The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-09-30

pam OF his Old army wound that his
mind has become affected and his mem
ory has utterly failed him. He will live
the remainder of his years in retirement
with his daughter.
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, repub
lican nominee for the vice presidency.
has started on bis western tour and il
now speaking in Minnesota. He will
reach Spokane Thursday.
Fire completely destroyed the struc-
tural building OF the Bethlehem steel
works at Bethlehem, Pa, together with
the paint, car, carpenter and pattern
shop. Loss $25O,0OO.
Ten prisoners, among them some of
the most desperate criminals ever con
fined in the Yellowstone county Jail,
made their escape from the prison at
Billings, Mont, and are still at large.
Sunday, September 20.
4 bulletin has been issued by the
family Of Senator George T. Hoar stat
ing that the senator, who has been seri-
ously i'll at his home il Worcester, Mass,
Tor several weeks, is gradually succumb-
ing to the effects OF the disease.
Work in the plants of the Deering, Nc
COrmick and Plano division of the Inter.
national Harvester Company at Chi
cagO, the closing of which on September
i, resulted in 5000 employees being left
idle, will be resumed at once.
Judge Parker has sent his letter ac
cepting the democratic nomination for
the presidency.
The Leadville, Colorado, District Min
ing association, which takes in every
mine manager in that district, has de
cided to issue working cards for the pur-
pose of carrying on the fight against
the Western Federation Of Miners.
An explosion OF molten Stag caused
the total destruction of the Val Verde
smelter, 2Ormiles east of Prescott, Ari
zona. The plant was of 800 tons ca
pacity and cost 100000.
The death list as q result OF the fear
full wreck on the Southern Railway at
Hodges, Tenn, has grown to 62, and
will probably reach more than 40, as
several persons can not recover from the
injuries received.
A United States marshal has taken
charge of the Telluride mill at Colorado
City, Colo, under an order from the
federal court, adjudging the company
gate 100000.
Monday, September %
The largest and most representative
gathering in the history OF the American
Bar Association marked the opening
session of the 9th annual convention,
which has convened in st. Louis.
AS the result of washout on the Bur
linutnn road two mjlpa pant Df Film.
wood, H., two passenger cars were
ditched. killing one man. Three persons
we're seriously injured.
break Of cents in wheat has oc-
Cured in the Chicago market. The de
cline was due to general liquidation and
the reception of numerous stop loss
orders.
Work will be resumed after a brief
period of idleness in the car shops of the
Pullman Company, near Chicago. The
will put 1000 of its former
at work at wages lower by 10
to 80 per cent than they were receiving
previously.
An invitation will be extended to the
president of the United States to open
the Lewis and Clark Exposition next
year by closing an electric circuit in
Washington which will put in motion
the machinery, unfurl the flags and pen
nants and discharge a salute of 101
guns.
Never before has such interest been
manifested in the local hop market so
early in the season at Santa Rosa, Cal,
as is the case at the present time.
Prices now run about 27 cents, with
of soon reaching 30 cents.
W. J. Bryan has opened the demo
cratic campaign in Nevada at Reno.