The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-05-30

OF the ROchambeau statue finished their
Visit In Washington and are now sight
seeing in the east.
negro murderer was taken from the
al at Paris, Mo-, by mob and hanged
from bridge.
The National Civic Federation is max
ing another effort to effect a settlement
ol tne coal strike and will call meeting,
asking both sides to send representa-
tive.
A tornado killed six persons and in
lured several at Union, s. C. Two
storms from different directions met
with terrific force.
A statement of the resources and Iia-
Dliltles OF 1926 national banks in the
united States, compiled from reports to
Ine comptroller OF the currency of con-
dltlon April 80 last, shows: Capital
STOCK $671, ,312, Individual deposits
%, Ill 500, l95, outstanding bank
notes 5000, ,781, ,739, loans and discounts
S5.l!2,7 2,757 ,485, total resources SIS, ,962,-
135,451.
!hree labor conventions, the Western
Labor Union, the Western Federation of
Miners and the National Association of
restaurant and Hotel Employees, will
meet in joint session at Denver. Colo.
resident Boyce of the miners will call
the meeting to order and state it's OBJ
lect, which is practically the adoption of
socialism by the labor unions.
Monday, May 20.
A conference that promises to change
<Nf4 h.
ton was held in Chicago between mem
bers OF the National Civic Federation
and union interests. President John
Mitchell of the United Mineworkers of
America, met Frank 2. Sargent and
franklin MacVeagh of the the Fedora
ton and Samuel Keefe of the Longshore-
mems union and plans for arbitrative
endeavors on the part of the federation
were discussed.
Iexarkana, Ark, was hit by a wind
and rain storm today that did much
damage. The churches Jared badly.
several being damaged. Many business
houses and residences were damaged
and dozens OF dwellings in course OF
construction were leveled.
Charles D. Thompson, ex-supreme
nuhC0 hCopcf vi GHe supreme tent,
Knights of Maccabees, was arraigned at
Port Huron, Mich, and refused to plead
to the charge of embezzlng $4,000
from the order. a plea of not guilty
was entered by the court.
Governor Van SAINT OF Minnesota will
appoint woman to the office of sur
veyOr general OF logs and timber, the
first instance on record.
In the belief that the Boer war is near
ly ended, British consols to the value of
5O,OOO,000 have been bought in New
York IN the past three weeks.
The Presbyterian general assembly, in
session at New York, chose Los Angeles,
Gal as the next me teting place
Immense forest fires, some of them
supposed to have been started bv men
who wanted to avoid payment of stump
age to the government, are raging in
tie mountains of Colorado.
The funeral of the late Lord Paunce-
fote will be conducted with great dig
nifty, and will be made q memorable oc-
casiOn. All of the available military
and naval forces in Washington and Vi
cinity will take part in the procession.
The services will be at St. Johns church.
1t is settled that the remains will be car
ried to England on an American war
ship, and either the Olympia, flagship of
the North Atlantic squadron, or the
Brooklyn, which is just returning from
Cuba, will be selected for this duty.
Tuesday, May 27.
Chicago's beef supply from the stock
yards has been almost entirely cut off
by the strike of teamsters, and unless
their demands are granted within day
or two the city will be face to face with
meat famine. A movement is on foot
among the 1900 or more butchers to
aid the strikers by closing the shops
long enough to defeat the packers.
Senator Hanna has things all his own
way in the Ohio state republican con-
vention, which met at Cleveland today.
Another new record price for cattle at
the Kansas City stockyards was record
ed when two cars averaging 1475
pounds sold at $3.50, the highest price
there.
The Kentucky board of health declared
quarantine against the state of Indi-
ana on account of smallpox.
Secretary Hay closed up one OF the
principal places of refuge for criminals
committing crimes in the United States,
when he exchanged the final ratifcatiOns
OF the new Chilean extraditiOn treaty.
Direct cable communication with
Martinique, via Hayti, has been restored.