The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-02-03
BETWEEN THE OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of q Week.
important happenings and Things
of Interest from All Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, January 25.

| New York is experiencing the greatest
| snow storm In its history The Atlantic
| coast is strewn with wrecks of ships
| Surface travel iD the city was completely
abandoned and the only means of trans.
| portatInn was by the Underground rail
| way. Not vessel was able to arrive at
or leave the port for "a hours.
The river and harbor bill. as agreed
| upon by the house committee OF the ma
| tionnal legislature, carries the following
items: Mouth OF the Columbia river,
| $4,000 Dalles- Cello canal, $500, 900;
| Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, $15,
| 900; Columbia at Cascades, $4,000;
Puget Sound, 10000; Bellingham Bay,
S35 900; Gray's HarbOr, $4,000.
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick was today form.
ally adjud Eed q bankrupt in the United
States district court at Cleveland, Ohio.
She still remains in jail unable to secure
bail
Governor Robert La Toilette was
elected I. S. senator from Wisconsin in
joint Legislative ballot today.
The proprietor and managing editor
Of the San Francisco Bulletin have been
cited to appear for contempt of court
by Judge Cook for publishing reflections
on his judicial course.
Thursday, January 20.
A great shaking up OF the detective
part of the New York police force has
| taken place as result of the appoint
ment of Mr.. McAdoO as police commits
sioner by President Roosevelt. The most
important change was that of removing
Chief OF Detectives McCIusky and the re-
Inc fota nf ioE
O'Brien.
The situation in the Yaqui (Arizona)
country is considered very grave. 1t is
reported that IS persons have been
killed by the Ysqui Indians during the
past week. The killed are mostly Mexi-
cans, but four of them are known to be
Americans.
The national senate passed the army
appropriation bill after modifying the
provision concerning the assignment Of
retired army officers to active service
with military organizations. The effect
Of the change is to relieve Gen. Miles
from its applications.
Sir Francis Pakenham, a member Of
the English diplomatic corps, who ar.
rived at San Francisco today from the
orient, died at the home of his brother
ihlaW in Alameda this afternoon.
The First National bank at Nederland
Texas, has been closed by the comptrol
Ter OF the currency upon a report from
National Bank Examiner Williams that
the bank was insolvent.
John Morgan and Carl Wilson, the two
men implicated in the 10000 diamond
robbery at Pasadena, Cal, last Friday
have been held in $4,000 bail by the
superior court there. Doyle. the third
member OF the gang has turned states
evidence and was allowed to go free
The Others will plead guilty.
Friday, January 27
After having been blown u miles out
to sea off Barnegat, Nj, in the bitter
gale Wednesday, the steamer Bernlla
arrived in port sheathed in ice from
four to six inches thick,
The Twentieth Century Limited arrived
at Chicago from New York 20 hours late
as result Of the blizzard.
Large orders were placed in Chicago
for -four for Japan jobbers' One order
was for 10000 sacks. Although the
orders were placed by private firms it is
we'll known that the -four is for the Jap
anese government.
moral wave is sweeping over Bur
lington, Iowa. Every store and factory
in the City was closed between 10 and II
clock today by proclamation of the
mayor to allow employees to attend re
ligious services.
passenger train collided with
freight train on the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga L st. Lewis railroad near Tulla-
home, Tenn, killing four trainmen and
iniuring several passengers.
Saturday, January %.
Fire broke out in the Murphy Travis
Printing cOmpany's plant in the Har-
monia block at Minneapolis, Minn.. to-
night, and destroyed property to the
extent of 100000. The building was
occupied by the Murphy Travis Printing
company, the Twin City Wine com
pany and the Daily Legal News and the
Minneapolis Plating company.
Mrs. j. G. Speicher, wife OF acting
Overseer Spiecher OF Zion City, is dead
as the resnlt Of consumption. Hers is
the second death which has followed a
recent inroad OF sickness among John
| Alexander Dowie's chiefs and followers,
and against which the prayers Of the
"First Apostle" have seemingly been of
no avail.
The Farmers & Merchants bank at
| Canadian, I. T., was looted early today.
The safe was blown open and $1,000 in
cash taken. A few hours later two un-
known men were found dead along the
railroad tracks near Canadian. They
had been shot and thrown from a train
| No identifcations were found
The Gridiron Club celebrated it's goth
anniversary at Washington, D. c., with
a dinner at the New Willard tonight