The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-11-22
NEWS OF THE STATES
Gathered From Hills, Valleys
and Plains of the Union.
Boiled Down AS 1t Comes From
the Wires for Information of
Busy Readers.
Wednesday, November 13.

Wednesday, November 13.
gang Of II or Is men appeared
suddenly on the streets of Minister, Ohio.
and fired half a dozen shots. They then
broke down the doors of bank and at
tempted to dynamite the vault, con-
tanning $4,000. The marshal and
nIghtwatchman opened fire on them
from second story window. The
70 bbers returned this and also fired at
citizens. Becoming frightened, the
bandits fed without obtaining any
plunder.
Amel Jensen, boy of Is, accidentally
shot himself above the heart at Rich
field, Utah. He walked a short distance
to his home, told his mother not to cry
and fell dead at her feet.
Various Southern Utah points we're
earthquake shocked and some buildings
damaged.
Snow from four inches to two feet in
depth fell over Northern New England.
Walter n. Dimmick, former chief clerk
OF the United States mint at San Fran
cisco, was for the second time found
guilty of embezzlement of mint money.
He stole about $4,000.
Mrs. Zieppa Shaw, widow of Henry W.
Shaw, Josh Billings" died at Saratoga,
aged 81.
The American Anti Cigarette league,
which is said at present to have q men,
bership of over 100000, has drawn a
pledge, which is to be read in every Sun
day school in the United States on Sun
day, November "a 1t binds the signer
to abstain from the use of cigarettes or
tobacco in any form until 81 years of
age.
Thursday, November ID
Later reports from the earthquake
district in Utah says the damage was
great. In all directions valuable build
lngs are wrecked and tOttering, ready to
fall; people are driven from their homes;
roads are blOckaded, communication Of
all kinds cut off, and many valuable
structures in the town will have to be
torn down and rebuilt in whole or in
part.
Seth Low, mayor-elect of New York,
warned his supporters that appointments
to office would be made upon merit only.
The electrical and transportation
buildings of the Southern States and
international exposition of 1905 were
destroyed by fire at Atlanta, Ga. Loss,
100000.
James j. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railway, was chosen president |
OF the Northern Securities Company, or
ganized in New Jersey with immense
capital to control the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific roads.
The official count shows that the dem
ocrats will have 60 majority in the Ken
tucky legislature.
First National bank of Leroy, Iowa,
was dynamited and robbed OF $4,000. |
The building was wrecked.
A big snOwstOrm blocked the country
roads of Central New York.
Friday, November Is.
James J. Jeffries, champion pugilist OF
the world, defended his title by defeat |
ing Gus Rubin, heavy weight, in five |
rounds at San Francisco. Ruhlin's |
hacker gave up. before a knockout, saw
ing there was no chance for his man and |
it was useless to fight longer. Rubin |
said all fight was taken out of him by a |
hook in the jaw and a heavy stomach |
punch. The large audience were badly |
disappointed in the fight.
large sheep feeding firm is prepar-
ing 200 head of sheep to ship direct to |
the Liverpool market. The sheep are
being brought from Big Timber, Mont,
and during the winter will be fed for the |
spring market. The shipment is an |
experiment and if successful, Montana
sheep will be fattened on large scale
for the British market.
DefalcatiOns, amounting, it is claimed, |
to $50, 1000, have been discovered in the |
accounts of the Williamsburg Savings |
bank, an institution conducted at |
Williamsburg, Brooklyn. General J. V.
Meserole, president of the bank, is
authority for the statement that the |
persons implicated in the affair are
Harry COrbett, former paying teller OF
of the bank, who died November 2, and |
George IOleinhofer, a receiving teller |
who, it is alleged. gave the first nforma-
ton leading to the discovery. They |
gambled ON Wall street.
Trade is reported splendid by both |
Dun and Bradstreet, and it would be |
better could railroads handle the busi- |
ness.
Two battalions of the Twenty-eighth |
infantry sailed from San Francisco and |
one battalion from Portland for the |
Philippines.
Colorado and California towns were
visited by slight earthquake shocks.
Saturday, November 10.
Three robbers blew up a bank at
Greenvile, Iowa, wrecking the building
and obtaining a small amount OF
money. They were found in the depot
at Albert City, and when called upon to
surrender opened fire, wounding City
Marshal Iodine and John SunbIand.
One robber was fatally shot. The others
escaped to the country and compelled
farmers to drive them in wagons, but
were finally captured six miles east of
Storm Lake by a posse from Laurens,
who headed them of Two are white
and one mulattO.
In bad wreck occasioned by a col
lision between a freight train and
helper engine on the Oregon Short Line,
near Orchard, Idaho, Engineer Martin
Cosgrove and Brakeman Chas Wallace
were killed and Fireman H. W. Knox
lost leg. COsgrove misread his orders,
which were to lay over at Orchard.
The war department was notified of
the drowning of Lieutenant Crawford.
First infantry, and six men while at
tempting to cross the Dodoi river, Samar
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