The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-06-02
BETWEEN THB OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
Important Happenings and Things
Interest from All Over
aGreat Country.
Wednesday, May "a

"OOHO"u~ys NASS ~
At meeting OF the Carnegie hero fund
| commettee at Pttsburg, Pa, today.
three silver medals and six bronze med
ais were awarded, and three widows,
whose husbands lost their lives in acts of
heriosm, were cared for by the com
mission.
Booker T. Washington, president OF
Tuskagee cOlored industrial school, an
nounced today that President Roosevelt
would visit that institution about Oct.
| 10.
j. H. Stone, FL. c. Quinttard, G. W.
and James Russ, officers OF the Nonpariel
cork works of Camden, N. j.. indicted for
| conspiracy to defraud the .. s. govern
ment by putting iron in cork blocks for
life preservers, were placed on trial today
In the Z. s. district court.
The Canton, Ohio, State Bank closed
it's doors today. The failure was caused
by heavy loans to the vice president of
the bank without the consent OF the
directors. More than $40O, 900 has been
loaned to him without adequate
security.
President Roosevelt transmitted today
through Ambassador Tower to the for
eign Office, three gold medals tor three
German sailors, who saved the lives of
several sailors OF the u. S. ironclad Mon
adnOck in Chinese waters.
Joseph Johnson. who on April shot
and killed John Fox in the postoffie at
Trinidad, Col, was convicted OF murder
in the first degree.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson,
OF Santiago fame, and Miss Grizelda
Hull were married today at Tuxedo
Park, n. Y.
The Peoples Deposit Bank OF Mineral
City, o., closed it's doors today. The
president says that loans of about $50,-
900 had been made to W. Il. Davis, of
Canton, whose heavy loans caused the
suspension OF the Canton State Bank
yesterday.
The banking firm OF Burnett, Cum
mings i Co., of Boston, today filed
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the
US. district court, with liabilities
amounting to $1,714 ,56S. The assets
will not exceed 100000, if they prove
to be OF any value whatsoever.
May wheat closed at 81 O6 at Chicago
today.
Thursday, May 25
An indictment charging conspiracy and
grand larceny in connection with the
handling OF the Weissel estate, was re-
turned by the New York grand jury
against Armitage Matthews, Samuel
Ferguson and John Wooten, attorneys.
The estate was valued at $72 900.
Miss Frances B. Johnson, cashier for
D. D. Drake, a money lender, was fined
500 and sentenced to 80 days in the
county jail on the charge OF exacting
usuriOus interest at Kansas City, Mo-,
today.
Two warranto proceedings, to learn
by what authority the Chicago City rail-
way and the Union Traction Company
continue to use the streets of Chicago,
was begun in Judge Cheytrus' court to-
day. Defendents were ordered to answer
June 5.
A wealthy japanese agriculturist, who
recently visited the q. S., will collect
10000 Japanese farmers in Japan and
will form a colony in Texas. As much
as 9O,SOO acres OF land has been secured.
Gessler Rosseau, convicted of sending
| an Internal machine to the pier of the
steamship Umbria in March, 1908, was
sentenced today in New York to prison
for not less than three years nor more
than five years.
May wheat closed at $1.O3 at Chicago
today.
Friday, May 26
The steamer Campania, which arrived
in New York today from Europe. reports
that she had been in communication
with land by means OF wireless tele
graphy during the entire voyage. When
| in midOcean, the Campania was in COM
munication with both America and Eur
ope simultaneously, feat never before
| accomplished.
Mayor Weaver, in his fight against the
| gas trust at Philadelphia, has 80 far been
| successful and the leaders OF the gas
company are in consultation in Atlantic
City, Nj, after having withdrawn their
offer Of $25 900, 600 for rs years lease
of the city's gas plant.
King Oscar of Sweden today declined
to sign the law requiring a separate con-
sular service for Norway. AS a result
| his ministers declare they will ask for