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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-03-05
COLFAX CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS LONG SESSION
Monday Night and Transacts
Considerable Business.
Take Steps to Secure City Dumping
Grounds May Begin Condemna-
ton Proceedings With That OBJ
ject in View Other Matters.

Council met in council chamber Mon
day night, Mayor Lippitt presiding
Present: Councilmpn Dreiius, Barroll,
Tiff, Perrine, Plummer and Stravens.
Karl J. H. Weber and 80 others peti-
toned for foOtbrdge over South Pa
louise river on Rock street, the petitioners
guaranteeing to construct said bridge,
the city being asked to furnish the ma
terial Referred to street committee to
report at next meeting.
Jacob KOenig'- petition for saloon
license was read and laid over until next
meeting for action.
Nelson & Cornelius and r. II. Reid
were granted building permits.
=. Lyons addressed the council, asking
III It certain piece OF property owned
by him he declared outside the city
limits. Referred to city attorney for
opinion.
Frank A. Lee made application TO
erect a residence on Meadow street.
Granted.
There being no protest against the
sewer assessment on Thorn street the
following resolution was adopted
Be it resolved, That the assessment
roll for local improvement district No.
16 for Thorn street be confirmed and al
lowed to stand.
Bills we're allowed as follows: Current
expense fund, 1865 10; water fund,
$2122O.
Water committee reported that tele
phone company would furnish service
from Elberton to the springs where COL
fax gets water supply for S. per month
for one year, city to furnish poles for
stringing wires. Referred back to water
committee to get report in writing.
Fire and water committee reported
theaters in good shape. but Fraternity
block needs two fire escapes and new
smokestack should be installed at Cory
ellis cafe. City attorney was directed to
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-03-05

give notice to Masonic Temple Associa-
construct suitable fire escapes on Frater
nifty block.
1t was adopted that the street com
missioner's salary be reduced SO per
month and Hamben's salary be raised
s. per month, making the formers sal
ary now $l1O per month and the latter's
500, the city thus saving S. per month
Special meeting was called for Monday.
March 8, at 1880 p. m to consider tie
matter of electric lights.
The matter of sidewalk on east side of
railroad track, was referred to city at
torney for investigation to report at
next meeting
Moved that the street superintendent
be instructed to construct sidewalk in
front Of lot 5, block So and the cost
thereof be levied against said lot.
City marshal asked that pOundmaster
be appointed.
Health Officer PalamOuntain addressed
the council in regard to cleaning the city,
and asked that city cleaning day tie
set. The council, on motion, set the I'd
and Sd days Of April aside as cleaning
days Teams will be furnished on the Sd
to cart rubbish away.
James T. Duff addressed the council,
asking the council to assist in securing
mail service between COIfax and Spokane
over the Inland electric line
1t was adopted that street committee
take steps to buy the city dumping
ground Of Mrs. Jane Lloyd, and in case
satisfactory arrangements cannot be
made that the city attorney proceed
with condemnation proceedings to secure
the same. The city pays Mrs. Lloyd
$3.50 a year for the use of three acres.
This is considered excessive; besides the
city should own the dump ground.
The matter of ventilation of moving
picture shows was referred to health and
police committee.
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C0LFAX WINS OVER SPOKANE
Debate on Closed Shop Ably Sus-
tanned on Both Sides.

The state league debate between Col
fax aud Spokane last Friday night at
the Ridgeway theater was an event of
more than usual interest, resulting in
Colfax winning the debate. William
Goodyear presided and the Ridgeway
orchestra furnished music The ques-
tion debated was:
Resolved, That labor unions are justi-
fed il using all lawful means at their
disposal to secure the closed shop.
Myron II. Moreland and Fac DYKE,
representing the Spokane High school,
took the affirmative, and GLADYS Mac
kenzie and Helen Walters, representing
the Colfax High school, took the mega
tive The young debaters did we'll and
were equally enthusiastically received by
the audience The judges decided that
the negative had the best OF the argu-
ment and rendered their decision accord
lngly, the vote standing two to one.
Professor W. ID. Lyman of Whitman
College and Professors Berglund and
Roberts OF the Washington State College
were the judges.
Colfax has won decisions over Ritz
vile, Waitsburg and Spokane, and next
will debate with Dayton in the final con-
test for the $50 prize offered by the state
board Of education. 1t is not known at
this writing where the debate will take
place, but an effort will be made to have
it pulled off in COlfax.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

county commissioners we're enabled to
get the lowest and best bids Of the lead
ing bridge companies and contractors of
the Northwest, thereby saving the coun-
ty from $4,000 to $4,000 on contract
price alone. The county engineer and
commissioners have been highly compIi.
mented by prominent engineers and con
tractors on the high class of these
bridges and the low price for which they
were secured. When completed Whit.
man county will have 21 steel and over
$50 wooden and combination bridges.
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Funeral Was Largely Attended.

The funeral last Friday of Orson V.
Bear, the young man who was killed in
the train wreck on the o. R. & n. last
week four days after his marriage to Miss
Bessie B. Barnes, was largely attended
from the Presbyterian church, Rev.
Mitchell preaching the funeral sermon.
The remains were inferred in Colfax Gem
etery. His sister, Mrs. L. d. Paddock of
Pendleton, and two brothers, George W.
Bear of Pendleton and J. B. Bear of
Walla Walla, were here to attend the
four days with them, to stay at their
several homes until she recovers from the
shock of her sudden and great mis-
fortune
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Judge CanfieId's Charge.

In instituting what is in the nature of
a departure from the practice Of the past
in convening you as grand jury, it is
not improper to explain somewhat my
object, purpose and point OF view. In
the past history Of this county since
Washington became a state grand juries
have only BEEN called at times when the
public mind was perturbad by the exist
ence, or at least supposed existence, of
some outrage against the laws, and
hence those juries have not, | believe,
possessed that calm and dispassionate
state OF mind which is the very first and
prime prerequisite to all judicial inquiry.
| know of no disturbance of the public
mind existent at this time which could
affect your deliberations, and [ have
selected such a time in which to call this
jury by reason of the advantage the oc-
casion presents for the administration OF
public justice in that very spirit of calm
impartiality and freedom from any infu
ence, except that induced by sworn testi
mOny, which is Indispensable to any
proper judicial proceeding.
You are called, not to investigate any
outrage upon the state or any of it's cit
izens known to the court, but to aid in
the sober, orderly, calm and dispaesion,
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WHITMAN COUNTY
GRAND JURY MEETS
Charge of Judge H. W. Garfield
Delivered tuesday.
Opinion Of Judge That Grand jury
Should Be Called at Infrepuent
Intervals to Take Note of Coun-
tvs Affairs Work in Progress.

BLOW will be found liberal extracts
from the charge of Judge Garfield to the
grand jury in session this week The
document is long one. That portion
containing che usual instructions to
grand iuries from the bench and quoting
the law governing their deliberations is
omitted. That portion which deals
with the reasons for calling the grand
jury together and other salient features
are given, which cannot fail to be of
public interest and should be read by
all
Monday it WAS found necessary to
issue a special venire for six more inrOrs,
owing to the absence from the state of
d. G, kIinefelter of Palouse, f S. Knoll
and r A. King of bay, and the dismis-
sal 4 cause of j. H. KimbrOugh and L.
Emert, both OF COlfax, venire returnable
at O'Clock Tuesday morning. The six
new jurors selected were A S. Hughes of
Endicott. E. B. Hughes of Thornton, W.
G. Atkins Of Johnson, A. d. Wexler OF
Pullman, R E. Matlock OF Thornton and
j. IL. Squires of ROsalia.
Tuesday Judge Garfield delivered his
charge to the jury and appointed E. B.
Hughes foreman. The county school
superintendent's Office was assigned for
their use and the public now await their
raDOrt
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1909-03-05
Nellie Tucker Granted a Divorce.

Last week Nellie Tucker of Palouse
was granted divorce from L. I. Tucker
on the grounds of desertion and non
support. The fuckers were married at
Provo, Utah, in 1903 No children are
involved in the separation and there is
no community property.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
AGED RANCHER
NEARLY KILLED
BY fOLDUP MEN
HATCHET USED WHEN HE
FAILS TO GIVE UP HOARD
WILLIAM REID AGAIN VICTIM OF
TREASURE SEEKERS
Old Man, Shot Three Years Ago by
Nephew, Given Terrible Beating
by Two Burglars as He
Lay in Bed

ONE of the most brutal attempts at
murder and robbery that the Los
" Angeles police have been called
on to bring to justice for years oc-
CURED last night about o'clock when
two men crawled through a window in
the little cabin of William Reid, at
Thirty-seventh street and Seventh
avenue, just outside the city limits,
and nearly killed the aged man after
a fruitless attempt to make him tell
where his suspected horde of gold was
hidden.
Fearfully beaten with a hatchet, the
old man was found weltering in blood
and hurried to the receiving hospital,
where more than dozen Jagged
wounds in his head and face, where his
scalp mad been torn by the hatchet,
were sewed up by Police Surgeon Gar
rett.
Not First Beating
\ This is not the first time that the
old man has been attacked. He has
been looked upon as a miser by some
of the younger denizens of the lonely
neighborhood, and once before, in No
vember, 1906, he was attacked by his
nephew, William G. Mckinley, and
shot five times. Mckinley is now serv-
ing a ten-year sentence in San Quen-
tin for the crime.
According to the old mans story
told last night at the hospital between
cries of agony, he was in bed and
asleep when he was awakened by two
men, who had crawled into his room
through a window.
They demanded that he disclose at
once the hiding place of his money. He
refused. One of the men carried a
hatchet--the victim thought it was a
short club-and, when he refused to
give up any treasure to the would-b be
robbers, he was terribly beaten by his
assailants.
Cries for Help Heard
Reid finally cried out that the money
was buried outside, with the one
thought of a chance for escape or help,
He was able to crawl outside the door
and then shouted for help. Again the
men welded the hatchet and the old
man was beaten down.
The cries of the injured man aroused
the attention of George Larson, who
happened to be in the neighborhood,
and he fired three shots at the then
fleeing robbers. The men escaped
and Reid is said to be in a dangerous
condition, although Police Surgeon
Garrett, who dressed the wounds, said
he could find no skull fracture and
looked for recovery.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
AMERICAN VOLCANO EXPERT
SEES TROUBLE IN A HURRY
Frank A. Perret, Just Arrived at Mes
sina, Predicts Chance for Disas-
ter in Sicily Tomorrow

MESSINA, Sept. 27-Frank A. Per-
ret, the American volcanologist, who
arrived here today, believes from his
scientific deductions that part of Sicily
will be the scene of more seismic dis
turbances.
Mr. Perret said: "wednesday, Sep
tember 30, is the date most favorable
for earthquakes or eruptions At that
time the sun, earth and moon are IN
line with one another and the moon
also is at it's nearest approach to the
earth This combination occurs fire.
quently, tending to produce gravitation-
al distortion of the earth's form, name
ly, to change that of the earth from
a sphere to an ellipse. This extra
strain often acts upon the weak spots
in the earth's crust, causing them to
give way and thus producing earth
quakes or volcanic eruptions.
"On Wednesday it happens that the
planet Mars also is nearest to the earth
and almost directly in line with the
earth sun and moon, while Saturn is
not far from the same line. Jupiter,
although far on the other side of the
sun, also is in line with the earth.
''It is true that the effect of these
planets is much less than that of the
sun and the moon, but, when their eff
feet is added, the strain will be greater
than usual.
"Thus 1 consider that Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday next will be
very dangerous. Possibly nothing very
special will occur but this will simply
mean that the earth has resisted the
danger"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
COAST

Mining congress delegates at Goldheld
inspect 5000, 900 collection of ores and
dispose of red tape for big convention
today. PAGE
Candidates Heney and Ffckert protest
against removal of names from ballots
at San Francisco. PAGE 16
President Taft descends 1900 feet into
famous copper mine at Butte and ar
rives at Helena to attend fair. PAGE
Girl shot by ruffians at Santa Fe dies
after lying one week in outskirts of
the city. PAGE 1e
Panic caused by explosion in parochial
school at Jersey City; fifteen children
injured. PAGE 3
Twelve men drowned in shipwreck off
Winter Quarter lightship on Atlantic
coast. PAGE
Temblors felt in middle west lasting
one minute, but do little damage. PAGE 2
Admits lack of competition between
Southern Pacific and Its steamship
lines. PAGE
Internal revenue department at Wash
ington renders decision that raisin
wines are taxable PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
TEN ARE KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT BY
COLLISION
Enqine Plows Through Caboose and
Wreckage Soon Catches Fire.
Many Victims Seriously
Burned or Crushed
tBy Associated Press.l

CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-Ten men were
killed and sixteen probably fatally in
jured early this (Tuesday) morning
when a train southbound for Cincin-
natl on the Pennsylvania railroad
crashed into the caboose of a chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul cattle train
bound for the stockyards.
Sixteen men were in the caboose OF
the stock train when the passenger
train crashed into 1t.
The engine plowed through the
caboose, setting fire to the debris.
Six bodies were recovered within a
few minutes after the crash. Sixteen
injured were dragged from the burn
ing ruins. Four others were pinioned
in the wreck.
The passenger train, known as the
Cincinnati special of the Panhandle
route of the Pennsylvania, lett the
union station soon after midnight. NO
signals had been given, so far as
could be learned, that any other train
was on the tracks
The passenger train Increased its
speed and when at Twelfth street the
engineer saw the rear lights OF the
freight ahead.
1t was too late to avoid collision:
He used the airbrakes and reversed
his engine, but the train crashed INTO
the caboose, which was filled with
sleeping stockmen, with tremendous
momentum.
The caboose was cut In two and four
cars in front of it were telescoped.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
MANY ARE INJURED BY
COMBUSTION OF FILMS

number of pedestrians on Fourth ave-
nue. were cut by falling glass.
The. explosion was caused by an cleo
trio spark. Virtually every Office in the
big building was damaged. Panic
stricken, the occupants made wild
rush for the exits.
Men and women ran screaming, many
of them falling down the stairways
Others congregated about the elevator
shafts, and in their frantic efforts to
board their cars wrecked the iron
framework encasing the shaft. As most
of them finally reached the street they
fell to the ground, suffering from burns,
cuts and bruises.
John Jilletts, special clerk, said the
explosion occurred in the vault. He
said he went into the vault, which, is
three feet wide and six feet high, to
get a film. When he turned on the cleo
trio light a spark shot from the switch
and ignited some of the films
He jumped from the vault, slammed
the door and shouted to the others to
run. AS they reached the corridor the
explosion occurred.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
COOK REPLIES
TO CRITICISMS
OF Ills RIVAL
EXPLORER NOT WORRIED BY
PEARY'S ATTACKS
NAVAL COMMANDER coNsULTs
WITH HUBBARD
Arctic Club of America Tenders Ban-
quet to DiscoVerer of Pole, Who
Adds More Facts to
Narrative
[By Associated Press.l

NJ EW YORK, Sept. 27.-Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook consented tonight
Az to give the Associated Press a
formal reply to some of the charges
brought against him by Commander
Peary.
A more complete declaration will be
issued by the explorer when Peary
makes his accusations over his sigma
ture. The statement follows:
Commander Peary says that my
sledges were not fitted to arctic travel
and that he would not care to venture
into the arctic region with them. The
only sledge Commander Peary saw
was a half one, which 1 had given to
Mr.. Whitney as souvenir. The re-
mainder of it had been used to make
bows and arrows.
"As to my reasons for leaving my
Instruments with Mr.. Whitney: He
had told me that the Eric was coming
to Etah and would take him over to
the American side to hunt big game
and would come back later to Anna
took.
1.-The distance from Annatook to
Upernavik by the route which [ was
compelled to follow was nearly 700
IlIllGSs III llldL JONl lCy L AielNA ~ ~ -
over high land in two places, with
glaciers and difficult places to nego-
tiate.
1.-THE ice was extremely rough and
there was a good deal of water to be
expected. That would have subjected
the instruments to a risk which was
entirely unnecessary as Mr.. Whitney
expected a ship to go to Etah for him,
upon which he would return direct to
America.
\ Wanted to See Family
| "By going to Upernavik, 1 hoped to
&et back by the end of July or the
middle of August. / wanted to see my
family as soon as possible, as l had
been separated from them more than
two years. while Mr.. Whitney did not
expect to get back before october.
"As to the charge that l had not
found traces of Commander Pearys
records at Cape Thomas Hubbard:
THE point which Commander Peary
would call Cape Thomas Hubbard is
round promontory and it would be diff
fculty to find any distinct point which
could be positively recognized as Cape
Thomas Hubbard. From Commander
Peary's map 1 am absolutely unable to
locate Cape Thomas Hubbard. We did
not search for any cache where records
might be deposited. In fact I did not
know that Peary had left any records
there
Considerably to the west l did see
a rock which might have been cache,
but it might have been merely a clump
of rocks. 1 was at a very long distance
from it and there was no reason why
I should have searched. 1 left a cache
of provisions close to the beginning of
the cliffs of what Sverdup puts down
as Svartevoeg. There was no indica-
ton where we left our provisions.
"The other points of the so-called
charges have been replied to in detail
on several occasions. l will answer
everything in the most formal way
when Commander Peary prints or
makes pubic his other points.
my reply then will be given cut as
a written statement"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
LOCAL

Broadhead must face charges. Demurrer
filed with police commission is over
ruled. PAGE 1
Marriage licenses, births and deaths.
PAGE "a
Annual conclave Of National Guard asso-
cation Of United States opens at Hotel
Alexandria. PAGE =
Rooms at Y. NJ. C. A. building prove
popular, and applicants numerous.
PAGE 5.
Congressman to be taken to San Pedro,
after which they will visit Los Angeles.
PAGE
Classified advertisements. PAGE 15
Editorial, Letter Box and Hasklns letter.
PAGE
Society and womans department PAGE Il
Sreculators encouraged by reports to buy
more heavily. PAGE
Financial and markets. PAGE
Methodist ministers in conference name
committee to demand reduction in num-
Der of saloons at San Pedro. PAGE
Yachtsman held on perjury charge. Frank
NJ. Ball unable to furnish bail. PAGE
Turn citizens down in attempt to register.
Poor facilities at county court house.
Says Carlson railroad at Redondo is streak
of rust offcered by dummies. PAGE
Bombshell for Edison company will be
sprung in Pasadena council by ordinance
abolishing fiat rate" system. PAGE 8
Two plead guilty to land frauds in
Imperial valley and are fined $3.50 each.
PAGE 16
One tunnel is enough for Los Angeles, so
agree taxpayers PAGE 16
Belasco, Mason and Auditorium open with
plays. PAGE 10
Superintendent for Anti-Saloon league pre-
fers charges against cafes which, he de-
clares, sell liquors after 1 o'clock in
morning. PAGE 10
Aged rancher nearly beaten to death by
woud-be robbers just outside city linn
Its. PAGE /
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
HUGHES SPEAKS
AT CELEBRATION
OF GOTHAMITES
CORNER STONE OF HUDSON'S
MONUMENT LAID
GREAT FULTON FESTIVAL is
IMMENSE SUCCESS
Thousands of People Swarm Battery,
Watching for Aeronauts-Wright
Will Fly when He Is
Real Ready"

NEW YORK, Sept. Elf the wind
does not exceed five or six miles an hour
and the weather otherwise is proDltious
both Wilbur Wright and Glen Ii. Curtiss
will make flights in their areoplanes at
Governors island tomorrow. Their ma
chimes have been thoroughly Overhauled,
leaving nothing unprepared in the event
of good weather.
The Curtiss flyer is a counterpart of
the machine Curtiss used in his recent
record making flights at Rheims and
Brescia. 1t is equipped, however, with
a four-cylinder water cooled motor in
stead Of the eight-cyllnder motor used
abroad.
Wilbur Wright was not sanguIne to-
night over the outlook for tomorrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

Sept ga terrific ex-
plosion occurred today in the
Il office of the Columbia Film eX-
change, in the Ferguson building, in
the heart of the downtown district
From fifty to seventy-fve persons
were injured, some of them seriously
The damage is -imated at 100000 or
more.
At first it was believed that seven
employees of the film company had lost
their lives, but this proved untrue.
A score of injured were taken to hos
pitfalls. A majority of them were burned,
while others suffered fractures of limbs.
The force of the explosion was so
great that the south wall of the Fer
guson building on Third avenue was
blown out.
The remaining walls were badly
damaged and the building inspector or
dered them razed.
Windows for a square on either side
of the explosion were broken ana a