The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-03-02
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Wednesday, February 21.


Secretary of State Hay made a. writ
ten denial to congress of the charge that
the United States had made a secret al
lance with Great Britain.
According to information received at
the war department from Manila at the
end OF the present expedition OF General
Bates into the two provinces at the ex-
treme southern part of the island of
LuzOn, military operations in the Phil
lpplnes will close. Afterward, it is
stated, there is nothing to do but to
undertake to maintain order through
police system.
Upon representations of the spanish
government to the effect that some of
the islands south OF the Philippine arcbi-
pelagO, which had been taken possession
OF by the United States gunboats, were
really the property OF Spain, the author
ltles OF the state department have ex-
amlned the charts and concluded to d.
rect the withdrawal of our claims to the
islands OF Cygayen, Sulu and Cibutu,
which lie without the boundary lines
laid down by the treaty of Paris.
Thursday, February %,
The next national democratic conveD-
ton meets at Kansas City July 4.
1t is believed that Aguinaldo has es-
capped from Luz0n and is thought to be
in Hong Kong.
Dan Rice, the veteran circus clown.
died at Long Branch, n. j., after
lingering illness, aged II years. Mr..
Rice has been in i'll health for several
months.
A dispatch has been received in Ba
tavia, n. Y, that Ernest Kingdom OF
Stafford, who enlisted in the Fortieth
volunteer Infantry, had been found
sleeping at bis post, tried by court mar
tlal and sentenced to be shot. 1t is
said that number of Filipino rebels
entered the camp while Kingdom was
asleep and killed two or three American
soldiers.
Friday, February 23
Senator Gallinger favorably reported
from the committee on commerce the
bill for the appointment of a committee
to visit Asia in the interest of trade.
BY direction Of the president. the new
military post at Magnolia bluff, near
Seattle, will be hereafter known and des-
lgnated as Fort Lawton, in honor of
the late Major General Lawton.
That the demand for American ma
chlnery and iron work iB rapidly increas-
ing In all quarters of the globe is illus
trated by the fact that a hall dozen
steamships are now loading at New York
with cargOes to be used in the construc-
ton OF bridges and edifces in as many
different parts of the world.
Representative Babcock Of Wisconsin.
nf hn
committee, announced the following mem
Ders OF the executive committee: Repre-
sentatlves Hull Of Iowa, Cannon Of
Illinois, Mercer of Nebraska. Loudens-
lager OF New Jersey, Russell of COnnecti-
cut and Lowering Of Massachusetts.
Senators Proctor OF Vermont, Gallinger
OF New Hampshire and Mcbride of Ore
gOn.
Saturday, February "a.
One OF the tiercest storms OF the winter
prevailed throughout northern Ohio.
4O-mlle gale from the northwest was
accom- panied by heavy driving snow
storm, causing big drifts.
Senator Turner's bill for public
building at Spokane was favorabiy re-
ported IN the senate today, with an
amendment raising the cost of the build
ing from $35O,O06 to $5OO,O00.
President Mckinley refused to ap-
point James Hamilton Lewis as mem
Der OF the new Philippine commission.
-Four of the five members were selected,
as follows: Judge Taft of Ohio, Luke
/. Wright of Tennessee, H. c. Ide of
Vermont and Dean Worcester of Michi-
gan.
Nearly 100000 was paid into the
sub-treasurY at San Francisco by the
Southern Pacific company for the Cen
trail Pacific railroad in liquidation of a
note OF the latter company that does
not fall due until August, 1901. The
actual payment was $2,946, ,194.79.