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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
2
Seattle Star disputes Tacoma claims over Fourth of July events and volunteers. British Russian talks hint at open door China policy benefiting American exporters. Humming Bird Gold Mines Ltd forms in Rossland with 126000 shares held by Spokane investors.
May 19 a family camping on the shore of Es pantoso lake in Dewitt county was attacked by alligators. Paul R Nagie and his wife fought off a beast with an axe while a four year old girl and an infant were seized. The mother escaped with a severe thigh wound. Shreds of clothing and bloodmarked the scene as settlers prepare to remove the alligators blamed for harming cattle and sheep.
Mining reports indicate the San Poll mine at Republic shows rich ore with a thousand tons ready on the dump and strong assays. Chespa Blue Jay near Republic reports a $15 gold assay. Stray Horse and Republic Giant mines also show promising ore while Chicoat Republic opens slowly with limited depth. Nearby Bophie mountain district near Rossland notes a 2 foot wide shipping ore body at the Douglas claim end of a 225 foot tunnel.
A boy at Topper Kansas opened a long-unused safe by closing its door causing the mechanism to turn. The safe held stamps registers and money blanks but no great valuables. Only two men knew the combination and are now deceased. A local machinist failed to open it after two years of effort. The post office had to borrow stamps and stationery from nearby offices in Huron and Shawnee counties.
Boston May 19 Helen Keller rapidly advances as a cyclist under Fred Stonge’s guidance. Riding a tan dem she completed a twenty mile route through the park system with ease. She shows calm control on hills as she back pedals and maintains steady progress despite limited prior experience.
News from Whitman and Whatcom counties reports a grand Lummi picnic and school class size at Whatcom High. Arrangements surge to form a Whitman county horticultural society and a planned Whitman colonia to Lower California led by William Hendryx.
Colfax Washington May 19 The school board elects W E Ransom of Snohomish as city schools superintendent at 1960 per year The board raised salaries last year from five to 8199 per month Prof Sikes the current superintendent did not re apply Next Saturday evening a full corps of teachers will be employed Most likely the present corps will be retained as they are applicants and have given good satisfaction
Arrangements for the annual G A R encampment in Palouse Washington are being pushed to completion for the May 26 to May 29 event. The program includes sports drills lectures and dramas with Governor John R Rogers slated to deliver an address on May 26.
Miss Edith Hawley of Coldwater heads to Ecuador to wed Chalmers C Schroutz after vows exchanged. She travels with her brother to New York then alone to Panama where Schroutz, once a Coldwater resident and civil engineer overseeing a gold mine in Ecuador, will meet her.
The Daily Matt reports the Admiralty has offered 75000 for an electric gun invented by the son of a Portland grocer. The weapon fires explosive shot up to 50 miles in two seconds, is noiseless, and muzzle-less.
Occasional rain this afternoon and tonight with Saturday turning fair. Southerly winds. Atmospheric pressure distribution unchanged since Thursday with high barometer on the northern California coast and low pressure over Utah and northern Montana.
Secretary Alger introduces a plan to convene weekly consultations with the heads of the war department bureaus and senior officers. The aim is to modernize management, cut red tape, and improve efficiency across the Adjutant General, Inspector General, Quartermaster, Commissary, Surgeon General, and other key offices. The omission of the Army's commanding general is noted as a possible oversight.
The West Kootenay Power and Light Co extends electric power from Rossland to Greenwood City. Current lines run 3 miles from Hennington Falls, total length to 72 miles, with plans for branch lines to sub stations and camps. Bonnington Falls currently supplies 4000 horsepower, expandable to 80 000 as demand rises. Existing power serves Trail lighting and mining operations including War Fagie Big Three Iron Mask Gertrude mines and Bullion works at Sitica using about 3600 horsepower.
Private advices state the battleship Iowa will depart San Francisco on or about May 28 for Puget Sound. At Port Orchard navy yard preparations are under way to haul Iowa onto the dry dock, with heavy blocks and machinery readied. The torpedo boat Rowan is to be hauled out on the ways and placed in commission again after repairs.
In 1885 RK. W. Wagener of Bucyrus Ohio lost his speech due to illness. After years of treatment he despaired of ever recovering but yesterday while holding a child he suddenly spoke and found his voice returned though it sounds unusual.
A split in Ohio Republicans leads anti Hanna forces to plan a large petition to President McKinley asking him to bar Hanna from the gub ernatorial contest and to stop interference in state politics. The effort began in Cleveland with leaders from the Kurtz and Daugherty camps invited to a Columbus conference. The organizers accuse Hanna of fueling intra party strife.
Insurgent party workers seek a resolution and petitions to the president to force Hanna from power and warn Federal officeholders to stay out of politics. McKinley will be cautioned, and Hanna blamed for party failures in 1900. Kurts and Daugherty factions claim control of counties with plans to push revolutions through county committees.
Pendleton Oregon May. Grant county sheep men launched a movement to keep Umatilla and Morrow county flocks out of mountain ranges. They formed a pool obtained leases and lands and control roads and trails into the ranges. The plan follows long standing opposition to outside sheep and may affect where bands from the two counties can be grazed this season.
Roseland May 19 The Flrttian American company has let contracts for four 1-horsepower electrical hoists to be divided among its mines Le Roi Number One and Josie. Two hoists go to Le Roi, one to Number One, and one to Josie.
The Fischer Bros schooner, tied at Hallard over winter, will depart about June 1 for St Michael and Golomin bay with seven men aboard. Bow Mercantile of Chicago owns four Golomin bay claims showing promise. J L Blow and B B Clark join the party. the rest are prospectors. The voyage follows Alaska expeditions with prior storms and a near loss in the Herning sea before docking safely at Seattle.
Jopians report the Frisco line will move 500 to 700 cars of strawberries from Monett Missouri to Fort Smith Arkansas over the next two days. The Missouri and Arkansas fields expect a record crop this season. A new telegraph office at Berry Spur near Van Buren Arkansas will handle berry shipping. The industry employs between 15 000 and 20 960 workers including pickers packers and haulers.
Governor John KR Tanner announces he is not seeking renomination citing lack of public demand and his own uncertainty. He says the field is wide for hopefuls, notes public record will guide voters, and stresses it is hard to please everyone as Illinois governor.
A Pekin report says Russia seeks a concession to build a railroad connecting Port Arthur with the Chinese capital, challenging China’s defense of the sacred city. The move follows the Anglo Russian agreement and signals a potential shift in influence around Pekin and the fortress at Port Arthur.
A movement to consolidate machine-made chain manufacturers is under way in New York. Articles of incorporation for the Standard Chain company with capital stock of 6,006,605 will be filed next week. The merged group aims to produce 95 percent of U S machine-made chains and includes William Woodhouse of Trenton J Co Rehmidt of York Bower Mallary of Carlisle Jones McLaughlin Halden Saddlery Hardware Columbus Frant Manufacturing St Mary's and Mixdorff Krein of St Louis.
In Washington D C on May 19 officials anticipate a papal bull from Rome declaring 1990 a jubilee year for the worldwide church. Jubilees occur every twenty five years but this centennial year is seen as more significant as it opens a new century with Pope Leo aging.
Xavier Lastern, a Belgian glass worker in Hartford City Indiana, has been jailed for contempt of court and says he will die in jail unless the court frees him. His wife won a divorce and $22.50 monthly alimony for their minor children. He ignored a ruling while aware of consequences and remains imprisoned.
The U S commissioner of Internal Revenue declares that documents required by the war revenue act to be stamped are not competent evidence in court rulings. Unstamped checks drafts and negotiable instruments cannot be evidence of payment whether stamping was intentional or due to carelessness, affecting many commercial cases.
In Cuelan Washington on May 17 Indians burglarized the Pioneer saloon Sunday night and stole liquor. The spree led to a fight and cut injuries, with reports of widespread drunkenness among nearby Indians and no apparent enforcement. Burglars gained entry by breaking a window after battering the door. A clerk nearby scared them away after the theft.
In Motague Wyoming on May 19 the congregation of Rev. C De Mott Jennings is divided over a sermon on pure food. He claimed highly seasoned dishes should not be eaten by a good Christian and cannibals would not kill a Spaniard because of diet. A parishioner challenged the claim citing nicotine from smoking as the cause cannibals avoid Spaniards. Debating society arguments grew and some threaten to remove the pastor.
Charleston officials and Judge W H Brawley report General Wheeler arrived unseen as General Walker, the senior South Carolina officer, failed to arrange his carriage. About 20,000 spectators expected the veteran leader in the procession and voiced disappointment at the neglect and blundering alleged in the arrangement.
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