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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1899
Page
2
Wells and Co. Puntimars are featured in the Seattle Star BW edition, detailing cargo, routes, and local business notes affecting ferry and port operations. The item highlights shipping schedules and regional trade implications for Seattle.
Seattle hosts visiting editors from national and state associations on a welcoming note. discussion covers immigration lines for Hawaii planters and the push to balance labor with white contract workers amid a large U S bonus. The Star defends independent, nonpartisan reporting and pledges full disclosure of news without party bias.
Maitres Labori and Demange, acting for Captain Dreyfus, may communicate with their client without limits on visits. Permits signed by Rennes court martial recorder allow access until judgment. The change contrasts with the first trial when the prisoner faced inquisitors and intelligence officers seeking material to prove guilt. Judicial procedure in France has improved in decency and fairness over the past three and a half years.
The item notes the enduring memory of Hobson Green amid ongoing naval actions at Santiago and mentions Schley and Sampson in the sea battle, reflecting wartime reporting style and historical references.
Washington report July 12 states no truth in the yesterday published claim that McKinley intends to have the Cuban vote on the annexation question. No official move or plan supports the story.
A plaster copy of the Hebert tablet was unveiled in Fort Thomas instead of the real bronze one. Made in Hamilton Ohio, the bronze plate broke during coating causing delay. To avoid further delay officials replaced it with a painted plaster imitation.
Six men moved a heavy object to the tower under intense strain. Captain Jackson, in charge of the fort, learned the tablet was not drone and sent a man to tear it with a knife. The crew confirmed the statement and a real browse will soon replace the planter.
In Tacoma July B the United States court under Judge Hanford directed the Yakima Investment company, long in receivership, to transfer a land tract to David B Abbey trustee to aid a Dunkard church. The move follows urging by interested parties who say it will raise values nearby.
The Seattle and International lines consider building a spur from Enoquaimle into the Niblock coal fields. General Manager Miller returned from an inspection tour with engineers collecting statistics on obtainable coal quantities.
George A. Thayer who ran a saloon at 1M First Avenue appeared before the license and revenue committee to answer charges of sheltering bunco men and questionable characters. The committee ordered saloonkeepers to enter bunco houses and inform police of bunco men or risk losses, as efforts to clean the city proceed.
Syracuse July 12 Wm R Laidlaw injured by the Norcross bomb in Hussell Sage office New York December 4 1891 has his $50 000 suit against Nuesel Sage retried Laidlaw says new evidence found Laidian alleges injuries were sustained when Sage shielded him as Norcross exploded the bomb.
Gen Joseph Wheeler leaves Washington for San Francisco en route to the Philippines. George B Lamping of Seattle is appointed to captaincy. Gov Geer of Oregon and staff greet volunteers in San Francisco. The cruiser Chicago reaches Cape Town. Fort Wright in Spokane honors Gen George Wright for Hangman Creek victory. International Longshoremen convention underway in Buffalo. Distillery Company of America forms in Trenton NJ with 225 million capital, 55 million preferred. State land commissioners meet in Whatcom August 10 to 12 to reappraise title lands.
Dr. Emmanu Friend reports examinations of ten telephone mouthpieces with eight distinct bacilli varieties present. He warns the devices may affect health and urges daily disinfection of all telephone transmitters.
Epworth Leagues and Methodist churches in Anderson and nearby cities join a lecture pool for the coming season by contracting with bureaus. Tours will visit Richmond New Marton Munele Kokomo at prices about 26 percent below last year. The aim is to curb high speaker fees like De Witt Talmage at 990 dollars and Gen Gordon at 200 dollars for similar talks.
A compilation notes diverse claims from 806,009,000 acres of Canadian forest to 200 year life span for the ewan, 163 years for the falcon, and a Kansas regiment with few foreign-born members. It cites Yale students voting for chapel, Maine lumber output, and origins of the word ghetto in German papers as parts of a broad, scattershot miscellany.
A compilation of oddities and anecdotes including a Venetian Jews’ quarter myth, a cross once owned by Danish royalty, a Washington claim that Admiral Dewey would rise, a Mountain View post office dispute ending in theft, lookalike heads of Adams Express and Brown University, a Maine farmer selling berries, a New York judge ruling a wife is not a family, canal town chores, driftwood pricing in Camden, Mrs. Stevens’ Siberian voyage, generous Dublin surgeon tales, and a joke about a billionaire’s windfall cleanup ending in penury.
Washington July 12 The Marine Hospital Service releases H F Otto chief engineer of a Lake Michigan steamer stating lake steamers often drink water from the Chicago river owing to pump neglect. Surgeon Sawtelle of the service notes much enteric fever in the Chicago branch stems from this practice.
ST LOUIS Mo July 12 Mx Gov W A Stone said Chairman Jones would not resign as Democratic National Committee chair, and therefore no successor would be appointed.
The Chinese Emperor admits doubts about past judgments and reveals the Empress Dowager now seeks to fix his fate. He discloses a fatal demand that he umpire a baseball game between the Russian and Haitian legations in a tense political twist.
Eugene Donnelly shot and killed the wife of his employer William Miller in St. Louis. After kissing the dying woman in a long embrace he fled, then was captured ten hours later.
A span of the Great Northern trestle at Interbay burned around midnight and was completely destroyed. Moore Investment Company advertises a six acre tract for sale.
G. H. Martin, an insurance man, went to a saloon on Flrat avenue south, ordered drinks he refused to pay for, then ran shouting threats. He was intercepted by Officer Burne’s squad and taken to headquarters.
In Fairmont West Virginia on July 12 an Italian outlaw is jailed awaiting court action after a Monongahela River railroad excursion train was pelted with stones. A passenger was seriously injured and several deputy sheriffs were bruised in a fight with accomplices during arrests. The gang had terrorized the county for months and additional arrests are expected.
Mining notes report the Copper Queen near Index showing fine ore with rich chalcopyrite and bornite, ready to ship to Everett smelter by mid August. Other districts, including Spokane Copper Mining and the Phantom group, feature active tunnels and ore faces. Silverton mines may reopen while investors survey districts such as Camp McKinley Fontero y mine with ore averaging 89 in gold, silver bounces, and 14 percent lead.
A New York Journal report from Berlan states nine teen families in Ingbett Rhine provinces were poisoned by smoked sausages. Herr Heinrich the burgomaster died after a hearty meal. nineteen families participated, with about fifty people gravely ill. Investigators probe the village sausage factory as the poison remains unconfirmed.
The report notes a favorable week with general showers in western and northeast sections and light rains in Douglas Lincoln and Adams counties. Haying was successful though hot drying winds reduced hay yield. crops across counties show good growth, with timothy not yet ready to cut, potatoes oats and hops thriving, and spraying needed for hops.
Weather and crop reports indicate a strong haying season with heavy hay crops in many areas. Some regions report light yields for apples and late sowing grain, while fruit crops like cherries show ripening and variable yields. Several locales cite favorable rains and sunshine aiding growth and curing.
A survey of diverse profiles notes Perry Belmont and butterfly collection, Emperor Francis Joseph’s six million dollar income, Henry W. Grady’s Atlanta city council bid, Rockefeller Jr as a violin teacher, Warren C. Coleman the South’s wealthiest Black man, Rev Father Hogan’s relation to J J Corbett, Englishmen fluent in French, Kahne Beveridge chosen to sculpt Princess Kalulani bust in Honolulu, Edison suggesting electro-mobile, and Philadelphia plans a Richard Allen monument in Fairmount Park.
Judge Gib bas delivered an opinion voiding the South Side boulevards ban on automobiles. He called it common knowledge that cars pose less danger than horses and buggies and said the park board erred by singling out the automobile.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the United States government has secretly expressed support for Denmark’s bid to guarantee international neutrality, with particular emphasis on any naval conflict in the Baltic region.
Stockholders met to elect officers for the North American Fertilizing and Fishing company. George Dickson was chosen president and Jakob Furth as vice president. E. C. Neufelder was named treasurer and J. S. Goldsmith secretary. Board members include Dickson Furth Neufelder Goldsmith Ohlandt Coburn and Morrisey.
A dialogue favors British spelling over American forms, arguing that words like parlour change meaning and tone. The Boston Christian Register features the exchange with emphasis on tradition and linguistic preference.
Shingle mills may resume operations this week as orders for 2000 cars flood in. Prices held firm despite July declines with a 5 cent rise on stars, while labor and material costs rise. Last year shipments neared 200,000 and the first quarter set records, signaling a likely year of substantial output.
New York July 12 The German ambassador to France reported a theft in which 50 000 dollars worth of jewels were stolen from him in Paris. The list includes a black opal said to have a unique duplicate owned by the Czar.
Gena Missen, reported missing Monday, returned to her home at 116 Eighth Avenue last night. Her father asked police to arrest her if she ran away again. she had been staying with a sister employed at the Hoston kitchen on Pike Street and gave no reason for leaving.
In Jarena near El Paso a first known placer gold strike was found by W. D. Bates A A Bruce in a canyon near the Nennie Baird mine. They dug to bedrock and found visible gold dust and nuggets in black sand. a sackful of sand weighed about pounds and panned to gold valued at. The discovery promises a rush of prospectors to the region.
In Chicago a raid on a poolroom resulted in seven women being captured. They gave their homes in the name Smith. Fifty more women with the same name escaped. The report questions what crimes have been committed in thy name.
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