The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-06-08
TRLECRAPHIC TOUCHES
Weeks Summary of Interesting
News and Events.
Cream of the News Gathered from
All Quarters at Home and
Across the Oceans
Wednesday, May 80.

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morning the president delivered a patri
otic Grafton in the grounds Of the naval
hospital at Portsmouth, Va, and direct
ly afterward unveiled handsome marble
shaft erected by the Army and Navy
union in the cemetery adjoining the hos
pital grounds to the memory OF its fallen
comrades. The memorial exercises were
preceded by an imposing parade through
the principal streets Of Portsmouth
Nearly 1000 sailors Of the North Allan
tic fleet participated in the parade In
addition there were organizations rep
resenting the Army and Navy union, the
Grand Army of the Republic, the union
and confederate veterans and many
| civilian patriotic societies. Later in the
| day the president delivered an address %
the hundreds Of negro and Indian stu
dents of the Hampton institute, after
wards making q tour Of the various de-
partments of the school.
| The Texas state railroad commission
issued an order effective July 1, reducing
| the rates for passenger fares from 3 cents
a mile to 2R cents on the Houston &
| Texas Central railroad. As this is the
| shortest route from north Texas TO the
gulf, other lines will have to meet the
CentraPs rate in order to get business
The management threaten to contest
| the commissions order in the court.
Women from all parts OF the United
| States are gathered at St. Paul attend
| ing the biennial convention Of the general
| federation of wOmen's clubs, which will
| last h week.
Thursday, May 81,
DR.. Louis A. Weigel, the fret Ameri-
can authority on the Roentgen raw, died
| at Rochester, n Y, as the result OF his
experimental work in that line. In Oc
| tOber, 1904, it became necessary to re-
move his right hand and three fingers
of his left hand, which had become COW
cred with a cancerOus growth few
| months later he was again put under
the knife and the left chest muscles were
| removed. -Four more operations we're
performed before he finally succumbed.
Hhe year old child Of Robert Ma
roney of Cedar. Grove, W. Va, was tied
to stake and burned to death BY play
mates, who we're emulatiDg the char
acters in a mock initiation of "Red
Men" recently presented by members
Of q lodge in the public hall at that
pace.
The Butte Miners union, 5000 mem.
bers strong, may withdraw from the
Western Federation of Miners as re
suit Of President Frank O'C0nnor,
William Cunningham and other dele
gates boiling the federation convention,
now in session at Denver.
At the close of a four hours search
for her three youngest children, Mrs.
Adelaide Van Sleet of Kankakee, ILL.,.
found them dead 10 a trunk in an upper
chamber. All three we're little girls The
lid OF the big trunk was tightly closed
upon them. 1t is supposed they had
crawled into the trunk during their play
and that the cover fell and latched and
that they were suffOcated.
The Lincoln party, composed OF inde-
pendent republicans opposed to the pres
ent republican state regime, met in con
vention at Philadelphia and nominated
Lewis Emery for governor.
Friday, June T.
Governor Pardee has issued a procla-
nation cOnvening q special session Of the
California legislature to assemble on
June g. In the call ia enumerated the
legislation which it is desired to enact as
result OF the recent catastrophe in San
Francisco, Santa Rosa and San Jose.
Forty five Americans were killed at
Cananea, Mexico, where is located the
great copper camp of Colonel ". c.
| Greene. The camp is on fire, and the
Mexicans are using dynamite in blowing
up the great smelters and mills owned
by the Greene company. The trouble
arose over the demand of the Mexicans
for an increase in wages from $3.50 to
So. The number OF striking Mexicans is
estimated at 5000 and they are making
re oil in ho
camp.
President Roosevelt has decided to
make public the report of Professor Neil,
| commissioner of labor, aud j. B. Rey-
nolds of New York, concerning the con-
| ditions OF the meat packing establish
ments as they found them on an inquiry
instituted by the president, primarily
| for his own information. The president
is of the opinion that immediate legisla
tion Of drastic nature is necessary to
cure the evils which have been developed
| He decided, therefore, to make public the
Neil-Reynolds report.
At an important meeting of American
| insurance companies in New York,
resolutions setting forth the position the
underwriters represented as regards the
adjustment OF liabilities in the San Fran
! ClsCO COuHdSIdJIOu were
adopted, the rulings adopted affecting,
it is claimed, not less than 70 per cent of
the insurance carried by American cor
porations and explicitly denying liability
for purely earthquake losses.
Representative Robert Adams OF the
second congressional district of Pennsyl.
vania, died in Washington as the result
of pistol shot through bis mouth into
his head, with suicidal intent. He was
heavily in debt, which is supposed to
have been the cause OF his suicide.
Saturday, June 2
A large open car, chartered by a pri
vate party and returning to Providence
R | from Crescent park. left the rail,
and was overturned. Eleven persons
were killed and 20 injured.
Representative Longworth and Mrs
Longworth sailed for England. JUS
before the Longworths sailed some ex
citement was caused by drunken Ital
ian declaring that he was an anarchis
hof he int Cd 70 hap