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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1899
Page
2
The Seattle Star reports assay values from several mines including Shir ley group, Mary Ann, Princess Maud, and Lexington on the San Poll and Gold creek. It notes bonding of the Shirley group, a stamp mill planned, ore depths and ledge widths, and progress on shafts and tunnels with varying ore values and work status.
The article notes Thomas Edison abandons direct coal energy aims to focus on the commercial use of compressed air. It reports his recent perfection of an exhaust air reheating device, elicits reactions from engineers, and contrasts him with past electricity work. It also mentions public admiration for Admiral Dewey and patriotic feelings.
New York gossip says William Jennings Bryan will attend the regular Democracy dollar dinner with a date to be fixed to suit him. If April dates clash, the event may shift to April 18 or 19 at Grand Central Palace with an industry table plan, while Bryan’s acceptance follows his refusal of a $10 Democratic club banquet.
Mining notes describe rich finds on Meyers creek in the Colville reservation northwest corner, Cresaw reports, and Crystal Butte mine where a winze reaches 140 feet with a 30 inch pay streak and assays around 162 dollars per ton. The Review mine shows new free milling ore and the Jersey Lightning company has awarded a 25 foot shaft contract.
A compilation notes King Oscar of Sweden insured life at seventy, Count George Apponyi reaches ninety, Queen Margherita of Italy uses German with artists, and congressional remarks reference Thomas B. Reed. Philippine agent Agoncillo loses baggage after shipwreck with Aguinaldo letters and Bank of England notes. Queen Victoria plans marble busts for Windsor. Three of forty-nine Senate committee chairs have retired. Siamese devotion to water and canal cities in Bangkok described. James E. Wise of Berlin receives ebony cane on eighty-second birthday. Prince and Princess Bismarck sarcophagi detailed with inscriptions. Kipling health, vacation finances, and literary demand cited with renewed interest. Springfield Republican notes reader response and book market impact.
The Christian Endeavorers invite all Young People's groups to Easter service at Plymouth Congregational Church at 7 40 with 30 voices from the Seattle convention chorus. The Tenth Annual State convention meets June 22 to 25 in the city with an expected 2800 delegates from across the state.
John Charthall pushes a bill in the Silinose legislature proposing whipping as punishment for certain criminals and the religious press openly comments on the measure.
A well known Clayton resident contracted a blood infection after a corn-cutting procedure went wrong. A St Louis chiropodist reportedly cut too deep, causing the wound to suppurate and spread throughout the body after exposure to improper sterilization.
John W. Gates president of the American Steel and Wire company travels abroad to seek a price agreement with foreign wire producers. He believes he can arrange prices and secure an international accord with little difficulty.
Milwaukee, Wis March 28 Bernard Grows a soap manufacturer of thin city claims that he is unable to buy tallow from any of the packing housemen Other soap manufacturers are in the same difficulty and may have to shut down their firms That the soap combine has cut off the supply of tallow in order to cripple the Independent dealers Armour is said to be at the head of the combine of packers that is interested in the soap business The price of soap has taken a big jump during the last month and is still advancing.
Washington dispatch reports a scandal in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing exposed by testimony before the investigating committee. It suggests Secretary Gage may dismiss Chief Claude M. Johnson and Paymaster Morgan to suppress further fallout.
Senator Chauncey Depew, in the Saturday Evening Post, argues large trusts grew from consolidations and postal and rail rates. He predicts continued concentration for years, followed by a reaction as independent producers regain space and avoid excessive capital, returning to earlier conditions.
The Standard of the Baptist church praises a whipping post as a punishment option for severe crimes. It argues current jail terms fail to deter wife beaters and child abusers, urging passage of harsher corporal penalties over ordinary imprisonment.
St Louis, March 2%8, obituary note for Colonel George Autenrieth, long serving figure. The brief item marks his passing after many years of service.
They accuse Johnson of opposing labor aims and threaten to appeal to Congress if he resists. Senator Morgan used a vote to print testimony despite Senator Lindsay's opposition. Next session may bring further details on governance and possible actions against Johnson.
Knoxville report says M. Brown, an eccentric farmer, killed himself near Jonesboro by drinking heavily and deliberately plunging into a mudhole in the road, where he suffocated.
The city requires all market stands to maintain clean daily premises and remove diseased meat produce. Inspections occur each Saturday with fines for violations. An added rule mandates covered milk wagons and neat appearance for drivers under ordinance 7110 sections 1 and 6.
Consul General J G Stone reports on profitable investments in Cape Colony and Natal. Notable projects include an electric light plant at Uitenhage a 924000 water works at Queenstown soap and candle factory at Horwich tile works in Cape Town and Natal rail extensions cold storage in Natal and Cape Colony and Pretoria and Johannes. He highlights fiber from metal for binder twine coal finds in Zululand and heavy iron and galvanised barb wire shipments to Natal with large Pocahontas coal imports to Cape Town.
A. J. Snyder, son of a local merchant, secretly marries Etta Lee in Valley Forge Georgia. In Atlanta he takes her purse containing funds for theater tickets and flees, later arrested by Chief of Police Stuckey and jailed in St Joseph Michigan.
Madrid reports Spain offered Aguinaldo 5000 pesetas per released officer 500 per soldier and 2500 per civilian to free prisoners. Premier Milvela says Spain US relations are friendly and normal conditions to return after ratification of the peace treaty. the United States ready to pay the indemnity.
Mrs Hitchcock in New York recounted how a boy needing care gained a share of comforts during an ascent to the Klondike. Her luncheon story described taking the lad under her wing and providing him access to resources and relief as they worked toward their claim.
In the Klondike Great Joe the king of the area shows favor to Mrs Hitchcock who had helped a boy. He stakes out a claim and presents her a parcel near his own hold, while boasting of fortunes and plans to marry Miss Chisholm. The tale notes a balmy summer and expectations for next season.
San Francisco on March 28 reports say London denies the Rothschilds intend to set up a San Francisco bank with 6 million dollars. Locals skeptical call the denial an evasion and expect a bank backed by European and American capital to be established focusing on mining sugar and related properties.
Dr. G. M. Wilson of Wach. was summoned to Hesseltine to treat a peculiar horse illness killing many animals. He temporarily checked the outbreak, noting the affected horses become delirious and perform strange antics before death.
Marshall Field & Co obtained a permit for a ten story brick store and office building at Clark and Adams streets with a specified cost of 700000. D H Burnham & Co designed the plans. Field bought Adams street frontage and leased a Lansing hotel to expand the site. The Lansing hotel is seven stories with brick and stone, to be demolished. Tax assessment places total value at 253840 with land 197120 and building 56720.
Boise City Idaho reports that returning Idaho boys will carry two Krupp guns captured in Manila. General King ordered the trophies. An exchange with old friends notes a brother-in-law’s bright future that was outrun.
Mrs Charlies Molter killed her two children a seven year old boy and a younger girl in La Grange Indiana. She poisoned them with morphine and left a note blaming her husband for going insane. The mother was near death and the family faced financial stability yet the tragedy stunned locals.
Henry C. Barnett, who died last November from poison, was fined $100 for contempt of court after failing to appear before Justice Werner in a New York superior court. The Knickerbocker Athletic Club was notified. notice returned marked Dead.
New York reports about twenty trusts financed weekly on Wall Street. Most food clothing and luxury goods are placed under control of these industrial giants since March 1, with new trusts continually forming. Promoters load minor companies with overpriced stock, distributing common shares as bonuses to insiders to unload on the public amid warnings.
Viola Rosalla Oelrich, two, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ocelrich, passed an examination at age one year 1 months 25 days with two teachers. She knew 3000 substantives, maintains a scrapbook of 1100 subjects, can identify pictures by name, and reads simple sentences.
Janet Waldorf appears tonight at the Third Avenue Theater in As You Like It. Critics praise her engaging reading of the beloved play.
Springfield March 28 Chicago may be chosen as the location for a proposed $500000 Lincoln monument to honor Abraham Lincoln Rep Page of Massac county said he would favor its construction in Chicago if the bill before the Illinois house passes.
Forty immigrants debarked from the northbound O R and N train at Garfield Washington. Seven bound for Parouse City, others for Cora Idaho twenty miles east, with the rest settling in the vicinity. Most travelers hail from Missouri.
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