The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-09-19

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mated 20 cost OF the repairs is $42, 500 and
the ship will have to be laid up in dry
dock Tor three months. She will be sent
to the New York navy yard.
Postmaster General PAYNE spent the
day at Oyster Bay with president Roose.
velt, discussing departmental affairs. A
number OF decisions were reached which
Will be announced later from Washing.
ton.
In the heart of Topeka, Kansas. from
midnight until morning, lone highway
man held up and robbed nine persons of
money and Jewels, and successfully es-
capped. The entire police force was in
pursuit, but could not locate the bold
robber.
The express car on the Atlantic Coast
line train has been robbed rs miles from
charleston, 5. G. A young white man
entered the car. blindf0lded the messen-
ger and robbed him of $16O in cash and
then robbed the car of several packages
OF lewelry and other articles. When the
train got to Charleston the robber
Jumped OF and escaped with his booty.
Sunday. September IA.
In many churches throughout the en-
tire country memorial services we're held
IN honor of the late President William
Mckinley. At Canton, O., Mrs. McKin
ley did not vary the program followed
by her for several months. All days to
her have been memorial davs. Her
usual trip to West Lawn cemetery was
taken in the afternoon and she laid
loves Offering of flowers upon the casket
that contains the remains of the ma
tiOn's martyred chief.
William S. Stratton, the multimiI-
lionaire of Colorado Springs, owner of
the famous Independence mine at Cripple
Greek, died at his home, after several
months illness. Mr.. StrattOn began
lie as poor boy, but mastered the car
penteTs trade. Later he became a pros
pectOr, following that avOcatiOn for
years without any great success. On
July 4, 1891 he located the Independ
ence and Washington mines at Cripple
Greek. In 1892 be leased and bonded
the Washington for $4,000. The In
dependence yielded millions and in 1898
it was sold for $1O,O0O,OOO. His for
tune is estimated at $4,000, 900.
Governor Beckham of Kentucky has
directed Attorney General Pratt to be-
gIa legal proceedings to stop the Me
GoVern-COrbett prize fight at Louis
vile.
Samuel D. Babcock, 81 years old,
wealthy New Yorker aud stOckhOlder in
the Commercial Cable company, dropped
dead while walking from the LenOx club
to his home in Lenox, Mass. The cause
was heart failure.
The gross earnings of the Great
Northern railway for August we're So.
67S,275, an increase of $566,977 over
the corresponding month last year. The
total increase for July and August has
been $1,341,264.
Earl Caldwell, a machinist, who re
Gently came from Chicago to Omaha,
was set upon by six men and terribly
beaten. The tragedy is the outgrowth
of the Union Pacific strike. When help
reached Caldwell he was unconscious and
died soon after.
Monday, September 15
President Roosevelt received his
friends and neighbOrs of Nassau county,
n. Y, and between 5000 and 1000 peo,
pie shook his hand. The reception was
held at the presidents country home on
Sycamore hill and from 3 O'Clock until
nearly 6 be was busy shaking hands and
renewing old acquaintances.
Abraham Davis, charged with Jury
bribing in the interest of the Metropoli-
tan Street Railway company, in dam
age suit, who has been a fugitive from
ustice for more than year, has sur
rendered at Kansas City.
The general board of international
Steamship combination, organized by j.
2. Morgan is in session. The organiza
tiOn of the combination has been com
pleted and shares of the companies in
the combination have been deposited.
Edgar T. Neff pleaded guilty in the
criminal court Of Denver to embezzle-
ment of $500 from the Union Pacific
Railway company was sentenced to
serve five years in the pen.
Tuesday, September 10.
Senators Hanna, SpOoner. Allison,
Aldrich and Lodge and Postmaster GEN
eral Payne spent several hours with
President Roosevelt and discussed with
him the entire political situation, hav-
ing special reference to the conditions in
the western states which the president is
to visit on his approaching trip.
What is said to be the biggest gold
discovery ever made in Oregon is now
the newest thing in mining This is on
Willow creek in Malheur county, 40
miles from Huntington and so miles
from Baker City. 1t is no longer ques-
tion OF how many thousand acres have
been located, but the staked plains have
long since resolved themselves into
townships. Mr.. Burlingame OF Denver
made three tests of the Zena-Lois claims
and got these results-$90O, $1,000 and
$500. The average on the Zena-L Lois
is S781. The ledge is IA feet wide and
the very rich pay streak is five feet nine
inches wide.
With perfect weather, a good track
and a large crowd, the great stallion,
Dan Patch, had every circumstance in
his favor in his effort to defeat old father
time and win the worlds pacing record
at the Empire track, Long Island. but
be did not do so. His time was 2:02h
He could not make it in two minutes.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, arrived
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, and went at once
to President Mitchelfs headquarters,
where he held a conference with the ex-
ecutive officers of the miners union re-
garding the strike. After the close of
the conference, Mr.. Gompers said that
the situation was discussed in all its
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