The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-12-14
NEWS Oh THE STATES
Gathered From Hills, Valleys
and Plains of the Union.
boiled Down AS 1t Comes From
the Wires for Information of
Busy Readers.
Wednesday, December 5.

Wednesday, December 5.
Gov Lind OF Minnesota appointed
Chas. A. Downe United States Senator
to succeed the late Senator Davis.
IOwne accepted with aIacrity. The ap-
pointment is good but for a few days
until the Legislature, which is strongly
republican, re-elects.
In street duel at Williamson, W. Va,
Rev. DR.. WOhl, a leading Presbyterian
divine, shot and dangerously wounded
David Stokes, a young lawyer. Stokes
feil, but shot the preacher through the
head and killed him. The tragedy was
the outgrOwth Of strained relations be
tween the two men for a week past on
account Of a cartoon illustrating a ger
man given by the Cotillion club which
Mr.. Nohl had used in a sermon.
Representative Kitchen OF North Caro-
lima introduced in the house a resolution
Tor constitutional amendment to re-
peal the fifteenth amendment to the con
stitutiOn.
Thursday, December @.
In fight at the Dewey mine beyond
Grangevlle. Idaho, Joseph Smith was
fatally stabbed by Andrew Gilbert.
Smith shot Gilbert through the mouth.
Gilbert escaped, but was captured and
taken to jail.
John Joy Edison of Washington was
named as chairman of the committee
having in charge the inaugural cere-
monies March f.
The Oregon Railway & Navig alton
Company is arranging to handle cotton
on through bills OF lading from New
Orleans via Portland and its own line of
steamships to the orient.
The bill of Representative ShafrOth
for the adoption of the metric system by
the United States was favorablv re-
ported by the unanimous vote of the
house committee on coinage, weights
and measures. The bill was changed SO
as to make the system go into effect
January l, 1903 Officials of the treas
urv department were present TODAY and
expressed approva! of the measure. Mr..
SbafrOth stated that all the civilized
nations except Great Britain and the
United States had adopted the metric
system, Russia being the last to do so
few weeks ago.
The secretary of war sent to the sen.
ate the report of the board of engineers
concerning the effects of the Galveston
storm Of last summer on the jetties in
the vicinity of that port. The board
says ST 100000 will be necessary to re
pair the ietties at Galveston and $175,
600 for the repairs of the Brazos river
ietties The board places the loss of life
at 5000. The damage to Notifications
is placed at 1892, 900.
Friday, December Z.
The Iowa and Philadelphia, living at
San Francisco, received orders to sail
for South American waters on their an
nual winter cruise.
The complete report Of the deep water
ways com mmissiOn was sent to the house
of representatives by Secretary Root.
The project is one for a deep waterway
between the Great lakes and Atlantic
tide water. The estimated cost OF 81
loot waterway is given at S2O6, ,35S 900
and OF 30 loot waterway at $317, ,2S4,-
800. An additional estimate is made
Tor deepening the harbOrs at Chicago
and Duluth, making the total aggregate
Tor the 30 foot channel OF 1926, ,S92, 900.
The cost OF actual maintenance of the
q loot waterway is given at 81, 343, ,47S
and OF the 30 foot waterway at 50, $780,
30S.
Representative Taylor of Ohio. who
was prominently identified with the
movement to exclude Brigham Roberts
OF Utah from a seat in congress, intro.
duced q measure intended to bring
about a federal prohibition Ofpolygamy.
1t proposes a constitutional amendment
for uniform laws on marriage and di-
vOrce.
Orders have come from Washington
forbdding the sailing of transports
from San Francisco on Sunday hereafter
Owen Squire, IS years old, convicted
Of manslaughter in the second degree at
New York for murder of Lizzie Hiergesill,
was sentenced by Judge Moore to only
four months in the county jail.
Saturday, December s.
President J. ]. Hill Of the Great
Northern railway, who is now building
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