The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-02-13
ALL OVER THB UNION
1fe important News of a Week
In Condensed Form.
happenings and Matters of Interest
reported from all Sections
of the Country.
Wednesday, February 4.


present racing season in San Francisco
was mace by Charley Clark of Montana,
son OF Senator ". A. Clark The Young
man won $4,000 against the book.
makers.
The trial of William Hooper Young
LOT the murder of Mrs. Annie Pulitzer in
New York has begun. Young says that
he is not crazy now.
One hundred sheepman ia Wyoming
nave organized and armed themselves
ana are awaiting an attack from the
cattiemen in the southern Big Horn
country.
Inc mouse committee on pensions has
authorized favorable report on the
senate OIL to increase the pension for
ali Mexlcan war veterans from So to S12
per month.
James Pratt, a negro aged 81 years
who was serving a sentence of 90 wears
Tor burglary, was murdered in the east
ern Pennsylvania penitentiary here to.
| Day by Cornelius Bush, 81 years of age.
also colored. They quarreled over re-
| llgiOus matters.
| A WIND storm which gained a velocity
OF ~ miles per hour caused much dam
| age by prOstrating telegraph and tele-
phone wires in st. Louis.
fierce blizzard is raging throughout
the middle and western states, extending
| also to the south. The storm is accom-
panied by high wind and heavy snow.
Coleman Younger, survivor of the
three brothers who were sentenced to
lie imprisonment because of bank rob-
6ery and murder at Northfeld, Mimi in
1916, has been granted full pardon.
Thursday, February s.
headon collision between two
freight trains on the Rock Island rail.
way near Tecoate, n. N. !, resulted in the
death OF five men and the injury of sew
erai others.
che examination Of ". D. Phillips and
Harry Butts for the robbery of the Cen
trai Pacific ticket office at Reno. New.
on January 20, has been completed,
They were bound over to the grand iury
in the sum of $4,000 each.
benjamin Knott, aged 70 years,
Weilto-do farmer living near Bird City,
Kansas, was found dead in his room, his
1ead crushed with a blunt instrument.
de had just sold some land and it is be-
lieVed he was murdered and robbed.
Former United States Senator Arthur
brown has been found guilty of con-
leFnpt OF court in refusing to comply
#Ith The courts orders to paw Mrs
Brown $3.50 per month temporary all
mony, as result OF her suit for separ-
ate maintenance. He was committed to
jail until the amount was paid.
Congressman J. NJ. Moody of North
Carolina, is dead at his home in Waynes
vile, He only reached home from
Washington a few days ago.
The Minneapolis grand Jury has
reached another Indictment against
former Mayor A. A. Ames, now a fugi
tive from justice. He is accused OF re-
ceiving a bribe of $1,000 for ''protec
ton" to several variety theaters. This
ls the sixth indictment found against
Mr.. Ames.
The soft coal miners of Indiana, Iii
nols, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania
have been offered an advance in wages
Tor the ensuing year, at an average of IL
per cent.
Friday, January q.
President Roosevelt is suffering from
the effects of a cold 1t has not inca.
pacitated him and he is attending 70 his
usual duties without serious ipconven.
ience, but he is troubled with hoarsenees,
This is yielding to treatment, however.
General Manager Allen of the NJ. K.
d |. railroad has stated that the differ
ences between his company and the
train men had been settled and that
there would be no strike.
Tho hod;oo oe
cisco are making an effort to work with
the authorities in an effort to stamp out
the 6ubonic plague in that city. There
has been SO cases to date.
Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob
sons resignation has been accepted bv
Secretary Moody, to take effect immedi-
ately.
Louis Leslie, a prominent man of San
Juan, Colo, was caught in a snowslide
near Ophir and is supposed to have per
lshed. A large force is seeking for his
body.
President Roosevelt has declined the
invitation OF the allied powers to arbi
trate the question as to whether they
shall receive preferential treatment in the
settlement OF their claims against Ven.
ezuela, over the other creditor nations.
The matter therefore will now be referred
to The Hague.
Saturday, February Z.
Postmaster General and Mrs. Pavne
entertained President and Mrs. Roose-
velt at dinner today. The guests num-
bered 35.
Carrie Nation visited Ell Paso. Texas.
On her way to Los Angeles. She tried
to break up the Rio Grande saloon in
typical style, but was bluffed off by the
saloonkeeper.
William j. Bryan has declared that
be would refuse to attend another ban
quet to which Grover Cleveland was TO
be invited. The Iroquois club will give
another democratic love least" but
MIR. Bryan will not be present.
Disclosures of a secret alliance between
Germany and Italy constituted the most
important development in the Venezue-
Ian situation. Mr.. Bowen, however,
knew of this alliance before be Left
Caracas.
In a head-on collision between a
passenger and an extra freight train on
the Vandalia, Indiana, line, two miles
west of Terre Haute, two men were
probably fatally injured and a dozen
passengers more or less injured.