The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-10-20
BETWEEN THE OCEANS
Concise Summary of the Wired
News of a Week.
Important Happenings and Things
Interest from All Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, Oct. II

Wednesday, Oct. IL
Ann S. Hall of Cincinnati startled the
humane society. in session at Phil.
tiOn of a resolution legalizing the
dying in agony. The resolution was
ruled out.
The murder OF Captain Rumill and four
OF his crew OF the four maeted schooner
Harry A Berwind in mutiny, while the
vessel was bound from Mobile to Phil.
adelphia, is the story told in a special
from Southport tonight. Three negroes,
all that remained OF the crew, we're
brought into port in irons.
Following are the official figures with
regard to the yellow fever epidemic at
New Orleans up to D. M. today: New
cases, Is; total, 3246. Deaths, 2; total.
179. Cases under treatment, 176. Cases
discharged, 1850.
President Roosevelt today received
further endorsement OF lis attitude to-
ward the enactment of railroad rate
legislation from the big lumber interests
OF the country, and was Informed that
the lumber associations approved
heartily OF his course in the rate legis-
lation question,
The discontinuance of racing reports
caused a decrease of $215,055 in the
gross receipts of the Western Union
Telegraph company for the year ended
June 80
December wheat closed at S6Sc at
Chicago today.
Thursday October IL
In an interview today Admiral George
Dewey declared that the officers of the
American navy above the rank of
lieutenant, as rule, are too old for the
grades they occupy; the nation will
assuredly meet with disaster in naval
war unless younger men are given COM
mand OF the ships of our navy.
At WiliamspOrt, Ind, today five
different womens clubs held meetings
and the husbands in desperation held a
mass meeting and decided to take some
action toward protecting themselves
and their homes. Accordingly they at
tired themselves in wOmen's apparal and
paraded the streets, stopping at each
club room and mimicing the actions OF
their wives. The women we're disgusted
by the ridicule, and clubdOm has received
hard setback there. The husbands
threaten to take sterner measures if
necessary to induce their wives TO pRy
more attention to their own domestic
affairs.
Investigation into the recent Adams
Express robbery at Pittsburg, when G.
+ Cunliffe, money clerk, disappeared with
S 01,O0O, brought to light the fact that
this clerk, though handling perhaps
mil Toll ~, h,A
month in salary and was under only
$4,000 bonds.
Professor W. ID. Miller of the university
of Berlin announced, as matter OF
precaution, at Wesleyan college. Middle
ton, Conn, yesterday, that the bite from
a girl was often more deadly than the
bite OF a serpent.
The report of the bureau Of immigra-
tiOn for August, issued today, shows
that 63 400 aliens landed during the
month, as compared with 59,777 for
August, 1904 The greatest number
arrived from Russia, with Italy second
and Austria third
December wheat closed at S7kc at
Chicago today.
Friday, October IS.
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the Taggart divorce case, tried at
Wooster, o., today granted Capt. Tag
CART the divorce and custody of their
two children-a son and daughter. To
day the son, who is but IL years old,
in an outbreak called the father and
others liars for testifying against his
mother. Running home the child threw
his arms around his mothers neck,
declaring that no Judge could part them.
In lecture before the undergraduates
at Cornell University today Judge
Kemp, chairman of the interstate com
merce commission said: In looking over
the names of men who are connected
with the insurance scandals, one thing
alarms me and | can hardly believe it to
be true. These are the same as those
who control many OF the great railway
interests of the country. 1s there not
possibility that we will find the same
rottenness and graft at the bottom OF
the railway system. This is an idea that
seems too awful to be true, but never
theess it is one that can not help but
present itself.
Sir Henry Irving, possibly the most
representative English speaking actor of
this decade, died tonight from an attack
of syncope. He had just returned from
the theater after the performance Of
Beckett" in which he had taken the
title role. He was in his 66th year.
Fire which broke out at the mine of
the Clyde Cole company at Fredericks
town, Washington county, Pa, has
probably resulted in the death OF six
men employed in the mine. The men
are imprisoned 200 feet from the mine
entrance, which is a raging furnace.
Dec. wheat closed at S52c at Chicago
TODAY.
Saturday, October II.
The New York national league team
defeated the American league team OF
Philadelphia, both champions of their
respective leagues, today by score of 2
to 0, thereby winning the deciding game
in the worlds championship series.
| Five lives are known to have been lost
and more than 80 seriously injured, one
fatally, on the Cunard liner Campania
! last Wednesday, when a gigantic wave
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