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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1899
Page
2
The article weighs funding the war through taxes or bond sales as the dry season approaches. It notes bonds provide immediate funds while taxes lag, and politics may push for borrowing. It also cites a 1898 Geological Survey report on rising mineral output and population, plus a tangential jab at a $20 million Corset Trust and tighter corsetry for women.
Brigadier Gen Greely sends Capt Grant Squires to Manila to test telegraphy devices in Luzon operations. Marion Marconi style signaling could enable a link between advancing troops and the base, potentially at long distances, aiding night defenses against attacks.
Adjutant General H C Corbin told Congressman Cushman that the First Washington volunteers will likely depart Manila on September 5. The War Department had previously given only possible start times or return orders, but the new date fixes the probable homeward departure.
In Bruceville Texas last night editor J B OBrien of a Democratic paper shot and killed Dr J B Hartie chairman of the McLennan county Populist executive committee. OBrien is jailed as McLennan County shares in intense excitement over the tragedy.
John MacNeil who directed YMCA evangelistic work at Camp Robinson receives approval from the secretary of war to travel with the transport Victoria to the Philippines where he will continue the same outreach work.
Fire broke out yesterday afternoon at 4 90 o clock in Tobey and Co s shingle mill at Ballard and burned for two hours. One dry kiln was totally destroyed and part of another was burned. The exact loss is not known. The kilns and contents were insured to their full value.
London reports 4000 Finns have left Finland since February. The Finnish Workingmen's Association plans to send agents to boost lands in Australia for emigrants, with similar agents already in America. Russia's internal policy is driving out its industrious and hardy sons.
William G. Taylor sues the city of Ballard for ten thousand dollars claiming a horse incident injured him. The complaint says his horse was frightened and backed off a six foot high street edge, causing permanent injuries.
Manila reports Gen. Wheeler is ordered to take charge of Funeton's brigade and report to Gen. MacArthur immediately.
Arrangements are complete for an afternoon bicycle meet at the Tacoma Y M C A park next Monday at 2 30. The feature is an unlimited pursuit race between Frank J Cotter Tacoma’s top rider and Virg Hall Seattle formerly of Omaha, noted for speed and endurance.
Aug 10 report from Larimore North Dakota notes the Red River valley will not meet its wheat prestige this season. Early hopes of thirty bushels per acre faded due to hot winds and late rains, with current estimates around thirty-two and regional yields from 16 to 32 bushels per acre.
A reflective meditation on a woman’s choices in attire and behavior. The piece questions why she juggles children and objects, wears worn shoes, uses simple pins, neglects mending, favors yellow hues, fixes a worn hat, and delays acknowledging past acquaintances. It explores social expectations and personal pride without direct solutions.
James A. Happe, 84, of Marinette Wisconsin, rode 1200 miles to Philadelphia to join the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and reunite with Civil War comrades.
Washington reports that Auge Hoth Gen Hrooke and Gen Wood have denied to the war department reports of riots and disturbances in Santiago. The dispatch emphasizes official reassurance amid rumors of unrest.
Tacoma August reports a shortage of fifty street laborers needed urgently by the commissioner of public works. The lack hinders haying and paving on two miles of streets, risking delays before fall rains. More applicants could be placed to speed up contracts and improve pavement quality.
Building permits issued to Frank Spini for a two story frame house at 24 Seventeenth Avenue costing 1600 and to Bartorts for a two story frame home at 07 611 Tenth Avenue costing 3800.
A kettle of tar belonging to contractor Dow boiled over at the corner of Marion and Second Streets at about 9 o clock in the morning. The flammable tar ran down the gutter setting a pile of old lumber and street planking alight before the fire department arrived with a chemical engine and quickly suppressed the blaze.
National League results listed with scores for Cincinnati Boston St Louis New York Chicago and Philadelphia. Standings show Brooklyn Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati Chicago and others with varied win totals and near midseason positioning.
A collage of brief notes covers various figures and events. Highlights include King Owear of Sweden enjoying salmon fishing. Lorde reading clerk Mr Thoms retiring with a 4000 annual pension. Senator Magee proposing a 25000 casino project in Highland Park Pittsburgh. Helen Gould to attend Three Oaks ceremony for a Spanish cannon captured by Admiral Dewey. Sir Charles Santley honored by the Pope. artist William M Chase on portraiture challenges. Winston Spencer Churchill name confusion. Bishop Potter comments on clergy strikes. Queen Victoria health linked to fresh air. Morriston Barclay, TaMU banker and Greensburg proprietor, wounded in 1898 and now in a San Francisco hospital.
Laura Hartman of Reading Pennsylvania nearly loses sight after a bug sting in her room. Her left eye woke swollen and both eyes soon closed as doctors treated her. A physician opened the lids but the condition persisted, with sunken eyeballs noted by her mother who found a strange bug on the window.
Corporal W. B. Tucker of Company H Washington volunteers lies at his mother's home in a serious condition with a Filipino bullet in his lung. A fund is being raised to aid him in establishing a small business once he recovers.
The Organization of Cattle Men in Kansas City plans a new stock commission company amid calls for 100 whippers and feeders across Kansas Missouri Nebraska and the Indiana Territory. Former Congressman Manon Peters leads the effort with 41 stockmen signaling interest and a September 12 meeting to organize. He lists several named participants and notes past legal penalties in related cases.
Puyallup chief George Lew chi reports hops on the Muckleshoot reservation and in the Green river and Mack river valleys look strong with promising yields. A large grower in the Puyallup valley has contracted 129 Indian pickers at La Conner, with about 180 more Indians expected to move to the Sound and then to nearby hop fields in ten days. Hops will be ready for picking in roughly one to two weeks.
The United States Department of Agriculture weather bulletin for the week ending August 18, 1809 notes a shift from wet cool conditions to drying sunshine. Temperatures ran about six degrees below normal with widespread heavy showers on the Tri and Tid. harvesting slowed as grain sprouted and uncut sheaves fell, leaving potential bleaching and losses in wheat and oats especially on low ground in Skagit and Cowllits counties. Whitman county spring wheat fared better, harvest resumed on the 28th, and hop farmers report no injury to hops.
A man, likely German, was arrested for tossing a letter toward the Queen as she rode in her carriage in London. The note asked for a new trial in a prior case. He was released after claiming ignorance of the law, saying such acts are common on the continent.
Cincinnati August conference between Big Four railway officials and Grand Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the grievance committee ended with officials presenting figures claiming engineers on reduced wages earned as much as or more than at higher 1922 wages.
The city presses Dewey to arrive earlier than planned as Olympia's prow nears the Narrows. Officials move the reception to Tuesday September 29, aligning with a new plan to avoid keeping troops from other states over Sunday and shifting events to September 28.
A collage of miscellany notes from Africa to Missouri includes animals eaten in remote areas, parish conditions with no paupers, and a historic torch used to stiffen frills. Reports touch on Vladivostok's western boom town growth, Mississippi statistics gaps, and assorted anecdotes from Syracuse to Minneapolis.
Kansas City dispatch reports ten western railways plan a freight boycott against the Pittsburg and Gulf line starting next Tuesday. A freight rate war or court battle is anticipated as the receivers, led by W. For dyce, refuse to reveal their next move after a trip to St. Louis.
A coalition of forty or more bicycle firms with about 40 million dollars in capital faces strong opposition. The Eagle Bicycle Manufacturing Co of Torrington Conn withdraws to operate independently. Several firms claim they were never in the combine and will stay out.
A collection of brief maxims attributed to Voltaire Lavater Haglitt Penn Johnson Harvard Bulwer. The sayings praise patience perseverance duty honesty and learning while noting the limits of study without living modern life and the value of hope as patient form.
Ottawa reports Sir Louis Davies minister of marine and fisheries will travel to London this fall to confer with imperial authorities on the Alaskan boundary question. A rumor that Sir Wilfrid Laurier will also go to London cannot be confirmed.
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