
were in any immediate need of assist.
ance, the La Conner was held on her
course and made all possible speed to
this city to report the occurrence.
Tugs were at once sent TO the scene
of the wreck.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
WANTS THAT TRADE.
Hartman Gets California Business
Men Together.

San Francisco May 5.-President
Hartman, of the Southern Pacific, con-
ferred with representatives of the local
commercial bodies during the afternoon.
The matter under discussion was the
attempt of President James J. Hill, of
the Great Northern railroad, to cause
the removal of the transport business
from San Francisco to Seattle. The OBJ
ject of the meeting was ior the COM
mercial men and the railroad people
to come to an md rstanding as to how
far each side might rely on the other
in case of emergency. Satisfactory as
surancAs were given by each party to
the discussion. 1t was resolved that
both mercantile and transportation in
terests should cooperate, as far as pos
sible in all matters where the welfare
of San Francisco might be involved
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
Tacoma Quotations.

Wheat-Bluestem, 7Sc; club, zoe.
Cattle-Steers, S4.75 per cwt; cows,
81.
Sheep-5c.
Hogs-$7.50.
Veals-$5@7.
Washington creamery, 32c;
ranch. 17@1Sc; California, 26@2Sc.
Honey-California comb, lac; Cali
fornia strained. Sc; home honey, lac.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 17@1Sc.
Oats-$24.500s25.50; rolled oats,
$3.50 @26.50
Feed-Barley, whole grain, $3.50;
rolled, $24.50; timothy, east Of the
mountains, $17.5O@1850 per ton; clo-
yer, $16.50@17.50; ALFALFA $14.50@
1850; wheat, $26.50@27; wheat hay,
$16@16.50; corn, $25.
Bran-S18: shorts, $19.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

Carnegie Speaks In Its Favor at
London.
New York, May 4.-Andrew Carne.
gle, shortly after his arrival in Eng
land, is quoted by the London cores
pondent OF the American:
"YOu can say tor nue. that l am
heartily in favor of kier Hardy's sue-
gestion that all railways should be ma
tionalized. 1t would be an excellent
thing for the people if this were done.
Look at the economy that would be
effected if all the railroads were un6er
state control. Fares would be lowered
and the comfort of the passengers would
be better looked after"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
BOERS GO TO MEXICO.
A Colony to BE Located in State OF
Chihuahua.


Chihuahua.
Chicago, May "A dispatch to the
Record Herald from the City of Mexico
says:
Arrangements for the settlement of a
Boer colony in Mexico have been COM
pleted. Eighty-three thousand acres of
land have been obtained on the Con-
chas river, near Santa ROsalia, IN the
state of chihuahua. General W. ID.
Snyman, the original promoter of the
scheme, has left for New York, where
he will join General Villjoen. He will
return to Mexico with fifty families
now in New York. He expects to settle
l, 200 families in Mexico.
Negotiations are still under way for
another tract of land in Chihuahua
and also ene in the State of Sonora,
near the mouth of the Yaqui river.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
Fears for Antarctic Expedition.

Stockholm, May Anxiety is felt
here that nothing has been heard from
the Nordensjoldk Antarctic expedition
for some months. Preparations are
being made to send relief expedition
in September if no news is received by
that time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
Santa Fee Files Answer.

Washington, May 4.-The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, in an an.
swer filed to an order of the interstate
commerce commission, says that any
advance in grain rates which it may
have made we're only in restoring such
rates to a normal basis.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
Turks Defeated in Battle.

London, May A dispatch to the
Morning Leader from Sofia describes
hard battle between Turks and insur.
gents at Logodoasch. The Turks were
defeated with loss of six officers and
200 men illedk.