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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1899
Page
2
In a movement described as urgent for Seattle’s growth a proposal seeks a large convention and exposition complex. Citizens debate public funding versus private enterprise while noting Seattle’s need for a center to host fairs Alaska Exposition and state events.
Victoria detective Perdue travels to Seattle to recover Norman Bradley wanted for theft and burglary. He investigates Flora Hagenbuck alias Jones and the case’s link to Antonio Serantis, a Greek fruit stand owner, amid a local death considered suspicious. Berantia, an amateur athlete, is noted as a potential suspect.
Telegraph reports from Johannesburg describe acute distress among inhabitants as war panic spreads, paralyzing commerce and daily life across the city.
Seattle business leaders quietly discuss building a central auditorium to host state fairs, expositions, conventions, and large assemblies. They envision a permanent structure larger than any north of San Francisco and funded by private capital without municipal help.
At an Alaska Geographical Society meeting President A C Jackson outlined a plan to reach the North Pole by sailing from Alaska with three steamers for five years, drifting on ice, then continuing on reindeer. The expedition would use copper wire for communication, and a museum and Alaska material-gathering expedition were discussed but not acted on.
Class No 18 of the Sunday school will entertain friends in the church parlors tomorrow evening. The program includes piano solos, choruses, recitations and vocal numbers by Lena Huckina Eva Smith Hattie J Simmonds Lulu M Dupee Nellie Worth and others. Ice cream and cake served. See lion cubs at Madison park pav.
Ballard, a busy Sound town, ships growing lumber volumes with two docks, Stimson mill turning 156000 feet daily plus 400000 shingles, and rising orders to Eastern cities. Local plans include a small tug at Heckman Hansen mill and new vessels for Yukon service.
Vincent A. Ryan editor of the Tacoma News died of heart disease at 12.20 in the Olympic cafe after dining with a friend who vanished. doctors pronounced the cause. Six months earlier his wife and her aunt drowned near San Francisco. Ryan was a well known coast editorial writer and special correspondent.
The obituary notes the death of a longtime editorial writer who defined his role as a daily voice of opinion with no extra duties. He previously served as managing editor during a fracas that injured others, and held stakes in several papers before returning to editorial work in Everett, where he had joined the Herald before taking his final post.
Judge Cann yesterday dismissed Lisale Marsell accused of stealing $40 from J. P. D. Vickery in the Peerton saloon on Sunday night. The judge ruled the insufficiency of evidence would not sustain a conviction before a jury.
Stuart's comic players open a week engagement with Casey's Troubles plus high class specialties. Matinees Saturday and next Tuesday. Iowa and Rails baseball clubs invited to tonight’s show. The Passion May at Jefferson theater draws large houses with moving Bible scenes. Clyde Fitch play The Moth and the Flame to Beattie theater Friday and Saturday with the same cast from New York run.
A reign of terror grips Mayana and surrounding areas as bandit raids force peasants to flee to Guanajay. Troops conduct woods patrols in a bid to locate the marauders.
John B Wright asks Fremont city council for a fifteen year lease of street water mains to connect private homes for domestic use. He promises to maintain pipes in good repair and to give the city one twentieth of net proceeds collected.
An advertisement touts an extreme collection of proper suitings and ready-to-wear clothes not found in average stock. It invites dressers to visit the establishment to see, compare, and choose from the swellest and best materials gathered from markets.
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