The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-06-19
ALL OVER THB union
The Important News of a Week
in Condensed Form.
Happenings and Matters OF Interest
Reported from all Sections
of the Country.
WednesdaY, June 10.

ILL.,, Is under water from two to FIVE feet
deep. Five thousand men have been
working constantly for several days
under the leadership OF Mayor Cook IN
their attempts to strengthen the levees.
Two hundred and fifty pounds of giant
powder exploded at the shaft house OF
the Fortune mine at Leadvile, Colo, and
entOmbed five men. All were rescued
alive with the exception of Superintend-
ent Barker, who was found dead at the
bottom of the shaft with his head cut off
Jessie Morrison has arrived at the
Kansas penitentiary to begin serving
her % years sentence for the killing OF
Mrs. Olin Castle at Eldorado. This trial
was one OF the most noted cases ever
tried in the courts OF Kansas.
Many of the witnesses who are now
testifying in the trial OF Curtis Jett and
Tom White at Jackson, KY, for the kill
ing of Attorney J. B. Marcum, are max
ing statements that they have withheld
their knowledge of the affair through
fear OF their own personal safety.
Governor Bailey of Kansas will call a
special session of the legislature of that
state to relieve as best they can the dis
tress caused by the late floods there.
1t is understood that the govern
or has already been assured by members
that they will be glad to meet in extra
session, if by so doing they can be of
any service to the sufferers.
Between 30 and 40 warrants have
been Issued for physicians living in New
York City who are charged with cheat
ing the city out of an anti-tOxine by
making attidavits at the department OF
health that they were for poor patients.
Thursday, june II.
The first serious demonstration in the
Arizona miners strike has occurred in
the capture of the Detroit Copper COM
pany mill at MOrenci by an armed force
OF strikers who overpOwered the guards.
state militia and government troops
have gone to the scene and have taken
possession of the mining camps and
further disturbances are not likely to
occur.
1t is generally conceded that the crisis
of the food at East st. Louis has
passed, The loss of life is not as large
as was at first anticipated and there is a
feeling OF renewed confidence in all lines
Of business.
Fireman Laidley of Los Angeles was
instantly killed and Engineer D. |. DaZe
OF the same place was badly scalded BY
the explosion Of the engine OF freight
train at Bakersfield, Cal.
The treasury department at Washing
ton has purchased on account of Philip
pine coinage 100000 ounces of silver for
delivery at San Francisco, at an aver
age of 52.77 cents an ounce.
The grand jury has returned a true
bill against William B. Hays, mayor of
Pittsburg, Pa, charging him with mis-
demeanor in discharging Samuel Moore
from the city's employ.
Three thousand food sufferers from
Venice, Madison, Granite City and East
st. Louis are being sheltered and cared
for in st. Louis. Government tenders are
bringing refugees from the flooded dis
tricts by the hundred.
Friday, June IL
One feature of the trial growing out of
the Marcum assassination at Jackson,
KY, was the drift of evidence towards
a conspiracy duplicating county officials
and Others and tending to show that
Jett and White were hired to kill Mar
cum, who was the attorney for parties
contesting the election OF county officers.
The miners strike in Arizona is set
tied. The miners have accepted the
company's proposition of nine hours
pay for eight hours work Troops will
leave the camps at once. There are now
no disturbances of any character.
Two men are dead, one missing and
several injured as a result of an explo-
sion OF large quantity of powder in the
drying house of the Weldy Powder com
pany near Monterey, Pa.
At Lake Launderdale, n. Y, light
ming shattered the chimney of the dis
trict school house. The fluid ran
through the building and the teacher
and one pupil were badly hurt. Twenty
five pupils we're rendered unconscious.
Eight physicians were in attendance at
picnic nearby and hurried to the scene
and cared for the injured.
The flood at East st. Louis is gradu-
ally receding, but the damage has not
ceased as yet. 1t is impossible for any
business to be transacted in that place
and the uniniured people are all at work
trying to aid as best they can the suf-
ferers.
A number of the large hotels in Chi
cago are badly crippled by the recent
strike in that city among the cooks and
walters. This strike gives promise at
the present time to be long drawn out
affair. They are demanding an increase
in wages.
Saturday, June 10.
Shamrock Ill, the new Upton yacht
which will race for the American cup has
arrived off Sandy Hook, n. Y, and will
cruise in the waters where, it is expected
the race will take place, for a number of
days prior to the event.
With 10000 refugees and sufferers to
feed and shelter, East St. Louis is still
battling with the food, which entirely
surrounds the city, two-thirds OF which
is under water The river continues to
fall, but the back water which mandates
the city remains stationary.
The Union Pacific has run it's first
train through to Topeka since the be-
ginning of the food, May 20. The line
is now open to St. George, As miles west.
From st. George west to Junction CITY
the road bed is still impassable.
Five persons we're burned to death in
a fat building in New York. 1t is be-
lieved that the fire was of incendiarv
origin. There have been a number OF
incendiary fires in the same locality and