The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-03-04
BETWEEN THB OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
important Happenings and Things
Of Interest from All Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, February 24.

There has been q continuation of
heavy selling of stocks on the New York
exchange by foreigners, because OF the
! European brokerage failures in Berlin,
| Paris and Vienna. Standard Oil broke
10 points and other Rockefeller issues
| also wee weak.
Chas. Dick has been nominated by ac-
clamation by the republican members of
the Ohio Legislature to succeed the late
Senator Marcus A. Hanna.
The differences between the National
Glass Company and their employees have
been amicably settled and work will be
resumed at once at six plants in
Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Mary
land.
Six miners have been killed by snow.
slide near the Augusta mine. nine miles
northwest OF Crystal Butte, Colo. Only
one body has been recovered.
Three men were killed and IS Injured
by an explosion that entirely destroyed
the starch mill of the Warner Sugar re-
tining company at Waukegan, lii. Loss
$25O,O00
A mortgage has been executed by the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com
pany to the United States government
! 70 cover the loan Of $4,000, 900 author
| Zed by congress. One million dollars
will be paid over to the company in a
few days, $2,0OO,OO0 will be paid in
| March, 81, 600, 600 in April and $780,
600 in May.
The Baltimore stock exchange has re-
| sumed business for the first time since
the fire.
At least 90 persons have been injured
five seriously, in a collision on the
Brooklyn rapid transit line, East New
York.
Thursday, February 20.
Five lives have been lost in a cavein
OF earth and rock in the famous Minnie
Healy mine at Butte Mont
Two lives and possibly a third were
lost in q fire which broke out and threat
ened the business section OF Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Higher prices in the English grain
market lent strength to the Chicago
market and May wheat sold for $1O9.
The president has sigped the rati6ca-
ti0ns TO be exchanged between the
United States and the republic OF Pana-
ma on the isthmian canal treaty.
The lower house Of the Mississippi
legislature has voted down almost
unanimously a resolution to invite w
j. Bryan to address the legislature
A email storm is brewing among the
transcOntinental lines over the west
bound settlers rates going into effect
March /. The 500 line has commenced
advertising weekly colonists' and home
seekers rates to points in the DakOtas,
Canada and kOotenai and the North
Pacific coast, on a basis of $25 from
St. Paul to Seattle and Vancouver. The
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
are unable to agree with the 500.
Friday, February 26.
The retail drygoods section OF
Rochester, n. I. has been visited by a
fire which destroyed half dozen OF the
largest establishments, entailing a loss
OF $3,O00,000. The fire was beyond
control for several hours, the intense
cold making it almost impossible for
fremen to handle water, as many mains
were frozen. Fire companies responded
from neighboring cities.
One of the most extensive caveins
that the northern anthracite section has
ever experienced has occurred at West
Scranton, Pc. The area affected covers
about 10 acres and 200 houses have
been wrecked.
Nearly 20 managers OF Chicago
theaters have attended a meeting called
for the purpose OF forming a protective
| association.
Two women were crushed to death in
| an elevator accident in the state capitol
ht1itI dino o. hosyA An1v,
The Commercial Cable Company has
made application to the United States
government for the privilege of landing
its japanese cable on the island of
Guam, thus connecting it with the San
| Francisco cable.
Saturday, February 27.
| The batteship Wisconsin has beaten
the worlds record with 13-inch guns, it's
expert gunners having made nine bulls
eyes out of ten shots fired within ten
| minutes.
| The Wisconsin state capitol building
| at Madison, has been damaged by an
S80O,0O0 by fire. There is only $4,000
il the insurance fund to meet the loss,
| the last legislature being too economical
| to make proper provisions for such con-
tingences. The loss will also involve
the building Of q new capitol, a
special session OF the legislature and the
renewal of the agitation in favor OF the
removal OF the capitol from Madison to
| Milwaukee.
Several divisions OF the Twelfth infan-
try have arrived from different army
posts and taken quarters at the Presidio
near San Francisco, where they will re-
main a short time before sailing on the
transport Buford for Manila.
Two workmen were killed and nine
injured by falling wall in the burned
district of Baltimore. Twelve men were
caught in the crash.
The New York City Federation of Wo-
mans Clubs has taken definite action
toward the establishment of clubhouse
for women. 1t is to have all the ac-
coutrem ments Of mems club and will
cost S500.000.
The doors of the Taunton Safe De-
post and Trust Company are closed,
pending the appointment OF a receiver.
Liabilities are said to be 100000,
capital 100000. Bad investments are
the cause of failure.
Sunday, February %.
Two engineers were killed in collision
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