The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-05-04

country.
Sunday, April 20.
ing.
Bryan slipped into Chicago a day
anead 9t Dewey and held a conference
with the democratic executive commit
| tee.
Democratic prophets center on New
York, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois as the
debatable ground in the presidential
campaign. They of course say they
will carry all of them
Governor Taylor OF Kentucky return
ed to that state from Washington. He
said he returned to silence the yellow
| papers who have said he was attempting
to escape an Indictment.
Steam collier Willamette took fire
from a cargo of lime in Seattle harbor
and was sunk to quench the flames.
This was successful and the steamer
raised with little damage.
Monday, April 30.
Illinois populists instructed for BRYAN.
The president signed the Hawaiian
bill.
Woodworkers. 500 strong, struck at
Minneapolis.
Town Of Ames, Michigan, was practi-
cally wiped out by forest fire.
Five OF the defendants charged with
completely, or as accessories in the mur-
der OF William Goebel were arraigned
before Judge Cantrill at Frankfort, Ky.
Ihey were republican Secretary of State
Caleb Powers, Captain W. Davis, Har
land Whitaker, W. H. Culton and Rich
ard Combs (colored). All entered pleas
OF not guilty.
statement just compiled by the war
department shows that from july l.
1898, when the American troops reached
Manila, until April 27, 1900, these
deaths have occurred: Killed in action,
AZ officers and 552 men; died OF disease.
26 officers and 1886 men; total, 50 Of
tlcers and 21S7 men; grand total, 1856.
SeVeralthOusand men have been wound
ed, but only a small percentage have
died OF their wounds, and most of them
have returned to duty.
Admiral Dewey was royalty received
at Chicago, where he arrived to celebrate
Dewey day, May /, the second anniver-
sary OF the battle of Manila bay. Be-
ing invited by delegation of Canadians
to be present at a reception to be given
in his honor at Port Stanley, Ontario,
the admiral said: "Of all the evidences
OF good will shown me since my arrival
IN New York last October, none has
touched me more deeply than this. We
are OF the same blood. There is but
slight differences between US, and want
to say that the one man who stood at
my back during those trying days at
Manila was an Englishman. But for his
support, and the moral courage he in
spired me with, | don't know what
you'd have happened. l refer to Sir
Charles Seymour"
Tuesday, May 1.
Michigan democrats instructed for
Bryan.
Alaskan civil code bill was passed by
the senate.
Governor Allen of Puerto Rico was
formally inaugurated.
Former President Dole has been Sc
lected as the first governor of Hawaii.
Philadelphia mint coined 9,831,1OO
pieces in April, valued at $12,954,4SO
1t was a record breaker in number.
The aggregate stock of wheat held at
Portland, Tacoma and Seattle increased
l34, 900 bushels last week. Portland,
cash price, SO; Tacoma SO.
For the first time during the 80 years
OF agitation of the project for the con-
structiOn OF an inter canal, the
house OF representatives entered upon
consideration of measure to actually
authorize the building of a canal.
Annual May day strikes are on at
many eastern points, though none are
large ones. At Buffalo, n. Y, 700 more
car repairers Joined the strike of yester-
day on the New York Central, and $50
Lackawanna and $50 Nickel Plate shop
men went out. At Omaha all union car
penters struck, demanding and eight
hour day and an increase in pay from
35 cents to 40 cents an hour. One
thousand wOrkingmen struck at Kansas
City for increased wages. Eight hun
dred Minneapolis woodwOrkers decided
to go out tomorrow because employers
refuse to discharge their non-union work
men. Nearly 5000 men are reported
out at Philadelphia, affecting every
branch of the building trades. All st.
Paul plumbers struck for shorter hours
and better pay. The eight-hour day was
established in almost every district of
New England. May day in the recollec-
tion of the labor leaders in New Eng
land had never been so full of encour-
agement as that which ended tonight.
There were few strikes, and these small
ones.