The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-10-03
ALL OVER THB UNION
The Important News Of a Week
in Condensed Form.
Happenings and Matters of Interest
reported from all Sections
of the Country.
Wednesday, September "a

President Roosevelt returned to Wash
lngton at $50 p. m. via the Pennsyl
wanna road from indianapolis, where be
was compelled to abandon his western
| trip because OF an abscess on his leg
winch developed as Q result OF the trolly
accident at Pittsfeld, Mass, some weeks
ago. The president is resting easv and
will take much rest
Of the ten anthracite producing coun.
ties OF Pennsylvania, state troops are
encamped IN five. Despite the presence
OF the troops in those districts riOtiDg
and general lawlessness continues in the
district from Suequahanna on the north
TO Dauphin on the south distance OF
more than 100 miles. While there has
been no big general riot, the disturb
ances cause much trouble.
The U. s. cruiser Montgomery has
sailed from Cape Hay tien for Gonaives,
st. Mary's and Fort de Paix to investi-
gate the situation in those ports in
connection with the blockade declared
| by the provisional government of Hayti.
| These three places are described as block
| AIDED by the revOlutiOnists and the Mont
| gomery will investigate to find whether
the blockade is effective or simply a
| paper declaration.
Thursday, September 25.
James Winston, aged 4S years, was
Killed, and his son-in-la~, S. J. Lewis.
was severely injured by a gang of Hun.
garlan strikers, who waylaid them on
their way to work at Grassy Island
colliery, Pennsylvania. Lewis got away.
but WinstOn's skull was crushed with
club and he fell unconscious.
Judge B. P Birdsall of Clarion. Iowa.
| has been nominated for congress in the
Third district republican convention.
vice David B. Henderson, resigned.
United States Deputy Marshal Funk
and posse killed two outlaws, whose
names are unknown, at Henrietta, | T.,
after a desperate fight, and captured
two Others. One OF tie captured men ia
Jim HOlbrook, member OF Bert Casey s
gang, Both men refuse to divulge the
names of the men killed.
The Golden Eagle hotel on the corner
| of New Jersey avenue and d street
Washington, was dynamited by Frank
Mckie, one OF the guests, who subse-
quently committed suicide. Between
twenty and thirty guests were thrown
from their beds by the explosion, but
only the proprietor, Lewis Brandt, and
his wife were injured. The building was
badly wrecked.
|. Harry Stratton, son of the late W
sSiLomdS dSfratton { OF Colorado Springs, has
uieu contest TO set aside tev will of /, is
father. The SOB asks the court to an
point an administrator or referee to
handle the estate and preserve it intact
pending the litigation, which will prob
ably last some years. 1t is reported
that syndicate has been formed by
Colorado mining men to back Mr.. STRAIT
ton in his contest.
Friday, September 20
A frightful freight wreck has occurred
in Rawlins, Wyo.. and it is believed that
at least six men are under the wreck,
which is now burning fercely. About
15 cars were piled on top of the engine
and almost instantly they broke into
flames. There we're about dozen men
stealing rides, and it is not known how
many of them escaped.
A microscopic examination of the con
tents of President RoOsevelt's $ wound ha
been completed by Drs. +. b. Wynne,
Charles f. FurgusOn and W. S. DOdds of
Indianapolis and all three OF the phys
icians agree that no trace of dangerous
matter was found in the serum.
Formal answer has been made by the
flour mill managers of Minneapolis to
the demand submitted by their employees
for an eight hour day. They claim that
they will not oppose the men or their
union, but that they cannot grant the
exact demand asked. The men have
been working 10 and II hours. The
company will pay millers now receiving
S3, 35 cents an hour; machine men re-
ceiving 50 so, % cents an hour and so
on down the line, granting an eight hour
day, but not II hour pay.
The project to consolidate 60 per cent
OF the spinning and weaving mills in the
south under the control of holding
corporation has finally materiaized. The
cash involved in the enterprise now
amounts to $25,000,000. This will be
increased as fast as additional mills are
taken into the corporation. 1t is stated
| that the control of the proposed hold
| ing corporation will be vested in the
representative mill men of the south.
Saturday, September 27.
James B. Croft, wealthy resident of
| Glencoe, Long Island. was murdered
and his body decaptated in tenderloin
resort, known as the Empire Garden in
| West Twenty ninth street, New York,
| within few doors Of Broadway. 1t is
thought that he unwittingly displayed a
large roll OF bills, and that one of the
walters in the resort is the murderer.
Two thousand street car men in New
| Orleans have struck and the entire street
railway system is tied up. The men de-
mand an eight hour day and an Increase
in wages.
A number of regiments of the regular
army are going through war maneuvers
at Fort REILLY, Kansas. Ten thousand
men are concentrated at that fort, TheTs
drills include every ything imaginable in
war maneuveriDg.
The st. Louis grand jury, which has
been investigating the Doodle scandals
in the municipal assembly, has adjourned
until October 8, when, it is expected, the
final report and a long list OF indict-
ments will be handed down.
Three men who were arrested at Ho-
boken, N. j., have been identified as the
Hnngarians who murdered James Win
ston at Grassy Island, Pa, Wednesday
At present the Lackawanna region is free
from disturbances and the soldiers pa
trolling have succeeded in preventing
workmen from being molested.