The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-07-06
NEWS OF THE STATES
Gathered From Hills, Valleys
and Plains of the Union.
boiled Down AS 1t Comes From
the Wires for Information of
Busy Readers.
Wednesday, June %.

W. uuuuTeu miners ana Smelter en-
pioyes at heswick, Calf, drove 21 Jap
anese out of town.
Heat killed three people in Pittsburg
and two IN Chicago. There we're a mum,
Der OF prOstratiOns in addition.
Governor Roosevelt informed the re-
publican national committee that he will
give, three weeks to campaigning in New
| York.
The official vote of the Oregon cleo
tlon OF June 4 last shows the following
pluraltles on the republican ticket: VOL
gerton, justice Of supreme court, 1O,-
0E5; }. Bailey, food and dairy commits
| sloner, IL, ,ll3; congressman, Thomas
Il. Tongue, 3O19; NJ. A. Moody, 9397.
This makes the total for the two con-
gressmen 12,41G, against about 5000
in 1898.
Captain John Powers of Barbourville.
NY, who was arrested on the charge of
completely in the murder of Governor
| GOebel, was released. His ATTORNEYS
instituted habeas corpus proceedings,
and after hearing before County Judge
Cornett, Powers produced a pardon
signed by Governor Taylor on March 6.
1900, Offering it as a bar to prosecution
and arrest. Judge Cornett hOnored the
| pardon and Powers was released. This
is the second time Powers has been ar
rested on the same charge and released
on Governor TaylOr's pardon.
Millers Of Duluth and MinnpaDclis do
not expect, even under the best condi-
tlOns, that Minnesota and the Dakotas
will raise enough wheat for their mills TO
Minnesota half an average crOD is hOnad
for with good rains, but in the northern
part of the state, where most of the
wheat IS grown, estimate Of damage runs
from % to 80 per cent. The estimate
lor the entire state runs as low as 30
oOO,OUO bushels, less than twO-ffths of
that OF last year. With some improve
ment IN South Dakota during last week
scarcely half an average crop is counted
on with most favorable conditions from
now to harvest. Reports from North
Dakota are even more discOuraging.
While some authorities hope for half a
crop IN the three states detailed reports
90 not apparently justify an expecta-
ton OF over 75,000,000 bushels on
present conditions, compared with a
yield OF 22O,O0O,000 bushels last wear.
Thursday, June 2S
Samuel r. Eanshant OF Winona was
nominated by Minnesota republicans for
governor.
Governor Beckham, Of Kentucky re-
fused payment to the militia called ont
by Governor Taylor.
Jim Hill says the report that the
Great Northern has gObbled up the
Northern Pacific is not true.
In the Third Iowa congressional dis
trct Speaker Henderson was renOmi-
mated by the republicans by acclamation.
1t is said W. A. Clark of Montana,
who was excluded from the senate for
bribery, has promised to donate 81 ,OOO.-
900 to the Bryan campaign fund
The prohibition national convention
nominated for president, John G. Wool
ley OF illinois, and for vice president,
Henry B. Metcalf OF Rhode Island.
storm in northwest Nebraska swept
over a region 100 miles square and i'm
mense damage was done in the aggre-
gate. At Lakeield two residences and
several barns were wrecked. In the
swept section windmills were DESTROYED
and crops blown down.
James Doran & Company, st, Paul
wheat bears, failed. MIR. Doran said:
Il went wrong on wheat at rs cents.
The slump to-day was too late to do me
any good. | shall fail for about $780,
900. / have not yet had time to figure
up the exact amount, but it is some
where between $500, 900 and 100000" !"
Mr.. DOran looked for a rise from the
Cos, but thought a reaction was due
when it reached rs.
Friday, June 20.
President and Mrs. Mckinley left
Washington for their home at Canton,
where they will remain several weeks.
Second Lieutenant Paul Draper of the
Twenty-second infantry was drowned in
the Philippines. He was a son of Benz.
Draper OF Moscow, Idaho.
Thomas W. Flannelly, who murdered
his father, Patrick Flannelly, and Sheriff
W. P. McEvOy of San Mateo county,
Calf, on the night of October 26. 1897,
at Redwood City, was hanged. lie had
nothing to say on the scaffold.
The San Francisco assessment on the
franchise of the Sunset Telegraph 4
Telephone Company has been raised by
Assessor Dodge to 81 100000. Hereto
| fore the corporation has never paid
| taxes on more than an assessed yalua-
| tiOn of $25, 200 for its franchise.
Information reached Senator Hanna
that parties in New York and Philadel-
phia are soliciting and collecting funds
! for the republican national campaign.
Mr.. Hanna desires the Associated Press
to state that no one has been author.
lied by himself or the national commit
tee to solicit or to receive money for the
! purpose named.
John Markey, employed in the smelt-
ing works Of the United Verde mine at
Jerome, Arizona, was burned to death
and two Italians were severely burned
last night. Markey was a skinner on
converter. he had poured the contents
OF the converter into the great ladle anG
the crane was hoisting it when the pal
broke, pouring a large quantity O
seething copper over Markey and par
italy over the Italians. Markey's cloth
ing was burned from his body and b,
lived but short time, dying in fearfu
agony.
Saturday, June 80.
Judge Dickinson OF the district cour
decides that the Reservoir Ice Company