The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-08-31


settlers on the Uintah reservation ia
Utah, which w8s opened to the public
| nearly year ago, will be permitted to
continue their search for more isolated
homes. The Indians wanted to 90 to
the Black Hills or to the Rosebud
agency in South Dakota. They were un
able TO understand that they could not
OBTAIN lands there, nor would they listen
TO the warning of their agent that their
| ignorance OF white mems laws would
! probably lead them into trouble. The
| tes have reached Douglas, WyO. Thus
lar they have behaved themselves. Ia
the party are 100 men, - women and
eight children.
Sunday August 20
San Francisco street car lines are tied
| mp as result of strike among conduc
| tors and mOtOrmen. The cable cars are
the only ones running and there is a
prospect that the employees on these lines
Will join the strike, which promises to be
stubborn one.
4 financial battle. with $50, 900 in
| cash and the control OF the Chicago, Mil
waukee < st. Paul railway system, is on
between j. PierpOnt Morgan and +. III
Hartman. On the outcome Of the war
depends whether the st. Paul road ia to
be extended to the coast, (fOr which pur
pose S25, 100000 new stock issued was
vOted) in nOrtherIv direction. and SO
seriously injure the traffic Of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific system.
| or sOutherly to impair the future profits
OF the Union and Southern Pacific.
1t has been discovered that almost un-
der the dome Of the capitol well EQUIP
ped gambling resort is being operated
beyond the control Of the authorities. II
Is a huge hOusehOat in the Potomac
river out Of the jurisdiction Of the Dis
trlct OF Columbia. and also that oi Mary
land end Virginia. 1t runs full blast
day and night, keno, roulette and crap
shooting being the principal games. An
effort will be made to Oust the gamblers
The San Francisco Call prints story
to the effect that James J. Hill, the rail
way magnate, il planning to extend the
Northern Pacific into California. 1t is
stated that route is being surveyed
through timber lands in the northwest
part OF California, which have been ac
quired by I. b. Walker and other big
lumbermen
Secretary OF agriculture Wilson visited
Milwaukee and accompanied by DR..
Behnke, chief OF the local meat inspection
bureau, visited several Of thes packing
houses in the city.
Monday, August -.
Three Spanish ships captured BY Ad-
miral Dewey in Manila bay, May l, 1898,
have been sold by the navy department
for SOB. The three ships are the Alba
ny, ManileO and MindanaO. They have
been stripped Of everything movable and
are simply old hulks practically useless
Tor any purpose Of the navy.
The first and second federal grand
iuries Of Chicago returned indictments
against the Standard Oil company in
the United States circuit court The in
dictments, which contain 6428 counts,
s-a all in connection with the granting
OF rebates.
Two men were found sitting upright
in wagon, dead, and four mules dead
in the harness, near kenna, n. Nj. The
men have been identified as Victor and
Thomas Simpson, brothers, who live on
farms near Eida. They were killed BY
lightning when driving from Roswell to
their farms
1t is reported in Chicago that Paul O.
Stensand has been located in Brazil
His arrest il said to be q matter Of
hours. The report was made by the
PinkertOn detective agency to the direc-
tors OF the Milwaukee Avenue bank.
Similar reports were made to the acting
United States attorney, James Barbour.
Tuesday, August 2s
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, is on hunt.
ing trip in Colorado.
Union labor was dealt a heavy blow
by the decision OF Judge Chester A
Fowler in Racine, Wis, 10 the boycott
suit for $25. 900 damages brought by
baker Otto B. Schultz against the
Trades Labor council and Others. By
the decision the contract exacted from
the boss bakers by the union men. 10 an
effort to enforce the closed shop is held
illegal.
Unable to meet it's obligations because
of the large amount OF money loaned on
insufficient security by it's president, now
dead, the Real Estate Trust company of
Philadelphia, which was considered one
of the strongest financial institutions in
the city, closed its doors.
There have been filed with the state
engineer Of Colorado papers which have
for their purpose the redemption Of near
ly a million acres of arid land, the
largest irrigation proposition that bas
ever been undertaken by private capital
Frank j. Mccarthy, civil engineer OF
Denver, is drafting plans to build q
reservoir that will cover "a square miles,
has an average depth of 30 feet and will
use the entire surplus water OF the Platte
river. Heretofore, it has been estimated
that 80, lis, ,00O,O cubic feet OF water
was wasted yearly in the Platte river.
The presidents order regarding pho
netic spelling will be extended to all
parts OF the government. By his di
rectiOn all documents are 10 be printed
with that form of spelling. A meeting
was held, called by Public Printer Still
ings, OF all the chief clerks Of the various
depa rtments and a committee was al.
pointed to formulate rules for carrying
out this order.
Summer DiarrhOea in Children.
During the hot weather OF the sum