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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1899
Page
2
The fragment shows a Seattle Star notice from Wells & Co about publication cadence and mailing prices. It mentions daily delivery except Sunday, a weekly rate, and mail delivery options with post office routing in Beattie and Washington. It reads like an old newspaper notice of subscriptions and service.
The June Forum writer Mr. C. A. Canant notes Cuba and the Philippines occupation draws the United States into worldwide competition for finance and trade. He highlights Germany Russia Britain and the Dreyfus affair shaping global profits and national power with figures on bank capital and foreign investment. Kentucky recalls a senator pure food probe into rapid whisky production.
Albert Myers arrived from New York to wed Gertrude Myers of Covington Kentucky. Investigations showed they were brother and sister, a revelation that came after they met in New York with an excursion party three years earlier. The siblings had been taken from an orphan asylum in Covington.
Chicago June 9. Capt J B Dunham of Dunham Towing and Miles Barry of Independent Tug say the proposed lake towing trust collapsed. In Cleveland promoters claim progress. The reef of the trust was the price war between two firms dominating Buffalo harbor towing. 17 tugs referenced.
The trust aimed to absorb several tug lines including Nandi & John and Maytham at Buffalo. Valuations were said satisfactory except for those lines, and promoters faced price staggered offers. Despite backing, efforts to secure lower figures from Duffato Herma failed, risking the promoters’ labor.
Chicago will witness the destruction of about one hundred machines seized from saloons restaurants and cigar stores. Police Inspector Max Heidelmeier will act as grand master of ceremonies at the burning set to occur next week following Corporation Counsel Walker's ruling that the machines may be destroyed by the police department.
The Belasco Trial company performs A Man with a Past at Third Avenue Theatre tonight. Tomorrow and Sunday feature The Girls Left Behind Me with a matinee of Marguerite tomorrow. Tickets on sale at Seattle theater for Wakefield Andrews opera season. Norris Brothers' show arrives with a parade of animals and ornate carriages through Seattle streets. Performances at 2:30 and 8:00 p.m. at Second Avenue and Battery Street.
St Genevieve, the oldest town in Miesourt, founded 1735, nears its first railway as track reaches within half a mile of the town square. The Acadian descendants fear change as new traffic and ways approach the quiet Norman village once cut off from telegrams and telephones.
Tonight and Saturday fair weather with west to south winds. High pressure over Washington persists but has eased since Thursday while California remains under a typical summer low. The Rocky Mountain region shows growing high pressure likely to dominate. Temperatures rise in eastern Washington, Montana, and the Great Basin with no precipitation reported across the region.
Owners of Pratt's Orchard Addition invite investors and Seattle women seeking homes to view the east slope location on Queen Anne hill. The property overlooks the lake city and Sound, is reachable via Cedar street car line, and features 7 to 14 bearing fruit trees per lot. Priced at 20 a jot, with easy terms, contact Holman and Robinson at 112 Columbia Street through Moore Investment Co.
Reports from Republic Washington detail heavy fundraising and rapid shaft work for the San Poll and other mines. Ore values surge at Black Tail Morning Glory and Mountain Lion while new ledges at Tom Thumb and Fast San Poll draw investors from Seattle and Jacksonville. A separate violent incident in Boone County and an attempted assassination in York are also noted.
Albert Wells, who killed two of his four sons by throwing them into a well on his Thornton area farm, was captured and jailed in Crawfordsville. He claimed head pain and threatened suicide while confessing the act to authorities after a strawberry-picking outing.
Julia Tracy, heartbroken over not being notified of her mother’s death, saturated her clothing with kerosene and set it alight in Maria Stewart’s parlor. She became a wall of flames, ran into the street, and collapsed from exhaustion. Mikker Hutchinson found her severely burned and she later died.
In Kokomo Indiana on June 9 Mrs. Bruer of Russiaville high school principal G G Bruer confronted burglars alone as they pried the door. She fired a revolver chasing them from the house while bullets flew. A bullet fragment and blood traces were found after the raid.
County auditor recorded numerous transfers including Bd G Simpson to N B Nelman for Lot 11 Block 2 Union Add valued at 700. Mary M Adama to J B McClelland for North Seattle property 460. Thomas Gowen et al to Wm Woodhouse for Lot M Southern Add 60. Woodhouse to George J Gillespie for same property 112. W A Hardy to Caroline Gillespie for Lot 22 Block 4 West Seattle 1,200. J N Mardy to Caroline Gillespie for Lot 21 Block 4 same ad 500. R B Holbrook to John W Gillespie for Lot 12 Block 4 West Beattie & J Co.'s 24th plat 112.50. further transfers including May Sullivan to receiver Washington Savings Bank, Patrick Gallagher to Mary Gallagher, Wm Baker et ux to RR Co., Clarence Bagley et ux to Louis Lene, A Hedden et al to John Lindh, sheriff to John Stier, and a United States patent to Charles C Lillan. various dates and sums up to 18,000.
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