The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-08-25
stamp OF disapproval on kissing and
hugging in courtship.

stream below. Walsh was son of
Thomas F. Walsh, millionaire mine
owner of Colorado.
-Four people were drowned and prop
erty valued at 100000 was DESTROYED
as the result of cloudburst at South
west City, Mo.
Lambert Niehaus, under sentence to
be hanged Monday for the killing of his
brother in law, today committed suicide
in his cell at st. Louis, stabbing himself
in the abdomen with penknife
The following is the official report of
the yellow fever plague at New Orleans
up to q p. m. today: New cases, 5S;
total TO date, 134O. Deaths, 4; total,
l92. Cuses under treatment, 4O1.
Sept. wheat closed at SO%c at Chicago
| today.
Sunday, Aug 20.
The resignation of Lord Curzon as
vlceroy OF India and the appointment of
the earl OF Mimic as his successor was
announced at the British Indian office,
London, according to dispatch to the
New York Journal.
Hemmed in on narrow platform be.
tween two trains at Mcdonald. Pa.
| three OF a crowd of so iammed in the
narrow space, were seriously injured and
number OF Others are suffering from the
shock of the panic and crush caused by
| the accident.
Mayor Dunno of Chicago was arrested
| this afternoon in the suburb of Evanston
| for violating the ordinance regulating
| the speed OF automobiles and fined SO
by justice of the peace.
Following is the official report OF vel
low fever at New Orleans up to D. m.
today: New cases, 45; total to date,
1885. Deaths, 4; total, 1876.
One man was killed and 10 people
seriously injured in street car accident
at Dewitt, six miles from Lansing, Mich.
A table recently compiled by Commits
sioner Richards OF the general land office
shows that there are 1876, ,161 ,257 acres
OF vacant land in the northwest-name-
~, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
appropriated and unreserved land in the
country at large.
Monday, Aug 21
Chicago wholesalers, hotel men, butch.
ers and restaurant keepers have formed
combination against the beef trust
and two plants, costing $4OO, 900 will be
erected, while third envolying half a
million is contemplated.
Three cases of yellow fever have de-
veloped at Gregory, Mo, within the last
"a hours. One victim has died and two
Others are said to be very low. All are
Italians and were recently brought here
from Greenville, Miss.
The court OF inquiry investigating the
recent explosion on board the gunboat
Bennington at San Diego, Cal, on July
21, has submitted its findings to the
secretary OF the navy. The court finds
that explosion resulted from the closing
OF valve which connected the exploded
boiler with it's steam guage, so that the
pressure may have run up to several
hundred pounds to the square inch
st. Louis and vicinity was visited by
an earthquake tonight. Three distinct
shocks we're felt in the city and in st.
Louis county as far east as Bellevidere,
Ill.
he Sultan OF Sulu has rendered Miss
Alice Roosevelt, who is touring the
Philippines, an offer OF marriage. The
Sulan would make the presidents
daughter Sultana of SuIu, saying it was
the desire of his people for her to remain
among them.
September wheat closed at SOAc at
Chicago today.
Tuesday, August %
While Mrs. S. E. Mize and a woman
companion went out from the Del Prado
hotel, Chicago, for a short walk they
we're accosted by two men who demanded
their valuables. Mrs. Mize started to
run and was shot in the head and in.
stantly killed.
Philip Kreigh, supposed to be the
largest man in the United States, died
today at his home in Stitesville, Ind,
from dropsy. His weight often reached
776 pounds.
Following is the official report of vel
low fever at New .Orleans up to 6 p m.
today: New cases, II; total to date,
1903 Deaths, 9; total, 214. Cases
under treatment, 319.
According to the story of the little
daughter of Mrs. John Lea, widow of
supposed suicide, the mother and James
Hix, the womans lover, murdered the
man. The child says Hix held her father
while her mother broke his neck, Hix
telling her where to strike. They later
hung the body at mill where both men
were working.
George and James Smith, father and
son, we're shot from ambush at Elm,
near Frankfort, KY, and killed. Suspi-
cion attaches ]. M. Newton with whom
the Smiths recently had trouble over the
location OF fence.
September wheat closed at SO% at Chi
cago today.
Climatic Cures
The influence of climatic conditions in
the cure OF consumption is very much
overdrawn. The poor patient and the
rich patient, too, can do much better at
home by proper attention to food di-
gestion, and regular use of German
Syrup. Free expectoration in the morn
ing is made certain by German Syrup,
so is good nights rest and the absence
OF that weakening cough and debllitating
night sweat. Restless nights and ex
haustion due to coughing. the greatest
danger and dread of the consumptive.
can be prevented or stopped by taking
German Syrup literally and regularly.
Should you be able to 60 to warmer
cline, you will find that the thousands
of consumptives there, the few who are
benefited and regain strength are those