The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-06-26

dropped his lantern into the wreck age
ana instantly there was a terrific explo-
SION. The contents OF tank OF naptha
In the wreck had ignited. There were
several burned but all will recover.
A bolt of lightning struck house
stored with 1000 pounds of dynamite
near Senecaville, Ohio, killing six men
and injuring score of Others. The men
killed and wounded were carpenters who
bad taken refuge from the storm in a
Oarn which stood some distance from
the building in which the dynamite was
stored.
Sunday, June Fl.
The textile council has declared the
strlge IN the Lowell, Mass, mills at an
end. Every union affiliated with the
council was represented and the vote
was unanimous. The strike began on
March 30 and involved 100 operatives
and cost in wages about SAL
300, 900.
Stamford Northrop, a cousin OF
GEORGE Gould, and a man we'll up in the
social and financial world, committed
suicide at the home OF friend in ST
Louis. No motive is known for the
crime, other than that he was melan
choly.
Elmer Heath shot and killed Katie
Atkinson at her home near Salsbery.
Del, and then shot himself. Heath was
hurried to the jail to prevent him being
lynched. Both are under q wears of
age. They were to have been married
last Thursday but Miss Atkins broke the
engagement when she learned that Heath
had stolen from his employer.
A serious disaster occurred on the
North Shore railroad near San Fran
cisco, in which four persons we're killed
and score or more seriously hurt. All
OF the victims were returning from n
funeral. The precise cause of the acri-
dent is not known.
The battleship Massachusetts WAS in
collision with lumber schooner off Ros-
ton lighthouse. great hole was torn
IN the schooner but she managed To
make port. The battlesAip turned and
followed the disabled schooner to render
any assistance which might be needed.
Twelve hundred Indians have begun
their annual sun and grass dance near
haver, Mont. This dance will continue
Tor three days and is usually visited bv
hundreds OF sightseeing visitors from
the white settlements.
Monday, June %
A northern mob led by a Virginian
burned negro at the stake a few miles |
above Mason and DixOn's line in Della |
ware. The victim was Geo F. White. |
who assaulted and stabbed to death |
Miss Helen S. Bishop, the II year old |
daughter of Rev. DR.. f. A. Bishop.
The American Institute of Homeo |
pathy has opened it's annual convention |
in Boston. with a large representation
OF members from all parts of the coun.
try, many being accompanied by their
wives and daughters. 1t is expected |
that more than 2O0O physicians will |
participate in the work of the conven. |
tiOn which will continue for a week.
A work train eolIided with the first |
section OF freight on the Santa Fe near
Albuquerque, N. NJ, and half dozen |
persons were killed. A few minutes after |
the first accident the second section ran |
into the wreck.
Application for a change of venue for
J. Fl. Tillman, former lieutenant govern.
or OF South Carolina, charged with the
murder OF N. c. Gonzales, has been be-
gun. When the dfendant appeared in
court he showed no I'll effects of his con
inement in jail.
The striking freight handlers OF Kan
sas City have been blacklisted by the
railroads and the strike will not be
arbltrated Nearly all of the places of
the strikers have been filled by new men.
The Fourth of July committee of
Portland, Oregon, has decided to
abandon the celebration for which
S25OO was raised and to turn the money
into the relief fund for the Heppner food
sufferers.
Tuesday, June 23.
The strike Of the Union Electric com
pany's conductors and motormen at
Dubuque, Iowa, has been settled. Tie |
c0mOany agrees to many of the requests
OF the union carmen. The militia will be
withdrawn at once.
Over 1900 electrical linemen in the
employ of the Pacific States Telephone
and Telegraph company, working in
Oregon and Washington,
hove gone out on strike for an increase |
in wages.
The Great Lakes tug o. W. Sheney
was run down by the propeller Chemung
about seven miles up the lake from Buf. |
falo, N. I. Three members of the tugs |
crew were drowned. The Sheney had |
gone up to the lake to meet the Che