The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1903-08-14
ALL OVER THE union
The Important News of a Week
in Condensed Form.
happenings and Matters of Interest
reported from all Sections
OF the Country.
Wednesday, August s.

10 reach the sick bed of his young
daughter, reported dying in Los Angeles
Henry E. Lowe of New York, chief en-.
glneer OF the United States steel corpor.
atlOn, ls rushing across the continent OF
$4OOO special train that promises tC
oeat all transcontinental speed records
Skilled laborers in the shops of the
Northern Pacific company have been
granted voluntary increase in wages
amounting to per cent. Helpers il
the same shops receive an increase of 5
per cent. The increase commenced on
August 1.
A treaty OF peace has been agreed to
between the builders exchange league
and the building trades council of Pitts
| Dug, Pa., which promises to bring about
general resumption of work on all
| buildings in that city now under con.
struction.
James Roberts, one of the eonvicts
who escaped from Folsom prison, has
been captured at Davisville, Cal, 80
| miles from the prison. Aside from this
capture the work of the posse has been
| Ruthless.
One person was killed and several in
lured by a terrific wind storm which
| swept over portions of southern Illinois.
The wind was followed by a deluge of
rain and an awful electrical storm.
Newt Farris of Kansas City, while
drunk, attacked his wife with a chair,
when she shot him through the heart.
Farris was 80 years of age. Mrs. Far
ris, who is As, has not been arrested.
Simon Booker and wife, who reside in
the mountains of Franklin county, Tenn,
have been murdered and their cabin
burned Booker and his wife we're ac-
cused by the "wildcatter distillers" of
betraying them to the officers.
Thursday, August
A severe storm prevailed along the
eastern slope of the Rockey mountains
IN Colorado and Wyoming, which has
done much damage to the growing crops.
In some sections the hail which fell was
unprecedented.
Unexpected developments in the peace
move OF the builders exchange league of
Pittsburg, Pa, has caused new break
in the plans for the resumption of oper-
ations. The builders employed nonunion
hosting engineers pending a settlement
OF the scale and the other unions re-
fused to work.
Z. Il, Burns, negro lawyer praeticing
at Clalrsville, Ohio, criminally assaulted
Mrs. nj. E. Stowe, one OF the most
prominent and highly respected ladies of
that community while she was on her
way home from visit in the country.
A posse OF prominent citizens are on the
negroes trail and he will be lynched if
captured.
Convict Albert Seavis, the colored
man. one of the escaped men from Full
som prison, is in jail at Auburn, Cal,
with bullet in each leg. When the con-
vlct was sighted he refused to surrender
and opened fire on the sheriffs, who re-
turned the shots striking the negro in
the legs.
-Four persons we're killed in wreck on
the Chicago Great Western railroad at
Devon, Iowa. A freight train had picked
up boarding work car and when going
up grade the car broke loose being de-
rallied.
Because he refused to pay for two
beers which he never ordered c. A. West
man was kicked out of saloon in Salt
Lake, Utah, and died from the effects of
his injuries several hours later. Two
men have been arrested charged with his
death.
Friday, August Z.
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles,
commanding the United States army,
will retire from active service, having
reached the age limit of GA years. Cen
eral Young will succeed General Miles.
After II days consumed in the taking
OF evidence in the trial of Jett and
White for the assassination of j. B.
Marcum in Kentucky, both sides have
rested. Arguments will be begun by the
attorneys within day or two.
One hundred and fifty men employed
in the rolling mill department of the
Judson Manufacturing company at
Emeryville, Cal, have gone on a strike
for an increase in wages.
Tom L. johnson has announced that
he will allow his name to go before the
democratic convention in Ohio for the
nomination for governor. The only
other candidate so far is John L. Zim-
norman.
A Rio Grande train crashed into a
carriage near Salt Lake, Utah, killing
two persons and injuring two others.
The carriage was smashed to pieces and
the horses killed.
An air brake refusing to work on the
second section OF Wallace Brothers circus
train caused rear end collision with the
first section in the yards OF the Grand
Trunk railroad at Durand, Mich, in
which % people were killed and 80
injured.
Reports coming from the farming re-
gion of northern Colorado show such de-
struction OF crops by the recent hail
storm that the total damage is conserv-
atively estimated at more than $500,000
Bessie Armstrong has been arrested at
Danville, Ill. She has been identified as
the woman who mounted a wagon in
front of livery stable across from the
jail on July 25 and advised the mob at
tacking the jail to shoot down the
sheriff
Saturday, August 8.
Four persons are dead, at least II 0
thought to be fatally injured and fully
$50 Others hurt, some seriously, as the
result of an accident which occurred at
the Philadelphia national league ball
park. A board walk which overhung
the field bleechers fell to the street, car
rying 200 spectators.
About 200 machinists and helpers in
the employ OF the Boston & Albany rail-
road at Allison, Mass, have struck for