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CAME TO STANDSTILL
Judge Jacobs Sustained l)e-
murrer of McDonald.
Sunday Opening Cases Dismissed—
Itecords Were Made and
Then Remade.
The celebrated ease of Judge McDon
ald, wherein he was charged by J. E.
Nessty, correspondent of theSpokesmau-
Keview, with an attempt to incite Win
Keecfa to Bwear falsely against Neeely by
testifying that he was implicated in the
stealing of a email band of cattle from
lien Manchester three or four years ago,
came to a standstill in the superior
court Wednesday morning. Judge
Jacobs of Seattle presided and sustained
the demurrer of the defendant's counsel,
who contended that the information did
not set forth facts constituting a crime.
It was contended by the defense that no
actual crime had been committed, even
if the allegations made by the prosecu
tion were true, for the reason that Ness- I
ly was not actually charged with the
crime in qustion at the time alleged, and '
that to commit or incite to commit per
jury can ouly become a crime when the
action is relative to a case actually at j
issue. It was on this ground that Judge :
Jacobs sustained the demurrer. Whether j
or not the case will be carried up by the j
prosecution is not now known.
The defense strenuously objected to M. j
0. Heed appearing as assistant counsel I
for the state. Three or four affidavits
were tiled by those interested setting
out that he had consulted with McDon
ald about the matter more than a year
ago and had offered to defend him. This
Mr. Reed, by affidavit, denied in toto.
However, the court ruled that he could
not appear.
McDonald was represented by J. T.
Brown, C. M. Wyman, Thos. Nerll and
John Pattison.
Saloon Cases Dismissed.
The cases ngaiust Dan Binnard and P.
Lefrancis, arrested three months ago on
charges of keeping their saloons open on
Sunday, were neatly thrown out of
court because they had not, as is pre
scribed by law, been tried within sixty
days. Why this was not done is an in
teresting little story. When they were
arraigned August 16 Judge McDonald
set their cases down for trial for Novem
ber 12, nearly 90 days ahead. The rec
ord order, as made by Judge McDonald
on the day of arraignment, did not show
that this placing of the cases more than
(JO days in advance was by the consent
of the defendants. This, properly done,
would have saved the state's right to a
prosecution after 60 days. Without it
there could be bo result but a dismissal.
Those interested in keeping saloons
closed on Sundays were well aware of
this fact, and Key. J. W. Flesher, repre
senting the Anti-Saloon League, went
to Judge McDonald and expostulated
against his action in placing the cases
in such condition as to bar prosecution.
Then Judge McDonald did a peculiar
thing to appease the wrath of the anti
saloon people. Four or five days after
he called Deputy Clerk Kennedy to his
private room, with his book of records,
and there ordered the interlineation of
these words in the record: "At request
of defendant by his counsel." It was
generally understood that there had
been no such request, but Judge Mc
l)onald Baid so and in it went.
Hut when the case came up for trial, J.
T. lirown, attorney for the defense,
pleaded the bar to prosecution because
trial was not had within the statutory
60 days. The court ordered stricken
from the records the words "at request
of defendant by his counsel," because of
a "mistake" in inserting them. Thus
the cases were left barred from prosecu
tion, and Judge Jacobs could not do
otherwise than dismiss them.
Declared Insane.
(Jodfred Closner, who has been in jail
six weeks on a charge of stealing (JO
sacks of oats from J. 0. Cooper near
Johnson, was Tuesday declared insane
by a lunacy commission composed of
Dr. J. D. McLean, superintendent of the
Medical Lake asylum for insane, and Dr.
T. I). Fergusou. Dr. McLean testified
that he had Closner under his charge at
the asylum for three yearn and dis
charged him last July as improved only.
The doctor says the cause of insanity is
a depression in the skull, caused by an
accidental blow from an ax in the hands
of a brother when they were children, aud
that he will never be entirely rational,
though having his lucid intervals. Clos
ner will be returned to Medical Lake.
UUESSIXO M'DO.\ALI>'S VOTE.
Ten Losers Banquet As Many Win-
ners—Program.
Prior to the election a number of gen
tlemen of Colfax while discussing Judge
McDonald's chances of re-election, con
cluded that it would be a good idea to
have a guessing contest on McDonald's
vote—those farthest away from the
official count paying the expense of a
banquet for the closer guessers and
themselves. There were twenty guessers,
bids ranging from 720 to 1500, Harry
Nathan guessing the exact number, and
two others missing it 15 and 25. Fol
lowing are the names of the contestants,
the first ten being thope who will give
the banquet: L. E. Allen, H. Bramwell,
F. M. Coleman, F. A. Shaw, W. B. Har
grave, C. A. Elmer, E. E. Bellinger, J. 11.
Sherfey, M. 0. Reed, O. R. Moore; and
Rev. H. P. James, D. Ryrie, Joseph
Canutt, S. B. Siler, J. F. Corner, Mark
E. Tant, Frank P. Wegstein, A. R. Metz,
(i. W. Case, Jr., Harry Nathan. The
banquet will be held Friday evening.
Following is the program of exercises:
W. B. Hargrave, Toastmaster.
"They've Robbed Me of My Offioß,"
M. O. Reed
Triumph of the Tinhorn. Joseph Canutt
A Calamity Howl C. A. Elmer
Political Prophesy as an Exact Science
....:.. Harry Nathan
How Glad I Am L E. Allen
To the Man That Gets the Job S. B. Siler
John L. Wilson— Requiescat in Pace
G. W. Case, Jr.
Foot Prints Howard Bramwell
Morturi Salutsmus John F. Corner
1902—Watch Our Smoke O. R. Moore
Te Deum Laudamus H. P. James
Farmer Going Iv For Sheep.
Geo. Kreutz, one of the pioneer farm
ers of this locality, who is perfectly fa
miliar with all the conditions here.states
that he considers exclneive wheat grow
ing at the present time an unsafe and
uncertain proposition, says the Oakes
dale Sun. He has made a careful and
through study of the sheep raising in
dustry, and believes it will prove suc
cessful here. Accordingly he has lately
procured a fine registered Oxford and
also a fine registered merino buck, which
have just arrived from Pendleton. He
will soon have his ranch all under plank
and wire for sheep raising. He says
they will thrive on milk weed pasrtire,
fOT.FAX OAXICTTK. fOLFA.V, WAsmXCTQx, NOVEMBER 16 , 1900.
which will do well on Hummer fallow It
will also kill off the wild oats. Mr
kreiitz's experiments will be watched
with great interest by many of the farm
ers in this vicinity, and we believe he will
be successful in his new undertaking.
FOB GOOD OF THE PARTY.
John Ij. Wilson Bids Adieu to Po
litical Leadership.
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 11.—John L.
VA ilson, ex-United States senator, at one
time leader of the republicans of Wash
ington and dispenser of federal patron
age, is out of the political game. He
formally announced Saturday night at
a meeting of former lieutenants of the
Wilson ring that he would not seek po
litical office again in Washington; that
he would no longer be found among the
leader* of his party; that he would re
tire to the ranks of workers, realizing
that his term of usefulness as a leader
wan over. With te.ice in his eyes he con
cluded a short speech by bidding a po
litical farewell to a small coterie of his
chief assistants, and the chief assistants
also dissolved in tears.
It had been given out that the private
meeting was to talk over political plans
for the future. Mr. Wilson's announce
ment wan tbe only speech made, and
when be finished the little party dis
banded. Among those present at the
farewell party were: W. H. Ludden,
register of the land office; S. A. Wells,
receiver of the land office: Jack Wilmot,'
proprietor of the Wilmot saloon; Arthur
J. Shaw, receiver of the First National
and Citizens' National Banks; Charles
Hopkins, district manager of the Inland
Telephone & Telegraph Company; Eugene
B. Hyde, superintendent of forest re
serves; Millard T. Hartson, ex candidate
for superior judge; Captuin Joe Moore,
secretary of the republican county cen
tral committee; J. W. Merritt, ex-candi
date for the 3d distrist: Herman D.
Crow, senator-elect from the 4th dis
trict; Wallace Mount, supreme judge
elect; R. 1). Speck, ex-sheriff of Spokane
county; Joseph Wilson, collector of in
ternal revenue; Harry Humphreys,
alloting agent for the Colville Indians,
and others.
Ex Senator Wilson created a sensa
tion when he made his declaration of re
tirement. He reviewed at some length
the work of the republican party in this
state and referred to his own share in
the political battles. He said the recent
election had convinced him that it was
better for the party for him to sacrifice
hie political ambitions and become an
earnest worker in the ranks. The only
regret he had concerning the election
was that some of his friends had been
defeated through their supposed allegi
ance to him, as he realized that this pre
sumed allegiance had been the cause of
i their defeat.
Mr. Wilson repudiated the accusations
i of any combination between himself and
ex-Governor McGraw. and said he had
no political talks with that gentleman
looking to a future coalition of interests.
He mentioned the fact that he was the
owner of a newspaper which was paying
1 him a fair income, and that he would
consequently lose nothing financially by
retiring. He said he should always be
with the party in its work, but would
never again seek political office in Wash
ington. He said he would use his pri
vate influence against Levi Ankeny and
others who had been responsible for the
failure of his party's best efforts in the
political battles of the year.
Gunther's chocolates and bonbons
are a delicious candy. At The Elk
Drug Store,
GOOD CHILDREN AT SCHOOL
Pupils Who Have Been Neither Tardy
Xor Absent During First Term.
Their Deportment Has Been Good
In Addition to Their Itegu
lar Attendance.
Names of pupils in the city schoolH
who have been not only neither tardy
nor absent, but also of good deport
ment during the first quarter of nine
weeks:
Anderson, Maud Keeney, Grace
Anderson, Lillie Keeney, Bertha
Anderson, Anna Keeney, Perry
Aegerter, Clara Kirkland. Lela
Aegerter, Ruby Kirkland, Archie
Baker, Ellen Kirkland, Howard
Baker, Julia Lloyd, Grace
Burlingame, Cal Lloyd, Bertie
Burlingame, Meade Layton, Hazel
Burlingame, Luther Luther, Emma
Bakala, Hattie Lake, Pearl
Boyd, Lois Matzger, Chester
Carroll, Rena Matzger, Marvin
Carter, Juanita Martin Elma
Carter, Chryssie Mackay, James
Codd, Lawrence Minhaelson, Edna
Oodd, Mary McPhee, Teddy
Codd, Lizzie McPhee, J A
Canfield, Edward Maurer, Olliet
Clark, Maude MarsL, Ethel
Coryell, Sylvia Moore, Vivian
Cribb, Violet Matlock, Alice
Chapman, Jamie Morgan, Laura
Chapman, Clinton Moller, Hervey
Chapman, Bormie Neill, Roacoe
Carey, Cecil Nessly, Leonard
Cannon, Gertrude Nelson, Hazel
Colvm, Webster O'Neill, Mamie
Cornelius, Martha Oliver, Chester
Cornelius, Stella Oliver, Margaret
Culton, Bessie Ogden, Alvira
Dickey, Ardie Pooley, Frank
DeGoliar, Kenneth Pooley, Francis
Duncan, Opal Parker, Ruth
Doolittle, Ada Parker, Edmund
Dwelly, Florence Parker. Elfa
Earl, Millie Powell, Rosina
Earl, Ruby Pocock. Lunette
Earl, Chandoes Ross, Charlie
Ellis, Willie Ross, Donald
Elba, Roy Renfrew, Claude
Ellis, Leon Renfrew, Gladys
Eacho, Raleigh Rumbaugh, Orrel
Evans, Ella Robinette, Nettie
Evans, Veda Stravens, Florence
Eltzroth, Susie Stravens, George
Fuller, Fred Stravens, Eddie
i inch, Elmer Stravens, Clara
Fitzpatrick, Anna Stafford, Grace
Fisher, Olla Saunders, Florence
I isher, Lula Shearer, Morris
Frew, Jack Stevens, Ray
Galhmore, Ralph Stevens, Grace
Goff, Frank Swan, Laura
Goff, Arthur Sterner, Inez
Gerber, May Smith, Floyd
Grimm. Arthur Smith, Maud
Green, Ethel Shaw, Grace
Harper, Mabel Shaw, Bertha
Hinchhtf, Vera Schiblin, Rose
Hinchhff, Floyd Strickler, Walter
Hinchhff, Fred Strickler, Willia.n
Hargrave, Fred Sherfey, Walter
Hargrave, Bertie Trimble, Elizabeth
Harris, Arthur Taft, Geneva
Hughes, Willie Taft, Edna
Hardisty, Ercil Thompson, Rodney
Hart, Cora Yon Soehnen, Helen
Hart Willie Yon Soehnen, Florence
Hogan, Burkie Voliendorf, Mary
Hunton, Dora Walker, Hugh
Howard, Philip Walker, Herbert
Harter, Elizabeth Webster, Harry
Hungate, Eugenia Walmer, Helen
Hunt, Roy Walmer, Hazel
Hunt, Rex Walmer, Winifred
Johnstone, Clara Weitz, Mary
Johnstone, Iva Weitz, Katie
Jacobson, Minnie White, Eva
Kasdorf, Walter White, Grac6
Kasdorf, Willie Williams, Hazel
Kuhn, Eva Yearsley, Stella
Kuhn, Ethyl Yelle, Nazaire
Cairns, Carrie Nessly, Leona
Canutt, Volney Oliver, Allen
Cornelius, Wesley Stover, Oliver
Davis, Apues Thompson, Bureh
Finch, John Urban, Joseph
Lacey, Alleu
Tha incentive of half a day's holiday
is given pupils who j^aio a place on the
roll of honor each term; |and to those re
maining upon the lint throughout the
entire school year diplomas will Up
awarded, with exercise* similar to gradu
ating ones. These rewardH have resulted
in largely increasing the list of good
boys and girls for the first term.
Rarbed Wire Telephone.
The farmers of the Walla Walla val
ley are said to be successfully using
their barbed-wire fences for telephone
conductors. Nine miles of telephone in
being operated along a barbed wire
fence. There are no insulators being
used and the line is doing good work
and the results are satisfactory. Sev
eral farmers who desired to be brought
into closer communication with each
other procured the ordinary receivers
and transmitters and attached them to
lines of barbed wire strung on a common
cattle proof fence of the variety that is
in general use among stockmen. The
wire is nailed to the fence posts in the
ordinary way with staples and no effort
to insulate the wire was made. Where
roads had to be crossed poles were set in
the ground on either side and the wires
strung in this manner sufficiently high
to insure safety from passing vehicles.
This line has been in operatiou for sev
eral weeks and so far there has been no
break in the communication by reason
of "grounded" wires or other causes
that would seem impossible to avoid. It
is of great benefit to those who employ
it and they say that within the next few
years all the farmers in the country will
be employing similar means of com
munication.
Judges From Oregon.
Three native sons of Oregon have been
elevated to prominent judicial position
in Washington, says the Oregonian.
They are Wallace Mount, just elected to
the supreme bench; 8. J. Chadwick, son
of ex Governor Chadwick, who has de
feated the notorious McDonald for the
superior judgeship of Whitman county,
and George W. Belt, elected as superior
judge of Spokane county.
In Western Whitman.
J. A. Hampton of La Crosee was a
visitor in the city Wednesday. He re
ports excellent grass on the ranges and
fall wheat growing finely. There has
been a large increase in the acreage of
fall grnin over last season, and much
more fall plowing has been done than
ever before, with plows still running.
Removed to St. John.
A. W. Armstrong and R. H. Hutche
son.who have been conducting a grocery
in this city for several months, removed
to St. John Wednesday, where they will
reopen for business in a few days.
Editor Sees Wonders.
Editor W. V. Barry of Lexington,
Term., in exploring Mammoth cave, con
tracted a eeve case of Piles His quick
cure through using Bucklen's Arnica
Salve convinced him it is another world's
wonder. Curea Piles, Injuries, Inflam
mation, and all Bodily Eruptions. Only
25c at The Elk Drug Store, F. J. Stone,
Prop'r*
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it fails
to cure E W. Grove's signature is on
each box. Price 25 cents.
Subscribe for your periodicals through
The Gazette and save money.
Hotel HolocaiiHi.
Poplar Bluff, Mo., .Nov. 12.-H«MMd
in by Dames in the upper HtorieH of the
Infford houH.-, an oh] frame Htructure
that burned like tinder, a Dumber of
perHonH were burunl or suffocated to
death «,thern le«p. d from wiDdowa and
suffered the lons of liruhH and other in
joneu.from which some died,and only one
or two of the 45 sleeping guentH sot out
without mjurv, and none waved any
tbmg hut the DigbtdotbM that were
worn at 12:.{(), when the alarm wuh
given. Pour are kuown to be dead, one
ifl mißHiDfr, three are fatally injured and
more than 20 are burned " or otherwine
hurt. In thehallHof the hotel a dozen
or more penoM were overcome by heat
anti Hmoke, and this leads to tbe belief
that the lorn of life will be much greater
than m now known. There are a Boot
ber of unregistered gnwto at the place
InclaiiiKMl I,in its.
List of letters remaining uncalled for
in theColfax poato&ee, Nov. ;>, 1900:
Boetrock, Martin Mills, .1
Buckley, (ieo Micrlatchev, Wesley
(lark, Bert Mill*, Mia* Myrtle
Curtis, Leonard Montgomery .las >
Daggett, P T Monroe, .1 R
Deweuee, J I) ()rr, Miss Lizzie
Kngstrom, Carl Russell, J W
Gain, Jefl Ruhwll, Walter
Hanna, A Samnd Bros
Hamilton, EI) L' Snell, T J
•lay, Jim Voorbees, Miss II
Kelly, W II Voorhees, Reese II
Merrill, Mrs J M Voorhees. Jan
Nov. 16.
Beck, Mrs Nettie W Martin, A L
Brown, II T Murphy, James
Carey, Mrs Clara B Rosenstork, M
Clans, John J (li) Nathe, Mr Christ
Dallarhide, John M Rhodes, V J
Griffin, Emma Rvan, T A
Hardesty, Wm Turner, Miss Effie
Ivy, Miss Kdith M WilliHms.MissJennie
One cent postage will ba collected.
James Kwakt. P. M.
A Village Blacksmith Saved His
Little Son's Lilo.
Mr. H. B. Black, the well known vill
age blacksmith at (jrabamsville, Sulli
van Co., X. V., says: "Our little son,
tive years old, has always been subject
to croup, and ho bad have the attacks
been that we have feared many times
that he would die. We have had the
doctor and used many medicines, but
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is now our
sole reliance. It eeems to dissolve the
tough mucous and by giving frequent
doses when the croupy symptoms ap
pear we have found that the dreaded
croup is cured before it gets settled."
There is no danger in giving this remedy
for it contains no opium or other in
jurious drug and may be given as con
fidently to a babe as to an adult. For
sale by all druggistp o
Stops the (Voutf'i
and Works off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets i-ure
a cold in one day. No cure, no pay.
Price 2"i cents.
9 -
Kacho, Larue k Co. have bargain*) in
fruit farms, wheat lands, stock ranches
and town property in Culfax, Pullman
and (jartield o
A barrier against disease and better
than drugs is Shaw's Pike Malt. Sold
by F. J. Stone, C'olfax, Wash*
<£#*£~W
This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative Bromo=Quinine Tablets
the remedy that cures a cola In om day
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