The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-10-12

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ence have, to some extent. brought
| about the sudden decline in demand and
lt Is probable that none of the mills will
resume operations until after election is
over.
Town OF Biwabik, Mimi, was hit by a
twister and nine citizens killed and 80
injured. Property damage $15O,OOO.
The balance sheet of the postoffice de-
partment just completed shows the fol
lowing charges for the past year: Ex-
pendltures, $107, ,249 ,298; revenue. .$1O2.
o04 ,ol9; excess of expenditures, 81 ,S94.-
llS. This is about 81, 500, 900 less than
the deficit for the preceding fiscal year.
Sunday, October z.
A conference which is believed to mark
the beginning of the end of the anthra-
cite coal miners strike, which enters on
It's fourth week tomorrow, was held at
the headquarters of the United Mine
Workers. Although no information was
given out it was known that the ques-
ton OF calling a Joint convention was
the prominent issue discussed
Three boys at Salt Lake threw rocks
at Chinaman's house. He shot and
killed one, Chas. Holmes.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
National Red Cross society, today issued
a statement to the country, in which she
appeals to them for aid in the way OF
material to be used in the building of
homes for those who lost their homes in
the recent Galveston storm.
Twenty-Five walters in the cadet mess
room at West Point stopped work Just
before the dinner hour and demanded a
raise OF $5 per month in their salaries.
Major Hall, treasurer of the cOmmissarv
department, acceded.
Within the next 60 days six cargoes of
Hour, aggregating nearly a quarter Of a
million barrels, will be shipped from
Portland, Or, to the Orient. 1t was
feared that the Chinese troubles would
interfere with the trade, but traffic be-
IWeen Portland and the Orient is now
larger than it has ever been.
Monday, October 8.
In the Pittsburg district the American
fin Plate company will have in opera
tlOn this week 90 of it's tin plate plants
put of rs, giving employment to at least
$4,000 workmen. The tin-plate com
epany employs in all over $4,000 work
men, and within few weeks, it is said.
livery plant in the country will be work
Jng. The plants have been idle since the
separation OF the wage scale in June.
= Nearly 800 employees OF the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
company met at Texas, in conjunction
With the meeting OF railway men, and
effter long discussion decided to sub
lit to mail vote of every employe of
3'he system proposition looking to the
establishment OF a pension fund to be
created by setting aside one-fOurth of l
per cent OF all wages. The company has
already agreed to start the fund with a
generous appropriation.
Arraigned in court on a charge of
felonious assault upon a 10-year-old
girl at Bennington, Vt, Dennis Nj. Black
mere, aged 60 and married, member of
the First Vermont cavalry during the
civil war, and a former adjutant general
of the 6. A. r.. rose in his seat in court
and blew out his brains. He could not
stand the disgrace.
President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers issued a call for convention
to determine whether the 10 per cent in
crease in wages offered by the mine
operators 10 the anthracite coal dis
trict should be accepted
Arrangements for building 1900
freight ears for the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad by the Pullman company at
Pullman, ILL.,, were completed.
Population of D elaware is 184,738, q
nf Io
lumbia population is 278,71S; gain,
1926.
Tuesday, October o.
The Idaho soldiers home at Boise was
destroyed by fire and Thos. Hayes, one
of the 80 inmates, perished
Both houses of the Kentucky legisIat
ure practically agreed to substitute for
the GOebel election law the law previous
ly in force. The democrats made hard
fight, but the republicans and anti
Goebel democrats stood solidly together.
In the supreme court today Assistant
Attorney General Maurey, for the gov
eminent, moved to advance Neeley ex-
tradition case. Neeley is the Cuban
postal fund embezzler.
The leaders of the United Mine Work
ers of the anthracite coal fields do not
speak as hopefully OF a settlement of the
strike by the Scranton convention as
they did yesterday. Some of them are
afraid that the offer of a 10 per cent in
crease in wages made by the companies
may not last long, and that when the
men are back at work for awhile and the
market is pretty well supplied, the oper-
ators may reduce wages to the old
figures.
Roosevelt addressed vast st. Louis
audience. The meeting was opened with
magnificent parade. Bryan made 16
speeches in Illinois.
October wheat at Chicago, 76%. Port
land, cash, 55 for club, SO for buestem;
Tacoma, cash, club 5411a, bluestem 57h
both for export.
The Northern Pacific has gone the
Great Northern one better in the reduced
homeseekers' rates by making the $50
rate apply from Omaha and St Louis,
as well as Chicago.
NEXT TUESDAY EVENING.