The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-06-03
BETWEEN THE OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
important Happenings and Things
of Interest from All Over
Great Country.
"Wednesday. MAY %.

Wednesday, May %
Fire in Yazoo City, Miss, DESTROYED
every business house of importance. to
gether with large number Of private
residences, the principal hotel and the
| railroad station. The loss is estimated
at between S2,OOO.O00 and 100000
Several deaths and number of pros
trations have resulted in the eastern
cities as the result of excessive heat
The thermometer registered "a in Phila-
delphia, 81 in Pittsburg and 81 in Balti-
more
The secretary Of the treasury has
ordered the plates for printing the
Panama bonds. The portrait OF the
late Senator Hanna is to be printed
thereon.
Complete union of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church with the Presbv-
terian church of the United States Of
America has been ordered by the general
assembly of the first named church,
in session at Dallas, Texas The vote
was close.
Ten miners were suffocated by gas
and sulphur fumes from locomotive in
the works of the Summit Branch Coal
Company at Williamstown, Pa.
tornado occurred seven miles north
west OF Augusta, Kansas, wrecking eight
houses. The wind was accompanied by
hail storm, which greatly damaged
growing crops.
Union Pacific train No. i, known as
the Overland Flyer, was wrecked near
Hallville, Wyo. The entire train left the
track, one car turning completely over.
No fatalities resulted.
voluntary advance in the wages OF
tiattners has been ordered by the Ameri-
can Window Glass Company, to take
effect June l.
Thursday, May 20.
Two surveyors were accidentally
electrOcuted at Bingham, Utah. A chain
which they were carrying came in con
tact with live wire and the resulting
shock was instantly fatal to both.
Laurence j. Curran, president of the
International Freight Handlers Union,
has sent kilograms to all the local
unions along the line Of the New York,
New Haven < Hartford Railway order
ing all members out on a strike
YazOO City, Miss, is under martial
law as the result of the great confiagra
ti0n that destroyed the business sec
ton. Two military companies are pa
trolling the burned district.
J. P. Morgan & Co. have announced
that the transfers Of gold incident to
the Panama canal payment to the
Panama Canal Company IN Paris have
been completed.
Permission to remodel the Iroquis
theater in Chicago on plans submitted
to the building department, has been de
clined by Commissioner Williams.
The New York, New Haven & Hart.
ford Railway is employing nOn-uniOn
freight handlers to take the places Of
union men, who are out on strike.
The convention Of the Western Fedora
tiOn of Miners, in session at Denver, is
considering many changes in its cOnsti-
tuition and bylaws.
Friday, May %.
Again the Seventh Day Adventists all
over the world are preparing their white
robes" to wear when the judgment day
comes. They now claim that the battle
of ArmageddOn will be fought near Jeru-
salem, with the Russian government on
one side and the combined strength OF
the world on the other.
A majority OF the executive board Of
the Marine Firemen's Union has given
out statement that unless the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
accepts the terms offered by the Freight
Handlers Union, every marine fireman
in New York and east Of New York will
be called out on sympathetic strike
By posting notices that beginning
Tuesday the 10-hOur day would be put
in effect, the Chicago Metal Association
opened the way for q general strike OF
machinsts.
Senator Quay is seriously i'll at his
home in Beaver, Pa. Owing to the ad
vanced age Of the Senator, no hope for
his recovery is felt.
The Presby terian general assembly Of
the United States in session in Buffalo,
New York, has decided to unite with the
Cumberland Presbyterian church. The
vote was 80 near unanimous that it was
not counted.
One whole family has been killed by
poison in Las Vegas, n. NJ. Arsenic was
found in barrel Of water from which
they drank The same poison was also
found in meat that they were eating
The grand jury is investigating.
Saturday, May %.
The Methodist general conference in
session in Los Angeles by practically a
unanimous vote has decided to amend
the church constitution so as to provide
for the election of bishops Of other than
| the white race.
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