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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1899
Page
4
Agents say a universal Alaska rate favors large vessels as passengers and freight cluster to the biggest ships, leaving smaller steamers with less business. The prior rate war and subsequent standard rate of 25 first class and 15 second class persist, altering competition and profits for smaller operators.
The railroad plans eight new mail cars eight passenger locomotives eight Y consolidated engines and fourteen eight wheel freight locomotives plus new coaches with modern features. Cars and engines will be shipped from Schenectady New York. An order for 660 flat cars 79000 pounds capacity comes from Barney Smith Dayton 100 forty ton coal cars from Detroit and 200 Rogers ballast cars from Welle French.
The Great Northern train with many home seekers from Loward will arrive in Seattle from St Paul after leaving Chicago on Tuesday. Rock Island road plans to match homeseker rates on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, charging one fare plus two round trips and half fare plus one dollar for one way tickets, covering Colorado Utah and Oregon Short Line areas.
New York March Thomas Koycee coachman for General John Watts Kearney of 2 West Fiftieth Street ran down Daniel Kear Gon at Thirty-eighth Street while driving along Fifth Avenue. Family members were in the carriage. Reardon not badly hurt. Royce Wan arrested. Kearney bailed him out, using 949 Broadway as security valued at $200,000.
W. F. Hayes sues Jas. J. Hill of the Great Northern and the Seattle and Montana railroad as co-defendants for $70,000 in superior court. He also seeks a perpetual injunction to stop any further improvements by the Great Northern at Smith's Cove. Hayes claims terms of a contract with the state grant him exclusive rights to fill tide lands at 160 double yard.
Walter MH French, head engineer at the First Avenue Railway Company power house, died at his home 0908 First Avenue at 2:90 this morning from injuries received last night. He slipped from the floor to the pit where a cable wheel flange struck him, breaking three ribs and causing two skull abrasions.
The former governor Merriam, heading the 1900 census, will start soon to organize workers for the full population roundup. Other items include political shifts, royal courtesies, strikes, and notable maritime and legal developments across the nation.
The article explains that nighttime rest reduces heart workload as standing upright ends. It states the heart slows by ten strokes per minute, about 600 strokes per hour, saving nearly 6000 heartbeats in eight hours. Each stroke moves six ounces of blood, meaning the heart shifts 30,000 ounces less blood at night. Warmth then relies on circulatory vigor, with blood flow slowed in recumbency requiring more coverings.
Three steamers the Humboldt Rosalie and the City of Topeka arrived from Alaska into Seattle harbor. The Humboldt was inspected after a detour to Victoria. The Rosalie carried few passengers and brought the remains of Hugh Foy and William Quirk from Skagway who died there. The Topeka brought many passengers and 146 boxes of felt from Wrangell and listed loyed railroad workers from Skagway.
In San Francisco harbor the bark Ceylon and British ship Talus collided causing rail damage and strained timbers. Captains blame each other for the incident while both vessels were entering the port and repairs are under way. Courts will decide liability and payment.
The Northern Pacific train carrying a party of railway officials departed yesterday for Portland. From there the group will travel to St. Paul. The officials included Darine Miller vice president J W Blabon former freight manager W Le Benham F B Whit ney general freight and traffic agent and R C Stevens general western passenger agent.
The Great Northern Railway reorganizes territory in the west. John A. Miller becomes general freight head for Wenatehu to the Fraser River north to the Columbia south with Seattle as headquarters. George P. Cave and H. L. Geary take new freight roles in the redefined area.
Guests and registrants arrive from Lincoln Nebraska Portland Maine Wellington Washington Dawson Alaska and Arlington with many using the Northern and Butler hotels. Names include Jowell Robinson Ellwood Loyd Hooker Grant Dougherty Trobridge Haskill Dooley Sutherland McMillan Vance and the Lord and Lady Dunemire among others.
March items report Colonel Thomas M. Fisher’s reinstatement as inspector in the emigration department. Tacoma notes a planned Northern Pacific line toward Anacortes and Ren ton coal mines. Victoria records a Badminton Club row over Attorney General Martin’s rejection. Spokane reports smallpox spread and two bunko men granted a new trial. Everett notes James M. Vernon’s post office move and Watt C. Dronaugh’s death. Portland mentions A Gates taking strychnine by mistaking it for Epsom salts.
Poem by John Vance Cheney invites gentle guardianship for a departed soul. The speaker asks nature and music to attend the grave, with winds, birds, bees, and clouds mourning and tending the sleeper, promising enduring care and companionship.
The Flemish Academy of Anvers seeks a universally intelligible word for the new language of the horseless carriage. They aim to bridge technical terms used by electricians and machinists with common understanding for Flemish speakers who have seen this future transport.
Beginning March 1 the Burlington will operate a through Pullman sleeping car between Anaconda and St Louis, connecting with Northern Pacific at Anaconda and Billings on the route. The train will call at Omaha and requires one change of cars from Seattle to St Louis, done while in motion. Royal Hyde Park rumor stirs crowd in Rotten Row watching for the royal equipage.
The Valencia steamship, a famed troop transporter between San Francisco and the Philippines, carried a treasure valued at about £1,500,000 for Manila soldiers and West Point graduates slated for early war service. Captain Lane, Weaver, and Frank Turner are noted officers aboard. Pred Macondray, Valencia’s master, operates stevedoring in Manila.
Ex Consul General F C Penfield described in the Century a grand Nile project to create a vast reservoir 140 miles long in the Egyptian desert. A dam at Arsauan would flood 2 3 times Lake Geneva’s area, feeding canals from Cairo to boost cotton farming and state revenue, with a system of barrages and future reservoirs south to Victoria Nyanga.
The piece argues the Spanish American War shows a navy must foster mechanical skill. It credits American machinery and sailors with defeating Cervera’s fleet, noting U S ships at Santiago could only use half power, suggesting faster enemy speed might have changed outcomes.
A quirk filled compilation notes that two thousand fish species inhabit the Amazon and a quarter of Londoners earn under five dollars weekly. It claims Juliette is least common in Ireland, and compares nutrition by bushel between beans and potatoes.
The passage discusses preferred phrasing choices such as using teen for teenager and six weeks later over some six weeks later. It advocates clearer constructions like I am going to the city versus I going down into the city and I remember meeting him over I remember of meeting him, emphasizing direct phrasing and correct subject verb forms.
A list of preferred English usages contrasts everyday phrasing with more formal alternatives. Examples include preferred forms for overflowed lowlands, election prospects, eloquence, enacted laws, following advice, causes of death, affliction terms, and correct preposition choices in phrases about actions and possessions.
The text describes the German patent system noting thorough prior publication checks, lack of government warranty on examination accuracy, brief claims, public critique during a six week publicity period, and a view that this openness prevents weak patents from misleading investors. It argues that few challenges arise after five years, securing the patent term.
The text argues American workers outrun European competitors by minimizing breaks and meals. It claims Europeans waste time on breakfast, beer, and tea, reducing output for a 10 hour shift. It contrasts an American schedule from 7 to 12 and 1 to 6 with no breaks to show greater productivity and fuel use.
The sand ridges of the Indian desert rise from cross ridges like closed fingers, facing northeast and southwest over one to two miles. Their steep slopes are covered with grasses and occasional acacia or rohira trees. They end at the sandstone cliffs of Sata, about 1009 feet high, with sparse animal life except for camel skeletons marking ancient trade routes.
A collage of anecdotes from 18th 19th century humor andregional quips. It recalls Handel’s fame as a hearty eater a clergyman’s plain speech and Scottish pride linked to Trafalgar and a joke about whisky inspectors in Kansas.
Fragmentary OCR reveals entries on bank transactions, cashiers exchanges, and notices from city offices. Mentions Boston block, Holyoke, Ankeny, and various principal cities, with references to insurance and real estate for sale and public notices.
Don Carios exploits the postcard craze with portraits and facsimiles. James Tyson, the grand old bachelor millionaire, left no will. Sydney relatives uncover a romance. An English emigrant child of squatters’ era may inherit, while Pere Didon travels on an educational mission in England. The Duke of Cambridge enjoys covert shooting at Six Mile Bottom despite age, and Senator Hanna is noted for political influence alongside jokes about Lacey’s lookalike war secretary. Old house near Burlington, Vt., holds memories of resistance against Indians. anecdotes of composers and weather prophets circulate in humorous exchanges.
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