The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-06-23
600, which had been voted by the Cuban
congress for the generals benefit.

and workmen of the road returning iron
| work.
In the games of the Pullman Athlete
club today Edward Parry of the Univer
slty OF Chicago established a new world
| record for hammer throwing. He threw
a 62 pound hammer from a 12-foot cir
Gle the distance 1S4 feet inches.
Troops A, B and c of the Eighth cav
eiry, under command Of Colonel Kings
bury, departed from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma
for San Francisco, whence they will sal
on July for the Philippines.
Sunday, June 1S.
By the explosion of boiler in the air
compression plant of the subway con.
structon at 152d street and North river
New York, today more than dozen per.
SONS were injured, two of whom may
die.
The continuous high temperature
throughout the east was the cause of six
deaths at Pittsburg and three prOstra-
tiOns today. Thermometers registered
and number of prOstrations were re-
ported.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee's squadron,
which was detailed from the North At
lantic fleet to bring the body of Paul
Jones, the first admiral of the American
navy, to this country, started on its
voyage to France today.
1t is reported from Copenhagen on ex-
cellent authority that the majority of
the members OF the Swedish riksdag are
ready to accept King Oscars third son,
Prince Carl, as king Of Norway, provided
the Norwegian government shall abolish
the Notifications on the frontier and enter
into an arbitration treaty with Sweden.
Sam Hildebrand, the notorious out
law who operated in Missouri, Texas and
Arkansas nearly half century ago, and
is alleged to have committed 27 murders,
may yet be arrested. He dropped out
of sight in 1872 and for more than 80
years was believed dead. A few days
ago he was discovered living on farm
near Lawton, Okla, but escaped the
officers who went to arrest him.
The lost art OF antique frescOing, the
perfected secret Of which was ever guard
ed BY Michael Angelo and was thought
to have died with him, has been discOv-
cred after 20 years of study by NJ. F.
Frederang in the archives of the vatican
library, where he found Angeles dairy
in which was set forth the secret.
Monday. June 10
The pope has issued an encyclical en-
cOuraging Catholics to participate in
public affairs. The encyclical has created
sensation. It's object is to induce
Catholics to enter public life, SO that
they may be force against the threat
of socialism.
1t developed today that President
ROOsevet's chauffeur was Overhauled for
speeding yesterday afternoon while car
rying the president, his son, Theodore,
and two of the latter's friends, along
the conduit road to Great Falls. But
the matter was dropped on learning
who was in the Auto.
At New York many prostrations and
four deaths, the latter all of young chill
dren, accompanied the renewal OF yester-
days torrid temperature, aggravated
by a high degree of humidity in the
early hours today. At noon the ther-
mometer registered SO, but went down
considerable as the day heightened.
In the Pittsburg district the struct-
uraI plate and tube mills will continue
operations throughout the summer with
out a shutdown, except for repairs. The
unprecedented demand for finished ma
terial forces manufacturers to keep the
plants in continuous service.
In the Pittsburg district there were
eight deaths and six prostrations re-
ported up to IL O'Clock tonight. The
thermometer reached 90 today and at
8 O'Clock this evening registered 50, but
10 of lhn
weather tomorrow.
At Washington the maximum temper
ature was SO, with cooler weather prom
ised. Several prOstrations are reported
but no fatalities.
The list OF dead resulting from the
collision on the Western Maryland rail
road near Patapsco station Saturday
evening was incseased to 26 by the
death tonight of James Benner, q rail
road labOrer.
The Mississippi river is out OF it's banks
from Clinton to Davenport. Thousands
of acres are inundated, and the crop and
property loss will run up into the hupd-
reds of thousands.
July wheat closed at S8c at Chicago
to1aY.
tuesday, June ~.
Two men are dying at the county hos
pital tonight, both OF pistol wounds
close to the heart, the result of duel
which they fought out alone on the out
skirts of San Francisco at an errly hour
this morning. The fckleness of pretty
girl, who proffered love for both,w the
cause of the duel.
Speaking OF the Chicago strike Sheriff
Barrett of Cook county today said
"This strike will be over within "a
hours. expect to make speedy arrange
ments for decreasing the force of deputy
sheriffs."
Up to noon today three more deaths
were reported in the Pittsburg district
from heat These make a total of {
deaths since Sunday. There were many
prostratiOns.
July wheat closed at 891sc in Chicago
today.
Tired out, worn out women cannot
sleep, eat or work; seems as if she would
fly TO pieces. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun