The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-02-16
NEWSOF MANY STATES
Happenings All Over the Union
Briefly Told.
news OF Many States Collected and
Compiled in Short
Form
Wednesday, February Z.

Two republican and one populist
ticket IN the field in Louisiana practical
~ assure democratic success in that
state
VIM. Stiles is under arrest at South
Bend, Indiana, charged with embezzle-
ment OF $4O,O 900 of the estate of the late
SamIel Halstead of New York.
Eighteen American prisoners ESCAPED
from the transport Medos at Nagaonki,
Japan, and struck for the interior. Only
eight have been captured.
A minority report was made to the
house bill for election of senator's bv the
people. 1t cOncurs with the principle OF
the Dill, but urges direct elections with
out awaiting legislative approval for a
change OF system, as proposed by the
majority.
Senator PenrOse introduced a resolu-
ton IN the senate requesting the presi-
dent to detail so many naval vessels as
IN his Judgment may be necessary to
maintain strict neutrality and main
tam our commercial rights in Portuguese
waters in South Africa during the pro-
gress OF the Boer war.
Thursday, February g.
Senate ratified the extradition treaty.
with Peru and the Mexican boundary
treaty.
Colonel Richard Thompson, secretary
OF the navy under President Hayes, died
at indianapolis, aged 81.
Funeral of the late Wm. GOebel was
conducted at Frankfort, Ky. A vast
concourse OF people participated.
Nine persons we're killed, 9 injured and
81 m + hn g
freight crashing into the rear of O pass
enger train at Escanaba, Mich.
William f. Miller, absconding head of
the Franklin syndicate of Brooklyn, a
concern which promised to pay investors
IO per cent a week, was arrested in Can
ada and returned to New York.
The town of COllinsville, ILL.,, II miles
from st. Louis on the Fandalia railroad.
narrowly escaped destruction by tor
nado. Nine persons were injured in the
Immediate vicinity of the village, some
OF them fatally, and there was much
damage to property. st. Louis was al
so struck and one woman killed. At st.
Joseph the wind and rain storm was one
OF the worst ever known there. Anton
Helster was blown from his door onto
stone walk and killed.
Friday, February o.
Biggest snOwstorm of the winter par-
alyzed traffic and business at MINNEAPOLIS
Senator Jones of Arkansas introduced
free coinage substitute for the pending
currency bill.
4 lone robber attempted to hold I'D q
Chicago saloon. The bartender and a
lawyer present took his gun from him
and shot him to death with it.
The California legislature refused to
adopt a joint resolution protesting
against the proposed treaty with Eng
land relative to the Nicaragua cana
now pending before the United States
senate.
The war department believes that
AguInaldo has escaped from the island
OF LuzOn. The department officials
would not be surprised to hear from him
next as being in London or Paris with
AgoncilIO.
A close friend of Senator Clark of
Montana, said that if there was anv
danger OF the senator being unseated,
and he thought there was, that he would
resign, rather than submit to such
humiliation. 1t is claimed that the en-
tire committee will sign a recommends
tiOn that Clark be unseated,
Governor Taylor of Kentucky ord
cred all absent democratic members of
the legislature brought in with warrants.
Governor Taylor was not represented
when Judge Crantill called up the injunc-
ton proceedings brought last week by
the democrats to stop Taylor from in
terfering with the sessions Of the legis-
lature at Frankfort.
Saturday, February 10.
VIM. J. Stoddard, postmaster at De-