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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
3
The Beef Trust raises wholesale beef to 10 cents a pound, lamb to 16 cents, and pork to 9 cents, with weekly New York area sales of 23,000 cattle 120,000 sheep and lambs 90,000 pigs, claiming vast profits and a pervasive trade espionage system across six packing houses and five wholesale branches.
Representatives of three leading furniture factories in the middle states met at Bimba. The Middle States Furniture Manufacturing Association was organized with officers: President B Mall of Waverly New York Secretary Lester Freet of Tonawanda Pennsylvania Treasurer John Wellman of Williamsport Pennsylvania The November meeting will be in Williamsport Pennsylvania.
In Washington DC a woman named Allen Knott was found dead in her bed from gas suffocation. Her parrot lies on the floor, its mischief turning on the gas and causing the fatal incident in the home.
The coming week brings several Alaskan steamers to Puget Sound. The Topeka and Rosalie were due yesterday with Cape Nome and St Michael cargoes. The lagging steamer encountered heavy weather and a 14 hour delay and is expected to bring salmon cargo. Humboldt from Lynn canal sails tomorrow and may dock Friday. City of Seattle arrives from the north on Friday and Alance likely next Sunday. Langdale and other vessels under charter to load wheat bound for Puget Sound.
A collection of ship names and tonnages appears with references to steamers and barks in London Antwerp and Honolulu. The Japanese steamer Maru and the steamship Victorian are noted with cargo and repairs. The Skagit Chief ends its excursion season while the General Wright surveys the Columbia for transport feasibility.
Springlio Eld reports Pastor J B Benfro of the OCheretian church bound over on $6000 bail by US Commissioner Kidd on a charge of obscene material. Salacious letters to a young woman led to a decoy meeting where an officer arrested the preacher, who is married with several children.
Reports from Antwerp say a mystic group intends to establish a colony at Laren in October. Each member would receive 20 hectares of land and live vegetarian lives as they imitate Christ.
A burglar entered the residence of J. A. Cathcart on 829 Beneca street about 6:90 last night. Chas H Timberlake, a roomer, fired a shot through his bedroom window at the intruder. The burglar escaped with a nugget pin a gold watch and a gold chain.
Washington reports intense administration effort in Ohio to counter Democratic platform claims of U S Great Britain alliance. Secretary Hay letters energize campaign while cabinet members plan Ohio speeches. no stone will be left unturned for a Republican victory.
The Tacoma Railway Power company filed at the courthouse a 1.5 million dollar mortgage. The document notes 700 in revenue stamps and promises construction on a fine grade at Porty first street near Point Defiance. Principal and interest terms include 5 percent semi annually, with 30 year maturity, funded by Old County Trust Company of Boston.
Bondholders of the Tacoma and Eastern railroad known as the Hart road deny any sale. Built years ago from Tacoma southward about six miles as a logging trail, the timber nearby is logged off and the line idle aside from minor hauling. No sale at fifty thousand dollars or any other price is anticipated.
The state grain commission met at 19 o'clock in the Berlin building with members W. H Reed and D. F. Anderson, the latter new commissioner replacing D. Stewart. The board discussed complaints, grade standards, inspection methods, and duties of inspectors, with Hamaker advertising the Kingsbury Plano vehicles at 14415 Second.
Paris reports indicate France will need to import about 1.6 million hectoliters to meet requirements through May 1. The wheat crop this year is notably smaller than last season, creating a loan shortfall of roughly 9,000,600 hectoliters and prompting imports to cover the deficit.
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