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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
2
The Seattle Star announces publishing rates and delivery details. It lists publication schedule, pricing per week and month, carrier delivery terms, office address at 1107 Third Avenue, and contact number Pike 1650. The notice mentions KO and Reeves with fragmented line items, reflecting a damaged OCR text segment from the newspaper.
Intense interest at the war department followed reports from Malolos where Gen. MacArthur’s forces engage Aguinaldo’s troops. The piece notes a deadly battle and a killed soldier but says the nation remains tempered by sadness rather than elation. It emphasizes sacrifice, duty, and concern for soldiers’ welfare amid a long war in Luzon.
The piece notes American difficulty penetrating the Philippines while Filipinos stay informed of troop movements. It laments war in wild terrain and describes natives as adept at gathering intelligence. It humorously claims Cuban field rates as delicacies and mocks Japanese reading habits amid wartime writing.
As an organized oyster trust takes shape, observers wonder when clams and lobsters will respond with coordinated action. The question signals potential shifts in seafood industry politics and market dynamics.
Progress on the Insurgent shaft at Republic reaches deeper depth with high value ore specimens at 662.22 per ton gold. Nearby tunnels and drifts at Mountain Lion, Kitty Clyde, Zella M and other Loomis and Chesaw area mines show strong outputs, with several assays over 60 to 100 dollars per ton and significant free gold.
William T Page of Chicago recently headed for the Philippines with the Third Infantry US Army after sharing a final story in the city last week. He is the son of a Colonel Page of the same unit and plans to apply the expansion doctrine to his fortunes. One night just before his departure, he spoke about life.
Mr Page recalls a long serving coachman who hinted at a hidden tale. A chance search uncovers the man's brother is a lieutenant commander surgeon aboard the monitor Monterey in Dewey’s fleet, suggesting a remarkable family link to naval service.
A series of new inventions described include a metal cai package with sliding section and loop closure, a computing scale with movable fulcrum, a tire cleaning tool with dual blades operated by a spring, an insulating trough for stock watering, a glass wheel electric caster with a floor contact, a brush with a reel delivering surface coating, a curved rail plate for quick streetcar replacement, and a motorman face protector using a spring roller and waterproof flexible strip with a glass pane insertion.
An apprentice aboard the British ship Haddon Hall, which sailed from Puget Sound in December bound for Yokohama, died during the voyage from a gunshot wound to the neck caused by an accidental discharge by another apprentice. The shooter was tried before the British consul at Yokohama and acquitted.
A German empress faced a string of hair dye mishaps after using a supposedly harmless product. Repeated attempts to cover gray led to turmoil at court, with the emperor demanding accountability and the bottle being destroyed. A second dye was sought, then a final bleaching experiment reportedly succeeded.
A compact advertisement asserts Ruatler Grocery at 210 Columbia between Third and Fourth is the cheapest place to buy groceries, with the phone number Main 443 listed for contact.
In San Francisco a domestic dispute centers on Alfred Nickell trainer of Prince Pont atowehi’s race heroes. Nickell faced a police threats case after his wife claimed years of threats to kill her. A police whistle scheme failed as Nickell discovered his wife’s tactic and left.
James Hamilton Lewis, though out of Congress, requests a postoffice inspector visit Stevens county to study establishing a Rise post office two and a half miles west of Arsina. Petitioners want the store of E F P Taylor as site with Mrs BE Taylor as postmaster. If approved, about 300 patrons would benefit. A civil service exam for a Port Townsend assayist position is set for May 6.
New York dispatch reports Battery PF Fifth artillery at Fort Hamilton and Battery F Fourth artillery at Fort Adame will depart Jersey City on Monday for San Francisco, en route to Manila. The mobilization involves units preparing for deployment with U.S. forces in the Pacific theater.
May bar this trust in Kaw valley as potato growers and gardeners file for a charter in Topeka. The Kansas Valley Produce Growers and Dealers association will finance operations with a $6000 capital stack and base at Linwood. It plans to disseminate seed guidance crop methods best markets shipping routes and will buy and sell garden and farm produce for members benefit.
Thomas A. Edison claims to have solved perpetual motion noting a simple machine that would run forever once started. He explains prior plans failed due to a lost balance of forces, with energy returning to equilibrium like a subsiding pendulum.
A brave dog named McGinty saves a girl named Mattie Williams from a gas stove fire at a Lima home. The dog sustains burns on his mouth and nose while tearing at the burning clothing, but the child escapes unharmed and McGinty recovers fully.
In Chicago, Mary Maloney underwent a pioneering skin graft totaling 4506 pieces from her body and relatives to repair scalp damage after hair entangled in a revolving shaft. Dr Frederick C Bohaefer led the extensive procedure, reportedly the most expansive of its kind.
The town of Holden owned a sturdy hearse once much used in northern Hancock county. After a driver traded a body for salt fish, the hearse fell out of favor, with residents preferring hired hearses from Dedham or Hanger. Stones at the hearse house and hearse-based inheritance provisions ensued. The town voted in spring to sell the vehicle.
A heavy mail arrived at the local post office late yesterday after hoon from Dawson and St Michael. Every letter in the batch was destined for far eastern cities. There was not a single letter for Seattle.
The article surveys global population estimates around 1808 and 1897, noting about 1.5 billion people. It lists ten powers with most people under their sway, highlights China at about 402.7 million and Britain, Russia, France, the United States, and Germany among the largest. It also cautions that China’s numbers are speculative and discusses regional composition of populations in Britain, France, and Germany.
The February 1899 export totals for breadstuffs provisions cotton and minerals reached a record high, with wheat exports near 10 million bushels and cotton shipments rising to 285 million pounds. Manufactures grew to about 24.7 percent of exports, as overall seven month totals reached 749.7 million dollars, surpassing prior years.
David Fe Betece, recently convicted of appropriating 225 dollars worth of postage stamps while assistant postmaster at Wellington, has been sentenced by Judge Hanford to seven months in the United States penitentiary at McNeil’s Island.
Jamesboro reports John Clenford, a local scientist, unearthed a petrified whale skull fragment. The specimen measures 30 inches by 18 inches by 12 inches and weighs about 300 pounds, with extra broken bone fragments. It was embedded in sandstone atop a 2600 foot mountain, in a fossil-rich district praised as the most valuable find yet.
A Washington Port item quotes a congressman from Crimson Gulch joking about an impending homecoming. The young woman suggests constituents greet him with open arms while noting anonymous postal cards. He replies he will not disembark unless every man on the platform signals peaceful intentions.
A New Orleans barber remarks wigs remain common and well crafted in his trades. He recalls a humorous incident where a shaved man’s disguise amused both barber and customer. The tale highlights sly pranks and the evolving craft of wig wear.
A barber trims a man’s hair and accidentally scalps him during a scare over dandruff. The man yells murder while the barber freezes, later admitting fear and silence about dandruff since the incident.
Frank Williams and John Walker were tried in Superior Court for the January 20 hold-up of W. A. Mc Cutcheon proprietors of the Model laundry. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of highway robbery late last night.
Steamer City of Seattle reached port from Skagway with sixty passengers and a large cargo. Among the dead are Herbert A. Wells of Seattle who died at Skagway on March 14 from erysipelas and William Clark of Rhinelander Wisconsin who died at Log Cabin on March 8 from pneumonia. The vessel also carried numerous named passengers including Jack Carr Dr J J Carrot Mrs Harrison Mrs Hensell and many others.
Mrs Jones suspects her cat steals butter and cream. Willie disposes of the cat twice by train freight car and river then shoots the cat in the yard. The cat returns and disappears again, leaving no trace.
Oakland Maine adopted a tramp chair a metal cage shaped like a chair to confine vagrants. Inventor Sanford Baker placed the device in an unused house for public use. The first occupant, placed by acquaintances, was confined for hours. his wife secured a $1000 damages suit which was settled out of court.
Washington dispatch says John Sherman continues to improve and remains in excellent spirits and hopeful of regaining his health, with steady signs of progress reported by physicians and family.
Wheat good wheat while dry goods merchants press on. Our new store, ordered and promised ready by April the first, sits with only three walls and a sunlit roof. The unfinished space shows missing counters and shelves as crews hurry to complete the addition begun in January. Farmers’ goods and freight payments loom large as signs of progress collide with delay.
At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday two hundred sixty invoices for New York goods were on file and rising. the basement and shelves overflow with arrivals. The firm says selling now is the only way out, stressing it is not a cheap sale despite ten years of low prices. The notice ends with a call to action: watch and wait.
The board of regents will visit the institution this afternoon to select sites for two dormitories funded by the legislature. Competing architects are present and bids will be called, with the aim to have dormitories ready by the next school year. Students host an April Fool indoor meet in the armory featuring events and prizes for the worst team and the most awkward athlete.
Filipino forces establish guard posts at Aguinaldo's former Manila headquarters and the cabinet officers meeting residence. Authorities vow strict measures to prevent looting as rebels flee and abandon valuables along their retreat.
Otis dispatch reports troops resting at Malolos with much of the city burned. Casualties include one killed and fifteen wounded as operations pause.
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