The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-11-09
speech OF the campaign on the lawn at
MS home at Canton, Ohio. to visitors.

/ speech of the campaign on the lawn at
his home at Canton, Ohio. to visitors
A case of yellow fever was reported al
jackson, Miss. The steamship Roanoke
reported lost, arrived at Seattle, bring,
ing 4lO passengers and $500, 900 in gold
gust. The Roanoke sailed from Nome
october 26 and reported the steamship
Cleveland a complete wreck % miles
west OF Cape Nome, where she struck a
rock on October "a and soon went TO
pieces. Her signals of distress attracted
the attention of the United States cutter
Mccullough, which went to her assist
ance and saved the passengers and crew.
except the second officer, who was
thrown into the icy waters and went to
the bottom before assistance could reach
hlm. Officers of the Roanoke report
that ice is forming at st. Michael, and
"hen she left that pert had to force her
way through thin sheeting of ice.
Standard Oil company certificates
made new record. They touched 625,
or L points higher than the previous
highest price ever quoted.
The president has issued an executive
order admitting free of duty Christmas
presents and souvenirs sent by soldiers
IN China to friends in the United States.
The privilege is the same as was extend
ed to soldiers in the Philippines one year
ago.
Wheat was dull through the session at
chicago, save for brief period of agility
at the start. Being on the eve Of a
national election, traders were disin-
clIned to go into important deals and
evening up over the holiday divided at
tention with betting haberdashery on
the result OF tOmOrrow'e ballOting.
There was practically no cash demand
either here or at the spabOard The
market opened firm, December 1.401-2c
up at 74074 1-4c on the advance at
Liverpool and the statistics there being
a decrease in worlds shipments and in
the amount on passage.
Tuesday, November g.
One OF the incidents of election day at
Chicago was the suicide of Fred Jenneks
Upon leaving for the polls he remarked
that he was about to cast his first bal
lot. This he did, then purchased a
bottle OF carbOlic acid and upon his re-
turn home committed suicide bv drink
ing the contents of the bottle.
The strike of the boiler makers at the
Boston 4 Albany shops in West Spring
field, Mass, threatens to spread to both
ends OF the line. Within "a hours it is
expected that the boiler makers in the
cOmpany's shops in Boston and Albany
will be called out as a consequence of
the refusal of the railroad officials to
hold conference.
Two men dead and four wounded was
the result of clash at a polling place at
Denver, Colorado. The fight was be-
tween police and special deputy sheriffs
At Phoenix, Arizona, shotgun in the
hands of woman ended the career OF
Ventura Paco, a Mexican rObber, in
sensational manner last night. Miss
Lena Peterson heard a noise in the cat
tie corral in the rear of her house. TAX
ing a shotgun she went to investigate
and saw man trying to steal calf
She fired both barrels in his body, kill
ing him instantly.
Population of Indiana, 2,516, ,462; in
crease, 324,O58. Florida, 528, ,542 in
crease, 137, ,120. Wyoming, 92,531; in
crease 81 1926.