The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-12-26

udbulhCIuFer5 OF Chicago. who do an
annual business of $50, 900. 900, have
issued an ultimatum that all their en-
ployes will be locked out on December 26
unless the cutters consent to sign or ar
bltrate working agreement framed by
the firms
Rallroaders working between st. Paul
| and Chicago will demand a 20 per cent
increase IN wages within the next two
weeks.
Sunday, December ri.
Efforts are being made bv the general
office clerks of the Santa Fe system to
form u union. There are about $50
freight clerks and checkers in the empIov
OF the Santa fe at Los Angeles, Calf
The four horse stage bound from Red
ding TO Weaverville, Calf has been held
up near Shasta by a single masked mon.
Seven passengers were robbed. The rob
Der secured about 500.
Fire in Knoxville, Tenn, mill build
ing has caused Il loss of about 5000 900
Implement houses, and hide and leather
establishments also sustained damages.
Joseph Foley shot and killed Mrs
James b. Wilson and then with a shot
gun literally blew off his own head. at
the wilson farm near Liberty, Mo. No
provocation for the crime is known.
DR.. h. 5. Payne of Salt Lake is under
arrest and the police have made every
effort, without success, to induce him to
tell what caused the death of Miss Anna
B. Hill, well known teacher in the pub
lie schools, who died in the doctors office
under mysterious circumstances.
The Ohio river, which has been over.
flowing at Evansville, Ind, is now about
at q standstill and il is expected that the
water will soon begin to recede.
car load of Christmas mail en- rOute
from the east to Chicago has been
burned. Only about 80 sacks out of
700 or 800 were saved. Some Of
the mail was destined for the Philippine
islands.
Monday, December %,
Almost crazed from their sufferings
frOstbitten and helpless, 10 men in q
boat were picked up by the schooner
Manhasset 45 miles off Highland light
Boston.
j. D. Primm's saloon at Cody, WvO..
has been looted by bandits. The pro-
prietOr was obliged to walk from behind
the bar at the point of a gun and re-
main passive spectator of the prO
ceedings by which be was made 800
poorer.
Fifty passengers on train No. 3O2 on
the Burlington running from Denver to
DeadwOOd, were buried beneath 10 feet
OF snow for "a hours. They were
rescued after 10 hours work by relief
force numbering so persons
A helper engine on the MonOn Qndi
anal road got beyond control, made
two wild runs between COnnersviIle and
Liberty, wrecked two freight trains. de-
molished four engines, killed two men and
injured two others
The Retail Cigar and Tobacco dealers
association of Greater New York has de-
clded to begin its active c6npaign
against the American Tobacco company,
The snow blockade on the Union Pa.
citic railroad between Cheyenne and Sid.
ney, Nebr., has been raised and trains
are now moving.
Tuesday, December 23.
The Lackawanna Steel company, the
largest Independent steel manufacturing
concern in the world, has received it's
first consignment Of ore at Buffalo, N
Y, from upper lake points. The arrival
of 6200 tone Of ore marked the Openinp
of the plant. The Lackawanna com
pany has capital of 100000 and
will employ $4,000 men.
Lima NJ. Lille has been arrested at
David City, Nebr., charged with murder
ing her husband. 1t was supposed at
the time that Mr.. Lille had been muir
dered by burglars, but the work OF de-
tectives has caused the arrest OF Mrs.
Lille. The family is prominent.
Miss Lizzie HillhOuse, a prominent
young woman of TOOna station. Tenn.
has shot and fatally wounded a young
man named Marsh. She called Marsh
from the breakfast table, seized him bv
the arm and fired six shots into his
body. No cause is assigned.
The Masonic temple, three story
business block at Beatrice, Nebr., has
been destroyed by fire. Other business
buildings we're also destroyed. Loss
$8O0,0O0.
Two masked men, heavily armed,
entered a saloon at Hubbard, Nebr., and
robbed everybody in the place, looted
the cash register and made their escape.
The big Santa Fe hospital at All
buquerque, n. NJ, has been DESTROYED by
fire. There were 25 patients in the
wards, but all were rescued.
Caution!