The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-09-16

| the Chicago & Alton railway, according
| to a report on Wall street. At the an
| nnal meeting next month proxies for
more than majority of the stock will be
in the hands of people representing
other than Hartman interests.
Friday, September 8.
By action of the directors OF the
American Tobacco Company, the Con
sOlidated Tobacco Company and Con-
| tinental Tobacco Company, meetings Of
the stockholders of the three organiza-
| tions have been called for September 30,
at which time plans will be put before
the stockholders for the consolidation
OF the three big concerns into one cor
pOration, to be known as the American
Tobacco Company.
Another range war between cattle men
and sheep men is reported in the coun-
try around Pryor mountain in Wy
oming.
SeYen persons were killed aud many
injured in a wreck on the Seaboard Air
Line at Catawba Junction, S. Q. Six
cars went through high trestle over a
small stream.
More than 600 livestock handlers who
went out on strike have appeared at
the Office of Manager Skinner of the
Union Stockyards 4 Transit Company
in Chicago to apply for their old posi-
tions.
The Knights Tempars having com
pleted the work OF their encampment,
are devoting the remainder of the week
to sightseeing and social eDiOyments in
San Francisco.
The government architect has finished
the plans for the government building
to be erected at the Lewis and Clark
Exposition grounds in Portland. 1t
will surpass in beauty anything hereto
fore attempted by the government in
that line.
Saturday, September 10.
The battleship Ohio has been trans
ferred from the builders, the Union Iron
Works of San Francisco, to the United
States navy, the government being repre-
sented by Captain Leavitt c. Logan, who
is her commanding officer.
Forest fires are now raging in many
of the principal timber sections OF
northern California.
More than a score of women and chill
dren we're rescued from a fire in a five
story tenement house in New York. The
blaze started under a stairway on the
second floor and spread quickly to the
roof. Twelve families occupied the sec
ond floor and a large number OF persons
were injured.
A board of Cancellation selected by the
Republic Steel & Iron Company and
1000 of it's employees has met in Chicago
to fix scale of wages for the coming
year.
During a severe electrical storm which
swept over Port Jarvis, \. T., many
houses and barns were struck by light
ming. Two persons were probably fatal
ly injured.
Francis Bowles, chief constructor of
the navy, has succeeded in effecting an
arrangement for the transfer OF all the
contracts for the important naval con-
struction at the yards of the defunct
Fore River Engine & Shipbuilding Com
pany of Fore River, Mass, to it's sue.
cessor, SO work on naval vessels will not
be delayed.
Sunday, September IL.
August Belmont went to Rosemount,
New York, where he was met by William
F. Sheehan, and long conference was
held with Judge Parker. The Judge de-
clined to discuss the conference.
Nine thousand men have been thrown
out OF employment by the closing down
of the three big branches OF the Interaa
tional Harvester Company at Chicago.
| The shutdown will continue for an in
definite period.
The attendance at the worlds fair
during the past week broke all records
since the opening, with S74.S54 admis-
sions. The Labor day attendance was
2O9. 9.622, the largest days attendance.
All probability of complications at the
stocky ards in Chicago was removed
when the packing house teamsters voted
to return to work. The packers will
take back the strikers as they are needed
and hire others as necessity demands.
The Rio Grande river is on the worst
rampage in it's history and great de-
struction of property has already oc-
Cured on both sides of the river for a
distance of 800 miles.
With the issuance of President Roose
yelt's letter of acceptance, the republi-