The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-06-22

President Roosevelt has approved the
resolution accepting Yosemite valley
and the Mariposa big tree grove The
guardian of the valley, who is appointed
by the Yosemite valley commissioners
will be withdrawn at once so the federal
government may enter without delay in
TO fuli possession and management.
OF the 26,OOO,OOO gallons of water be.
ing brought into San Francisco by the
Spring Valley company, more than half
Is wasted by passing into the sewers
from concealed leaks in the burned dis
trict. Over 100 men are employed
searching out and patching up these
| leaks
The decree consolidating Pttsburg
and Allegheny was signed by the Judge
Of the county court, and legally Greater
| Pittsburg is fact. Actual consOlida-
tiOn will not become effective, however,
until the act creating the greater city is
declared constitutional by the higher
| court
In accordance with the wishes OF Mrs.
| Cassie L. Chadwick, who is now confined
in the Ohio penitentary. all her personal
effects which were exempt from seizure
| by creditors when she was declared a
| bankrupt will be sold at public auction
at Cleveland, next Wednesday.
The house has adopted the conference
! report on the bill opening the BlackfoOt
Indian reservation in Montana to settle
ment.
The two upper floors OF the building
occupied by the Salt Lake Tribune, the
oldest morning paper in Utah, were
Quilted by fire.
Sunday, June II.
A pleasure party who were riding on a
handcar from their homes at Patty,
Tenn, to a nearby town we're run down
BY an engine and four Of the party killed
Reports are being received at Redding,
Cal, that smoke il pouring from the
cone Of Mount Shasta, and that deep
| rumblings are heard in the mountains
The reports are not credited
James r. Keene's famous year old
colt SysOnby, conceded last year to be
the best horse in training in America.
died at the Sheepshead Bay race track
OF blood poisoning. The horse had been
i'll for long time with skin disease.
As the result of having Miss Murray.
who weighs 26O pounds, fail upon him
while he made her a social call three
weeks ago, James Condron died in the
hospital at Morristown, \. j., of
broken neck.
The annex to the Ryan Hotel in st.
Paul was destroyed by fire with loss of
$500000.
In Willow Greek valley, Cal, Mrs
William BeaI and her two small children
were out driving when they we're attack
ed by Dora Chipp, an Indian woman, who
fred five shots aC Mrs. Beal, as she fed
to 4 nearby house for refuge She es
capped with the Oldest child, but neigh
bOr found the youngest child, IL months
old, dead in the road by the side Of the
buggy, its head terribly crushed and
beaten. The sheriff is searching the
country for the Indian woman, whose
motive is said to have been some fancied
grudge-
Monday, June 1S
At Red Wing, Mimi, William Bates, a
clam fisher, found pearl in clamshell
which is said to be the largest fresh
water pearl in existence Its worth is
estimated at anywhere between $4,000
to 100000. 1t is as large as good
sized marble, weighs S5 grains and has
beautiful luster.
John NJ. PattisOn, democratic govern
or of Ohio, died of Bright's disease at bis
home in Milford, 4 miles east of Cincin-
natl. Andrew Lintner Harris, lieuten
ant governor, who Will assume the duties
Of the executive office during the balance
OF the term for which Pattison was elect
ed, is republican.
Philadelphia has been excited over the
kidnapping Of Fred Muth, seven wear
old boy. who was enticed from his home
about week ago. 1t now transpres
that the kidnaper is John X. Kean, for
merly a prominent broker of the city,
who through association with an i'm
moral woman, has fallen into disgrace,
and hoped with the ransom money to
make good about $4,000 which be had
embezzled from one of his clients. The
boy was found after a weeks absence
and has been returned to his home, and
kean is in jail awaiting trial.
The heavy surplus of -four sent to San
Francisco by eastern sympathizers has
been sold by the finance committee TO
the Globe Milling company. OF the lot,
1900, 900 pounds sold at So so a bar
rel and $1,5OO,OOU pounds at So 16.
The committee decided to sell the -four
and convert the proceeds into other and
more pressing forms of relief. The entire
lot will be exported.
Tuesday, June 10
The will Of James A. Bailey, the circus
owner, which left his entire estate Of sew
eral million dollars to his widow, is to
be contested by two nieces and a nephew.
| Senator Hepburn Of Idaho has re-
turned to Washington from two weeks
stay at Atlantic City, apparently almost
| recovered from his prolonged illness.
| Mayor Schmitz and the public school
| authorities of San Francisco are making
| an appeal to the nation for assistance in
| rebuilding San Francisco's schOolhouses.
! Thirty-fOur schools were destroyed. Six
million dollars is needed to rebuild the
| schoolhouses and the plan is to have the
| children OF the nation contribute funds
for this purpose, as was done at Calves
! ton, Texas.
John J. Kean, tie Philadelphia kid
naper, has been sentenced to 20
/ years in the penitentiary. From the
time of kean's arrest until he was on
his way to prison to begin his sentence
less than "a hours elapsed
Governor Folk will respite for 80 or
60 days Mrs. Aggie Myers, sentenced to
hang June % for the murder OF her
husband. The supreme court has re-
fused rehearing