The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-07-22
BETWBE n HB OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
Important Happenings and Things
Of Interest from All Over
Great Country.
w WednesdaY, July 1S.

| twenty-five persons were killed and
seventy more or less injured by a collision
| on the Chicago K Eastern Illinois Rail-
road near Chicago. A train, bearing a
| Sunday School picnic crowd. collided
with freight. Many of the killed and
| injured were children.
Ten thousand members are attending
| the sessions of the Mystic Shrine at At
lantic City, N. J. The Shriners will be
IN session several days.
| Two men were killed and another
| fatally injured by collision between a
| big touring automobile and a train on
| the Long Island Railroad at Rockville
| Center, l.. |.
Arbitration of the differences which
| precipitated the general strike in the
meatpacking houses throughout the
country appears to be in sight. The
State Board of Arbitration of Illinois
has taken up the matter. Many of the
large plants are putting nonuniOn men
TO work In the place of the strikers.
The announcement has been made that
the mint at Philadelphia will coin
| the Lewis & Clarke souvenir dollars Of
Oregon gold. The first shipment of
$4,000 dollars will be ready about
September /
All Of the large cities of the country
are making preparations to meet the
I shortage that will be caused should the
packing house strike continue any length
OF time. Packed meat has already
raised in price in some markets.
The cruiser Chicago has been ordered
to duty as flagship of the Pacific fleet in
place of the cruiser New York, which has
been ordered to the North Atlantic Sta
ton.
Thursday, July IA.
Conferences between representatives of
the meat packers and members of the
union are being held in Chicago Many
of the striking butchers are desirous of
returning to work. Several riots have
occurred in Chicago, Kansas City and
Omaha
the funeral of Mrs Samuel l.. Glenn
ems, wife Of Mark Twain, has been held
at the home OF her brother, General
Charles o Landdon, at Eimira, n. Y,
the body having been brought from
Europe.
The payment of the first $500, 900
installment on the government loan of
$4 600 900 to the Louisiana Purchase
Company is ready, and will be made
within few days.
The American transport Dix is ready
to sail from San Francisco for the
Philippines. Stations for breeding pur-
poses and high bred cows are among the
items in the cargo. The insuar bureau
Ia of the opinion that horses useful to
the army will be raised by crossing with
the Filipino ponies.
Amalgamated Copper's sharp rise,
over two points, with sales of over 10O,-
900 shares, was the feature of the New
York stock market.
A disastrous fire is raging in the
neigbborhood of Willows, Calf, and
thousands Of acres Of valuable pastur-
age and standing grain is being de-
strOyed. Hundreds of men are en-
gagged in fighting the fire.
Friday, July Is.
Negotiations for peace in the butchers
strike are at a standstill and it is an
nOunced that the strike will continue
until one side or the other abates the de-
mands made up to the present time
Over 45, 900 men are out.
Judge Bradford has granted pre-
liminary Injunction in the suit of Z. H.
Hartman and WinslOw s. Pierce ct al,
to restrain the pro rata distribution of
the assets OF the Northern Securities
Company. The case is on for hearing
in the federal court at Trenton, n. j.,
and this injunction is a defeat for the
Hill interests.
Four persons were drowned by the
capsizing Of boat on Spring river near
Baxter Springs, Kansas.
large freight shed and it's contents,
10 freight cars and three tugs, burned
in the harbOr at Duluth, Mimi, causing
a loss of 100000. One person was
drowned.
gigantic railroad ticket swindle,
through which the railroads having
offices in Denver, Colo,, have lost thou
sands of dollars, has been unearthed by
a secret service man. Three men are
under arrest.
sOuthbOund passenger train on the
International Railroad was held up at
Lakewood, Texas. 1t is not known how
much booty was secured.
Saturday, July 10
All chance Of peace in the packers
strike has vanished for the time being
at least All negotiations are at an end
Many nOnuniOn men are being given
employment at the plants in the middle
west.
The Virginia Passenger & Power Com
pany has been placed in the hands of a
receiver, upon application OF the Bowl.
ing Green Trust Company. The Vir-
ginia Passenger & Power Company is
capitalized for SIS 100000.
The middle west is sweltering under a
hot wave, the thermometer registering
from 80 to 80 degrees in the shade at
different points. Several prostrations
have resulted.
Fire partially destroyed the plant of
the Forest City Bedstead Company in
Cleveland, Ohio, causing a loss Of $780,
600.
Posses are searching the country in
every direction from Oakwoods, Texas.
where the train robbery occurred, and
one man has been arrested at Houston.
| President Roosevelt and Secretary
| Loeb are perfecting arrangements for
/ the ceremonies incident to to the presi
I dents formal notification OF his nomina-
ton, which will occur at Sycamore Hill,
July 27.
Sunday, July 17.N
Three men were injured, one fatally, in
1f ha