The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-11
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, January a.

Wednesday, January a
The yearl Y coinage statement of the
director OF the mint shows that the total
coinage OF the mints was $137, 500 ,401,
as follows; Gold, 500, ,727, ,942; silver,
$50, ,295, ,321; minor coins, $2,O31 1913.
OF the silver coined $24, ,060,912 was in
standard dollars.
Saloons at Chicago were closed at mid
night, closer than ever before in the
history of the city.
The monthly circulation statement of
the comptroller of the currency shows
that on December 81, 1900, the total
circulation of national bank notes was
| $34O, ,O61,410, an increase for the year
of 500, ,365, 1897, and an increase for the
month of $7,843,005. The circulation
based upon United States bonds was
$3OS ,294 ,673, an increase for the year
OF $9S, ,564 ,6S8. and an increase for the
month of $6,476,044. The circulation
| secured by lawful money amounted to
$S3l, 766, 1871, a decrease for the month
OF $629,O ,O40. The amount OF United
States secured bonds on deposit to
secure circulating notes amounted to
S3l2, ,S32 $3.50, and to secure public de-
pOsltS SJJ $40, go.
Shoe manufacturers are planning the
establishment of national shoe COM
pany to dominate the distribution of
shoes to the retailers and eliminate the
mlddIemen's profits. R. f. Wolfe of
Columbus, Ohio, is sponsor for the new
project, and he has interested u of the
largest manufacturers of the east The
company Ia to consist of no, more than
IL houses manufacturing similar lines of
shoes, with a capital stock of SO, ,50O,-
600. DepOts will be established in every
leading city in the United States.
Snow was eight to ten feet deep in the
SiskiyOu mountains, between California
and Oregon and Southern Pacific trains
helpless.
E. A. Cudahy OF Omaha, whose son
was kidnapped and $25, ransom
paid, marked the gold. Every bank in
the United States, Canada and Mexico
has the description, and anyone at
tempting to pass the money will be ar
rested.
Thursday, January 3.
1t is officially announced that the
Hill Morgan n-ROckefeler interests have
acquired a large amount of Chicago.
Milwaukee { St. Paul stock. 1t has
secured promises of cooperation from
other large holders. The purpose is to
arrange for a lease of the road to the
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern.
with guarantee OF dividends on stock.
The amount of this guarantee will be 7
per cent.
Failures in 1900 were slightly more
numerous than in the preceding year,
and the liabilities also showed a slight
Increase. This, however, says Brad
streets, will hardly be cited as an un-
favorable symptom if it is remembered
that the expanding trade of that year
and the year before was instrumental in
inducing large number of new ventures
IN business and therefore to this extent
rendering greater the ever present liza
bIllty OF business embarrassment. The
last year of the century, however, was
notable for showing the smallest per-
centage OF assets to liabilities-in other
words, salvage-that there is a record of
for l 5 years
ternal revenue office for the district of
Oregon, Washington and Alaska during
the year 1900 were 81 1922 ,272, an in
SlSu0C vi ONoI ld5G year.
An increase OF more than 100 per cent
IN the money of the world in less than
generation will be an exhibit OF the
annual report of the director of the
mint. Nearly the whole of this increase
Is IN metallic money and much the larger
portion is in gold. The total stock re-
ported in 1873 was about $4,60O,000,-
900, OF which more than half was in
paper money, not fully covered by
metallic reserves. The situation at the
beginning of 1900 showed a total none
tary stock OF at out $11 100000, of
which only little more than One-fourth
was IN uncovered paper money.
Cost Of trouble in the Coeur d'Alene
mines, Idaho, is officially given at $59,-
$40 96.
Friday, January 4.
Six feet OF snow fell IN three days at
Yreka, Cal.
Senator Baker of Kansas withdrew as
candidate for reelection.
Terrific windstorm did much damage
at Reno, Nevada.
Fire underwriters suffered terribly dur
ing 1900. The aggregate fire loss of the
United States and Canada during the
year just closed, as compiled from care
fully kept records, was $162, $50. $50
The total losses for 1898 were $119,-
65O,5OO, and for 1899, $136, ,773, 200.
For five hours the senate discussed
the army reorganization bill. The de-
bate took a wide range, at times, but
was confined principally to the neces-
sity for the increase in the regular army
proposed in the pending measure. The
Philippine question was threshed over
at great lenoth hut fau raallr nor