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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1905
Page
3
Grand Friday and Saturday nights feature Wilton Lackaye and company in The Pit. Seattle offers Brigadier Burlesque company in The Brigadiers all week. Third Avenue presents Dark Star New vaudeville bill.
Describes Laura and Page from a play emphasizing their independence, plus Brigadier Burlesque company led by Manager Cromwell. Highlights include Adele Palmer, Edmund Hayes, and James J. Jeffries sharing stages, and promotions for The White Tigress of Japan, Fabio Romani, and other acts at the Seattle theater, Star theater, Grand Opera house, and related tours.
Superb character drawing marks Chan ning Pollock's dramatization of Frank Norris's The Pit. Wilton Lackaye stars at the Grand on Friday Saturday and next week Saturday matinee. Laura Dearborn marries Jadwin the speculator and her sister Page appear as two familiar types.
Anxious to invite all buyers to verify our claims of remarkable values in the surplus stock sale. Many purchasers have benefited by examining the offers. Stock is moving. sale closes soon with easy terms available on request.
Hayes recounts a misidentification after Jeffries fought Fitzsimmons in which the crowd roared for Jeffries as Hayes tried to present him. Both men wore identical blue serge suits, causing confusion until Jeffries appeared beside Hayes. The Taylor company offers His Double Life at the Third Avenue theatre for a final performance.
Sunday schedule shows boats leaving Pier 2 each hour. Fare is 50 cents round trip. Advertisement notes preserved salmon eggs for fishing bait at Piper and Taft, 1024 24 Ave, price 25 cents per pound.
The article notes Little Miss Sadie Reynolds of Pollard Sélipution Opera Company to perform Saturday night at the IL O F hall in Renton with the Damm dog and a humorous song by Hart. It mentions a national tour of The Chaperons with a strong company and Seattle engagement forthcoming, plus praise for Under Southern Skies on its fifth annual tour and a quote from The Leader praising a Southern life play. It also recalls Ethel Barrymore’s remark about first realizing stardom and her early theater visit for Captain Jinks.
The Mtchel Barrymore sign lights up over the entrance as Klaw and Erlanger present J. J. Clark's A Prince of India at the New Amsterdam theater New York in January. Based on General Lew Wallace's story the production promises elaborate musical backgrounds and is expected to be among the era's greatest dramas.
Pacific coast lumber manufacturers hold their annual meeting in Tacoma. A farmers delegation from the middle west visits state towns. Walla Walla votes on a bond issue for a new city hall and improvements. Centralia shingle mill fire. Pratt, 57, Yaki ma valley pioneer, dies. Klickitat county wheat averages over 30 bushels per acre. Redfern, Walla Walla pioneer, dies. Yakima water war to be settled out of court. Quinault Indian reservation surveyed by Miles party. settlement years away.
At the biennial convention in Buppalo New York a resolution to exclude Japanese laborers from the United States was passed. The measure mirrors the current Chinese exclusion policy and was introduced by a California delegate who cited a California Japanese Exclusion Society recommendation.
The City of Portland airship yesterday covered 12 miles in 42 minutes under Lincoln Heechey. After ascending to around 800 feet he surveyed every part of Portland and returned to the starting point with ease. Weather was ideal for the feat.
Seattle Welsh people plan a Labor Day basket picnic at Woodlawn park featuring sports and music. The Welsh Green club will participate.
Frank Hall argued with Alex Pantages over not raising admission for a Sullivan engagement at the theater. Hall, famed for ten-cent shows, confronted Pantages as Sullivan pushed for higher prices, threatening the historic ten-cent policy. The exchange ended with Hall’s heated remark about the veteran fighter’s box office draw.
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