The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-07-17
ALL OVER THB Union
The Important News of a Week
In Condensed Form.
happenings and Matters of Interest
Reported from all Sections
OF the Country.
Wednesday, July 8,

from Rome, Cardinal Gibbons has sailed
from New York to be present at the
papal election which will take place as
soon as Pope Leo dies.
General Cassius NJ. Clay OF Lexington
| Ky, has been pronounced by a iurv as
OF an unsound mind. He will be sent to
an asylum, this action being taken to
protect his property.
Governor Terrell of Georgia has or.
dered out squad OF militia to guard
the Jail at Griffin, Ca, in which James
Betnune, white man is confined
charged with having mistreated his
daughter, Threats to lynch Bethune
had been made.
Inc Dig carriage and wagon reposi.
tory OF Studebaker Bros, at San Fran
cisco has been destroyed by fire. 1t is
estimated that the loss is in the neigh.
borhood OF 100000. A large stock oil
paints and oils fed the flames and caused
| an explosion.
A head on collision occurred at Aro.
mas, CAL, between two passenger trains.
ID which II people were more or less
injured and one child seriously hurt.
Inc accident was caused by a misunder-
standing OF orders.
The Huntington estate in California
has been divided between the two heirs
OF the late G. P. Huntington. This is
the first division of the $50, ,OOO, 900
estate and distribution of the eastern
propery will soon follow.
Thursday, July 9.
A Pennsylvania railroad train struck
a wagon containing nine persons, at a
crossing near Cincinnati. o., killing four.
fatally iRiuring three and seriously in
Iuring two OF the occupants of the rig.
There were six deaths from heat in
New York City, six in Brooklyn, and 40
prostrations. 1t was the hottest dav
since July 2. 1892, when it was 80 de-
grees. Many deaths and prostrations
are reported from the various cities of
the east.
ID. K. Williams, rancher from the
Big Horn basin in Wyoming, saws that
the last herd of wild horses in the north
west has been discovered in that terri
tory and that the ranchmen have gone
out to round them up in a body. The
herd numbers several hundred.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
left Sycamore hill for cruise in the
yacht Sylph on the Hudson and will re-
turn to their summer home within day
or two.
The Central Textile Workers union OF
phsaasSelPhia has adopted resolution
placing the strikers on record as being
firm in the demand for So hour week.
The union also decided to stand by the
dyers' and mercerizers' union in their de-
mand for an increase from $12 to SIS
per week in wages.
An explosion at the California Powder
Works at Pinole, Cal, killed Miss Mary
Woods, a packer, and injured four
Others. The accident is supposed to
have been due to the fact that a nail in
an empty shell ignited the primer and
caused two kegs OF black powder to ex-
plode.
Friday, July 10.
Intense heat still continues in and
around New York City. Thirty-eight
deaths and S3 prostrations have been
reported today. In the evening the
temperature fell several degrees and a
terrific thunder storm occurred.
Edward Barton of Springfield, ILL.,,
walked into a store at Mason City, ILL.,,
and after purchasing several articles,
drew his gun and shot julius Frank and
Irving Rosenfeld, the merchants who
had sold him the goods. No cause is
given for the commission OF the crime.
The Thingvilla pier at Hoboken, N. j.,
has been burned, causing loss of about
$500, 900. There were about $50 men
on the pier when it caught fire and many
had to jump into the river as all other
escape was cut off All were rescued.
George Whiteside, negro and two
Austrian laborers were burned to death
at the steel works in Pueblo, Colo, and
one labOrer fatally burned and another
seriously. The men we're passing a
blast furnace on their way home when
the "bosh" blew out, enveloping them in
flames, hot metal and cinders.
The central as well as the eastern
states are in the hot wave and MANY
deaths and prostrations are being re-
ported. At Springfield, ILL.,, the ther-
mometer has registered 102 in the shade.
All is quiet in Evansville, Ind, and the
officers do not anticipate any more
trouble. A large number OF rioters have
been arrested and will be tried at an
early term of court.
Saturday, July IL.
Many people have been sleeping in the
parks and lawns OF Greater New York
since the heated term commenced. The
police have suspended the rule during
the prevalence Of the hot weather AMI
no orderly person will be disturbed who
is found asleep in the parks.
Serious trouble between the cattle and
sheepmen of Sage creek, Mont, has