The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-11-25
BETWEEN THR OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
important Happenings and Things
of Interest from All Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, November 10.


Lesion Ballet, who gained notoriety Y
two years ago as promoter of the White
Swan Mining Co., has pleaded guilty il
the federal court at Des Mones, Iowa
OF fraudulently using the mails.
James II. Carey, a lawyer of San Fran
cisco, has confessed to boring holes in
$40 gold pieces and abstracting gold
therefrOm. He says he took from 81 to
$3 from each coin.
In row among pupils at the Indian
school at Banning, Cal, Charles Colby
was hit on the head with a pistol and in
return he shot and killed Tom Bucano.
rOs, and wounded Fred Smith Smith
will probably die. All are young Indi-
ans. Colby was brought here and
lodged in the county jail, charged with
murder.
Alton B. Parker has opened law
office in New York City.
A hurricane on the Atlantic coast has
destroyed the life station at Norfolk, Va.
While hunting on the game preserve
near High Point, n c., George j. Gould
accidentally wounded an attendant
named Edward Burns.
The liberty bell, which has been on ex-
hibition at the st. Louis fair. was re-
turned to its home at Philadelphia.
Thursday, November II.
The state of Minnesota, through At
torney General W. ]. Donahower, has
brought suit to compel the Great North
ern to permit full examination of it's
books by the public examiner for the
purpose Of determining what sums
should be assessed under the gross
earnings tax.
Miguel Nicdao, young Filipino stu
dent who is being educated at the state
normal university at Normal, ILL.,, by
the government, has been reprimanded
by w. A. Sutherland of the war depart
ment for attacking the friars and the
methods of the Catholic church in the
Philippines.
Mrs. Hattie M. Davis of Jersey City
has grievance against her landlord,
Terence Lyons, who tore the star
spangled banner off her porch on
Wednesday. She said she placed it
there to celebrate the victory of Roose-
welt and it was twice torn down by
Lyons.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick emphatically
denies that she will go on the stage or
lecture platform.
Because he gave his wife costly
funeral for which he did not pay g. P:
Wright has been given a sentence of II
months in the penitentiary at Atlanta,
Ga.
T. f. Averill shot and killed T. J. Till
ford at Mayer, Arizona. The murderer
escaped to Mexico.
Clement |. Clark is dead and three
Others are seriously injured as the result
of fire which has destroyed the tar
plant of the Denver Gas & Electric com
pany. The property loss is estimated
at $25, 900.
0. R. Holiday, wanted for robbing
the mails, has been arrested at James
port, Mo-, and has confessed.
Friday, November 1S
Miners who were deported from the
mining districts of Colorado several
months ago, o,are returning to their homes
since election and are not being molested
Fourteen miners were killed by an ex-
plosion OF coal gas in the Carbando
mines near Morrissey, B. G. All of the
bodies were recovered.
The Worlds Washington special says:
President Roosevelt has ordered the de-
partment OF commerce and labor to
thoroughly investigate the petroleum
industry of the United States. The OBJ
ject is to ascertain whether the Stand
ard Oil company is an illegal combina.
tion in restraint OF trade.
A large strike of truck and delivery
wagon drivers is in progress at Chicago.
At Wyandotte, near DeCroft, Mich,
policemen discovered horse and buggy
standing on the street with Fl. J. Hilie-
brand and Mrs. W. J. Miller of Detroit,
lying dead in the buggy. Both were
shot through the head, evidently a case
of murder and suicide. Whether Hille
brand or the woman fired the shots is
unknown.
Twenty-Five gas tanks at Chicago ex
ploded, killing Il We employees.
The American Federation of Labor
has voted $4,000 to the strikers al
Fall River, Mass.
The president has rendered the ap
pointment OF president Of the civil ser
vice commission to Senator COckerill Oi
Missouri.
Two policemen were shot and killed by
two burglars at Detroit, while endeavor
ing to arrest them.
Saturday, November 10.
Colonel William breckenridge, tn,
noted Kentucky congressman, died iron
q stroke OF paralysis.
college student named Roy Scott
has been landed in jail at Salt Lake
Utah, for attempting to slash girl
across the face with large knife.
A town called Greyling, in Gallatir
county, Mont, held no election thi
year. When the county commissioner
dispatched a courier to get the belate(
returns he was informed that the citi
zens had not deemed it worth while tt
bother with the election and none wa
held.
The barkentine Makawell, wa
foundered on the coast OF Vancouve
island, all hands perishing. The boa
was loaded with lumber bound from Tia
| coma to Mexico.
The Foster Furniture store at Lafay
cite, Ind, was completely destroyed by
fire. Loss 100000. One fireman wa
fatally injured by fall.
The Missouri state building at the st
| Louis exposition was destroyed by fire
caused by the explosion OF hot waite
heater in the basement.