The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-10-26
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, October II.

Wednesday,, October IL.
Cleveland, Ohio gave Roosevelt a re
ceptiOn rivalling any ever given a nOmi-
nee. At Newburgh a boy threw a rock
which struck the governor on the head
but he was not hurt.
The great strike of the anthracite
mine-workers OF Pennsylvania, which be
| gan September II, practically ended
when the Philadelphia & Reading Coal
and Iron company and the Lehigh Val
ley Coal company agreed to abolish
the sliding scale in their respective
regions and 70 grant an advance in
| wages Of 10 percent net, the advance to
remain in operation until April l, 1901
or thereafter. This action meets the de-
mands of the Scranton miners conven-
tiOn.
William l.. Wilson, author of the
famous V ilsOn tariff bill of 1892, died
at Lexington, Ky.
Thursday, October IS.
One month and ten davs have elapsed
since the great storm at Galveston, and
still the number of dead bodies being
recovered daily does not decrease. This
makes a record Of 107 for the past four
days. The total number of bodies re-
ported to have been recovered is 29O7.
Population of Arizona 122,212, in.
Guiding Indians, compared with $500
in 1890, but 28,469 Indians we're not
counted in the 1890 census.
The sale Of the Kickitat, the uncom-
pleted steamer OF Paul F. MUhr's Central
Navigation & Construction company,
which vas to have hauled grain along
the Columbia and Snake rivers, was
completed and it turns out that the
.. K. 4 n. Co. is the purchaser, getting
Tor $4,000 what cost about $23 900.
Former Governor W. P. Dillingham;,
republican, elected United States senator
from Vermont.
The steamer Lane brings from Nome
the news that $4,000 in gold dust was
stolen from the Alaska Commercial Com
pany S warehouse September IA.
Friday, October 10.
Robert g. Dyrenforth, cOmmander.in-
chief Of the United Veterans union,
issued an official circular urging ali
members of the order to vote for the re-
election OF President Mckinley. The
circular states that Article NH of the
constitution Of the order makes it the
duty Of the cOmmander-in chief to advise
in matters of election.
Near Orchard, Idaho, an attempt to
wreck an Oregon Short Line train WIS
made by ceiling two log chains around
the rails three times. The train was
running slowly and bumped over safely.
1t is practically a certainty that the
miners will not be back to work Mon
day, as was expected from the action of
the Philadelphia conference OF operators
on Tuesday and Wednesday and the
Scranton conference yesterday. Some
OF the biggest OF the local companies al e
baking at the agreement to continue
the 10 per cent offer in force until April
19Ol, as demanded by the resolution of
the miners convention. They were all
wiling enough yesterday to amend their
notices to conform to this demand, but
today they seem to have undergone a
change OF heart and only one operator
OF any prominence would say outright
that he would make the modification.
They say it would be humiliating for
them to come out with an amendment
to their notices. One manager said:
'Our modification would serve but one
purpose-tO crafty whim of John
Mitchell. We don't propose to bow and
scrape to Mr.. Mitchell"
Nearly $4,OOO,OOO in gold arrived at
San Francisco from Australia by
steamer.
Secretary Long has ordered that there
be no further proceedings in the case of
Captain Wilde of the Oregon, which was
being investigated by court of inquiry
to determine the responsibility for the
grounding of the battesbip in the Gulf
Of Pc chilli last summer. This action
finally dispOses of the matter.
William Californian, Foster, Oregon.
rancber, has sold his entire crop OF
alfalfa raised this year on a large tract
of land for 50 a ton. He took seven
tons from each acre, making $35 per
acre net, for he sold the hay at that
price as it stood in the stack in the field
MIR. Californian states that stockmen
are buying all the hay they can get hold
Of and that large number of cattle will
be fed during the winter in that part Of
the county.
Saturday, October 20.
PennOyer OF Oregon declined to ac-
cept nomination for the legislature on
citizens ticket.
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