The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-11-23

Iransmisaissippi Commercial congress
which will begin q four days session o
. tuesday morning Secretary Shaw an
I MIR. Bryan will be among the speakers
Sunday, November
A fierce storm is raging in the south
| Memphis, New Orleans and other citie
are hard hit. The cotton crop is dam
aged
A terrific gale covers the Great Lakes
doing great damage to shipping.
Mrs. ". u. Bailey, mother Of United
States Senator Joseph w Bailey, dieC
at Crystal Springs, Miss, after an ex-
tended illness.
The epidemic of crime that has swept
over Pittsburg and vicinity since No
Vembsr , has apparently run it's course,
and today only a few small burglaries
were reported
The worst blizzard experienced in a
decade y now raging in Colorado.
Trouble with the faculty, trustees and
students has driven DR.. Richard d. Har-
Ian, son Of Justice Harlan OF the United
States supreme court, and brother of
iOgmer Attorney General Harlan of
Porto Rico, from his position as preei-
dent of the Lake Forest college. one of
the foremost among the smaller educa-
tiOnal Institutes Of the west.
Secretary Taft left Washington today
for New Haven, Conn, to attend q
meeting Of the Yale corporation, Of
which he is a member.
Monday, November
The demurrer of defendants in the ac-
ton Tor 100000 damages brought by
Charles ii. Meyer, president of the West
ern Federation of Miners, against former
Adiutant General Sherman Bell, and Ad
jutant General BulkIey Wells, is sustained
IN an opinion rendered today by Judge
Robert Il. Lewis Of the United States
district court. Meyer alleged wrongful
Imprisonment by the military.
The National grange at Denver went
on record against endorsing the in
itiative and referendum when a resolu-
ton, offered by c. B. Kegley of Wash
ingtOn, was voted down.
Antonio Tuscia, member OF an alleged
black hand society, was shot and killed
today at MckeespOrt, Pa, by Jose
SparrattO, whom he threatened to kill
unless $500 was paid to the society.
AS more detailed reports are received
from those portions of Alabama, north
and central Mississippi, western Tennes-
see, swept by the wind and rain storms
of the past 4S hours, the situation in
Creases in seriousness.
Floods are prevalent in many of the
southern states, doing great damage.
A heavy snow has fallen since Satnr-
day night ia Colorado, and the thermO-
meter registered two above zero. Bitter
cold is reported in the Cripple Creek
district.
John Mitchell has no opposition for
president Of the United Mine Workers of
America.
Congressman Richard Bartholdt left
Sc. Louis today tor New York, at the in
Of Andrew Carnegie, who has
TO turn over to him 81, 100000
to be used in furthering The propaganda
Tor international peace.
Tuesday, November 20.
The opening OF the south half of the
COlville Indian reservation is a wear
away. Survey and allotment is neces-
sary before settlement can take place.
General Shatter left an estate valued
at SIS, 900.
Rain is still falling at Memphis, Tenn.
and the losses are heavy.
Turkeys in New York are high. Plague
has been killing off thousands of birds.
Great interest is manifested in the
congress now in session at
Kansas City. A vast audience is pres.
ent and many distinguished men attend.
The Butte miners accept, with thanks,
the advance in wages Of 25 cents a shift.
Temperature below zero is reported
Colorado.
Protest against the delivery Of an ad- |
dress in Chicago by Senator Benjamin r. |
Tillman was made today to Mayor
Dunno by q delegation of negro citizens. |
The mayor would not discuss the matter
today. 81 will only say" be said, that
a man who iustifies Iynching can not be
A consistent believer in law"
Or. Devine, special representative of
he Red Cross, expresses faith in Mayor |
Schmitz Of San Francisco, and thinks no |
graft" was INDUCED in in distribution |
)f relief fund.