The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-04-20
NEWS OF 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, April IL.

Bill Tor cable to Hawaii passed the senate.
Gen' Joe Wheeler will withdraw from con.
gress.
Vermont democrats say their delegates will
be instructed for Bryan.
British losses of all kinds since the war be-
gan total %, 900. This includes the sick sent
home
Secretary of war authorized purchase of
steamship Dickinson, now at Seattle to be
used as an Alaskan station ship.
North Carolina democrats nominated G. B.
Aycock for governor and instructed for Bryan.
Montana populists instructed for Bryan.
Texas flood waters are receding but the
damage IS great. Fields heretofore considered
beyond the reach of any food are washed be-
yond recognition. Much stock was drowned
Maine republicans endorsed the wise, pa
trlotlc and progressive administration of
President Mckinley and promised him re-
neWed allegiance, but sent their delegation
unlnstrucJed.
Thursday, April 12.
President signed the Puerto Rican tariff
District Of Columbia democrats instructed
for Bryan.
Chas. IL. Allen, at present assistant seere-
tsry OF the navy, was appointed by the presI-
dent to be the first governor of Puerto Rico
The March statement of the collections of
celpts for the month were S24, 326, ,667, an in
crease, as compared with March, 1899, of ST.
3SS, rs. For the nine months of the present
hscal year the total receipts were $219, ,935. .556
an increase over the corresponding period of
last year of SIS, ,413,412.
The appellate division of the supreme court
OF New Y ork handed down a decision in the
matter OF the appraisal of the estate of the
late William K. Vanderbilt. An order of
SUrrOOafn
subject to the inheritance tax law was affixed.
This was fund of s., 600, 900 held in trust for
the benefit Of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Friday, April 13.
New Mexico democrats elect Bryan dele
cation.
Oregon democrats and populists effected
fusion.
California populIsts selected Bryan dele
CATION to Sioux Falls convention. Tennessee
republicans instructed for Mckinley.
John Addison Porter, private secretary to
the president, resigned because of i'll health.
Assistant Secretary George B. Cortelyou, was
appointed.
Banana dealers from Ohio to Oregon and
Michigan to Texas organized for the purpose
OF freeing the jobbers from the hold of the
eastern trust.
w. a. Clark of Montana will not resign
from the senate. He announces his intention
to hght for his seat, notwithstanding the ad
verse committee report.
The amount of bonds so far exchanged at
the treasury for the new Is is S238, ,3O7, ,45O. of
which S35. 099, $50 were from individuals and
institutions other than national banks.
Nellie Lewis, who recently sued Sam
Strong, the Cripple Greek millionaire mine
owner for $250,000 damages for breach
of promise, was given a verdict for $50, 600.
All the farmers of the world in a sort of in
ternational trust to restrict the production of
wheat and raise prices is the plan which it is
hoped to carry into effect at the international
conference in Paris, July GIG 1t is proposed
to ask the farmers of the world to reduce
their wheat output by 20 per cent and not to
sell bushel for less than dollar J. G. Han
ley OF st. Paul, executive agent of the Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial union, the Ma,
tlonal Growers association, the Farmers Fed
Grafton of the Mississippi Valley and the Ma
tlonal Grain Growers association, is the chief
promoter in the agricultural trust in America.