The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-02-27


hours closer to New York. The schedule
calls Tor an average running of 80 miles
per hour from coast to coast.
Several detectives and a postoffice in
specCor have arrested seven men in New
1ork on the charge of running a fake"
lottery. The police say that thousands
OF persons have been victimized by the
scheme.
In the presence of an assemblage of
distinguished people, including the presi-
dent OF the United States. members of
the cabinet and of congress, justices of
the supreme court, representatives of
foreign powers and others eminent in the
lie OF the nation, the cornerstone of the
army war college was laid at Washing
ton city With impressive military and
Masonic ceremonies. President Roose-
Velt delivered the principal address.
John d. Rockefeller has announced that
he Will finance medical institute TO he
the equal OF any institution of it's kind
IN the world. The institution will occupv
four city blocks in New York city and
the buildings to be erected at the begin.
nIng are to cost in the neighborhood of
S1,2OO,O00.
0UhuAy, feDruary 2&.
The breaking of three reservoirs in
the town OF Shelton, Conn, caused dam.
age estimated at from SIS 900 to S1OO.-
OOO, and there were several narrow es-
capes from death. The torrent tore a
great gully Ito ana 80 feet wide through
Howe avenue.
Ihe department of superintendence- of
the National Educational association
Will be IN session on Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday at Cincinnati. Lead
ing educators will be present from all
over the country.
Mrs. A. c. Fronier, landlady at the
Palace hotel at Burk, W. Va, fatally
shot John Drownridge, a local lumber
man, who, on being ordered to leave her
Inn, refused to do so. Two bullets pene
trated his body. Mrs. Fronier surrend
cred.
BY the burning Of the residence of
William Adams of Hilsdale. Indian Ter
three of his children we're killed. Two
were burned to death in the house. while
the mother rescued two more, one of
which afterWard died.
Mary Kohland, aged II years, met a.
horrible death at Connelvile, Pa, by
being burned alive 10 coke oven. The |
little girl IN running down the hill above |
the oven fell and rolled into one of the |
hot ovens.
Peter Farrell, one OF the leading dem
ocratlc politicians of New Orleans, has |
been shot and killed by his eldest son.
The family claim that in a |
rage OF ungOVernable temper Farrell at |
tempted to kill bis two Oldest boys, be.
cause of misconduct Edward took the
pistol away from his father and fred two
shots into his fathers heart.
Monday, February %
Judge AmidOD Of the United States
circuit court at st. Paul has dis
missed the suit brought by the United |
States against the Northern Pacific Rail |
road company, The Northwestern Tele. |
graph company and the Western Union
Telegraph company. The suit involved
q question OF the Northern Pacific VIC |
lating its charter in regard to the com
merclal use of it's line of telegraph.
William Rack, colored, shot and killed |
Maggie McGinnis, also colOred, in st. |
Louis, and IS under arrest for murder. |
lt is charged that the woman left the |
window open in the rooms in which Rack |
was sleeping and this so enraged him |
that be pursued her, seizing her held her
IN his arms while he placed the muzzle of |
a revolver to her breast and fred
The outlook for peaceful settlement |
OF the Santa Fe wage dispute is looking
rather unfavOrable. Neither side wants |
70 give in.
Under skilful treatment at the zoOlog-
ical gardens at Bronx park, New York, |
a deadly cobra, which recently broke his |
jaw in fit OF violent rage, is on the |
road to recovery. The dressing of the |
head of the poisonous creature has been |
renewed with considerable difficulty. As |
sting from the reptile means death the |
operation of applying dressing to the |
cobra is most perilOus task.
Without food or fuel, for five days, |
Joseph Harris and his wife, who were |
caught in an ice foe in Great Sonth BAY,
Long Island, were rescued by a crew |
from the Fire Island life saving station. |
MIR. Harris and wife started across the |
bay with only enough food for the day. |
Two men were instantly killed, two |
fatally hurt and one badly hurt in a |
railroad accident at BraceviIle, mining
town south OF Joliet, ILL., The Alton & |
Kansas City limited struck a carriage
containing five men.
Tuesday, February "a
President Roosevelt has signed the
agreement drawn up under the terms OF
the Platt amendment providing for the
acquisition by the United States OF
naval station at Guantanamo and
coaling station at Bahia Honda, both
in Cuba.
William Fambro, a negro, was shot
to death on the outskirts of Griffin, Ga,
by a mob of men who fired into his
cabin. 1t is charged that the negro
some time ago insulted a woman, for
which be was sentenced to the county
chain gang, bis employer paying his fne.
Frank Brown, a negro, was lynched at
McDade station, La, for having shot a
man named Conell. The negro's victim
is not fatally wounded.
The supreme court OF New Jersey has
rendered an important decision respect
ing the rights of stockholders to exam
inc the companies books. 1t appears
that in that state stockholder has no
right to examine any corporations books
Ten days ago Sterling Akin, negro,
shot and wounded Weldon Thomas,
bookkeeper of Webrun, Pa. Aiken es-
capped but the Webrun residents ordered
oil of tho Donrnc in fhot 70