21 Jun 1900
Page 4
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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
4
Notes from various correspondents describe Nome and Alaska trade at its height, Seattle and Tacoma stores racing to fill orders, workers on multiple shifts, and shipments of fruit and vegetables carefully prepared for air and sea routes.
In a court and county report, attorney I P Englehart moves for arrest of judgment in State versus Dingle over a defective complaint. Sheriff Tucker recounts a 150 mile witness trip for Mrs Josephine Lillie versus ex Sheriff A J Shaw and a settlement reached outside court. Agent Jay Lynch praises Charley Weasley and about fifty Indians building twenty miles of mountain road between Toppenish and the saw mill toward Fort Simcoe with government pay unlikely.
The South African auction method, read as a vivid variant of English practice, twists bidding into staged discounts. A seller opens with sovereigns and high target sums, then lowers to reveal lower bids while offering a bonus to the first bidder. If no higher bid appears, the initiator bears the loss or secures the estate depending on the final outcome.
M Picard announces an enormous Kimberley diamond will be shown in the jewelry pavilion at the Paris fair. The stone, found before the war, is insured for 2 million dollars and will be guarded by four policemen. The showcase will sink at night like the Louvre’s Regent. The diamond is claimed to surpass the Regent, Shah, Mogul and Koh-i-noor.
A Baltimore American item notes a man seen handling a pipe inside a church yesterday. The sight prompted a plumber call due to likely gas fixture problems.
A Salt Lake City county clerk is approached by a gaunt ginger haired woman seeking whether a marriage between Jack Peters and Eliza Waters occurred two years prior. The clerk confirms the license was for Eliza Waters, and the woman reveals Peters has escaped. Also cited is a joke about a playwright told pared with a manager and playwright exchange over trimming an already single act piece.
The rich man hedges risk by owning stock across multiple oil firms while the poor man bets on a single company and accepts its potential rise or fall.
An advertisement extols the California Consolidated Petroleum Company offering one share that represents interests in fifty companies and vast land royalties. It promises protection for small stockholders, non-assessable stock, and rapid price moves to $1 or $5. The piece lists executives and links to notable Southern California figures, urging immediate investment at 50 cents per share with early buyers receiving prospectus and by-laws.
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