The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-07-19
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. July 10.

Wednesday, July 10.
The state department has received the
amount of the American indemnity
claims against Turkey - $95, 900 =
through the American legation at Con-
stantlnople. The money was paid by
the Turkish government to Mr.. Leish-
man, our minister at ConstantinopIe,
and was by him placed in the Ottoman
Imperial bank and drafts remitted for
the amount. These drafts have Just
reached Washington. AS is always the
case, the claims in the aggregate con-
slderably exceed the amount of the in
demnity actually paid, but our govern
ment has expressed itself satisfied with
the payment. 1t is stated that as soon
as the department officials can prepare
their list that they will communicate d.
rectly with the claimants.
James Kilbourne was nominated for
governor by Ohio democrats. He was
an unsuccessful candidate in the cOnven-
tiOn last year. In the platform the
theories of Tom johnson, single taxer,
were adopted in part; an assertion was
made that steam and other railways DO
ssessing public franchises should be as
sessed to their salable value; tariffs and
trusts weres escOndemned; only territorial
expansion demanded by the national
welfare and safety" to be favored; selling
supplies to the British is condemned;
and the republican party roundly scored
on general principles.
Arthur Ferguson, formerly secretary
OF the United States Philippine commits
sion, has been appointed secretary to
Civil Governor Taft of the Philippines.
Only four small houses were foated
away by the high tide which frightened
the people of Galveston, Texas, so
badly.
Thursday, July IL
Three cars of the East End local
freight went through the Nickel Plate
bridge at Springfield, Pa, killing ten
men and injuring a number of others
Most of the killed were members of
bridge gang which was at work on the
bridge. fill was being made at the
bridge and about twenty-five workmen
were about the structure.
Governor DOckery of Missouri received
numerous petitions asking him to issue
a proclamation setting a day of fasting
and prayer for rain. 1t is stated that
unless rain soon comes the failure OF
crops in Missouri Will be the greatest
since 1854
At a session of the Virginia cOnstitu-
tiOnal convention the suffrage commit
tee of the convention decided to recon-
mend the making of poll tax obliga-
tory on every citizen of the common
wealth, after the adoption of the new
constitution.
The strike of the Newport News Ship
building cOmpany's machinists came
suddenly to an end at a meeting, when,
by unanimous consent, the men decided
to return to work Monday at the old
scale. The facts that the machinists
could not obtain funds with which to
support the idle men, and the shipyard
management had demonstrated it's
ability to fill the vacancies, are re-
sponsible for the defeat of the strikers
The census office issued bulletin con-
cernlng the urban population of the
country. 1t shows that %, All ,69S peo-
pie in the United States live in cities and
towns of over 1000 population. This is
~ per cent of the entire population,
gain OF almost 5 per cent since the cen
sus OF 1890, when the percentage was
329.
Friday, July 12.
About 200 machinists at Baltimore
decided to give up the fight for nine
hour working day and to apply for re-
lnstatement in the shops of the Mary
land Steel company on Monday. This
brings the machinists' strike to an end
in this city. About 1900 men employed
IN various shops laid down their tools
and the majority OF them were granted
their demands.
The London Statist SAYS: The figures
of our trade with America concusively
show the enormous profits which the
United States is making in foreign trade.
For the first six months of the present
year our imports from the United States
have been nearly e69,OOO,OOO, as
against a little over &59,OOO,OOO in
1900, while our exports to the United
States we're worth only &7,OOO,OOO, as
against &S,00O,000 in 1900. This
means that for the year ended June 80
we have bought e149, 100000 in pro-
duce from the United States, while it
has bought of US 100000. The
trade balance in favor of the United
States as respects England was f13O,-
600, 900, as against 9119,OO0,OOO for
the calendar year of 1900.
OCCLOCdIy VI Gu0 1uU0TlOF hIUCuCOcR
said that reports from the Oklahoma
registration showed that the crowds in
that section had digested thoroughly
the presidents proclamation and
realized that there was no chance for
spectators, intruders, trespassers, gam
blers, ETC., on the Kiowa border.
Harry Gibson rode a bicycle at Salt
Lake two miles in 3:33 2-5, bea ting the
record over 9 seconds.
Dun's report on business says it con-
tinues it's even course with all thu lead
ing industries we'll employed and with
confidence expressed on every hand.
Bountiful crops Of wheat seem assured,
and the damage to corn, while consider
able in some directions, does not prom
ise to be sufficiently general or serious
to at all impede the progress of the
country.
At Cincinnati the machinists' strike,
which was organized May 20, and which
involved from 5000 to 1000 employees
in this city, has practically been de-
clared off.
Saturday, July IS.
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