The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-03-03
BETWEEN THR OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of q Week.
Important Happenings and Things
OF Interest from All Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, February %.

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The Washington members at the ma
tional capital secured concurrence in the
senate amendment to the army apprO
priation bill, which makes $95, 900 i'm.
mediately available for completing the
cable from Valdez, Prince William
| Sound. to Seward at the head Of Resur
rection bay, Alaska.
| President Roosevelt was the guest Of
honor and orator of the day at the
Washington birthday exercises held
under the auspices of the University o
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
Senator Spooner from the committee
on judiciary made favorable report on
the bill dividing the state OF Washington
into two judiciary districts. Representa-
tive Jones secured the passage of this
bill through the house and it will doubt
less pass the senate.
DR.. Morris, a negro preacher, came
very near precipitating a riot at the
| Mount Olivet Baptist church (African)
in New York City, by criticism of Booker
| I. Washington, and incidentally OF
| President Roosevelt. When the speaker
declared that no great harm would have
been done if an anarchist had made an
attack when Washington visited the
president at the White House, things
began to look interesting, and the
reverend gentleman brought his speech
to sudden close. A committee of eight
was selected to request Rev. Morris to
retract and send a personal letter OF
apology to President Roosevelt and
Booker I. Washington.
Thursday. February %.
Tho Woaf End oo,,,o;l L;oI
met at Chicago, has declared out of date
the Now lay me" prayer OF childhood,
and offers in its stead others that sound
more euphonious and poetic.
Ats O'Clock tonight 90 bodies had
been recovered from the Virginia mine at
Birmingham, Ala, and the rescue work
continues. The foul odors from the de-
composing bodies have become so unbear-
able that rescuers work in short relays.
and hundreds OF pounds of disinfectant
have been used to make further work
possible.
Addressed to United States Senator
Penrose OF Philadelphia, Pa, small in
fernal machine was found done up in an
innocent looking package in a private
mail box in the hallway of building at
1910 Market street today. The box con-
tanned gun powder and liquid in bot
tie, supposed to be nitroglycerine. On
portions of the wrapper of the box were
pasted clippings containing the names OF
different corporations. On another wrap
per was the inscription, president RoOse-
welt: We are not in any trust; time lin
tied, inauguration"
Leslie G. Fuller, an assistant attorney
in the department Of justice in Washing
ton, is detained at police station in
Chicago and tomorrow will be sent to
the detention hospital for the insane un-
til bis friends are able to make arrange
ments for his care.
The state assembly OF Madison, Wis,
passed the bill prohibiting the sale OF
giant firecrackers and other dangerous
explosive specified
Colonel Charles S. Arnold, OF Atlanta,
men in the south, and distinguished
citizen of Atlanta, committed suicide to
day by shooting. No reason is known
for the act.
President ". R. Harper of the Univer-
sty OF Chicago passed comfortable
night at the Presbyterian hospital, fol.
lowing yesterdays surgical operation
for cancer. His condition today accord
ing to physicians. was favorable.
For the first time in the history OF the
city. Baltimore is without oysters dur
ing the season. Dealers say lovers of
oysters must expect to do without them
until thaw comes which will enable
the dredgers to get fresh supply.