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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1899
Page
2
The faded OCR shows the Seattle Star masthead listing Ei Wells and Co publishers with publication schedule and pricing notes. It mentions delivery by carriers, free copies, office locations, and a postal entry in Seattle Washington, reflecting a historic newspaper listing.
A discussion on the hired girl question in Seattle and nationwide argues domestic service must rise to a better social level. It notes wage gaps and social stigma for kitchen work and cites immigration trends and potential annual arrival figures.
Manila dispatches via the Newport describe ongoing tropical campaign strain on volunteers with 26 percent of regiment troops listed sick. Casualty figures up to June 10 show killed and wounded rates varying by unit, reflecting harsh conditions and sustained combat.
The record notes volunteer regiments at Manila could muster scarcely 276 men per regiment, with Newport’s departure highlighting the high sacrifice required of American troops in the Philippine campaign. The piece argues the nation must pay dearly for its imperial elite in the East.
Pullman, son of the late palace car magnate, is in Chicago with Mrs George M Pullman at her father’s home amid reports of a divorce suit. Desertion is alleged as ground and steps may be taken to pursue secrecy. Mrs Pullman is said to wish her husband to sue and rumors hint at another alliance for him.
Topeka Kansas July Will, former president of the State Agricultural college, reports the Buffalo conference of reformers plans a college of socialism in Boston. The college would be a college of social science with liberty of investigation teaching and publication guaranteed. Liberal representatives will join and Wall Street railroads and monopolies may send reps to present their doctrines.
In Columbia Missouri a four year old boy dies after hydrophobia follows a dog bite thirty one days earlier. The child showed guardian symptoms Friday and endured severe agony despite chloroform as a neighbor mimicked dog growls triggering fatal convulsions. A dog bitten the same day also develops hydrophobia eleven days later.
The Chicago Anti-Trust League plans a large demonstration and mass meeting in Burlington Park in August Invitations have gone to prominent figures and speakers include William Jennings Bryan Governor Pngree of Michigan ex Senator John M Palmer and Charles W Ferguson of Rochester Illinois.
The report claiming actress Blanche Bates secretly married Mrs Daniel Frawley is denied. Manager Frawley, angry at Mr Clarke for allegedly revealing the secret, threatens vengeance on the comedian and refuses interviews, taking responsibility for the denial.
Boston July 25 Mayor Quincy Jed spearheaded a sparrow crusade last spring. The sparrow eradication effort plugged tree holes and reduced the birds. Now a plague of insects and creeping pests fills benches under trees as people complain of swarms. Sparrows had previously eaten many of these bugs.
George F. Bell, accused of stealing the Carranza letter, surrendered in Montreal on July 25. He posted 800 bail for the preliminary trial appearance.
Attorney H C Withers arrives from Carleton HL to file a $500000 court of claims suit for farmers and landowners along the Milnole river. They claim federal dams at Kampeville and La Grand damaged their property, aiming to halt the Chicago drainage canal project until dams are removed.
Baltimore reports John Waller Smith of Snow Hill as a potential candidate for Maryland governor. Lloyd Wilkinson pushes for Smith’s nomination while evading direct endorsement from Col. Gorman. If Gorman backs another, Smith’s path could hinge on August 1 telegrams from a northern resort.
New York reports Count Carracrieti, mining and oil expert, returned from London after arranging 15 million pounds of British capital for American oil lands. He was summoned a month ago to advise on buying 20 000 acres in Ohio and West Virginia, a purchase approved at a price of 10 million.
In Pana Illinois the Daily Beacon Light, a Republican paper, changed proprietorship as Rev U ti mer, pastor of the Methodist church, took control from William Childress who left town with soldiers and a miner. The new editor previously called union men anarchists and Molly Maguires, and rumors say he has been told to quit.
Toledo July 25 Mayor Jones will soon turn over his eucker rod factory to his employer to be run on a cooperative plan. The plant is worth 100,000 dollars.
At a cost of 265000 dollars the famous Raleigh cruiser, noted for its role in the Manila battle, will be extensively repaired and overhauled at Portsmouth New Hampshire. Her sister ship the Cincinnati will undergo a similar renewal.
Thieves stole 500 dollars worth of goods from the South Bethlehem Supply Company, climbing 20 feet to an open window. A confessed thief blamed a pal for stealing his girl, leading to the arrest of Richard Brittenberg and Robert Koen, both under 19. Three accomplices who fled to Philadelphia are sought.
Mrs. Christine Meyer, a German resident in Nashville County, was burned to death while milking in a stable near Notting station. Fire trapped her before help could reach her. Initial findings suggested accident, but later developments indicate the fire and death were the result of a crime.
Promoters of the worsted yarn trust are due to arrive from Boston as a critical week unfolds. Industry observers anticipate the combination may be completed before week’s end, though even insiders express lingering doubts about final success.
The article notes options accepted on 22 planta representing percent of wor ted yarn spindles. Coffin and Jones of Hooton are to visit this week to discuss the combination with Che frtom still outside. Campbell is favored as president but other officers are undecided.
In Braston on the Lehigh Valley railroad a major meeting of Federated Brotherhoods is planned within two weeks, with Chief Engineer Arthur and the federation heads expected. Brotherhood members say strikers from six years ago faced unfair treatment, with top jobs given to new workers and long idle periods imposed.
A deadly brawl erupted at the New Howton court house about a quarrel over a barbed wire fence between the Hayes family Wil Simeon and Hall and the Frite Prix and Smith group. The six men fought after attending a preliminary trial on Sunday.
In Boston on July 25 inspectors search for three rings allegedly taken from Mia Thayer at the Holland House in New York two weeks earlier. The rings include a ruby, a marquise cut diamond, and a solitaire engagement ring valued at about 26000 dollars.
In Williamsport Pennsylvania in July snakes are reported in large numbers along Loyalsock Creek driving lumbermen and bark peelers from camps. The infestation disrupts work as crews abandon sites to dodge reptile encounters and danger.
Agricultural department officials announced that American grown tea from Pinehurst near Charleston has been placed on the sale market in New York for the first time. The twenty year experiment produced a crop sold at wholesale and now retail, reportedly commanding higher prices than the finest Chinese or Japanese teas.
Washington July 25 Preparations by the army ordnance department plan to supply Gen Otis with six Lime Dudley dynamite pneumatic guns for the fall campaign against the Philippines. Sixteen guns have already been delivered and are ready for service to induce recognition of US sovereignty.
New York July 5 report states 15 year old Charles Smith of 1262 Grand Street Brooklyn died from erysipelas. The infection followed irritation from a pair of poorly fitting shoes that began about three weeks earlier.
Mary A. Vaughan, a Cedar Falls resident, died after being bitten on the lip by a kissing bug on Saturday evening. The sting caused rapid swelling and suffocation, and medical care failed to save her.
George J Gould must pay four thousand four hundred dollars in duty on an imported ewer and basin valued at fourteen thousand dollars. The articles were imported over a year ago and the duty has been in litigation since.
New Haven investigators report many soda fountain syrups are made from falicyelic acid and colored with poisonous dyes. High grade chemicals are costly, prompting proprietors to substitute acids and dyes, with several adverse procedures observed in the supply chain.
Newton Kultum of Springfield Missouri is developing a flying machine at Porter Indiana inspired by Chanute experiments. The device resembles a bowl with pointed ends and wing surfaces moved by power to lift air. A trial flight is planned next week with a Springfield aerial voyage if successful.
Cyrus Davis, a Western Union lineman, was electrocuted atop a 30 foot pole in Bradford Pa Witnesses watched him twitch and blue flames rise from his hand as a bystander raised the alarm Hundreds gathered as fire and police assisted in lowering the body to the sidewalk in a grisly scene
The government renewed Cape Town mail contracts with the Union and Caetice line of steamships. The new agreements require mail to be carried in sixteen and a half days.
London July 25. In the house of commons today parliamentary foreign secretary Mr Hroderick promised to ask the British embassy at Warrington to procure the reports of the Huffaro laboratory on cancer research conducted there.
Steubenville Ohio July reports R P Schott a Cadiz manufacturer and Republican hopeful for Congress in the sixteenth district proposes selling the nomination to the highest bidder starting at 10000 dollars. If nominated he would donate the officer salary to education for four youths in each of the five counties.
Sharon Pa July 15 The blast furnace employees at Sharpaville who began a strike July 1 for a cent a day advance returned to work today at the old wage rate. About six men were involved and the stoppage caused a heavy loss to the operator.
Hartford City Indiana July 25 All Hartford City window glass factories optioned to a trust after a Chicago meeting. Manufacturers rush to take stock rather than cash, signaling a completed trust. Trust promises curb cooperative workers and centralize wage talks for next fall.
In Atlanta on July 25, the wife of former Congressman W H Fenton launches a circular aimed at women nationwide calling the Philippine War a slaughter of the innocents and an unholy war.
Plattsburg July 28 report says American Steel & Wire Co has purchased the Iron mines and Iron property of Witherbee Sherman Co at Port Henry Pasex county New York for about 1.5 million dollars.
Chicago manufacturers of drill and seeder implements will raise prices by 15 percent due to sharp increases in iron and steel costs. The decision cites a large advance in raw materials and aims to offset higher production expenses.
Indep encore reports Walla Tonka of the Choctaw, sentenced for killing his uncle two years ago, will be executed at sunset tomorrow in Alikihi, I T. He has been allowed to roam on promise to return for the execution after appeals.
Pearl Boyd, an 18 year old from 2514 Third Avenue, was taken in charge by police this week. Her mother Mrs Abive Boyd may consent to placing her in the girls reform school.
Local union officers and Christian Endeavor societies push a scheme to close theatres and similar venues in Seattle on Sunday. Citizens groups work with other organizations and have gathered information to aid law officers in enforcing Sunday closing.
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