The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-11-21
ALL OVER THB union
Ihe Important News of a Week
in Condensed Form.
happenings and Matters of Ipteres,
reported from all Sections
of the Country.
Wednesday, November IL.

rive men who are charged with hav
ing robbed the Exchange National Bank
Oi Gardner, ILL.,, have been arrested il
Chicago.
Oil of the finest quality has been
STRUCK 20 miles from Santa Rosa, n. NJ.
new town on the Rock Island railway
The answers of the Northern Sureties
Ureat Northern and Northern Pacific
railway companies in the suit of the
state of Washington against the
merger have been filed in the supreme
court OF the United States. The answers
deny guilt.
George Smith, colored, has been
sentenced to hang on December 10 at
PORTLAND, for the murder of his white
wife.
The fifteenth anniversary of the execu,
ton on November IL, 1888, of four
anarchists, convicted in connection with
the Haymarket riot of May 4, 1886, was
observed by meeting at the North Side
Turner Hall in Chicago.
The United States senate committee
on territories is making a tour of the
territories seeking admission as states
ana gathering information regarding
them. They are in New Mexico now and
the people at every station turn out en-
masse to meet them.
Thursday, November 13.
The strike at the Kearsarge mine at
Virginia City, Mont, has been declared
OF. The miners quit work two weeks
ago over the refusal of the management
to discharge Chinese cook. The com
pany has agreed to employ nothing in
the future but white cooks and the men
returned to work.
-Four men attempted to hold up the
south bound express at Cyclone, KY,
out the engineer threw open the throttle
and left the robbers far behind.
President Roosevelt and party has
arrived at Smedes, Miss, and will start
on a hunt for bear. "Bear meat for Sun
day dinner" is the program.
The explosion of large boiler in scrap
puddle furnace No. 3 at the works OF the
American Iron & Steel Manufacturing
plant at Lebanon, Mo, caused the death
OF four wOrkmen, and about 40 Others
were more or less seriously injured.
The Daisy mine at Neal, Idaho, has
been sold to the Western Trust & Guar
enty company for consideration in the
neighborhood OF $225,O0O.
Fire has destroyed the Five Mile
= 4ssesd III 6ne FSe13l-UJ Ur DuJUe. Mont
-Eogosner with the pavilion ona b.
Nothing remains but the stables and
sheds.
Friday, November IA.
President Roosevelt and party are
hunting bear in the canebrakes of Missis
sippi. One animal has been killed and
the party enjoyed bear meat for dinner.
Fourteen of the best picked woods
men around Kalispell, Mont, are still
hunting for the body of Supt. Egau OF
the Great Northern.
An unusually rich strike is reported
from Nye City, Mont, mining camp in
Sweet Grass county. The strike was
made by prOspectOr named Hughes
and assays run $4,000 per ton in gold
1t is reported that an American syn
dicate will place 10000 American set
lers upon 100000 acres of crown
land in Ontario, Canada, and that the
agreements with the Canadian govern
ment will be signed in few days.
EIyIId, OHlO, HdS b6eH the scene or
bloody battle between citizens and four
robbers. An unknown burglar had his
head completely blown off The gang
stole horses and rigs, entered several
houses and tried to terrorize the town.
Col. Ed Butler, millionaire and politi-
clan of st. Louis, has been found guilty
of bribery and sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary.
The principal railroad systems center
ing in Chicago, Kansas City, Topeka
and Pittsburg have granted their
switchmen desired raise in wages.
The Central National Bank of Boston
has been closed by order of the comp
troller of the currency. The closing OF
the bank is said to be due to excess OF
loans and lack of quick assets.
Saturday, NOyember15