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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1899
Page
2
The article criticizes California for blocking a U S senator amid a scandal involving D M Burns and Milt Green. It notes growing anti trust sentiment in politics, reports on the Manila Pacific cable delay, cyclone impacts in the South, and a planned meeting between President McKinley and Speaker Reed at Jekyll Island Georgia.
New Jersey convict James K Brown for murder by struck jury seeks U S Supreme Court review. Daly and Noonan argue struck jury violates equal protection. Edward Clifford, murderer of Superintendent Watson, also to appeal.
The article notes terrapins in Kent county winter quarters with sliders and red-belly varieties rising in prominence. Sliders reach up to twenty pounds, red-belly described as a larger, notable species. Prices recorded range from 75 cents to 2 dollars for various sizes and groups.
London reports the Hamburg American Line donated £50 to be shared by officers and crew of the British steamer Weehawken for aiding 25 Bulgaria passengers at Ponta Delgada, during a believed sinking incident.
In New York the Fifth Avenue Baptist church seeks access to Tabernacle Baptist church books to pursue a stock dividend dispute. Justice Beach denied Tabernacle's claim for $3800 in stock dividends related to a 1890s lease and Rockefeller funded church house. The arrangement involved Northern Pacific Railway stock used to support church work, with dividends paid then halted and later resumed without Tabernacle receiving them.
A New York case concerns the Tabernacle not meeting its agreement on dividend disbursement. The Fifth Avenue Habitat Church sought to inspect Tabernacle books to show dividend handling. Justice Beach ruled the trial inspection sufficed, denying pretrial book access.
The Court of Errors and Appeals heard arguments in Botton Wurts v. McDermott as challengers seek to void the September 26 1897 gambling amendment election for improper ballot provisions. Attorney General Grey argued constitutional validity and that the state canvassers' return stands. A decision is expected soon.
Fannie Ayres aged 21 of Newark took carbolic acid after learning her fiancé Martin Barton of Stratford Place Newark was married. Ayres daughter of Andrew B Ayres, a traveling salesman, died after writing a letter to Barton and retreating to her room. Barton attended Montgomery M E church where they met a year ago. he claimed a divorce decree existed but was not public.
New York report says Captain Stephen Martin of the Classon Avenue station in Brooklyn who died last week had an estate exceeding $40,000 with more than $1,500 found in his pockets. He was unmarried. the bulk of his property likely goes to his married sister and married niece, his only surviving relatives. He served as a policeman for over thirty years.
The Rev. C F Taylor preached on the seventh commandment at Second Presbyterian Cranbury urging action against alleged adultery. He warned he would prosecute offenders if the congregation failed to stamp out the misconduct. He and his wife will discuss the issue at a mothers meeting on Tuesday night, March 21.
In New York a small fire in the cellar of 146 West Seventeenth Street sparked an investigation. Frank Fritz, living in the building and renting the cellar, was arrested on suspicion of being a suspicious person and possibly running a small still. Firefighters forced a padlocked door to reach the woodshed where dense smoke filled the room and a gas stove fueled the blaze. Authorities found a milk can with a funnel device connected to lead pipes and a beer keg, along with numerous demijohns and bottles. Internal revenue officers took charge of the case.
Mrs Rosina Barone received a fifteen year sentence at Auburn prison for aiding her husband Antonio Barone in killing Philip Forestino. She pleaded guilty to manslaughter as her husband awaits death after the same crime. The couple dismembered Forestino and disposed of the body in a canal.
Reports from Guadalajara state Charles Woolrich British consul at Mazatlan died by his own hand. The death attributed to ill health and personal distress, with authorities informing the public of the suicide.
The Sacred Heart Catholic church on Sixth Avenue and Bell Street was destroyed by a morning fire. Estimated at 30 000 dollars the brick building suffered extensive damage including the pipe organ and priestly garments. Police report a possible incendiary act with three prior attempted destructions. Arrangements to rebuild are underway.
Carmento Balbo, 36, proprietor of a Marion Street saloon, was attacked by two Italian men over drink payment. A pool ball struck Balbo in the face and a second assailant clubbed him with a cue. Balbo is hospitalized with a fractured skull in critical condition. Pietro Ferrara, later identified as one assailant, was detained at Palisade and Newark avenues awaiting the outcome.
A tall thin man calling himself Albert Thomas, about 16, walked into the West Thirtieth Street police station claiming to be 80 and hungry. He grabbed a woman's pocketbook, asked to be arrested, and was taken to the station where Captain Price charged him with vagrancy and ordered a workhouse term after buying him food.
London March report from the Madrid correspondent to the Chronicle says Admiral Gomes Imas, minister of marine, states the government plans to reconstruct the navy. He notes success depends on the country’s condition and that Weasela must be purchased abroad if time is precious, otherwise they could be built domestically.
The Japanese battleship Asano launched at Clydebank today. She measures 15,200 tons, 15,000 indicated horsepower, and is designed for 19 knots. Armament includes 12 inch guns in two barbettes and many quick-firers. Mme Kato named the ship.
In New York on March 20 a young man and woman asked Magistrate Wentworth for permission to marry during a court visit. John T Hankins of Troy and Bertha Banko, a servant of 10 Second Avenue, wed in Wentworth's private room with a horseshoe nail ring as no regular ring was available. The magistrate declined a kiss, citing his age, and Clerk Mera stood in.
A Ponape, Caroline Islands letter to the state department says residents love everything American and hope the United States will take possession of all the islands, or at least Ponape itself. The message conveys strong goodwill toward Americans.
Paris reports the Matin claims the French artillery has been transformed by new arrangements and powerful guns making it unrivaled in the world. The assessment underscores a strengthened force amid ongoing European tensions.
Justice of the Peace Hrush han dismissed a suit by Seabright of New Rochelle against Henry Mienberger and the Benedict gardener to recover two thief palms in Benedict’s Indian Harbor greenhouses. Seabright had bought plants from Benedict's project and claimed ownership of palms, but the court ruled lack of proof since Seabright had not seen the plants.
The American School Furniture company is incorporated in Trenton with a capital stock of 10 million dollars. The firm plans to manufacture school and church furniture and is led by incorporators Samuel F B Lawrence Robert P Barry John R B Summerfield George F Spencer Henry M Haviland Henry C Everdell Armitage Matthews and Leag ue J Hunt of New York and James C Young of Jersey City.
A Newburg Orange Lake trolley car carrying twenty passengers was struck by lightning near Sandes’s switch. No injuries were reported as the car burned out with melted ironwork and a dashboard hole. A relief car was dispatched to tow the disabled vehicle.
Harrisburg Pa March 20 puddlers at the Harrisbore rolling mill receive a 25 cent per ton raise effective April 1. Other mill workers will get wage increases in proportion.
The Old Dominion Mining Company yields over 40 000 pounds of copper daily. Parrott Company declares a 3 percent monthly dividend payable March 20. Montana Ore Purchasing declares an extra dividend of one dollar per share. A vein of native copper is found in the Routh Sunbeam shaft in Silver City Utah at 72 feet. A ledge in Mercur shows 187 ounces silver and gold. Prospects in Cedar Mountain district report rich copper veins. Natalie of Gladstone reports a 12 foot vein with gold silver copper. Eldora erects a large concentration plant. Enterprise Village Belle and Virginia mines will keep it busy. Chemung Helmont near Central City California opens up. Alps conditions on Quartz hill show favorable shipments. Cripple Creek confirms Pinnacle strike. Lansing claim yields two feet of black manganese rock valued at two thousand per ton.
Syracuse Tube, employing 800 workers and producing about 2500 tons annually, posted a notice that all employees will receive a 10 percent wage increase effective immediately.
Eleanor Frances Weiss, 16 year old, who vanished last Friday from her aunt Mary Johnson’s home at 37 West 123d Street, was found in a West 106th Street house as a chambermaid. Her mistress identified her and handed her to police. Her father John Weiss of Trenton, New Jersey, took her to Harlem police court where Magistrate Brann committed her to the House of the Good Shepherd as incorrigible.
Thomas Ellison Edward Doyle and Michael Anderson appeared in general sessions and entered not guilty pleas to an indictment accusing them of stealing a sheep on the West Side. They were remanded to the Tombs for trial.
R BE Kennedy manager at Colgate Hoyton Center Island is severely wounded after a bull gore incident in a large field on Saturday. He rolled to escape, sustaining multiple stomach lacerations and bruises. Dr Hall treated him. The owner condemned the bull to death.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters locals in Jersey City Elizabeth Trenton and New Rochelle plan an eight hour workday demand for June. Strikes will be ordered where the demand is refused. New York and Brooklyn carpenters have long worked under the eight hour rule.
The Yale corporation will devote the $30,000 bequeathed by the late Herbert Stewart of New York to a science foundation scholarship. The fund favors young men from New London County, reflecting Stewart’s wish as his early home was in New London.
A middle aged man who called himself Charlies Jones from Albany was jailed in the Essex Market police court for being intoxicated on the Bowery. He blamed whisky and claimed to have once lived near Wolfert’s Noort, noting a former neighbor was Senator Hill.
The Murray Hill Queens school house built by John Simmons remains closed as a $5000 bill remains unpaid. Simmons, who also built a Whitestone school, locked the buildings and demanded cash before surrendering keys. Board officials expect payment and a Monday reopening after assurances from the comptroller’s office.
New York March 2 The mayor held a hearing on Senator Plunkett's bill to raise the Museum of Natural History appropriation from 90000 to 130000 annually. Plunkett and Prof Albert S Bickmore spoke in favor and no opposition was voiced. decision not announced.
Miss Maud Hauff a teacher at Mt Carmel graded or ungraded school in New Haven Conn is reported in critical condition at the home of Selectman Andrews following alleged persecution. She arrived to teach last fall and in January complained of unwanted attentions. Stories attacking her character circulated, leaving her in a hysterical state since last week.
A woman bound by guard and suicidal attempts escaped in a snowstorm. She ran four miles in a nightgown, was found unconscious in a snow drift, and is now in critical condition. The Rev Mudie, Mt Carmel church pastor, has pressed charges against the man she accused.
At a congregational meeting the Fourth Presbyterian Church selected Rev. James Wilbur Chapman of Bethany Presbyterian Church Philadelphia to become pastor succeeding Rev. Joseph H Kerr. The committee retains power to arrange a salary up to 6000 dollars annually. acceptance by Dr. Chapman is not yet known.
Malcolm Dickerson, an electrician, was held on 2500 bail for trial on abducting 15 year old Norah Gaville of Northampton Pa. The Gerry Society will keep the girl in custody. Agent King who arrested Dickerson says he has two living wives and investigators will seek evidence of bigamy.
Thousands of ducks and geese pass over Middletown bound north as ice breaks on local ponds. Hunters report success with birds resting and feeding near Basha's Kill and Goose Pond after thaw.
In bankruptcy proceedings Mrs Hilton testified she is indirectly in the real estate business at 280 Broadway. She said her husband acts as her agent and she pays no salary, with no income to cover clerk hire. A claim of 2100 by W J R Frutchey was allowed against Mr Hilton.
The United States board of general appraisers ruled against Bartram Prothers, B. H. Howell, Son & Co, and the American Sugar Refining Company, upholding tariff rates on sugar tested by the polariscope under the 1897 tariff act. The importers argued the tests were defective and that the law meant the pre existing commercial polariscope standard.
Washington reports the Navy will award contracts for bar racks on Coaster's Island Newport to house over 1000 naval apprentices, increasing capacity from 1500 to 2600. A $125000 appropriation funds the project, aiming for large sturdy structures with proper facilities. Experience shows apprentice boys become the navy’s best seamen.
A clothing trust forms in New York to be incorporated under New Jersey law as the American Clothing Manufacturing Company with 100 million dollars in stock. About 150 firms nationwide are to be represented, including a dozen from Cincinnati, with anticipated annual savings and price stability across supplies and selling costs totaling over 20 million dollars. Members Bloom and Scheuer of Mayer Scheuer Offner & Co serve on the promoting committee.
A farmer jokes with his wife and children about buying half-fare tickets for the young ones. The railway ticket seller replies that ages five to twelve are half price. The farmer laments the late hour and says they will buy ten tickets tomorrow.
The war department ordered a census of Cuba to determine how many male citizens can vote in a general election. The move aims to prepare potential congressional action on Cuba s future governance while reducing military rule and avoiding recognition of the Cuban assembly as civil authority.
A damaged epitaph on a grave in the Caroline islands references Wilm Collis Hioat Steerer of the Saint George of New Bedford. He is said to have been injured by a bull whale off the island on 1 March 1860 and to Pedro Sabanas of Guam who reportedly drowned the same date with a broken back.
Mrs E Schauk, widow of a Miner’s Theater special officer, aged years, living on East Houston Street, killed herself with Paris green. She left four letters for relatives asking care of her four children. She died at Bellevue hospital after ambulance transport. A pet water spaniel barked as neighbors alerted police.
Berlin reports a strong belief that Cecil Rhodes will win permission to build the Cape Town Cairo railway via German East Africa. Rhodes is to have another audience with the Emperor, and will dine with Sir Frank Lascelles, the British ambassador, with Ho henlohe and von Buelow attending.
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