The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-09-21
TRLEGRAPnIC TOUCHES
hirings of a Week Boiled Down
for Busy Readers.
summary Of Interesting News and
Events From all Over
Great Country.
Wednesday, September IL,

Wednesday, September IL.
seven trainmen were killed in a col
iisiOn OF freight trains on the Western /
Atlantic railroad at RingOld, Ga. Th
accident was due to the overlooking O
orders by the engineer Of one of th,
trains.
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, widow Of tn,
administrator OF the Fair estate, is un
decided whether to contest her husband,
VIII, according to a statement made hy
ner attorney. If the estate as wileC
pas not been derived from Fair money
but is OeIrichs family accumuations
Mrs. Oelrlchs will not contest either fOl
her dover right, community rights under
the California laws, or az guardian O
her son.
Formal return Of the twenty indict
ments found against Paul o. SteneIgDd
former president Of the Milwaukee Ave
nue. State Bank of Chicago, and Henry
W. Herring, the cashier, was made. All
tne indictments charge forgery.
plea Of not guilty has been entered
IN the probate court at Findlay, Ohio
by John ID. Rockefeller on the charge 81
violating the antitrust law through the
Standard Oil company. Mr.. Rockefeller
was not present personally. He plead,
ed through an attorney.
The run on the Hibernia bank of San
francisco wac continued, notwithstand-
ing the assurances OF it's officers that
there is more than enough money avail.
able 70 promptly pay all demands. At
one time IL was estimated that there
were fully 2OOO people anxious to with
draw their funds from the vaults. The
bank had, seemingly, plenty of coin on
hand to pay in full many times the
amount represented by the depOsitors.
The cause OF the run is still obscure.
Thursday, September 13
The run on the Hibernia bank OF San
Francisco has not ended, but is expected
soon to cease. John Carter was arrest
ed in front Of the bank, where he was
exciting the timid depOsitors who are
continuing the run on the bank Carter
was urging the elderly women in the
thrOng to dispose Of their bank books to
him, declaring that the failure Of the
bank was imminent. The state bank
commissioners have reported that the
institution is absolutely sound.
Five men were injured, two fatally, six
horses were killed and the entire plant of
the Illinois Brick company practically
destroyed when thunderbolt crashed
into two Of the largest buildings of the
South Evanston plant.
A suit involving damages OF $4,000
600, in which the United Fruit company
is named as defendant, and which is
based upon the alleged violation OF the
Sherman antitrust law, was filed in the
United States court at New York. The
plaintiff is the American Banana com
pany, corporation organized under the
laws Of Alabama several years ago.
The zone armed mems union" has
been founded at Chicago. Its principles
are humanitarian, it being
devised with special regard for the 1900
manned, lpgless or armless switch tend
ers, ttagmen and crossing men employed
by the railroads in and near Chicago.
After having Travelled leisurely through
the United States and around the world,
a fugitive from justice for nearly year,
Granville NJ. Gwynn, former cashier of
OF the Bank Of Hayti, Mo-, who fed from
that city leaving an alleged shortage OF
$17, ,O21, has returned and surrendered
to the authorities for trial.
Lieutenant General Henry C.. COrbin in
charge Of the northern division Of the
army was placed on the retired list.
Major General A. W. Greedy will succeed
him.
Friday, September IA.
A handcar loaded with section men Of
the Wheeling 4 Lake Erie railroad ran
off an open draw on the Maumee river at
a al ho 81 h.
were drowned. The number OF men on
the car is said to have been IL. So far
only two bodies have been recovered.
AS a result Of Secretary Taft's visit to
Oyster Bay, President Roosevelt APPROX
ed change in the plans of the construc-
tion of the Panama canal which will
save $15O,000 in the expense, besides
preserving the railroad terminal facilities
on the Atlantic side Of the canal. The
change will be in the dam which is to
hold the water of Lake Sasa.
Two violent storms visited Johnson
county, Nebraska, resulting in the death
OF four persons, the fatal injHry Of two
and the painful injury OF Others.
District Attorney Bell, who has been
the failure of the City Trust
Safety Deposit ( Security company Of
Philadelphia. which closed its doors in
June, 1905, with liabilities of more than
100000, has discovered evidence of
criminal liability and intends to secure
prosecutions.
With a panic threatened in a crowd
estimated at $4,000 people surging bout
the stand erected in the capitol grounds,
frantic to secure glympse OF Mrs. Mich
olas Longworth, the exercises arranged
for the dedication of the Mckinley mon
ument at Columbus, o., were suddenly
terminated after the statue of the mar.
tyred president had been harriedly un-
yelled by Mrs. LoDgwOr.h The program
Of exercises which had been arranged for
the unveiling of the monument was car
ried out at Memorial hall.
Saturday, Septe Is.
To prove that the Missouri river il
navigabe from Kansas City to St. Louis
and that line OF freight and passenger
packets is practicable the steamboat
Lora left st. Louis for Kansas City. This
ia the first effort that has been made &c