The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-12-28
TELEGRAPHIC TOUCHES
VIKINGS of Week Boiled Down
for Busy Readers.
summary of Interesting News and
Events From all over
Great Country.
Wednesday, December 10.


The New York Stock exchange today
received application to list 500, ,OOO,-
OOO worth Of 4 per cent sterling loan
| ponds OF 1908 OF the japanese govern
| ment.
Mrs. Russell Sage loaned ST 500 600
yesterday to the Lands Purchase com
pany, on piece OF property on the
south side Of Wall street, Just west of
| William This makes $1,000 900 that
Mrs. Sage has loaned on Manhattan
real estate.
John Annoy Knox, at one time wide.
ly known as the editor and proprietor of
the Texas Siftings, died suddenly yester-
day IN his home. The cause Of death
was heart disease
Bishop Charles G. McCabe, of the
Methodist Episcopal church. died this
morning in New York. Death waa due
to apoplexy. He was born in Ohio in
1886.
Robert Gordon, Is years old. waa to.
day sentenced at Chicago to the reforma-
tory Tor life, after pleading guilty to the
charge OF numbering Joseph Reed, eight
years Old. Gordon pulled the Reed boy
under sidewalk, pounded him on the
mead with brick until he was uncon-
sclous and then dug a hole in the earth
10 which be placed young Reed and al
lowed him to suffocate.
Never before was so much money maid
for carrying freight in lake vessels as
during the season just closed. A rough
estimate places it at SOL 100000 for
coal, iron, ore, grain and lumber.
The senate today confirmed the fol-
lowing diplomatic nominations: Am
bassadOrs-Henry White, Rhode Island,
TO France; Lloyd c. Grisrom, Pennsyl-
vania, to Italy John w. Riddle, Mime
sofa, to Russia Irvine B. Dudley, Cali.
fOrnia, to Brazil, Also Leslie Coombs,
Kentucky, to be minister to Peru.
Thursday, December 20.
A blow at all schemes for old age pen
siOns for civil service employees, whether
IN the state or nation, was delivered to-
day by the National Civil Service Reform
league. Such list would cost the gov
ernment $25, 100000 year.
The Western Federation of Miners at
GoldfeId, Nevada. have voted to demand
an advance from 81 to s. per day in the
wages in that camp.
another years experience with negro
laborers from nearby tropical islands
and countries has convinced the com
mission Of the impossibility of doing sat
isfectory work with them" says report
made by the Panama commission. They
say that experiments made with laborers
from northern Spain has proved very
satisfactory.
Congress today adjourned until after
the holidays.
The Great Northern road today is
making up train at Superior, WiscoD
sin, of so cars loaded with coal to supply
immediate wants IN Grand Forks, n ID
The train will be run on passenger time
A bill appropriating 81 100000 for
the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition, to
be held in Seattle in 1909, was introduce
ed in the house today by Mr. Humphrey
The expenditures are divided in the esti
mates az follows: Department of the
interior, $55O,000: department OF war.
S150,O00; Alaska, $3.50, 900; Hawaii
$4,000; Philippine Islands, 100000
All the oil and gas wells in he Osage
nation, save three which would be injur-
ed by remaining idle, we're shut down
today. This action is the result OF re-
cent inquiry, which Disclosed that over
1900 acres Of oil lands we're being held
lCdbC ny OuC OpCl dbOI W
law.
Friday, December 2I.
A violent trembling OF the earth was
felt on both sides of the Grand river in
the neighborhood Of New Castle, 20 miles
west of Glenwood Springs. Colo, about
8 O'Clock this morning. The shock
lasted three minutes, and caused houses
in the town to rock.
In reply to inquiries by the British
government President Roosevelt has
indicated that the appointment OF j James
Bryce as British ambassador to Wash
ington will be entirely acceptable.
Mrs Charles Bright of Fort Worth,
Texas, en- route to Wichita, Kan, gave
birth to baby boy this afternoon on a
Rock Island passenger train, between
Duncan and MARROW. |. T. Travelling
men made up handsome purse for the
youngster, who has been named "ROck
Island" Bright.
Wells-Fargo cOmpany's express box,
said to have contained 100000, was
stolen from the cOmpany's office at
Reno, New, after the arrival OF last
nights train from Tonopah.
The Illinois Steel company increased
wages 10 per cent in its South Chicago
mills 1t is said a like advance will ap
ply to employees of the company in Joliet
and Milwaukee, and that $4,000 men
will profit.
| An increase of from Is to 20 per cent
in the price of coal, the product OF the
| Monongahela River Consolidated Coal
and Coke company in Penusy lvania, will
| be made within the next two days.
1t is announced from Washington that
citizenship will not be given the Porto
Ricans at this session OF congress.
Saturday, December %.
According to New York dispatches
Mrs. Samuel Sloan Chauncey, who cut a
wide swath among the local elite about
FIVE years ago, is soon to be married IN
London to Lord Herbert Kitchener,
commander of the British army.
Twelve barges, containing 100000
bushels OF coal, will be shipped to
Havana, Cuba, tomorrow, says Pitts
burg dispatch.
Deep snow is reported az falling at
Giendive. Montana, and stock men there
fear big losses.
In accordance with the annual custom,
the married employees OF the White