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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1899
Page
2
The Chicago embalmed beef investigation alarms readers while noting cleaner packing reforms. Other items reference Admiral Sampson, Admiral Behrley talk, English magazines, Denmark cycling laws, alligator meat, U.S. coin stars, world paper output, Cuban marriages, a unique Philadelphia elopement, Hong Kong docking limits, old London bank sign Three Squirrels, and a Florence whisker record.
In Philadelphia a girl seeks $4600 after an incident described as a rash youthful act involving a hand squeeze. The case highlights rising costs faced by residents for boisterous amusements and related incidents.
Advices state Simon Shaw holder of First National Standard and San Juan Juan claims on Gold Hill have bonded the property to George W. Holbrook of Colorado for sale to a Butte syndicate. Main Gold Leaf tunnel at Republic halted due to bad air. Work will start 10 feet on the first ledge, 18 feet from the tunnel entrance. Mabel shaft at San Sea runs 2 t. Good ore from Good Luck Consolidated at Republic. shaft sunk 56 feet and to be extended 6 more. The claim is touted among the richest in the district.
A Washington Star opinion contrasts past and present education. A father laments his son lacks Latin and Greek mastery while acknowledging modern duties and national matters now intrude on study, including the Declaration of Independence and U S presidents. The dialogue weighs generational change and external obligations on learning.
A snippet notes rapid stellar motion at 1 mile per second and a global tally of 4000 duels yearly. It also mentions 3000 marriages daily worldwide and the recently dedicated Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary of Boston.
William R. Merriam, director of the census, complains of Washington clerks hours and lax pace since arriving from Hunatleville. He notes 9 to 4 work with lunch, sees bureaucratic circumlocution and late responsiveness as obstacles to reform, predicting he may yield to the local pace.
Washington April 11 at Raucher's the Loyal Legion board of officers debated expelling Gen Eagan after his recent court martial The meeting adjourned with no action but the majority signaled likely adoption at a later session Hawley opposed the move triggering a lengthy late hour discussion of the court martial findings and case details
Amusements notes report another strong turnout for Hugo at the Third avenue theater last night. Richard Foote leads an excellent company in the production, drawing praise for performances and staging.
Manchester leads in municipal socialism with the city owning street railways gas electric water works markets baths and more. The program includes soap factories slaughterhouses cemeteries and even a house cleaning corps that can be hired to overhaul and clean homes and offices on short notice.
A hard headed businessman recalls a 1882 Paris romance with an actress named Marie. He gifts a ring and promises aid, believing telepathy may explain their faded bond. Fifteen years pass as he concentrates on money making, with Marie remembered only as a distant vision.
A discussion on makeup practices for society women, contrasting daytime and nighttime cosmetics. It describes washing the face, applying rouge and powder with attention to hair color, using liquid rouge for cheeks and lips, and detailing brow and lash work with a brow brush and India ink, noting differences in materials for day and night.
A man recalls a journey to Chicago where a registered letter supposedly held a ring he gave to Marie in Paris. The letter vanishes, the hotel clerk denies any letter, and he discovers Marie is dead in room 14, while a sister claims the dying woman whispered his name. He ponders if Marie summoned him or if memory conjured a chimera.
County Commissioners Gilson Smith and Boyee left for Bockane to examine the tract index system. They will spend two days studying the workings and assess its suitability for adoption locally.
The President signed an order transferring about 10 009 acres and buildings at Fort Stanton in Lincoln County New Mexico to the surgeon general of the marine hospital service for a hospital for consumptives. Surgeon General Wyman plans a sanitarium open to sufferers from consumption across army navy revenue marine and other services, believing the climate may cure the disease.
In St Louis on April 11 the news notes a rising shortage of counter currency and a shortage of smaller denominations. Banks warn relief is needed to supply $5, $10 and $20 bills as crop season nears. Bankers avoid naming cures but acknowledge the inconvenience from the currency squeeze. A light aside shows Mr Meeker and his spouse bantering about Socrates and Xenipodes.
While Dr Albert J Forrest is in New York his dental practice will be attended to by Albin and Smith dentists, Room 10 Sullivan Block.
Niagara Falls begins large scale graphite production from coke as B G H Acheson and a $1,000,000 plant push a process to convert carbon into graphite. The venture promises cheap, widespread use in motor brushes, lubricants, and electrolytic rods, with a global impact on mining and industry.
The schooner Emma and Louisa, berthed at Schwabacher dock, sailed Sunday on an unknown voyage after a Seattle to Honolulu transit last December. Purchased by John G. Pacey, the ship was to be overhauled and is not headed for Alaska, but reportedly bound for South America to be turned over to Chill merchants. Details on buyers and purpose were refused.
At midnight a man, likely Charles Bridge, forced entry to Miss Lucy Mowrer’s Monticello area home. He tried to chloroform her but woke her with a pinch. He fled through a window leaving shoes and hat as bloodhounds pursue. Bridge, a rejected lover, is believed to intend murder or self harm.
The steamer Del Norte, formerly running Seattle to Alaskan ports last summer, sailed from Santelaco to Unalaska carrying many carpenters and shipwrights who will work on Alaska Exploration Company steamers at Dutch Harbor. It will likely call at Seattle on the return voyage.
Toronto dispatch reports Emile Bou cher of Inverness county Quebec arrested on murder charge for killing his 11 year old son and nearly burning the body in a kitchen stove after a quarrel with his wife. The family dispute preceded the alleged act as Bou cher allegedly strangled the child with a handkerchief.
A man named Thoucher confessed to murder after lighting a fire and burning a corpse in a stove. He placed the remains in a snow bank before fleeing to a neighbor’s house with his three other children. Neighbors detained him until police arrived.
John Haggie, an inmate of Buckley, attempted to kill himself by striking his head against jail bars and beating his head with a water faucet. He suffered scalp wounds and a badly bruised face.
In Covington Kentucky an elderly woman Rosina Sadler reunited with her brother Leonard Sadler after many years apart. A letter from Germany told of a relative leaving a small estate to Rosina, prompting officials at the Old Woman's Home to connect the names and confirm the reunion.
Miss Mian Belle Shane 22 a Morristown Pa resident visiting Atlantic City announced plans to accompany Captain Andrews on his seventh and last voyage across the Atlantic in a 17 foot dory She would fund the boat enlargement and sail with him on June 17 from Atlantic City aiming to be the first woman to cross the Atlantic in a small boat Captain Andrews eager to have her aboard has previously crossed the ocean in cockleshell boats
Several Franklin council of the Order of American Mechanics members recently earning the Orient degree were injured in a ceremony. Harry Yaeger of Liberty street suffered a dislocated arm pulled from the socket. His father Charles Yaeger a Free Mason will inform grand lodge officers of the incident.
Captain Oliver arrived in port with the dismantled bark Mercury in tow after leaving Skagway on March 20. The tug plans to return to Skagway soon loaded with lumber and freight for the White Pass and Yukon Railroad.
In Manapolis Indiana on April 11 the Indiana presbytery of the United Presbyterian church session voted not to burden the book of discipline with overtures from the general assembly on tobacco use. The rejected overture stated tobacco use is sinful and would bar ordination or licensure unless the person promises to refrain from tobacco.
Prof Mary Smith of Stanford argues in the Sunday Post Dispatch that there is no shame in domestic work and urges women to value the role as a path to personal and familial happiness. She critiques the idea of intellectual limitations and notes the daily grind of a live-in servant, ending with the claim that the issue vanishes when domestic service disappears.
Winnipeg April 11 William Mackenzie of Mackenzie and Mann railway owners is here He announces the Canadian Northern railway will be extended this season to the Saskatchewan river 260 miles north of Winnipeg and the Southern railway to Rainy river Contracts are now being let
In Kansas City, Timothy Brosnahan lay dying in a German hospital after his son John shot him in self defense. The elder, weak and whispering, urged John to avoid trouble and forgave him before death, saying the fault lay with him. John, 23, surrendered to a nearby officer and remained silent on motive.
London April 11 Signor Marconi ridiculed the claim that wireless telegraph waves altered the Stella's compass and set her off course. He noted experiments aboard the yacht Osborn with the Prince of Wales showing that electric waves pass within inches of compasses without magnetic effect.
A pun filled chat between two men recounts a reporter who allegedly faced a lynching prank in Texas. Cavalry arriving saved him when the rope slipped, prompting a joke that he has a remarkable nose for noose and a knack for dramatic stories.
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