The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-02-24
BBTWbbN THR OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of q Week.
Important Happenings and Things
of Interest from All over
Great Country.
Wednesday, February 10.

Wednesday, February 15.
Filled full of whiskey buck Indian
went on the warpath, 30 miles south oi
TonOpah, New. He killed three squawe
and fellow Indian. A posse Is persuing
him in the mountains.
Gen. Lew Wallace, ex-United States
minister to Turkey, veteran OF the Mex.
lcan and civil wars, peer of American
writer's, and author of "Ben Hur," died
at bis home at Crawfordvili, Ind, aged
rs years. For more than year, it is
said he was unable to assimilate food
and gradually starved to death surround
ed by plenty.
John Maynard Harlan. son of the
United States Judge of that name, has
been unanimously nominated by the re-
publican city, convention OF Chicago for
the office of mayor.
Samuel Gleason, colored, and the Ed
wards woman, white, we're respited to-
day by Gov. Pennypacker on request OF
the pardon board, to enable counsel to
again take Gleason's case into court, as
the wOmon has confessed that she alone
is responsible for the murder OF her negro
husband.
Frank Raisinger was han ged at Bridge
The rope broke as the body rebounded
and the back of Raisinger's head struck
a scaffold and broke Raisinger's neck.
The physicians present said death was
instantaneous. 1t was therefore not nee
essary to raise the body again to the
scaffold.
May wheat cloeed at 81 ,19z at Chicago
today.
According to reports 80 far received by
W. g. Preuitt, secretary OF the state
board OF stock commissioners, the cold
weather has done no appreciable damage
to stock in Montana.
Thursday. February 10.
Jay Cooke, financier, died at the home
OF his daughter at Ogontz. Pa, q sub
urb OF Philadelphia, aged SO.
Phillip Hogan, private, Co. 8, 18th in
fantry, was fearfully slashed in a brawl
which occurred almost within the gates
at the Preside, near San Francisco,
Cal. One cut extends from his left
shoulder down bis side to the leg. He
will die.
The town OF Smithfed, ILL.,, is quaran-
tined so tightly that. no news can be had
from there even by telegraph. Until the
telegraph operator was stricken with
small pox communication was had with
the outside world and the town at that
time was in sorry plight.
May wheat closed at $1.21b at Chicago
today.
Fire at Edwards ILL.,, burned to death
three children of MIR. and Mrs. Manning
Harris. The mother was rescued, though
frightfully burned, the flesh hanging in
shreds from her body. The children were
left lying in the bed beside the mother.
Fonr men were killed and fourteen in
iured as a result Of two explosions on
board the British submarine boat "a. 5"
at Queenstown today. Carelessness in
handling gasole is supposed to have been
the cause.
Friday, February II
Twelve men were held up and robbed
by three masked men at the Office of
Max Meldenberg, corner OF Claborn place
and Hawthorne street, Chicago. The
robbers shot three people and secured
$500 in cash.
May wheat closed at s119% at Chi
cago today.
A statue OF Miss Frances Willard has
been placed in statuary hall, Washing
ton, by the state of Illinois. This is the
first women's statue to find place there.
Another character has jumped into
notoriety and freaky Kansas has pro-
duced long-felt want in the person Of
"Bilp' Horn, the first man to buffalo
Garry Nation. Carrie called Bill a
drunken sot and knocked cigar from
his mouth. Bill thereupon got busy,
standing all that's mortal of original re-
former on it's head in a snowdrift as a
finale of the exhibition. In the suit
which followed Bill was acquitted by a
grateful jury.
A dispatch from Warsaw states that
in the 4th police district 20 prisoners,
mostly strikers, were placed against a
wall and soldiers fred volley after vol
ley at them until all were dead. In the
tenth district SO many were killed that
10 police wagons were required to re.
move the dead.
Saturday, February IS.
Secretary Hay has notified friends oi
"Jim" Wardner that be and the other
Americans captured by Yaqui Indians
would be protected by the Mexican gov.
ernment, who claims to have the situa-
ton well iu hand.
Persons unknown made an unsuccess.
full attemp to poison Mrs. Leland Stan
ford today. The poison was placed in a
bottle OF mineral water in sufficient
quantity to poison a dozen people, and
when drank by the noted philanthropist
acted as it's own emetic.
When Miss Elinor Thompson handed
DR.. Fl. l.. Wagner, wealthy physician
OF San Francisco, bis lost wallet con.
tanning 81 900 in Chicago store today
! he rushed out of the place where she is
employed, bought half pound of candy
and effusively forced the girl to take it.
J Five persons were burned to death al
Howebrook plantation, Missouri. They
were Mrs. John Chore and daughter, anc
Mrs. Samuel Antworth and two children
Sunday. February 10
AS a result OF the contemplated strik,
on the n. Y. n. H, & Fl. R. R., YaI
students have signified their intention o
doing the strikebreaking act, in the hop
of squashing the undercrust and Incl
denually getting some practical expert
ence.
In a skirmish between Bulgarians AM
: Turks on February 16, at small villag
o near Strupintza the Turks we're victori