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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
3
Mrs Mary Mal of 110 West Stewart Street was arrested yesterday by Constable Matthews on a warrant alleging petit larceny for allegedly taking a plush jacket from Mrs Ellen Tygosen.
Thamas Warner Mitchell, elected editor for the Pacific Wave, announces a weekly publication to begin this year. The first issue will appear in September, with Ernest W. Schrod er and Walter F. Morrison as associate editors and a staff including Kincaid Wright Bell Allen and others. Clarence M. Larson is named business manager. The paper will be four pages in four columns with monthly literary pages.
The Trib says rising steel scarcity spurs mining activity as a new firm by Rogers Brown Co and Eugene Zimmerman forms the Georgia and Alabama Iron Company of Georgia and the Western Mining Company. The holdings near Cedartown cover 9,000 acres with several mines and furnaces. Zimmerman serves as vice president of the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton railroad and owns the Talladega furnace property in Alabama.
A comic tableau set during an exposition in Paris 1909. An American tourist questions a guide about disturbances as the guide insists events are routine. The dialogue hints at political upheaval with mentions of Reds, the Commune, and looming threats to bridges and railways.
Joliet on September 7 celebrated the paving of Chicago street with an asphalt surface. The block was cleaned and transformed into a half mile dancing floor sixty feet wide where a citywide party marked the street's new surface.
Copenhagen reports an end to the months long building trades lockout affecting 26 000 workers. A satisfactory agreement was reached and most workers are expected to return by Thursday.
The Pittsburg Coal Company is formed from the Fitteburg rail coal mine combination. A meeting to elect officers will occur within two weeks. The new corporation has a capital stock of 44 million dollars and controls the coal properties of 104 of 107 firms in the business. It holds near total control of Great Lakes docks and loading facilities and a monopoly on outlets to coal markets in the east west and northwest.
Harrisburg district attorney announced September 28 as the trial date for the men accused in a legislative bribery scheme. Indications suggest the trials will proceed on that day with witnesses to be summoned for Thursday.
Yesterday's issue of The Seattle Mining Record shifted from monthly to a weekly four page journal. It carries extensive mining news and is well patronized by advertisers. The Record bills itself as the official paper for a long list of mines.
In Tire Ohio a large fire rages from a clothing store starting at 3 o clock. Twelve to eighteen houses burned and more structures threatened. Titin and New Washington fire departments respond with assistance from Pennsylvania while a strong wind drives the blaze. Explosion heard and smoke shows occupants fleeing.
W K Stroetael arrives in Meatia to oversee the German paper of the Washington Binate, taking over from his sister Anna L Weinhaven. With twelve years of business experience he is expected to succeed in the new enterprise.
Spokane Industrial exposition announces special days in October with parades and exercises. Notable entries include Goddess of Plenty Mise Jean Goldie Amos on October 3, Red Men's day Pocahontas Miss Fionsie Terreell on October 6, Press day October 7, Woodmen of the World October 12, Odd Fellows day October 14, United Commercial Travelers day October 14, and Magies day October 14.
J. H. Flint of San Francisco recounts a mysterious eye and throat illness spreading from Juneau and Douglas Island. He describes green eye coverings and severe pain, noting many sufferers and limited chance of a permanent cure while doctors cite climate dampness and long winter lights as possible causes.
Hon William L Chambers Samoan supreme court chief justice visiting Atlanta urges annexation of the Samoan islands as the only solution to the trouble. He notes the Pago Pago harbor and a $360000 steel coal shed under construction with workers and the ship Abarenda nearby.
Washington Sept 7 The adoption of a shorter route between Manila and the United States reduced travel pay for some troops. The old route covered 4030 miles, while the new path omits 700 miles by skipping Honolulu. Some Manila reenlistees received travel pay based on the old distance and a portion was refunded to paymasters.
A river King mine shootout near Hay Creek left Thomas Rand dead after a miner quarreled with another man. A men’s en wer was sent to Antelope for a doctor and to notify county authorities.
Superior court orders State Land Commissioner Bridges to issue a deed to Seattle Improvement Company for Seattle tide land parcels in blocks 288 and 422 including lots 11 12 14 and part of 16. Case involves Peter Dean and Seattle Improvement Company versus P Stone. parties settled out of court.
Washington reports the Commissioner of Pensions Evans shows 991,519 total pensions for 1899 with 6096 recipients abroad. Total payouts reach $138,355,952.98 as pensioners span all states and 67 foreign nations including Alaska Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, with global presence from Algiers to Wales.
In Goldendale on September 6, Miers and Win Measecher showed two native forage plants from Klickitat: a white clover and a native cheat grass reaching 5 feet 7 inches. Mesaecher notes the native growth makes an excellent day forage. Professors Spillman and Leckenby received specimens. Leckenby seeks a native grass with better day quality while Spillman shows interest in the white clover.
Coffeyville reports J. Martin, a half breed Indian living 20 miles east, kicked his 14 year old sister to death today to stop her marriage to Albert Ball. Martin escaped. There is talk of lynching him.
Boston Sept 7. Governor Bushnell of Ohio presented a silver service to the gunboat Marietta at the Charleston Navy yard on behalf of Marietta citizens. He was accompanied by a delegation from Marietta.
A list of property transfers recorded in the county auditor’s office includes numerous lot and block changes across Stevenson's subdivision Emumelaw North Seattle and Madison Street areas. Transfers involve buyers such as LW Prive Thomas Richardson Margaret Dilling and George De Mare with values ranging from 400 to 61,748.65 dollars and dates from July to September.
Allentown Pa September 7 Negotiations for the purchase of the American Cement Company plant at Megptthie county ended with its sale to EB A Smith & Co bankers of Philadelphia The consideration is 250 000 The plant includes five mills and a daily output of 4000 barrels A tract of land underlaid with cement rock accompanies the sale providing an inexhaustible raw material supply
Market shows little change with widespread stock and steady demand. Prices offered on delivery include grain corn oats barley and mixed feeds, plus timothy hay alfalfa and beets. Poultry and livestock bids cover chickens ducks turkeys geese beef cattle hogs calves hides and wool with varied per unit rates across regions.
A dense listing shows chicken and turkey prices, live weight poultry, various feeds, hay, oats, corn meal, bran, shorts, and hogs beef and fish prices. Also includes lumber quotations, jobbing prices for sugar tea flour coffee and more, plus a legal notice about a civil complaint filed in Seattle Justice Court with a September 20 hearing and a debt claim of seventy five dollars and forty cents.
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