The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-07-27
NEWS Oh THE STATES
Gathered From Hills, Valleys
and Plains of the Union.
Doiied Down AS 1t Comes From
the Wires for Information of
Busy Readers.
Wednesday, July 1S

~ notify Mr.. Bryan of his nomination
. ne thlnks the notification NAV occur a
indianapolis at the same time the demo
Gratis meet Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Edmisto
SAID Mr.. Towne had not vet officiall
: accepted the nomination or witbdre "
from the populist ticket, but he exppcte,
TO hear from him before manv days
Mr. Bryan had no visitors of prominence
The Chinese revolters under Prime
Iuan are said to number nearly l 900
700, and to have been trained since tn
Japanese-Chinese war in 1894 by Ger
man officers and supplied with arms ant
munitions by Germany.
Chinese have invaded Russian terri
tory. practically declaring war upol
Russia.
1here were seventy deaths from bea
IN New York. There we're also man,
prostrations at Boston, Philadelnhif
ana other eastern cities and throughou1
Europe.
Thursday, July 10.
Thirty people are reported to have
been drowned in the Yukon between IFS
mouth and Anvik during the month OF
June. -
Indians hunting on the east coast nj
HUDSON bay have brought word to the
audson Bay company's post on the
| west coast OF James bay that they found
last spring vast quantity of wreck age,
the oodles OF two white men, and a man
Id the last stages Of the death struggle
Inc Indians reported that they could
not understand the language he spoke.
out 1t was not English. He died while
they were there, and they returned to
the trading post without bringing any
evidence OF the strange occurrence. If
Is believed by the officials of the Hudson
Bay company that the Indians witnessed
the end OF Andres attempt to reach the
north pole by balloon.
Great fires are raging in the noun
talns above PlacerviIIe, California.
Democrats and populists fused in Lin
coin county, Wash.
The state department made Dnhlic tho
text OF the reciprocal commercial agree
nenC between the United States and
Italy. 1t has been approved by both
nations.
.JUnn y. w OOIey, pTOnIUICOn candidate
for the presidency, was notified officially
OF his nomination, at Chicago. He ac-
cepted.
There are in China about 5000
soldiers of all nations, with japanese in
the lead.
At Grand Island, Nebraska, the creden-
tials committee reported 1872 delegates
in attendance on the state convention OF
the middle Of the road populists which
convened there. Wharton Barker
candidate for president, was present and
addressed the assemblage. The plat
form adopted reaftirms the Omaha and
Cincinnati declarations and indorses the
candidacy of Barker and Donnelly for
president and vic6-president. 1t declares
belief in the hOpelessness of any real re-
form through either OF the old parties
and declares the unfaltering opposition
of the populists in Nebraska to any
further fusion with either the democrats
or republicans,
Improved crop conditions are evident
throughout the United States as whole.
Even Bryan believes that Americans
in China will be protected by the admin
istratiOn.
Saturday, July 2I.
Lieutenant Alexander OF Oakland, Cal,
who is reported to be interested in Ha-
waiian plantations, and William Arm
strong of Hawaiian islands are investi-
eating the labor question. These gen.
tlemen say that 5000 Porto Ricans are
wanted in Hawaii and offer free trans
portation for men and their families on
a three years contract, agreeing to fur
nish houses, schools and medical atten-
tion at $15 per month the first year and
after that at $16 and SIT.
S. Z. Mitchell OF Portland, general
manager, and F. D. Dame, general sup
erintendent, of Tacoma Street Railway
Company, have been formally charged
| with manslaughter, information being
filed against them by the county attor-
ney. This is the result of the Fourth oI
| July street car accident, in which 43 lives
we're lost, 60 persons injured, 90 o
whom are still in the hospitals.
Ten assistant surgeons have been ord
cred to San Francisco for duty in the
Philippines or China.
Populists and democrats fused il
Stevens county, Wash.
Reports from the border say that hun
dreds OF Cinnamon are being landed il
the republic of Mexico and are making
their way to the border in an effort tt
get into the United States. 1t is saiC
there are thousands of Chinamens looming
to America to escape the war raging il
the Chinese empire.
Sunday, July %.
At New York, Rev. DR.. Woodruff Hal
sey, secretary of the Presbyterian boar
of foreign missions, speaking on th
Chinese situation, said: The mission
ary has had his share in fomenting thi
trouble and must bear his share of th
blame. Some of the missionaries hav
been politicians as we'll as Christian
and their grasping, sefsh attitude ha
helped to bring about the present COZ
ditiOn."
Eighteen men of the American force
in China who were killed in the Tientsi
/. battle, we're buried near the barrack
There is long list OF wounded.
John P. Roberts, civil engineer, wh
- has spent thirty eight years in Chin
believes all foreigners at Pekin have be-
2 butchered. He is at Chicago.
The democratic national commit