The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-01-03

A strong gale capsized the boat in
which seven negroes were attemptipp to
cross the Mississippi river near Donald
sonvllle and they we're drowned.
The launching OF the new battleship
missouri at Newport News, Va, was wit
messed by $4,000 people and passed off
without hitch. Miss Mary Cockrell.
daughter of Senator Cockrell of Missouri.
was sponsor for the ship.
The First National Bank of Chicago
VIII erect an office building 19Ox32O feet
10 size and 16 stories high. 1t will be
double the size of Chicago's great Ma
sonic temple.
Mrs. Eliza Pinkham, the Oldest woman
IN Maine, is dead. Her age was a week
short of 104 years.
Peter Hallenbeck ,an aged and wealthy
iarmer OF Greenport, N. Y, was murder.
ed Christmas evening by four nephews,
ranging in age from 20 to 26 years.
They raped at his door and when the
old man appeared shot him to death, II
OF IL shots fired entering his body.
Inc crime was witnessed by
Hallenbeck's g wife and old mother, and
one OF the murderers has now made a
confession. The foreclosure of a mort
gage held by Hallenbeck on the home of
three OF the nephews, followed by evic-
ton, led to the deed.
Sunday, December 20.
j. NJ. Curry of Washington. d, c.. ha q
been selected by the president to repre-
sent the United States at Madrid on the
coming OF age" of the young king, AL
l0nsO Nil. on May IT. DIR. Curry was
United States minister to Spain during
the years 1885 to 1889, and was present
IN his official capacity at the place when
the king made bis advent into the
world.
Two thousand persons attended pro
Boer meeting at Topeka, Kan, today
and resolutions urging England to in
vite the president OF the United States
and the king OF Denmark to act as ar
bltrators for the settlement of the war
were adopted.
Governor White of North Dakota de-
clares he has no sympathy with the OBJ
lects of the anti-railrOad merger meeC-
ing called by Governor Van SAINT OF
Montana, and will not attend the con
ference OF governors.
1t is expected that efforts will be re-
neWed before long for the settlement of
the numerous controversies which have
long existed between the United States
and Great Britain, growing out of rela-
tlons along the Canadian border, the
Atlantic fisheries, warships on the great
lakes, the Alask an boundary and other
questions, says a Washington dispatch
Monday, December 80.
Albert Doty beat his wife to death
with gun barrel near Lyndon, Kan,
and then suicided under a train. Mrs.
Doty's mother, Mrs. Taylor, became in
sane because of the crime.
Upon application of Peter Power,
holder of 100 shares of Northern Pa
citic common stock, Judge Elliott of
Minneapolis temporarily restrained
officers Of the road from retiring the
preferred stock. 1t was supposed the
failure of preferred stock holders in the
New York courts in an action for the
same purpose cleared away the last
obstacle to retirement January / and
left the Hill interests free to act. 1t is
inferred that the present action is in be-
half of the Hartman interests to pre-
vent control passing out of it's hands for
ing OF the Northern Securities Company
is settled.
Floods in Pennsylvania streams re-
ceded. Though considerable damage
has been done, the losses will not be
great. Nearly four inches of rain fell in
"a hours. The torrential rains of the
past two days in Georgia, Alabama and
East Tennessee, and portions of North
Carolina, caused the death OF four per
sons as far as known, and inflicted seri-
Gus damage to all kinds OF property.
After a conference with the president,
Representative Loud announced that l.
cent postage is an impOssibility at this
session OF congress, as under present
conditions it would result in deficiency
OF $35, 100000 year.
Tuesday, December 81.
President Roosevelt formally demand
ed the resignation of Davis n. Num-,
collector OF internal revenue Fifth dis
trlct OF Tennessee. Alleged violation OF
| civil service regulations in the discharge
OF his duties is said to be the cause.
b. K. Anderson, alias B. A. Keith,
who year ago, while telegraph opera
tor and express agent at Stuttgart,
Ark, disappeared with an $4,000 money
package, deserting his wife and children,
was captured at Hamilton, Mont, where
he had invested $4,000 in sheep, bought
an interest in store at Corvallis and
was engaged to marry highly respected
young society lady.
Judge Lochren of the United States
circuit court dissolved the temporary in
junction issued in favor of Peter Power
against the Northern Pacific Railway
Company by Judge Elliott OF the Henne-
pin county district court, restraining the
retirement of the preferred stock of the
company.
William Kind, farmer near Paris,
Ind, died after drinking three two.
ounce bottles of lemon extract. This is
the fifth death in that vicinity recently
from the same cause, and the coroner
recommends prosecution of merchants
who sell extracts for drinking.
January wheat at Chicago, 7SA; May
S2A Portland, cash, 50; Tacoma, 81
! Colfax, At.
A Deep Mystery.
1t is mystery why women endure
Backache, Headache, Nervousness, Sleep
lessness, Melancholy, Painting and Dizzy
Spells when thousands have proved th al
Electric Bitters will quickly cure such
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