The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-30
NEWS Oh 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, November 21


at Colorado Springs, where the gale
reached S5 miles an hour. A gale Of As
miles swept down the Sacramento valley
California, also, destroying telegraph
llnes5 trees, fences and small buildings
Portions OF Mississippi, Tennessee aBC
Arkansas were swept by a tornado
There was great property loss, every
thing in the path of the storm being
leveled. Over 100 persons we're killed
and injured.
Official count in Missouri gives the
democratic governor 30, ,147 plurality.
Mckinley's plurality in Ohio is offici
ally given as 69,036.
The Cannon Ball train to st. Louis
was held up at Clifford. Arkansas
Thieves obstructed che track with huge
Donhre. The engineer, scenting robbery,
opened the throttle and ATTEMPTED to
dash through, but the ties of which it
was built brought the train to a stand
still and three masked men ordered the
engineer and fireman from the engine
Five charges OF dynamite we're tried on
the big safe without forcing it. The
robbers then announced that they had
no more dynamite, picked up the local
express box and a few packages and
fled. They got only about 5000:
O. g. Hursen, originator of the photo
button, suicided with strychnine at
Chicago.
New York sent $500 to the gov
ernor OF Texas, in aid of children who
lost their parents in the Galveston storm,
Thursday, November %.
storm on Lake Erie demolished
100 feet Of the government breakwater
on the water front at Buffalo, N. Y.
McKinley's plurality in Illinois is offici-
ally given as 95,997.
For dynamiting property during the
big St. Louis street car strike, Maurice
BRENNAN was sentenced to ten years
imprisonment.
One thousand men were thrown out
OF employment by burning of the plant
OF the Minnesota StOneware Company
at Red Wing. 1t was one of the largest
OF It's kind in the United States.
McKinley's plurality in Oregon is
given officially as 1927.
Bryan's official plurality in Arkansas
36,442, against y sol in 1896 In
Missouri, 1880, against 56,727 in
1896.
Friday, November 23.
To cheat Judge Lynch, Ernest Scott a
negro youth, charged with assault on
two white girls, swallowed powdered
glass and suffers great agony at Phoenix.
Arizona.
President Mitchell of the United Mine
workers OF America granted 2000 miners
OF Hopkins county,. Kentucky, permis-
sion to strike, They are thoroughly or
gained and will demand higher wages.
Organizer Evans left for West Virginia
to organize the state sufficiently if DOS
sIbe to justify it's being brought into
the competitive field.
The Union Pacific has adopted the
plan OF carrying armed guards on trains
carrying treasure.
The WOOlsOn Spice company made
reduction OF L cent per pound in roasted
coffee. This was followed by a reduc-
tiOn by the Arbuckles of Is points in re-
fined sugar. The National Sugar Re-
tining company followed the Arbuckle
cut.
A tornado which swept over Delaware
and Knox counties, Ohio, caused losses
aggregating $50, 900. The path OF the
storm was only about a quarter OF a
mile wide and touched the earth only in
spots.
Saturday, November "a.
Monitor Nevada was launched at
Bath, Me.
According to the Washington CORES
pOndent of the Journal of Commerce the
attitude of The state department on the
indemnity to be paid by China for recent
outrages is governed by the belief that a
prompt settlement upon such a basis
will prevent quarrels among the powers,
leading up perhaps to the partition of
China or armed conflict between those
having the strongest military forces.
Sunday, November 20.
In q billiard room quarrel at Mime
apOlis Leonard Day, wealthy young
society man, was stabbed to death.
Frank Hamilton, a newspaper man, is
accused. The quarrel was over woman.
Total value of mineral production in
the United States for 1899 is given at
S076, ,OOS, ,O46, 40 per cent greater than
in the previous year. Iron was the
leader.
Word received from Peary, who is
searching for the north pole, says he ex-
poets to finish his work next year.
Titin Wooden mills at Tifin. Ohio,
burned; loss, 100000.
Floods are reported all along the
| Ohio river.
Monday, November 20.
November corn touched so cents at
| Chicago, an advance of 5 cents from
! Saturday, closing at 40. This is the
best price in five years. A corner is be-
ing run by Phillips.
The Ohio river and all it's tributaries
are on a rampage. The Ohio is expected
to reach 20 feet above low water mark
now standing at 2.37 and rising four
inches an hour.
An Internal machine sent from Yer
sailles, France, addressed to a Salt Lake
merchant, was found in mail sack after
it left Chicago. 1t had ignited and was
burning the sack.
The rivers and harbOrs committee O.
the house met and began the prepara
tiOn OF it's appropriation BILL 1t was
decided that no hearing will be granted
except in special cases. The impression
among the members is that the esti