The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-02-05
BBTWBBN THE OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
important Happenings and Things
of Interest from All Over
Great Country,
Wednesday, January 27.

MdFUln 10 succeed Mrs. Minnie Cox as
postmaster at Indianola, Miss. The
postOtfice was closed sometime ago, the
white inhabitants OF the place refusing
to accept their mail from Mrs Cox, who
is negroes. Martin, who is a white
man, was one OF Mrs. Cox's bondsmen.
Three days have elapsed since the ter
ribe catastrophe at the Harwick mine
at Cheswck, Pa, and only II bodies
have been recovered and brought to the
surface. only one of these having been
Identified. There are still about 100
bodies in the mine.
The lockout of 10000 men of the
building trades, which has been on for
II weeks in Pittsburg, Pa, has been
settled and all wOrkmen are privileged
to return 70 work. The men are de-
teated. The agreement signed is for an
eight hour working day and employers
privileged to employ nonunion men.
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and western
Pennsylvania coal operators, who will
meet the United MiDeworkers at Indian
apOis, Ind, TO receive their demands for
the year beginning April l and to pre-
sent their own demands Indicate that
there will be decided opposition to the
demands of the miners
The bodies of IA miners who fell with
the cage 1900 feet down the Inde
pendence mine at Victor, Col, have been
recovered. Only one of the victims was
recognized by his features, the remainder
being so badly mutilated that identified
ton was impossible.
More than 20 persons we're injured,
some OF them fatally, when two cars on
the Broadway line cOllided in St. Louis.
Both cars were north bound and run
ming in dense fog.
Thursday, January 2S
President and Mrs Roosevelt enter
tanned at the White House members of
the supreme court. Covers were laid for
large company OF guests and the affair
was very brilliant one.
Bessemer, Mich, is experiencing the
cOldest weather in the history of that
section, 4S degrees below zero being
registered. Cattle were frozen stiff, in
the barns.
George \. Rose, the alleged defauIting
cashier Of the Produce Exchange Bank
OF Cleveland, Ohio, is said to have made
a confession, in which he is said to have
defaulted with $187, 900.
A gambling palace which will eclipse
in sDendor anything of that character
eytr seen in the northwest, is to be built
in Portland, Oregon. The site chosen is
Oh Sixth street between Washington
and Stark. The property will cost
100000.
The case of the the men of Company
q, Colorado National Guard, who an
nOunccd that they would hold the state
arm0ry at Pueblo until the state paid
them for services in the Cripple Creek
district, has been settled. Governor
Peabody dispatched Paymaster Gross
to pay the men $4,000, the amount
claimed.
PinkertOn detectives in California now
claim that the Southern Pacific Com
pany's action regarding the blackmail-
ers who demanded $4,000 to prevent
dynGmiting the railroad property has
had the desired effect on the criminals
and that all danger from the would-be
wreckers is passed.
Friday. January %.
Official Washington gave cordial
welcome to William II. TAFT, the incom-
ing secretary OF war, in a reception given
in his honor by Retiring Secretary Root.
The remains OF $50 victims of the
Harwick mine disaster at Cheswick, Pa,
have been recovered. 1t il estimated
that 20 more are buried under the debris
brought down by the explosion.
W. A. McKowan, ex-secretary of the
University of California, has plead guilty
to embezzlement. He viii be sentenced
February II.
Mine Inspector Cunningham OF Penn
sylvania, is OF the opinion that the Har-
wick mine disaster at Cheswick, Pa, was
due TO a detective shot.
For the first time in many wears Lake
Michigan IL frozen over. During most
winters there is wide stretch of open
water in midlake, but this season has
broken all late records.
The Southern Pacific railway ia pre-
pairing to install the block system in
signaling on the mountain divisions of
its northern overland route to lessen the
danger OF collisions.
Kansas is the storm center for a
freight rate on grain and the railroads
are making deep cuts. In a short time
IL rs tAptCIeu UndG the state Will be
thoroughly drained of the 10000, 900
bushels of wheat now on hand.
Saturday, January so.
Cotton is again king in the New York
and New Orleans markets. The first
prices in New York were an advance of
40 to 81 points. Cotton has never been
! quoted 80 high before.
The lower house of congress voted
unanimously to strike from the urgent
deficiency bill the paragraph for the sec
Ond payment of mileage to the senators
and representatives of the congress.
I Since January 1, 723 cases of typhoid
fever have been reported in Columbus,
| Ohio, and there have been % deaths.
Special prayers will be offered in most
of the churches of Los Angeles, Calif.,
when pastors and congregations will
unite in an appeal for rain.
The cruiser Tacoma has been placed
! in commission in the United States navy.
/ The ship is now taking stores at San
Francisco and will probably sail for
/ Panama,
Miss Mamie Bryan, sister of W. j
Bryan is dead at her home in Lincoln