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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1899
Page
2
Fragmentary newspaper item from The Seattle Star referencing Wells & Co Ltd and a daily delivery note. Mentions a post office entry in Beattie Wabington and a price list per copy, with delivery terms and telephone contact.
An affair of honor in Lexington pits Cal Jack Chinn against State Senator Brenston with bluster and threats but no shots. The piece contrasts dueling customs with current attitudes, notes public concern, and references Filipino soldiers and U S forces in Luzon in a biased, sweeping tone.
The American Boy cruiser project, funded by schoolchildren nationwide and led by W Rankin Good of Cincinnati, faces unclear finances with multiple fundraising avenues and no single manager. Supporters in Seattle will be asked to contribute, and a clear financial statement is requested.
August Becker, a sausage maker, confesses to dismembering his wife and boiling her remains in a kettle. The shocking case stirs horror and calls for severe punishment, while Becker’s shop continues to draw wary customers in Chicago.
The column urges bright spring dress tones and white summer outfits built on batiste embroidered muslin and white French flannel. It praises mohairs in muslin blends for durability, new craye variegation, and versatile skirts, advising affordable options over costly muslin embroidery.
The piece outlines spring fashion with muslin blouses, mohair gowns, and satin-like white fabrics. It notes fringe as a current emphasis, from three inches to three feet, and describes layered skirts, pouched fronts, and decorative tassels. It highlights colors like willow green and quilla blue and the use of gilded skewers by milliners.
In a Seattle Weekly Havana letter, the writer portrays Cuban society after war, noting many missing men and widowed women. The piece mocks Cuban female literacy as a charm, claims limited women’s literature, and describes fashion obsessions, charity habits, and extreme waist constriction among Havana’s debutantes.
The German oil steamer Minister Maybach left New York for Hamburg January 2 and was misreported arriving February 17. She has not been heard from in 41 days and is feared to be in trouble at sea.
Clarence Cargill aged years, of Samuel and Bronx streets, Bronx, was struck by a Union Line trolley at Bouton avenue and Woodruff Street. Both legs were severed and he died within half an hour after being taken home.
Washington March 18 one oversight in enrolling an appropriation bill altered the intended river and harbor funding. The bill shows both the Mills amendment and conference provisions, though an error inserted the stricken amendment. The secretary of war faces which provision to pursue with possible attorney general guidance and congress intent.
The clearing house committee recommended uniform charges for banking firms to collect out of town checks. A Clearing House association meeting is set for Thursday to receive and vote on the report. Discretionary points avoid charges include Boston Providence Newark Jersey City Hoboken Albany Troy Philadelphia and Baltimore.
A spirited discussion in the Texas House of Representatives centered on adopting a resolution praising Congressman J. W. Bailey for challenging Gen. Wheeler and declining minority leadership. The measure passed by a small majority.
White Plains N J March 15 Judge Barnard of Poughkeepsie handed down his decision in the case of William Rockefeller against Mount Pleasant assessors. He cut Rockwood hall at Scar borough from 1406 value of 90146960 to 197510 the referee’s valuation. The town now owes about 18000 in taxes and interest.
Sweeney and Gray of Long Island City hold a contract to conduct soundings along the Manhattan and Long Island shores for a proposed bridge linking Manhattan to Long Island City. Work has begun at foot of Ninety first street with plans to locate best foundations near Flood Rock and Hell Gate, near Astoria.
A one pound baby born Sunday morning to Mrs. Henry Barto of 119 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. Doctors feared for the infant but Dr. Thomas F. McGuire attended the mother. The nurse, Mrs. J Oliver, baptized the child as George and laid the infant on a bed. Half an hour later the nurse found the baby alive, ending fears of death.
State Factory Inspector O Leary reports a steady wave of prosperity with 9660 inspections from December to February. New firms total 373, resumed business 100, total employment up 12 252 across all firms, with 77 firms on overtime and 7 on double time, adding 11 288 extra hours.
March 16 reports list three new firms incorporated in New Jersey Park Steel Company with $10,000,000 capital to acquire Park Bros. & Co. of Pittsburgh and manufacture iron and steel. Incoporators include George J D Halleck and others from New York. American Brick Company with $10,000,000 capital includes Oakleigh Thorne and Raymond C. Knox among incorporators. United States Electric Company of New Jersey aims to control electric utilities with $20,000,000 capital, incorporators Frank M. Stillman Thomas J. George and William J. Davis.
A letter from Luck School boys to Emanuel Geibel is found among posthumous papers. They complain learning his poem Frühlingshof nung and say five fail for mis pronunciation while two receive flogging. They beg him to stop writing more beautiful poems and lament studying poets biographies.
A March storm in Rivernead caused a lightning strike that demolished a two room dwelling occupied by Mrs. Hunter and Clarence Bunce. The bolt hit the chimney and tore through walls before exiting via the kitchen as residents escaped unharmed.
Pad ward Everett Hale led a Tremont temple mass meeting in support of arbitration. He predicted the Ca ar conference will come together as surely as the world turns and cited the U S example where 45 independent states refer disputes to a single permanent tribunal.
William H. Hoxie was struck by lightning yesterday as the current ran down the bell rope while he rang at the Congregational church in Plymouth Massachusetts. He sustained injuries but remained alive as of report.
Chicago March 15 Mayor Carter Harrison II and Champion Bob Fitzsimmons met in the mayor's office. Fitzsimmons urged consulting George Siler for a decision on his coming boxing match while joking about a possible two opponent clash. Harrison welcomed the talk and complimented the champion’s health.
William Day, freed from Chester penitentiary after twenty years, arrived in Ancona from Taylorville. Convicted at age six in 1872 for murder, Day now claims no memory of the crime. He plans to give lectures on prison life.
The Eighth United States Volunteers colored under Col Huggins were mustered out at Chickamauga park. As the troop train departed for St Louis a stray bullet wounded car inspector W W Makinas in the leg.
The article notes a Montana measure over the governor's veto allowing two thirds of a corporation's stockowners to force the minority to sell at appraised value or take stock in another firm. Aimed at copper producers, the drastic law tightens control for large combinations, reflecting state willingness to enforce bold measures to advance schemes.
Coroner Zucca and a jury concluded Eugene Chamberlain died February 2 from a compound skull fracture caused by a hatchet thrown by William Reledon during skylarking with no intent to kill. Reledon was exonerated but immediately re-arrested on DA warrant.
Hirsch Koppleman, recently arrested in Chicago for a gold dust swindle, was arraigned in New York to plead to the indictment alongside Saul Jacobs who is already convicted. Koppleman confessed in Chicago, Jacobs is imprisoned at Sing Sing, and Koppleman’s case was adjourned until Friday. Assistant DA McClelland expects both men guilty and may call Chicago officers to testify.
Washington reports from London indicate a belief that the United States may object if China is partitioned and spheres of influence begin. At the capitol, only Senate Foreign Relations members Frye and Cullom were present, with split views emerging on the issue.
Mr Frye argues for extending US markets abroad citing large business interests while fearing anti expansion lawmakers. Mr Cullom cautions against entering the Chinese sphere and emphasizes handling current issues before Asia and avoiding responsibilities in governance of any Chinese empire.
A man in a Woodward avenue grocery asks for nuts by name and learns the word he needs is butternuts. After a clerk lists varieties the stranger admits he wants help recalling Butternut Street and asks which car to take. The anecdote is credited to the Detroit Tribune.
A stray dog roams the Brooklyn navy yard, provoking complaints to Commodore Philip. Watchman Connolly, famed for killing 175 dogs, vows to patrol all night with a musket to remove the nuisance, following sightings near the receiving ship Mont Vernon and rear marine barracks.
In March Ladies' Home Journal Harrydele Hallmark assesses New Orleans society as it nears the twentieth century. Money matters but cannot alone win social entry. blood and refinement also influence standing. The city’s atmosphere blends Parisian manners with American loyalty, warm visitors, and a vivid Creole charm echoed in music and architecture.
A stove overheating in William Gerhardt's grocery at 211 West Sixty-third Street ignited a fire that sent sixteen families in the tenement to the roof. Firemen removed the stove and quenched the blaze with a pail of water. A separate fire at Michael Cooper's wrapper factory 139 141 Spring Street caused about 10000 dollars in damage when an electric wire started the blaze.
The Navy Department announces no further ships will be taken out of commission due to reduced enlisted strength to 17 000 men. Current manpower sits at about 17 660, with roughly 2 200 to be discharged as terms expire. An four year enlistment replaces three, likely slowing recruitment for vacant posts.
In a report to Mayor William Dalton the water commissioner warns that Croton Bronx and Byram river supplies could be exhausted in five years if waste continues. He recommends universal water meters and a ten cent per hundred gallons charge to curb consumption.
The Monarch gold mining group, nine miles west of Republic, is incorporated. Tunnels reach 445 feet with more contract work planned to cut the Monarch vein. Surface prospecting on three parallel ledges is set to begin after snowmelt with assays from 2 to 9.4 dollars. Myers Creek camp near the reservation shows Crystal Butte claim sinking at 24 inches and potential 15 dollar yields.
An old verse recalling a dream of a cottage life with Grace ends with the news she married a Chicago millionaire two years ago. The piece contrasts rural idylls with the reality of wealth and altered fortunes.
Bennett Effinger aged 29 of 541 Fourteenth Street was jailed for intoxication at First Avenue and Twenty third Street. The door man found him dead in his cell yesterday morning. Deputy Coroner Ponlin ruled alcoholism the cause of death.
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