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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
8
A gunfight between unionists and non union longshoremen left A. W. Jenks dead and his brother A. W. Jenks severely wounded. Jack Haye Maye represented the union and the Jenks in the incident.
Hundreds take to the new pond and Oak Lake as four inches of ice form after recent floods. Crowds gather at the Interurban freight depot area and Green Lake region with many skating tonight and last night.
Big reductions on watches clock silverware and umbrellas at Cileago Jewelry Co 1207 Pecond ay.
The New York State society calls a Friday evening gathering in the Cham ber of Commerce rooms. Prof B S Meaney of the University of Washington will speak focusing on securing a good appropriation fund from the legislature. Senator Watson C Squire backs Meaney with support noted by the Utica press in an interview.
In Lethbridge Alberta two thousand head of cattle have wandered from river lowlands into upland streets. The starving animals suffer exposure as temperatures drop to 15 degrees below zero.
A Seattle coal shortage prompts quirky street scenes as residents scout alleys and deliver carts with coal. Yard by yard, blocks show emptied bins, with neighbors trading favors and borrowing fuel amid tightening supplies.
Union Pacific announces bids for sections of the Portland to Tacoma rail line will be awarded next Tuesday. Beattle and Tacoma contractors compete for 20 to 30 mile sections with multiple job sites planned between Portland and Seattle. Engineering staff emphasize rapid grading of the right of way at many points and full mobilization of crews to meet April deadlines.
North Division football players arrived in Chicago after a Seattle visit. Faculty representative Dr Boyton insisted trainer Connibear invited the Chicago players to use campus facilities and that no robbery intent existed. The report says the players did not break into lockers.
Principal Wescott condemns the boys’ action at Seattle, calling it disgraceful while noting the missing trainees left in training quarters and prompting questions about motive and responsibility. Hayton did not respond to the inquiry.
Telegraphic advices from Milwaukee state that the Wisconsin legislature has received circular letters signed by W H Fiett of Beattie president of the Wisconsin club of Washington asking for an appropriation for a Wisconsin building and exhibit at the approaching exposition to be held in Beattie. The sum of 106000 is suggested as an amount that could be profitably spent.
Gen Pavloff, chief military procurator, was assassinated this morning during a court martial of revolutionaries in St. Petersburg. An assailant, posing as a workman, fired 40 shots, killing four police and wounding a boy before being captured after a long chase following entry to the garden to report.
George F.P. Mayer, president, announces Washington Shoe Manufacturing Co will build a reinforced concrete five story factory at Seventh Ave south and Brookqualmica after purchasing the site in Beattie. Plans call for up to date machinery and completion within four months of construction start.
D. S. Johnston Co. advertises drastic reductions on pianos and organs to free space for new stock. Brand new uprights with shipment flaws sell cheap, with tuning and a one year Exchange Agreement to upgrade, and every penny paid is allowed toward a better instrument. Sale urged this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
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