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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1899
Page
2
The Seattle Star advertises delivery options and contact details with a note on a second-place matter tied to Beattie Washington and Third Avenue, outlining newspaper delivery and phone information.
A Dawson City fire series is blamed on sensational copying with claims of multi million dollar losses. The April 24 blaze actually caused about 300000 in losses by local standards, with listed structures totaling 409200. Buildings are log or crude frame, contents small, and labor/material costs have fallen since. Also notes rumors on First Washington volunteers direct transport to Seattle are unsubstantiated. McKinley administration action pending.
Western Oklahoma cattlemen announce a boycott of Kansas City shipments in protest of the Kansas quarantine board requiring inspection for Oklahoma cattle entering Kansas. The ruling, approved by the Miscourt board, complicates shipments to Kansas City and raises costs. Albert Dean of Kansas City with the U S quarantine sub station met the Territorial livestock commission to widen the quarantine line excluding Logan Noble and Oklahoma counties from the district.
Capt F E Buchan returns to Kansas City from the Philippines aboard the Valencia with his wife’s body after she died in the climate there. The couple had married only a few months before the regiment left for service in the Philippines.
Smith from Lawrence Kansas marries a soldier and follows him from San Francisco to Honolulu bound for Manila. She disguises as a stowaway aboard the Indiana with another officer’s wife to remain with Capt Buchan and later stays with him until her death.
The Deadwood and Delaware smelter in Deadwood City and all mining property of the company have been sold to the Golden Reward Mining company. The deal closed in Chicago for about one and a half million dollars. The property includes a 400 ton pyritic smelter and about 5000 acres of mining ground, much of which is producing. The Golden Reward company is led by EB Harriman of New York and Samuel J Allerton of Chicago with other Western investors.
Greenwood British Columbia May 2 Land Commissioner Norrie ruled on Midway Saturday that W. Thomson of the Beaverton townsite holds no valid claim since no one may sell or dispose of land until crown grant is issued. Transfers from Wheatley to Thompson are void and Thompson’s multiple Greenwood town lot agreements are invalid. The decision stirs real estate affairs locally.
In Starbuck Washington on the Snake River valley road a contractor named T. McGrath was bitten on the jaw by a rattlesnake. The injury swelled, and after two days he walked into the river to his death, carrying out his plan with no resistance. Witnesses corroborate the incident on the new road line.
About 200 leather workers gathered to organize the trade, noting only 30 of 990 employed were union members. Reported wages were low with glaziers earning 5 to 7 a week, other trades around 12 or less, and machine men averaging 9 a week.
A collection of wry maxims on marriage, temper, fashion, and social behavior. Tales range from the vanity of women and the sting of misfortune to the novelty of automo biles and the pleasures of home dining, all reflecting lighthearted daily life observations.
In Santa Fe New Mexico on May 22 E H Flergman late superintendent of the state penitentiary his son Henry and I Merrill assistant superintendent were arrested charged with conspiring to induce a prisoner to accuse T B Catron of employing him to poison Gov Thornton and several others two years ago. Korn Drag Co Fifth and Pike Prescription Specialists Phone Pike 25
Mobbed walking boss Snipes of Contractor Crown during dispute over O R N Co Snake River Valley railway construction. Japanese workers refused to work, 100 strong mobilized, melee ensued with picks and shovels. Snipes claims he knocked several opponents unconscious. he sailed to Portland for rest and repairs.
Ex Senator Lee Mantic of Montana, member of the Industrial commission, in session in Washington, says the Silver wing of the Democratic party will receive no help from Silver Republicans in the West for the next presidential campaign. He declares there will be no alliance with Democrats in the West and calls fusion talk idle. The Democrats welcomed River Republicans in close states but repudiated fusion where they held secondaries.
Rate set at 1.2 per fee of 35 pounds. The truste campaign aims to end the powder trust in the city. At a March convention miners and operators agreed to a 66 cent per ton scale with miners paying 1.76 per keg for powder. Tampering with the agreement could trigger a strike, says President Van Horn of the Indiana Miner association.
In St. Louis County, May 22, Admiral Hodges, 11, son of John Hodges of Rose Hill, was accidentally killed when a shotgun discharged during a creekside quarrel among cousins Eugene Hodges and Archie Hogan. Hogan wrestled the gun from Hodges. as Hodges moved to reclaim it, the weapon fired, striking Hodges in the head.
Portland Maine May 2. Men women and children of West Palmouth and nearby towns fought with green boughs and shovels this forenoon to halt a forest fire that threatened to destroy the village property. Only partial word remains about the extent of damage.
Tacoma defeated Seattle 15 to 12 in a dramatic Madison Park game. Seattle led through nine innings before Tacoma surged, adding three runs in the eleventh. The event featured errors and spirited play as both sides chased the win.
Mantle predicts Bryan's renomination by Democrats but notes fractures within the party. He argues free silver may be eclipsed by war precedents and national honor, as supporters and opponents realign. Many Bryan backers may oppose him in 1904, while others seek party unity.
In Terre Haute on May 22 labor unrest looms as the Dupont Powder Company agents operate across Indiana's bituminous coal region seeking miners to buy its powder. The campaign signals potential friction between workers and the trust as tensions mount over distribution.
A village fire was brought under control by heroic effort led by Mrs. Laighton of Past Deering. The women, forming a brigade, fought the flames for four hours and saved the village church which stood in the path of the blaze. Loss is about $100.
Washington May 22 The plan, pushed by Ambassador Hitchcock now Secretary of the Interior, aims to stage American exhibits in St Petersburg or Moscow within two years. Officials and manufacturers expect millions in American trade as Russia shows a favorable market and cordial relations with the United States.
Superintendent H Muckley of the O. R. & N. arrived in Tekoa Washington where twenty railroad workers were discharged for alleged theft and pocketing proceeds. The firings hit long time, steady employees, many with homes in Tekoa. Rumors link the moves to the Coeur d Alene unrest and sympathy with riders blamed for the Junker Hill and Sullivan mill explosions.
Harrisburg May 22. A 1874 corporation act amendment now allows distilling companies to be chartered. An error in transcription reversed the exclusion, and the bill, signed by the speakers and governor, became law last week.
May 15. Through unofficial agents the government quietly investigates the Sulu group in the Philippines south of the Visayas to see if good management can win quiet allegiance without insurrection. The Mohammedan natives owe allegiance to a Sultan who has a harem and lives in state. it is likely an annuity will be provided from island revenue after the United States asserts control.
Chicago May 22 The First National Bank creates a pension fund for all 200 employees from president to janitor with eligibility after fifteen years service and age 62 discretionary rules allow manager discretion. The plan mirrors Bank of Montreal and other giants and has sparked interest from other banks and corporations.
Report from DPD Washington May 22 says the Tsung Li Yamen has refused Russia a new Pekin to Manchuria railway concession. The rejection is not regarded as final and may still be contested.
In Pekin, British anxieties about the Pekinto road rise as Murelan influence grows, forcing Croat demands. Other powers may resist uniting against China, while Europe shows only tentative support. Russia-like concessions may follow if China enforces its will.
Spokane officials vote 26 to hold an 1899 fair in the city. The event would showcase resources and industries from Eastern Washington, Western Montana, northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and parts of British Columbia, aiming for a representative Inland Empire expo rather than a fruit-focused fair. The plan seeks balanced regional representation and a broader display of enterprise.
In the Antilles center of the sea, La Mona rises as a chalky, perilous island known to sailors as the island of pirates. A colossal, inaccessible rock forms a cliff, with caves carved through the chalk hosting seabird grottoes and guano. Entrants face giant wasps guarding jungle and prickly opuntians, risking stings and fever.
The article notes cigar cases with tobacco leaf enamel and gold initials, scarfpins with miniature portraits, lace pins showing valleys with natural enamel leaves, cut glass powder boxes with yacht and fishing scenes, and a gold match safe featuring an oak wreath around a trout fly.
In a Boston Transcript comic exchange Rickers sneers that women are illogical. Morgan counters that the trouble involves a wife threatening to sue a young widow for alienating her husband’s affections, claiming the speaker never showed any genuine love.
Stillwell Georgia May 22 Passenger train No 35 arrived with Engineer Bell dead at the throttle. Fireman Edward Washington saw the engineer's head hanging from the cab window and afterward found him motionless on approach to the station ten miles away. The fatal wound is believed to be caused by a pipe struck at a station.
A boarding house mistress reports a cook found an old silver three cent piece in a spring chicken. The star boarder notes those coins left circulation twenty years ago and suggests the bird swallowed it in childhood. The remark adds a humorous local flavor to a curious household incident.
Dave Burnett of Stanford University describes his experiences with Battery A Utah in the Philippines. In a ten year after note he writes of fear fading under fire and questioning comrades, noting sudden admiration and the urge to tell others to dive for cover.
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