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THE COLFAX GAZETTE
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
*• GRAND OPENING OF .^
NEW SPEING STOCK!
Twentieth Century Ideas.
Values, not words, are our dependence, and this adv. tells
of some wonderful bargains we offer you at bedrock prices and
in return we ask that without skepticism or prejudice you We
us the chance to demonstrate that all of our statements wOl
boar the searchlight of truth.
Goods Have Ad- in every department you will find
valued—but pncf lower than we could buy
ut a a > roods7 ere we forced to go into
the markets and pay the prices ruling today.
We Occupy a For- today with goods on hand and due
tunate Position On cont*acts. We do not claim'
. , . . any keener foresight than possess
ed by our neighbors, but we know that we had the courage of
our convictions. °
The Explanation quotations is that we are loyally
Of Olir llllder-Value J narm& wi.tn our customers the
. benefit which comes to us from
long-standing contracts that are not as yet wholly filled.
COTTON PIECE GOODS.
20 yards of Indigo Blue Prints for $1 ro
20 yards good quality Apron Check Ginghams for 1 do
25 yards of Standard Dress Prints for j '<
10 yards of 36-ioch wide Bleached Domestic for 100
20 yards Rood quality light or dark colored Outing Fi^neiiorZZZZZZZ 1 '00
20 yards 1 nrkey Red Oil color Dress Prints for 1 00
2.> yards good Crash Toweling for I!!""!"!""" 100
CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, "WALL PAPER
AND PAINTS.
Everybody knows we are headquarters on this class of goods, as we buy them in
carload lots, thereby saving nearly 50 per cent in freights.
Good quality Ingrain Carpets at 25 eenta
Half Wool Carpets at "// 45 eentg
Strictly All Wool Ingrain Carpets at 50 cents
d tod quality Brussels Carpets, to close out (goods we sold for f 10m 60c
to 85c per yard) go at r.n f . (intH
Good Wall Paper, per double roll i"™ 10 cents
Nice Silver Gilt Papers, per double roll 15 centß
I'iue BmboflMd Papers, from 35c to 75c per double roll.
ON DRESS GOODS.
During this sale we will give free of charge with each and every Worsted Dreee
amounting to |3.00 and over, a complete set of Dress Linings.
FREE—FREE—From March 15th to March 20th:
2 yds of Selinia worth 30c 1 Spool Silk Thread worth 10c
-' V(lH f of ( atlv;l* worth 30c 1 Paper Hooks and Eyee worth 5c
-I y s fancy striped Nearsilk ...worth 80c 1 Set. of Dress Stays ..' worth 15c
4 y,ls \ elvet Facing worth 33c Free from March 15th to 20th.
WAN MSB -ill UinJt, of Poultry and Country Produce.
Cash paid for Eggs and Chickens.
Yours for Leaders in Low Prices,
The (Treat Eastern Store,
Lands
lor
..Sale..
To Property Owners
1 have positive information that the population of Eastern Washington will
increase several thousand during the coming Spring and Summer, and I have
made arrangement* with eastern connections who will have a large number
of these parties to visit Whitman County.
All persons wishitig to dispose of their holdings (whether city or country) will
not have a better opportunity and should list their property with me at once.
Call and get full particulars. Xo charge lor listing.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of Colfax, Washington.
CAPITAL, - - 800,000.00.
LEVI ANKENY, Pres. JULIUS LIPPITT, Vice Pres. EDWIN T. COMAN, Cashier.
"The strength of a bank lies in the conservative
management of its assets."
OLDEST NATIONAL BANK IN THE PAL.OUSE COUNTRY
J. A. Perkins & Co. ™§^
(j>l f\f\ (\f\f\ to loan on improved farms in the Palouee
vA""?"^" country. .*. No delay in closing loane.
CUT PROPERTY FOB SALE. Office in TJA\TIT Of PnTfAV
GENERAL FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS. X>21.J3l XV \JJC V^UJLJt 1 AA.
HARRY EATON, President JNO. F. FULLER, Manager.
WASHINGTON ABSTRACT CO.
Abstracts furnished to all the lands and town lots in Whitman County. A complete and
reliable eet of books, up to date.
Notary Public in office. Rooms 15 and IG, Ellis B!ock, Colfax
THE WHITMAN ABSTRACT CO.
R. G. HARGRAVE, Manager.
Abstracted and Conveyancers. Only Complete set of abstract books in Whitman County
SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF COLFAX
DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
Alfred Coolidge. President. Aaron Kuhn, Vice President. Chas. E. Scriber, Cashier.
Coliax, Wasniii<fton.
Tracts in all Variety.
Some were taken under mortgage
and must be sold.
Farming and Pasture Lands,
Fruit and Gardening Tracts,
Orchards.
Houses and Lots in Colfax, Pull
man, Palouse and Moscow.
Also my residence.
GEO. H. LENNOX, Colfax
Harry Cornwell.
COLFAX, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCHT 1900.
NEWS OF THE STATES
Gathered From Hills, Valleys
and Plains of the Union 1.
Boiled Down As It Comes From
the Wires for Information of
Busy Headers.
Wednesday, February 21.
Secretary of State Hay made a writ
ten denial to congress of the charge that
the United States had made a secret al
liance with Great .Britain.
According to information received at
the war department from Manila at the
end of the present expedition of General
Bates into the two provinces at the ex
treme southern part of the island of
Luzon, military operations in the Phil
ippines will dose. Afterward, it is
stated, there is nothing to do but to
undertake to maintain order through a
police system.
Upon representations of the Spanish
government to the effect that some of
the islands south of the Philippine archi
pelago, which had been taken possession
of by the United States gunboats, were
really the property of Spain, the author
ities of the state department have ex
amined the charts and concluded to di
rect the withdrawal of our claims to the
islands of Cygayen, Sulu and Cibutu,
which lie without the boundary lines
laid down by the treaty of Paris.
Thursday, February 22,
The next national democratic convec
tion meets at Kansas City July 4.
It is believed that Aguinaldo has es
caped from Luzon and is thought to be
in Hong Kong.
Dan Rice, the veteran circus clowb,
died at Long Branch, N. J., after a
lingering illness, aged 77 years. Mr.
Rice has been in ill health for several
months.
A dispatch has bepn received in Ba
tavia, IS. V., that Ernest Kingdon of
Stafford, whs? enlisted in the Fortieth
volunteer infantry, had been found
sleeping at his post, tried by court mar
tial and sentenced to be shot. It is
said that a number of Filipino rebels
entered the camp while Kingdon was
asleep and killed two or three American
soldiers.
Friday, February 2a.
Senator Gallinger favorably reported
from the committee on commerce the
bill for the appointment of a committee
to visit Asia in the interest of trade.
By direction of the president, the new
military post at Magnolia bluff, near
Seattle, will be hereafter known and des
ignated as Fort Lawton, in honor of
the late Major General Lawton.
That the demand for American ma
chinery and irou work i i rapidly increas
ing in all quarters of the globe is illus
trated by the fact that a half dozen
steamships are now loading at .New York
with cargoes to be used in the construc
tion of bridges and edifices in as many
different parts of the world.
Representative Babeock of Wisconsin,
chairman of the republican congressional
committee,announced the following mem
bers of the executive committee: Repre
sentatives Hull of lowa, Cannon of
Illinois, Mercer of Nebraska, Loudens
lager of New Jersey, Russel of Connecti
cut and Lovering of Massachusetts:
Senators Proctor of Vermont, Gallinger
of New Hampshire and Mcßnde of Ore
gon.
Saturday, February 24.
One of the fiercest storms of the winter
prevailed throughout northern Ohio.
A 40-mile gale from the northwest was
accompanied by a heavy driving snow
storm, causing big drifts.
Senator Turner's bill for a public
building at Spokane was favorably re
ported in the senate today, with an
amendment raising the cost of the build
ing from $.'*.jO,ooo to $500,000.
President McKinley refused to ap
point James Hamilton Lewis as a mem
ber of the new Philippine commission.
Four of the five members were selected,
as follows: Judge Taft of Ohio, Luke
T.Wright of Tennessee, 11. C. Ide of
Vermont and Dean Worcester of Michi
gan.
Nearly $3,000,000 waa paid into the
sub-treasury at San Francisco by the
Southern Pacific company for the Cen
tral Pacific railroad in liquidation of a
note of the latter company that d^es
not fall due until Aueust,' 1901. The
actual payment was §2,940,194.79.
February 7 to 10, 1900.
WE TOLD YOU SO
Sherwoods,
Golden Wyandottes,
Buff Leghorns,
The Champion Winter Layers. Also
M. B. Turkeys.
See our record at Colfax, Feb. 7, 1900.
Hen Eggs #2 for l: '\
M. B. Turkey Eggs, $4 for 13
G. T. FERGUSON. Endieott, Wn.
T>Y VIRTUE OF CHOICE GOODS,
JJ low prices and fair dealing, we have
earned the title of
Purveyors to the
People of Colfex,
which we will hold and defend by the
same prompt and intelligent attention
to the wants of our patrons.
Bennett & Tarfoet,
Family Grocers.
Try "The Bee Hive"
The Cheapest store in
Colfax for
Notions of all kinds.
£3" E?gs Wanted. ,\ Main Street.
The note which wag taken up is the fifth
of a series of 20 bearing interest of 3
percent, given to the government when
the (entral Pacific settlement was ef
fected.
Sunday, February Ur»
Secretary Thomas Richardson issued
the official call for the tenth annual ses
sion of the trans-Mississippi commercial
conffreaa to be held at Houston, April
17-21, The territory to be represented
embraces ell of the states and territories
lying west of the Mississippi river.
At Chicago the building trades council
decided to order that the delivery of
brick from all parts of the eountrv^ for
buildings under construction by the con
tractors who employed non-union men
most be stopped. This will make idle
1000 brieknmkers. The order extending
the strike of the machinists to other
trades will call out at least 3000 others.
At Franklin, in Oneau county, Idaho,
Harry Ilennington was given a" coat of
tar and feathers a few days ago. He
was accused of being responsible for the
condition of a girl who died from the
result of an operation. When Henning
ton presented himself at his own home,
covered from head to foot with feathers,
his wife was bo frightened at the strange
figure that she fell in a faint.
Monday, February ii«.
Secretary Root Bent to the house
claims for damages alleged to have been
caused by United States troops during
the Spanish-American war, principally
while encamped or traveling. The claims
aggregate $132,00 G.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations; To be major general by
brevet, Brigadier General Harrison Gray
Otis, U. S. V.; to be brigadier generals
by brevet, Colonel 0. Simmers, Second
Oregon volunteers; Colonel C. 11. Kess
ler, First Montana volunteers.
In Kentucky the state contest board
awarded certificates of election to all the
democratic contestants for minor state
oltices. Immediately afterward the con
testants were sworn in and repaired to
the state house in a body, where they
made a formal demand on the republi
can incumbents for possession of the of
fices, but the demands were not acceded
to.
Tuesday, February 27.
February wheat at Chicago, 64%; May,
66%. Portland, cash, 5:5 to 54; Tacoma,
52.
The president has nominated Henry
B. Miller of Oregon to be consul at
Cbung King, China.
Seattle shipped $600,000 worth of
American goods to the orient on the
Japanese liner Tosa Mara.
Ignoring Berlin, London, Paris and
the other European banking centers, the
Russian imperial government has come
to New York for a loan of $25,000,000.
A local passenger train between Kansas
City and St. Louis crashed into a de
layed express train in a blinding snow
storm 12 miles from Independence, Mo.
Two women were killed and eight per
sons injured.
I-adysmitli Relieved.
London, March I.—lt is officially an
nounced by the war office that Lady
smith has been relieved. General Bui
ler's successful assault and capture of
Pieter's hill was the beginning of the
end. British casualties to March 1 were
12,843, and in the last fortnight 2319.
AHOI'NI) THK COUNTY.
Uniontown farmers are hauling pota
toes by wagon to Lewiston and making
a good thing out of them.
Colton News-Letter: Judge Flowers
left for Seattle last Friday to endeavor
to establish a market for his horses.
M. A. Ferguson holds the record for
hog in the Colton country. He butch
ered one a few days ago which dressed
575 pounds.
Garfield Enterprise: Vaccination may
be bad, but smallpox is worse. The
germs of smallpox seem to be rather
plentiful all over the northwest and may
catch you any time.
According to Dr. Leuty of Farming
ton there is a case or two of smallpox
at Farmington in the family of ('. f.
Pearson. Fhe children are attacked in
the usual light form.
Colton News-Letter: James Con way
shipped another car of horses to Seattle
Sunday morning. There were only 13
horses in the bunch, but the average
weight was 1000 pounds, the best lot he
has shipped from here. He expects to
return about the Ist of March.
Garfield Enterprise: J. E. Brown took
the contract the latter part of January
to carry the mail daily between (Jarfield
and Princeton. Mr. Brown agreed to
carry the mail starting from Princeton
in the morning and return in the evening
until February G, after which he should
start from Garfield in the morning re
turning in the evening. Mr. Brown was
under contract to forfeit $5 for each day
he failed to be on time, and on the other
side the contractors were bound to pay
Mr. Brown $5 additional for each day
he was obliged to carry such mail after
February Gth, starting from Princeton.
It now seems that the contractors are
unable to get the postmasters along the
route to sign a petition to change the
order as the change will make their mail
a day later.
A Fiendish Attack.
An attack was lately made on C. F.
Collier of Cherokee, lowa, that nearly
proved fatal. It came through his kid
neys. His back got so lame he could
not stoop without great pain, nor sit in
a chair except propped by cushions. No
remedy helped him until'he tried Elec
tric Bitters which effected such a won
derful change that he writes he feels like
a new man. This marvelous medicine
cures backache and kidney trouble,
purifies the blood and builds up your
health. Only 50c at The Elk Drug Store,
F. J. Stone, Prop o
Sick headache absolutely and per
manently cured by using Moki Tea. A
pleasant herb drink. Cures constipation
and indigestion, makes you eat, sleep,
work and happy. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money back. 25 cts and 50 cts.
The Elk Drugstore.
To Cure a Cold in One Day,
Take Laxative Bhomo Quinine Tats
lets. All druggists refund the money if
it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signa
ture is on each box. 25c #
cold law agreed on
House and Senate Conferees Had
No Trouble.
Provision Included for Coinage of
Silver, Principally of Sub
sidiary Nature.
Washington, Feb. L'.J.-The republican
members of the conference committee on
the financial bill reached an agreement
today. The democratic conferees were
called in and stated their opposition to
the bill, and without further formality
the bill was ordered reported. The text
of the bill as agreed upon and an it will
be reported by the conferees and uh it
probably will become a law in aw follows:
That the dollar consisting ol :.'."> s-io
grains, 910 fine, established by section
• i-)l 1 of the revised statutes of the
I nitet] States, shall be the standard unit
Of value, and all forms of money issued
or coined by the United States t-'hail be
maintained at a parity of value with this
standard, and it shall be the duty of the
sfcretary of the treasury to maintain
Buch parity.
Section 2—That United States and
treasury notre i-sued under the act of
July 11. 1890, when presented to the
treasury fur redemption, shall be re
deemed in sold coin of the standard
fixed in the first section of this act, and
in order to secure the prompt and cer
tain redemption of such notes as herein
provided it shall be the duty of the sec
retary of the treasury to set apart in
the treasury a reserve fund of f150.000,
--000 in gold coin and bullion, which fund
shall be used for such redemption pur
poses only, and whenever and as often
as any of paid notes shall be redeemed
from said fund it shall be the duty of the
secretary of the treasury to use said
notes so redeemed to restore and main
tain such reserve fund in the manner fol
lowing, towit:
First—By exchanging the notes no re
deemed for any gold coin in the general
fund of the treasury.
Second—By accepting deposits of gold
coin at the treasury or at any sub-treas
ury in exchange for the United States
notes co redeemed.
Third—By procuring gold coin by the
use of said notes in accordance with the
provisions of section .'5700 of the re
vised statutes of the United States.
Secretary May Borrow Money.
If the secretary of the treasury is un
able to restore and maintain thegold re
serve fund by the foregoing methods.and
the amount of such gold coin and tml
lion in said fund nhall at any time fall
below $100,000,000, then it shall be bis
duty to restore the same to the maxi
mum sum of $150,000,000 by borrow
ing money by the credit of the United
States, and for the debt thus incurred to
issue and sell coupon or registered bonds
of the UnttediStatee, in such form as he
may prescribe, in denominations of $50
or any multiple thereof, bearing interest
at the rate of not exceeding three per
eentum per annum, payable quarterly,
Buch bonds to l;e payable at the pleasure
of the I nited States after one year from
the date of their issue and to be payable,
prii cipal and interest, in gold coin of the
present standard value and to be ex
empt from the payment of all taxes or
dues of the United States, as well as
from taxation in any form by or under
state, municipal or local authority, and
the gold coin received from the sale of
said bonds nhall be first covered into the
general fund of the treasury and then
exchanged in the manner hereinbefore
provided for an equal amount of the
notes redeemed and held for exchange:
and the secretary of the treasury may
in his discretion line paid notes'in ex
change for gold or to purchase or re
deem any bonds of the Inited States or
for any other lawful purpose the public
interests may require, except that they
shall not be used to meet deficiencies in
the current revenues.
That United States notes, when re
deemed iv accordance with the provis
ions of thiH section shall be reissued in
the reserve fund until exchanged for
gold, as herein provided, and the gold
coin and bullion in the reserve fund, to
gether with the redeemed notes held for
use, an provided in this section, shall at
no time exceed the maximum Bum of
$150,000,000.
Sec. .'5. That nothing contained in
this act shall be construed to affect the
legal tender quality as now provided by
law of the silver dollar or of any other
money coined or issued by the United
States.
Issues and Redemption.
Sec. 4. That there be established in
the treasury department as a part of
the office of the treasury of the United
States divisions to be designated and
known as the division of issue and the
division of redemption, to which shall
be assigned, respectively, under 6uch
regulations as the secretary of the
treasury may approve, all records and
accounts relating to the issue and re
demption of United States notes, gold
certificates, silver certificates and cur
rency certificates. There shall be trans
ferred from the accounts of the general
fund of the treasury of the United States
and entered upon the books of said di
visions, respectively, accounts relating
to fhe reserve fund for the redemption
of United States and treasury notes, the
gold coin held acainst outstanding gold
certificates, the United States notes held
against outstanding currency certifi
cates and the silver dollars held against
outstanding silver certificates, and each
of the funds represented by these ac
counts shall be used for the redemption
of the notes and certificates for which
they are especially pledged, and shall be
used for no other purpose, the same be
ing held as trust funds.
Silver Certificates.
Sec. 5. That it 6hall be the duty of
the secretary of the treasury as fast as
standard silver dollars are coined under
the provisions of the nets of July 14,
1890, and June 13. LSOB, Jrom bullion
purchased under the act of July 14,lN'JO,
to retire and cancel an equal amount of
treasury notes whenever received into
the treasury either by exchange, in ac
cordance with the provisions of this act,
or in the ordinary course of business,
and upon the cancellation of treasury
notes, silver certificates shall be issued
TWENTY-THIRD YKAK.
against the silver dollari so coined.
Gold Certificate*.
SeclionH Thai the secretary of the
treasury io hereby authorised and di
rected to receire deposits of gold coin
with the treasurer or any assistant
treasurer of the United States in sums
of not less than $20 and to (asm gold
certificates therefor in denominations <>f
not less than $ 30, and the coin so de
posited shall be retained in tbs treasury
and held for the payment of such certifi
cates on demand, and used for no other
purpose. Sued certificates shall be re
ceivable for customs, taxes and all pub
lic dues, and when ho received may be
re-issued, and when held by any nation
al banking association may !«.'• counted
as a part of its lawful reserve:
Provided, thai whenever and ho long
as the geld coin held in the reserve fund
of the treasury for the redemption ol
( nited States notes and treasury notes
shall fall below $100,000,000 the
authority to issue certificates an herein
provided shall tie suspended; and
Provided, further, that whenever and
bo loDg an tiie aggregate amount of
I nited States notes and silver certifi
cates in the general fund of the treasury
shall exceed $00,000,000 the secretary
ol the treasury may in his discretion,
suspend the issue of the certificates here
in provided for; and
■Provided further, that of the amount
ol such outstanding certificates one
fotirtli at least shall be in denominations
of $50 or less; and
Provided further, thnt the secretary
of the treasury, may in his discretion,
issue such certificates in such denomina
tions of $10,000, payable to order. And
section 5391 of the'revised statutes of
the I aited States is hereby repealed.
Value of Silver Certificate*,
Section 7—That hereafter silver certifi
cates shall be issued only in denomina
tions of .*lo and under, except that not
exceeding in the aggregate L 0 percent
of the total volume of said certificates,
in the discretion ol the secretary of the
treasury, may be issued in denomina
tions of $20, $50 and flno, and silver
certificates of higher denomination than
$10, except as herein provided shall,
whenever received at the treasury or re
deemed, bo retired and cancelled and
certificates of denominations of $10 or
less shall be substituted therefor, and
after such substitution, in whole or in
part, a like volume of I'nit m! StateH
notes of less denominations than $1"
shall from time to time be retired and
cancelled, end notes of denominations
of $10 and upward shall be re-issued in
substitution therefor, with like qualifica
tions and restrictions as thoar retired
and cancelled.
Concerning Silver Bullion.
Section B.—That the secretary of the
treasury i- hereby authorized to use at
his discretion any silver bullion in the
treasury of the (nited States purchaHed
under act of July 14, 1890, for coinage
into s.ucii denominations of subsidiary
Bilver coin as may be necessary to meet
the public requirements for b'ucu coin,
jnovided thai tLie amount of subsidiary
BTTvercloJll-t)tTftrtftn^i»(f*h*.Tr <tiot at any
time exceed in the aggregate $100,000,
--000. Whenever any silver bullion pur
chased under the act of July 14, 1890,
shall be used in thecoinageof (subsidiary
silver coin, an amount of treasury notes
issued under said act equal to the cost
of the bullion contained in such coin
nhall be cancelled and not reissued.
Section 9—That the secretary of the
treasury is hereby authorized and di
rected to cause all worn and undercur
rent subsidiary silver coin of the United
States now in the treasury and here
after received to lie re coined and to re
imburse the treasury of the United
States for the difference between the
nominal original value of such coin and
the amount the name will produce in
new coin from any moneys in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated.
National Hanks,
Sec. 10. That section 5138 of the re
vis, d statutes is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
"Section 5138—N0 association shall
be organized with a less capital than
$100,000 except that banks with a cap
itai of not It ss than $50,000 may, with
the approval of the secretary of the
treasury, be organized in any place the
population oi which does not exceed
6,000 inhabitants, and except that
banks with a capital of not less than
$25,000 may, with the sanction of the
secretary of the treasury, be organized
in any place the population of which
does not excei] .'SIMM) inhabitants. No
association shall be organized in a city,
the population of which exceeds "<<>,ooo
persons with a capital of less than *2UO -
000."
Reducing Rate of Interest.
Sec. 11. That the secretary of the
treasury is hereby authorized to receive
at the treasury any of the outstanding
bonds of the United States bearing in
terest at 5 per cent per annum, payable
February 1, 1904, and any bonds of the
United States bearing interest at 1 per
cent per annum, payable .Inly 1, 1907,
and any bonds of the United States
bearing iuterent at •'{ per cent per annum,
payable August 1, 1908, and to issue in
exchange therefor au equal amount of
coupon or registered bonds of the United
States in such form as he may prescribe,
in denominations of $50, or any multi
ple thereof, bearing interest at the rate
(jf 2 per cent per annum, payable quar
terly, such bonds to be payable at the
pleasure of the United States, after .'SO
years from the date of their issue, and
said bonds to be payable, principal and
interest, in gold coin of the present
standard value, and to be exempt from
the payment of all taxes or duties of the
United States, as will as from taxation
in any form by or under state, muni
cipal or local authority; provided, that
such outstanding bonds may be received
in exchange at a valuation not greater
than their present worth to yield an in
come of 2', per centum per annum; and
in consideration of the reduction of in
terest affected, the secretary of the treas
ury is authorized to pay the holders of
the outstanding bonds, surrendered for
exchange out of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, a sum
not greater than the difference between
their present worth, computed as afore
said, and their par value, and the pay
ments to be made hereunder shall be
| held to be payments on accouut of the
sinking fund created by section ;iU94 of
the revised statutes; and provided fur-
I ther. that 2 per centum bonds, to be
Continued on fourth Fuse.
