Adulteration Crackdown Targets Grocery Goods
State Food and Dairy Commissioner McDonald declares the adulteration law in active operation and extends the labeling window to September 15. He reports marked improvements in stores, lists common adulterants, and says analyses will trigger prosecutions. chemist Fulmer will join talks in the city. Also notes a roundup at Chabrol garrison ends with most detainees released.
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McDonald
4 Star
Fulmer
State Agricultural College
School of Sciences
Pullman
Triumph Tomato
Pioneer Brand
Anderson's
Homestead
California
Yosemite
Yale Commons Replaces Student Waiters With Colored Staff
New Haven Conn Sept. Yale College announces a change at the Yale commons discharging undergraduate student waiters and hiring only colored waiters for future service. Managers cite conflicting recitation hours and improve promptness as the reason for the shift beginning at the fall term.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Yale Commons
The
Commons
War in Prices of Sardines Shocks Market
New York September 2. A price war erupts between Continental Packing and Standard Sardine Company over pack age terms and stock status. Prices fell from 3 to 2 a case as Continental cuts, with expectations of $1 soon. Standard denies cutting new pack prices.
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New York
Continental Packing Company
Standard Sardine Company
Standard Company
Continental
Standard
Continental Company
Standard Bardine Company
Boers Ready to Attack as Rain Delays Ultimatum
Pietermaritzburg dispatch says the Boers await two days of rain to start hostilities. Hoera concentrate near the Natal frontier aiming to seize Laing's Neck Ma Juba and Newcastle as soon as Meng land issues the ultimatum.
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London
Pietermaritzburg
Hoera
Natal
Laing
Ma Juba
Newcastle
Mengland
Post Office Move Underway Ahead of October Occupancy
The new post office is rapidly prepared for occupation and should be ready by early October. Moving fixtures from the current location will require extra work from staff, but the setup will be organized so Mr Calkett, the postmaster, believes removal can occur without confusion or delay.
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Orly
Calkett
Prospectors to Sail for Alaska on Gen. Bigtin
The schooner Gen. Bigtin, arriving from Cook Inlet Monday, will likely depart soon with a party of prospectors headed for the Alaska hinterland. They plan to work in the Inlet region through next summer, prospecting both placer and quartz mines.
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Gen. Bigtin
Cook Inlet
Alaska
Abe
Minos
Youthful Robbers Nabbed in Kirkland Burglary Case
Three Kirkland youths Charles Gilbert George Holgar and Weeler Brooks were arrested on a burglary charge. Deputy Sheriff Wilson says they entered the home of Mrs. Alice Anderson and took gold nuggets and jewelry worth 200 dollars, all recovered. One boy confessed naming the others.
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Charles Gilbert
George Holgar
Weeler Brooks
Kirkland
Sherif Wilson
Alice Anderson
Oilery Burned at Vancouver
Fire yesterday morning destroyed the oilery owned by the Fraser River On and Guano syndicate. The firm spent about $100,000 in new machinery and improvements over the past year. Trekon spent $50,000 and is insured.
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Vancouver
Rh. C
Fraser River On & Guano Syndicate
Trekon
Identified Alaska Patient A K Fisk In Cambridge Case
The Alaska paralytic believed to be A K Fisk from Cambridge, Mare The Kolehts of Pythias lodge in the city. The unfortunate man was moved to the county hospital yesterday for treatment.
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Alaska
A. K. Fisk
Cambridge
Mare
Pythias Lodge
Thie Oly
Pick
Kid McCoy Victor in Sixth Round Knockout
New York reports Steve O Donnell was knocked out in the sixth by Kid McCoy at the Dreadway Athletic Club. The arena drew an immense crowd as McCoy finished with a left uppercut and hooks. McCoy says he will post $1 to meet Hob Simmons for the middleweight world title at 158 pounds.
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New York
Steve O'Devonell
Dreadway Athletic Club
O' Donne
McCoy
Hob Fitasimmons
Gold Arrives at Victoria amid Rich Reports
A steamer Danube brings gold to Victoria B C with a Daneenite named Sandon reporting $114, six in gold and a Bank of North America note of $14,00. Encouraging news comes from the Atlin district with Pine Creek described as very rich.
Receiver May Take Charge In Walker Company Case
A bill of complaint was filed in the U S circuit court by Standard Trust Company of New York against the Walker Company. It states that on December 20, 189?, the company issued second mortgage 5 percent gold bonds secured by a mortgage on Cleveland and New Haven property. Interest due semi annually from July 1, 1898 is said to be outstanding, with $79,575 interest due as of January 1, 1899.
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Cleveland
U. S
Ctrcuit
Standard Trust Company of
New York
Walker Company
New Haven
War Department seeks more staff officers for Philippines
The War Department received Gen Otis plea for additional officers including one judge advocate two assistant adjutants general two inspectors general four to six quartermasters nine commissaries of subsistence and two engineers for service in the Philippines. Adjutant General asks bureaus to designate officers before the next active campaign.
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Washington
War Department
Otls
Philippines
Adjutant General
Department
Typhoon Delays Volunteer Shipments In Washington
News from Gen. Otte reports a raging typhoon delaying volunteer shipments as the town likely sails tomorrow. The Tennessee contingent is detained by the storm. Chief Reed moves to enforce the empire nuisance ordinance and directs patrols to report infractions immediately. Porters are notified the ordinance is in effect.
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Washington, D. C
Otte
Towa
Pollen Reed
Empire
Congressmen Discuss Washington Visit and Alaska Boundary
Congressman Francia W of Tacoma reports his trip to Washington to protest forest grazing with sheep and defend grazing privileges for sheep operators in the Olympus reserve. He mentions efforts by Senator Foster and others to extend grazing time to September 24 and opposes England's interests in Lynn Canal. He calls for a strong policy and backbone in state affairs.
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Tacoma
Francia W
Washington
Oregon
Cushm
Heg
Foster
Wee
Adee
England
Lynn Canal
Alaska
Fingland
State Department
Commission named to buy statue of Frances Willard
Springfield announces Gov. Tanner appointed a commission to purchase a four acre or four foot statue of the late Frances Willard. The members include Anna E. Gordon Evanston Mrs Mary G Metager Moline John J Mitchell Chicago W K R Jewell Danville and Mrs S M Fry Chicago.
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Springfield
Tanner
Frances A. Willard
Anna E. Gordon
Evanston
Mra
Mary GK. Metager
Moline
John J. Mitchell
Chicago
W. KR. Jewell
Danville
Not So Bad as Painted: Manila Rainy Season Reassessed
A Manila dated July 29 report argues the Philippines rainy season is overhyped. It notes heavy July rainfall of 42 inches in 24 days and that rain often comes at night or early morning with some relief in daytime. The piece also mentions Mrs J Bh Clark stating she will not press against her husband, who remains in custody pending developments.
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New York
Date of
Manila
Philippines
Tampa
Cuba
Prospect of Rate War Across Rail Lines
The Great Northern announces a 47.00 rate to St Paul and 49.25 to Chicago for returned volunteers prompting suspicion among other lines. They fear Hill's fine may extend the rate to non soldiers and plan to meet the cut. The NP, PK, and UP will consider matching if abuses are found, signaling a possible new rate war.
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Great Northern
St. Paul
Chicago
Hill
N.pc
U.P
Wedding of Edward A. Green and Ada M Hell at Sacred Heart
At Sacred Heart church the wedding of Edward A. Green and Ada M Hell will take place at 6 30 in the morning officiated by Father Brown. Afterward a breakfast will be served at the Rainier Grand hotel and the couple will sail on the Umatilla to San Francisco for two weeks.
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Sacred Heart Church
Father Brown
Edward A. Green
Mme
Ada M. Hell
Seattle
Rainier- Grand Hotel
San Francisco
Umatilla
Green
Beattie
Katherine Dolan
T. L
Gasfitters Strike Ends as Workers Rejoin Union
About 15 men who walked out from Seattle Gas and Electric Light last Saturday have joined the local union. The company threatens to eliminate its mechanical gas work, outsourcing to outside plumbers and gasfitters, a move the strikers say would benefit them more than wage reinstatement.
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Seattle Gas & Electric Light Company
Gas
Wreck at Kansas City Claims Railroad Crew
A Frisco passenger train collided with a freight train near Kansas City this morning. Three railroad men were killed and four injured. The dead were engineer F. Reddick fireman Ts. Hidock and another unnamed crew member.
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Kansas City
Frisco Road
Here
F. Reddick
Ts. Hidock
Hereison
Will Give the Boers a Chance
London dispatch reports the cabinet will study the Transvaal situation after the Boers' reply. A final ultimatum with a time limit will be drawn up, and hostilities would begin upon expiry.
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London
Eng
Transvaal
Pittsburg Bridge Plan Touted by Ladd with Carnegie Ties
In Pittsburg on September 20 there is optimism for a proposed structural iron and steel combine led by J Gifford Ladd of New York. The project would capitalize at 65 million dollars and merge Keystone Bridge Works into the new company. Carnegie interests are reported to back the deal and supply iron and steel not produced by the combine.
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Pittsburg
J. Gifford Ladd
New York
Carnegie
Keystone Bridge Works
Bie
Carnegie Company
Hew Company
Stsels
Fever Reports Rise in Key West and New Orleans
Surgeon General Wyman in Washington received word from Key West of 31 new yellow fever cases and one new death. A dispatch also reported two additional cases in New Orleans as the fever spread in the South.
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Washington, D. C
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Key West
New Orleans
Seattle Mining Stock Market and Harbor Developments
At the Seattle Mining Exchange brisk trade kept quotations firm with totals including Bea Lion 274c Jim Blaine 2c Insurgent 64c Ben Lion 14%c and Lone Pine Surprise 22% traded. A Seattle Stock Exchange share rose to 7.50 on a three day old issue. Puget Sound presbytery prepared for the Synod of Columbia meeting at Sixth and Seneca. The Synod will convene this evening. A new steamship may soon serve Seattle Olympia with the Seattle Steamship Co planning a fast passenger steamer while Multnomah and Aberdeen shift to freighting.
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Seattle Mining Exchange
Bea Lion
Jim Blaine
Ben Lion
Lone Pine Surprise
Seattle Stock Exchange
Puget Sound
United Presbyterian Church
Sixth Avenue
Seneca Streets
Synod of Columbia
W. H. French
Washington
Oregon
Seattle
Olympia
Seattle Steamship Company
Multnomah
Aberdeen
Funds for the Library Funds for the Library
The Seattle Public library commission urges the city to add two tenths of a mill to the 1899 tax levy to raise money for new books. Current maintenance runs about $1,000 monthly, with the proposed levy expected to generate $5,000 to $6,000 for the library fund.
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Seattle Public Library Commission
Building Permits Issued for Alterations and New Homes
Building permits issued to multiple individuals for alterations and new residences across city addresses. Projects include 927 Eighteenth Avenue 300 dollars, 11 East Republic Street 400, 710 Becond Avenue 650, 20 Eleventh Avenue North 190, 1121 Union Street 6000, 415 Twenty-first Avenue 200, 010 University Street 225, 603-407 Union Street 1600, Greenlake one story frame 20, 892 Twenty-first Avenue 100, 9610 Columbia Street 400 totaling 11425 dollars.
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Ligsie KE. Perkins
Eighteenth Avenue
A. L. Campbell
East Republican Street
M. F. Hammond
Becond Avenue
John Reed
Eleventh Avenue
J. C. Weinard
Union Street
Mra. J. Gillies
Twenty-firet Avenue
HW. A. Ballinger
University Street
Daniel Samples
D. M
Greenlake
J. F. Jackson
Twenty-first Avenue
J F. Jackson
Columbia Street
Plant for Sale by Local Newspaper Group Leader
O M Moore president of the local prose association seeks to interest newspaper men in disposing of the plant of the late J Hannam Jones former editor of the Nooksack Reporter. The sale proceeds go to the editor's aged mother. The plant valued around 906 dollars and may be sold at a bargain to raise immediate funds.
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O. M. Moore
Prose Assocition
J. Hannam Jones
Nooksack
Will Carry Coal Drumbiah May Sail to Manila
The ship Drumbiah, a 2800 ton steamer with a 28 man crew, may transport coal from Puget Sound to Manila. It was first chartered to load wheat at Tacoma for Europe.
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Puget Sound
Manila
Tacom
Europe
Sailor’s Shanghai Tale Tied to Muskoka at Astoria
A pallor aboard the Piritieh ship Muskoka now in Astoria claims he was shanghaied at Seattle after leaving the schooner Alice Laigh. Sullivan jumped overboard at Astoria the other day trying to escape and was nearly drowned.
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Astoria
Seattle
Alice Laigh
Sullivan
Northwestern Stocks Report At Exchange
Northwestern Mining Exchange shows limited activity with 10 000 El Dorado traded at 29 cents and 200 shares of as at 1 dollar 66.
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Northwestern Mining Exchange
Bidding Light at Seattle Stock Exchange With Mining Interest
The Seattle stock exchange saw very light bidding with no sales. A good crowd attended and mining interests remained of interest though buyers were scarce.
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Seattle Stock Exchange
Weather notes and public works complaints in Seattle
Tonight and Thursday expect fair winds from southwest to northwest. A Seattle Leather Co. filing cites unsafe conditions on Madison Street between Fleet and Second avenues and adjacent alleys with repeated wagon and truck accidents. Persistent complaints urge repairs and nuisance action near Sacred Heart church construction.
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Seattle
Vicinity
Board of Public Works
Fred Klinger
Seattle Leather Company
Madison Street
Fieet
Second Avenues
Mr. Klinger
Kilneer
Sacred Heart Church
Sixth Avenue
Bell Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Samuel Green
H. &. Taylor
Tate
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Nantes
Paris
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Lambet
Rothechal
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France
Mathieu
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Montejo
Dewey
Supreme Council
Lfe
Panis
Chabrol
Guerin
Kid M'Coy
the Victor
Gold
Victoria
ST. Louis
Pretoria
Orange Free State
Johannesburg
Usmman
Willard
Worthwestern
the Stock Exchange
Weather Forecast
Dan McMillan
Kiefer
McMillan
John Cavanaugh
Washington Street
Cavanaugh
Humes
F. R. Glover
New Westminster
B. C
Queen's Park
Havana
Santo Domingo
Baracos
Isa
Spelger & Hurley
Third
Pike
Brunner & CO
Pike Street
Corner Fifth
Houtivan
I. Clay Eversole
Opticiag
Coless
Science Ame
Chas. G
Holcomb
Optician
Burke
Serena
Seee
Snoqualmie
Walla
Denny Blaine
Dexter
Horton Bank
Pike St
Quen City
Corona Java
Second Avenue
Pike Strogt
Moran Bros. Company Engine
Sciene and Wood
Geo. H. Woodhouse
Weatherby
Bonanza Gold Mining and Milling Co
W. I. B. Nichols
Sterr-Boyd Building
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