The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-02-01

balances in the general fund shows:
Available cash balance, S24O, POS, ,SS3;
gold coin and bullion, S1OO,266,4 ,435;
gold certificates, $37, ,7SS. 40.
Application for more time for the COM
pletlOn OF the battleships California and
South Dakota has been received at the
new navy department from the Union
Iron works Of San Francisco. Difficulty
TO secure labor is the reason given for
asking the extension. The request will
probably be granted.
Mrs. John Ade died today at Kentland,
Indiana, of heart failure. Six children
survive her, one of whom is George Ade,
the writer and playwright.
Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. Field, last of the
famous Field brothers, Cyrus W, Ste
phen j. and David D., died in Stock
bridge, Mass, this morning.
Sunday, January 27.
Early reports of loss to stockmen in
Montana seems to have been greatly ex
aggerated.
Nearly 10000 persons paid tribute
this afternoon to the memory of Senator
K. A. Alger as his body lay in state il
the city hall at Detroit, Michigan For
three hours and half continuous line
of people passed through the corridors
for a last look at the dead senator.
Never before in the history of the
United States commerce with Cuba was
the export trade OF this country to that
island SO great as during the past calen
dar year. The total exports from this
country to Cuba we're valued at $40
491, ,944.
Conditions as to the levees at Memphis
tonight are considered favorable, and it
is now believed that nothing serious will
result from the present rise.
The appointment Of Prof William Bul
lock Clark Of Johns Hopkins university
to the directOrship Of the United States
geological survey has been practically
decided upon. He will succeed Charles
D. Walcott, who has resigned to become
head of the Smithsonian institution
Monday, January 20.
The senate today confirmed the nom
inatiOn of Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle
to be commissioner of the general land
Office.
William j Oliver OF Knoxville, Tenn,
the lowest bidder in connection with the
construction of the Panama canal, today
notified Secretary Taft that he would
complete his contract within the 10 days
allowed him. This insures him the con-
tract to dig the canal.
A distinctly soldiers funeral was held
today over the body of United States
Senator Russell Alexander Alger, who
died last Thursday in Washington.
Zion City is to be destroyed by Wilbur
Glenn Voliva and all those over whom
he holds sway. A new Zion City is to
be founded, probably on the Pacific
coast, and DR.. DOwie and his creditors
will be left to fight out the question of
supremacy at Chicago.
Seventy-five per cent Of the Alaska
trade has been lost to San Francisco by
the earthquake and diverted to Seattle
and Tacoma, according to the state
ments of Benz D. Crocker, collector of
internal revenue for Washington and
Alaska.
Reports received at the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific headquarters
today tell OF another blizzard raging
over North Dakota along the lines of
those roads. Temperature is said to
have averaged about 80 below zero.
Archbishop s. G. Messmer, in an inter
view, favors re establishment of the can
teen in military posts and soldiers
homes. Il am firmly convinced that the
canteen is a strong temperance factor"
he said.
Tuesday, January 29.
The senate passed a bill today to sur
vey and allot the lands of the BlackfOOt
Indian reservation in Montana In call
ing up the measure Senator Clark OF
Montana remarked that the president
had vetoed the measure last year. He
said that he believed that the bill in its
present form would meet the presidents
approval.
There are 10 inches of snow at the
bottom of Death valley, California,
thing that was never heard of before.
The snow blockade and fuel famine IN
the northwest continues, and relief seems
about as remote as ever. Hundreds OF
cars of coal and groceries started west
ward in the wake OF the rOtarIes. but
but may not reach their destination for
days or weeks.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock asks for 600 additional postal
clerks and $15O,O00 to pay their
salaries.
The Hartman roads are buying coal
in Australia and shipping it to the
United States for use in their engines
The coal costs the railroad $40 per ton
at the docks in Australia and by the
time San Francisco is reached the cost
has become enormous. But SO scarce
are freight cars and motive power on
the Hartman system that it is war
ranted in paying this price rather than
to take the cars and engines from gen
eral traffic and devote them to the coal
business.
It's the highest standard of quality,
natural tonic, cleanses your system, red
dens the cheeks, brightens the eyes, gives
flavor to all yon eat. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will do this for you. 80
cents, Tea or Tablets. Elk Drug Store.
The editor OF the Memphis, Tenn
Times writes: SIN my opinion Foley's
Honey and Tar is the best remedy for
coughs, colds and lung trouble, and TO
nv own personal knowledge Foley's
Honey and Tar has accomplished many
permanent cures that have been little
short of marvellous" Refuse any but
the genuine in the yellow package.