The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
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 9.

1
Union Telegraph company was held at
New York. Stuyvesant Fish, president
OF the Illinois Central, and Samuel Spen.
Ger, president OF the Southern railway,
were elected to the directory. The gross
| earnings for the year were $26,354, ISL.
an increase of ST, ,595, ,5S2. The expenses
were 19,668,90 an increase of ST.
O15,646, and the net earnings we're So
6S5, ,249, an increase of S5l9.SS6 Dur
ing the year 81 ,461, 43 were expended
| Tor construction.
The question as to whether or not
there will be a strike in the cotton mills
at Fall River, Mass, on account of the
refusal of manufacturers 20 grant a 5
per cent Increase in wages, was reopen
ed, The spinners voted that their dele
gate to the council shall insist that only
unanimous vote shall bring about a
strike.
The backbone of the garment workers
strike at Boston was apparently broken,
when II contractors adopted the new
bill OF prices aud fled their bonds to put
1T into effect, while 81 Others signed and
will file their bonds tomorrow. This will
SEMI 215O operatives back to work.
Indianapolis republicans Ousted the
democratic mayor, who has held the Of
ice for six years, by over 1000 plurality
November Is has been agreed upon as
the date for the Jeffries- Rubin fight at
San Francisco.
Thursday, October 10.
Nevada, Utah and Arizona ranchmep
chased band of 800 wild horses, killing
rs and driving a large number over a
precipice. In the fall 40 we're instantly
killed and % injured, which we're put to
death. The ranchmen claim they have
been eating out their ranges.
Steamer Queen, the last vessel for
Nome this season, sailed for that port.
Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the
Church of Jesus Christ OF the Latter Day
Saints, better known as the Mormon
church, died rather unexpectedly at his
private residence at Salt Lake, after an
Illness that had been alarmingly serious
only since yesterday. The immediate
cause OF his death was hypostatic con
gestion, superinduced by aggravated
bronchitis.
A cyclone 80 rods wide passed two
miles south of Clifton, Kansas, doing
great damage.
Resolutions against the admittance
of undesirable immigrants to America
were adopted at a largely attended
meeting OF the merchants and manu-
facturers' board of trade of New York.
Friday, October II.
"Within nine days that fine mare will
die, the colt that you value will die, your
last hunting dog will disappear, then
you will die" This was the prophesy
made by an unknown, mysterious wO
man to DR.. Alfred G. Lemberger at
Louisville, KY, and it came true to the
letter, for Dr.. Lemberger fell over dead
from heart failure on the evening of the
ninth day. Other conditions of the
prOphesy had already been fulfilled.
Two masked men entered the office of
the O'Brien sawmill at Kahspell, Mon
tana, and without warning began firing
upon Malcolm McCauley, the bookkeeper
IN charge, wOunding him three times.
His recovery is doubtful. He yelled and
assistance came in one minute, frighten-
ing the robbers away before they could
secure any money.
The advance in Northern Pacific and
the Great Northern and stocks of other
northwestern lines is accompanied by
all sorts OF rumOrs. Wall street still
holds to the theory that a consolidation
is now under way despite official denals.
Statistics carefully compiled disclose
that 5000 people went to Nome this sea-
son, and that 10,200 have returned, or
are returning, leaving about 1000 in the
district for the winter. There we're 80
vessels, steam and sail, engaged in the
traffic, About 81, 100000 in gold has
been shipped from Nome this season.
Trotter Cresceus broke the record for
a mile on half-miIe track, going it in
2:O9h at Toledo. The previous record
made by him was 2:O9A.