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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
2
The piece deplores senators and representatives planning a junketed inspection trip to the Isthmus funded by the Panama Canal Company. It warns that such travel could bias their judgment on canal routes while noting global tensions and Aguinaldo's Manila threat.
A striking ten inch streak of high grade ore was found in the El Caliph mine shaft on the Morning Glory vein, 40 feet deep with a 225 foot tunnel to reach the vein. The Mabel mine reports solid activity while the Republic group builds new shafts and tunnels at D D Union. The San Juan shaft near Republic shows a three and a half foot ledge and rich ore. The Jubilee tunnel extends toward the Morning Glory and Trilby junction as the Admiral Dewey mine boosts production. Prospecting and crown grants advance on Porcupine Creek and Silver Lake.
Ore from the Rio Grande mine near Ymir yields $44.50 per ton, while Ymir area ore averages $29.00 per ton. Northport smelter returns for about 60 tons from Blackcock mine run $45 per ton, with face samples ranging from $11 to $128 per ton.
J M Bentley of Pendleton Oregon was asked by city authorities to surrender for arrest to bring forward the boundary issue for final settlement. He crossed the river to his home and began cutting water pipes, triggering a habeas corpus action filed by special counsel Carter and Raley in circuit court.
A new corporation aims to showcase life and work in the Yukon at the Paris exposition with a full Klondike street scene from Dawson. It will include Indian villages dog teams moving pictures from a new Edison machine and five million dollars in gold dust and nuggets. Thomas Edison and Eli Weare are among directors.
A cattleman recalls Theodore Roosevelt while ranching near the Marquis de Mores era. Roosevelt received a fierce threatening letter over alleged recruiting of workers. He rode to the De Mores ranch, confronted the issue, and the Frenchman acknowledged misinformation after Roosevelt's calm response.
In Judge Jacobs court a jury returned a verdict of assault and battery in the Eckert vs Jimmie Holman case. They found Eckert had no intent to harm the boy when he fired the rifle shot at Holman’s hand.
In Mashville Til during a heavy thunderstorm lightning struck Peter Loos's farmhouse, entering through an outside conductor into a room where two children slept and a dog lay. The dog was killed instantly, the children felt no shock, and only a scorched carpet near the dog was noted. The surge exited via the same conductor.
Anna Mader of Centropolis has been found dead in the Missouri river near the Blue river confluence. Her disappearance since December 17 sparked years of searching by her father and investigators who dragged the Blue and dynamited the area but failed to recover her until two witnesses spotted a body drifting and the river then carried it to the main river. The cause and exact time of death remain undetermined.
N Spilsberg, a patient at Norris Town State Hospital for the Insane, escaped using a sketched key. The Lehigh County convict, previously moved from Allentown for attempted felonious assault, amused attendants with drawings and allegedly transmitted a forged copy of the key to a friend who aided the ruse.
Harry Goldman was shot in the left eye in Ft Worth in 19 years ago. The bullet traveled down through the body and formed five abscesses before being found and extracted from his right chest in St Louis. Surgeons traced its path as it flattened against bone, matching a needlepoint.
The article lists three amateur methods for identifying real diamonds. One uses boracic acid to preserve polish, another involves heating and dipping in hot gold water to test resilience, and a third compares water transparency by dropping stones into a dark cup to observe light through the diamond versus a common crystal.
The text explains simple amateur tests using red and white stripes to assess a diamond’s color by stroking the surface and observing color show through. It notes that real diamonds should look the same over both stripes, while color varieties may appear. It warns that chemical tests are used by experts and not suitable for non specialists.
The state department said no Americans had been arrested based on Honduran advices. A report from Honduras claimed seven Americans were arrested, creating conflicting accounts of the situation.
In Jeffersonville Indiana a pastor faced a threat from Frank Fogle after calling Fogle’s bowling alley a dive. Fogle vowed to whip the preacher if an apology was not issued, a dispute linked to Sunday bowling clubs at Fogle’s alleys and church rule tensions.
Philadelphia daily story tells of Ralph Getting a 12 year old from Seechburg who rushed to save a baby playing near West Pennsylvania tracks at Kiskiminetas town. He grabbed the child as a freight train bore down, tossed it to safety, then carried it to its home nearby.
Dallas March 0 The Austin county sheriff arrested Capt John McDonald on a murder warrant dating from 1859 in San Patricio county. He had earlier been released on a writ of habeas corpus after arrest for killing Jim Moyet in 1859. Bond set at 5000 dollars. He disappeared during the Civil War and was identified yesterday as the suspect in the old indictment.
A New York watchmaker spent two years crafting the tiniest bicycle. The pint sized machine includes a lamp, pneumatic tires, and a real spring saddle. It stands one inch tall with one inch wheels and cranks of three eighths of an inch. It fits in a postage stamp case and weighs under an ounce. The creator foresees no monetary reward but is pleased with the result.
A sad tale follows Annie Marie Bugenhola born in Bavaria who travels to Pittsburgh to find her husband believed dead or missing. After a long wait at Union Station she discovers no record of him, while a separate wartime tale recounts Private Jim Smith's discipline at Camp Powers, his court martial and eventual pardon.
A petition signed by more than 100 Fremont residents urges the city to condemn a Lake Union tract from the boulevard to first street on the hill for a public park. Attorney Remsberg warns against future industrial encroachment, citing a current price of 4090 and a promised 25000 from Seattle Traction for boulevard improvements.
Private George Smith of Company L First Maine volunteers took a mischievous crow to Augusta for muster in the U S Army. The bird, barely two months old, stole brass buttons rings and silver money and earned the nicknames Jim Dear Jim Saucy Jim and Dandy Jim as his famed conduct drew attention.
Amelia Carlson sues in Superior court for divorce from Charles A. Carlson alleging repeated cruel treatment during nineteen years of marriage. She claims he shamed her before their three children by accusing her of wrongdoing and calling her names and seeks a decree that he contribute to child support.
The 1899 harness season is seen as pivotal with New York Louisville and Dubuque track officials offering $5000 purses for full stallion free-for-alls. Providence Rhode Island may join, boosting big-track engagement and gate money. The revival could recover financial losses from neglect and benefit owners breeders managers and spectators with renewed, fast, competitive racing.
News arrives that J Y Bassell Jr died in Columbus from a fall from a four story window. He previously lived here last summer at the Rainier club and had friends in the city. He left in April to serve as chief clerk at the naval station Key West then went to Cuba as paymaster clerk on the USS Wilmington.
An advertisement notes a new store under construction adjoining the current location. The building has only three walls and a partial roof, with sun shining through cracks as of March 30. Goods ordered in January and freight charges paid on forty tons of merchandise.
The store reports 260 invoices from New York City with more than double already checked off. Goods flood every counter and shelf. the basement is full and more arriving. The manager urges quick selling not as an apology but as a sensible method after a decade of low prices. What do readers think of it?
A farmer and dry goods merchants prepare for sales starting Monday amid current price conditions. The alert urges attention with a watchful stance as markets respond to demand.
Spokane report details Lil Whipple and Gus Downing searching the Northern Pacific yards after a 10:30 p.m. call of murder heard near the carshops. A fleeing figure eluded capture, leaving investigators unsure if foul play occurred.
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