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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1899
Page
2
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The report warns that trust formations in salmon, coffins, tin, and metals aim to cut prices through consolidation, yet raise costs for consumers. It notes Seattle tin prices up and calls for action as Canada eyes markets while Alaska frontier postings expand and Cedar River water debates surge. The University of Washington ends winter term with a vacation and Honolulu becomes an American port with U.S. customs oversight on island trade.
Lind notes development in Adams county with eight residents and a solitary store, a warehouse, and a Brook store indicating early expansion and local progress.
A description lists four stores four warehouses a hotel a drug store a harness shop a barber shop two saloons a town hall two lumber yards a livery stable and two blacksmith shops. A flouring mill is planned. A furniture store a doctor a butcher shop and a shoe shop are needed. Also noted: August Adama sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for cattle stealing by Judge Miller in Spokane last Saturday. The Walla Walla union changes hands with J G Franklin A B La Due and L Armatrong to run it and enlarge to six pages while keeping politics. A two story Tacoma moving incident caused the house to roll downhill but little damage occurred. A drownings reported as William Nabine, a Bear Creek logger, perished crossing Puget Sound in a rowboat at wind. Ritaville’s opera house near completion opposite the courthouse, 40 by 100 feet, with a 600 capacity. stage has three dressing rooms. seating includes nine opera chairs and 15 cent folding chairs and gallery benches.
A Philadelphia Press Dublin dispatch profiles Thomas Sharkey’s Irish roots, detailing his parents, siblings, and a quiet, frugal upbringing. It notes his promise to visit in summer and his rise as a celebrated American navy pugilist, praised for discipline, hard work, and charity toward others.
Paul Thomas of Century Wheelmen dominates 1808 season with 9299 miles including 32 centuries. He sets New York to Hudson and New York to Albany records, covering 129 miles in 15 hours and shaving hours off prior times.
Tacoma athletics shift to the Y M C A as the old Tacoma athletic club track is leased for a year. Repairs will begin with weather, with tracks, grandstand, and tennis courts readied for weekly contests and spring meets. Proposals include a cross‑area field meet inviting Spattie, Vashon, Whitworth, Port Townsend and Portland teams.
The piece compares a New York Cornish crime with a Canadian poisoning case from ten years earlier. A mailed confectionery box containing poison sickened and killed a wife while a male suspect tied to drugs, handwriting, and motive was sentenced for life. The report notes multiple recipients of the poison and parallels to the New York mystery.
A New England magazine essay contrasts Irish and American public opinion on politics and education, cites James Bryce on U S sentiment, notes Boston Transcript reactions, questions why anti treaty voices struggle to speak, cites Hoar on elections of 188 and 1892, and adds bystander quips from periodicals.
In San Francisco on March L Two hundred guests visited the battleship Lowa for two hours of entertainment by its crew in honor of Mayor Kelan following a prior Orpheum show. The deck was festive with canvas, colors, and a stage, featuring songs, monologues, and a boxing sketch. A legal notice story interleaves about Mrs Beott and a complex estate, with a lawyer’s inquiry and a distant tale of inheritance.
Reports from Austol RL indicate builders keep details secret while calculators estimate the Defender’s sail area will exceed the yacht by about 12 500 square feet. Comparing Shamrock’s 13 500 square feet area suggests near parity in the international Cup race plans across the Atlantic.
A Connecticut tale explains Mrs George W Scotts trip to Boston tied to a traveling pair. Scott and Miss Defoe, once with a small troupe in Sullivan County, couldn’t return to New York. They married for a dollar, then Mr Scott traded a watch for the remaining fare.
George W. Piette, arrested on charges of attempted murder by poison and criminal libel, is tied to a mysterious rifle shot on Oak Street. Authorities found a borrowed rifle, loaded cartridges, and an empty shell at Pierces home. A safe revealed letterheads matching those in the obscene letters fueling the charges.
Twelve top football men applied for the Columbia coaching post but a decision was delayed until after spring practice. Capt Simonds and Manager Mitchell will handle the process. The schedule lists games with Rutgers Union Dartmouth NYU Amhurst Stevens West Point Virginia and Carlisle Indians in New York Hoboken Charlottesville and New York.
Captain John M. Neall U S A vanished after leaving the Presidio last Wednesday without leave. A safe inspection showed a $8000 deficit in his accounts while he carried $1490 cash. Friends fear he may be dead. Neall led Troop B Fourth Cavalry and was superintendent of the Presidio canteen and custodian of club funds.
In Chicago on March 3 John Sundstrom a shoemaker sleeping with his family was killed by Andrew Nelson a cousin of Sundstroms wife who entered the room and fired three shots. Mrs Sundstrom and the two children witnessed the killings as Nelson danced shouting before being overpowered and taken to the police. Jealousy is blamed for the crime.
Australian expert A Marks, direct from Dawenon, places Klondike output at 19 million dollars for the year. He lists Eldorado and Bonanza creeks at five million, Big and Little Bonanza and Gold and French creeks at five million, Dominion at four million, and Hunker and Quarts creeks at five million.
Portland dispatch reports U S shipping law changes affecting sailors exploited by boardinghouse men. Masters of ships had paid up to 55 per man under the old regime, with blood money and a shipping master fee. Ambassadors were sent to head off reinforcements, leaving ships with no refund and crews burdened by the new quiet arrangements.
The text details the first sitting of Varsity crew candidates at Yale with the eight-boat lineup led by Williams at stroke and Allen at six. It notes veteran status for Griswold and Wickes and mentions Brock’s injury, plus Greenleaf weighing 177 pounds. It also briefly states a government gift of an eight inch howitzer and shells for Major General Sedgwick’s grave.
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