The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-02-07
NEWS OF THB 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 20.

Will be taxed to the utmost to supply
demands being made. Discussing prices,
the report said they could have been ad
vanced, but that it was decided to be
better policy to refrain from doing so.
Caleb Mitchell prominent for 80 years
at Saratoga, n. Y, sucided. He is the
fifth OF his family to kill himself.
Republican members OF the ways and
means committee decided to frame bill
| for reduction of war revenue taxes be-
| lore proceeding further with the subject
OF Cuban reciprocity. 1t was the pre-
vailing view that as Cuba has been the
cause for mourning the war revenue
taxes the burden should be removed
from this country before considering the
extent of relief to be granted to Cuba
Governor Van SAINT of Minnesota re-
fused to cease bis fight against the rail-
way merger, upon being petitiOned by
Minneapolis business men to do so.
The house committee on pensions re-
ported favOrably bill granting pen
sion OF $25 per month to the last sur
viving soldier OF the war of 1912, Hiram
Cronk of Oneida county, New York, aged
102 years.
Chas. Woodward, murderer of Sheriff
Kicker of Casper, Wyo., was captured in
Montana by ranchman for whom he
was working.
high northeast wind did $50, 900
damage on the water front of San Fran
cisco harbOr. Joseph Black we'll, quarter
master on the transport Warren. fell in
the bay while passing a line and was
drowned.
Thursday, January 80.
The Burlington road decided not to
build its proposed branch from Billings
to Great Falls, Mont Fear that the
Northern Pacific Great Northern merger
may be defeated is cause for the action.
Edward and John BiddIe, awaiting
execution in the county jail at Pitts
burg, Pa, for murder, escaped after
overpowering their guards, shooting
and wounding one. They were furnished
with saws and pistols by Mrs. Kate
Soffel, wife of the jail warden, who was
in love with Ed. Biddle and fed with
them. The trio were overtaken by Of
ticers, when they turned their guns upon
themselves. Both men are dead and
the woman badly wounded.
n lui Ious sieot SGOTu tHTOugnOuC pOr-
tions of Arkansas, Tennessee and Ken
tucky did great damage. Houses were
wrecked in many instances from weight
on the roofs.
Jim Howard was found guilty at
Frankfort, KY, OF completely in the
murder of Governor Goebel and SEN
fenced to life imprisonment.
The house committee on ways and
means unanimously authorized Chair
man Payne to report bill to repeal all
the Spanish war revenue taxes except
the tax on mixed -four. The repeal is
to take effect July 1, 1902, except the
duty on tea, which is to take effect Janu-
ary l, 1908. Chairman Payne made
statement showing that the total re-
duction would be 100000 annually.
The country will start the fiscal year
with STA, 100000 available cash.
Friday, January 81
Rev. William Hastings OF Toronto.
Ohio, the man to whom Abraham Lin,
coin presented a jackknife because his
face was homelier than that of the
martyr president, is dead. Mr.. Hast
iDgs was a powerful and distinguished
preacher.
President Roosevelt issued the follow
ing order: "All officers and employees of
the United States OF every description,
serving in or under any of the executive
departments, and whether so serving in
or out OF Washington, are hereby for
hidden, either directly or indirectly, in
diYidually or through associations, to
solicit an increase of pay or to influence
or attempt to influence in their own
interests any legislation whatever, either
before congress, it's committees, or in
any way, save through the heads of de-
partments in or under which they serve,
on penalty of dismissal from the govern
ment service"
Harry A Foulkner, member of the St.
Louis house of delegates, and julius
Lehman, a former member, were ar
rested for bribery in connection with
street railway franchises.
Saturday, February.
At the request of Senator's Dubois and
Heitfeld, the secretary of the interior
promised to suspend action looking to
the establishment of the Kootenai forest
reserve in Northern Idaho and Montana
until the matter was more thoroughly
they did not oppose the creation of a
reserve embracing only timber lands, but
they did object to a reserve which would
| include lands under settlement or in
| cluded in grants.
Rollins Bingham, for | 2 years a fugi-
tive from justice, surrendered to the po-
lice at Dallas, Texas, has asked to be
returned to Kansas City, where he is
charged with forging deeds to $4,000
worth of his stepmother's property.
A strike OF the double loom weavers
OF the Riverside mills of the American
Woolen company at Providence, R. l.,
following a strike of the Weybosset mills
weavers some time ago, caused the issu-
ance OF orders to close all the mills OF
the company in Providence and vicinity
until further notice. The general shut
down throws 5000 persons out of work
The town of Clancy, Mont, lost it's
business district by fire; loss, $50, ,OOO
jeremiah Foley, a former paymaster
in the British army, and his wife were
arrested at Chicago on 27 charges o
forgery in England.