The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-01-23
ALL OVER THB UNION
Inc important News of Week
in Condensed Form.
Happenings and Matters of Interest
reported from all Sections
of the Country.
Wednesday, January IA.

Louis has been received at New York.
NO anxiety is felt at the office of the
American line.
AT caucus of the republican members
OF the Utah legislature, Reed SmOOt. an
apostle OF the Mormon church was chosen
as the republican nominee of United
states senator.
A detective furnace f1ue in the Christian
orphans home at st. Louis caused fire
that imperiled the lives of 100 little in
mates, but all were rescued.
While large crowd were skating on
the bathing basin, near the Washington
monument, in Washington City, the ice
suddenly gave way and precipitated 30
or more persons into the water. Three
persons are known to have lost their
lives.
George c. Perkins has been elected to
succeed himself as United States senator
from California.
The receipts of the largest so post
offices III the United States for December
1902, as compared with December. 1901
snow net increase OF IA per cent or
$|34, ,235. Dayton, Ohio, showed the
largest increase, nearly 81 ger cent.
january To-
On account of the coal shortage the
University OF Pennsylvania is in dark
/ ness. Ii coal cannot be obtained the
Institution will be compelled to close
and 800 students will be out of classes.
| Business in East Chicago, Ind, has
been brought to a standstiiI by a lack OF
coal. The plants OF the Republic Steel
q iron company and the Emylewyn
Rolling Mill have shut down and 5000
men are idle.
bill has been introduced in the Mich
| Igan Legislature providing the death
/ penalty by electrOcution or life imprisOn-
ment. as the jury may decide, for any
person found guilsy OF numbering the
president OF the United States or any
members OF his cabinet while in Michigan.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt enter
tained at dinner at the White House in
honor OF the diplomatic corps. More
5han 10 guests were present.
The state insane asylum and the re-
form school for boys at Topeka Kansas,
have only half days supply Of coal
LETT. The railroads have promised to
stop apprOpriating any more coal in
tended for state institutions.
An inventory taken at the Brooklyn
navy yard discloses the fact that there
is only enough coal left at that place to
run five days.
Friday, January 16.
Thirty additional veniremen have been
summoned for the selection of iury in
the bribery case of Charles T. Kelly,
former speaker Of the st. Louis house Of
delegates.
Through the alleged interference Of
messenger boy q wreck was caused on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad east OF
Cumberland, Md, in which four EMPLOYEES
we're killed and three injured
After having been chased across the
country by Arizona officials who wanted
him on a charge of embeZzlemeHt, Justice
L. Hinds was arrested in Boston. Trans
actions IN mining enterprise are said
to be the basis.
D. B. Lyman, for 20 years superin.
tendent of the Bonanza mines and the
COmstOck when they were in the zenith
OF their production, is dead at Reno,
New, of pneumonia.
The treasury department has received
an official certified copy OF the act plac-
| ing coal on the free list. Upon it's re
ceipt the department telegraphed neces-
sary instructions to collectors of customs
throughout the country, directing them
to put the act into immediate effect
| Speaker Henderson has informed Rep
resentative W. L. Jones that there is
| absolutely no chance of obtaining recOg-
milton during this session for the omni-
bus fisheries bill.
Saturday, January II.
The flagship Mayfower, with Admiral
Dewey, Rear Admiral Taylor and the
feet staff aboard, has arrived at the
Washington navy yard from Culebra.
Just prior to dying, D. E. George, an
aged and wealthy citizen of Guthrie, o.
| T., made the statement that he was
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin Of
President Lincoln.
The next annual convention of the
National Woolgrowers' association, which
has been in session in Kansas City, will
be held in Portland, Oregon, the second
Monday in January, 1904.
Upon the recommendation of Admiral
| Bowles, chief of construction of the
navy, Acting Secretary Darling signed
an order assigning Constructor Hobson
to duty in charge of the construction
department at the Puget Sound naval
station at BremertOn.
A mob, including over 200 men, wom-
en-, boys and girls, siezed FIVE cars of
soft coal which had just arrived at
Toledo, o. There was no attempt to
stop the Wholesale theft, neither the
police nor the officials of the railroad
taking hand.
Owing to local trains being robbed OF
fuel at Shamoking, Pa, and to guard
such trains being held up by people rem
dered desperate because of the local fam
inc existing in near by places in the agri.
cultural belt, policemen have been ord
cred to guard loaded trains while in
transit to market.
Sunday, January Is.
When the grand jury especially con
vened to investigate the coal famine in
Chicago shall make it's report. it ia ex-
pected that there will be 80 true bills re-
turned against coal dealers.
The employees OF the Cincinnati. Ham
: ilton & Dayton Railroad company have