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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
2
The Seattle Star lists delivery options with charges of one cent per day, six cents per week, or twenty cents a month by carriers. No free delivery is offered. Contact via Pike 60 for subscription details.
Day of Jubilee calls for a grand Seattle welcome to the Washington volunteers returning from the Philippines. Seattle residents, many wounded but undaunted, will celebrate with fireworks, bands, and brief greetings, while funding a public subscription to cover expenses. The Star notes its compact format and asks readers to forward copies to neighbors. Subscriptions can be phoned in to Pike 150.
The Star profiles its Scripps McRae press service as top tier for afternoon papers. It notes rapid expansion from New York and Chicago origins to California, foreign bureaus, and daily Manila cables. The piece praises comprehensive coverage with concise pacts and minimal padding.
The article weighs options for Emilio Aguinaldo amid impending peace talks. It notes he is a dangerous agitator unlikely to be shot or hanged, and suggests possible exile or confinement to keep him from stirring rebellion. It even hints at an exhibition bid to entertain dime museum managers to distract him.
Bold safe crackers, likely the same group seen along the Schuylkill valley, robbed the Wyncote post office near Jenkintown at dawn. They blew the safe, seized stamps valued 3600 to 700 plus about 240 in cash, and papers, dropping most of the money during escape. A shot may have wounded one burglar. fire from the blast was put out and mail partially burned.
St Louis sees rapid planning for the Elks national carnival set for the week of June 29 as lodge members coordinate the reunion and grand judge meeting. The St Louis lodge No 9 with about 450 members pushes committees and subcommittees to ensure a successful Purple Week celebration.
New York on April 2 June early May Eadward H Harriman leads a ship loaded with scientists to Alaska. The party travels by special train to Beattie then interior passage to Sitka before Cook Inlet and Kodiak voyage. Experts include J M Hague J W Deveraux L R Morrin and many others from Smithsonian and universities. Return anticipated before September 1.
In Trinity county Texas a family feud over store accounts erupts into a deadly duel. Jim Trebathan and Ed Harding are dead along with L C Harding, brother of Fi Harding, as two Hardings and Trebathan exchange shots. Trebathan finally collapses after a final fatal volley.
Four young people returning from a dance were struck by the Chicago and Northwestern fast mail at Crawfords crossing near Baraboo Wisconsin. Three were killed Benjamin Tubte Kittle Maretm and Nellie O Wetch and Frank Donald was badly injured with serious wounds.
In Shamokin, on April 2, Clarke Rupp bent over Miss Goldie Vernon, crying I cant live without you, pulled a revolver and shot himself in the heart. A second bullet struck his right arm, the weapon then knocked loose. His condition is critical.
In Davenport Washington several new structures rise including residences for Mevenre Bemis Strout Delia Logsdon Weaks Petree Powers and Cane An extension to McInnis livery and eating house and depot saloon by W H Adair owner of Hotel Washington Foundations set this week for A W Turner's two story brick hardware store at Morgan and Sixth streets
Philadelphia story reports a teen, Laura Krause, set her clothes ablaze in a rear-stable incident. An unknown boy heard her cries, jumped a fence, and threw a bucket of water, likely saving her life.
In Youngstown on April 28 the projected amalgamation of National Steel American Tin Plate and American Steel Hoop, with about 2 million in capital, is described as an open secret since the Ohio Steel works absorbed Ohio Btert and Union Iron & Steel two months earlier. The alliance aims to form a unified group, with the Hoop company created to handle assets they must acquire to operate effectively, making Youngstown a focal point of the consolidation.
National company announces major additions and improvements under construction at a cost of 62,000,000. Principal mills of the Union company, with smaller plants at Ivan and Warren, have been transferred to the Steel Hoop company. The move marks the unification of three great corporations and is a central talking point in local business circles following months of market chatter.
ALTOONA April John L Bardine a Pennsylvania railroad supply car conductor reportedly died by his own action by jumping into the Behayl kill river in Philadelphia. He later appeared in Vineland Huntington county where his wife and daughter live. Mrs Harding’s telegram says he cannot explain his actions, supporting the belief he was unsettled. Relatives are in Newton Hamilton and it is thought he has been in that area since the disappearance.
In Tarrytown New York April the Mise Mason school group called The Castile observed Patriotic Day honoring veterans of the late war. Mrs Donald McLean regent spoke, delivering a speech with orange blossoms and American Beauty roses. She urged girls to inspire patriotic spirit in fathers and brothers and the crowd applauded as she suggested marriage before accepting the favorite rose.
Mrs. W. J. Powers, passenger from Seattle, leapt overboard near Lewiston Inlet in Granville Channel at midnight April 18 while aboard the Farallon en route to Skagway. Despite alarms and a search, no trace was found. Authorities suspect she suffered from seasickness and remorse after leaving her husband, with later notes suggesting recent Alaska plans. The Farallon also reported a boiler explosion at Juneau and found a prospector's body nearby.
In Kenosha Wisconsin on April 28 rumors spread that the Milwaukee Facing and Kenosha company may lay tracks into the city after midnight. Fire department readiness is high, extra water hose is supplied, and city officials pledge to block construction with strong resistance unless a legal authority moves to halt it. The city has watched land purchases near the line and waits to see if workers arrive.
A New York child born yesterday in New Taunawick has six fingers on each hand, three webbed. The extra digits lie beside the little fingers, each with a small joint like a thumb. Surgeons will separate and remove the extra fingers next week. the father reportedly has 12 fingers and the couple’s first child, a daughter, shared the same condition.
April M- imen Niposky, an anarchist, posted bills threatening to murder Postmaster General Smith over unanswered letters to President McKinley and others. He was today committed to an insane asylum.
The American Neurological Association will hold its annual meeting in Atlantic City on June 14 to mark its 26th anniversary. Membership is limited to 100 nerve disease specialists, mainly residents of New York Philadelphia Chicago Boston and Baltimore. Most meetings have been in the city.
In Pittsburg on Herron hill and along Wylie avenue, methane gases seep from earth causing muffled explosions in several houses. Darkness and fear grip the neighborhood as residents avoid lighting fires at night. Rector Brown has begun sinking a shaft to find the gas source.
In Utopia state the Ready Bullion mine of the Treadwell company reports a cave-in at 9 30 am on the 400 foot level burying two miners Gus Anderson and George Rows. Anderson, a married man, was rescued alive but mortally injured and died at hospital. Rows was found dead.
B L Price a leading Kentucky tobacconist is critically ill in Louisville after a dentist dropped a drill or knife into his throat during dental work in Morganfield. An X ray will locate the instrument for possible surgical removal. He coughed as it slipped and swallowed it during the procedure. The instrument remains inside him as he is transported for treatment.
Reports say a drill may be located by a powerful X ray and removed. It is impossible to determine the extent of Mr. Price s internal injuries. His throat was badly cut by the instrument and both Price and Doctor Kottingham are badly frightened.
Local W C T U members meet tomorrow at 2 20 PM in the Y W C A rooms on Third Avenue to organize a mass meeting next week protesting Congress new canteen law and Attorney General Griges interpretation. The AG ruled officers and soldiers cannot join liquor traffic on reservations but suggested civilians may.
The board of public works set lawn sprinkling hours for the summer, effective May 1. The city splits by boundary lines Yoru ler way to Fourteenth avenue and Fourteenth avenue north. South of Yesler and east of Four teenth avenue and Fourteenth av enue north allows sprinkling from 6 to 9 a.m. The rest, west of Fourteenth and north of Yester way, runs 6 to 9 p.m.
Marion Brown, charged with breach of promise by Laura Golden, was held on $500 bail. Justice Potts refused to marry them, citing superstition about a cross-eyed colored woman on a Friday. The couple were later wed by Justice Christian Geiger.
Advices from Skagway report Deputy Collector Andriewe seized the British sloop Dorothy for failure to report at Mary Island Wrangel or Juneau while en route from Victoria. The vessel, cleared from Vancouver February 22, carried miners supplies and showed no other cargo. Authorities await Washington instructions. suspicion of unlawful liquor traffic along the coast.
The article describes a home procedure for mole removal using carbolic acid applied with a sharpened toothpick. The method insists on avoiding contact with surrounding skin and suggests applications every three to four days until the mole disappears, leaving clear skin.
Residents of Queen Anne Hill met at the Queen Anne clubhouse to discuss the First Avenue Cable Company street railway franchise. They passed a resolution approving the franchise and route plan, to be presented to the city council at Monday night’s meeting.
Percy Moreland, 19, son of J Moreland near Tyler, was knocked senseless by a horse kick while unhitching from a plow. Doctors from Tyler and Sheney treated him. a large cheek bone fragment was removed, 15 stitches sewn, and the eye protruded but may regain function.
In Winsted Connecticut Lemuel Deming aged 76 died from burns suffered day before. More than $1000 found in his house with $600 in greenbacks hidden in a poor drawer and under floors. Relatives, who were sorting Deming’s effects, will receive the money as investigators believe more cash may be hidden elsewhere.
Lincoln April 28. Alexander Skinner aged eighty two, traveling from Cleveland to California, was drugged robbed and thrown from a passenger train near Gibbon last night. He was found this morning and revived enough to say a few words before losing consciousness again.
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