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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
POSTAL INVEsTIGA ALTON.
Payne Reports Some PrOgress.-Tul.
lOch Quoted.

Washington. May 90 Postmaster
General Payne said yesterday that the
investigator at some of the postofiices
had been completed, instancing Mil
yankee, where. he said, the accounts
had been found correct. He said that
Comptroller Tracewell had personlly
investigated the accounts of the New
York postoffice, and the postmaster
general added that the accounts were
found to be straight and in proper
shape.
The postofiice inspectors have finish
ed the investigation of the Washington
postoffice and the civil service commits
sion experts are finishing their exami-
nation of the Office by taking testimony
of clerks appointed at outside postotices
who are transferred through the Wash
ington postoffice in the postofiice de-
partment.
Referring to the responsibility Of
subOrdinates in office matters, the post
master general said that the subordi-
nate officials would be held responsible
for their own acts and should not obey
an ORDER that was not according to law !;
that an unlawful order was no order at
al 80 far rs the necessity for subordi.
nate executing it was concerned.
Mr.. Tulloch, who has made some Sc
riOus charges in connection with postal
affairs, is in the city. In an interview
he said:
81 notice Mr.. Payne observes that l
could know nothing more about the
postal service in Porto Rico than about
the postal service in Chicago. Perhaps
Mr.. Payne is not aware that as cashier
of the Washington postofiice no post
master there could even secure box of
matches that did not pay for. Money
for the salaries of postm asters, clerks,
carriers, route men, and other employees
through my hands, and the postmaster
of Washington City Was responsible on
his bond for the proper disbursement
of it.
"Not only was | the cashier for
every postofiice in Porto Rico, but was
also auditor OF the accounts, which |
had to watch carefully, lest some en-
ploye might double on me. l was re-
quired to look out that there were no
double payments either for services or
materials; that not more than one
building in one town or city was rented
for a postofice and scores of other
things. Often these vouchers were not
in satisfactory shape and had to be re-
turned, not once, but twice or thrice.
and corrected
81 acted likewise in third capacity
in keeping account of the supplies sent
to every postoffice in Porto Rico"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
LOW ORIENTAL RATE.
Pacific Mail Will Try to Freeze Out
Connections

San Francisco, May % When the
big liner Siberia, of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company sails for the ORR
ent from this port on her next trip she
will carry freight at a cheaper rate
than ever before.
The appearance of new competing
transoceanic line is the cause of this
most recent move by the Pacific Mail
people. 1t is evidently their purpose
to begin discouraging the competing
line before it gets fairly started. The
agent of the Pacific Mail Company has
announced unofficially that rates would
be cut so that ton of freight could be
shipped to the Orient for 50.
By carrying freight at that rate it is
hoped that the new rival company, The
China Commercial Steamship Compa-
ny The new compay will have three
new steamers of 5000 tons each, built
expressly for them in England. The
company is financed entirely by Chi
nese.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
NEWS OF THE DAY
rPMS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE WORLD
Outside the State Of WashiAgeoa
Resume Of the Less Important.
bat Not Less Interesting. Hap
peninSs u the Paos week N .
COmd0nooA po9A.

Over $4,000 wedding rings were
pawned in Paris last year.
Efforts are being made to unionize
the workmen at the Brooklyn navy
yard.
New York policemen will hereafter
use hand imprints for Identification Of
criminals.
Tod Sloan has been ruled off the
French turf on account of alleged jock
eying of races.
A Philadelhia bootblack found a
$4,000 bill and returned it to the
loser. He received $40 reward.
The Bay State Gas Company, of Del
aware, has been declared insolvent. 1t
was one of Addicks' properties.
The national convention of the Order
OF Railroad Conductors decided to hold
the next biennial convention at Port
land, Or.
The Porter Brothers Company, fruit
and comm ssion house at Chicago, has
failed. 1t had high commercial
standing.
T. Ahearn, roadmaster of the Iowa
and Minnesota division of the Milwau-
kee and st. Paul road, was instantly
killed at Cresco, la. He fell under a
train.
Two hundred ard twenty acres are
to be added to the military reservation
at West Point at an expense OF $40, 900.
This is the first addition made to the
West Point property since the military
academy was established there.
At st. Hyacinthe, Quebec, fire which
started in the shoe factory of Cote
Brothers destroyed that and half a doz-
en- other industries and $50 houses,
leaving nearly quarter of the city's
population homeless. The loss is placed
at 100000
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
IN MAY BLIZZARD
THOUSANDS OF SHEEP AND CAT
TIE IN MONTANA PERISH.
Death of Many Herders Is Also Re-
ported Herds of Cattle Lying
in Drifts, Frozen to Death -LOss
Throughout the State Estimated
ut Millions Of Dollars.

Great Fails, Mont, May 20.-A
binding snow storm throughout this
state has caused the death Of many
herders and thousands of cattle and
sheep. Herds of cattle are lying in
drifts frozen to death, and the total
loss throughout this section will amount
to more than S., 900, 900.
Great Falls, Mont, May 20.-The
heaviest sheep and cattle loss in the
history of Montana, the damage OF
which will foot up as high as $1,000
900. has been caused by the terrible
storm which has been raging for the
past three days. In some sections fully
80 per cent of the sheep of the ranges
have persisted.
Three herders, at least, have wan
dered away in the binding storm and
been frozen to death.
1t is difficult to get news. An aged
herder, employed by H. II. Wilson, at
Portage, was lost Sunday. Two more
in the Shelby Junction country are
missing, and there is no hope that they
will be found alive.
Many thousands of sheep are drifting
on the ranges without herders. The
latter have abandoned their f1ocks on
every hand and fed for safety to the
settlements and ranches. Nothing like
the fury of this storm has ever been
witnessed in Northern Montana.
OF a consignment Of 900 cattle bound
from Havre, all but five were found
frozen stiff. Losses are reported on
every hand, from Harlem, from Leth.
bridge, from Chinook and Havre, and
this district will feel the effects of the
losses for years.
Butte, Mont, May 20.-Further adj
vices tell of an appalling condition on
the ranges of the north as result OF
the storm which swept Montana, be-
ginning Sunday. The worst reports
come from Teton county. where the
dead sheep and cattle can be found in
the snowdrIfts in piles of hundreds.
In Cascade county the snow averages
two feet deep. In Shelby Junction,
further north. the drifts are SO deep
that the main street Of the town is inn
passible to empty wagons. All the
herders have been driven in, and $780,
900 sheep are running wild near here.
No word has been received of the three
missing herders. and it is thought they
have undoubtedly persisted.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
CLIMB MT. M'KlNLEY.
DIR. Cook and Party to Make Alaska
EXPLORATIONS,

New York, May 22.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook, OF brooklyn, with a party of
tour scientists, will start Monday on an
expedition, the object of which is to
explore Mount Mckinley, the highest
peak on the American continent. The
party headed by DR.. Cook will consist
of Robert Damn, geologist; Ralph
Schainwald, botanist, and biologist
and a surgeon not yet fully determined
upon. The expedition, according to
DR.. Cooks plan, will be gone about
three and a half months, and should
return about the middle of September.
DIR. Cook and his party will travel
overland to Seattle, and from there by
packet to Cook inlet, arriving there on
June 10. At Cook inlet ten pack horses
will be purchased to carry the provi-
sions and scientific instruments of the
party.
DR.. Cook expects that the view from
the top of Mount Mckinley, if the par
ty succeeds in reaching it, will repay
all labors and difficulties of the trip.
Unless calculations fail, there will
be spread out before the explorers, to
the southwark and eastward, a tract of
1000 square miles which has never
been trodden by the foot of white man.
From the commanding summit of the
highest peak on the American CONT
nent DR.. Cook expects to be able to Law
out accurately and scientifically the
Typographical for nation OF this entire
tract. Another interesting point which
will be solved if the expedition sue
ceeds is the question whether or not
this lofty peak is of volcanic origin and
character, as believed by some sci
entists
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
resident Uses Up His Time Talk.
ing and Misses Drive.

Olympia, May president Roose-
welt was made the official guest of the
state OF Washington today. The chief
executive of the state ba0e the chief
executive Of the nation welcome in be-
half OF the people, and the crowd lis
tened to one of the presidents Lectures
on the beauties of good living and good
citizenship, and the necessity of bring
ing up children in way which should
make them illustrious sons and daugh-
tiers.
So interested did the president be-
come in his address that he talked up
the time which had been set aside for
drive about Olympia, and missed as
well visit to the oldest Masonic tenn
pie in the state. When he concluded,
with the cheers of thousands ringing in
his ears, it was within three minutes
OF starting time, and he makes it a
point to adhere to his schedule.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
BELOW ZERO WEATHER.
Extreme Cold Follows Big Blizzard
in Montana.

Butte, Mont, May 22.-Ten feet of
snow is reported from Coutts, Mont,
near the international boundary, and
the thermometer is ranging at from
four to six degrees below zero. Traffic
on the Great Northern is seriously in
terfered with and the trains are being
operated only under the greatest diff
entity. The cuts of the road are filled
high with drifted snow. Conservative
estimates now place the loss of stock
at about 100000 and the number
of head of stock lost is placed at about
1000. This loss will be greatly swelled
by the ruination of the fruit crop
throughout Northern Montanta, which,
it is understood, will be total failure.
The storm was followeud by frost of
the most damaging kind, and all gar
den stuffs have felt its effects. The
Missouri river is rising rapidly, and the
ranchers are leaving the lowlands in
anticipation of a destructive flood.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
TO OPEN SOUTH HALF.
Congressman Wesley Jones Will DO
What He Can.


Spokane, May 20. - Congressman
Wesley l.. Jones has arrived in Spo--
kane IN his way home from Washing
ton, d. q.
Gas soon as the next term of con-
gress begins shall introduce bill
providing for the opening OF the south
half of the Colyille reservation" he
said. "This, believe, can be got
through. Last year we wee working
bard on the bill granting free home
steads on the north half, and allowed
the south half to be neglected.
at is very doubtful whether settlers
will be allowed free homesteads when
the reservation is opened, however, as
the policy OF the government lately has
been to pay the Indians for their lands
and make the settlers pay enough to
cover this amount. If the bill goes
through, it will, OF course, be some
time,-probably several years-before
it can be surveyed and thrown open.
"About Sept. | shall make an in
spection of the Columbia river between
Wenatchee and Kettle Falls, and see
what Improvements are desirable. Il
shall work to get an appropriation for
improving the river here, and believe
there will be money set aside for this
work. Another appropriation will
doubtless be included IN the river and
harbor bill to continue work on the
Pend d'Oreille river.
81 hope to be appointed on the COM
mittee on rive and harbors next ses-
sion, and shall work TO these measures
as we'll AS for improving the Columbia
at the Dalles and the Snake river
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
DIR. COYLE MODER
Denver Divine to Preside Over Pres.
byterian Assembly.

Los Angeles, May 22.-The 115th
assembly of the Presbyterian church of
the United States is in session at En-
manuel Presbyterian church. Two SET
sions were held during the day, the
morning being taken up with the an
nual sermon of the retiring moderator
Rev. Henry Van Dyke, of Princeton
university, and the entire afternoon
with the election of a moderator for the
ensuing year. Rev. DR.. Robert F.
Coyle, of Denver, Colo, was elected on
the second ballot. In the evening the
administration of the Lords Supper
occupied the time of the commissioners,
DR.. Van Dyke presiding.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Stevens county is to hold fair this
fall.
Spokane shingle mill operators have
resumed work at the old scale. When
the single market is in better condi-
ton the scale will be readjusted.
C.B. Mcconnell, cashier of the Ex-
change bank, OF Kennewick, has sold
his interest in the bank to s. H. Anon,
who is now sole owner of the institu-
ton.
Secreatry Root has awarded the con-
tract for the transportation of govern.
ment supplies and troops to Alaska to
the Northern Commercial Company and
o. j. Humphrey, of Seattle.
Considerable building activity is
manifested at Kennewick. Twelve new
residences are in process of const, nc
ton. They are being built by actual
residents and will be occupied by them
as permanent homes, when completed.
Mrs. Sarah +. Boyer, widow of the
late John F. Boyer, died at her home
at Walla Walla Wednesday, aged II
years. For over forty years Mrs. Boyer
had lived in Walla Walla most of the
time, her husband being prominent
business man.
f. j. Kendall, a mill owner, has
been fined $50 for throwing sawdust
into Lake Washington. Game Ward. II
Ref prosecuted the case. 1t is intend
ed to put an entire stop to the practice
of dumping sawdust into fresh water.
The practice is said to be responsible
for the death of great numbers of sal
mon yearly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
Tacoma Quotations.

Wheat-Bluestem, 7Sc; club, zoe.
Cattle-Steers, $4.75 per cwt; cows
81.
Sheep-5c.
HOgs-$750.
Veals-$5@7.
Observation-Disclosures creamery. 32c;
ranch. 17@1Sc; California, 26Q2Sc.
Honey-California comb. lac; Cali.
fornia strained, &c. home honey, lac.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 17@1Sc
Oats-$24.50@$25.50; rolled oats,
$25.50@2650.
Feed-Barley, whole grain, $3.50;
rolled, $2450 timothy, east of the
mountains, $17.5O@1S5O per ton; clo-
yer, $16.5O@17.5O; alfalfa, $14.50@
1850; wheat, .$26.5O@27; wheat hay,
$16@16.50; corn, $25.
Bran-S1S; shorts. SO.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
MAKES A CONCESSION.
Great Britain Gives China the Same
Terms as United States

Washington, May 2n.-Great Britain
has decided to accord China the same
terms of settlement in the matter OF the
Boxer indemnity as those accepted by
the United States.
The state department has been in
formed that the English charge at Pek-
ing has signified the Willingness of his
government to accept payment on sill
yer basis for term of years, reservinS
under bond the right to receive pay.
ment of any deficiency that may exist
should it hereafter be decided that the
payments should have been made on a
gold basis. This very much strength
ems the attitude of the United States.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
SUSPICIOUS OF YERKES.
London County Council Deliberates
on Traction Matters.

London, May 20.-The London coun-
ty council at its meeting yesterday con-
sjdered the report OF the parliamentary
committee dealing with the proposed
anal eamation Of underground railways
in London. The report says:
The proposed company consists Of a
group of tinanciers headed by Mr.. Yer
kes. Under the agreement provision
is made for large payments to the Yer
kes and Spever groups for their services
in the foi mation and promotion OF the
company. The committee is of the
opinion that the scheme needsT full
est consideration of the public, whose
interests are insuffc.ently guarded by
the terms OF the amaleamation.
The county council took no action on
the report.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
BARS AMERICAN FLOUR,
Brazilian State Passes Restrictive
Measure,

Washington, May 20.-The state de-
partment has been informed that one
house of the legislature of the Brazil
ian state of Pernam5uco has passed the
bill creating monopoly in the milling
Of -four The news has caused commo-
ton among the American -four makers,
who had felt assured that the energetic
protest of Minister Thompson against
the proposed legislation was effective.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
LOCusts in Montana.

Bozeman, Mont, May 22.-One Sec
ton of Montana is being eaten up by
locusts while another lies under three
feet of snow. Prof r. A. Colley, of
the Agricultural college, has received
word that district forty miles square.
situated east of Forsyth, is pestered by
the Rocky Mountain grasshoper, which
has eaten everything. Cattle have to
be removed from this infested district,
as there is nothing for them to feed on.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW,
Officials in Wisconsin to Be Named
by fSallOting.

Madison, Wis, May 20.-The state
senate has concurred in the primary
election measure az passed by the as
sembly, referring the whole matter to
vote of the people, who will decide
as to the merits of the bill at the gem
eral election next year.
The proposed law would abolish NOM
mating conventions for city and county
offices, including governor and the
members OF both houses of the legisla-
ture. Congressman are to be nominal
ed by the old method, and convention
will be held for framing the state pla.-
form.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
Blue Book Causes Trouble.

Washington, May 2l.-Because Sir
Michael Herbert and other representa-
tives of the powers took exception to
certain foot notes included in the blue
book on Venezuela the state depart.
ment has assured them that the blue
book was prepared by Mr.. Bowen and is
not to be considered an official publica.
tion of the department.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
KOyukuk TELEGRAPH Station.

Washington, May 22.-The signal
office of the war department has been
Informed that telegraph station has
been established called Koyukuk, at
the junction of the river of the same
name with the Yukon river in Alaska.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
Articles Are Filed,

Washington, May 22.-Alticles of
incorporation, maps, ETC., of the VAL
DIES, Copper River and Tanana Railroad
Company have been filed with the in
terror department. The road is to run
from Valdes to Eagle City in American
territory, and is the first all American
road in the territory.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
Palma Opposes the Lottery.

Havana, May 20.-Presdent Palma
declares his intention If vetoing the
national lottery bill if it is passed by
the congress. The house of represen-
tatives is said to be overwhelmingly in
favor of the lottery bill.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25

baltimore. May 2l.-According to
the weather bureau report this city was
one OF the two warmest places in the
country yesterday. The maximum tenn
perature was so degrees at p. m.
Three heat prostrations were reported.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25

Philadelphia, May 2l.-Tbe contin-
ued hot weather for the past three days
caused five deaths and many prostra-
tons in this city. The temperature
reached a maximum of so degrees yes
terday afternoon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
Historic Tree Blown Down.

SpriAs leld, His, May 22.-The his
toric elm planted by Abraham Lincoln
in front of the old Lincoln homestead.
fell Yesterday during heavy wind and
rain storm.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
EXTRENl ELY HOT.
Five Deaths from Heat Prostitution
in the East.

New York, May 2l.-The hottest
weather ever recorded in the local
weather bureau for May 90 of any year
since record OF maximum tempera-
lures have been kept was recorded yes
terdav afternoon The temperature at
3; 20 was 30 degrees.
The nearest approach to this record
was So degrees in 1877 and ~ in 1895
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-25
BIG FIRE AT MANILA.
Eight Thousand Natives Rendered
Homeless by CONFEDERATION.

Manila, May 22-Two thousand ma
tive houses have been DESTROYED by fire
in the Tondo district of Manila. About
500 persons are homeless and are be-
ing fed and sheltered by the municipal
ity. The damage is estimated at two
million pesos,
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-22
CONTEST OPEN TO ALL.
Continued from LIST page. J

style. That is the way the Inter
Mountain believes in doing things.
Now, as to dates. The voting be-
gan last Monday and the ballot boxes
will close on Tuesday, January 10. at
O'Clock in the evening. The time of
the excursion will be during the height
OF the fair season. The time consumed
will be two weeks from the date of the
departure from Butte. Exactly fort
night after the train leaves here it will
return.
Another thing, the Inter Mountain is
not asking it's guests to journey from
their homes to Butte at their own ex-
pense. This newspaper will bring
them here and send them home paying
all expenses just the same as on the
actual trip from Butte to the fair.
AT St. Louis special programs for
the entertainment Of the young ladies
will be arranged under the direction of
the Inter Mountain. Moreover there
will be reception at the state build
ing to these official representatives of
the Montana counties, and other forms
OF entertainment will be provided also.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-22

Lieutenant Governor James H Till
man of South Carolina who was being
tried, when we last went to press, for
the murder of Editor Gonzales of the
Columbia State, has been acquitted
and is once more a free man. 1t will
be remembered that on the 18th of last
January the elimination of a bitter
feud was reached when Tillman shot
and killed Gonzales. Gonzales had
been most bitter in his attacks upon
the lieutenant governor and it was
chiefly through these attacks that Till
man was defeated for governor. AS
one of the Charleston correspondents
writes: ''In his attac.> upon Tillman,
Gonzales, in his newspaper, exhausted
the vocabulary of printable abuse,
coupled with Tlllmans name in large
type. Southern tradition would con-
slider this sufficient reason for Till
mans action we suppose, but it was
not done in the heat of passion. He
waited for months, passed Gonzales on
the street from time to time and finally
shot him Gown when he was unarmed
and defenseless. Tillman surrendered
himself TO the authorities and was
found to be possessed of two revolvers.
In Montana men sometimes kill, but
public sentiment calls for fair play;
and the etiquette of the situation per
mits man to carry but one gun, unless
he be a public officer or any other
gentleman, in which case he carries
none.