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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
1
A Tulalip Indian agency blaze destroyed the girls dormitory kitchen and a church section at 4 o clock. Inmates escaped. kerosene and oil were used, with two theories blamed on incendiary action by punished students or an outsider hostile to the school. This is the third fire in four months at the agency.
A congressional report cites Gen Miles as calling for broad plans in the Philippines and China, while Secretary Root critiques his stance. Miles defends focusing on troops and governance, with ongoing debates over oleomargarine, Chinese exclusion, and Danish West Indies bribery investigations looming next week.
The Star reports plans for a line through the Cascade to Spokane by Bingham Bay and British Columbia Railway Co with surveys soon under Superintendent J J M. The project aims to reach Nooksack Falls and Mt Baker mining districts. A second party will cross the mountains to access La Conner and Port Orchard routes. The La Conner Trading and Transportation Co receives a one year mail contract between Port Orchard and Go. Bremerton service will run once each way. Meanwhile in Everett a body found near the smelter is identified only by a telegram message to Tom Clancy, suggesting possible sailor occupation. The Albion River schooner launched successfully. J Well announces a tour of the Orient to explore lumber market conditions. A. C. Patterson, exalted ruler of a local B Partial Lodge, received a jeweled present from lodge members.
Reports from Cincinnati Des Moines Chicago Leavenworth Lowell outline varied outcomes as unions and employers negotiate. Brewers in Cincinnati move to destaff while remaining unions cooperate on hours and wages. Coal field talks in Des Moines yield one concession for shot examiners. Carriers in Chicago threaten a strike over pay. Streetcars in Leavenworth end a long walkout without concessions. Textile workers in Lowell halt a broad strike with local mediation securing wage demands.
At the public works meeting Western Union manager Hackett received permission to install a temporary experimental auxiliary fire alarm system linked to fire headquarters. The project, to be funded by the company, aims to speed fire department response if successful, with later franchise consideration.
Building Trades council delegates vote unanimously to end withdrawal for redress on wage and hour disputes. Plasterers to work with non union men under a two tier pay plan. $1 daily for old contracts and $5.50 for new contracts pending further report. Charges against White Hopkirk Oldham to be reported as cleared. Hod Carriers push wage floor of $4 per day. electrical workers form arbitration board. Seattle Transfer Co to raise wages 10 percent. plumbers denied affiliation until £1000 paid to council.
Adams of Chicago has been tendered the vacancy on the civil service commission caused by the resignation of William Rodenberg, announced in Washington on March 29.
The pope issues a global appeal described as almost his last testament. He reviews the history of Catholic persecution, cites global political troubles, and condemns divorce and socialism while urging the church’s moral leadership as a safeguard for civilization.
In Matta wan West Virginia a new Hatfield and McCoy feud flare led to a clash at Blackberry Creek Kentucky. Officers attempted arrest. Hatfields barricaded and fired. Joseph and Philip Mathie were killed along with Harry Watts and John Rutherford amid weeks of threats and defiance.
Meridian Mississippi reports say floodwaters have isolated the city with all traffic halted and only water routes available via the nearby Northeastern railway. A six foot floodwater in a freight train endangers crew, while broader south reports indicate widespread flood damage and no deaths yet. Pearl River rising at Jackson floods entire area, mail service suspended, and Tennessee towns suffer extensive losses with damages reaching millions.
Julian Seafeld aged 15 was torn to pieces at Dono hue and Pearsall shingle mills in Marysville Washington. He is believed to have drawn too close to a rapidly turning shaft while picking up shingles fragments. The body was found after about thirty minutes. He had worked at the mill only a few weeks and his parents were notified.
The Pacific Coast Pipe Company, incorporated in Washington, nears completion of its Mallard plant and expects to begin wood pipe production within a couple of weeks for water mains and related uses.
Promoters Mesers Plage & Orchard establish a capital stock of 100000 dollars for a new local plant with an initial workforce of about 25 men, expanding gradually. The venture is the nearest of its kind to Olympia, with another plant at Spokane.
Bremerton brief notes the gunboat Manning docking for extensive repairs in the yards. The item mentions Puget Sound winning bids over Mare Island and private concerns, with officials optimistic about new work from local supporters. Also referenced are visits by Harry Adair and wife, Arlington Hotel Co executive Mr. Butter, a tax note on Sidney property, and a serenade for Oscar Wile and bride at Charleston with naval band and cannons.
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