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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1899
Page
3
Newspaper seeks tips and subscriber support to grow
The paper states it will not claim the largest circulation yet but aims to steadily improve. Readers are urged to send news tips by telephone to Pike 150 and to support subscribers, noting it only costs...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Pacific Coast Steamship Schedules From Seattle and San Francisco
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company announces sailings for its ships Queen, Wella Watla, Umatilla from Seattle to San Francisco and Cottage City City of Topeka Al-Ki to Alaska. Departures run March through May with frequent trips every fifth day thereafter. Schedules show departure times and ports via Victoria Port Townsend with authority to alter without notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen
Umatilla
Seattle
Port Townsend
Victoria
Alaska
Cottage City
City of Topeka
Al-Ki
Real Estate Transfers in County Auditor Office
Real estate transfers filed include C T Conover to Henry Dickens lots 1 and 3 bill M G N add. to Mallard. cemetery lots in Mt Pitasini and M F P cemetery replat. Whittlesey to W H B Taylor various lots and tax deeds. Greenfields to Taubeneck and Taubeneck parcels in Aberfeldy estate add. $250 and $16 426 8 listed. Gallagher to Frederick Chwan Eden add No 2. Baker receiver to Ellis La Grande add quit claim. Various quit claims and deeds total in hundreds to thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Auditor's
C. T. Conover
Henry Dickens
Washington Place
Charles Greenfield
Alicia A. Greenfield
Aaron A. Taubeneck
Herman Taubeneck
Aberfeldy Estate
Ole Nelson
Inner Harbor
Charles A. Gallagher
Mary L. Gallagher
Frederick
Chwan
Eden Add
Charles H. Baker
Merchants’ National Bank
DeWitt C. Ellis
Francis R. Day
la Grande
Ward T. Smith
Helen L. Smith
BR. BE. Lundberg
Latona
George F. Rush
Elsie J. Rush
Union
Moore Investment and Mortgage Company
M. Victor Staley
Brooklyn Add
Harassment ends in tragedy as teen Bailey shoots teacher
In Salisbury New Hampshire Frank Bailey aged 17 shot and fatally wounded Miss Harriet Prescott, his school teacher, after she told him to stop calling. He followed her home twice, demanded access, then after a final exchange fired a pistol shot into her chest. He fled and was at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Robber McGourney Tears While Describing Chicago Holdups
Chicago police report James McGourney, the youth who robbed Yates drug store on Halstead Street and took $2, tearfully confessed to a string of holdups. He claimed Keokuk, Iowa family roots and said he came to Chicago with money to spend before turning to crime. He denied any partner in the robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James McGourney
Yates’ Drug Store
Forty-Fourth
Halstead Street
McGourney
Lavin
Stock Yards
Keokuk
Iowa
Reitz
Goss Avenue
Herwig
Thirtieth Street
Yates
Rations for the Cubans End Through U S Aid
Washington reports Gen. Hrooke issues Cuba ration order effective April 1. Destitute Cubans must pay for rations from island revenues. Each 100 rations include rice or beans, dried beef fish or bacon, and soap. Limits apply per family and per two children under four. Supplies bought by commissary with civil funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hrooke
Cuba
United States
Charity Drive Progress at Beattie Office Sullivan Block
Beattie charity collection shows about 500 raised by citizens with an estimated 1000 needed to support the organization. Misa M. L. Foster solicits donations and directs efforts from the Sullivan block office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie
Misa M. L. Foster
Sullivan Block
Baptism Service Held In Grand Rapids Home
Rev Dr Campbell Fair, dean of Omaha’s cathedral, baptized a healthy infant in a private Grand Rapids residence despite church rules. He conducted a full 45 minute service with two readings, then announced a collection before proceeding with the baptism, the only child he baptized for that family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Fair
Omaha
Neb
Grand Rapides
Mich
Episcopal Church
Farr
Dr. Fair
Queen Anne Hill Kitchen Scandal Told By Star
A Queen Anne Hill kitchen quarrel erupts as a tramp accuses a local girl of chasing cats with beef and biscuit dough. Beene and Trace confront the wild tale as the Star reports the row and threats of firing the girl over dramatic allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beene
Queen Anne Hill
Murther
Queen Anne Hitt
Nighttime Park Row post office entry by well dressed pair
A man and a woman, both well dressed, entered the Park Row post office just before midnight last night and were overheard talking, prompting unspecified concern or curiosity among onlookers.
Woman Overpowers Man in Street Fracas at Park Place
In a reported street scuffle near Mail street and Park place, a man struck a woman who then fought back, biting and clawing as their struggle drew a watchman. The couple fled together but were separated as the man dragged the woman outside, restoring apparent peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail Street
Park Place
New York Tribune
Canton Woman Dies After Dramatic Suicide Pact
In Canton, Misa Guetle Tuck, urged by a lover’s refusal to wed, swallowed a deadly dose of carbonic acid, confessed to a friend, then cut and smoked a cigarette as the poison took effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Tecause
Misa Guetle Tuck
Rumors of a Bicycle Trust Denied by Chicago Makers
Reports from New York claimed a bicycle trust with $100 million capital and plans to absorb plants. Chicago firms dismissed the talks as unfounded and said no options or certainty had been offered. Thomas Bi Jeffery of Gormally & Jeffery commented there is no chance for such a combination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
March
New York
A. G. Spalding
Thomas Bi. Jeffery
Gormally & Jeffery Company
Thompson injury case granted new trial in Tacoma
Federal judge Manford ordered a new trial in Nels Thompson versus Northern Pacific Railway. Thompson sues for 81609 damages from injuries after a engine struck him in Tacoma in August 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manford
Nels Thompson
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Thompson
Tacoma
Secrets of a Large Hotel Coal System Revealed
A detailed look inside a grand hotel shows its coal handling from delivery on the Thirty-fourth street side to a 700 ton bin. The system uses 140 tons daily in winter, with coal moved from wagon to hopper to bin by an endless chain, then fed into fireboxes via a monster funnel and overhead track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldorft Storia
Thirty-fourth
Aster Court
London pastor considered for Fifth Avenue Church pastor
The Rev. Dr. Alex Connell of London is proposed as successor to the late Dr. John Hall at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York. A five member church committee will present Connell's name at a congregational meeting within three weeks after Sunday session vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alex. Connell
London
John Hall
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Connell
Washington sharpshooter's Manila battle letter arrives
W A Clay of Company Bh First Washington Regiment writes from Manila describing a major battle against insurgents. He details marching to the front, a fort assault, heavy rifle fire, and the capture of Santa Ana with 31 prisoners and 35 insurgents killed. The regiment reports two killed and 40 wounded, plus 125 Mauser rifles seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Clay
Washington
Manila
Chas. M. Clay
Marion Street
Paton
Nebraska Regiment
Gormiey
Mows
Fortaon
Pandocken Bridge
Fortson
Pasic
Santa Ana
Anderson
Gen. King
Washington Regiment
Insurgenta
Siege battle report with American casualties and gains
The insurgent stronghold is estimated at 4000 with 48 Americans killed about 200 wounded and no prisoners. American forces hold ground and await reinforcements to advance and annihilate the insurgent army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsland
Sacred Heart Church Fire Sparks Fence Request
Neal Hoyle for Sacred Heart Church seeks Public Works approval to erect a six foot fence around the site to protect passersby during wall demolition after the church was destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Hoyle
Sacred Heart Church
Board of Public Works
Oddities and Odd Jobs Across North America in Clipped Telegraph
A collage of quirky notes reports a Hawaiian delicacy of octopus admired by locals while immigrants, amid a Manitoba girl's famine, offer wage data for domestic work in Winnipeg. Boston newsboys face licensing, Reuben J. Smith of Amesbury leaves a small estate, a Waldoboro bachelor quilts well, Boston nest eradication and a Breslau tailor who could see Jupiter’s moons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breslau
Jupiter
Question of Personal Tax Exemption in Tax Levy
Assessor Palley faces a dispute over whether the personal tax exemption law passed by the last legislature applies to this year’s assessment. With an emergency clause, lawyers disagree if effect is immediate or retroactive. Bailey submits the issue to the state auditor and attorney general while assessments proceed as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palley
Pierce County
Bailey
Attorney General Foresees Limits of Sherman Act on Trusts
Philadelphia March 28 Attorney General Griggs replies to J C Bonadaile on trusts and monopolies. He says the Sherman act does not curb monopolies unless trade is interstate and that state courts must regulate combinations of capital. He warns the public that stock investors face the greatest risk from large capital aggregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Griggs
J. C. Bonadaile
United States
The Star Publishers Advertising Offer
The Star Publishers claim the paper is a strong advertising medium and offer a three cent commission on all polls of printing brought to their office before April 1. Pigotte & French Co. 104 West Weebington, Dexter Horton Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Pubolishers
Pigotte& French CO
West Weebington
Dexter Horton Bank
Seattle Council Debates Cedar River Water Plan and Sewer Measure
Seattle council discussed the Cedar River water supply plan and the proposed box sewer for Plnckchapel district. The sewer ordinance was killed after objections about benefit, while the water resolution urged protecting the Cedar river watershed and approving future land acquisitions. An carbide sale regulation and trolley car invitation capped the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plnckchapel
Weistling
Navin
Cedar River
James
Seattle
City of
Baker
Snoqualmie Power Company
Washington Power Company
Gill
Crichton
Gil
McArdle
Seattle Traction Company
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company
San Francisco
J. F. Trowbridge
Puget
Ocean di
Uptown Ticket Office
Piretav
Goodall, Verkina & Co
Flaherty
Arrah
Baate
Maida
Ong
May
Manilla
Clay
Seattle Boy
Battlefield
Hawaiian Island
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Spiro
Boston
Heensen
Reuben J. Smith
Amesbury
Miss
C. W. Sawyer
Waldoboro
Mr. James
Wm. T. Baker
Mie Falls Power Company
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