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'ZW* COLFAX GAZETTE
TWENTY-FOI'KTH YEAR.
GREAT
AMPUTATION SALE
The amputation of the hand often saves the arm;
A loss now on goods is better for us than to carry
this season's stock into next season.
Now is your opportunity to save—our time to
lose; but it sometimes pays to lose.
No Matter The Sacrifice
We are out to Lower Records
And we are doing it.
WATCH THIS SALE-IT IS GOINC TO BE A LIVELY ONE
We are going to make a Clean Sweep. See posters for prices.
Sale commences Nov. 17, ends Dec. 80.
When You Want Supplies
Why Go to Outside Cities?
YOU CAN BUY HERE AS CHEAP, AND VERY OFTEN CHEAPER.
The city merchant haH very few facilities for buying and selling which the
country merchant does not also possess. In fact, the advantages on the whole are
on the side of fhe country dealer. His rent in much less. His general expenses ?tre
much less. Why then does so much trade go to outside cities, which of right
should he distributed throughout the neighborhood in which your lot is cnt-V
Hecause the country dealer lets it go there.
Whatever the state of affairs may be in other Palouse Country stores we will
not sell you cotton for wool, nor jute for flax. We buy for cash; we sell for cash;
We buy in large quantities; this means another big saving. We ask no one to
trade with us simply because we are in business in this neighborhood. We do
not ask your patronage as a right; we ask you to come here because
It Pays You to Buy in Colfax.
The meaner sorts of merchandise we have no time to bother with- neither
have you if w.e judge the trading public aright. Clean, honest, reliable stuff at
lowest prices, is what intelligent buyers are looking for. We keep none other.
Respectfully,
CHAS. PLATT.
4 S the holidays are approaching an everybody is coinnienc
-1 ing to look for presents, we call your attention to our
large and well assorted lines of
Ladies' Tailor Suits, Fur Collarettes,
Jackets, Woolen and Silk Waists
and the Latest Dress Patterns.
Try a pair of our $2.50 Ladies' Shoes, the best wearing
and fitting shoe to be had for the price. Just received a new
stock of Gent's Dress shoes, in Vici, Velour Calf and Cloth
Top Goods. Our lines of Men's and Boys' Clothing is equally
well assorted and contains many bargains.
All Goods Marked in Plain Figures.
JULIUS LIPPITT,
Pioneer Merchant, Col fax, Washington
chase fcSAieoßNs THANKSGIVING
«fir"ol F^llf ft El '* a PProacni°g m"' wt> are prepared with
-^K^^ Shredded Biscuits,
JjIPEIJj™ H.O. Rolstonand oilier Mu>h Goods
P^fiP^l Pure Jellies,
t^TaßFg^ Honey and Maple Syrup,
**7?~? 1 Fruil Pudding, Oranges, Ktc.
,a LE^o!?^o^ High Grade Teas and Coffees.
%j| f Bf" Bb i^H 'aH f"r f>ou'try "r Merchandise exchanges.
I C TU C" QC" O T Seed ' Hay and Grain"
I O ! ML DL Q j. Phone Main 34. COLFAX, WASH.
Christinas Presents Cheap
But Not Cheap Christmas Presents.
The Colfax Drug* Store
(Next Door to the Post Office.)
During the month of December intend to Slaughter the Prices
on all Holliday Goods. E^p^cial attention i« called to the line of
fine Pocket Book*, which will be Hold regardlesH of cost. Call and see
our stock of Heautifal Pictures
Telephone, Main 11. C. F. STUART, Propr.
Hotel Colfax, xD- HT!i! roprietOT
The Leading Hotel in the City.
All Modern Conveniences. Free Sample Rooms for
Lighted by Electrricity. Commercial Men.
Hotel Cafe and First Class Bar in connection.
COLPAX, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1900
NEWS OF THE STATES
Gathered From Hills, Valleys
and Plains of the Union.
Boiled Down As It Comes From
the Wins for Information of
Busy Headers.
Wednesday, November 21
Heavy windstorm, accompanied by
mow, raged in various portions of Col
orado. Considerable dwmage was done
; at Colorado Springs, where the gale
reached 85 miles an hour. A gale of +5
miliH swept down the Sacramento valley,
California, also, destroying telegraph
Uneertreea, knees und small buildings.
Portions of Mississippi, Tennessee and
Arkansas were swept by a tornado.
There was great property loss, every-
I thing in the path of the'storm being
j leveled. Over 100 persons were killed
and injured.
Official count in Missouri gives the
democratic governor 82,147 plurality.
McKinley's plurality in Ohio is offici
ally given as 69,086.
The Cannon Kail train to St. Louis
was held up at Gilford, Arkansas.
Thieves obstructed the track with a huge
bonfire. The engineer, scenting robbery,
opened the throttle and attempted to
dash through, bat the tiee of which it
was built brought the train to a stand
still and three masked men ordered the
engineer and fireman from the engine
Five charges of dynamite were tried on
the big safe without forcing it. The
robbers then announced that they had
no more dynamite, picked up the local
express box aad a few packages and
fl''d. They got only about $C 00«
0. (i. Hursen, originator of the photo
button, suicided with strychnine at
Chicago.
New York sent $50,000 to the gov
ernor of Texas, iv aid of children who
lost their parents in theGalveeton storm.
Thursday, November 22.
A storm on Lake Erie demolished
1100 feet of the government breakwater
on the water front at Buffalo, X. Y.
McKinley's plurality in Illinois is offici
ally given as 95,997.
For dynamiting property during the
big St. Louis street car strike, Maurice
Bremmao was sentenced to ten years
imprisonment.
One thousand men were thrown out
of employment by burning of the plant
of the Minnesota Stoneware Company
at Red Wing, [t waa one of the largest
of its kind in the United States.
McKinley's plurality in Oregon in
given officially as 18,227.
Bryan's official plurality in Arkansas
36,442, against 72,591 in 1896 -n
Missouri, 37,820, against 58,727 in
1896.
Friday, November 23.
To cheat Judge Lynch, Ernest Scott,a
neirro youth, charged with assault on
two white irirls, swallowed powdered
gloss and suffers great agony, at Phoenix,
Arizona.
President Mitchell of the United Mino
workers of America granted 2000 miners
of Hopkins county,. Kentucky, nermis
sion to Htrike. They are thoroughly or
ganized and will demand higher wages.
Organizer Evans left for West Virginia
to organize the state sufficiently if pos
sible to juHtifv its being brought into
the competitive field.
The Onion Pacific has adopted the
plan of cairying armed guards on trains
carrying treasure.
The Woolson Spice company made a
reduction of 1 cent per pound in roasted
coffee. This was followed by a reduc
tion by the Arbuckles of 15 points in re
fined nug.tr. Tbe National Sugar Re
tiniug company followed the Arbuckle
cut.
A tornado which swept over Delaware
and Knox counties, Ohio, caused losses
aggregating §20,000. The path of the
storm was only about a quarter of a
mile wide and touched the earth only in
spots.
Saturday, November 24.
Monitor Nevada was launched at
Bath, Me.
According to the Washington corres
pondent of the Journal of Commerce the
attitude of the state department on the
indemnity to be paid by China for recent
outrageH is governed by the belief that a
prompt nettlement upon such a basis
will prevent quarrels among the powers,
leading up perhaps to the partition of
China or armed conflict between those
having the strongest military forces.
Sunday, November 25.
In a billiard room quarrel at Minne
apolis Leonard Day, a wealthy yourg
society man, was stabbed to death.
Frank Hamilton, a newspaper man, is
accused. The quarrel was over a woman.
Total value of mineral production in
the United States for 1899 is given at
$870,008,040, 40 per cent greater than
in the previous year. Irou was the
leader.
Word received from Peary, who ie
searching for the^ north pole, says he ex
pects to finish his work next year.
Tiffin Woolen mills at Tiffin, Ohio,
burued; loss, $100,000.
Floods are reported all along the
Ohio river.
Monday, November 26.
November corn touched 50 cents at
Chicago, an advance of 5 cents from
Saturday, closing at 49. This is the
best price in tive years. A corner is be
ing run by Phillips.
The Ohio river and all its tributaries
are on a rampage. The Ohio is expected
to reach 25 feet above hjw water mark,
now standing at 2.37 and rising four
inches an hour.
An infernal machine sent from Ver
sailles, France, addressed to a Salt Lake
merchant, was found in a mail sack after
it left Chicago. It had ignited and was
burning the sack.
The rivers and harbors committee of
the house met and began the prepara
tion of its appropriation bill. It was
decided that no hearing will be granted
except in special cases. The impression
among the members is that the eeti
mates of the engineer*, approved by the
secretary of war. will be closely followed
in making the bill.
Kutte, Montana, has .'{it smallpox
ca«es.
Indiana's official count gives licKin
ley 2G.479 plurality over Bryan.
Dr. Hamilton whs shot and killed at
Maryeville, lowa. Alfred Ann is under
arrest charged with the crime It is
alleged that Ahn had made threats that
he would kill Hamilton, because of do
mestic troubles.
Tuesday, November 27.
Fifty-one cents marked up on the
board at Chicago was a new high price
in the November deal. Phillips came
into the pit early and lifted the price
from -tO cents, where it opened. At be
twren 50 and 51 cents he uuloaded 200 •
000 bushels, his total sales for the <!av
being 240,000 bushels. As he is selling
corn bought at 30 cents, his day's trans
actions netted him a profit better than
*2,),('0(). Other days this week are said
to have been equally profitable to him.
Today's close was 50 cents. Big foreign
ers, who it is said constitute the short
interest, are still hanging on stubbornly.
Predictions were freely made that the
last day will see November corn quoted
at 75 cents. Later in the day it was
authoritatively announced that the big
corn squeeze on the board of trade,
which has been conducted by George H.
Phillip*., is off. Phillips, it is stated]
made private settlements yesterday with
all the big shorte on the basis of ",()
cents a bushel, and today he is said to
hold not more than 25,000 bushels of
November corn. When the announce
ment was made the price quickly dropped
from 49 to 51 cents.
Commissioner Hermann of the general
land office, ordered the withdrawal from
public entry of 250,000 acre* of vacant
unappropriated public domain in Utah
STATE VOTE BY COUNTIES.
Electors. Governor Oongremnen.
COUNTIKS. 5 | g. I || B- |
5 p ! * o *! r° I ! ■-
? : I i I *! O :
A'lama 401 023 383 597 440 440 529 530
A«*m 398 328 350 303 387 379 321 322
Cnelan 577 573! 485 652 559 563 56» 576
'nehahs 1850 1081 1648 1284 1819 1806 lOSt! io«8
S*"™ 7->:< 4071 622 509 689 084 109 I""
C'fke 1668 1026 1517 1168 1027 1041 1018! iois
(," llin'bia 899 700 835 760 881 886 702 701
)wll, tz H7l OHt 1104 68111144 1110 624 621
l>oufilas 515 010 3W 020 4.;S 14. sO'.t 500
*>"?,. 418 827 35:, 884 108 108 810 810
Frankhn 52 81 3 '.t!> 50 52 77 70
Gartield 528 137 452 501 500 500 434 427
I»land 203 123 240 157 255 253 126 189
Jefferson 684 392 599 482 658 648 416 388
Jyng 10218 7804 880] 9178 8935 9326 8139 9126
K'tsap 489 807 &6 845 853 494 497
Kittitas H3y <i;,j. <m; 1125 1098 1110 924 934
Klickitat 906 495 850 544 893 898 492 186
peww 1907 1382 1702 1546 1867 1863 1418 1412
Lincoln 1414 1585 1130 1851 1402 1399 1569 1565
Mason 514 155 I-:. 17< 494 197 456 410
Okanogan , 467 628 372 728 489 484 602 608
Pacific 887 393 787 -t^ 860 85s 391 895
Piorce 6169 3702!: 4734 5153 6402 8039 3510 3362
San Juan 428 245 420 245. 421 425 245 240
Skagit 1814 1220 101 l 1434 1762 1762 1244 1191
Skamania J7S #'3 L6f 202 17:: 168 199 192
Snohomiah 296] 2480 2578 2875 2889 2856 251'J 2.T05
Spokane 551: 512 c 4613 5955 5341 5392 5155 5043
Stevens .... 1121 L(il2 987 1743 1103 1095 1611 15JW
Thurston 12JI8 978 1347 89i» L 284 1283 '.Mil !>72
Wahkiakum 396 207 35S 2&j 372 371 .214 212
Walla Walla 211".t 14Si 1907 1676 2064 2072 1450 1449
Whatcom 2952 1700 2652 1982 2852 2832 167«J 1694
Whitman 2300 !{826 206fi 5123 2358 2344 2733 2705
Yakiraa 1507 1066 1364 1200 1482 1565 1036 1024
Tctoim 157360)44747 19754 519741 55247 55353 44737 45314
that constitutes the watershed from
which the domestic water supply of Salt
Lake City is derived. The action is taken
with a view of reserving the land perm
anently for forestry purposes.
The highest Bryan elector in Idaho re
ceived 2210 plurality, the others 1752
and 1751.
Business portion of Sandpoint, Idaho,
burned; loss $11,000.
Republican plurality in lowa is given
officially at 83,353.
United States Senator Cushman K.
Davis of Minnesota died at St. Paul,
after two months' severe illness His
last words were: "(), that I might live
five years more for my country's sake." j
He was a member of the Spanish-Ameri
can peace commission.
Geo. W. Wilson, comminsioner of in
ternal revenue, died at Washington.
After three days of incessant rain, a
flood unprecedented for this season of i
the year swept down the Monongahela
aud Allegheny rivers, ruined hundreds of !
thousands of dollars' worth of property, '
caused the loss of at least three lives j
and temporarily threw out of employ- j
ment thousands of workmen by the I
forced suspension of industrial establish
ments, and rendered hundreds of families
homeless. November floods are quite
common, but they rarely reach the
danger line.
Wheat at Chicago, 70%. Portland,
cash, 53 to 54; Tacoma, 53£
American auxiliary eraieer Yosemite
went to the bottom off Guam in a ty
phoon November 15. Five of her crew
were lost. There was great devastation
on the island with great loss of native
life.
A Good Company.
You are pretty sure of picking a win
ner when you bet on the fun and amuse
ment offered by the dph "Turkish Bath"
company. Manager F. A. Wade has
piloted many dramatic ventures suc
cessfully and this is one of his most am
bitious efforts in the amusement line.
Among the members of the admirable
cast we note Miss Etta Merris, the sou
brette, who renders quaint and eccentric
songs in a charming manner, and Mr. E
L. Graves is a comedian of well known
reDutation. It is five years since the
play made a trip to the coast and it has
j recently been re-written and brought up
j to date by Sir. William Lytell, the suc
cessful farce comedy writer. With an
organization possessing so many pleas
ing features in the way of songs, dances
| and refined specialties, the audience
i should only be limited by the size of the
| house when it is presented at the Opera
House next Tuesday night, Dec. 4.
H. W. Goff Agt. Phenix Inc. Co #
WiEAT GOBS NBW WAI
I From Paget Sound to Kurope
Uy Waj of Suez.
; Bijj Steamer pharrered For the NVfv
Roate—Tuuofa at Various
Asiatic Ports
Portland, ore. Nov. 26 —Something
strictly nev i-! the wheat exporting buni
ness came to light yesterday in the
charter of the Britiab steamship Glen
: tunet by Dodwell & Co., to load on
j Puget sound for Europe by way ol the
orient and So.z canal. The shipment
i which goes (jut on the Glentnrret will be
I the first that has ever gone to Europe
by way of the orient. The Ulen turret,
which is the first of a regular line that
I will ply between Pacific coast ports, will
load on her first outward trip about
3000 tons of wheat and will till op the
remainder of her space with freight for
tht orient. She will touch at Yokohama,
j Kobe, Bong Kong, Manila, Singapore
i and Colombo. There in always a Inrye
i local traffic between these ports ami the
< steamers will discharge and load at each
|of them. Freight offerings from Europe
to the orient are always heavy, and
there will be do difficulty in securing full
outward cargoes for the steamers com
i ing thin way. They expect to secure
i enough through freight from Kurope to
[ the Pacific coast to enable the steamer
to fill up her capacity when she leaven
the orient to cross the Pacific.
The Qlenlorhy, a sister whip of the
Glenturret, now en route from the orient
to the S..uikJ to load wheat for Europe,
will probably renew in the now service.
TOOK REBEL STRONGHOLD.
Insui tii-nis Hart Boasted That It
Was ! mpregnable.
Manila, Nov. 24.—Thu fortress of the
insurgent chief, tieronimo, at Pinauran,
which the inmirgeutn boasted of as im
pregnable, was taken and destroyed
Thursday afternoon by a picked force of
the Forty-second and Twenty-seventh
infantry and Troop G of the Fourth
cavalry, under Col. Thompson. Geroni
mo and most of the rebels 'neaped.
The leader long harassed the Twenty
seventh infantry, operating in the vicin-
J ity of San Mateo, Montalban and Nova
lichee. He was fiqally located at Pinau
rau, thirty tive miles north of Manila.
His position was considered the strong
est in Luzon. It was a stone fortress,
; surmounting a steep hill, surrounded by
i canyons. The Spanish force lost heavily
■ in attempting to take it.
Col. Thompson mobilized 1000 tuen at
i Moutalban. The attack was made up
jon four sides—the main body under Ifaj.
j Tarry, of the Forty second, advancing
I from the south; (..'apt. Atkinson of the
' Twenty-seveuth, from the east; part of
: the Twenty-seventh from the went, and
("apt. Sloan of the Twenty eerenth, from
'■ the north.
The accents were steep, and the men
climbed them by grasping the shrub
: bery. It was impossible for the eastern
column to reach the summit, but the
others arrived after three hours' climb
ing under lire from the fortress and the
hillside intrenchments. The eueroj's
\ force, numbering several hundred, fled
before the attackers reached the top.
The Americans destroyed a thousand
1 insurgent uniforms, scores of buildingn
and large quantities of supplies, and
seized a barrel full of documents.
Private Hart of the Twcnty-eeventb,
Private Kopner of the Forty-second,and
two native scouts were killed, and twelve
of the attacking forces were wounded.
The insurgent casualties could not be
ascertained.
[ Lieut. Alstetter of the Doited States
engineer corps, who was recently re
leased by the insurgents, arrived in Ma
nila this evening. He had been in cap
tivity at Bubalto since August 12, Gen.
Funston surrendering the rebel major,
| Van Tut*, on the release of Lieut. Al
i stetter. The latter is well, and says
that he received good treatment. He
escaped on September 21, but was re
|captured.
It is unofficially reported that (Jen.
Torres, the insurgent commandant ut
i Bulacan, had been captured by Gen.
Grant's scouts. Gen. Grant wired Gen.
Wheaton that the entire garrison at San
Jose had been captured, but Gen. Torres
was not among them.
PRICE FIVE CENTB.
HAM) TO II \M» VUiHT.
Americana Itan 0,, r ..j Ammunition
ami Were (apturn!
Washington, Nov. 9J!.—Mail advicea
fr.mi Manila un.- in eooniderable detail
►be Htoi.v [ the mcv of Captain
Sbiekta and fifty men of the Twentieth in
tunny after their eaptarc t>> the in
HurKtiits hi Marindaqae.
rhe fifty uifii in qaestioa »: n- pi—
ing a party ..f innargenta <.i snperior
fore- mtu toe moantaina when they wen
ambuHbed in a box eanjroa l»v a (one ..f
■ riflemen and 1800 bdo DMn. They
made a contionoM tigbl fi>r ( -inhi boun
killing it lame Dumb* r ol innonreDta, mu\
were overpowered only nftcr they Lad
hr.-.i t!:-ir laal aboi and praeticallj w.Te
Hiiiother.-.l ia a band to-hand fight with
rln'ii 2000 adrersariea,
Sriyeants Williaaui and McCarthy,
win. were in churK*' of worn,' of the
wounded, come in for particular praiaa
I hey uir.'.iit off fnuu Urn n-nt of the
party daring the retreal and iatrenchmJ
themaelTea on the bilMdea, where they
stood ofl their aatailanta for Hbou't
three boors, Borreodering alter every
cartridge bad been exhaunted.
Scarcely a man in the expeditioß »•».
caped being prazed or aligbtly wounded
during the fight. Tlie totnl Danber
killed huh five. Captain Shield* »a*
wonnded early in the ti^ht, but eoav
tinued to direct the operatioaa of the
rear guard during four milcH of retn-ut.
He finally was knocked out bj h bullet
through the jaw, neck ami ■boulder,
which waa thought at the time to be h
fatal wound.
The rescue of the partj wan irmptod
hy General Hare.
Captain Shields and hi* men nay thut
they have no complaint to make of
their treatment during captivity. Maxi
mo Abad was the insurgent ia command
and in respoofte to Captain Hhieids' re
que»» allowed Home of hin men to ssean
medicines and dressings for the wounded
HoldiclH.
NEW »AX TAX KILL.
Progress Matin by the Wayn and
Means Committee.
Washington Nov. 34.—The sab-eos*
mittee of the republican wars and means
committee held a short session today
and adjourned until Monday, Theanb
eonimittee baa 00l yet comple ed the
draft of the bill, hut in making progress.
It is stated that it in not likely that
the general outlines agreed on will be
changed before the hill tro.-* to the full
Committee, jnlesH there is a i^reat preH-
Hure among republican members as they
arrive in the city. It in understood that
in addition to redactions heretofore nn»n
tioned, the increase of do 1-entn per 1000
on cigurn will be removed: also that the
stamp taxe* on Bteamship ticketri will he
taken off because the revenue received
doen not jiiHiify the difficulties of collec
ti >n. Members of the committee have
been ni^kiil to remove the stamp taxes on
foreign lulu of exchange and liilli- of
lading, and if m (>or-*il.|t' tiiat thai mat
ter rimy be reopened. The tax on par
lor-ear chain* and sleeping berths will
remain.
The most important changes in the
present law will he schedule B, which
practically will be wi|»e<| out, and which
includes medicines and proprietary arti
cled. The lux also, probably, will be re
moved from conveyances,, mortgages
etc. These with the abolishment of
taxes on pxprem receipts, telegrams,
bank <-herks and Hum.- other stump
taxes, will, it in said, secure the re.fuc
tion of $30,000,000, which is the
amount agreed upon by the treasury
officials and the committee.
Bring Borne Volunteers.
Washington, Nov. 24 — Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin authorizes the statement that it is
the intention of the war department to
bring bone from the Philippines to the
United States every one of the voluu
teers who cares to come, and discharge
them here, on or before the lirst uf .July
next, when, under the law the volunteers
must be mastered out. It in the expect
ation and hope of the war department
that the couiinn cougreHH will, early in
its session, enact legislation which will
enable the department to replace the
present voluuteer force by a permanent
force. In that case such of the men in
the ranks as care to remain in the serv
ice will be reinlisted an regulars, and any
vacancies that may exist through the
muster out of the volunteer* will be sup
plied by original enlistments is the
['nited States. It is believed these, en
listments can be made in time to replace
all the retired Philippine volunteers be
fore the first of the next fiscal year,
without canning a hiatus.
Protest Against Burning.
Colorado Springs, Cd., Nov. 2.*>.—A
man* meeting of citizens of Colorado
Spring" was held iti the chapel of Colo
rado college thin afternoon to voice
pentiments in the Limon lynching. The
meeting w'a* f° have been held laHt
Wednesday, hut wan postponed on ac
count of the storm. The building whh
packed. Resolutions denouncing mob
law and a reversion to the days of bar
barity were panned unanimously. The
resolutions cloned with the following ap
peal to the people of the f'uited States:
"Finally we protest to our countrymen
throughout the land that aH a law ab'd
inir people we share with them the
horror of mob ebullition; we revolt at
the nameless horror, and claim with
them to be judged not by flagrant ex
ceptions, but by the steady peace and
order of our daily life."
August Flower.
"It is a surprising fact," sayg Prof.
Houton, "that in my travels in all parts
of the world, for the last ten years, I
have met more people having used
Green's August Flower than any other
remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged liver
and stomach, and for constipation. I
find for tourist* and salesmen, or for
persons filling office positions, where
headaches and general bad feelings from
irregular habits exist, that Green's Aug
ust Flower is a grand remedy. It does
not injnre the system by frequent use,
and is excellent for sour stomachs and
indigestion. " Sample bottle free at Col
fax Drug Store.
Sold by dealers in all civilized coun
tries.
Get Green's Prize Almanac.
Wanted—Girl for general housework.
Apply to Mrs. Ivan Chase, South Colfax #
