The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-02-14

| PARK.
Inc immense crop of wheat raised in
manitoba last year has caused demor-
dlzatlon IN the market and has had
severe effects on the milling industry of
she northwest. Foreigners are able to
Ouy certain grades of Manitoba wheat
dC D cents bushel cheaper than Ameri
can wheat, with the result that it ia be-
ing purchased and made into -four at
prices which Minnesota millers can not
reach.
Saturday, February s.
DR.. Emanuel Pfeiffer of Boston. a
oltter opponent of vaccination, to carry
out MS theory voluntarily visited the
pest mouse at GallOupe's island and ex-
posed himself to smallpox. Now he has
the disease in it's worst form and will
probably die.
Rear Admirals VIM. T. Sampson and
bartlett Cromwell, reached the age of 81
years and were retired from active naval
| service. Admiral Bartlett Cromwell is
Drother OF Thos. Cromwell, formerly of
Colfax, now residing at Portland.
AT indianapolis the Joint conference of
Che miners and operators ratified the old
| agreement as to wages without a dis.
| sentlng voice. The report of the Joint
| committee on the scale was brief. stat
| ing merely that the committee decided
unanimously on the old SCALE
Sunday, February 9.
In the burning of the Empire hotel at
81 Louis, eleven persons, one of whom
was woman, lost their lives, while
seven others we're seriously injured.
Judge I. F, Healey of Carson, Nevada,
private secretary to Governor Adams in
| 1854, suicided by shooting himself
through the head.
The Colorado house adopted Joint
resolutions expressing sympathy with tie
BOers and appe, ling to President ROose-
Veit and congress TO take steps to end
the war in South Africa. The house
also adopted resolutions appealing to
| congress not to repeal the tariff on
sugar.
Nora Fuller. 20 years old, was found
dead and entirely nude in a rear room
OF an unfurnished house at San Fran
cisco. She had been missing since Jan
uary IL, when she answered an adver-
tlsement for girl to care for baby
The house had been rented three davs
before by man giving the name of C.
b. Hawkins.
Nine. Schell, lion tanner, was attacked
10 a cage and badly mutilated by a
lioness.
Monday, February 10.
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr, passed worse
day with his illness from pneumonia.
The City Savings bank at Detroit,
Mich, was closed by the banking com
missioner with deposits of So, ,370,251.
Default was due to the populations of F.
Z. Andrews, vice president, who has
fraudulently used bank funds to the
amount OF over a million dollars. He
lost heavily in cotton speculations
Senator Dubois of Idaho stated that
in lis opinion the democrats will decline
absolutely to vote in favor OF any form
OF Philippine tariff bill and can not
even be expected to support the Foraker
proposition reducing the duty to but 25
per cent OF the present DiDgley rate on
goods coming into the United States
from the islands. He said from principle
the democrats would not vote for an
amendment reducing the dHty by 80 per
cent; they want free trade and will SUD
port no other proposition.
Through a decision of the United
States court OF appeals at st. Louis, in
the case of Peter G. Deming, former
captain OF volunteers, against the warden
OF the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, that officers of the regular army
are not competent under the statutes
to sit on court martial for trial of
soldiers of other forces, about 200
volunteer soldiers now serving prison
sentences will be released.
The crew of the schooner Laura Pike.
from San Francisco to Seattle, aban-
dOned the vessel at sea, on fire, and were
picked up off Trinidad by the Nome City,
IN almost the same spot that a boat
load OF the Walla Walla survivors were
rescued month ago by the same vessel.
Tuesday, February If.
The wide stretch of desert in central
Nevada was swept by wiDdstorm at
times approaching the proportions of a
hurricane. Vast clouds of sand, picked
up by the gale, were hurled across the
country with fearful force, and at Wads-
worth, Deseret, Thistle and other towns
business was practically suspended all
afternoon, it being almost impossible
for people to breathe while facing the
drifting whirWinds of dust and sand At
Deseret and Mirage the sand filled the
air to such an extent that the sun was
obscured and lamps were necessary.
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., i'll with pneu-
monia, is reported as improving.
The Colorado senate adopted by a
strict party vote the joint resolution
which has already passed the house ap-
pealing to President Roosevelt to inter
fere in the British Boer war in order that
mot single republic shall perish from
the earth The three republican SEN
ators voted against the resolution.
February wheat at Chicago, 75%; May,
7oB. Portland, cash, 65; Tacoma, "a;
Colfax, 49h