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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1899
Page
2
The Seattle Star reports President McKinley's message will shape Republican policy on Cuba and the Philippines, favoring continued U.S. control of islands and a native-friendly government plan. The piece notes currency issues and reflects on editorials nationwide while warning of ongoing horse depletion in Washington and Montana.
The Red Line Transportation Company releases rates from Bennett to Lebarge and other towns. Passenger fares range from 20 dollars Bennett to Closeleigh or White Horse up to 40 dollars to Lower Lebarge. Baggage and express are priced per pound, and freight rates vary by destination. Contracts up to ten tons of timber are welcomed with potential special terms. M. J. Heney is the manager.
The council holds a special meeting as the committee of 100 presents its petition for charter amendments to voters at the upcoming municipal election. One amendment allows voter referendums on petitions signed by 13 to 20 percent of registered voters. another seeks municipal ownership of street railways. The petition reportedly has 1,406 signatures with 300 more expected tonight. The committee has pushed for municipal railway ownership for six months.
United States Senator elect Hayward died in Omaha Nebraska this morning. G M Hitchcock editor of the World Herald leads in the race to fill the vacancy as the Fusionist candidate. Other contenders include ex Senator J V Allen and W H Thompson.
Gov Bradley appears before the state election board to deny claims that armed men arrived in Frankfort in obedience to his orders. He denounces the accusation as a lie and cowardly scoundreling.
From Panay advices report Gen Hughes now occupies Cabanatan and Santa Barbara. Insurgents withdraw into the mountains and refuse to engage in battle.
An article in New York argues against borax and boracic acid tariffs calling them unjust and protectionist. It notes borax sales total about 1.56 million dollars and lists its wide industrial uses including food, metal flux, soap, leather, medicine, and cleaning.
Nine of the Hera’s burned schooner crew arrived from Victoria led by Captain J L Warren. Also aboard were BE W Shirk the cargo manager and his daughter Mies Mabel Shirk listed as purser, plus mates J A McIntyre and J Buchanan and seamen M O Brien G Gilbert T C Thompson and Alfred Griffith.
First official reports show 1590 saloons in Iowa across 48 counties with 1 county enforcing prohibition. Revenue from saloons for the year ending July 1, 1899 totaled 1,120,564 dollars, with taxes and licenses a fifth of business, implying about 5,600,000 dollars in annual liquor trade and 1,200,000 dollars spent on purchasing liquors. Saloon interests press for a law to permit beer brewing in the state, arguing current statutes hinder profitability and most liquor expenditures leave Iowa.
Washington reports American iron and steel exports exceed 100 million dollars in 1899, a record, with October shipments at 9.59 million and ten months total at 86.16 million. Compared to 1898, October figures rose to 7.21 million and year‑to‑date totals also increased.
Beach & Bower's Minstrels draw good crowds with singing dancing acrobatics and a performing dog. The Black Patt Troubadours bring new vaudeville to Beattie theater Friday to Sunday with a Saturday matinee. The Lyric company open at the Olympic with three one act plays and noted performers. Dawson in Miniature at 18234 Second avenue showcases a mechanical exhibition with lifelike street scenes and a prize for best poem on the exhibition.
Anticipation builds for the Smith Burley bout as fans favor both fighters. Burley’s city reputation boosts confidence in his powers, while Smith is known as a durable stayer able to absorb punishment. Promoters at the Hawthorne club vow a clean, honest match and a bout near the limit if not exceeding it.
FW Tagget of Anacortes a local government official visits Diller W. Blade of Nome Alaska at the Northern. He has been in California and may return to Nome this winter over the ice with valuable properties. Ex Senator John L. Wilson at the Rainier Grand. Fred Stevens of Pepperal Maine arrived in Seattle to join brother W E F Stevens, proprietor of the Hotel Stevens and Beattie Motel.
F Flannigan listed as bell boy but suspected by Detectives Powers and Cudihee of involvement in a recent cigar store burglary. The claim tags him as one of the cleverest petty thieves to visit Beattie recently.
Paris December 6 Definite information from an authoritative source states the Prince of Wales has decided to resign as chairman of the Hunt led Royal Commission for the exposition. He will retire from active participation due to insults directed at Queen Victoria by French press politicized cartoons and insinuations. The move is expected to impact the exhibition and revive boycott pressures. A Nationalist deputy notes they hope the show fails to undermine the government and provoke revolution, arguing the event benefits only hoteliers and the Jewish population they claim seeks to control the enterprise.
Spokane businessmen announce Central Navigation and Construction Company plans for a 1000 mile river navigation system and 34 miles of railway feeders linking Priest River to Spokane with wharves warehouses and a syndicate to operate wheat handling facilities and cut river freight costs.
Judge John C. Humphries and Judge Richard Winsor spoke to the Dewey club at the chamber of commerce last night in support of President McKinley. They affirmed the constitutional right of the United States to annex and govern the Philippine islands and urged strong policy. The club will reconvene near Monday evening.
OMATIA Neb December 5 The Western League of Professional Baseball clubs organized yesterday. The following six cities were admitted Omaha Des Moines Sioux City St Joseph Lincoln and Denver Two more are needed.
FP. M. Thurlow, famed Palace of Sweete owner, will open a Cape Nome Palace of Sweets next year. He will take a $4,900 stock and establish a full candy making plant with cigars and tobacco. 8. Galloway, longtime employee, will run the Cape Nome operation and depart May 1.
Lincoln sports figure W. J. Biryan will rest for three months to improve physical condition. He will travel to northern Texas and Southern California and has rented his Lincoln house for the winter.
The Herald estimates this year’s wheat crop will yield a probable export surplus beyond 2,000,900 bushels, with total production around 13,000,000 bushels, compared with 9,000,000 last year.
James G. Givens will present a stereopticon exhibition and lecture at Madison Street M B Church to support Sunday school work. He will display views of famous paintings depicting Christ's life and use the material to illustrate his talk The Trial of Christ from A Lawyer's Standpoint.
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