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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
3
Boxing news reports Herman is down 10 pounds to 186 and will not box further this year. Gane holds a 2 to 1 betting edge as delegations prepare to arrive and a large crowd is expected at the arena for a New Year’s Eve event.
The report notes no relief in coal shortages with daily declines in receipts. Pacific Coast coal arrivals, Beattie shipments, and Renton mine output show limited movement. Dealers face accusations of speculative hoarding while miners largely return to work after New Year’s. Carbonade and Potlatch mines report bunker stock and limited locomotive movement constrain shipments.
Close associates reveal Ellie Wain and the fugitive brewer Wainwright will return to the region to answer bribery charges connected to the Polka 902 investigation. He has spent years as a wanderer in France and Egypt before deciding to confront the case.
G A Gamble died after being found unconscious in a barn at 1015 EB Olive Street. Detectives tt and Adame located him and he passed away at Wayside Emer hospital last night amid unclear circumstances.
The man, a 40 year old steam engineer, died likely from exposure and a fall after a blood clot under the left eye raised foul play concerns. Employed 16 years in Frederick & Nelson store department, he was well known in Seattle and leaves a daughter Lucile. Body sent to Butterworth & Sons' morgue awaiting parental instructions in Missourt.
Judge Kelfer discharged R Campbell for lack of evidence after Tuesday arrests for robbing the mails. Sadie Moore's trial was postponed to 2:30 tomorrow afternoon to obtain more witnesses.
Lordon's announces annual clearing sale with large reductions on ladies rain coats. prices drop from 4.98 to 3.30 and 6.50 to 3.50, 16.00 to 5.56, 811.00 to 5.76, 913.98 to 7.70. sale location at 1111 Lad Becond av.
Portland Oregon December 28 A man named Bavignon murdered Julia Viemara after following her from San Angelo to Portland to wed her wife of Arturo Vienant. He stabbed Julia as her child burned on a hot stove and then killed Annie, the mother of the years, before shooting himself at Third and Oak.
Washington reports say Representative Slayden of Texas will press a resolution to discharge all negro troops after the holidays. Congress may be urged to remove black soldiers next time the Broneville affair is discussed, targeting the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries and the Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry amid protests and local opposition at Fort Leavenworth and in the Philippines.
In Mor tis superior court the final appeal of Aust and Terhune for Eichenberry seeks $12 damages from J Mo Wt son of Wilsons Modern Business College. Lawyers use poetry from Stevenson Hawkins and James Whitcomb Riley to persuade jurors amid holiday disruptions. Court crowd includes students and teachers. trial resumes at noon.
In Tonopah on December 2, restaurateurs hire Denver and Salt Lake cooks and waiters. The Industrial Workers of the World announce plans to bring 506 miners from Goldfield to confront the newcomers, with trouble expected tomorrow.
ST PETERSBURG December 28 The governor of Osk the capital of Aknolingk province was killed by an assassin today.
A local sale promotes suits at 15 dollars from WT Hutchinson Co at the corner of Ind and Linton. The offer claims value with 32.00 Kargar hats and 3.00 Bargar hats, from Lillagar & Tarkman, exclusive hatters, 1310 Becond Ave.
Residents phoned police reporting a prowler at the Breeden flats on Fifth Ave. Officers arrested Frank Miller, a 40 year old steamship worker from Alaska, charging him with disorderly conduct after he was found roaming the building.
At a morning trustees meeting the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition elected officers. J. D. Chilberg was named president with Johan H. McGraw, R. A. Ballinger, A. Kerry, William Sheffield, and C. B. Collins as vice presidents and officers. They will hold their positions until the next meeting in July.
A Portland committee visiting Seattle praised the Northwest metropolis for its street improvements and garbage crematory plans. They were hosted by Mayor William Hickman Moore and Assistant City Engineer Jefferys, toured the city, and then proceeded to Victoria, B C.
James P. Townsend auditor for Frank Waterhouse Steamship Co died at Minor hospital from internal cancer after about two weeks’ illness. A Seattle figure since 1889 he lived at 1602 EB Denny Way and left two brothers and his mother. Funeral services Sunday at 2 39 at his residence followed by cremation.
Henry E. Reed arrived from Portland where he attended the Oregon State commission meeting, of which he is an ex officio member. He said the commission intends to depart for Seattle tonight and that Portland likely will have a city building at the exposition in addition to the Oregon building.
The salesmen of the International Correspondence Rebaok called by Superintendent J. M. Cook from Washington Hahe Montana Oregon and from British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan to attend a convention in the Forresters' hall tomorrow. In the evening a banquet will be given at the Butler to the representatives.
Louis Eisenbrath of Stauss Elsenbrath Co. Chicago is staying at the Rainier Grand hotel with his wife on a coast tour. He expresses interest in one of Chicago’s largest wholesale ladies furnishing houses during their first Seattle visit.
The tug Dickum towed the steam er Ohio to Quartermaster harbor this morning where she will be laid up until the Nome season opens. The steamer Dolphin departs tonight for Skagway with freight and passengers. The steamer Dirigo also sails tonight for Skagway and other ports carrying combustibles and powder.
Word from the cable office says the Burnside is at Hadley laying the shore end of the cable. She sails from Seattle on Sunday with Colonel Glassford aboard.
An open meeting will be held tonight in the Commercial club room where hotel and boarding house proprietors will discuss the best means to cater to the crowds coming for the national convention of Christian Endeavor next July.
Tom Donahue age 29 and John Miller described as a father were arrested this morning by Serat Stuart and Officer Bunnell on suspicion of administering a severe beating to Officer Morgan Hardin on Christmas night.
Witnesses describe Ches ter Thompson as reclusive and increasingly unbalanced during camps at Lake Cushman and Lake Crescent. He allegedly sought loans to study photography in New York and sent love poetry to several young women while his father and associates questioned his behavior and mental state.
Classified style note lists multiple raincoat price cuts with drastic decreases. Mentions prices like 4.98 and 19.00 and claims the reductions are the greatest of the year. Indicates broad sale across raincoats and reincoats with bold percentages.
Louch Augustine store Beatle testimony centered on defendant's purchases of Battle Creek health food and his peculiar actions. A court adjourned after remarks by witness L. Gib man, a veteran of Will H Thompson, at yesterday's trial.
In San Francisco on December 26 Judge Graham heard attorneys for Mayor Behmits request a transfer from Judge Dunne to secure a speedy trial. State counsel accused Behmits of seeking delay. Ruef and Schmitz cases remained pending with continuances. The courtroom also addressed a conspiracy case against Ruef and the police chief, with indictments motions continued to Monday.
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