The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-12-04
Wednesday, November 20

Governor Peabody and Adjutant Gen
eral Bell OF Colorado have received
threatening letters which say that they
VIII be popped Off if those gentlemen
go to Cripple Greek
All OF the navy yards in the United
states are rushed with government
work, orders having been received to
complete the battleships now in course
OF construction as rapidly az possible.
All street cars in Chicago are now
running, the strike on the Chicago Ciry
Railway Company's lines having been
settled
Two heavily laden Third avenue ee-
Vated trains crashed into each other at
the One Hundred and Twenty ninth
street station, New York, causing
panic. Scores OF people were injured by
flying glass
BOD FltzsmmOns Outboxed and out
generated George Gardner ut San Fran
cisco IN 20 round contest. Fitzsim.
mons was as awkward and cunning as
OF yOre.
Five more militia companies have
oeen ordered to Cripple Creek, Colo, to
help preserve order and prevent the de
sCructlOn OF property by the strikers.
Thursday, November 20
/ report has reached Casper, Wyo..
that the cowboy friends of Tom O'Day.
in considerable number had left the
Hole in the WalP' headed for Casper.
bent on delivering 0'Day, the famous
horse thief leader, from jail.
The coal miners strike situation in
Scofeld, Utah, is nearing a crisis and
clash may occur at any time between
the strikers and the militia
Ordinary soft coal has advanced 81
per ton in price in Denver, Colo.
Four men burned to death and a
property loss amounting to 100000
Is the result. of a fire in Omaha, Neb.
Those killed were all fremen.
The OgdenLucin cutoff across Great
Salt Lake has been completed and Preei-
dent Hartman drove the last spike.
The cutoff cost the 5. 2. Co 81 100000
and will shorten the time from the east
to California points two hours.
Thanksgiving services were held in al
most every city, village and hamlet
throughout the United States. At
foreign courts the American representa-
tives also ate turkey and gave thanks
Friday, November ~.
Three boys, all OF whom are less than
twenty one years OF age, have been cap
tured at Liverpool, Ind, after a, chase
lasting three months. during which time
the lads have committed eight murders
and wounded five other men.
Governor Wells of Utah is Offering his
good offices for the settlement OF the
coal miners strike in that state.
President Roosevelt went to New
Erk to attend the funeral Of James
King Oracle, whose late wife was sister
OF the presidents mother. During the
stay in the city a crank succeeded in
euding the secret service men and
thrust a letter into the hand of the
president and was arrested.
On account of the strike of 300 cab
men for shorter hours, the livery stable
keepers association of New York have
laid off all union cab drivers in their
employ.
U. S. troops have been ordered to the
Flathead Indian reservation in Montana.
to round up a band of outlaw IDdiaD
cowboys who have been making trouble.
John Mitchell, president OF the United
Mine Workers, has announced that he
will visit the Colorado coal fields, where
a strike is now in progress.
Saturday, November 2S
Indictments have been voted by the
Chicago grand jury against the three
young bandits who were captured in
Indiana, charged with eight murders
The boys names are Harvey Van Dein.
Peter Neidermeer and Emil ROeski aud
all are ander 21 years of age.
The appeal of the United States Ship
building Company against the decision
appointing James Smith, Jr, receiver of
the corporation, has been decided
against the company.
great mining excitement has broken
out in Apache canyon, New Mexico, east
of HilsbOrO, where it is alleged bonanza
diggings have been discovered.
The miners OF the northern Colorado
coal fields have again voted to resume
work, on the terms granted by the
operators, which embrace compliance
with every demand made by the unions.
This is the third vote which these miners
have taken on the proposition.
A general order issued by the Cambria
Steel Company at Johnstown, Pa, will
place the siDgle-turn employees on nine
hour basis. The order affects $1,000
men. No reduction will be made in
wages. the men working nine hours in
stead of ten as heretofore.
Sunday, November %.
Peter Neidermeier, one of the young
bandits, who for the past six months
have terrorized Chicago, in a confession
has added several more crimes to his al
ready long list.
Advices from Carbon county, Utah,
where several hundred coal miners are
on strike, states that the troops have
the situation well in hand and that no
disturbances are occurring.
President Roosevelt has given out for
! publication memoranda concerning the
corrupt practices obtaining in the post
office department.
The new wage schedule adopted by
! the cotton mills of Rhode Island, which
reduces the wages of operatives 10 per
cent, restoring the scale of two wears
ago, will go into effect tomorrow.
A Chinese woman at Billings, Mont,
has run away with the treasure box of
Chinese restaurant, one OF the pro-
prietors OF which had promised to make
her his wife. 1t contained $500.
Tho " Dauacko e ~ RonL Of