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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1899
Page
4
A collapse at a Brownsville mine traps sixty workers. Rescue efforts are hampered by smoke and blocked passages. Officials fear no survivors as the cage fell and ventilation is hindered, leaving scant hope for the trapped miners.
Fragmentary report notes Dirigo with Capt. George Red N t midnight from Lyon and a near three day run to Milbank. Heavy bed and Wranger narrows of halibut noted along with two passengers. Names Henry Batio Vande and J Hiomer appear in the garbled text.
A fragmented reader list includes numerous individuals such as Fred Savery Mra. McGrath W Judy Mra. Myers C. W. Joynt and others like Thomas Hunsiker Al Birn William Muir William Roeta Misa Catrine C. G. Sanford Mrs. Rate J. J. Condor W. Courtney TF. Mitchell W. O. Cox Mrs. Joynt James Rolls D. Rolfe Henry Spitter J. W. Noe J. A. Mc Gonigle J. D. Goes and Charles Hicta.
A committee appointed by the real estate board will lead a systematic effort to attract eastern capitalists to establish factories in the city. President Morrison of the board chairs the committee and five delegates will represent the board in Milwaukee next June, to be appointed later.
Merchants and coast wholesalers unite to defer railroad rate increases. Fast and Weert pledge to seek redress through formal channels as robbers orders threaten to follow. Pacific coast traders join the protest, warning of disastrous results if the delays are refused.
Washington dispatch notes President McKinley has not attended a Washington theater since his inauguration. The last show he saw was A Black Sheep at the Canton opera house, where he is a stockholder. Mrs. McKinley and friends accompany him, and she favors theatergoing as a White House social routine.
Sunday services listed across many churches with multiple pastors. Morning sermons cover The Unait or Christ and The Way of Christ while evening services include special Christmas themes and musical programs. Congregations include Tabernacle Ohrum Seventh Day Adventist and more with hours mostly 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. across Third Avenue Cedar Street James Street Union Street and other landmarks.
John F Stevens indicates the Great Northern will extend northward where business warrants. He notes plans to replace wooden bridges between Spokane and Seattle with steel structures and says construction could reach Republic when demand supports it. He cannot confirm exact routes.
Governors Stuenenberg of Idaho Murphy of Arkansas Otero of New Mexico and Homer of Oklahoma angrily protested after being invited to the Centennial celebration meeting in Washington. The ceremonies were postponed and the governors had not been notified. President McKinsey plans to accompany the Ohio delegation to San Francisco next fall to witness the battleship Ohio handover and will travel via Southern California New Orleans and the Northern Pacific.
Two Santa letters found in a Bon Marche parcel reveal requests from Webster Ludgate of Beattie Washington for an air gun not the Daisy, and KR Wallace also from Beattie asking Santa not to forget him. The notes date from December 1 1899 with a Kansas origin quip in one message.
Philadelphia dispatch reports a Filipino junta member asserting Gen Lawton was not killed by Filipino assassins but by an American bullet in the conflict. The claim counters assassination theories circulating in the press Madrid special.
A report notes several new blocks nearing completion at Becon avenue and Spring Street Cyrus Walkers three story brick building expected January 1 Holden Wilson to occupy premises Moore Investment Co three story brick building with 420 front on second avenue upper floors for apartments Chicago Furniture Co to move in store building ready by March 1 Six story gray stone apartment building rising at Fourth avenue and Madison Street finishing next May Three dwellings to be erected on lot at Fourth avenue and Cherry street and a spring start for another building.
Samuel Kehler of the Painters' Union attends the last W. Cc. tL. U. meeting along with Charles Enlite and Max Comfield. A committee of WW. F. Myer William Wilson and Robert Pevier is formed for chaos to be discussed at the January open meeting. J. T. Oldham plans a labor paper in January. Subscriptions to Carbonado fund reported by Painters 16 dollars Building Laborers 10 Plasterers 26 and the P.1 chapel of the Printers' Union 1 dollar. The Plasterers' Union will host a New Year’s Eve benefit at Germania hall for Carbonado miners. big crowd expected.
In Amara, Italy, a massive rock slide toppled the Cappuccini hotel and other structures into the Gulf of Salerno. Two bodies recovered, ten seriously hurt, with many feared dead as rescuers comb debris overnight. A county road supervisors convention is set for January 14 in the court house.
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