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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
3
A large yellow dog known as a lumber yard dog terrorized a tenement courtyard on Third Street in South St. Louis for three days. Residents and a police posse attempted to corral it with stones and poisoned meat before Sergeant Hess fired from an attic window and killed the animal.
The Woodmen of the World plan a two story brick lodge building at Second Avenue and University Street Seattle. Ground floor will hold five stores while the upper level provides a grand lodge hall cloak rooms library reception room banquet kitchen and more. Interior furnishings cost about 2500 and the home aims to be among the finest in the state.
An agent for Speer Bros. & Co. of Wyoming has purchased yearling and two-year-old cattle in Cheney Washington over several days. Three car loads were loaded and shipped from the station yesterday, joining a prior shipment of 500 head to Montana.
A. la Andrews, renowned in engineering and construction circles, is in Seattle for a few days. He helped build the Seattle and International railroad, worked on the Chicago drainage canal and waterworks tunnel, and now serves as superintendent of construction at the Great Northern tunnel at the Cascades summit. Progress at the tunnel is rapid with about 50 feet advanced this week.
The speaker notes about 400 men at each end of the project and company boards its own workers. A large power plant operates at both portals. The Wellington end is moving, Cascade tunnel ground has been bare for seven months, and the completed tunnel will reach 13 962 feet in length with the current distance over the eight back nearly 12 miles.
N. P. Shaw and wife of Victoria are registered at the Beattie. Shaw is son in law of C. bh Lugrin former editor of the Seattle Times and editor of the Victoria Calonn ist. This year he holds the contract for supplying dressed meats to the White Pass Yukon railway and has shipped hundreds of tons, with the contract still in force.
Roland Molineaux was arraigned on the murder charge in New York and pleaded not guilty. He waived the examination, was held without bail, and the case will go before the grand jury.
Plane and specifications for the new Sacred Heart church arrive from the East and are with architects Josenhans Allen. Bids open next Wednesday. Estimated cost about 35000 dollars. The church will be an imposing edifice finished in elaborate style.
Judge Hanford dismisses the libel by William Catterbill, John Sorenson, August Lind, John Iverson, Henry Jepeen, Erick Nyberg, Andrew Missina and James Kennedy against the ship FP Sargent for wages due from Honolulu to Seattle. The court notes the crew abandoned Seattle without the captain’s consent, finds no complaint about ship conditions, and says pumps were operated by a donkey engine, with the men not living up to their contract.
City Engineer Thompson said all bids were too high for the Fast Pine street sewer opening yesterday. He will reject all proposals and re-bid unless Mc Lellan, the lowest bidder, agrees to take bonds issued in payment to complete the improvement. A notice was sent for McLellan to appear at 3 PM for a decision.
Walter Green is arrested by Officer Freeman on a ten day old warrant in Justice Cann's court. He faces charges of breaking a heavy beer case on Gus Forester and inflicting a painful wound in a Washington street saloon.
National League results from June 21 to 22 include Philadelphia defeating Cincinnati 7 to 6 in Cincinnati, Baltimore beating Louisville 4 to (in Louisville) , Chicago edging Boston 6 to 5, St. Louis defeating Washington 9 to 3, New York beating Pittsburgh 5 to 0 in Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn routing Cleveland 10 to 6 in Cleveland. The piece lists current club standings.
The pickpocket Viola McFall faced a bribery charge in municipal court after allegedly offering Police Officer Hubbard five dollars weekly to permit her to operate on his beat. Testimony began and strong camera evidence was noted as the state laid out its case. further proceedings were adjourned to tomorrow at 2 PM.
A 58 year old sailor, William Peabody, has been missing since June 20. He worked on the schooner James G Swan now at Smiths Cove. Friends urge police help to locate him. Korn Drag Co Fifth and Pika Prescription Specialists Phone Phengy.
In New York on June 22 a drug clerk mixed two prescriptions by mistake. Anna Hiber, 14, on Rivington Street, ingested a powder later found to contain morphine and atropine. The clerk, Charles Hauffman, realized the error and alerted others. Three doctors treated Anna and she survived after a dangerous convulsion. Police said no action likely due to his attempt to rectify the mistake.
Quarantine officer Cabies Bugeon reports 14 yellow fever cases in Santiago and four deaths. General Wyman confirms the outbreak and alerts authorities to monitor the epidemic and enforce quarantine measures.
Vancouver dispatch says Harry Brant, a piano player, shot his mistress Mrs Lalian Atwood in a disorderly Cranbrook house on the line of the Crow's Neat railway last Tuesday and then killed himself. They came from Minneapolis where Mrs Atwood’s husband is a prominent boat-builder. The couple lived quietly until the quarrel that led to the double tragedy.
A New York report notes denial of a rumor that Standard Oil intends to boost capital stock from 100 million to 50 million. The item also mentions various local notices and real estate sales including Pratt's Orchard Addition and Holmes & Robingon on 112 Columbia Street.
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