The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-08-24

their notice of a reduction. 1t is esti-
mated that the lower rates will mean a
saving Of from 81 100000 to $500
900 on this years crop.
| Rev. Joseph I'll. Lawrence Cross. the
| Oldest graduate OF Harvard college and
the Oldest Congregational minister in
the United States. died of old age at
Lawrence, Mass. He was born in 1908
and was graduated from Harvard in
1875. He was friend of Dsniel Webster
and at Harvard with Oliver Wendell
Holmes and Charles Sumner.
The bank examiners report in the case
OF the Milwaukee Avenue bank OF Chi
cegO, estimates the total defalcations of
PRESIDENT Stensland to be 81 900, 900
and possibly more. He says the closing
OF the bank was the cOnsummatiOn OF d
career the most remarkable and. in his
opinion, the most conspicuous in the
history of banking.
Sunday August 10.
Lewis Morrison whose work as Mephis
to in Faust" has gained him fame, died
Saturday in st Johns hospital, YOn-
kers after undergoing an operation for
disease OF the stomach He was 81 wears
old. Mr.. MOrrisons g wife, Florence Rob
erts was at his bedside when he died.
There is one case of yellow fever at
New Iberia, 125 miles from New Orleans.
The patient is a mulattO boy living in
an isolated part of town. There 4 so
far nothing to show how the infection
originated.
Hot winds following a week Of unusual
heat, tie maximum temperature being
daily from 80 to 100, has created fear
among grain men that widespread dam
age to late grains and corn has been
done III parts of Iowa, Nebraska and
South Dakota
PluDging through n binding rainstorm
d ID the rate Of 45 miles an hour, fast
freight train on the Pennsylvania rail
road crashed into q wOrktrain at Sang
Hollow, Pa, killing seven and seriously
lniurlng seven Others of the worktrain
crew.
More than $3OO,OOO damage was done
to Freeport, Ill.,, by a cloudburst
Streets became running streams, and
many families were forced to leave their
homes in boats. Railroads suffered
severely from washouts.
Axtell, the stallion that in 1889 made
the worlds trOtting record, died at the
dEItH L dEh eJOck Idrm near IerFe
Haute, Ind, Of spasmotic collie.
Twelve persons lost their lives in the
waters about New York today. Most of
the victims were bathers.
Monday, August 90.
Specifications for bids to furnish Chi
nese labor Tor the construction Of the
Panama canal have been issued by the
isthmian canal commission. The basis
for bidding is $500 coolies, although the
commission may call for additional Chi
nese laborers should the experiment be
successful.
The negro troops at Fort Brown,
Texas, who bave been having such seri
Gus trouble there, have been ordered to
Fort RingOld, Texas, and white com
pany now at Fort RinggOld, have been
ordered to Fort Brown.
There is promise of peace at Zion City.
An agreement has been reached by which
DOwie will, for the remainder of his life,
remain the first apostle of the Christ
ian Catholic church. while the temporal
affairs of the community will be in the
hands OF Foliva, and his supporters.
The lack Of wind is the only condition
that now prevents possible reign Of ter
lOt HUN bHC tOIGSJ lIeB OIl Ine mpEdDd
and VermilliOn ranges in Minnesota
Millions of dollars worth of property,
towns and mines are in peril. People at
various points are 'back firing"
The New York grand jury has taken
the investigation of the ice trust out OF
the hands Of District Attorney Jerome
and will begin an independent investiga
tiOn. The cause of this action was that
the only evidence produced by the dis
trict attorney was that provided by the
officials Of the accused trust. 1t has been
many years since grand jury decided
to act independent of the district attOr-
ney and sent out its own subpoenas.
Tuesday, August Fl.
The Southern Pacific company, in
view of the great demand in California
for labor to care for the crops and other
work that is offering, has decided to put
into effect low rates from ali points east
every Monday, beginning the 27th in
stant. These rates will be one way rates.
Pat Grove, who was taken in charge
by the Omaha police, but was later given
mis- freedom, called at police headquart-
ers in accordance with an arrangement
made and had long talk with the pO-
lice sergeant. He says he has given up
his old life and that he is engaged in
newspaper work and meant to earn an
honest living hencefOrth. He was told
that he could remain in the city as long
as he did as he promised.
John Alexander Dowie says that all
negotiations between himself and yoliva
for settlement Of the Zion City land have
been declared off. Dowie has issued Il
statement in which he says: "All at
tempts at negotiations have ended in
failure.
The mining town of townsville, Plumas
county, Cal, was practically wiped out
by fire.
Funds for the relief OF earthquake sui
ferers will be received by the American
Red Cross and sent to Valparaiso and
other stricken cities for distribution
through American representatives in
that country. Charles H. Keep, nation
al treasurer of the American Red Cross,
Washington, d. O., will receive cOntrihu-
tions from persons living in states which
have no Red Cross organization.
Children IN Pain
never cry as do children who are suffer
ing from hunger. Such is the cause OF
all babies who cry and are treated for
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