The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-10
LATE NEWS NOTES.

Goldfeld, New, the night of October
1 was cut off from all railroad con-
nection with the outside world. Owing
to the Tonopah and GoldfeId Railroad
having discharged one of its brake
men for lack of work, the passenger
and freight crews refused to go to
work and every train on the entire
system, Involving two overlands and
two from Los Angeles, was tied up.
President S. ]. Small of the CONNER
cial Photographers Union, recalled hast
lily by news of his wife's serious illness
from Washington, where he was seek
ing mediation of the telepragh strike.
reached Chicago October l to find the
local strikers clamoring for a general
tie-up and the abrogation of contracts
which he has determined shall be kept
inviolate.
Greeted by several thousand persons,
among whom were many members of
the American colony, Secretary of
State Root arrived in Mexico City Sep
TENDER 80 by special train. In accord
ance with the Mexican custom, Cha
pultepec Castle was formally turned
over to Mr. Root, who was told that
the historic palace would be his resi-
dence during his stay in Mexico.
Edwin Hawley landed a cross coun-
ter blow upon his old enemy, Edward
H. Hartman, on the 1st inst, by
forcing the latter off the board of di-
rectors of the Chicago and Alton Rail-
way at the annual meeting held in
Chicago Hawley succeeded without
any open fight at the meeting, the bat
tile having been waged before that
event and even before Hawley pur-
chased the road.
NJ H. Payne, formerly a prominent
and successful contractor at AIva.
Ok T. was brought to the County Jail
at san Bernardino, Cal, October l, by
a deputy sheriff and booked as a fugi-
tive from justice, being wanted at
Alva for forgery and embezziement.
He is charged with collecting large
sums on falsely endorsed checks when
he realized that financial ruin stared
him in the face through unfortunate
contracts.
Besides nominating Edward Robson
Taylor for Mayor the San Francisco
Democrats and Good Government
Leaguers named VIM. H. Langdon for
District Attorney. Other nominations
were DR.. Washington Dodge, for As
SCISSOR; NJ J. Hynes, for Public Ad-
ministrator; Percy V. Long, for City
Attorney; John A. Roster, for Auditor;
David Bush, for Tax Collector; Ed |
mond Godchaux, for Recorder; Laur- |
ence J. Dolan, for Sheriff; DR.. T. 3. |
W. Leland, for Coroner.
Practically the entire population of |
Baker City, Or, is united in the belief /
that Harvey K. Brown, ex-Sheriff of |
Baker county, who died Oct. 1 as a /
result of the dynamite outrage Of the /
previous night, was killed because of /
his connection with the Steunenberg
incident. Almost the Identical method
that was used il ASA ssinating ex-Gov-t
arnor Steunenberg was employed in &C.
Browns end, and there is
a general impression that the crime f.
will be traced to agents of the Western
OF Miners.
Mrs. Helen st. Clair Noble. the night
Of nurses at the Chi
,ago Hospital has fallen heir 10 an
estate valued at $500 600 willed tod
Ter by Colonel Benjamin Carroll Dent,
Z ranchman. who recently died al sgd
1ey, Australia. Mrs. Noble is a ma
i've OF New Orleans Her parents
we're close personal friends Of Colonel
Dent. At the close OF the Civil War
Colonel Dent went to Switzerland. and
-wenty years after went TO Australia,
where he took up ranching. primarily
or his health, amassing a fortune in
he business. L