The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-01-26
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Happenings All Over the Union
Briefly Told.
News of Many States Collected and
Compiled in Short
Form.
Wednesday, January II.

An agreement was reached in the sen
ate to take the final vote February /;
on the pending bill fixing gold as tn,
standard OF value in the United States.
George W. Lamoreau, clerk and re
corder OF Ada county, Idaho, who few
days ago was reported $4,000 short, WA
arrested Oh cOmpI9int of one of BIZ
| bOndsmen.
The special house committee to in
Vestigate PolYgamist Roberts reached
the conclusion TO exclude him from {
seat IN congress. Littlefield and De
Almond make minority report.
The house committee on election O
the president and vice president agreed
on favorable report on the Joint reso
luton for an amendment to the consti
tuition for the election OF United States
senator's by direct vote Of the people.
Thursday, January IS.
American Sugar Refining Company
announced reduction of five points OF
soft sugars, to hold indefinitely.
The colossal bronze statue of DAME
Webster was unveiled at Washington
Secretary OF the Navy Long accepted the
statue on behalf of the United States.
At West Plains, Mo, County Jaile1
Alfred Henry went into the Jail to feed
prisoners. He was Overpowered and
beaten to death by two prisoners, Ben
Richardson and Ed. Grady who escaped
Grady was recaptured.
Herr Bernard Senten, believed to have
come to this country to create popular
CIV Co ho
York from Rotterdam. He says the
Beers will not go into a pitched battle
and that they will win this fight.
The Maryland house OF delegates. which
Is overwhelmingly democratic, today re-
fused to indOrse William Jennings BRYAN
as their recognized leader of the democ-
racy in the United States and practical
ly killed a resolution introduced by a
free silver advocate to invite Mr.. BRYAN
to address the body.
At today's session of the United Mine
Workers at Indianapolis, the committee
on resolutions, the most radical of which
provided that when any federal Judge
imposed a sentence, similar to that given
t. Reese lately, the entire force of the
organization would suspend work until
the courts order was rescinded. An ad-
verse report was made on this resoIu-
ton.
The Chicago Tribune says: ''In order
to carry out their anti commission
agreement it is proposed now to CON-
bine all the railroads of the country in
to big passenger pool and operate it
IN such a way that each road will get an
agreed percentage of the earnings. By
such action no possible profit can pos
slbly accrue to any of the roads by ig-
norlng the agreement. Any road that
should manage to get more than its
allotted proportion would have its labor
Tor its pains, as the profits would go to
the competing roads which have failed
to carry their proportion of the busi-
ness. The eastern roads have all voted
IN favor CT this scheme, and a committee
OF western executive officials is now at
work to get all the western lines into the
combination"
Friday, January 10.
All grades OF refined sugar were ad-
vanced IN price one-tenth of a cent per
pound.
Martin Bergen, a member of the
his wife and two children and then him
self at his home in North BrookfeId.
An old man named Slower died in
California, cOnfessing on his deathbed
that he killed Nose Lufkins near Red
wood Falls, Mimi, for which VIM. Rose
was hanged u years ago.
Florida state republican convention
elected two white and two colored dele
gates to the national convention Nc
kinley's administration was endorsed,
but the delegates were not instructed
for any candidate.
The birthday of General Robert E.
Lee was celebrated in all the leading
cities of the south by the societies of the
Army and Navy of the Confederate
States and Daughters of the Confederacy.
In most cities business was suspended
and the day was observed as a general
holidays
The Kentucky house, after long de-
bate passed Mr.. Orr's (anti- Goebel dem
ocrat) resolutions instructing the con-
test committee in the case OF governor
and lieutenant governor to take all the
time necessary in order to arrive at a
full, fair and just conclusion and to hear
all OF the evidence on both sides. Can
trill and other Goebel leaders opposed
the resolution, but a large number of
democrats broke away from party lines
and the resolution finally passed by a
vote of rs to IA. Taylor was given
four days and Goebel five for testimony.
Saturday, January 20.
NJ. Labor, chief counsel for Dreyfus,
signed a contract to lecture 13 weeks in
the United States during the coming
autumn.
Transport Scindia carried from San
Francisco 100 naval apprentice boys,
who will be distributed among the fleet
at Manila.
Col. David G. Colson, VINO killed three
men in hotel shooting affray at Frank.
fort, KY, was indicted for murder in the
first degree by a grand jury.
George Silbee and Ed. Meeks, hall
brothers, were lynched at Fort Scott
Kansas, for the murder of Leopold Ed,
linger, young German farmer, last Oc.
tober.
James W. Smith, collector of the port
at Gibara, Cuba, an American officer
died from wounds inflicted a few days
ago by a Cuban editor who shot him
while unarmed.
Captain Frederick j. Mills, late lieu
tenant-gOvernor OF Idaho, was acquitted
by jury in Is minutes at Salt LAX,
for killing John c. Omelveny, chief en-
gineer OF the Oregon Short Line, October