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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
2
The article notes the Philippines schooling system under the church, with poorly paid teachers and limited instruction, and discusses California-like reforms under Spanish rule. It mentions official efforts to attract educators and the Ferrer language course, while contrasting with other global developments and letters from editors and officials.
The Admiral Dewey Gold Mining company starts a 10 foot shaft at Republic and expects completion in about days. Insurgent mine work continues with promising ore yields. Marmion Gold Mining pushes a 10 foot shaft and a 100 foot tunnel to reach the ledge with rich ore. Treasury Fraction company reports a tunnel driven % feet aiming to cut the Treasury ledge.
A collage of quirky items includes motor milk vans and rabbits blocked by wire cloth, a proposed Pretoria to Franevas car service, Wisconsin libraries, and English locomotive exports. Other notes cover a Portuguese Hamlet translation, Cecil Rhodes as a woman hater, Ibsen the druggist, and social curiosities on elephants and funerals.
Buffalo born John M. Farquhar, head of labor issues on the Industrial Commission invited by McKinley, says the commission is unlikely to propose new law against trusts to Congress. He notes trusts form to lower costs and regulate output, not to profit beyond prior levels, reflecting early 1900s views on competition.
Chicago reports indicate Bill Lange may join a major aggregation next year despite conflicting stories about retirement. He denies nothing and hints at possible captaincy with Anson, while clubs circle including a rumored trade with Amos Rusie and talks of moving from the Rough Riders to Brooklyn for Mike Griffin.
Large shipments of liquor are sent to Alaska after a high license law. Before July 1 liquor could not be sold legally in Alaska, though traffic continued. The new law requires each saloon keeper to pay a $2000 annual license to the government.
COSMOPOLIS Wash July 13 The Gray s Harbor Commercial Co has started an other box factory 9x160 feet with machinery on the ground and has begun one side of the Big mill for a day and night run. Many men are needed and will be for some time.
J C Fuller traveling salesman for Dryfoos Co faces embezzlement charges. His bond was set at 400 cash or 3750 with sureties. The case concerns alleged theft from the wholesale liquor dealer.
Indianapolis July 13. Colonel Winfield T. Durbin says a western trust will form to oppose an eastern trust. He has sold his interest in an Anderson paper mill to Crawford Fairbanks, Terre Haute financier and leader of the large strawboard trust. The International Paper Co, an eastern trust, does not lead west past Pittsburgh.
The Western paper mills in Chicago have formed a united front to oppose the eastern trust. Pittsburgh mills are expected to be absorbed or run in conjunction with the strawboard trust to save themselves.
W C Clark recovered 865 from Edward Dicks in district court today over a milk contract. Clark claimed doctors warned of incurable disease, alleging Dicks knew the cow supplying milk was diseased and tberculosis tainted the product.
Dave Make Herman Lensit and J Nelson were fined $10 by Judge Cam yesterday for maintaining a needle in the slot contrivance.
Mrs. Esther Sayre reported to police yesterday that during a move from the Morrison street and Queen Anne avenue area her possessions were looted. A gold watch valued at $00 and a diamond ring worth $125 were missing.
Burns W Beall, injured when a boiler exploded on March 21, petitions the city council for twelve thousand dollars in damages. He says his injuries to the limbs have crippled him for life.
In Philadelphia on July 12 a group fought at the corner of Conestoga Street and Wyalusing Avenue. Thomas Ashworth, 45, was beaten and kicked repeatedly and died from the injuries. John Kennedy, 23, of 2117 Auburn Street, was arrested. others remained at large.
In New York on a July Wall Street report, the Consolidated Toe Company of New York with 10,600,000 capital merges with the Knickerbocker Toe Company of Maine 10,000,000 capital active in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington and the American Toe Company a new corporation will hold the combined title.
A hitch has arisen between the tag trust committee and the Trinham Townie company over a sale option. the trust may consolidate with Chicago towing firms, but Dunham line and others may stay independent. Capt. J Dunham left for Cleveland and declined to discuss developments.
Conshocken Pa July 13 The school board votes for Miss Ida Davis to lead the manual training school over two male candidates. Supporters cite Drexel Institute training. skeptics question a young woman teaching boys to use carpenters and machinists tools. The board expects her to demonstrate skills such as driving a wall and making a clean cut with a can.
We, the jury, find the defendant August Albert Becker guilty of murder in manner and form as charged in the indictment and fix the punishment at death. The little butcher killed his wife and boiled her beau to marry Ida Lutteriin. Becker showed pale nerves as he faced the verdict and cursed the jury on the way back to jail.
In New York on July 12 Senator J. P. Jones of Nevada argues that Democratic anti trust talk will overshadow the silver issue in the coming presidential race. He questions remedies for trusts and links currency and tariff policies to trust growth while noting McKinley foes may be highlighted by anti monopoly sentiment. The piece also lists Mexican proverbs and notes shifting views on the Philippines in the West.
In Milwaukee on Saturday a meeting will organize the new Wisconsin Central Railway Co. Mr. F. Whitcomb, longtime receiver and former general manager, is slated to serve as president and general manager though formal confirmation awaits the meeting.
Washington reports that postwar Spain faces sugar shortages as colonies reset. Valencia Consular Agent Mertens notes Spanish factories with 0,000 tons annual output cannot meet roughly 100,000 tons of domestic demand. Government seeks to cut the 102 percent tariff, despite refinery opposition, to revive revenue.
A German-born father, John Elsenle, who joined the Civil War and spent decades at the Dayton Soldiers' Home, reunites with his daughter Anna M. Miller who had believed him dead. She traveled from Williamsport, Pennsylvania after learning there was a veteran named Elsenle in the home. The meeting occurred as the father lies ill in the hospital.
Henry A Pelletier, brother of Major John Pelletier and governor’s secretary, a Tacoma military band member, was accidentally shot in the thigh near the reservoir on water ditch road while riding with another bandman. He rode to Officer Shock’s home, then to St Joseph’s hospital. condition improved but serious.
Thomas Parks arrives from the Klondike aboard the Humboldt with an account of costly mining losses on Eldorado and Honanza creeks. Dumped pay dirt near shaft mouths drifted back with warmer weather, flooding the bottom of the wharf and erasing months of effort. Parkes cites thousands of dollars lost and estimates total output this year around 20 million dollars.
James Richardson father in law of Mohawk Mining president Frank M. Harshberger died suddenly yesterday afternoon in Tacoma. He had been visiting Seattle and was returning home on a Point Defiance street car when apoplexy and heart trouble caused his death.
Tonight and Friday expect fair and cloudy skies with cooler conditions and a southerly wind. Temperatures rise slightly in the Northwest, hold steady in Oregon and California. A thunderstorm is reported from Boise City with .04 inch of rain at Pocatello. A broad high pressure area dominates the coast to Nevada while Eastern Idaho shows a stronger high. A trough from Nevada toward the provinces could bring cloudiness Friday around Seattle. Swigeby missed the office Wednesday while celebrating the fourth. the fourth girl is noted.
An editor notes the abundance of epicrams and proverbs in Spanish and the difficulty of translation. He cites a gentleman at a railway station who protests as young ladies bid farewell, illustrating the social use of proverbial language.
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