The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-08-12
Sunday, August :.

All the labor unions in Chicago hav,
endorsed the stockyards strike. Owe
300, 900 union laborers will assist tn,
butchers both morally and financially.
1t is reported that between 80 and 81
people have been killed in a wreck on tn,
Missouri Pacific near Pinon, Colo. TIL,
train is said to have fallen through 6
high bridge.
bomb thrown into a crowd of Ital
ians in New York City injured score OIL
more Of people and led TO the arrest O
| NlncenzO DonettO. 1t is believed that
the arrested man is a member of the
BLACK Hand" society that has terror.
lied the Italian district.
A cloudburst in Fisher canyon, three
miles from Trinidad, Colo, caused the
loss OF two lives and the destruction oi
considerable property. Mines in the
| canyon are flooded.
The past week has been the best in
| point of attendance of any at the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition, the total
| number of admissions reaching COL, All
Large crowds are gathering at DEVILS
Lake, \ d., preparatory to the opening
OF that reservation to settlement Gamb-
lers and crooks are giving the police con
siderable trouble.
Monday, August g.
The wreck of the Worlds Fair Flyer
on the Denver 4 Rio Graude near Eden
Colo, proves to be one of the most
tragic railroad disasters in the history
OF the country. 1t is thought that
nearly 100 persons we're killed and an
equal number injured.
Wheat scored a sensational advancein
Chicago under a furious demand from
bulls and bears alike May opened at
CSC to 99c, sold at $102, and closed at
$1.O1H.
Orders have been issued to drivers of
ice wagons in Chicago to deliver no more
ice to butchers who buy of the big pack
ers or to any of the branch houses of the
packing plants where the men are now
on strike.
Secretary of State, John Hay, has is
sued note defining the governments
Interpretation of articles cOntraband of
war. Coal and other fuel aud raw cot
ton will not be considered contraband
by the United States.
large seven story block in Buffalo,
Ny, occupied by VOssburg & Whiting,
stationers, S. F. Fisher. jewelry, and
Others, has been destroyed by fire. Loss
100000.
Tuesday, August
An attempt to move meat from the
stOckyards to the Fulton market in
Chicago, distance of four miles, caused
a number of fights between the police
and strike sympathizers, who attempted
TO prevent the passage through the
streets of the wagons bearing the meat.
A coroner's jury has been called to in
vestigate the cause of the railroad wreck
at Eden, Colo. More bodies are being
recovered.
Two persons were killed and a number
severely injured in a collision on the
Baltimore & Ohio near Chicago.
After lingering for weeks between life
and death, former Senator George G.
Vest is dead at his home at Sweet
Springs. Mo.
Former Mayor ". J. DonnelIy has de-
cided to remove with his family from the
Cripple Greek district. He has been
warned that his life is in danger if he
remains there.
The International Typographical
Union is in session in st. Louis with
400 delegates present. The convention
will be in session several days.
Preparations are practically completed
for the formal notification of Judge A.
B. Parker of his nomination as demo-
cratic candidate for the presidency.