The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-08-12
BETWEEN THB OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
Important Happenings and Things
of Interest from All Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, August 3.

/ dldnapOlls, Senator Charles W. Fair
| banks was officially notified of his nomi-
nation IS vice presidential candidate on
| the republican ticket
| The threatened spread OF the stock
| yards strike to outside industries in Chi
cagO came when an order was issued by
the teamsters' union fOrbidding drivers
OF ice wagons to make any deliveries to
| retail butchers who, since the packing
house teamsters went on strike, have
been hauling meat from the yards in
their own wagons.
The democratic state convention meet
ing in Topeka, Kansas, has adjourned
after nominating a set of Parker and
Davis electors. Half of the state ticket
was chosen by the populists.
A conference between western stock
men and the federal land commissioner
il being held in Denver, Colo, at the
headquarters Of the National Live Stock
association.
Two men were severely injured and
the windows OF large number of houses
smashed in BroOklin by the premature
explosion OF lot Of fireworks.
Two distinct earthquake shocks have
been felt at Pony and Norris, Mont.
The disturbance was so great that arti-
cies were hurled from shelves to the
| floor and dishes we're broken on the side
boards.
Thursday, August 4
Sensational reports OF damage by rust
to spring wheat caused intense excite.
ment on the Chicago board of trade
The market closed practically at the
top with September at 97hc.
The big packing house concerns have
given out statement DENYING the re-
port that negotiations are pending to
bring another conference between the
packers and labor leaders. The packers
assert that there is not the least posi-
bility of further conference with the
strikers as they are receiving new en-
plOyes every day.
Nearly 1000 persons have arrived at
DEVILS Lake, n. D., to await the begin
ning Of registration for the reservation
opening 1t is expected this rush will be
as great as was that to the Rosebud
Indian reservation.
Thirty-three passengers and four train
men were injured in a collision between
passenger trains on the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad at Horse Cave, KY.
Thirty six persons were injured and
several fatally hurt in a wreck on the st.
Louis ( San Francisco Railroad at Vim
ita, |. L. The engine and four cars left
the track.
A party of four in automobiles was
held up near Willow Grove, a resort near
Philadelphia, by a lone highwayman,
who secured about $1,000. The high
wayman escaped, riding a motor cycle.
Friday, August 5.
The pressing demands of diplomacy
have called Secretary of State Hay from
bis pleasant summer home in the noun
tains of New Hampshire to attend
cabinet meeting in Washington City.
number of important matters were dis
cussed in the meeting.
Four masked men held up saloon in
Butte Mont and secured booty to the
amount Of $500, including gold watches
and a diamond ring.
There was a run on the DrOver's Trust
& Savings bank OF Chicago during which
thousands of depOeitOrs were in line all
day to withdraw their deposits. The
bank paid every deposit in full and had
100000 in gold left. The run was
caused by the rumOr that one Of the
packers representatives bad withdrawn
his deposits and that the bank was used
by the packing companies as an adjunct
in paying employees who have taken the
place of strikers.
The worst food in the history OF
Bisbee, Arizona, occurred when cloud
burst caused a torrent of water many
feet deep to sweep down the canyon.
Every thing in the path of the food was
carried along, causing great destruction
of property.
The building trades unions of New
York City are preparing to accept the
challenge of the building trades employ
| ers association and great lockout of
| all the unions which have ordered strik-
ers in the subway and elsewhere in the
building trades is practically certain.