The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-06-08

on tne steamer La IOuraine from Hayre
After July l, no Jap will be allowed il
the navy unless he renOunces his EN-
perOr IN favor Of the stars and stripes
Orders to drop the names of all alieI
Japanese from the papers of our war
ships have been issued bv Secretary O
the Navy BOnaparte He directs that
the places of japanese stewards and
servants shall be filled by American
negroes. A Japanese steward was
found to have in his possession plans o.
the business section Of the turrpts of one
OF our latest type of battIeships, and
this is supposed to be the cause of the
recent order.
The city Of Chicago has decided to
! appoint commission to investigate
! conditions at the stOckyards to deter
| mine how far the recent criticism oI
methods employed in the killing of bee
and hOgs is justified Mayor Dunno will
ask the cooperation OF the federal gov
| ernment.
The California state legislature con,
vened 10 extraordinary session to con-
slider measures made necessary by the
recent disaster.
Sunday, June 3.
J. PlerpOnt Morgan has purchased the
great ROdolphe kann art collection in
| in Paris for So, 100000. The collection
| includes eight paintings by Rembrandt,
four by Rubens and six by Van Dyck.
Services in memory OF the late Carl
SchuEz were held Sunday in the Audito.
rum at Chicago before an audience
which filed the great hall The organ
" tlons under whose auspices the meet
ing was held were numerous and varied
Including German singing societies, turn
gemelndes, the military order of the
Loyal Legion, posts OF the g. A. r., com
merclal organizations, political associa-
tons, literary clubs and civil service
leagues.
Apricot pits are sold in California for
5 ) a ton his is the largest figure receiv-
ed for thetn. The demand comes from Ger
many, where they are used as substitutes
for almonds in candy. prussic acid is
also obtained from them.
Several thousand persons visited the
national cemetery at Arlington near
washington, where music and OratOry
tribute was paid to the confederate sol
diers whose bodies lie at rest beside the
soldiers of the north. The exercises we're
held in the confederate section of the
cemetery, where lie 267 confederates.
The situation at Cananea, Mexico, is
again normal. The American volunteers
who went across the line to NacO with
Governor Isabel of Sonora have return
ed to Bisbee, Arizona. Their services
were no longer needed, although their
presence there before the arrival of the
Mexican rurales, held the situation in
check. The town is now under martial
law, the Mexican commander having dis
armed both Mexicans and Americans.
conservative estimate of the number
a.ls..ial II tbs 94ht bet#sfe striking
miners is 36 Mexicans and six Americans
Monday, June A.
Trouble has again occurred in the coal
mines Of Ohio, 250 strikers ambushing
and attacking a squad Of 63 armed
guards. Troops were sent to the place
from Columbus.
The bill for the control and regulation
OF the Niagara river and the preservation
Of Niagara falls was passed by the house
under suspension OF the rules.
Arthur Pue German, senator from
Maryland, died suddenly at his residence
in Washington. Heart trouble was the
immediate cause of death.
San Francisco and Oakland expert
enced an earthquake shock which did no
damage.
One life lost, much live stock killed and
an incalculable loss to property are the
results of a wind and hail storm which
swept over Oklahoma aud Indian Ter
ritOry. FarmhOuses were picked up and
tossed about like so many pebbles, while
live stock was sucked up by the wind and
dropped from mid air. CIaremOre, Okla.
hOma, was visited by water spout and
and the town was practically inundated.
All wire service is interfered with.
Annie F. Stanford Of San Francisco. a
niece of the late Leland Stanford, has
filed a contest OF the will Of Mrs Jane
Stanford. She claims that promises
made her father, who was a brother of
the railroad magnate, we're broken by
Mrs. Stanford after her husbands death
Her claims amount to over $500, 900 in
cash and Southern Pacific stock which
she claims belonged to her father.
Tuesday, June 5.
The annual convention of Dunkards,
closed it's session at DAYTON, o. The
session was practically unanimous in the
opinion that telephones and automo-
biles should be left severely alone. The
next convention will be held in California.
At a rousiDg meeting of the Butte
Miners union a new set of delegates to
the Western Federation of Miners, now
in session in Denver, to replace the 10
delegates who bOlted the organization,
was elected. The organization rejected
the report OF the returning boilers.
Members of the iunta OF the Mexican
liberal party who Say they believe they
are the persons accused by Ambassador
Thompson Of having melted the strike
at the Greene Copper company mines at
Cananea, Mexico, were found in ST.
Louis, where they are publishing a paper
called Regeneration. Antonio |. Villa
real, secretary OF the iunta, is in charge
of the office. The publishers deny any
/ intention OF melting a revolution, but
| admit shat they have been calling atten-
| ton TO the fact that the mining COM
pany pays American workmen $5 a day
| and pays Mexicans only 81 80 a day
| and to the evils which are following the
| invasion OF the Yankees into Mexico.
1t is expected that John Mitchell, ,presi-
dent of the MinewOrkers of America, will
go to Kansas City to use his influence in
bringing about a settlement of the differ
ences between the miners and operators
Of the southwestern district, who have
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