The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-03-20

noloh anu 6ITlhlnR employees O
the shipbuilding corporations the strike
was declared settled. All of the strikers
Will return to work within lew days.
In wreck at Toledo, Ohio, during q
heavy log Switchman julius Wall was
instantly killed and Abraham Cook and
an unknown man seriously injured
Three Hooking Valley freight engines
were demolished.
Sunday, March ID
BY a referendum vote the trainmen o.
the Chicago ( Alton have decided to GO
on stiike unless their demands for an in.
crease in wages is agreed to by the
officials.
Fourteen masked men entered the
home OF widow living near WaponOne
ia, ONO, and bound the members of the
family and at the point of revolver
compelled the little II year old daughter
TO tell where her mother kept her money
MO: The bandits secured $1,000 in cash
ana 800 worth of Jewelry and valua.
bles
The flood situation on the Mississippi
Is growing more serious The river il
rising rapidly and it is doubtful whether
the levee will hold, The gague at Mem
phls marks 3S.5 feet, rise of l 2 feet in
IL hours. In the lower part of the city
OF Memphis the street railways have an
nulled schedules.
Ihree highwaymen wearing white
handkerchiefs with holes cut in them
and each with good grip on revolver,
held up the train crew of an electric car
near the city limits OF Los Angeles and
relieved the conductor of $35.
A daring attempt at robbery and a
brutal tragedy occurred in one of the
swell cafes of Pueblo, Colo, when two
masked men entered and attempted to
rob the cash register and some of the
guests sitting at their meals. One of
robbers shot and instantly killed DR. J
d. Turner, who was eating his dinner.
Both robbers escaped.
During quarrel between Bryant Hart
and James Ryan, brothers in law and
neIghborlng ranchers, living near Bill
lngs, Mont, Hart was badly cut with O.
knife in the hands of Ryan, who also
smashed whiskey Jug over the others
head, fracturing the skull. A dispute
over pillow was the cause of the trouble
MOnUAy, M&FCn 1O.
The st. Francis levee gave wav at
Trice's Landing, Ark, opposite the city
OF Memphis, and the waters OF the Mis-
sissippi are rushing through a three
quarter mile crevasse in the embankment
with roar that can be heard for miles
This is the first break that has been
made in the vicinity OF Memphis, buc
the water is still rising at rapid rate
and three other points on the Arkansas
levee north OF Memphis are in a precari-
ous condition. 1t Is very doubtful if
these places can be held against the ris
ing flood.
The itinerary of the Presidents trip
practically has been completed, with the
exception OF the arrival and departure
OF the president from few places. The
itinery now is in the hands OF the rail-
roads for exact determination of the
running time of the Presidents train.
The President will probably be in the
state of Washington on May "a, %
and 26.
Levi Ankeny is a full fledged senator
of the United States. After two weeks
close confinement to his room at the
hotel he was driven to the senate in q
carriage and at noon was lead to the
desk OF the president pro TEN by his col
league, Senator Foster, and the oath OF
office administered.
The police authorities of PHILADELPHIA
have directed the opening of 81 graves,
having secured evidence which led them
to the belief that George Hossey, the
"herb doctor" is responsible for at least
many Of the deaths.
Mayor Carter Harrison has been re
nominated for fourth term in the dem
ocratic city convention OF Chicago. The
platform adopted deals at considerable
length with the traction question, advo
eating municipal ownership at the earli-
est possible date.
Tuesday, March II.
The flood situation in the portion of
the Mississippi valley contiguous to
Memphis is extremely critical and re-
ports OF loss of life are at hand. A veri-
table sea exists in the st. Francis and
Mississippi basins.
OF the 1900 homeseekers who passed
through st. Paul, fully 1000 we're bound
for Washington. The movement to
Washington came as a surprise to the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
and they were compelled to put on
extra trains at st. Paul.
John Whitaker, owner OF a saw mill
at Sandstone, Mimi, walked half mile
from his mill to his home with a piece OF
scantling three feet long sticking
through his side. doctor was called.
the scantling extracted and it is believed
that he will recover.
The executive committee of the boiler
makers union have called off the svm-
pathetic strike ordered as a result of the
strike in the Townsend Downey ship
yard on Shooters island, New York.
Without dotting an 'i'' or crossing a
ct" or without changing q single
punctuation mark, the senate voted to
ratify the treaty with the republic of
Colombia for the construction of the
isthmian canal The vote for ratifca-
tion was 73 in the affirmative to five in
the negative.
President Roosevelt will attend a
dinner to be given at Walla Walla by
Senator Levi Ankeny on the occasion oil
the presidents visit to Washington in
May. The presidential party will re.
main four hours longer in Walla Walla
than was first anticipated.
Cures Sciatic Rheumatism.
Mrs A. E. Simpson, 500 Craig St
Knoxville Tenn writes Iune 10Th