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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1899
Page
2
The Seattle Star urges choosing a southern tideflat depot to avoid hindering steamboat traffic and promote long term growth. It calls for a city standard clock controlled by officials and discusses Admiral Dewey's forthcoming celebratory voyage.
Prof. Jacob Gould Schurman, head of the Philippine peace commission, says the United States is at war with one tribe, the Tagalos, not with a Filipino nation. He asserts there are 60 tribes, with only the Tagalos in revolt, and envisions eventual self-government under U.S. tutelage.
In North Lead mining district near Deadwood South Dakota a four feet square mine hole yielded ten thousand dollars in four days. Otto Grantz of Deadwood credited with the find on his I X L claim southwest of the city. A Roman camp at Narenta Herzegovina is described with walls gates and artifacts.
Wealthy brewer George Newcomer of Louisville Kentucky failed to persuade his 17 year old sister Gretta Millard a stage name in Philadelphia to return home from an escapade to become a chorus girl. He watched her perform in All Aboard at Prattie academy and an tense interview ensued. He claims she was spirited away afterwards.
Forty one mines in active operation under the Pacific Coast old Mining Co. Now to the time to buy this stock at the Seattle and Northwestern Mining exchange. Special Safe-Fine note paper in boxes. Denny Coryell Co., 716 1st Ave.
City of Mexico September 18 President Ding formally opened congress discussing debt and the reform agenda covering foreign relations exports and manufactures telegraph and revenue services and the conversion of foreign gold debt. He said Yaqui outbreak may be subdued by small troop forces.
The Company C of the National Guard hosts a battalion ball at the Armory to raise funds for the Washington volunteers hospital fund. Wagner's band will provide music as decorations enhance the event supporting the Fortwon Relief corps.
The Beef Trust broadens from dressed beef to butter eggs and poultry with Armour and Swift leading price cuts. Wholesalers in Manhattan report transfer of at least 10 percent of butter eggs and poultry sales to Chicago. Agents in Ohio Indiana Illinois Kansas City and other states offer spot cash for supply delivered to Chicago warehouses.
Washington D C Sept 18 It is learned from Milinote friends of the president that he may stay in Washington next October rather than attend the Chicago corner stone ceremony for the federal building The labor controversy surrounding the project angers him and he hesitates to join a celebration marked by discord If agitation continues he may recall his acceptance though he has not decided definitively to skip the visit.
Newport Sept 14 rumors claimed Mrs. Potter Palmer would provide a $500000 dowry to Julia Dent Grant for a marriage to Prince Caracusene. The reports are denied as baseless with Palmer stating the union is a pure love match and any money is the prince’s contribution. Palmer has treated Miss Grant as a daughter and has given a fine trousseau to her niece.
Chattanooga Tennessee September 18 The iron situation across the South is serious with furnaces in Tennessee and Alabama sold far ahead. Foundrymen and consumers cannot obtain iron, as most furnaces have orders to last well into next year. Iron in the Chattanooga and Birmingham districts sells as high as 18 to 18.50 per ton, with $20 iron predicted within 30 days.
Peter Bateman, a 56 year old Civil War veteran and prospector, was found dead on the Hurquehala desert three miles from water near Cullen's Well after walking from Wickenburg for a 56 mile waterless trek. His brother resides in Detroit Michigan.
Senator Addison Foeter departs for Tacoma with plans to visit Paul Carmberland Win where he has extensive interests. He owns Wheatland in North Dakota and mining interests in Montana en route. He secured posts for Lieut LeCrone and Capt Kees in volunteer infantry, extended Mt Tacoma reserve grazing, added an assistant at Walla Walla post office, and obtained assurances on Alaska boundary and Columbia river improvements, while arranging transports for the bound.
Labor demand runs high in Oregon and the Northwest as harvests rise and rail projects absorb workers. Portland workers idle amid a large harvest and scarce labor, with 1,006 to 2,900 men inactive. Employers and agents pursue laborers while crews remain in sheds awaiting hands for threshing season.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage issued an order to anticipate the October payment of six million dollars of interest on government bonds. The government will pay two weeks before the amount falls due, due to perceived strain in the money market.
Marie Somers wife of Lt. George C. Bom ore sues Minerva Meyers Mann wealthy widow for 59000 alleging alienation of her husband’s affections. Mann reportedly spent much time traveling after the death of her husband, with the current suit based on events from such trips.
Troy report states the American Steel and Wire Company buys the Crown Point Iron Company's tin plate and the minting shipping and furnace industry at Port Henry to provide work for 1140 men and increase daily output of iron and steel products.
A list of deeds recorded Saturday transferring parcels among many individuals and firms including Anna Allen to N Beek, King County to Hannah Peterson, Nellie Haylewood to Mila Kerth, Northern Pacific Railway to Herbert BIr, and others with dates from Aug to Sept 1908 and sums from $1 to $2,500, detailing lot, block, and area descriptions across multiple additions and neighborhoods.
The Phoenix presented this evening at Third Avenue Theater as listed in the Amusement Bulletin. Seattle Theater screens The Japanese company tonight with showtime details not provided in the fragment.
An item notes safe deposit boxes, valuable articles and papers with references to a reel and management by SHORROCK, HN. Dolomite and carey. The fragment suggests a rental or storage notice for valuables and documents.
A compact collection of quotes and thoughts on justice, personal duty, and avoiding vice, urging independent thinking and practical action. Notable lines include Voltaire on misstep versus self reliance and Justinian on rendering to each their due, shaping a concise moral reflection.
A death notice reports F Anders died by his own actions at his home in Point Lowell. The incident involved throat wounds and injuries to the neck. Authorities list the decedent as a man about age determined in the report. Further details follow in the local inquest records.
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