The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-09-08

given s months in Jail. Settlers OF Other
Dationalities will be placed among then
and it is hoped the Doukho3ors will bs
assimilated with them.
Arthur and Falcon Woodward, negros
were taken from Marshal jackson, who
was boarding "A train at Silver City,
Miss, and ynched. The negros had
| administered a severe threshing to a
white farmer in the vicinity.
Two women and a little girl were
burned to death tonight IN a fire which
destroyed house owned by Warren
Fletcher. two miles east OF LittIeton,
Mass.
The committee appointed by the re-
cent constitutional convention of the
five civilized tribes of Indian Territory
TO draft constitution for the proposed
new state, has completed it's work. and
the completed draft is now in the hands
OF acommittee
Sunday. September
Fierce storms swept the great lakes TO-
day, and so far two wrecks are reported.
One being the steamer Northland, which
sunk IN the canal at Duluth The other
vessel was the steamer Sevona, and she
ia complete wreck, lying on Sand
Island reef in Lake Superior. Eleven of
her crew are missing
small pleasure steamer was run
down and sunk by ferryboat on the
Hudson river at Hudson, n. Y. today.
VI the seven occupants of the pleasure
boat, four were drowned.
Practically all of the seats for the
Brltt-Nelson fight at San Francisco on
Sept II, have been sold. 1t is said that
the management could have sold at least
5000 more tickets, but as the arena is
now constructed it will be a physical
lmposslbllity to enlarge the seating
capacity.
In conversation with Congressman w.
A. Smith of Michigan after dinner at
Berlin, at which Mr.. Smith was one of
the guests, Emperor William said:
president Roosevelt alone deserves
credit for bringing about peace. He was
the only man in the world who could
have done 1t. He did his part splend-
idly"
New York interests have secured the
contracts Tor the construction of electric
street tramways, otels, etc, aggregating
) Slo,OOO,OOO in London and other
British cities. This insures placing OF
big orders for various construction
materials in the United States
Eight passengers were injured in a
wreck on the Santa Fe near Boone, Col.
The train was loaded by hundreds of ex.
cursionists bound to the G. A. r en-
campment at Denver. The wreck was
caused by the tender leaving the track
when the train was going at terrific
speed The engine and FIVE cars were
overturned.
Monday. Sept 4.
Reports on oil production in the Texas
district during August show decrease
as compared with July OF more than a
million barrels. The figures for July
were 4, 5S5, 500 and for August 3,503,5OO
every field in the district has shared in
the slump.
Francis j. Mccarthy. II year old.
San Francisco boy seems to have dem
onstrated the application of wireless
telegraphy on the telephone. Yesterday
at Ocean Beach, on home made instru-
mente, he was able to carry the words OF
d song for one mile.
While opening the draw OF the Missis-
sippi river wagon bridge at Lacrosse,
Wis, Engineer W. E. Boycott fell dead
at his post and the bridge being only
partly opened, the steamer G. w. Cowels
and RATS crashed into it, The steamer
was badly damaged and the raft was de-
molished.
The following is the official report OF
the yellow fever plague at New Orleans
up to 6 p. m today: New cases, So;
total to date, 2OS2. Deaths, 5; total,
296. Gases under treatment, 321.
Forty people, mostly from Kansas,
were injured by the wrecking of Santa Fe
passenger train No. at Boone. Col, 20
miles east OF Pueblo, yesterday afternoon
1t was at first reported that but eight
persons we're hurt.
Robert Bacon of New York has been
appointed assistant secretary of state
in succession to f. B. Loomis, resigned