The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-05-22


return in month, when he will sail tc
Inc hague as member OF the arb
tratlan commission between Venezuela
and the other powers.
As the result OF the refusal of 25 men
TO work on the battleship Conneticut
under the piece system of payment fully
4oOO employees in the shops OF the
Brooklyn navy yard will soon be laid
OF. The ship is now far behind he,
sister vessel, which is being built by pri
vate contract at the Newport News shin
yard.
Sunday, May IT.
The strike in Omaha OF the Trades
unionists seems to be nearing an end. 80
lar as the shutting down of business is
concerned. The first break was in the
teamsters' ranks, when % men decided
to return to work
lightning struck the Methodist church
at ROcktOn, Ill.,, while services were in
progress, three persons being Severely
burned, though all will recover Their
clothes were literally torn off. The bolt
followed the chandelier. The church was
not damaged.
Deputy Constable Tom Vaughn was
instantly killed and Constable Dan
Graham seriously injured at Douglas,
Arizona, by an outlaw named Smith,
who escaped and is being pursued by a
posse. The officers had placed Smith
under arrest upon suspicion of being a
suspicious character. AS they went to
search him he drew a gun and began
shooting.
BY cavein of the drain drift at the
Eglanol placer mine in Lincoln gulcb.
four miles from Helena, Mont three
miners are entOmbed. 1t is not known
whether they are alive or not. A shaft
ls being sunk beyond the cave with the
hope OF rescuing them.
The attempt of the Connecticut Rail-
way and Lighting company to run cars
at Bridgeport, Conn, with nonunion
men resulted in riot in which at least
90 men were injured. The sheriff saws
that another such outbreak will make
the calling out ofstate troops inevitable.
A general snOwstOrm prevails through
out Montana. In the eastern part of
the state the snow is wet and will bene-
hit the crops and range. In the north
ern part OF the state, however, a biz
zard is raging and the railroads are ex.
periencing some difficulty in running
trains on schedule.
Monday, May 1S.
Exciting scenes still continue on the
cotton exchange in New York. Prices
are soaring above the even high quota
tlOns OF last week. The excitement
started in Liverpool, as the trading in
that place commences five hours earlier
than in New York.
The work OF removing Blossom rock
in San Froncisco bay has commenced
At one time it was about flush with the
water, but over 80 years ago an at,
tempt was made to blow it out with
black powder. Only a portion was re-
moved by the blast. 1t is now proposed
to have at least 35 feet of water over
the rock.
A west bound passenger train on the
Denver & Rio Grande road ran into a
rock slide near Palisades, Col, killing
Engineer George Stuart and Fireman
". A. Woods. The mail car plunged
into Grand river, where it lies sub
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Henry CLAW
KnOblOck of Louisiana was shot and
killed at Thibodeaux, La, in a duel with
James Garault, a barber. All of the
witnesses to the affair say that Garault
shot KnOblOck in self defense.
Harry Martindale, a rancher living
near Miles City, Mont, had an exciting
adventure with eight wolves which he
came upon along the river.
Martindale was badly bitten and his
clothes almost torn off of him before he
succeeded in killing the beasts with a re-
volver and knife. There were two
parent wolves and six pups.
Tuesday, MAY 10.
The heaviest sheep and cattle loss in
the history OF Montana, the damage of
which will foot up as high as $5, ,OOO,O 900.
has been caused by the terrible storm
which has been raging for the past three
days. In some sections fully 80 per
cent of the sheep on the ranges have
perished.
President Roosevelt has returned to
Sacramento after his rest in the Yo-
semitic valley and has proceeded north
for Oregon and Washington. He will
arrive in Portland Thursday, remaining
over night and going to Olympia Fri
day.
Twenty-Five families we're rendered
homeless, 19 buildings we're DESTROYED
and nearly 100000 property loss
caused by fire which started in a garb-
age box in Chicago.
The monitor Arkansas will be enabled
to reach the gulf after having been tied
up on the Mississippi river on account
of low water. A sudden and unexpected
rise in the river made the trip down
stream.
A tornado struck Horton, Kansas, at
midnight and wrecked several buildings,
including hotel and livery stable. One
or two persons we're injured, but it is
thought not fatally.
While searching for FIVE holdup men
who had robbed Alderman Peter Wend-
ling of money and iewelry amounting in
value to several hundred dollars, Police
Sergeant Phillip Miller of Chicago was
shot and fatally wounded. 1t is believed
that one OF the suspects was shot.
Mr.. Joseph Pominville of Saltwater,
Minn., after having spent over $4,000
with the best doctors for stomach
trouble, without relief, was advised by
his druggist, Mr.. Alex Richard, to try q
box of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. He did so, and is a well
man today. II troubled with indiges