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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1899
Page
2
Secretary of War Alderson questions Alaska gold prospects as prospector failures mount in Yukon but advocates caution before judging mineral wealth. Seattle eyes intensified Pacific trade with Hawaii and San Francisco, while Olympia lobby drama and Dewey Manilla remarks stir political chatter nationally.
Humboldt departed yesterday on its second voyage to Skagway carrying over 10 passengers and a large freight cargo. Most travelers aim for the Porcupine district with others bound for Lake Bennett, stopping only at Mary Island en route. Passenger list includes Foltz Bennett Lar son Rourk and many others, with seventeen second cabin and fifty one steerage passengers aboard.
British tests on alcohol in extreme labor compare whisky malt liquor and abstention across regiments. Whisky users showed early dash but fatigue after four days, malt drinkers had slower start but longer endurance, and abstainers improved in alertness and staying power. German trials consider sugar as a sustaining ration for fatigue.
John Hastie of Okanogan County and Chelan district, formerly of Puyallup, argues that state capitol lands in Douglas County east of Waterville and near Davenport are sterile and overvalued at 10 per acre. He contrasts this with cheaper adjacent lands and notes timber lands west of the Cascades are hard to access.
In Athens a new interior minister bans large matinee hats at performances aiming to curb disturbances. A theatergoer protests by arriving without a hat, then wears hair piled high creating a comical mountain, provoking laughter and local praise for a smaller headpiece.
At Herreshoff in Bristol Rhode Island the cup defender's lead keel, moulded last month, is being sheathed with bronze plates from bottom upward. Lower plates are lapped under upper ones and screwed, creating a smooth underbody. Completion of the lower half is near while the upper half awaits hull plating to begin.
A von Presentin of Sauk City reports the Everett Hydraulic Gold Mining Company has 25 tons of pipe and 10 tons of nails ready for a large facility. Darrington mines on Sauk river resume operations. Shingle mills restart after cold weather. Senator Emmerson Hammer proposes a $10,000 wagon road from Whatcom to Ruby Creek to shift Eastside trade to Beattie. Large influx of people expected.
A Washington Star interview with a leading jeweler argues diamonds remain at the forefront of the jewelry trade. He notes abundance keeps prices down, while diamond value rises with weight, and explains the three classic cuts and the enduring appeal of diamonds across centuries.
The famous comedian Michelot faced rival scheming during a performance. He scolded a bribed servant and delivered an improvised line about a rat poison, drawing loud applause and silencing future hissers.
Dr George H Cooke leads an expedition to Easter Island to study the colossal stone statues, quarry workshops, and vast platforms. The report details carved portraits in lava, canyon-like quarries, and a history of population decline amid volcanic work, forest loss, and possible catastrophe.
A New York World report describes an assistant secretary known for persuasive rhetoric who allegedly used influence to secure favors for relatives. The piece details his brother’s $1,200 department job, the father’s bulk reports carried in the basement, and a parcel delivery that brought a cartload of furniture from the western home to Washington, implying patronage and misuses of government position.
A anecdote recalls Charles Dickens arguing with a friend over Byron's line Drunk With thy beauty. Dickens, staring at the host’s fair-haired daughter in the room, rose in a sudden gesture, then wrote on the window frame a mock couplet about maiden hair and vainly praising beauty.
At Saturday night’s bowling tournament the Tacoma Athletic Club lost to the other club by four games and 172 pins. C A McKenasle set a tournament record with totals of 208 against 204 held by the Oregon Read Club of Portland. Seattle Athletic Club performances are listed alongside.
The University of Washington and Washington Agricultural College announce an intercollegiate debate on government responsiveness with Washington as negative. The series begins after spring vacation, leading to a final at Beattie around May first, and aims to become an annual event.
Dr Sven Hedin will depart for Thibet from Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan next spring to cross the Takla Mak an desert by a new route. He aims to spend winter in northern Thibet and, the following summer, traverse the plateau from north to south into India, bringing back scientific results valued by scholars. Fellow explorers Dr Futterer Dr Holderer and Captain Deasy recently added discoveries in the region.
The substantial expansion of California orange cultivation is shown by shipments rising from 15 cars in 1880-81 to 4700 cars in 1897-98. Riverside figures underscore the dramatic growth of fruit export activity and regional production over the period.
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