The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-02-22
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, February IS.

| euneSudys feDfudfy 40.
At Winfield, Kansas, a mob of 200
men and women raided Schmidt's sa-
| loon, the finest in the city, at an early
| hour today. Some of them fired a half
dozen shots frOmg guns through the front
door that started a general onslaught
with rocks and guns on the windows and
doors. Emma Denny received a pistol
ball in her face and was slightly b; sszs
Although this was an accident it scf a
to enrage the mob, and the cru rs
swarmed into the saloon, ran IT, Zen
on duty out and smashed the fixtures
and stock. Rev. Chas. Lowther struck
Chas. Schmidt glancing blow with an
ak and another crusader raised an ak
to strike Henry Schmidt when it was
wrested from his hands by a companion.
The mayor ordered all joints to close
Mrs. Nation called to see Mayor Har-
rison of Chicago, but he refused to meet
her, saying: 81 will not see Mrs. Nation
Chicago had taste of anarchy in Hay
market square some years ago, and
believe the city cares for no more of it in
the shape of Carrie Nation and her
| hatchet."
The Kimberly paper mill at Appleton,
|
After a careful survey of the situation
in the senate the administration has
come to the conclusion that there is lit
tie hope of a successful outcome this
session of the efforts it has been making
to secure action upon the pending reci-
| prOcity treaties.
Thursday, February IA.
Judge HOllister at Cincinnati issued
permanent injunction against the pro-
posed prize fight at that place between
Jeffries and Rubin,
Mrs. c. Brown of Seattle was robbed
while en- route to San Francisco on the
Oregon express of $4,000 worth of Jew
els while asleep in her berth They we're
in a small bag tied around her neck.
Union City, Tenn, was badly shaken
by an earthquake, as was also Memphis
and surrounding towns.
Most of the students at the Efingham
county, Kansas, schools, led by Pro-
fessors j. W. Wilson and j. W. Beede,
raided Smith MOore's barber shop about
midnight, believing liquor was being
sold in the place. No liquor was found,
but a lot of empty beer and whisky
bottles were broken. The crowd also
wrecked several cases of empty beer
bottles at the depot.
The Nevada state senate killed the
lottery hill
Friday, February is.
Ex-Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter, Z. S. A,
serving a sentence at the federal prison
at Fort LeavenwOrth for defrauding the
government on h8rbOr contracts. suf-
-
secure a release. Judge Hook, in the
United States district court, refused to
release the prisoner on bail and ordered
that he be remanded to the penitentiary
to await the action of the United States
supreme court on appeal on his habeas
corpus case.
The fusion members of the United
States senate are becoming alarmed at
the deadlock in electing a short-term
senator from Montana, and sent tele-
gram to hurry the thing along.
c. W. Prince and William and Albert
Prince, father and brothers of Mrs. Lulu
Prince-kenedy, who murdered her hus-
band at Kansas City, have been arrested
for completely in the deed.
At Perry, Kansas, Is women followers
of Mrs. Nation sailed forth and with
axes and hatchets wrecked three joints
The last visit, that to a drug store,
ended in one OF the women being severely
burned by breaking a bottle of carbOic
acid over her hand. The sum total of
the raid was 20 barrels of whisky, 50
kegs and 20 cases of beer turned into
the street and $500 worth of fixtures
destroyed.
Temperance people broke open the
depot at Goffs, Kan, and destroyed a
large quantity OF liquor that was left
| there by an afternoon train. Missouri
| Pacific officials say the crusaders will be
| prosecuted.
Saturday, February IT.
Forty miners were imprisoned for four
| hours in a burning mine at Lindentree,
| Ohio. the timbers at the mouth of the
| tunnel being set on fire by gasoline ex-
plOsion. For four hours the 40 men
carried water in their tin buckets and
threw it upon the flames. In the mean
time a rescuing party had been organ
lied in the village and fought the flames
from the outside. All were finally
rescued without being injured
There was free for all fight at Beoit
Kansas, resulting from the feeling over
the closing of the joints. The temper
ance men and women insisted on max
ing an inspection of the places to see
orders regarding closing had been OF
served. The mayor allowed three O
four to enter joint at time and sen
an officer to see that no damage wa
done to the building The investiga
ton committee was followed by a large
crowd. Soon an alarm of fire was
sounded and hose cart dashed up anG
} commenced throwing water on the
! crowd. Some men attempted to cut the
: hose but were prevented by display O
revOlvers. After some persons had beer
more or less hurt some arrests wer,
made and quiet was restored.
A lone robber held up Romer's saloor
and seven men at Helena, Montana, sc
curing several hundred dollars.
Mrs. John Jordan. who weighed 67t
= pounds and was the mother of 13 child
: rem, died from paralysis at her hom
three miles from Dresser, Indiana.
!. The officers of the quartermaster' dc
partment have prepared a schedule TO
transportation to San Francisco of tn
volunteer troops in the Philippines. |
shows that all the troops can be brough
- home in time for discharge by the got
2 of June next, which is the date fixed b
law for the disbandment of the volun
taer army