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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1899
Page
2
The Seattle Star publisher Wells & Co notes afterhours timing and distribution policy. It lists offices at 110 Third Avenue and records Seattle Washington as a second class matter with carriage and delivery notes.
The piece voices alarm over growing trust activity across the United States. It argues trusts depress small producers, push up prices indirectly by displacing workers, centralize power, and threaten republican government. It also notes Ottawa debates on alien exclusion acts and Japan policy, plus weather and fashion notes of the era.
Aguinaldo's soldiers seem to follow the adage that those who fight and run may survive to continue the struggle. The remark reflects cautious tactics amid ongoing resistance, suggesting strategic withdrawals to preserve forces for future engagements.
A fashion column notes red is flattering for wraps and newmarkets offer low prices but warn trends may fade. Spring outfits feature fur trims, lace and chiffon boas decline, brides favor cherry silk chemise de nuit, and embroidered linen colors improve. Green mohair hats with roses trend as Easter gifting grows.
John L. Dube of Zululand is to be ordained as minister of the Lewis Avenue Congregational Church in Brooklyn on March 10. He studied at Oberlin College and taught in a Natal Christian school. His wife accompanied him. he was once in line to the Zulu throne but abandoned it for Christianity.
A collage of remarkable claims across geography and history. The Sahara spans three times the Mediterranean size while Key West houses 25 000 residents in a compact area. Global trade shows 26 million paper collars sold yearly in the United States. The Nile leads rivers at 4960 miles. Niger 2600. Zambezi 1600. The Sutlej in British India reputedly descends 12 000 feet in 180 miles. An incident in Central India saw a river invade a tennis game. Early 1700s England punished salt makers by hanging. A good Arabian horse can canter 24 hours in summer and 48 in winter without water.
A compact contemplation of infinity and place within the universe. The poem argues that finite minds perceive a structured cosmos where each planet holds a position, and all stars move in disciplined, awe inspiring paths across the vast emptiness.
Astoria Oregon reports George Berger a veteran of fourteen years in the regular army died of fever contracted in Cuba while serving with the Third artillery. He fought with the First infantry around Santiago and later died at Fort Stevens after rheumatism set in. The obituary recalls a legal tale of untraceable poisons and public curiosity about names, ending with a note on Berger’s military honor.
Mrs Adolphine Foss of 5065 Grant Street Hoboken faced Recorder Stanton on habitual drunkenness charges. Her two children and mother in law Mrs Jane Foss pleaded for mercy as the grandmother knelt to pray for the jailed mother. The recorder released the woman after the plea.
In the House of Commons Hon Philip Stanhope raised the death of Filipino subjects at Manila and whether circumstances allowed friendly representations to the United States for compensation to families. Mr Broderick from the Foreign Office said the British consul in Manila had reported the facts and would supply a full report for government consideration.
Mrs Maud Ballington Booth, a top Volunteer of America officer and head of the Volunteer Prisoners League, will visit Seattle from Tacoma on April 6. She will speak at night at First Presbyterian Church on prison reform, after a public reception in the afternoon.
Michael Gerbrisk, 32 children, dies at the poorhouse in Crawfordsville Indiana. None of his children visited him before death or burial. One son earlier left funds with an undertaker to cover burial costs, while the rest did not attend.
On the Adams inquest Sunday John Yorum testified while Assistant District Attorney Osborne pressed that the poison arranger could not be a skilled chemist if he used an agent easily traced like mercury. The chemist would know cyanide of mercury is deadly yet might favor other poisons such as ptomalc polena.
A British torpedo boat destroyer Miuker was foundered during a squall off Samos southwest of Smyrna. Eight crew members, all identified as Jackies, were drowned in the incident reported from London.
J H King narrowly escaped drowning when his wagon and horses were swept from a ford below the old Pine Creek bridge. The improvised crossing proved deadly as a horse was lost and King clung to a rope thrown by W Conner and his rail crew who dragged him to safety after fifteen minutes in freezing water.
Northport reports a large ore body discovered at 200 feet depth in the Douglas mine on Sephia mountain near Velvet. Owners include I. S Kauffman W H Montgomery Kh H Smith of Spokane and Douglas Hunter of Portland. adjoining claims Abe Lincoln Get In Maryland show the same ledge with copper and gold values.
Albany March 7. N Tartridge state superintendent of public works today removed C A Snyder of Herkimer from the office of superintendent of repairs for Erie canal section 4. Charges of falsifying payrolls were lodged earlier and a Col Partridge led investigation prompted the dismissal.
March 11 Washington report on whether to ship troops via Suez route or San Francisco route to the Philippines Inland. Costs of the Suez tolls push preference toward San Francisco while a committee engages global artists and writers to contribute works for a charitable exhibition.
From With Dewey at Manila by Joseph L. Stidney in Harper’s Magazine, the passage argues Commodore Dewey sought the Asiatic station for seaborne opportunity. It frames him as a man of action driven by instinct and merit, not mere prophecy, and stresses the need for sea command as the path to honor during war.
About 15 000 workers at Illinois Steel Company plants in Joliet South Chicago TL and Union and Bay View Wis gain higher wages starting today. The total annual payroll rise is about 250000 dollars. Coinciding with the Illinois Steel increase the American Wire and Steel Company boosts wages eight percent.
At Pullman March report shows total enrollment reaching 295, down from last year due to dormitory loss. Work to remove burned building ruins will start soon with a full summer of construction ahead. Assaying department now has ten students and a brick furnace. chemistry and laboratory rooms are crowded. Professor J H Day requests last year pharmacy graduates for a clerical position. The annual dairy school opens March 16 and runs ten weeks through May 1 with twenty student limit.
President Durkee presented complaints by the Union Agricultural Society of the state against Hamilton Bushey who supervised accounts of trotting and running meetings. Roosevelt referred the matter to the attorney general to summon Bushey and the complainants for action.
A royal patronized charity in Italy plans to solicit original works from distinguished people to exhibit in Rome and later sell for the society’s benefit. The effort targets aristocrats and notable figures to raise funds through a charitable sale.
The body of Miss Rae Hague nineteen, daughter of Captain Jacob Hague of Greenwich, was found in the Cohansey river near her home in Pridgeton New Jersey. Rae disappeared November 6 after a family quarrel and threat of self harm. Her mother says Rae was out of her mind when she drowned herself.
Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania reports the death of Mr. Pears formerly of Pittsburg in Honduras. Pears, agent at Puerto Cortez for the Honduras Mahogany company, was shot by a sentry after advancing when ordered to halt due to language barriers. An investigation is underway.
The Home Secretary allows Mrs. Druce to open the grave at Highgate to settle whether the coffin contains the body of T. C. Druce claimed as the fifth Duke of Portland.
John Hall van Vorst died of pneumonia on the day of his wedding to Bessie McGinnis. The couple, both in their twenties, were engaged for some time and married at his mother's home on Twenty second Street. He was about 27, she 24.
The Big Consolidated Street Railway Co plans a novel eight wheeled suburban funeral car with a partitioned rear for mourners and a forward reception area for the coffin. It will be draped in sombre purple and rented for ten dollars for a single trip. President Everett says it will make funerals cheaper for moderate households. Boston has used trolley funeral cars for years.
In Chicago March report, an Italian naturalist named Comba has formed a company to breed pearl oysters by training tame oysters to yield real lustrous gems. The process differs from inserting a core and aims to produce genuine pearls under controlled conditions.
W Tibbetts of Issaquah, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, consults with Pullman post members on securing excursion rates for the state encampment in Seattle June 2 to 4. The Woman's Relief Corps meets synchronously and Whitman county hopes to provide an entire train slow? The plan includes chartering a special tourist sleeper train for attendees.
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