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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
RECORD OF CASUALTIES
Deaths and Injuries on Railroads in
Three Months.

Washington, Jan. 10.--A statement
prepared by the interstate commerce
commission shows that during the three
months ended September 80, 1902,
there we 263 persons killed and 2,6l3
injured in train accidents. Other kinds
of accidents, including those susta med
by employees while at work and by pas
sengers in getting on or off cars, etc :,
bring the total number of casualties up
to 12,OO7, the killed numbering S45
and the injured ,162.
During the three months covered by
the statement the traffic of large ma
jority of the railroads has been heavier
than ever before, necessitating the en-
ployment Of new men in train and yard
work. The total number of collisions
and derailments was 2,44S, of which
there were nearly an equal number.
The damage to cars, engines and road
ways by these accidents amounted to
$2,19S, 800.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
EXPLOSION IN 1URRET.
Five of the Crew Of the Massa.
chusetts Killed and 9th.
ers Injured.

San Juan. Porto Rica, Jan. 19.-Five
men were killed and four others were
wounded, two of them probably fatally,
by the explosion of a powder charge of
an eight.inch gun on board the United
States battleship Massachusetts, while
at target practice off Culebra Island.
Details OF the explosion were received
when the Massachusetts arrived here.
The explosion occurred in the star
board after eight-inch turret shortly
before noon Friday, and was due to the
accidental discharge of the percussion
primer while the breach of the gun was
open. The full charge exploded in the
turret and killed or injured all of the
crew of the gun, numbering nine men.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
Pacific Coast Pioneer Dead.

Seattle, Jan. 19.-Henry G. Thorn
ton, for more than thirty years resi-
dent OF Seattle, and chief of police just
after the big fire, died at his residence,
AIS Eighth Avenue, shortly after 6
O'Clock last night. He had been seri-
ously sick for tie last two weeks with
acute Bright's disease and the end had
been hourly expected for the past sew
eral days. Mr.. Thornton was among
the pioneers of the Pacific coast, COM
ing across the plains in 1853.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
NEWS OF THE DAY
ITEMS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE WORLD
outside the State Of Washington Resume .
the Less Important. Though Not less
Interesting. Happenings Of the Past Week
In Condensed. hut Comprehensive
Form

King Leopold of Belgium is said to
be looking for another wife.
The house has passed the bill for a
department of labor and commerce.
Abram S. Hewitt, fromer congress-
man and mayor of New York, is dead.
The funeral of the late Congressman
Tongue was held at Hillsboro, Or, Sun
day.
NJ. De Blowitz. the noted war cores
pondent, and 70" years the Paris repre-
sentative of the London Times, is dead.
The house has agreed to the senate
amendments to the Dick military bill,
which will become law as soon as the
president signs it.
During an early morning fire in a
fiat at Cleveland, o., two women were
burned to death and several others in
jured by jumping.
The Austrian government is hasten
ing the fitting up of fourteen warships.
The supposed object is the coercion of
Turkey into introducing reforms in
Macedonia.
Four steamers have sailed from
Blythe, England laden with coal for
America. Preparations have been made
to ship large quantities steadily, as
soon as colliers can be obtained for the
purpose.
The Edison OF Sweden, DR.. Laval,
whose cream separators have acquired
worldwide iame, has now finished his
many years experiments in devising a
process of extracting zinc from the ores
by electricity. Great things are pre-
dicted for the process.
Lieutenant Gibbs sends report from
Rampant to the effect that 800 miles of
government telegraph line had been
completed up the Tanana river. The
line will be completed to Valdes in the
spring, thus placing the entire Yukon
country in communication with the
world. 2
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
VALUE OF ALASKA TRADE
Great Territory is Winning De-
served Recognition.

served Recognition.
Washington, Jan. l9.-The facts are
multiplying in regard to the great value
of the Alaska trade. This great terri
tory, SO much neglected by the govern
ment and assumed by many i'll informed
public men to be unworthy OF serious
attention, sent 81 ,3O5,6l6 worth of
merchandise to the United States in
November last-and November is not
by any means the best month. The
territory received in the same month
1928, Is worth of goods from the Unit.
ed States.
The shipments from Alaska to the
United States in the last five months
have amounted to over $4,000. 900.
These figures do not include shipments
of precious metals, of which there were
81 ,05l ,O40 in November last and 3d.
612, 646 in the last five months.
The total commerce of this far Nor
thern territory in the five months was
$27, 76l ,295. These figures are given
by the treasury department.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
LAW HAS A GOOD EFFECT
Licensing Act C"ustng TOpers to
FOrswear Drink.

New York. Jan. 20.-Seldom has leg
islation met with more immediate sue
cess than the new licensing act says
the London correspondent of the Trib-
une. For once the law would seem to
have gotten even with the great army
of tOpers.
Touched in their tenderest spot, these
interesting individuals are forswearing
drink with an alacrity which seems to
show conclusively that there is, after
all, some virtue in what was once con-
temptuously called by great statesman
"grandmotherly legislation"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
Upholds Inheritance Tax.

Washington, Jan. 20.-The United
States supreme court today affirmed the
opinion of the Illinois state supreme
court in the case of G.. X. Billings and
others VS.. the people of the state of H.
linois. The case involves the constitu-
tionalty OF the Illinois state inheritance
tax law, which was upheld.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
Very Brief Liberty.

Walla Walla, Jan. 19.-Fiank Rich
ards was arrested as he was released
from the state penitentiary after serv-
ing year for grand larceny, and will
be taken to Seattle to stand trial for
robbery.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
GRAND JURY'S WORK.
Proprietor of RAINIER rand One of
Those Indicted.

Seattle, Jan. 19.-The first arrest
made in connection with the grand jury
investigation of municipal affairs in
this city was made at 10 O'Clock this
morning, when Deputy Sheriff Nolan
entered the Rainier-Grand hotel and
placed under arrest II. B. Dunbar. pro-
pritor of that well known hostelry. Mr..
Dunbar, it is understood, was arrested
on the charge of violating the gambling
laws of the state.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-22
New Industry for Everett.

Everett, Jan. 19-Tennant d Wright,
recently from Michigan, have secured
site on which to locate $4,000 fac
tory to turn ont all sorts of supplies
used in logging camps. The site is on
Paine street, near the Great Northern
station.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25

venting him from collecting the tax
from their employees. The contract
nrs base their suit on the fact that
practically all of the men employed
hy Them are non-residents of the
state and being such, they refuse to
dig up the two dollars. If the tax
Is collected the men claim they will
quit and as 200 of them have already
Quit their jobs On that account, and
othNrs threaten to follow suit, the
contractors ask that the district court
enjoin Supervisor Willis from at
tempting to enforce the collection.
In their complaint Grant Smith &c
co. allege that to complete their con-
tract with the railroad company in
the specified time 500 men are need
ed. and to get this number of men,
the great majority We're shipped in
from other states only a small per-
cent being residents of Montana.
A poor tax OF 81 was collected with
ont trouble. but now the men are ask
ed to pay a poll tax of the same
amount. or work it out ON the county
roads. This the men refuse to do.
claiming that as they do not reside
in Montana they should not be eX-
pected to pay a poll tax. and because
of the road supervisors insistence
that the tax be collected 200 have
quit work and majority of the bal
ance claim that they will do the
same. This wholesale departure of
the men leaves the contractors in q
bad hole and has damaged them. so
they claim, to the extent of $1,000.
Besides asking for a restraining or
der they ask for damages in that
amount. The case will come up be-
fore Judge Smith, September 80, at
o a. m for settlement
There has been trouble with the
men ever since the road was started
AMI somr of the contractors assured
the county commissioners that they
would see that the tax was paid if the
commissioners would make an APP
preparation to improve the county
roads in the vicinity of the cutoff in
order to Facilitate travel over them.
The commissioners agreed to this
and expended several thousand doll
ars in order to aid the contractors.
| Now that the latter rafuse to cnfirce
the collection of the poll tax the COM
missioners have instructed the road
supervisors to see that it is collected
and intend to fight any attempt to
Pyade it,
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
There's Many Slip rwixt the Cup and
the L.
g
SIR THOMAS NO D0Ub. THINKS sol
The Fifty Second Anniversary Of the Day Which the Old
Schooner America Captured the Trophy Which Carries
With it the Yachting Supremacy of the World.

line at the weather end. Some min
broke out baby jibtopsails. 1t looked
as if Reliance had purposely held
back from crossing the line in order
to cut down whatever time allowance
there might be in case she finished
first.
Ten minutes after the start the
yachts were still holding towards the
south on the starboard tack, and from
shore it looked as if Reliance was
gaining a tritle. The wind, which
early died away, seemed to be get
ting toward the southwark, and both
boats had every opportunity to show
what they could do in boat to wind
ward in comparatively smooth sea
Is knot breeze, and the contest
Immediately developed into a close
and exciting one, for while Reliance
seemed to pick up and bob to wind
ward of Shamrock, she was unable to
get by.
In the first so minutes of racing
the contest was so close as to create
the most intense excitement among
the thousands of spectators on boats
and shore.
AT 1885 the yachts were still hold
ing the port tack. standing toward
Seabright. but fully eight miles off
shore. The wind held strong, and
the yachts had all of it they wanted
for the sail they We're carrying.
There was no break in this long
tack until 12:40, when Reliance went
about. Shamrock, however, contin-
led four minutes longer. From shore
it looked as if Reliance forced Sham
rock about. 1t had looked as if the
challenger might squeeze by and get
the windward berth. Reliance, how
ever, had too much speed for Sham
rock. who was compelled to tack in
order not to be blanketed by her OPP
ponent. Reliance succeeded in hold
ing far enough to windward to draw
ND until she was just to the weather
of the challenger. and at 1852 1T
| looked as if the American defender
had succeeded in getting the upper
hand of the challenger. She was on
! the starboard tack some distance tC
the weather of the Shamrock, and
slowly but surely was outfooting the
latter.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
MINERS MEET AND FIGHT
elimination Of a Quarrel Which Oc-
Cured in the Spring.

Boulder. Mont. Aug. pa report
reached here today of shooting af-
fray between two miners that occur
red at Elkhorn, and that may resu-u
fatally. A young man came down
from the mountains to secure medi-
cal aid for Felix Ballard who was Sc
riously wounded, and also informa-
tion was given that the shooting was
done by Frank Williams who took
to the mountains after the affray.
Sheriff Gibson Immediately left Boul-
der for the scene of the trouble. and
will make an attempt to arrest the
accused miner.
The parties to the shooting were
for some time partners in a quartz
claim located in the mountains about
two miles from Elkhorn. Several
months ago. it is claimed, Williams
ran away with Ballard's wife, taking
her to Jardine. He had not been
heard of in these parts since, till the
report of the shooting came to Boul-
der yesterday. 1t seems that On Sat
urday last Ballard went to the mine
to do some of the annual representa-
tion work required.
When Ballard threw open the door
Of the cabin that. is located on the
claim. he was surprised and startled
on beholding his former partner in.
side. It is claimed that Williams
opened fire on his partner with a
large revolver Immediately. The
shot was responded to by Ballard
who was carrying shotgun. Bal
lard sustained a bullet wound in the
right lung. The missile was from q
A caliber revolver. and it is be
lieved that the terrible wound will al
most certainly prove fatal
Williams was peppered with birt
shot. 1t is thought that he was no
seriously injured, and he easily made
good his escape into the mountains
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
Stumps Come Up and Stakes Go Down
On Whitefsh Townsite
HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Of Becoming a Place of Importance
as the Great Northern Will Surely
Make 1t Division Point-Hurrah
for the Town of Shacks and
Tents.

At the present time Whitefish is a
the sound of the saw and hammer
arising above the whistle Of the
steam shovel on the grade nearby.
New buildings are going up in all di-
reetiOns and the wilderness is Civ
ing way to civilization at rapid
rat. The business portion of White
fish is located about q mile east of
Whitefish lake, with the residence
section bordering on the lake shore.
The distance between the Two sec
psnse of burning stumps and brush
piles, but the promoters of the town
hope in time to nave good substan-
tia buildings take the place of the
stumps, and from the way the lots
are being sold they have good
grounds for their expectation. 1t is
a town of promise and is lrawing
all classes of people from outside
points who are locating and entering
into business with the hope OF benc-
ill IntII COIltUIIOll .ltll vi LIN t'h'
rro all over the country are pui-
ch ing lots and either erecting busi-
ness places or are planning for the
same and inside of two months the
land now occupied by the virgin for
est will give way to a town built up
OF solid substantial buildings.
At Whitefish the new railroad runs
almost east and west, and the Great
Northern railroad company have
CLEARED off right of way 1000 feet
wide by almost three-quarters OF a
mile long for their use. This will
give them track area in excess of
any other town between st. Paul and
Spokane.
The town is nicely laid OF, the ave-
nues running north and south and
the streets east and west. Central
avenue and Second street are looked
upon as the principal business thor
oughfares of the new town.
All the corner lots are occupied
but as yet the only building going ur
is a two-story bank and townsite OF
/ flee on the company's lots.
AS is customary in new town es
pecially railroad town, the business
portion is chiefly made up of saloons
carrying with them the usual ad
| iuncts, women and gamblers. 1t i
a lively burg, everything being al
open in the daytime as at night.
Saturday morning and UP until lat
Saturday afternoon the residents o
the business portion were kept in
state of alarm by fear of fire. Tn
wind was blowing heavily across tn
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
Large Number of Excursionists n
ujred and Several Killed
Accident Occurred on the Northern
Pacific Near ChehaIis, Washington.
Passengers Were From Portland
to Attend a Clam Bake Given BY
the EIks.

Olympia, Wash. Aug. pa spe-
cial train on the Northern Pacific,
carrying an excursion from Portland
to the Elks' clam bake, was wrecked
between Centralia and Chehalis,
Wash, about II o'clock today. The
engine and five of the seven passen-
ger coaches went into the ditch. The
two other coaches left the rails but
did not turn over. Many people are
reported injured and several killed.
Special train was started from here
with all doctors in the city. Doctors
from Centralia and Chehalis We're
soon on the ground caring for the in
jured.
THE DEAD-Charles Freeman. 252
Yamhill street. Portland, One,
tramp. name unknown.
THE INJURED-A. d. Mcdonald,
Glencoe station, head cut; = Quimby,
leg broken and head cut: DR.. Little
field. slightly injured H. B. Stout,
Portland, back hurt; = Franzin, head
cut. badly hurt: Mrs. c. G. Brown,
Portland. left arm cut off, seriously
hurt: Will Harris, Portland, SLIGHTLY
hurt: Charles o. Berg. injured int""-
nally; Ed Sterling, 662 ellison street,
Portland, back hurt: J. Kahn, Port
land. slightly injured Leo Dosky,
fireman, cut about head; VIM. Green
engineer. back hurt; Charles Hart
265 Alder street, Portland. slightly
injured: Walker. conductor. bruis-
ed about head and face: Charles Far
land, Yamhill street, Portland. head
cut. hurt internally: Gus Krantz
Portland. badly injured: c. F. Frank
Portland: w Reidt. Portland; o. w
Perdue. Vancouver; 0. A. Winfelder
Portland, ribs broken. hurt internal
ly: T. f. Daniels. Vancouver: Tillie
Cornelius. Portland. not serious; A
J. McDaniels, Portland: George ]
Blodgett. Portland. leg broken, head
hurt; Mrs. DR.. Cornelius, Portland
seriously injured; DIR. Hickey, arm
broken D. J. Caswell, Portland, seri
| ously: Walter Edmunds, Portland
head bruised; Guy Carter. Portland
leg broken, head bruised; Charlie:
Horr. Portland. head hurt; Joh1
| Rudy, head and face hurt.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
CHICAGO'S MAYOR
Is Touring the West and Visiting
Yellowstone Park.

Livingston, Aug. 23.-Carter HaT-
rison, mayor of Chicago, arrived in
this city tbs afternoon on No. :,
and is now guest at the Albem lrle.
He is en- route to the national park
moth Hot Springs, where he has ar
ranged with the Wylie Camping COM
pany for a tour of the park. After
visiting the principal points of inter
est, he will go out by the way of Mon
ida, and later make a tour Of the
west
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
HELD UP A CAR.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 23.-An
electric car was held up here late
last night by two masked highway
men and the motorman and conduc-
tor robbed of their watches and
money. One of the robbers kept the
carman covered with a revolver
while the other searched them, secur-
ing s14 and two watches.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25

New York, Aug. 22-On the SD
anniversary of winning of what was
then the queens cup by the America,
the Shamrock Ill, Sir Thomas Lip
tons third candidate for the interna-
tional trophy, now known as the
Americas cup, was defeated by the
Reliance, time allowance excluded
from the reckoning, by minutes ana
So seconds. With the time allowance
the Reliance won by Z minutes and
. seconds. The official times were:
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
Base Ball News.

Now that only four teams in the
Pacific Northwest league are left, the
interest is not so great. There
seems to be little doubt but that
Butte will win the pennant, but the
Spokane boys form a wonderful ag-
gllagation and play good ball.
Following is thu standing:
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25

Second Annual Exhibit Flat
head Fair Association, October
13 to II, 1908.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
CRICKET MATCH OPENED.

Toronto. Ont, Aug. 24.-The inter
national cricket match between teams
representing the United States and
Canada opened today. At lunch the
Americans had scored 80 runs for
four wickets.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25
Grant Smith & Co. Apply for a Judicial
Order Restraining Supervisor.
Determined TO EvADE PAYMENT
OF the $500 Road Tax Every Man Not Disqualified by Age
or Disability is Required by Law to Pay-Graders Claim
to be on-Residents--Damages Asked.

The trouble arising over the at
tempt of the county commissioners
TO enforce the collection of poll tax
from the Workmen employed on the
construction of the Columbia Falls
cutoff, eliminated yesterday when
suit was brought by Grant Smith &
Co, contractors, against C. w. Willis,
road supervisor Of district No 10, and
a restraining order asked for plN-
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25

Shamrock ................. 1926: 40 |
The time allowance will be recon-
puted after the Shamrock's s measure
ment on Monday.
The wind at a. m blew steadily
of from eight to 10 knots, and there
was every indication that the match
less yachts representing two nations
would sail finished race. The
breeze, which had died down some
what during the night, had shifted
to the southwest and increased in
strength as the sun rose.
The conditions governing today's
race are the same as those on Thurs
day. the fluke counting as no race, so
that Is miles to the windward and re-
turn will be the course.
Both Captain Barr of the Reliance
and Captain Wringe of the Shamrock
were jubilant. Captain Barr said:
eff this blow continues, and it looks
as if it would. We'll have great race
in good time" and Captain Wringe
said: This is Shamrock weather.
We can do it in this"
AT $50 o'clock the wind was blow
ing at fully - miles an hour from
the southwest, and with no sign of
abatement or change of direction.
This would lay the course down the
Jersey coast, close into Shore, and,
the wind not abating. would get the
race off within three hours.
Lee rails will be under water to-
day" said Sir Thomas Upton. as he
took his early morning constitutional
on the deck of the Erin, "and I look
for great things for my boat"
Owing to the direction of the wind
the committee had some difficulty in
deciding ON the starting point, as it
was apparent that boat to wind
ward OF Is miles from the lightship
was impra cticable. 1t was finally
concluded to make the start several
miles to the eastward. This change
necessitated delay from the hour
set.
The committee boat, followed by
the racers and the excursion fleet,
set out easterly for the new starting
course could be laid Is miles to wind
ward and return. The navigator at
II o'clock finally anchored at a point
about six miles due east of the light
ship and about eight miles from the
Long Island shore, south southwest,
from Long Beach. The two racers
and the excursion fleet soon reached
the point and awaited the preparato-
ry gun.
At 1870 the preparatory gun was
fired and Immediately the two yachts
began maneuvering for positions. AS
they sailed back and forth in this
preliminary struggle both boats show
ed a good deal of weather side as
they lay down, dipping the lee rail.
Reliance made long board to east
ward. followed by Shamrock quite a
distanse aStern.
After standing about mile from
the mark, Reliance came about
Shamrock soon following. At 11:40
the warning gun was fired. Both
boats took a quarter of a mile to
the westward of the line, then start.
ed and ran down the wind for Is
seconds. when Shamrock jibed. Reli
ance following with the same maneu
yer. Both boats were on the star
board tack. heading for the line, anj
crossed it. holding about south
Shamrock about two lengths ahead
of Reliance, which went over the
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-25

New York, Aug. 25.-Reliance won
today's race by five minutes and
two seconds.