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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1906
Page
1
T J Groves and Emil Miller plan a three story brick block with a 100 foot frontage on Wenatchee avenue. Excavation for the basement is let to Eagle Transfer Company as plans are finalized. One store will be Groves grocery with two others to be leased. Second floor may be offices and third a rooming house. Front will be pressed brick with terra cotta trim.
Seattle police order saloons and drinking places to close from 1 to 6 a.m. daily starting Monday and require dance halls below Yesler Way to close at midnight on Saturdays and stay shut all day Sunday. Chief Wappenstein issued the orders after a meeting with Mayor Moore, to be read to patrolmen tomorrow and take effect at 1 a.m. Monday. Band concert begins tonight at 8:30.
Senator Cul lom Representative Lorimer and Madden and Speaker Cannon met with the President to gauge how the Beveridge meat inspection bill could be amended in conference. The President signaled openness to minor edits but warned he would resist packing-house concessions and will push to pass the measure this session.
Princess Ena of Battenberg influences King Alfonso XIII to grant a last minute pardon to Fernando Severa who was about to be executed. Crowds cheered in Madrid as the rescue of the condemned man drew widespread approval and headlines.
A lightning strike during a ball game three miles from Mobile, Alabama, killed five spectators and injured about 25 others. Twenty people were shocked and recovered to leave the grounds unaided as debris and torn clothing littered the field.
Miss Bertha Jones an 18 year old from Walla Walla killed a huge brown bear at a mountain camp between Entiat and Chelan after using her brother Thomas Jones rifle. She fired a first shot through the bear’s brain then fired again while fearing a wounded bear. Her brother praised her bravery and plans to have the bear rug made as a keepsake.
George L. Thomas a New York freight broker and L. B. Taggart his clerk were found guilty in Kansas City federal court of conspiring with a Kansas City shipper to obtain freight rebates from railroads. Judge Smith McPherson announced sentences would be set in early June with a one week advance notice. Counsel did not file an appeal, and one attorney suggested jail time was unlikely.
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