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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1899

Page

3

Malaria Mosquitoes and a Steel Trust Convergence

The article explains malaria transmission by mosquitoes and notes Dr Roland Roses work in Calcutta. It also reports Carnegie Steel, National Steel, American Hoop Steel, and American Tin Plate forming the National Carnegie Steel company with Frick as president and a combined annual capital of three to four hundred million dollars.

Washington, May Roland Roas D. D. Cunningham Calcutta Roses Frick Carnegie Bimeel Carnegie Steel Company National Steel Company American Hoop Steel Company American Tin Plate Company National Carnegie Steel Company United States Federal Steel American Steel Wire John W. Gates American Steel Wire Company England Europe Mr. Gates

FIRED ON THE INDIANS AT REGIS MONTRPARIL

Do Minion police clashed with Indians on Regis reservation. One man, Jake Ice, killed. two wounded, four arrested. Wounded include Jake Sunday and Pete Somebody. Arrested: Jake Fire, Peter Fire, Peter Thompson and Angus Baboneau. Police arrived by tug from Cornwall and released prisoners amid a crowd demanding release.

Montrpail Que DoMinion Regis Jake Ice Jake Sunday Pete Somebody Jake Fire Peter Fire Peter Thompson Angus Baboneau Tug Cornwall Therm

Law Department Proposed at University of Washington

At a Seattle Bar Association and University of Washington Board of Regents meeting held in the chamber of commerce rooms, the bar voted to establish a law department. President Groves said funds are available if the plan is approved. A large audience of prominent attorneys attended. J T Ronald dissented but supported a law school. Judge Hoyt asked for volunteers to lecture, and many attorneys offered. The board's next quarterly meeting will decide steps to create the school.

Seattle Bar Association Board of Regents University Chamber of Commerce Bar Association University of Washington Groves Bar Asssociation Tte Alrne J. T. Ronald Favr Law School Dge Hoyt Wedlay

Raise the Price of Steel

New York May 8 The arrival of John W Gates of the American Steel Wire company from Southampton coincided with the Waldorf Astoria meeting that formed a vast steel and iron monopoly. Key attendees included HM Judge William H Moore Moore Bros G L Neild president of the American Tin Plate company C Guthrie H A Painter of the American Steel Hoop company and several officers of the National Steel.

N York John W. Gates Amerian Steen Wire Company Chico Southampton Waldrf-Astoria Teel and Ioon Waldorf-Astoria HM. Judge William H. Moore Moore Bros Chicago Neild American Tin Plate Company C. &. Guthrie H. A. Painter American Steel Hoop Company National Steel

Fugitive Hudson to be Returned to Chicago

Ned Will Be Sent Back Columbus May Harry H Hudson arrested years ago on a telegraph order from Chicago police received Nebraska governor approval for return to Chicago. A Chicago detective proceeds to escort the fugitive Montgomery to face authorities. Police say he netted about $20,000 in bogus check schemes while posing as a prominent Chicago figure. He claimed to be Dr John Roach of Los Angeles while staying at a leading hotel.

Columbus Ned May Harry H. Hudson Chicago Nebraska Illinois Hudson Montgomery Police Department of John Roach Los Angeles

Graduation address set for Klickitat Academy in Goldendale

May and Representative Wesley L. Jones will deliver the annual address to Klickitat Academy graduates. Commencement exercises are scheduled for May 3. Rev. Nathan Evans will give the baccalaureate sermon on the Sunday before commencement. Professor Charles Timbin, the principal, reports progress of the year.

Goldendale Wash Wesley L. Jones Klickitat Academy Nathan Evans MFE Charles Timbuin

Molineux Must Stay in Jail in Supreme Court Ruling

New York May court orders Molineux to remain in jail after the case was sent back to the grand jury. The request to face the grand jury during the investigation has not yet been decided.

New York Roland Bf Molineux Supreme Court Grand

New Peanut Consolidation Aims for National Control

A May 15 option deadline approaches for a planned consolidation of the peanut industry under a large New York–backed company to be named the American Peanut Company. Main offices and warehouses will be in Norfolk Virginia with shipments sent from there to three major cities. annual U S peanut output is valued at about six to nine million dollars and the plan seeks higher production and exports. The crop is grown mainly in Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee.

New York, May Ginate American Peanut Compagy Tham Norfolk New York United States Virginia North Carolina Tennessee

Fearful Accident At Stoney Ranch In May

McBride Smith suffered a severe accident at the Stoney ranch near Glen Allen while assisting in operating a dump-puller. His left arm was drawn into cog-wheels and torn from the socket. He was taken to Santa Rosa for care but not expected to survive.

Hanta Rosa

Murder at Michigan farm shocks Cherboygan community

Cherboygan Michigan resident D D Gillie was shot dead at supervisor David Tow en's farm near Onaway on Saturday evening. Police believe the killer mistaken Gillie for a person returning from a supervisors meeting in the dark and fired.

Cherboygan Mich May D. Gillie David Towen Onaway

Light and Strong Running Gear at 1022 2nd Ave

A brisk note advertising durable running gear with the claim of lightness. The item is available for inspection at 1022 2nd Avenue, offered by IF M, Spinning, agent.

2Nd Ave

Oklahoma Territory's Tenth Anniversary Reflections

Ten years since Oklahoma Territory began, a memoir day in Kingfisher recalls the great rush of settlers. Old Timers recalled the 60 000 people crossing borders with a gun salute as northern and southern settlers met at the border and began new lives.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Kingfeher Kansas Texas

Utica Girl 17 Ends Life After Fortune Telling

May and Violet Niccum of Utica aged seventeen died by drinking carbotic acid last night. A village fortuneteller had advised Misa Niccum and her mother rebuked the girl for seeking guidance before she drank the poison.

Various Facts and Anecdotes From World News Columns

A miscellany notes five decades of curiosities from science to society. Topics include sugar in blood, Admiral Dewey ships, British silk spending, milk nutrition, railway signals, goats as dairy producers, a Philadelphia boy saved from a fall, a cat attack injuring a boy, sanitary measures against smallpox, a New Jersey tale of a man predicting his death, Canada’s vast forests and wood exports, China’s detective force, artist Sargent’s name trouble, German journalist Herr Herman Holdheim’s jubilee, London Zoo elephants earning a living, Rev. Wilson Carlile’s trombone sermons, Russia’s large forest area, and related forest statistics.

Forest protections in Russia and odd wartime tales

A Chicago Record correspondence reports that in Russia forests are protected to safeguard water supplies with strict logging limits. It also recounts a New Yorker’s regimen for washing a cat and a tale from Tulsa about a revolver rumor after a Wild West show, ending with a math error and a tense scene in a saloon.

It Will Now Cost Money Canton News Clip

May and Mrs. George demand payment for any further press coverage. She insists she has worked without pay and must earn money to cover hotel bills. She refuses to allow her picture to be published and warns photographers to stop selling images.

Canton May

Miners in Southern Indiana Stage Silent Strike

Miners across southern Indiana obey a strike order with no reported violence. They seek 66 cents per ton for screened coal and 4 cents for upmined coal, matching rates in Central and Northern Indiana. A mass meeting is planned in Evansville with Mayor Akin to push the demand. Dilcher, the national committeeman, forecasts operators may grant the increase.

Evansville Ind Indiana Fred Ditcher Akin Dilcher

Troops Move to Philippines and Fort Meade Duty

The War Department orders the Fourth Cavalry units in the United States to assemble in San Francisco for duty in the Philippines. A troop from the First Cavalry will relieve the two Fourth Cavalry troops at Fort Yellowstone and move to Fort Meade. Fort Walla Walla and Boise’s loose barracks will be left without garrisons, and guards will be provided for Unexe posts.

Washington, May Secretary of War Fourth Cavalry United States San Francisco Philippines Department of Dakota First Cavalry Fort Meade, & C Fort Yellowstone Wyo Fort Walla Walla Loose Barracks Idaho Unexeposta

Painter falls from truck on Fifth Avenue in agony

Joseph Neidenhofer, a painter, tumbled from a truck onto Fifth Avenue last night and suffered a broken leg and internal injuries. He crawled to the sidewalk and cried for help as a thousand passersby ignored him for 16 minutes before a bicycle police officer summoned an ambulance. He later died.

New York Joseph Neidenhofer Fifth Avenue Neidenhofer Neldenhefer

Troops Readied for Philippines from Alaska and California

Orders issue to reserve two companies of the 14th Infantry in Alaska and detachments as needed to assemble at San Francisco for shipment to the Philippines. A company of the 24th Infantry now at the Presidio San Francisco will be sent to Alaska. Gen Young to proceed to San Francisco for duty in the Philippines.

Washington Department of the Columbia Fourteenth Infantry Alaska Department San Francisco Philippines Twenty-fourth Infantry Presidio Eric BM. Young Auguata South San Prandieco Department of California

Found After Twenty Years In Indiana Woman Reunites With Daughter

Mrs. Mary Williams recovered her daughter after twenty years. The child had been loaned to a theatrical company as a property and was located by police in a little Pennsylvanian town. Identification was complete and the mother will make her home with her daughter.

Muncie, Ind May Mary Willams Willlame

Conflict Avoided in St Clair County Court Visit

In Obcrola Missouri May 2 186? United States deputy marshals planned to arrest three St Clair county judges over a special tax dispute. The judges did not appear in town citing safety, holding court somewhere in the woods. The regular county levy had already been set, and tensions over a railroad tax were high with reports of potential violence among local farmers.

Obcrola United Sates St. Clair County United States Ofitala

Ghost Haunted Newark Hotel Keeper Fatal Stabbing

Robert Sherry, a Newark hotel keeper, stabbed himself twice with a knife after believing ghosts haunted his hotel. Neighbors recall his hair turning gray over two weeks, and he fled the cellar screams he heard nightly. Police report he admitted fatal self harm to avoid a worse fate.

Newark N. J. May Robert Sherry

Safe Combine Off as Herring Hall Marvin Reorganization Fails

Cincinnati stockholders in Herring Hall Marvin refused to stand for a decrement and a proposed safe combine was dropped for the present due to failure to reorganize the company. Telegram from New York noted no settlement with creditors could be made.

Cincinnati May Exchange Herring- Hall-Marvin Company New York

Republicans Conspire to Control House Speakership

Republican members in the West who will not present candidates for speaker are organizing to influence House policy. Ongoing correspondence suggests a plan to withhold pledges until a speaker acceptable to their regional interests can be elected.

Washington, D. C May House

Market Quotations and Prices in Seattle Market Report

Monday morning market notes show strong activity on West street with steady prices for bananas, poultry, butter, and fish. Local dealers quote round lot prices for grains hay eggs livestock hides wool and jobbing sugar and flour with detailed per unit costs across grains, flours, and livestock products.

West Street Jordon & Co Havana Seattle

Comprehensive Prices From a Local Market Ledger

A long list of market prices covers barley to lumber with numerous items and figures. It lists grains, coffee, dairy, poultry, nuts, fruits, vegetables, and various lumber products by weight or container, showing unit prices in dollars per hundredweight, per barrel, per sack, per case, or per ton for western markets.

Chicago Cattle Prices Mixed and Steady Across Categories

Market report from Chicago lists cattle and sheep prices with mixed changes. Stockers around 3.55 to 3.95, cows 3.75 to 4.90, Texans and hogs shown, light and heavy weights given, native sheep about 4.45 to 5.20, lambs around 5.00 to 6.20.

Chicago Til May Reeves

Miller River Mining Company Stockholders Meeting Notice

Notice is given of the annual meeting of The Miller River Mining Company stockholders at 2 o clock p m on Saturday May 20 1899 in Seattle at No 630 Pioneer Building The agenda includes electing seven trustees and considering changing the corporate name plus any other business brought before the meeting George Fowler President C A McKenaie Secretary

Miller River Mining Company Pioneer Building Seattle George Fowler

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