The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-09-07
Sunday September =.

hoDti bbIubHi ~ tDlcagO, aged 1t
mas confessed that be struck Joseph Reet
8 years old, with brick, stunning him
and then buried him alive beneath th,
sldeHalk In front Of his fathers home
lhe boys body was found where Gordon
SAID be had buried it. Alter an inyesti
CATION by the police, Gordon was takeI
INTO custody, together with five Othe,
boys VINO had been drinking in the rear
oi the Reed home before the murder.
The United States Atlantic fleet j.
ready Tor the inspection OF Presiden,
Roosevelt, when the greatest American
naval review in history takes place. The
70 ships are in the positions assigned
them. They lie in three columns east
and west, just outside the entrance &c
oyster Bay, in Long Island sound.
There is no change in the street rail
way strike at San Francisco. Prospects
Tor an early settlement OF the strike are
| growing less, as neither side seems in
cllned TO make concessions. Six hundred
men we're brought into the citv by the
| United Railroads and have been held at
nearby points for opportunity to bring
them in without the knowledge Of the
carmen's pickets. These men are NOT
motor men, but construction men. The
president of the United Railroads ia
awaiting the arrival Of enough motor
men. He expects to be able to start the
cars sometime this week.
Serious trouble occurred at Hezpn.
New, at the junction of the Southern Pa
citic and GOldteld < TOnOpah railroads
when the second section of q train car
rylng strikebreakers to San Francisco
arrived. " hen the train was finally
started crowd with reYOlvers stood on
the rear platform. As they passed sew
eral miners, the latter hurled stones at
them. Fully 80 shots were fired from
the tram. One hat was struck bnt no
one was hurt.
Monday, September 3.
cable to the Chicago Tribune from
Tangier, Morocco, announces the can't
nre in that city Of Paul D. StensIand the
president Of the Milwaukee Avenue State
bank, which closed its doors on August
8. He was taken into custody while in
the British postofTice at Tangier. He
had allghted but short time before
from the German tramp steamer Olden-
burg and came to the postoffice to direct
the forwarding of his mail under the
name Of Paul Olsen to MogadOr. 400
miles southwest OF Tangier. AS he en-
tered the pOstoffice be was recognized by
Assistant States Attorney Olsen. who at
once placed him under arrest.
Emphatic denial is made at the state
department of all reports that any
movement is in progress looking to in
terVentiOn in Cuban affairs. There have
been no communications between the
president and the department on this
subject.
A salute Of 2l guns, fired simultane-
ously by every fighting ship in mighty
fleet Of two score warships, greeted Pres
ident Roosevelt when he stepped on
board the naval yacht Mayfower to re
view what is believed to be the largest
war fleet ever assembled in American
waters. The three large columns Of
American ships OF war are at anchor in
Long Island sound. The As vessels are
all within range Of Sycamore Hill and
could train l178 guns on the summer
residence of President Roosevelt.
District Attorney Bell, after inyestiga,
tiOn Of the affairs OF the Real Estate
Trust company, Of Philadelphia, which
failed laet Tuesday, has established di-
rect evidence of criminalty with more
than one person responsible. Arrests
are now certain, and it is known that
the suspected persons are under surveil-
lance.
Dispatches received at the war depart
ment from Honolulu indicate that the
transport Sheridan, which went ashore
on the reefs, can not be saved. She is
nearly filled with water and her engines
are flooded and useless.
Tuesday, September 4.
The San Francisco Garments union has
voted to go back to work and submit
the question of wages and hours to
arbitration. This action was taken at
a mass meeting Of the union. Before
becoming effective, it must be ratified
by the seven affiliated unions. This, it
is thought, will be easily obtained and
az a result the strike will be declared Off
The postal department has defined its
attitude toward organizations within
the service as follows: Organizations
within the department to receive it's
sanction in any degree must have for
their object improvements in the service,
or be OF purely fraternal or beneficial
character With any other purpose in
view, they are detrimental to the service,
to their members and to the public"
The action was taken after postal clerks
from several cities met in Chicago last
week and formed a union, with the
avowed purpose of joining the American
Federation of labor.
The campaign against the Mexican
revolutionary movement in Arizona cul-
minated when body OF Arizona rangers
raided a house near the international
line, where meetings have been held. Re
volvers, dynamite and incendiary litera-
ture were discovered in the house. Twelve
men who are said to be members Of the
revolutionary party were arrested in
Douglass. Ariz. These men, it is de
clared, will be prosecuted under the neu :
trality law.
The Atlantic feet, under command o:
Rear Admiral Evans, which was reviewed
by the president is under way to resume
regular duty.
Starving TO Death.
Because her stomach was so weakened
by useless drugging that she could not
eat, Mrs. Mary Fl. Walters of st. Clair