The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-08-04

plant of the Schwarzchild & Sulzerberper
packing company at Kansas City Mo.
causing $4,000 damages. Three other
hres have occurred in the past few weeks
which causes the officials of the company
TO believe the fires to have been OF in.
cendiary origin.
July wheat closed at S51 at Chicogo
today.
Sunday, July 80
During thunder storm Of terrific in
tenslty which passed over New York to-
day. i've persons were struck by light
nlng and instantly killed, and nine were
seriously injured at the Parkway baths.
Coney Island.
The dead body OF Mrs. Percy Luster.
wife OF the manager of the telephone
office at Guthrie, KY, was found in her
home today with bullet wound in her
side. Her husband is missing, and eyery
| effort ls being made TO locate him.
La an address before the Illinois
Baptist Chautauqua at Springfield. Ill.,,
today, Gcv. La Toilette Of Wisconsin
denounced the richest man in the world
with these words: John d. Rockefeller
| is the greatest criminal OF the age"
W. A. fnskeep, former member of the
board OF education of Columbus, o., was
arrested by the police today pending an
investigation of lottery scheme un-
earthed by a raid on an old building in
that city,
The following report of the progress OF
yellow fever in New Orleans is up to 6 o.
IN. Oday: New cases, 81; total cases to
date, 2S3; deaths today, 3; deaths TO
date, 81; new foci, 4.
Monday, July 81
An action was instituted today by
States Attorney General julius MAYER
in the supreme court of New York county.
N. ", 10 the name of the people of New
York against the Equitable Life Assu
rance society, its officers, directors and
members OF the executive and finance
committee, all of whome are named in
the complaint. The complaint charges
dishonesty, fraud and duplicity, and
asks a complete accounting of every
dollar Of funds.
Emmett higgins shot four times and
instantly killed Robert Dean today at
Fresno, Cal. The sh Ooting grew out of
trivial quarrel.
Five men held in the yellow fever de-
tention camp at Lumberton, Ala, at
tempted TO escape today and were fred
upon by the guards. Two men were
killed and three injured.
Five persons were injured today in an
accident to a train on the Rock Island
railroad near Joliet, H. The train ran
in on a switch which had been opened
for work train, and struck that train
,iemolishing a Pullman sleeper.
Fire in the packing house Of Swift 4
Co, at st. Joseph. Mo, today destroyed
the poultry department, said to be the
largest in the world, and the beef beds.
The loss is estimated to be $250,00O.
July wheat closed at SAC at Chicago
today.
Tuesday, August 1
Four lives were lost today by the
capsizing OF a small skiff on Swan river
near Duluth, Mimi.
John O. Hanley, editor ofsthe Alliance
Advocate, and we'll known in the west az
a leader of the farmers alliance and
other political movements, was arrested
in Minneapolis, Mimi, today. on a
charge of using the mails in connection
with a scheme to defraud.
The majority of the telegraphers and
many OF the train dispatchers on the
n, P. and the G. n. railways obeyed the
general strike order and quit work
today.
Registration Of applicants for land in
the tintah reservation was begun today
at Provo, Price, and Vernal, Utah.
Exactly AL applicants were in line at
each place.
July wheat closed at 844c at Chicago
today.