The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-12-05

meat which kesner had ordered the how
TO get for dinner and which he had
/ neglected.
! Private Bryant, recently DISCHARGED
soldier OF the Fourth infantry, has been
found frozen to death two miles from
Havre, Mont. He was intoxicated and
had been robbed.
Charles Dubois has been arrested at
ElwoOd, Ind, charged with murderino
his young bride. She was found dead IN
her room with an empty carbolic acid
bottle lying on the floor, but no noison
was found IN her system. Her skull had
been crushed.
ROBBERS entered the bank at Westyille
lno., and attempted to blow open the
SAFE; In desperate battle Moselv Rev
nolds' employed as a clerk was killed
More than 20 shots were fired.
The season for hunting in the woods
OF Minnesota, Wisconsin and MICHIGAN
Is closed. Fatalities have been unusually
frequent TINS season, IA men having been
killed while hunting deer.
A vigorous examination. with a view
OF determining the cause OF the hoiler
explosion in Swift & Co.'S in Chicago hos
Deen commenced to try and determine
where the fault lies.
Monday, December
Rev. W. II. Milburn, the blind chan.
ialh Oh the United States senate, has for.
Warded his resignation to President Pro
lem Frye. His successor will be elected
Dy the senate. DR.. MiIburD has hepn
chaplain OF the senate for 81 years.
('h4rIpS E1 I'd
Vlcted the second time on the charge of
attempting to poison Laura Howell and
nora wallace at Baker City, Oregon.
In bis estimates transmitted to con-
gress the secretary of the treasury in
ciudes an item of $550,00O for the war
department for continuing the improve.
ments at the mouth of the Columbia
river and between The Dalles and Cello
Mrs Kate Hassel, aged % years. lead.
ing woman in Keith's Eighth street
theater in Philadelphia, has been shot
ana Killed by Barrett Johnston, we'll
known actor, formerly member of Rich
ara Mansheld's company. After the
muruer, johnston attempted suicide.
L. Henry French, famous as a theetri.
cal manager and producer OF many cele-
brated dramas, is dead in New York
after a lingering Illness.
The Baltimore / Ohio Southwestern
railway has increased the wages of it's
swltchmen to the Chicago scale. The
new scale makes an increase Of } cents
an hour and reduction of two hours.
Tuesday, December 2.
The bank of Bridger, Mont, has been
robbed OF $4,000 in broad day light by
hlghwayman, who held up the cashier
OF the institution.
Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed has had
sudden and quite severe attack of gas
tritis. Mr.. Reed is at Washington Gitv
Forty thousand people attended the
International Live Stock exposition in
Chicago in one day.
With tie purpose Of formulating re-.
quests for increase of from 10 to 20 per
cent in the pay OF 10000 railroad en-
plOyes, committees from four powerful
labor organizations are now meeting in
Chicago.
The entire membership of the anthra
cite strike commission is now at Scran- |
ton, Pa, ready to resume it's hearings,
alter 10 days recess.
AHO COiu wave WHICH bCTuck COIOFdGO |
has turned into regular blizzard and |
snow Is now falling in all the northern
part OF the state, driven by a north
wind.
In the Office of J. W. Mcmillan at De-
troit II of the leading maleable iron
concerns of the United States signed an
agreement to form one big gcOmpany with |
capital of SIG, 100000 to 100000. 900. |
The financial headquarters will be in
New York and the operating department
in Chicago.