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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1899

Page

3

Carnegie Puts Up Entire Plant Holdings for 126 Million

New York November 11 Andrew Carnegie signs a document pledging to sell his entire holdings in the Carnegie Prick Frick plants for 126 million with part cash and rest in bonds of the reorganized company Henry C Frick holds a stake and Carnegie owns 75 percent of the concerns valued at about 167 million Frick’s share estimated around 40 million amid rising iron and steel values The reorganization plan has been submitted to several New York banks.

New York Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Prick-Phippa Carnegie Henry C. Prick Scotland Reorganized Corporation Frick Allron

Railway notes on orders and alliances across lines

The Great Northern and Northern Pacific have placed or ders for new locomotives and coaches for Pacific coast traffic. Van derbilt line presidents meet in New York to tighten ties while a trans continental rate war broadens. O R and N and Burlington join the mix as Great Northern aims for a $10 rate to St Paul. Southern railway touts Cuba as a winter rival to California. George H Daniels heads a movement at New York Central. J A Munro says Union Pacific will make Sioux City a northern terminal.

Great Northern Northern Pacific Railways Northern Pacific Burlington St. Paul J. A. Munro Union Pacific Sioux City Kansas City

Union Buries Bustad Drowned Worker

Funeral services for Ko Bustad, who drowned Thursday, were held this afternoon at 2 from Honney & Stewart chapel. The Seattle Carpenters' and Joiners union No MM oversaw the rites.

Ko Bustad Honney & Stewart Seattle Carpenters’ & Joiners Union No MM

Dora Nelson Missing Teen Reported In Seattle

Dora Nelson aged 15 is missing from her Maple Valley home. Her brother Alfred Nelson has asked Seattle police to locate her. She previously worked at the Neaton restaurant on Pike Street and has been gone since November 1.

Dora Nelson Maple Valley Alfred Nelson Seattle Neaton Pike Street

Portland steamer leased for San Francisco to Columbia freight

The old steamer Portland, previously Haytien Republic, is leased by BR. & No for regular freight service between San Francisco and the Columbia River. The vessel, once active on the Sound, had conflicts with customs and was seized during the big smuggling ring crackdown years ago.

Portland Haytien Republic BR. & No San Francisco Columbia Sound

Memorial Services For Washington Volunteers

Funeral services for Washington Volunteers killed in the Philippines will be held at Plymouth Congregational Church tomorrow at 2 oclock under the auspices of the Daughters and Somes of the American Revolution. Gov John R Rogers and others will attend as city clergy deliver addresses.

Washington Philippines Plymouth Congregational Church John R. Rogers Ata

Automobiles in Milwaukee Target of New Industry

Milwaukee moves to become a national auto industry hub as a Iowa inventor unveils a 15 pound device that can attach to horse drawn vehicles and reach 88 miles per hour. A stock company backed by 1 million dollars is to be formed in the city to manufacture the machine.

Milwaukee Wis United States Iowa

Supplies and Arms Sent to the Soldiers in the Philippines

The quartermaster’s department will ship heavy infantry rifles from Rock Island Arsenal to San Francisco for transport to the Philippines. Nine batteries of 2.2 inch field guns with ammunition cost about 112 000 dollars, plus 1 000 rounds per gun. A large stock of Colt automatic guns Gatling guns mortars siege guns and dynamite guns is included with millions of rounds. Infantry and cavalry equipments are ordered for 35 009 sets and 2 000 cavalry sets.

Washington, D. C Quartermaster's Department Philippines Rock Island Arsenal San Francises Sie Gore Bureau of Ordnance Mustala Eneney

Sunday Sermons at Churches Across City

A roundup of church services on Sunday across Seattle with times at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Many congregations list morning sermons, memorials, or special addresses by invited speakers including O. Al Jen of the Y M C A. and Rev. Webb Brimmonds.

Seattle Tabernacle (Baptist Jefferson Street Foren Avenue James Street Power House C. Obrum First Baptist Church Fourth Avenue Louis Howerman North Seattle Third Avenue Cedar Street Fes L. J. Sawyer Mountains First M. BE Marion Street FE. M. Randall, Jr First Unitarian Seventh Avenue Union Webb Brimmonds Robert Incercolt M. F Fourteenth Avenue C. Holford Madison Street Twentythird Avenue Gregg United Presbyterian Church Hixth and Seneca Street KR. L. Lanning Bervices Presbyterian Third Avenue North Harrison Street W. A. Major Mr. Lane Westminster Presbyterian Church Broadway H.W. Gilchriat English Lutheran Church of the Mplecopal Harvard Avenue Beneca Spring J. P. Dd. Llwyd Marcus Aureliua St. Clement's Episcopal Church George Muezelle

Packages for Manila Free Mail to Soldiers in Philippines

Instructions state parcels may be sent to soldiers in the Philippines at no charge aboard the Garonne. Each package must be securely packed and labeled with the recipient’s name, rank, and regiment and delivered on board the transport at Arlington dock.

Oldiers Philippines Garonne Arlington Dock

Nome Cape Brewery Founded by Ernest Heater in Alaska

A brewery established at Cape Nome by Ernest Heater, a Seattleman who has lived in Alaska three years. Previously a plumber, Heater reports earnings of 75000 dollars this year from minting operations.

Cape Nome Ernest Heater Thester Seattleman Alaska Mintia

Coast Lumber for Warships

The bark Katie F. Troop is at Vancouver taking on about a million feet of lumber from Tiastinga mill for Cramp shipyard in Philadelphia. The cargo will be used for United States warships and comes from specially selected stock. Every stick will be inspected and the load’s value will be large. This marks Cramp’s first Pacific coast lumber purchase for ship construction.

Katie F. Troop Vancouver Tiastinga Cramps Shipbolding Yarde Philadelphia United States Pacific Coast

Davis Bookkeeper Arrested For Embezzlement At Menton Co Op

Late yesterday afternoon LJ Davis, bookkeeper for the Menton Co op Coal company, was arrested by Detective Sarbes on request of company officers. He confessed to embezzling 1000 dollars, claiming he returned the money to Dr. H Jones a trustee. A discrepancy in books traced to two weeks ago. Davis was jailed at police headquarters. He is a married man living on Virginia Street near Eighth Avenue.

LJ. Davis Menton Co. Operative Coal Company Sarbes Davis Eniben H. Jones Davie Virginia Street Eighth Avenue

Tacoma Police Seek Arrest of 16 Year Old Mamie Mc Mahn

Tacoma police request Seattle police arrest Mamie Mc Mahn aged 16 who disappeared from Tacoma several days ago prompting a citywide alert and investigation.

Tacoma Seattle Mamie McMahn

Social notes from Tacoma and nearbycities

A wave of social visits fills the week as residents travel to Portland Seattle and Tacoma. Notables include Mr H Glenn of Porthand Mr F N Kollock of Portland and Col James Hamilton Lewis returning from England after a rest week in the city.

H. Glenn Porthand F. N. Kollock Portland Harry White Will Whits George B. Mianchard George Callinon Chebatis Mine Malutte Tacoma Frances Munday Terry Avenues California James Hamilton Lewis England Vocalisr Victoria E. A. Strout Marion Street Fuat CM. Sheafe Queen Anne Avenue Cape Nome A BO Wyckoff North Yakima George Wright Frank Dingley Pine Street San Francisco J. H. Chilbere la Conner Frank Springer Joe Fagan Vancouver F.C Mise Carrie Morgan Mise Mabel Morgan Adelbert Hicks Thirtieth Avenue

New Bond Foot Vveracl Vessel Planned At City Dock

A new freighter type named Vveracl is proposed for the Bond feet at the City dock. The vessel will be about 100 feet long with an 8 foot beam and will accommodate freight. Machinery is not ready yet and speed will be low. The hull is roughly square near the stern with a sturdy but plain finish.

Senator Mason Returns to Washington After Threat of Resign

Senator Mason returned to Washington in November after the event in question. He declined to discuss the threat of resignation or any related questions, offering no comment on the situation.

Washington

Market Quotations From Saturday Morning Prices

Market quotations show well supplied bunkers and active trade with declines in oats and wheat. Prices list grain barley wheat chicken feed and corn per 100 pounds, plus fruit vegetables and dairy items with wide variety of livestock and lumber values.

Seattle Puget Sound Washington Timothy Zac

Wholesale lumber and commodity prices listed in detail

A dense OCR price sheet lists vertical grain stock, boards, shingles, and kiln dried items with weights and measurements. It covers moor tne products, pine, cedar, and cedar reugn, plus a vast array of flour, oats, corn meal, buckwheat, and coffee jobbing prices with per hundredweight and per ton figures.

Dreserd Shige Atock Boarda de Clescer Jolie's Sontiinge Warhington Red Cedars Ceilieg

Shipping schedules and agents for steamer service

Al Ki listing notes sailing dates on November 1 December 1 and the 31st and every fifth day after, with a folder for details. The company may change hours and sailing days without notice. J F Trowbridge Puget Sound Superintendent Ocean Dock Beattie. Uptown ticket office 618 First Avenue Seattle. agents Goodall Perkins & Co San Francisco.

Al-Ki J. F. Trowbridge Puget Sound Ocean Dock Beattie Uptown First Avenue Seattie, Goodall, Perkins & Co San Francisco

Also Mentioned on This Page

Steel King Vanderbilt Lines Southern Railway Cuba George H. Daniels New York Cental Union Buries Bustad University Street W. H. G. Termple O. al Jen Calvary Presbyterian Church Twenty-fourth Avenue South King Street Donald Prpes Battery Street HO DD. Brown Church of Our Lady of Good Help Francia X. Prefontaine Boored Heart Church Brotherhood Hall Bixth Avenue Bell T. P. Brown Grace ME Hey W. H. Selick First Presbyterian Church Fourth and Spring A L. Hutchison Market Street Twenty-fourth Avenue First Christian Church J. N Smith Pina and Third Cumberland Presbyterian Church Twenty - Second Avenue East Cherry Haven M Howard Avenue John Street J. M. Dennison Society of Universal Religion G. A. FB Second Avenue A. W. Martin Manila Nome E. J. Davis Mamie Morita Thomeen Fighteenth Avenue Japan Mise Florence Rowe Tacorma Bewtth T. F. Towneley Denny Way Everett A. FR. Allain Seventeenth Avenue Harwood Morgan T. A. Johnson Baet Jnet A. 4. Parker Indiana Dr. de Pew Montgomery Fussell Toren Avenue Thomas Thurke Tlade Mise Sadie Maynard T. Wt. Shepard Terry Avenue EF. Curtie Piehth Avenue Ladies’ Relief Society Tureday Nathaniel Rogers Tenora Street H. H. Gowen Guadeamune Era Seattle University Queen Anne Club Jacob Furth Ninth Avenue Inez Mra. JL. Mitchell Stanwood Mra. M McDowell Flist Mere J. B. Crooker Mra Crooker Minnesota W. HR. Whittlesey Broadstreet Trinity Choir The Beattie Federation of Woman's Clubs Charlies Reed Mra. Reed Indian Territory DL . Cielger Mies Moeliger LF. Coyle J. G. Carrot Carrot Baltimore Ancient Order of Amereans Flrat Avenue Mariontreet Weeton Twentieth Avenue Methodist Church of South Park Bt Mark Gene Graham Trene Graham Virginia Scurry Annie Wright Seminary Janet Tureday J.crawford Arthur L. Piper China Mattery Street M F J. F. Holbrick M. Blawer Aberdeen Nod Brown Mre. Hotbrick M KE Mica Agnes Peterson Nineteenth Avenue Epworth League Entre Nous Club Plast Alder Street Leonard G al Firet Washington Volunteers Mise Mira I W. DD. Simonds Allin Lafayette BH. Darting Oregon Mra Jin Smith William Goodman Columbia Street W. D. Hutchinon Harry J. Carman Yooung Thimelty Maude Beaden Nenetics Wrehington Volunteera Wagner Mason Lane Mack Sigs Mob Elgin Puget Eound Ties S c. Lara Colm Olympia Dungeness Lough, Augustine & CO Graham Java Costa Rica Aden Mocha Guatemala Lion Pacific Coast Steamship Co Queen Walla Walla Umatilla San Francia Cottage City City of Topeka Washington & Alaska Steamship Company Fast Steamship City of Vester Wharf Skagway Ketchikan Junea Farallon Dyon Port Townsend Tyler Street Helm Bay Wrangel Menn Salle Yesternharf Dodwell & Co.,, Ltd Janes &J Butterworth & Sons Pike Bonney & Stewart Funeral Heattia Heep Millinen Woedemen Cooke Weitere Freemen Osdorme, Tremuer & CO. Inc Adlomness Carkboll Meyer Wrovtor Ate Uithers I. W. Houghton Holind Wilson Business College Tel Maia Tua Viwe Havional Baxk Jamen D. Hoge Maurice McMicken Leeter Turner United PUGET Vor i Capital Etocmurplue KC. Meutleider Kw VY Ankeny ND National Bank American Bank OF Seattle Dmnge CO. Bullgere Loewe Oentisne Depew Dentis Claire Crows End Bridge Pascing Academy Ec Hewl Ifth and Ron Sale Cahn & Cohn, Cor. Railroad Av. and Yester Hain A. Humphreys Pacific Kacine Modern Toilet Specialty Co NotTeia Andre Tork Pike, Ore Saska Jonk Paians and Insel Ranch James Bothwell Dr, Swan Metropolitan Wester Way Neat Barnes & CO Barr Boyd Aan Haneon Wabie Street X. Mfr Jewsier Hinckley Biccs Meeton Yester Way Bunde & Erland Youter Wharf E. Chapin's 6Th & Pike NS Clark Madison St Kelly 1St Avenue Diego Fruit Co Pigott & French CO W. Washington St Wightman Marion St Burke Block
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