TWKNTT-KKMTH TEAR. COLFAX, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1904 The Leader Speaks! Owing to the conditions of the weather for the month past, and "being largely stocked on cold weather merchandise, we are going to give the people of Colfax a ROUSING WAKE UP in regard to prices. "We are going to dispose of goods for the next 15 Days, with the Profits in your favor. "We will only mention a few Articles, "but remember everything will Tae marked proportionately. absolutely NOTHING RESERVED 1. Any Suit, Overcoat or Mackinette 4^i || Oil (RainCoat)ia the house for f^J_"«Vr" 2. Boja Baitfl and Overcoats at one-half price. Wre are closing this line out entirely. 8. W. li. Douglas and Rice & Hutchene ti^%^ THI |8 50 and $4.00 Shoes, now f^jmd* 9 *.) 8. W. L. Douglas $2 50 Shoe. This ifl l|l| a good seamleHs work shoe, only <JJ^d«"" 5. Celebrated Tiger and Sweet Dempster <jj»^ HL|~| |S 50 Hntß, now «JP^«*JVf 6. All $1.25 Diess and Work shirt* fur Of"" ~ (one fourth off ou others, wool or cotton) O*-F f^l/& 7. Snow Excluders, the $1 25 grade, Q«^ fttiX now Xr*J v 15^ 8. Wool underwear, $2 50 suits, now $175; $3 00 BuitH now $2 15; $3 50 suits now $2.40; &O FL4\ $5.00 suits now fpO»0"" Heavy fl-eeed lined at 70 cents a suit 9. Wool .Sweaters, in all sizes and prices, reduced 25 per cent on the dollar. 10. Trunks. Valises, Slickers. Duck Coats, Overalls, Suspenders, in fact everything is reduced proportionately This is no fake—assured facts are all we advertise. COME IN AND SEE US ll' we uan't save you 25 per cent on the dollar, we wont ask you to buy. This Sale Positively Ends SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1904 Yours for Business, THE LEADER CLOTHING STORE, Colfax, Washington. OOE^I^ESI^. The Following Lands on Easy Terms: 168 Acres—s miles north of Diamond. AH in cultivation. All ji ")">()() rammer fullowed. The last of the Torrance tract. Price WW*' NOT MADE BY THE TRUST Ask Your Grocer for Inland Crackers in the Red Packages Every Package Lined with Parch- ment Paper. Asa result of « dr^am Mrs. Lizzie Covet, together with her hust.und ami child,were fatally burned and their home partly den*roved in ( iiicago. The wo- man dreamed that her money hud been Btoleu from its biding place in the p«iu- try. Taking her baby and a lnmj. »he went to investigate. The lamp fell and exploded, sefthig lire to the bouse. Her husband attempted to extinguish the blnze, but was frightfully burued an was thb mother aud child. T. A. Carroll, a special agent of the department of commerce and labor, has been in Kansas City for a week, quietly investigating the alleged beef trusr. He called on the packers and took their lists and vitrited butchers, who wt-re call- ed upon to furnich nceipted bills and other information that might b*» of use in a trial for violating the antitrust law. Six negroes engaged iv a deadly tight in a 14 foot room near Curtis, La,, the participants being armed with shotguns and pistols. After the battle three lay dead. The other tbrei 1 escaped. BETWEEN THE OCEANS Concise Summary of the Wired News ol"a Week. Important Happenings and Things of Intercut from All Over a Great Country. Wednesday, Novrmber 23 Three murderers and holdup men who killed Fred King and serioualj shot Bartender Edward Ifingo daring the progress of a turkey rnhV in n saloon at Columbia Heights, a suburb of Minne- apolis, were captured at Cambridge, Minn., after a ebam lancing 24 hours, iv which at leant 1000 men have engaged since the killing. Henry Henderson and hie nephew, George Henderson, colored, were shot and killed at Batbayree, 10 miles from Philadelphia. A po*se of citizens nan been scouring the couutry in search of Frank Smyler, a negro, who is alleged to have committed the murders. A monument erected to the memory of the late President MeKinley, was un- veiled at the main entrance to Goldtn Gate park, San Francisco, with impres- sive ceremonies. Thursday, November 24. James Wallace, who is charged with the rheft of stock certificates valued at $90,000 from Edward M. Breitunj?, a Marquette, Mich., bauker, by whom he was employed as confidential secretary, has been arrested in Liverpool. Nearly $2:">,000 of the sum alleged to have been stolen was recovered. By a rich strike in the Little Nell mice of Cripple Creek, Colo., Rev. Father Michael F. Callahan, the Roman Catho- lic priest of Denver, who invested hit* church's funds in that mine, will be made a rich man. 560 Acres— 2 mites from Winona.. 480 acres wheat land. (j» 1i) !\i)i) All fenced. Running water. Easy terrun. Price VM.&»V\J\* Salvatore Pompimellak, leader of the Italian colony at New Palermo, eight miles from Mobile, was assassinated bj Francisco Ciucinuio, a. member of the Italian colony. The colony is in a fer ment, there being partisans to both side of the trouble, which brought on the killing, and the authorities of Wash ington county look for further blood- shed. Thanksgiving developed one of the tnost memorable celebrations on the world's fair calendar, at St. Louie. Gold weather, coupled with the proaiis«e of special events, attracted an estimated attendance of 300,000. Friday, November iJo Harry Mills, inventer of fulminate mercury caps, was instantly killed at the plant of the Western Cap & Chemical company at East Alton, 111., and the building in which he was working wan blown into kindling wood. For yearn he has carefully guarded the secret of his invention, and always worked in a little building which was isolated from the rest of the plant and located in the woods. No one was allowed to go near the building. Palouse Land Company WILBUK S. YEAKSL.EY, Mgr. Colfax, Wash. Fully 50 pistol shots were exchanged in the Bowers district of New York, be tween eight or ten Chinese, and as a re suit two white men were wounded, one probably fatally. The shooting was be tween members of the Hip Sing Totig, a reform organization, and members of the On Leon Tong. a Chinese secret so- ciety, which is reputed to foster opium traffic. Can you afford'to buy trees from infected districts and pay one-third more than we ask? Remember for 13 years no trees grown by us have been condemned, provingj ''we grow the be»t." You need not pay us in advance. You take no risk. Write us before buying from an «Kent —a postal card will sare you dollars in first cost of your trees, and perhaps hundreds of them in the years to come. ...IT T00K... First Premium Preferred Stock Flour GROUND AT WINONA None returned in ten months. No complaint. No black bug*. No use to look for them—they ain't there. $125 W. H. LACEY, Grocer. Fxclusive Agent in Colfax, Wash. Colfax Meat Market J. O. JOHNSTON, Prop'r. The beat fresh and cured moats at all times and specialties in season. Highest market price paid for cattle and hides. Phone Main 10. ALEXANDER & CO. Spokane? Wash! keep the Gazette on file and are its nuthomed agents for advertisements \u25a0\n<\ anbHcriptionn. Uet Grain Insurance of Goff o 4 X^ The Holidays are at hand and [*JF you may want a new carving ~KLvjr"''^4^ «^Tr% se^ to dissect that turkey. We .."Is^^-v/ , \^':ic,s have them. Our carvers cannot : Jfflfe)si< "^^dfe-^V, H—— c dulled on the toughest bird. JiPiM^^ i^^^^y^^ An elegant line at prices ranging Wt^ m to $8 per set Stuart's Stationery Store A large stock of Blank Books just received. Stuart's Drug Store Prescriptions accurately filled. Stuart's Paint and Oil Store Lowest prices for best goods. Bismark Block, Tel. Main 11. COLFAX, WASH thi/^v"O dA T Ti 1 The G-R Carfcer resi" Jj vJJLI OJ^l-AjIJJ dence property on Col \u25a0\u25a0 —————.——_—— lege Hih. We can oftei this at a bargain. For particulars, call on LENNOX & LARKIN, Colfax, Washington \u25a0^Olhci'rilu* your Magaziaes and Newspapers tbroiigrh ih< DliUDCrillC Gazette and save money. State legislation forbidding the play- ing of football in Illinois, Indiana, Michi- gan and Wisconsin is urged by James F. Rowley, whose son died of injuries re ceived in a game on November 5. George W. Gay and his son Lester were arrested at the entrance to the cemetery near Agency, Mo., on the charge of Mrs. George Gay, wife and mother of the prisoners, last Wednesday. The Republic Iron & Steel company has advanced the price of bar iron f3 a ton. Their agents are instructed to receive no business under $1.55, Pitts- burg basis. Alfred DeOro of New York, pool cham- ! pk>n of the world, snecessfotlj defended bis title tiguiiißt Thotnas Huearon at St I Lonfal, defeating him in the third and | final block of the (500 point neries, I*B Ito 151. Total wore: DeOro. 600; Hues- ; Urn, 470. J. W. Burdette of Kentucky, a stu- dent at the Michigan agricultural col- lege, died of injuries received in a foot- ball game last week. Saturday, November 26. I^etson Halliett, who pleaded guilty to charges preferred by the government of using the mails with intent to promote a gigantic mining swindle, wan sentenced to three months in the county jftil and to pay a One of $300, at Dei Moines, lowa. Sunday, November 27. The money, amounting to $G»>oo, of which the Placer county bauk last May was robbed, has been found iv a cow fined ori the Weber place near Auburn, I al. The money wan buried in an old live pound lard cau. Adolph Weber, who in under arrest on the charge of mnrderiog bin parents, brother and sis ter, haH been formally charged with sav- ing also held up the lunik. Mrs. T. J. Stanley drank the entire contents of a two ounce bottle of car- bolic mid at Butte, Mont. She died six hours later in terrible agony. She and her busbaud bad quarreled upon retir- ing early in the evening. An illicit whiskey plant in New York City blew up and caused a serious bre in the teuemeut house where it was located. Internal revenue officers are making a search for the owners of the still. Sir William Laurier, premier of l.'an- ada, in an interview at. Salt Lake, Utah, where he is stoppiug for recreation, said that there was no question of the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad aud that the terminus would be Simpsou, U. C. While driving with a friend at Alber- qnerqae, N. M., Col. H. F. Chaves was killed by a phot which was tired through a window. It is supposed to have been fired by some political enemy, as Col. Chaves was a prominent politician. He was a veteran of the Indian wars of New Mexico aud served under Kit Carson. Mary Cortes, a 17 year oid girl of Ho- boken, N. V., drank carbolic acid be- cause a ru>;n kissed her. She had been taught by her pareutH that kissing was wrong. William htriebenger, a young man visiting at her home, met her on the stairs and laughingly told her he whs going to kiss her. She said "Don't you dart-," but Striebenger took the chance. The girl fainted and the youth raised her to her feet, when she ran to her room and took poison. Monday, November lit*. While the pilot train preceding the President Roosevelt train, was pass- ing near Brazil, lnd., four men threw stones, breaking several windows. Se- cret service men chased the perpetrators of the deed, but they escaped. A gnrig of train robbers are operating in Chaffee county, Col. Two attempted holdups have been reported since Satur- day. The (ir«t attempt was on the California limited and the secoud on the Denver & O^den express. Both were un- successful. One mnn was killed and several in- jured at St. Lonis by a street car jump- ing the track and overturning. Charles J. Warner, a passenger, was thrown off the platform and struck headforemost on a pile ofrails. In a battle between a posse of citizens and three robbers at Fonda, la., one robber, whose name is unknown, was *hot and fatally wounded. The other two escaped, but a posse is in pursuit. A smftll amount of booty was found on the wounded man. Three laborers employed in th» dig- ging of a trench for the lavintr of water mains in Southwestern St. Louis were buried by a cave in and it is believed all have perished. The men were working close together when, without warning, tons of clay fell on top of them. A bursting water pipe caused the cave in. Rev. Isaac Selby of Australia shot at Superior Judge Uebbard, while the latter was on the bench at San Fran- cisco. Selby whs suing a man named 1). MeKae for alienating his wife's affections and was conducting his own case. Judge Uebbard ruled against him on a law point, when Selby quickly drew his re- volver and h'red pome blank at the judge. The bullet struck in the back of a chair not an inch from the judges head. Tuesday, November 29 According to the report of State Bank Examiner Siebert, the accounts of A. F. Mishpagel, former cashier of the St. Charles Savings Bank of St. Louis are short $78,000. At a mass meeting of citizens of Mur- ray, Utah, called to consider means for getting rid of the foreign laborers em- ployed at the smelters, who are held re- sponsible for the recent series of crimes, including two murders, it was voted to have a committee confer with the immi- gration bureau of the Mormon church in an effort to bring in a more desirable class of laborers to supersede the Greeke and Aufetriane now employed. The New York state court of appeals declared unconstitutional the labor law which prohibits a contractor from em- ploying his men more than eight hours a day on city, county or state work. The will of Richard M. Scruggß, the prominent merchant and philanthropist, who died recently at St. Loois, provides for the distribution of $147,000 amon(t religious institutions, including $5000 to each of the bishops of the Methodist church for use in foreign missionary work. The mills of the Illinois Steel Company at Chicago, were closed down for an in- definite period, owing to lack of business. Three thousand men were thrown out of employment. Samuel Gompers was reelected presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor at the annual session of the federation in San Francisco. The next session will be held at Pittsburg, Pa, At the Old Glory sale of horses at Madison Square, New York, G49 horses brought $336,120. William Dye, accused of the murder of his employer, John Mottner at Glasgow, Mont., has been found guilty of murder in the second degree by a jury. John F. McKnight, a foreman in the woolen mills at Provo, Utah, was killed in a horrible manner. While adjusting a belt his coat caught in the sbaftiug and the unfortunate man was whirled around for nearly two minutee, pound- ing against the machinery. Nearly every bone in his body whs broken, while pieces of fleah were scattered about the room. The Vanderbilt and Rockefeller hold- ings in the great railroad interests have been pooled and placed in the hands of James Stillman as trustee. Stillman is president of the National City bank, the head of the Rockefeller chain of banks, and he is also first of the Rocke- feller lieutenants in railroad and other investments. A letter has been received from Iso Abe, superintendent of the athletic de- partment of Wasenda university, Japan, expressing a desire to arrange an inter- national baseball match between Stan- ford and the Japanese university. Removes the microbes which impover- ish the blood and circulation. Stops all trouble th*t interferes with nutrition. That's what Hollistef's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 35 cents. Tea or tablet form. Elk Drug Store. Bring your turkeys and other poultry at any time to C. H*. Moore and get high- est prices. Tri2sK COLFAX QAZETTE. PRICI FIVE CENTS. HIS OWN SELECTOR President Roosevelt Writes a Pointed Letter. Serve. Notice That Appointment. Must Stand on Merit, Not on "l»ull"_President Select.. President Roosevelt bus written a let- ter to Representative Gardner of Mium achiwettii. which has found its way into print, and to eansing cold chills to run up and down tbe bucks of patronajre- loyinK senators and representative* In his characteristic, terse style, the president, throne* Representative Gard nvr jms served notice upon senators that be will carry oat their recommen- dations for appointments only when he im H«tiHti f >d they are makinßKood ret'oiu- ineudationH; and that whenever be findn them recommending unworthy men for niH consideration, he will immediately net them amde n« men whose counsel i« worth nothing. As to the recommendft- tu>nH of mere congreHHtuen, be says in effect, that they oii«ht to be Rlad to bo able to name the postmasters in their home towns, and to {pave all other Hp- pointments to senators in whom he ban contidence. It is rather a severe jolt to be administered before the new udmiuiM tration begins, but it shows in advance what consideration pure patronage brok- ers may expect at the White House for the next four years. Representative Gardner, who is Sen- ator Lodge's son in-law, attempted to prevent the appointment of a certain postmaster in his district in Massachu setts, and to name a man of bis own choice tor the office. In reply to Repre- sentative Gardner's letter of recommen- dation, President Roosevelt said: Senators Do Not "Select." 'You speak of jour privilege of uam- ing the Haverhill postmaster.' You say In Massachusetts it has been under- stood that a congressman shall select the postmaster in the cities and towns iv bin own district.' "To clear up any possible miaappre hension, I would like at the outset to nay that the senators do not "select 1 postmasters in any state while I am president. "1 consult them always, and in the vast majority of cases act on the recom- mendations they make, but the selection iemineaud not theirs, and time and time again during the three years I have been president I have positively re- fused to select individuals suggested to me for nomination as postmasters by various senators. If lam not satisfied with the character and standing of the man whose name is suggested to me, I never nominate him. "I understand perfectly that under the tirst article of the constitution the sena- tors are h part of the appointing power, and tbat therefore the appointment must represent an agreement between them and me, and, as the acquaintance of tbenenßtor with bis state is always much greater than the knowledge of the president can possibly be, it is the nor- mal and natural thina: that I should listen to his advice as to these appoint- ments, and I generally do so. "Hut I stop listening to it as soon as I realize that he is advising me wrongly. "The relation of a congressman to the Hppoiutmeuts rests not upon law, but upon custom. I wish to point out to you that it is also the custom to pay heed to the wishes not only of cabinet officers, but even senators of the oppo- site party, and, occasionally, to the wishes of congressmen of the opposite party in the case of nominations to of- fice in their own towns." NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BEST. liarge Circus Owners Say Posters Do Nor linng Keen Its. New York, Nov.2B— BarnumA Bailey and Ringling Brothers have entered into an agreement which ends the 15 year fight of the big circuses. An agreement provides that hereafter there will be no raising of prices after a successful first performance, fewer free tickets shall be given out and the circuses will do the bulk of the advertising in the newspapers instead of on billboards and barns. R. F. Hamilton, Barnum & Bailey's representative, suid today: "The day of the flaring circus poster is about over. Its value as an advertising medium is doubtful. Hereafter uewspapera will get more and dead walls less. This also means we will not have to give out any- where near as many free tickets as we baye had to in past years." The Secret of Sncceii. Forty million bottles of August Flower aold in the United States alone since its introduction ! And the demand for it is still growing, Isn't that a tine showing of success? Don't it prove that August Flower has had unfailing success in the cure of indigestion and dyspepsia—the two greatest enemies of health and hap- pinr-HB? Does it not afford the best evi- dence that August Flower is a cure speciUc for all stomach and intestinal disorders?—that it has proved itself the best of all liver regulators? August Flower has a matchless record of over thirty five years in curing the ailing mil- lions of these distressing comuiaints —a success that is becoming wider in its ecope every day, at home and abroad, as the fame of August Flower spreads. Trial bottles, 25c; regular size, 75c. The Best ol Everything in the way of fruit trees and shrubbery can be supplied at very reasonable price* by the Colfax Nursery, the oldest nur- sery in the Palouse country. Order* should be sent in without delay. Qeo. Ruedv. Box 126. Colfax, Wash. Phona Red 421. J. H. St. Lawrence has opened a real estate office in connection with bis piano business. All persons wanting to bur or sell farm or city property will make money by calling on him. Come in sod list your*property with him c For best insurance and cheapest rates, see J. G. Elliot, Culfax, Wash. C. H. Moore pays highest price cash tor turkeys o . H, W. (sorr, *IBS Lnbc&JINCX.