The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-01-30
Sunday, January 20

1t has been announced bv i. G Rurk
who represented the conductors at a re,
cent Conference with the Baltimore &
ONO officials, that an agreement had
been sanctioned by the COMPANY grant.
ing 10 per cent advance in wages.
The streetcar employees OF South Bend.
Elkhart, Goshen and Mishawaka. Ind.
are on strike. The Indiana Railway
company is unable to operate lines in
the northern part of that state.
A company Of Havre, Mont. capital-
lists have formed a company for the pur-
pose OF prospecting for oil on the Mis-.
souri, river near Malta, Montana.
Henry Cummins, notorious among
| the highwaymen of the Kentucky mount.
ans, net death from ambush on one Of
the principal streets of Middlesboro. XIV.
Ills assassins are unknown.
Two men we're instantly killed. third
seriously injured and a dozen slightly
hurt, IN a disastrous wreck caused by a
WashOut on the o. r. & n. railroad 26
miles east of Pendleton.
Joseph X. Clark, brother of United
States Senator Clark, is dead aft the
home OF his sister, Mrs. G. F. Miller in
Los Angeles. He was associated with
his brother, Senator Clark. in mining
enterprises. He was so years old and
leaves a widow but no children.
Monday. January 20.
The Navajo Indians on their reserva-
ton IN New Mexico, so or 10 miles south
OF Durango, are said to be in a starving
condition.
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The thirteenth annual banquet OF the
Confederate Veterans camp of New
York, held at the Waldorf Astoria, was
made memorable by eloquent euIogies
OF the great figures of the south and the
north during the civil war, delivered by
men who themselves had fought in the
opposing armies.
1t has been announced from the White
House that Judge William r. Dsy of
Canton, Ohio, has accepted the tender
TO blm by the president of a seat on the
supreme bench Of the United States.
The non arrival OF the ship Florence,
90 days out from Tacoma to Honolulu,
l5 causing some anxiety. The Florence
is an old vessel.
1t is announced that a meeting OF
trunk manufacturers will be held in New
York with view of forming a combine
The meeting is the result of a proposi-
tion recently made to western men to
form one general association instead of
two.
prehistoric graveyard has been IN
earthed near La Grande, Ind. A large
number of skeletons have been found. 0II
eight feet and over in height. The dis
coVery was made in a mound 80 feet
high. When II feet of the mound had
been removed the skeletons were ex-
posed. The jaws and teeth are we'll pre-
Tuesday, January 81.
President Roosevelt participated in a
notable tribute to the memory of the |
late President Mckinley at Canton
Ohio. He was the principal orator at a |
banquet given under the auspices of the |
Canton republican league in commemOr
alton of the birthday of Mckinley. His |
eulOgy was regarded by many as the |
most beautiful and heartfelt tribute ever
heard to the memory Of the distinguished |
dead.
Twenty students of the University OF |
Utah have been arrested and escorted to |
the county jail. The wholesale arrest |
was the result OF warrants sworn out hy |
Parker B. Platt, editor OF the College |
Chronicle, who asserted that they had |
made threats against his safety.
Henry E. Youtsey has confessed that |
James B. Howard fired the shot that |
killed William Goebel OF Kentucky two |
years ago. He also duplicates William |
S. Taylor, Charles Findley Caleb Powers.
John L. Powers, Wharton Golden and |
William J. Davidson.
An appalling railroad wreck occurred |
on the Central Railroad of New Jersey |
near Westtield, wherein about 80 persons |
were killed. The Royal Blue line express
pl0Ughed at top speed into the rear of a |
local train. Fire added to the horror |
and many persons were probably burned |
to death
John Mitchell, president of the United |
Mineworkers of America, will be offered
a place on the Illinois state board of
Governor Yates has writ |
ten letter to Mr.. Mitchell making the
offer
The Kansas legislature will pass a bill
at this session granting women the
privileges of the ballot and giving them
equal suffrage.