The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-02-08
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. January 80.

Mrs. Mary Green initiated Mrs. Carrie
Nation and wrecked a Boston barrOom
laying the bartender out with a plate
She IS doing time in the house of cor
rectiOn.
motion in the United Mine Workers
convention, in session at Indianapolis
to introduce the referendum system in
the election of officers was voted down
At Anthony, Kansas, Mrs. Nation
was OutdOne, when band of W. c. t
U. women, headed by Mrs Sheriff oil
Danyllle, Kan, completely wrecked the
fixtures OF four ''joints," smashing plate
glass windows and mirrors and turning
gallon after gallon of liquor into the
streets. The women, who we're of the
best families in Anthony, were accom-
panied by their husbands, sons or broth
ers, who assured protection. No ar
rests were made Mrs. Sheriff, the leader,
was already under bond for saloon
wrecking at Danville. At Topeka Mrs.
Nation organized band of 46 women
TO follow her in wiping out joints.
E. II. Hall, a barber, went to his
room at San Francisco and found two
burglars. One placed a pistol to his
body and twice pulled the trigger, but
failed to fire. Hall took the gun from
him and shot his partner as he was com
ing to his assistance, killing him III
stantly. The dead man is not known.
Every joint in Montgomery county,
| Kansas, is closed as the result of the ac-
! tiOn OF Attorney Dana, who served no.
tice on the keepers that they would not
| be permitted to sell rum longer.
Thursday, January 81.
Beatrice, Nebraska, had a $4,000
| fire, and the business portion of Fort
| AbercrOmbie 40 miles south of Fargo.
n. d, was also destroyed. One block
on Thirty-frst street, New York, also
went, at loss of ST, 100000.
The United States Rubber company
put into effect reduction OF Is per
! cent on all it's mixed goods. 1t is de-
| clared the independent companies will
meet the reduction.
Steve Brodie, who earned fame by
jumping from Brooklyn bridge, died
| from consumption at San Antonio,
| Texas.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Joint smasher.
armed with brand new hatchet started
on a crusade against the Topeka Joints.
| She called on five of the best known
| places. The Apex, the finest saloon in
the city, was first called on, but no dam
| age was done. She was put cut cf tn,
place. She said she did not want to be
| destructive, but merely wanted to lee
| ture However, should violence be
shown on their part, she intended get
| ting IN her work. A crowd of several
hundred people followed her down the
| street, most of whom were sympathizers
| The police tried to arrest her, but the
crowd interfered, preventing it.
Friday, February 1.
! Mrs. Carrie Nation sent a personal
| letter to all the salOOnkeepers in To-
| peka warning them to stop their busi-
ness. The letter was addressed to "the
| Joint keepers OF Topeka" and my dear
| hellbound sinners"
The transfer of the Southern Pacific
| Railroad Company into the hands of
| syndicate in which Union Pacific stock
| bOlders predOminate, was announced.
! The transaction completes the last
! link necessary for the establishment of a
| transcOntinental railroad under a single
| control This control is at present
vested in E. H. Hartman. The import
| in connection with the ACQUISITION in
| November last by the Southern Pacific
of the Pacific Mail Steamship company,
with it's immense distributing power on
| the Pacific coast. The acquisition of the
| Southern Pacific is merely another move
| in the community of interest" policy
which has already secured such a vast
| hold on the railroads of the country. 1t
| M ho oGtn iChr Ill
continental roads governed principally
| by this policy.
There will be no delay at the war de-
| partment in executing the army reor-
ganizatiOn law. The reorganization
scheme engrOssed almost the entire at
tention of the military authorities, and
the result will be officially promulgated
in general orders as soon as the bill
shall have been signed by the president,
The South Carolina legislature for the
| second time killed bill prohibiting child
| labor in cotton mills.
A conference of the coal operators and
representatives OF the striking miners of
the northern Colorado district was in
progress and ended in a disagreement,
with practically no settlement of the
| difficulty.
Twenty persons were ini iured, but none
killed in a wreck of the Chicago fast
mail train on the Union Pacific near
Hardin, Colorado. The train was run
ming 40 miles an hour. Two passenger
coaches left the track.
Saturday, February 2.
The secretary of state and the British
government reached conclusion that q
new commission must be sent to estab-
lish definitely the boundaries between
the United States and British Columbia.
The disputed line is that separating
Washington and British Columbia.
Independent Northern Colorado mines
will resume operations Monday under an
agreement signed by the United Mine
workers representatives and the operat-
ors. The basis of the settlement is an
increase of 10 cents a ton for mining
eight hours work a day, and biweekly
payday.
Mrs. Mary Lucy, the oldest resident O.
Illinois, died, aged 103 years. She was
born in Tipperary, Ireland.
At Scranton, Pa, the silk workers or