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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
5
At 4 am a mass strike halted 21 streetcar lines in Chicago. Non-union crews began service as police faced rioting crowds injuring several. teamsters and mobs damaged cars, windows, and equipment on Wentworth to Cottage Grove, with drivers beaten and crews quitting amid the chaos.
John A. Nink a Mutual Life solicitor was shot in the back on Second Avenue near Union as he left a Brooklyn beer hall. He claims a rifleman fired from behind and escaped up Union Street. Nink, 3? years old German by origin, is recovering at Providence hospital. Mrs Emma Kirschner, widow of Frederick Kirschner, was involved in a relationship with Nink and may have sparked the motive for the shooting. Police have no arrests.
Washington D C Nov 1 Senate committee on military affairs set a public hearing for Thursday on General Leonard Wood’s nomination to major general. Estes Rathbone and senators Teller and Hanna attend. Oliver nominated as assistant secretary of war reported favorably. Payne introduces Cuba reciprocity bill creating favorable treatment for Cuba while maintaining sugar and tariff terms. Ways and Means meets to advance the measure. New committee on Ways and Means formed under Cannon with Watsems Witels Beautelt as Republicans.
Earnest Bohn faced opposition at the American Federation of Labor meeting as Baker and confectioners delegates were laid on the table and not recognized. A 25 cent weekly dues recommendation was approved for affiliated unions. Hoehn of St. Louis attacked open shop rhetoric, equating it with a scab shop, amid calls for fair treatment by officials and President Roosevelt.
The steamer Orinoco returned to Cartagena after transporting Colombian troops. It reports Baranquilla’s populace is furious at America, with about a thousand troops seeking embarkation for the isthmus but being refused transport.
A collision of two freight trains on the Louisville Nashville line at Ti on switch near New Hope Kentucky killed six men and injured two. Fire and wreckage engulfed the scene as engines and cars piled up and mangled bodies were recovered.
Police traced a dynamite explosion to a room where six men were arrested. They are believed to be professional cracksmen experimenting with explosives. All were shaken. one is in the hospital. Safe blowing tools and paraphernalia were found in the room.
Mrs Snodgrass reports N Cone a bartender who roomed at 911% Sixth avenue is missing. He left his room four days ago and has not returned. Clothes and belongings remain undisturbed in the room, raising concern for his safety.
Topeka police chief removed after the Topeka Herald published a multi page gambling expose. Following the report, the paper’s editorial staff testified in court under oath about the facts behind the allegations.
Nov 1 Rome held the first public consistory since the elevation of Pius X with great pomp. The procession led by Vatican guards featured cardinals and the pope carried by eight men amid a large crowd of priests. The pope conferred hate on cardinals created by Pope Leo and on those created by himself, and bestowed the palium on Archbishop Bourne of Westminster.
A rural Iowa town district was destroyed by fire this morning. Officials estimate the total loss around 390000 as the blaze razed the buls hees section of the city.
A 17 year old girl, Eleonora, is described as the intended bride of King Alfonso of Spain by the Austrian and Spanish royal families. She is the eldest daughter of Archduchess Karl Stefan of Austria, and Alfonso is her cousin.
The widow Mrs. Kirschner, a major stockholder in Seattle Brewing and Malting, is perplexed by the attempted assassination of Nink. She denies family enmity and suspects no clear motive, noting Nink’s recent divorce suit and her own engagement status remain unclear. Nink is known for his eccentric dress and German beer saloons habit.
Sand Dubdua, an actor from a local variety theater, was fined $15 and costs in Police Judge George's court for wanton destruction of property. Testimony linked him to former paramour Mabel Daly and a confrontation at the Detroit hotel on 2 Second Avenue. He knocked down a hotel room door after Daly refused admittance. he was jailed but released when an actor friend paid the fine.
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