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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1899
Page
3
J F Trowdridge listed as Puget 84 Superintendent of Ocean Di in Seattle with Uptown ticket office at 8 First Ave. San Francisco agents Goodall Perkins & Co. arranged general agency.
Saturday transfers include Frank K B Knowles to Elisabeth Knowles for 1 and 7/1? in Wallingford’s Green Lake area. John C. Drantigan and wife to Elisabeth Knowles for 900 in Elizabeth Knowles addition. George Kinnear’s addition transfers to Elizabeth Knowles for 800. Various other deeds involve Wallingford Green Lake, Gilman Park, Burke’s second addition, and Rainier additions with multiple lots and prices ranging from 40 to 1769.95. Sheriff Van De Vanter transfers to Mrs H O Parris for 1769.95, and T Yandell administers estate transfers to G S Turner for 160 in Giiman Park.
A historic correspondence chess game spanned five years between an Australian player and a Newark New York friend with moves via canal routes. A later match between Germans in New York and a Bremen club ended in February last year with New York winning after two years and five months.
Insurance experts warn that marine premiums in Alaskan waters will increase shortly. They cite a spate of accidents in recent weeks and expect only a modest rise from major underwriters led by Beattie.
A man named C Hammond was assaulted by his girlfriend s father after a church visit at New Hope. The attack occurred as Hammond was helping the man s daughter alight, with the father striking him and causing severe facial injuries. Hammond was treated locally and remained confined to bed due to heavy bleeding.
Police seek a burglar who entered the Tees laundry on Hell Street last Saturday night then dropped his overcoat and shoes and fled when confronted by the proprietor who slept nearby. Team this case remains under investigation as officers review the scene and seek the thief.
Morning market report on West street with arrivals from the San Francisco steamer. Prices titled for cabbage tomatoes lettuce potatoes eggs poultry beef hides wool and many staples. Grain and flour rates listed with numerous exact per hundred and per ton figures for local delivery.
A dense ledger of prices for cocoanuts popcorn alfalfa barley oats and various meats and fish. It includes per ton per pound per sack rates for foods including salmon clams Dungeness crabs oysters and fresh produce and lumber prices for fir cedar and plywood with unit measures and miscellaneous freight terms.
The April 10 quotations from Downing Hopkins list Chicago Board of Trade prices for Wheat Pork and Lard with opening and closing figures in May July and date contracts. Liverpool Wheat shows May and July patterns. New York Stock Exchange quotes include American Sugar American Tobacco and utilities with opening and closing values for several issues.
In TMRMINGHAM Alabama on April 10, miners returned to work at Del la Ellen and Hargrove after concessions granted, including wage advances for laborers. Ore mines at Alice and Redding and nearby sites remain on strike with expected raises likely. The article notes unrelated historical phrases and notes a separate 26 cent daily wage dispute causing top-men in the southern coal district to strike.
Almont reports severe abuse of Elisabeth Reems an 11 year old girl living near Crystal Lake Paterson Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children intervened Justice Smith and township overseer John Packard provided details of her neglect and abuse The child starved beaten and kept as a household drudge since becoming an orphan six years earlier Her aunt Kiriah Storms is named as the abuser and will be prosecuted The case prompted intervention by Paterson officials including Mishop who conducted an initial home visit and took charge of the child
George W Myrick was granted a $9 judgment plus costs in superior court against F W Wuesthoff and wife. Seattle National Bank received a default judgment of $29 9717 41 against Seattle National Bank Building Company. Amos Frown seeks a new trial after the April 7 jury verdict in his suit against C Fernandes et al.
Hannah Gary aged 22 and elder of two sisters afflicted with leprosy died after two weeks of intense suffering at their isolated Perry County home three miles from Junction City. A Chicago specialist had diagnosed the sisters with genuine leprosy two months earlier, and the family farm remains shunned by locals.
A German writer named Heinrich composed a 1T yard long letter on telegraph tape describing Ban dage and proposing battles on Spanish ground. The note, addressed to a young woman, lacks state or sender details, and it took days to finish with three lines on the narrow strip.
A license to wed was issued Saturday to Eugene G. Miller 47 of Apokane and Reasie G. Talbot 40 of San Francisco.
A publisher seeks a departure from clichés proposing a grounded army life story. The author, an ex-soldier, promises realism showing how events move among troops and aims to thrill readers with genuine, hardpan depictions rather than sensational heroics.
English Syndicate led by Henry T. Kent and Charles A. Calhoun of St. Louis has closed a deal with Corsicana petroleum producers to gain control of nearly 200 oil wells and about 200000 acres of land leaves. Price is about 1490,000. The syndicate plans to acquire control of other oil fields in Texas.
A Parisian trendsetter known as the dinner taster visits elite households to critique and improve menus, riding in a cab despite profit. In London's East End pawnbrokers employ agents who fetch pledged goods for shy clients, earning tiny commissions. Another woman profits by breaking in upper-class boots to soften them for wear, managing many pairs weekly for a professional fee.
Sheriff Cardwell of Butler county arrived in Leitchfield with Dent Coy George Vettoe and Monroe White in custody on charges of complicity in the December murder of Green Embry at the Tan Yards. Ten men were involved in the shooting. Writs issued for seven more gang members. Dent Coy is described as a Baptist preacher while Vettoe and White are well known locally. The case promises to be an interesting one.
A young German emperor’s carriage ride through Berlin triggers a swift police maneuver. Within minutes officers position along the security route, sand is spread to prevents slips, and a splendid carriage with coal black horses passes in state. The event draws quiet attention as 200 guards depart after the spectacle.
The funeral of E. L. Nordhoff was conducted yesterday afternoon at the Church of the Sacred Heart on Madison Street and Broadway with Rev. Brown officiating. Interment followed in Calvary Cemetery. pallbearers named were A. M. Schillestadt, Charles Hart, Co. J. O'Shea, J. D. Warnesholdt, W. A. French, and T. R. Johnson.
In Indianapolis on April 10, Wm. HW. Drapier a former prominent citizen, was arrested on charges of enticing girls for immoral purposes. He ran a fraudulent printing operation to lure orphans or homeless girls as apprentices and to exploit them with personal advances. The case centers on Emma Burgess of Muncie who traveled to his home and reported his advances.
Saturday afternoon filings include Mary K E McNeair versus Isaiah H Page et al for foreclosure. Daniel Schneider versus Knut Anderson and wife seeks restitution of property and judgment.
A peculiar tale recounts a European buyer in Garrard purchasing 1100 cats for ten cents each to ship to England. A Casey county man rallied local cats, packed them in a wagon, and collected $110 as the joke surfaced. Years later Judge French Tipton staged a big cat race at Lancaster with 306 cats winning by a prize cat whose great granddam was among those sold to the buyer.
A tale recalls an English writer who visits a French landlord in Paris for rent due on the fifteenth. The landlord, a cautious candle trader, scolds him for paying a day early, insisting rent must be exact and timely.
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