The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-07-24
ALL OVER THR union
The important News of a Week
in Condensed Form.
Happenings and Matters OF Interest
reported from all Sections
of the Country.
Wednesday, July 10.


10 command the naval station at Homo
ln!u and Rear Admiral Miller has beer
onered command Of the South Atlantic
squadron.
A double tragedy occurred at Durkee
oregon. A. A. Earl OF Caldwell, Idaho
killed young girl known as Blossom
ana then Killed himself to avoid arrest
by pursuing officers.
Desperate fighting took place between
the police and the Kellogg Switchboard
company strikers in Chicago. The strik
ers began to throw bricks at the police
who opened fire with revolvers.
Twenty three deaths from lockiaw al
a result OF the Fourth Of Jnly celebra
tons, have been reported ia the state O
pennsylvania, seven occurring in the
city OF Philadelphia.
Sir Thomas Lipton's request for the
use ol some OF Uncle Sans expert sail
makers, IN cutting new sails for the
shamrock I'LL, has been granted by the
navy department.
During severe electrical storm which
passed over Oyster Bay, l.. l., the sum.
mer home of President Roosevelt, a bolt
OF lightning hit the Thompson cottage
where assistant Secretary Barns is stay.
ing. Several inmates of the cottage re-.
ceived severe shocks.
Enraged at the courts, a mob broke
into the Flemingsburg, Ky., iaiI and
hanged William Thacker, who had been
given a life sentence for the murder OF
John Gordon two years ago.
company capitalized at S125, 900
mas been organized to build a line of
railroad from New York to Buffalo.
which 1T is proposed shall be operated by
| compressed air.
Thursday, July 16
At Salinas, Cal, Charles Craven. the
son OF rancher, killed Sadie Block. a
young woman, and committed suicide.
lhelr bodies were found in a disreputa-
Ole house with their throats cut.
&. W. Clark says his father. Senator
Clark, is to take personally the entire
$5O,OOO,OO bond issue of the Los An.
geles & Salt Lake railroad. The senator
recently refused $50 100000 offer for
the Jerome copper mines, which Weld
81 ,OOO, 900 month.
While there are some counties ia Kan
sas which need outside help to harvest
wheat, the larger part of the harvest is
| completed. Men who go there during
the coming week will run the risk Of not
getting any work.
Presldent Roosevelt has issued an or
der eliminating old age as a disduali-
hcatlon Tor eligibility to appointment as
iaDOrers IN the government service The
pnyslcal qualifications, however, must
be met.
President Albert Young of the team
sters' union in Chicago has threatened
to darken that city if the Kellogg
Switchboard L Supply company does
not comply with their demands. He
says that he will shut off their fuel sup
ply.
National Committeeman Joseph A.
Parker OF Texas and Edward Misten of
Colorado have issued q call for a confer
ence OF populists and fusionists to be
held IN Denver July 27, % and 20.
Alfred A. Knapp of Hamilton, Ohio,
the wife murderer, has been convicted by
a jury and will be electrocuted. The
story OF knapp's crimes are very revolt
ing, he having killed no less than six
women.
Friday, July II.
Five persons were killed, 10 fatally in
Iured and property loss estimated at
$2,OOO,OOO was caused by q tornado
which struck Streeter, Ill. The property
loss was greatest in the factory district
OF that city.
-Four persons were killed and 10 ser
iously injured by tornado whick struck
the northern part OF the city of Mendate,
LII. The path of the storm was about
eight miles in length and everything in
its way was leveled to the ground.
In carrying out the program for the
reduction of the force in the PHILIPPINES,
the secretary of war has directed that
three regiments of cavalry and three OF
infantry be returned to the United States
as soon as transportation is available.
A strike at the Portvue tinplate works
at Pittsburg, Pa, is more serious than
at first anticipated. Only two OF the
ten mills have been able to start. The
strikers have stationed pickets on the
bridge to MeKeesport and are attempt
ing to keep out all of the men.
When the 2O3 Santa Fee shopmen,
who struck at La Junta, Colo, because
at the nOn-arrival of their pay checks,
reported for work they were informed
that their services were no longer re-
quired. The strikers say that they will
attempt to call out all OF the men of
their craft working for the Santa Fe.
The United States inspectors captured
seven Italian cOunterfeiters in Brooklyn
after a hard fight in which revolvers
were used. The Italians were members
OF the Society of Bad Blood"
Saturday, July 1S.
Eighty y-eight persons, charged with
| taking part in the recent riot and at
tack upon the soldiers, have been in.
dicted by the grand jury at Evansville
| Ind. More than half of those indicted
are negroes.
DIR. W. L. Doyle shot and killed George
P. Varnouf at Wichita, Kansas. He
then took strychnine and died Is min
utes later. The men had quarreled over
the grazing of horse on the lawns
They were neighbors and we're old
soldiers.
An arbitration board has decided that
the plasterers' laborers of New York
shall go back to work at So 25 per day
About 1000 plasterers' helpers will re
turn to their work.
By the explosion of large quantity
of dynamite and blasting powder stored