The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-06-14

| InaG there Is an unwritten law establish
Gu oy Washington that the president of
Che United States may not accept a third
t1lni Inc facts are, as any student of
Tue Ilmes may discover, that it was fear
vi Ge1eat which impelled Washington to
uechne the third nomination. Being a
ieueraIlst he was the object of very violent
actdcKs on the part of the democrats of
nis Gay, and, recognizing the growing
She growing strength of his opponents,
he uouOted, as | believe, his ability to
again secure an election if he should
run"
In battle with the insurgents at Iips
province of Batangas, Lieutenant Anton
Springer of the Twentyirst infantry was
Killed and Captain w. H. Wilhelm and
Lieutenant r. Ramsey of the same regi
ment, Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee, jr, and
I'VE enlisted men were wounded
Monday, June 10.
Thirty men were entombed in burn
ing coal mine at Port Royal, Pa 1t is
not expected that they will be rescued
DIR. Rixey, when he left the White
House at 1915 tonight, said: Every
thing ls encouraging. Mrs. Mckinley is
doing very nicely. She is gaining stead
lily. She sat up several times today, ag
gregatlng probably an hour. We are
very much encouraged by the steady i'm
prOvement."
The preliminary examination of James
Caila a6an on the charge of perjury con-
Ginued IN the county court at Omaha.
Edward A Cudahy, Jr., was on the wit
ness stand for more than an hour re-
lating the Incidents of his abduction and
explaining how he identified Callahan as
the dark man." who participated in
the KIDNAPPING. Young Cudahys testi-
mOny was substantially the same as
that given by him at the robbery trial.
Judge Baker, in the district court, de-
clded that the statute known as the
female labor law of Nebraska. prohibit
ing owners of manufacturing and me-
chanlcal concerns, stores and shops,
from working female employees more
than 60 hours week, is constitutional.
Crop average condition of winter
wheat is S7.S; spring wheat, 92.O:
acreage, increase, spring l 100000 acres,
or ga per cent.
Tuesday, june II.
Governor VIM. j. Sanford of Alabama.
died and is succeeded by W. d. JOlks.
president of the state senate.
At Olivia, Mimi, Hans Gronneraud,
supposed to be worth $25O,OOO failed,
with 1925, 600 and seemingly no assets, |
and disappeared. The Bank at Beaver
Falls, among whose depositors we're
widows, hired girls, farm hands and
labOrers, has closed.
Emilio Zurbano of Tabayas province
has proclaimed himself successor to
AguinaldO and governor of Tabayas
and the Philippines" according to a
copy OF Manila paper just received at
the war department. Emilio is said to
have been always rather theatrical
lnsurrectionist and to have sworn to
fight the Americans down to the last
bolO. The publication does not take
the Philippines announcement seriously
and warns him he will find that the
office carries with it certain grave re-
spOnsibilities which will sooner or later
result in heart failure and sudden
demise
Mrs, McKinley's improvement was less
marked than it has been of late, although
at late hour it was stated, that taking
the day and night, she had little more
than held her own. The weather here
today was very wan, and to this, it is
thOughC, may be attributed the check in
her recovery. Tonight she was asleep
and resting very easily.