04 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1899
Page
1
The Olympia with Admiral Dewey on board reached Gibraltar at noon and was greeted by Hantaian warships and forts. Dewey will stay until September 15 before sailing to New York as Spanish crowds from Cadiz and Malaga swarm the waterfront to glimpse the flagship.
Crowds filled Third avenue as a major labor day parade formed, bands played, and floats impressed. Madison park hosted events with winners in sprints, high jump, and yacht races. Wasp, Lavita, and Hornet led class results in the day’s seaside contests.
A large Labor Day parade forms on Third Avenue, travels along Union Street to Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, then to First Avenue and Washington Street, ending back on Union. Union unions and many crafts are represented, including the Western Central Labor Union, Tailors, Ship Carpenters, Iron Molders, Boilermakers, Machinists, Brewers, and more. The event features bands, floats, and a prize committee led by Jules Redelsheimer and Jay C Alien.
Paris September 4 The government fears a possible joint intervention by the powers to aid Dreyfus. President Loubet is to preside at an extraordinary cabinet session to discuss new developments. Loubet reportedly warns the powers to mind their own business.
Tomorrow the trial of John Considine and George LAbbe on gambling house charges is scheduled for 2 PM in Judge Carson's court Duwamish precinct. Attorney F H Weisstling said he has not dropped the case and awaits the prosecuting attorney to return before pursuing search warrants for the Standard gambling house.
A. and Kerry, burned out of a Seattle boat equipped sawmill near Moran shipyards, bought waterfront land between Clay and road streets for a future sawmill and sash and door factory, paying $12,000 for the site.
Tonight the Seattle Christian Institute and School of Methods begins at the First M. and church under Rev. B. A. Holdrege. Daily meetings run tomorrow morning through Friday night with instructors guiding sessions on personal work, field work, Bible study, deeper truths, missions, and the Holy Spirit in the church.
Moesera tells Saf reporter that Horace B. Dunbar and John P. Davis signed a 20 year lease on the Colman Building at First Avenue and Columbia. Three new stories costing 200000 will add a grand hotel with 670 guest accommodations and 26 sample rooms for traveling men. The hotel will feature a large dining room, private dining rooms, a cafe, and a telephone connected system. Work to begin next January or February and proceed rapidly. Separately Mamie Brown was arrested on a robbery charge involving John Conner on King Street, and funeral services for Robert milla were held at Bonney & Stewart's chapel.
Prosecutor McElroy, returning after a weeks absence, reacts to Justice Cann’s stance on enforcing the Sunday closing law. He says he will meet the judge and is not ready to publicly discuss the issue, noting the law has been on the books for 13 years.
In Rennes the Dreyfus court martial enters a dramatic week with Maj Hartman detailing French and German guns and the need to obtain the 120 gun secret. Eugene Cernuschi testifies with a letter about spies, including Dreyfus, and a foreign attache adds new mobilization plans, provoking a courtroom stir.
Seattle and International railroad managers mobilize staff to promote the Seattle exposition. General Manager Miller and H B Dang urge conductors and agents to push for attendance while V K Lome organizes Snohomish business leaders. Denny hotel lease remains unsettled as brokers travel, with Latimer noting possible opening despite renewed interest from outside parties. The Dirigo sails with Dawron freight and Laurada repairs precede a northern voyage.
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