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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05
A NEW DEVICE.



The railroad attorneys and the rail.
road literary bureaus have concocted
new scheme to block legislation foi
controlling railroad rates by proposing
that congress create transportation
department. The chief object of this
new move is to confuse the real Issue
and try and divide the business men
who are for rate regulation Mer'
chants, manufacturers and other large
shippers are being urged to sign the
following petition:
1--WE, the undersigned merchants. job
bers, manufacturers and shippers OF
the state of Nebraska. hereby indorse
the following plan put forth by Judge
Peter s. Grosscup of the United States
circuit court Of appeals for settling the
transportation problem and for the
speedy remedying of all traffic abuses:
Create transportation department OF
the government, this new department
to have the sole duty Of investigating
and prosecuting all complaints of dis
elimination, unjust rates and unfair
practices of every description by the
railroads; it to be the duty Of this de.
partment to present them ut once to
special court of transportation, the
judges of which should be appointed
for life and required to devote their ell
tire time to railroad cases; the judges
to sit together in Washington and sep.
prately throughout the country, so that
int 1n r..
ed upon with the least possible delay;
the only appeal from this court to lie
to the supreme court of the United
States, and then solely ON questions of
law"
A New York publication. Freight
was used to send out the blanks, and
as that journal is supposed to be pub
lished in the interest Of shippers nc
doubt some business men have been
deceived into signing the petition. On
the face Of the proposition 1t Is a rail
road scheme, for 1t forces the shippers
to take the initiative and await the ac
ton Of set Of judges appointed for
life, with no incentive to hustle and
keep the docket clear.
The scheme is fathered by Senator
Elkins, the chairman Of the committee
Of the senate on interstate commerce.
A shipper in the nav Of such q court
would be ground to powder or his life
and.means would be spent in litigation
that but few have the time or money
to afford.
The railroads would be more all pow
erful than now, FOR they would have
the decision " the highest court to en-
force any rate on freight and passen-
gers that 1.-The traffic would bear" 1t
would require a revolution to unloose
them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05
ASSESSMENT or MORTGAGES.
Tax Commissioner Frost Says They
ftuSt be Taxed.

Tax Commissioner J. E. Frost has
been stirred up considerably by news
paper criticisms OF the commission with
respect to the taxation OF mortgages. he
has made public the text OF the letter he
has written on the matter to Assessor y.
F. Kayser, OF Klickltat county, part oil
which follows:
"UEder the law, mortgages for the
purchase Of real property are exemp
from taxation. This exempts pur-
chase money mortgage and it does not
matter whether the mortgage is assigned
or not. 1t does not change the character
of the mortgage or other security given as
a part Of the purchase price OF real prop
erty.
"Neither the county assessors nor the
state board OF tax commissioners made
the laws relative to the assessment oil
property in this state, nor did they frame
the state constitution, and | am OF the
opinion that even ii the lawmakers oil
this state saw fit to absolutely exempt
mortgages from taxation, that such an
attempt at law would be void, as being
in conflict with the direct provisions OF
the constitution on the subject.
"Of course the assessment OF any credit
is in the nature OF double assessment,
but there is nothing in the law nor in
the constitution Of this state that pro-
hibits double assessment OF property,
nor is there anything in the fundamental
principles OF law that speaks against it.
"The class of property in question,
that is to cay, mortgages and credits,
always returns some income to the
owner. They have the protection Of the
law; the courts OF justice are more often
put in operation for their enforcement
than for any other purpose. That they
may be enforced and protected, the pow
er Of the government is more often exer.
cised than for any other purpose, and a
goodly portion of the fund received from
taxation expended in that behalf.
"There is no justice or reason in a
proposition that looks toward exempting
them from taxation. 1t would be much
more fair to exempt from taxation the
classes Of property that are absolutely
nonproductive, that return no revenue
or income to their holder and are only a
source Of expense"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05
DEMAND REVISION.


Even PrOtectiOnists See the Hand
writing ON the Wall.
Pittsburg, the hotbed Of protection,
is too smart not to see where she is
drifting. That stanch Republican
organ. the Pittsburg Gazette, advisee
the Republicans to veer from the pro
lection course and thus allay the grow
Ing sentiment everywhere for tariff
reform. Just listen to this from the
original home Of the steel trust:
"In this broad country, with its
Astounding prosperity, there are un.
mistakable signs Of unrest. The COM
mon people, grown rotund with fat,
ness, have forgotten the lean years and
are demanding a change In the tariff
laws. There is no better time than the
present to undertake revision. This
Fifty ninth congress of the United
States is peculiarly fitted for the task
and ought to perform the duty. Re
wise the tariff now and then let II
alone for the next ten years"
But that kind of revision Of the
tariff will not satisfy the people, fol-
the tariff will never be 'revised by its
friends" SO as to stop the plunderine
Of trusts. The corporations have such
a firm hold of the Republican leaders
in the coming congress that the Pro
tective league even proposes to re
wise the tariff higher" We will have
to await still another congress, the
SiXtieth, and 1t will be necessary for
the Democrats to have n majority for
real reform to be accomplished.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
Vessels Coming and Going and Loading at the
Saw Mills.

Vessels Coming and Going and Loading at the
Saw Mills.
The schooner r. G. Slade is loading at
the Slade mill for San Pedro.
Tie schooner Orient is at the Slade
mill loading for San Francisco.
The schooner John G. Meyers is at the
Slade mill, loading tor San Pedro.
The schooner Edward Il. West is at
the Slade mill, loading for san Pedro.
The schooner A. B. Johnson is at the
Wilson mill, loading for San Francisco.
The schooner South Bay sailed Satur.
day from the Wilson mill for San Fran
cisco.
The steamer Newburg arrived in port
yesterday, and is loading at the Slade
mill for San Francisco.
The steamer Daisy Mitchell arrived in
port Friday. and is loading at the Hart.
Wood mill for San Francisco.
The steamer G. G. Lindauer arrived in
port yesterday, and is loading at the
Wilson mill for San Francisco.
The schooner Sophia Christianson is
loading at the Aberdeen Lumber &
Single mill tor San Francisco.
The steamer Chehalis arrived in port
yesterday, and is loading at the Aber.
deem Lumber & Shingle mills for San
Francisco.
The schooner Forester arrived in port
yesterday, and went on the ways at the
Lindstrom shipyard for repairs, after
which she will load at the Slade mill for
San Pedro.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05
A Hard Proposition

Says the Toledo Blade, good Re-
publican newspaper: There is no de-
nying the fact that the stand patters
are up against the hardest kind Of a
proposition. The Cry for revision is not
sporadic. 1t comes from the east and
the west, the north and the south. The
manufacturers of New England are
urging it. So also are the merchants
and the producers from the soil. Even
Pittsburg, that rock ribbed center OF
high protection, has entered Its plea
for a change Of schedule"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

The steady advertiser who distributes
his Appropriation judiciously throughout
the year will meet with greater returns
than the one who spends the same sum
in two or three big swoops and then
takes vacation for the rest OF the time.
Steady advertising used with judgment,
even during the dull periods serves to
make them less dull and has a cumula-
tive effect whose iul force is felt during
the buster seasons Whites Sayings.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

Bro. kibbe, oil the Elma Chronicle
good-naturedly chides the HERALD fol
devoting editorial space to national poll
cies. As the advice seems to have been
we'll meant, we are obliged, although un-
able to act upon it. The course OF the
HERALD has been so fully appreciated,
as its success testfies, that we must re-
gretfully decline to alter its present
course for that OF the Chronicle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05
Somewhat Awkward.

Speaker Cannon will hardly looh
with favor upon the aspirations OF
Congressman Littauer to be appointed
chairman Of the appropriations COM
mittee even though he Is 1.-THE warm
personal friend and close political ad-
wiser" Of the president. 1t would be
somewhat awkward to have the Re
publican leader Of the house twitted
with illusions to those army glove con.
tracts and the statute Of limitations.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

At Roch ester, Indiana, a man digging
a we'll twelve feet below the surface came
unon stratum of ice nine feet thick. In
the ice he found frog which upon be-
ing thawed out by he fire. hoped away.
In our opinion. Governor Hanley cannot
too quickly get an inspector for that kind
of Indiana whiskey.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

In other words, the interstate COM
merce commission, believes there is q
railroad combination and recommends a
dose OF statistics as the remedy.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

Every now and then in the magazine
YOU come across literary gem. IA
Small Person" by Mary Talbot Camp
bell. in the March McCluie's, is one Of
these. 1t is very simple and very short
but altogether too good to try to repeat II
h ere even in synopsis.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson
declares that Japan must not be allowed
to turn China into a great military
nation. Japan will doubtless change
her plans now that she knows how Hob.
son feels about it.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

Lincoln Stefiens says that the mem
bars of the house cannot deliver their
addresses unless they ''see the speaker"
He's twisted a little. They cannot de-
liver their speeches unless the speaker
sees them and he is blind eleven times
ont of ten.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

Editor John Temple Graves and Col.
English, Of Georgia, are talking about
fighting duel. Editor Graves will pro-
badly have the choice Of weapons and
will undoubtedly select fountain pens.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

A Richmond paper prints picture OF
a woman who cooked for one Virginia
family for 81 years. This is 80 yeats
and ii months longer than they usually
stay. Frame that picture!
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

Nine. Bernhart wants to know If the
stage helps the world. The madam knows
from box office reports that the world
helps the stage.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

Five years imprisonment for stealing
nine cents, was the sentence imposed
recently upon two men at Binghamton,
find the porportionate sentence for steal
ing a million,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

When minister begins to run bank
or banker tries to beat the stock
market, they are usually headed for the
same danger point.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

"But the people are concerned about
other mat ers besides the railroad rate
question" says Representative Wiley Of
Alabama. so is the senate.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

An expert announces that the differ
ence between the agricultural depart
ment's cotton reports the and real
statistics, does not amount to drop IN
the bucket. Possibly not; but it has
amounted to a good many drops in the
bucket ehOp."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

One cinch bet: The ditch through
the treasury will be completed before
the ditch through the Panama canal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

1t does seem as if the first daughter OF
the land should be allowed few minutes
OF privacy to devote to shopping.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

All the news that's at to print. Abee.
deem Semi. Weekly Herald, $500 . year,
$3.50 IN advance.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-03-05

The Herald IS the most widely read
paper on Gray's Harbor. Wise adyer.
tisers know It.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-18
CHINESE RAILROAD CASUAL

VLADIVOSTOK, June ISIn wreck the Chinese Eastern
abroad one hundred persons killed and injured
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-18
LOPEZ IS
CAPTURED

A telephone message from Oscar Cox,
Deputy Sheriff of Waialua at 2:30 states
that he captured Lopez, the escaped
prisoner. at Waialua plantation at 1
a. m. Police had lots of trouble. Lopez
had a pistol and knife. He Will be
brought to town by the morning train.
Lopez, sentenced for a short term at
sentence for attempts at escape. The
police of the whole Territory had been
on the lookout for him for month past.
He was considered dangerous per-
son to be at large.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-18

I've got nothing to say" said Ches-
ter Doyle last evening when asked to
give his version of the statement of A
'Horner of Hawaii that some of the
Koreans shown in pictures with De-
tective Chester Doyle and supposed to
have been hung, were still working on
a Hawaii plantation/<Mr. Horner's
letter appeared in ghe Sunday Adver-
tiser.
Il will say this, however Those
men were arrested under those names
indicted under those names, tried and
found guilty under those names; the
mfttimuses We're issued from the trial
court under those names. the death war
rants were issued under those same old
names. and read to them just before
the execution. and they answered to
those names then. So l guess that the
men shown in the pictures We're the
e"~'e won who were hung and i'm
prisoned."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-18
FIGHT WAS
CORY ONE
Assailants of Waipahu
Victim Under
Arrest.

Three Japanese men who participated
III the afray at Waipahu on Saturday
evening, which resulted in the death OF
one, are under arrest. Two of them
are badly wounded and can not now
be removed from Waipahu. where they
are under guard. while the third is in
the Pearl City jail
Mineoka is the name of the Japanese
who was killed He was stabbed twice
with a knife blade said to be about
ten inches in length. One wound was
in the right arm, severing the arteries,
and the other penetrated the side ana
cut the spleen in twain The latter
cut was two inches wide and eight
inches deep. The body was examined
yesterday by DR.. Mcdonald of the
Board of Health, after which is was
given burial.
Special Officer Mkt went to Waipahu
yesterday and worked on the case He
stated on returning TO town last even
ing, that Mineoka was a leader among
a certain class of japanese who thrive
off the prosperity of Iwilei He was
for vagrancy a few months
ago and about three weeks since was
convicted on that charge and sentenced
to six months Imprisonment. He ap-
pealed the case to the Circuit Court
and was out on bail at the time of his
death. Morimatsu, one of his right
hand men, was with him at the time
Of the fatal fight and took the leaders
part, and the wounds of the two men
under guard at Waipahu are said to
have been made Jointly by Mineoka
and Morimatsu il the defense of
AIineoka.
The two assailants. and possibly
of Mineoka are Mazda and
Ilyamura- Both are gamblers, says
officer Mkt Miyamura. he says, is an
ax-convict, having served a term for
oeonage. Morimatsu is also said by
Mkt to be an ex-convict, having been |
sent up from HiIo.
The fight occurred in house on Wal !
oahu road near the Waipahu saloon. |
L began inside and ended outside when !
Mineoka fell dead in the roadway.
Just what the cause of the fight was,
s not altogether clear. There were |
some old scores to settle up and the two
ides were not altogether on friendly
erms
Deputy Sheriff Fernandez of Eva
made the arrests.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-18

1t does not often fall to the lot Of a
trim barkentine 10 stub her forefoot
upon a sleeping whale in the middle
OF the ocean, but that is exactly what
the American barkentine 5. G. Wilder
did The Wilder arrived here early
yesterday morning after quick pas
sage of seventeen days from San Fran
cisco. 1t was on the trip up from Ho-
nolulu to San Francisco in May that
the whale incident occurred.
Captain Jackson states that at about
4:3O a. m on May 10 while he was
asleep the vessel suddenly came in
collision with something. Just what ii
was nobody for an instant knew. Il
was thought at first to be another yes
sci, or a rock. anything but whale
Captain Jackson tumoled up from be
low and even Mrs. Jackson came on
deck post haste to learn the trouble.
The mate on duty at the time saw q
huge mass pass from the stem along
the startoard side OF the vessel and II
was distinctly that of the head and
4 portion of the body of a great whale.
The sea was covered with oil, blood
and biubber.
The Wilder was going along under |
light breeze at about seven knots an
1our. but the impact caused the stem
# the boat to cut the whale in two
hough not without jarring the entire
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-18
SIR ERNEST SATOW
MAY VISIT TODAY

Among the distinguished passengers
| expected on the S. S. Siberia today,
passing through to London, is Sir Err
nest Satow, British Minister to China
Besides being a diplomat, Sir Ernest
is an author. A new edition of his
History of Japan has been issued re-
Gently. 1t is translation from the
japanese .'Kfsei Shiriaku'' a short his
tory of recent times. from the first visit
of Commodore Perry in 1853 to the cap
ture of Hakodate by the Imperial
forces in 1859.
While in Japan he was feted and re-
ceived by the Emperor and Empress
and was the guest of honor at a dim
ner given by Sir Claude Macdonald,
British Ambassador to Japan Count
Inouye also gave a dinner at his resi-
dence at which We're also present Mar
quis Ito, Sir Claude Macdonald. Baron
Konura. The principal journalists of
Toxic gave reception for the diplomat
at the Nippon Club. at which many of
the principal men of the empire were
present. On that occasion Mr.. Minoura
said that Sir Ernest went first to Ja-
pan in 1861 and the change of govern
ment, comprising the restoration of the
Imperial regime. was to him a matter
of personal observation.
In reply. Sir Ernest said that while
admitting that foreign ideas formed
an important factor in the progress of
Japan. he could not but declare that
he had much to learn from Japan.
What impressed him most was the pro-
of the spirit of loyalty and
flial love displayed by the japanese
towards their lords and parents. In no
other country Were such sentiments so
developed as in Japan. They We're
worthy of emulation by other nations
The disrupted Japan of the feudal era
was transformed into a great and solid
power today through the martyrdom of
many patriots of the Restoration
period
Sir Ernest Satow. on returning TO ia
1an from England during the Restora-
ion period, escaped death at the hands
# assassins only by taking refuge at
he British Legation.
Sir Ernest was to have taken pas
age on the Siberia. when the quaran-
inc interviewed He then made trip
o the interior and it is quite possible
waited the end of the quarantine to
,oard the vessel
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-18
BKTN, WILDER STUBBED
FOREFOOT ON A WHALE

AT daylight it was discovered that
the forefoot had been broken and
twisted around so that it hung by d
bolt and stuck out horizontally on
both sides of the bow. There was no
opportunity to fix the forefoot and it
was finally worn off by the anchor
chain while in San Francisco bay Cap
ain Jackson believes that the shoe is
ripped off. but owing to conditions in
san Francisco he could not examine
The hull. When the 400 tons Of cargo
are out he will load up the stern and
tilt up the bow and survey the dam
age. and if q new shoe Is necessary
that work Will be done In Honolulu.
Il certainly never anticipated that I'm
my sea career I would ever stumble
upon a. sleeping whale on the surface
Of the ocean at dead of night" said
Captain Jackson yesterday.
And there was no Jonah, either. on
his trip" said Mrs. Jackson. This is
| true big-fsh story
The Wilder has some heavy pieces
IF freight for the Kihei plantation.
As soon as the damage is repaired the
Wilder will load a full cargo of sugar
or San Francisco.
CAPTAIN Jackson says he expected 70
ring some Hawaiian refugees from
an Francisco. but they failed To
naterialize on the day Of sailing and
.e came here without a passenger.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-18
SHERlDAN'S HARD RIDE
IN KOHALA MOUNTAINS
The Advertisers Staff Correspondent Has Poor
Opinion of KohaIa hospitality
Gimpses of Scenery.

! HONOKAA, Hawaii, June 14.-To
kua is>to come out of Purgatory into
the next higher pIace-and the road is
as long and as hard. I know this.
have been over that road, on the backs
of horses. And I feel that have been
injured on the insides of me- Also,
have been injured measurabIy. on the
outsides of me. But a bit of stern
surgery has healed that.
Now 1 have met my reward. for
have come out of KohaIa through Wal
mea and into Hamakua. We left Ko-
hala, three of us, on the day after the
opening OF tie big ditch. Kohala is a
most beautiful section of Hawaii but
a bit behind the times perhaps. It is
primitive. you understand The civil "a
ton Of Kohala is the civilization of
this country-but with notifications.
For instance. the hotels OF modern
civilization supply their guests with
things that they can eat. Also. it is
supposed to be the province of the
hotels of modern ciyilizat ton to find
places where their guests can sleep.
Well. in Kohala. it is different You
will appreciate these things. if YOU go
TO Kola}a-z
Still. there ere desirable th;nes in
Koha'a. and much beauty and most
pleasant people The plantations there
all Of them small. still make money
ard viii make more when they get
ready 10 take the water that the ditch
now brings 10 them.
It is curious. about those plantations
in Kohala not being ready for the wa
ter. They did not think that the wa