The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-01-16

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ton City of heart failure. following an
attack of Indigestion.
Inc Colonial hotel at South Haven,
Mich., and several other buildings, has
burned, causing loss of $50,
bieVen Cinnamon were overcome by
coal gas IN Chinese boarding house in
the chinatown of Providence, R. |. Don
Doe, proprietor of a Chinese grocery.
was found dead, two Others are in a
critical condition and the Others will
probably recover.
announcement has been made that a
metropolitan holiness seminary will be
o0llo at Rockford, ILL.,, at a cost OF 500
oOO, oy Duke M. Farson, the millionaire
evangelist.
Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor of
New York City and distinguished as a
phlanthrOpist, politician and student,
is dying.
Ihe committee of legislation for the
Grand Army of the Republic has been in
session at the Ebbitt house in Washing
ton Tor several days. 1t considered
manly pending legislation for the aid of
veterans seeking appointments to the
public service.
Monday, January IL.
K. 4. Rigsby, professor in a business
college at Macon, Ca, was shot and
instantly killed by Mrs. Effie Carson.
teacher OF telegraphy in another college,
during the course of a private interview
It is stated that Henry Youtsey is
making full confession, not only OF his
part, but also telling all be knows about
what Others did in the alleged conspiracy
three years ago to assassinate Governor
Goebel Of Kentucky.
Secretary OF the Navy William H.
Moody was seriously but not danger
Ously injured at the naval academy
grounds at Annapolis, Md, in a run
away accident.
The jury in the Tingley Times libel
suit has found for Mrs. Tingley in the
sum of $500. The suit was brought to
secure $4,000 damages.
The National Livestock association is
IN session in Kansas City. Portland,
Oregon, is making an effort to secure
the meeting to be held next year.
Richard Porter Street, we'll known in
banking circles of Chicago ana Canada,
TbSlUbUtb
OF his son, }. r. Street, in Chicago. Mr..
Street was 80 years Of age and had been
a resident OF Chicago 20 years.
Two loaded revolvers we're taken from
a beautiful woman who was removed in
a cab Sunday night from the Waldorf
Astoria in New York to the Bellevue
hospital and placed in a ward for female
insane. The woman had registered as
Mrs. I. A. Maignen of Philadelphia and
bad ordered jewels to the value of $780,
900 from various fashionable jewelers..
The superintendent claims to know of
her family, but will not disclose his in
formation.
Tuesday, January 13.
The adjustment committees of the con-
ductOr's and brakemers' organizations
OF the Santa Fe, now in session in To
pekla, Kansas, expect to adjourn to Chi
cago in few days. The men are hold
ing out for an increase of 20 per cent.
The place on the supreme bench that
may be rendered and declined by Gov
ernor Taft OF the Philippine islands, has
been offered to William R. Day of Can
ton, Ohio, and it is understood that Mr..
Day will accept the appointment.
The wholesale price of anthracite has
been advanced So at one jump in Chi
cagO. The increase makes the present
wholesale price $11.50 per ton.
The St. Paul passenger on the Bur-
lington road, and running at 80 miles
an hour to make up for lost time, was
wrecked by spreading rails five miles
west of Alton, Ill, killing the engineer
and iniuring four trainmen.
There were nine deaths during the
voyage of the transport Logan, which
he's arrived at San Francisco from Ma
Mia. A peculiar feature of the voyage
WAS the absence Of gambling.
General Wood has applied for service
in the Philippines and his request has
been granted. It is expected be will be
assigned to Mendaneo. He will become
a major general in August and it is quite
likely that be will soon thereafter be as
signed to command the division of the
Philippines.