The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-12-23

lace charges that have been made i'm.
phcatlng them in Oregon land frauds.
Both Senator Mitchell and Mr.. Hermann
declare IN most positive terms that they
are absolutely innocent and have moth
ing TO fear from returning to Oregon.
Both assert with equal positiveness that
the time has come when "this outrage
Gus persecution must stop" They will
Insist upon their rights to go before the
grand jury and make answer to all
charges that may be made against
them, confident that they will be able to
establish their innocence. They expect
to have hearing on Saturday.
Carl Brooks, aged 9 years. was shot
and instantly killed and Howard Brooks,
hls brother, aged 16, and Arthur Chan
dler, aged 16, were slightly injured by
the same discharge of a shotgun while
cut hunting on Rattlesnake creek, two
miles north OF Missoula, Mont.
The nude body of a girl was found
lying face downward across a log near
Colorado Springs, Colo. She had evi
IDENTIFY been murdered and an attempt
made to destroy the features and pre-
vent Identification.
Monday, December 10.
The First National Bank of Conneant.
Ohio, has closed its doors because of a
run lasting several days.
A severe storm off the coast of south
ern Massachusetts destroyed many YES
sells. The snow on the mainland was
from two to four feet deep.
A bill has been introduced in congress
hy Senator Mitchell OF Oregon providing
Tor the payment OF the volunteers of the
Cayuse Indian war of 1S47.
Justice Day of the supreme court OF
the United States has delivered an i'm
portant decision. He held that an obi-
cation TO pay alimony and allowance to
a wife and children is not in the nature
OF an ordinary debt and thersfore can
not be discharged in bankruptcy.
Alice Roosevelt will be presented this
winter at the British court under the
auspices of WhiteIaw Reid, who has
taken house for the season in London.
The New York Sun has openly charged
National Democratic Chairman Taggart
with demanding $50 900 of the natioa
committee to keep his paper, The In
dIanapohs Sentinel, running during the
campaign. Mr.. Taggert announces that
he will sue the Sun for libel.
The high walls of the building which
was burned at Minneapolis last week
were blown over by strong wind and
10 people were killed
Tuesday, December 20
Jimmie Britt gained the decision in the
2O-rOund boxing contest at San Fran.
cisco over Battling" Nelson of Chicago.
The fight was fast and furious. Britt
was given the decision for cleaner hitting
and greatest number OF points scored.
Secretary Hitchcock created sensa
tiOn Ar cabinet meeting i1 the national
capital by declaring that the man who
has been prosecuting the land fraud
cases was "tOO honest to be elected to
office" 1t met the decided disaproval of
the president and several of the members
OF the cabinet who have been elected to
office. The secretary started to explain
but was reminded that in France he
might get a challenge for such remarks.
lie stopped explaining and took refuge
in silence. <
Daniel Moore has been sentenced to
serve % years in the pepitentiary OF
Louisiana. The Judge delivering the |
sentence was an uncle to the convicted |
man, and displayed much emotion in |
passing the sentence. Moore killed a |
friend in a quarrel over a girl.
Drought, long continued, has para
lyzed the industries OF western PennsyI |
vania and eastern Ohio. Mills are
closed, mines are unable to operate and |
property worth hundreds Of thousands |
Of dollars is at the mercy of flames. So |
is the scarcity of water that |
many towns throughout the section are |
without sufficient water for domestic |
use. In Pittsburg dirty hands and faces |
are the vogue, for the city authorities |
nave cut off the supply to all bath tubs. |