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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1899
Page
3
Democrats plan to establish national headquarters in Washington D C replacing Chicago. Chairman Jones arrives to oversee setup with Congress in session and press access, while Republicans face renewed pressure and Ohio campaign concerns.
Harvard Observatory in Cambridge Mass prepares for the November Leonid meteor shower observed from Cambridge and across the earth. The study aims to record time brightness color and other details to aid astronomical science as observers stay up after midnight to witness the peak night likely the fifth.
Tomorrow evening the Hawthorne Yuh stages its eighth boxing tournament at Germania hall with three weight bouts. Burleigh vs Costello headlines a grand scrap while Indian Joe Gregg faces an unknown foe. Weigh-ins near 135 for Gregg and 140 for Fag Vieh, with Kid Wilson vs McCaslin in the middleweight clash.
London Kentucky October 10 Millard Philpot cousin of George Philpot was ambushed while en route to Island Creek in Clay county a shot passed through his sleeve another grazed the back of his head and knocked him from his horse He suspects Green Griffin the Griffin faction leader as his assailant. Families continue to leave Clay.
Boston reports Fred T. Moore, former assistant teller of the National Bank of Commerce, charged with embezzling 520,000, has been arrested at Valparaiso, Chile. The U S consul there notified the arrest, but Chile has no extradition treaty, so Moore may not be returned to the United States.
Jose Luna brother of the murdered Filipino general set out from Paris for the Philippines vowing to kill Aguinaldo. Luna, driven by vengeance after his brother's June murder, obtained funds to pursue the target, despite attempts by Filipino agent Agonetilo to stop him.
Sterling Bicycle Works of Kenosha Wisconsin transfers all property to the American Bicycle Company known as the bicycle trust. The trust takes possession immediately and will operate the plant with a largely increased force while not shutting down production.
Invitations were issued for the marriage of Miss Viola Deetrick to William McKinsey Duncan of Cleveland. The ceremony will take place October 18 at 6 o’clock in the evening at the home of the bride’s parents in Youngstown. The groom is a nephew of President McKinley and the president and his family will be guests. The bride is described as a pretty girl and an only daughter.
Boston Oct 10 The Rev Peter McQueen Bonnerville recently returned from the Philippines issued a lengthy press statement asserting Gen Otis is incompetent and that Merritt’s arrival changed conditions. He claims Dewey should have controlled matters, says Lawton could defeat insurgents if free, and alleges corruption at Manila’s custom house with stolen goods and underpaid duties.
Seattle Red Cross society holds a special meeting at the public library at 10 o clock tomorrow morning. The agenda includes organizing luncheon provisions for the First Washington on their arrival. President J Humes urges full attendance.
Columbus Oct 1 Former Congress J J Outhwaite says John KR McLean plans to sideline William J Bryan in Ohio campaign. He notes McLean will drop Bryan and avoid free silver on the stump while Bryan will still visit Ohio. Gold Democrats doubt regulars will back the ticket. Outhwaite leads Ohio gold Democrats.
Ex convicts Charley Frederick and Joshua Reach fatally shot Ohio Marshal Will Lively near Hamden, on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern line. The pair fled after forcing entry and resisting arrest, with bloodhounds tracking them but no capture. Authorities warned of possible lynching if caught. both men had prior prison terms and Frederick was released three weeks ago.
Secretary Root and Attorney General Griggs will initiate criminal proceedings against those linked to Capt. Carter in Savannah harbor work. Secret service agents have tracked the involved parties, including John F. Gaynor William T. Gaynor Edward H. Gaynor BK. D. Greene and Anson M. Fangs of the Atlantic Contracting Company, tied to Carter's alleged conspiracy.
Burt Reauneau of St. Paul Minnesota visited the Parie house last evening and was relieved of forty five dollars by a woman patron. Police detained a woman named Joe Comfort on suspicion but released her as Reauneau could not describe his assailant.
The steamer Cottage City reached port with 267 passengers and about 90000 pounds in gold. Senator Shoup of Idaho returned aboard. Reports from Dawson say Klondike labor is scarce as Cape Nome exodus continues and wages rise to a dollar per hour. Arthur Coddard, jailed in New Westminster insane asylum, traveled with the ship. A consignment valued at 500000 dollars of Klondike gold is said to lie at Skagway. John H. Allen of Allen and Allen also came down on the Cottage City.
The president suspends all proceedings for public land sales in Hawaii to aid Navy and War Department wartime needs. Any sales since the new policy date are declared null and void, with refunds to buyers and notification by local authorities. The order, dated September 1, was withheld from publication until Honolulu.
J T Redmond formerly a Diamond Saloon keeper died in the city jail just before 1 am from delirium tremens. He was imprisoned after a drunken arrest on Saturday and sentenced to 17 days. He grew worse in a separate cell and died after medical staff were summoned. the coroner removed the body to the morgue.
W E Baker, a former Adama Express employee, was arrested in Beattie months ago and returned to Peston for trial. He received an 18 month sentence in the fall of that city.
In Boranton on October 10 a pistol or knife fight among nine Italians during a crowded after-hours event left Anelio Di Santi fatally wounded and Pasquali with severe gashes alongside Tony Volati who was also stabbed. One Voltaile was arrested.
In Tillamook Oregon on October 10 a young man Miles Coffman faced a possible lynching after an attempted assault on the daughter of John B. Emubum. Coffman was jailed in the county jail and slated for a hearing today.
Commissioner H Makey, after government evidence, held Markley and Farrens to the federal grand jury in Portland in the sum of 0,000 for robbing the Ontario Burns stage mall on Friday night September 22.
Constantinople reports a death toll now estimated at 1.49 persons in the Asia Minor quakes near Aldin. The first shock struck at 4:00 AM on September 2, lasting 40 seconds and leveling whole villages. Effects were felt as far as Scio Mitylene and Smyrna.
Markets show firmness apart from fruit and vegetables with little change. Four schooner toads of halibut totaling 66 000 pounds arrive, unlikely to affect prices today. Yakima potatoes reach $20 per ton with strong demand while carrots are abundant and priced down. California sweet potatoes and onions are affordable. nutmegs scarce at $1 00 01% and quinces up to 125. Grain prices steady with several feed and hay quotes listed and fresh ranch butter and poultry prices noted.
A dense listing of raw hides, salted and dry varieties with prices per pound, plus butter cheese eggs and poultry rates, vegetables and fruits with per sack or per box pricing, and animal feed costs. Includes potatoes, beans, corn, oats, barley, hay and canned goods with regional notes and multiple weight measures.
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