The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-11-23
TBLEGRAPHIC TOUCHES
Nlrlngs of a Week Boiled Down
for Busy Readers.
Summary Of Interesting News and
Events From ali Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, Noremher Il.

the estimates for 1900 of nearly 81 ne
cent and of "a per cent over the esti
mate for 1890, when the total was sos,
| O37 ,O91,197.
reports we're current in railroad circles
at Chicago that j. j Hill has decided tC
merge the Burlington system, of which
| he recently acquired control, with tht
Great Northern, and drop even the name
Burlington"
Senator Platt of New York admit,
| that he and his wife have separated. HI
may resign his seat in the senate.
1t is charged that 100000 Of tht
relief fund sent TO San Francisco have
been stolen. The matter is being in
Vestigated.
At the annual meeting of the Pullman
Palace Car company, which was held at
| Chicago today, the capital stock of the
company was increased by $2G,OOO,OOO
bringin& the total capitalization up TO
100000, 900. The number of pass.
engers carried during the year was 16..
253,947. During the previous year the
number was 14,969,219. Robert 4.
Lincoln, son Of Abraham Lincoln, is the
president OF the company.
Every state in the Union is represented
at the annual convention of the Nation
al Grange at Denver.
Chief Clerk Fred W. Geisecker of the
millionaires' Chicago club was arrested
charged with embezzing $4750. Gel
seekers accusers say the clerk took the
money from the club cash drawer.
Thursday, November 10
Five indictments, charging extortion,
were returned against Abe Ruef and
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco by the
grand jury.
President Roosevelt lands at Colon,
goes to Panama and stands at the
western portal Of the great canal.
In an effort to rid Pittsburg Of the
thugs, now operating so extensively,
scores Of suspicious characters and men
with criminal records were arrested last
night and were arraigned today Many
OF them we're sentenced to the wOrkhOuse
The wages of employees OF the American
Express company who are paid less
than 5000 month were increased 10
per cent beginning today. Ten thous-
and employees are affected.
The humid atmosphere precipitated
dense pail Of smoke over st. Louis this
morning and the darkness Of night pre-
vailed. 1t was necessary to use artificial
lights in stores and on the streets.
Will Harris, the negro who killed two
Asheville, n. c.. policemen and three
negroes Tuesday night, was shot by a
posse Of men today near Fletcher, about
10 miles south Of Aeheville.
With full military hOnors the body Of
General Shsfter was laid to rest at the
Presidio, San Francisco.
The jersey coast was lashed to fury
by a forty-knOt gale, filled With binding
snow. One OF the tercest ever known.
Friday, November 10.
The machines whirr and the dirt flies
while the president inspects the Culebra
cut in the Panama canal.
Judith basin, Montana, is in the
throes Of blizzard, doing much injury
to the stock interests.
William R. Hearst has certified that
he spent 1886, ,312 in promoting his
canvass. This was divided as follows:
Independence league, $19S,S70 ; demo
cratic state committee, $57, 900; travel
ing expenses, $500.
Perry Belmont OF New York saws he
throw him out Of the democratic party
The Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water
ways association became fact at Chi
cago today when q plan for permanent
organization was adopted The pro-
posed deep waterway is to extend from
the Chicago drainage canal through the
valleys of the Desplaines and Illinois
rivers to the Mississippi river at Grafton,
ILL.,, and thence down the Mississippi to
st. Louis, and is to have a minimum
depth OF IA feet throughout. The work
to be done to complete the canal will
cost $31, 100000.
Judge Seawell at San Francisco today
decided that Abraham Ruef has no legal
right to the office Of district attorney to
which he was appointed by Acting
Mayor Gallagher after the board of
supervisors had pretended to suspend
W. H. LangdOn.
Silver Bow county (Butte), Montana,
the stronghold of democracy, went for
the republicans this year.
Saturday, November
Human bones were used as cudgels
and ossified arms and legs swung by
medical students played the star part as
DluORSOHs III h ITdCdS WlCD LDe OPDIbl
students on the football field at North
western university, Chicago, today.
Hearst says he will never run for office
again. He says he will continue to re,
side in New York and advocate the re
forms go dear to his heart.
President Roosevelt and his party
sailed for Ponce, Porto Rico, on board
the United States battleship Louisiana.
General Charles H. GrosvPnor, who
failed of denomination in the Eleventh
Ohio district, in an interview sees moth
ing in the way of an overwhelming re
publican victory in 1908.
The annual report Of Francis Z. Leupp,
CON mmissioner of Indian affairs, was
made public at Washington today. Mr..
Leupp says that no congress passed so
much legislation of vital Importance to
the Indians as the last session OF that
body.
More men of public note will be in
Kansas City next week than ever before
| attended q nonpartisan gathering in