The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-12-30
BETWEEN THE OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
Important Happenings and Things
OF Interest from All Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, December 81.

The estate of S. l.. Clemens MARK
Twain) at Tarrytown, n. Y, has been
sold to g. A. Gardner, q wealthy lawyer,
for S120,000 Mrs Clemens bought the
tract two years ago, but owing to illness
has never lived on it.
The executive committee of the Ameri-
can anti saloon league in session at Col
umbus, Ohio, in discussing plans f0r q
legislative campaign decided to work for
the retaining of the anticanteen law,
which the officers OF the army and their
wives have asked to have repealed.
The fight on Thomas Lawson by the
offices of the Standard Oil Company and
others, mentioned in the recent stories
OF election corruption and bribery, has
been declared off.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians of
opposed to treaty Of arbitration be-
tween the United States and England.
An unparelled flight OF carrier pigeon
is recorded in New York. A. e. Horn of
Dalgeville, Herkimer county, n. Y,
moved to southern California about
year ago. He took with him a flock Of
pigeons. One OF the birds has returned
to its old home in Dalgeville.
Thursday, December %.
The brewers of Ohio, Kentucky, West
Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri and Wisconsin, in convention
assembled, decided bv unanimous vote,
to abolish the package of beer known as
the ''eighth keg," the smallest measure
OF beer turned out in stayes. By align
ing themselves against degraded grOg
geries the brewers expect to make their
calling more respectable in the eyes of
the world and to reduce the evils of the
drink traffic.
The annual report OF the governor OF
Alaska, John G. Brady, estimates the
total white population of that district
at 26,55O, with possibly q small in
crease in the native population since the
1900 census, which made the total num-
ber OF natives 20, ,535. The report says
that this estimates for the whites will
disappOint those who have steadily
maintained that the number ie more
than five times the figure given.
Battling Nelson, the pugi'est, who lost
his memorable fight with Britt at San
Francisco last week, has lost again.
His manager, Fred Murphy. has skipped
out with the $4,000 be won on the
fight.
1t was reported that $1,5OO,OOO in
gold ;as been Withdrawn from the New
York clearing house for shipment to
South America. The name OF the ship
per could not be ascertained. Barring,
Magoun & Co. announce the engagement
of S250,O0O gold coin for shipment to
Buenos Ayres on Saturday. Lazard
Freres shipped gold bars amounting to
$4,000 to Paris.
Friday, December 23
A two million dollar fire in the heart
OF the business district of Sioux City, Ia,
resulted in the death of one fireman and
the loss OF two blocks OF business build
ings, including a six story structure. A
large number of Christmas shippers in
the Peletir store had narrow escapes.
Bruce Crane, the artist who received
the gold medal at the st. Louis expo
sition, has married his divorced wife's
daughter. Two years ago Crane de
serted his wife and eloped with his step
daughter.
Nellie Tracy and May Johnson, en-
ployed in a dance hall in San Francisco,
were found dead in their room in
lodging house in that city. They had
been accidentally asphyxiated by gas.
While being taken to the insane asy-
lum at Warm Springs, Mont, by a
sheriff, i. r. Murphy, aged Y years,
wandered away from the officer in Miss
Oua and it is feared has perished in the
mountains, as the weather was extreme
ly cold.
1t is announced that Buffalo, n. Y, is
to have the largest union depot in the
world. 1t will have twice the area of
any union depot in America. and nearly
three times as many tracks. There will
be 80 tracks to accomodate 13 rail-
roads. The city will vacate all streets
in the prescribed area and will build all
necessary bridges and viaducts. The es-
timated expenditures are $17, 100000.
The four story laundry building on
Blsckwells island, New York, has been
destroyed by fire. SiAty-ive laundresses
were on the top floor OF the building
when the flames broke out. but all es-
capped without injury. The loss was
| $4,000.
Saturday, December "a.
| President Hughitt of the Chicago
Northwestern Railway has gone on rec
| ord as opposed to President Roosevelt q
| plan OF giving the interstate commerce
| com MISSION power CO uA EdJtS. NE uc-
clares that the abolition of competition
would be detrimental to trade centers.
| While escorting two men under arrest
for burglary. Sheriff Russell OF Hugo, L
T., and a sheriff of Grayson county,
Texas, we're shot at by the prisoners
who secured a pistol by unknown means
while on the train. The former sheriff
was killed and the other wounded. The
prisoners leaped from the train and
escaped.
1t is authoritavily stated that con-
gress will appropriate $50O,OOO for The
Dalles, Ore, canal.
Nan Patterson, the actress, who was
tried last week in New York on the
charge of numbering Caesar Young viii
be given a new trial, the jury having dis
agreed. Bail was fixed at $4,000
which she was unable to furnish.
A train crew on the Hooking Valley
Railroad attempted to put a passengel
named Edward Grower of the train a.
Evergreen, Ohio, and the latter shot anC
seriously wounded Conductor james
Mcbride and Brakeman j. Spencer.
Sunday. December 20.
An orange tree that will live aDt
<h ~; vo in Io otitudas 100 miles north N