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WIOKERSHAM ARGUES FOR
RAILWAY GUARANTEE BILL
(?/ Aim** Hmm* Burm ui)
VVAiMJSCSTON D. C. April 2S
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y t. A : . |<n!uai ?n?. ?uUly arjg?i iV
Ot 1 ?>ill WtoieC*-Oy lilt? fW
owttrucikm bond*, to Alaska.
lUtMiuii already cowinidMi m AJ
FIFIEEN HUNDRED LABORERS
10 PftSS THROUGH SKAGWAY
.V n*ufereSK? o< T? i>nt iuin? own
. r? it?M in Ss~*ulr U?i w?rk
fur ?> pun*1** of foruwilaUu* :>Ubs
t?. ritob US#* U*bufT-r? i*L- K?irb*uk.
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A? a fntull Ot Ih* ?v??<?-r t-nor- It kV
iiu> i#ferrujr by ?y ol s?k?*w*y
;.nJ 4v?a U>< Vul?e rl*?r oa
As thf iiicu will be rushe?l it>
SEVERAL SEEK JUDICIAL JOBS
(By AlMfc? M?ws SurMbt
A A8H1NOTOK D. C. April Ji ?
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to* I tl district aUurtiry at Val
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NSUBGENTS CHECKED ISY CANNON
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WASffiUTON. I>. C April K
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^ivrnuiu. whu-h. if *dupi
?4. ?->ukl airip Speaker I'lHut of *ii
fk*?r Ttvu R**ular Republicans
ll was withdraw u a fu-r th?- Sp-ak
V. L Hahn r?t uracil from Whl't
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(6v Alaska Newt Bureau)
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. April 32?
Five traiu robbers, who were serving
life sentences in the penitentiary
here, broke Jail yesterday afternoon
and escaped to the country.
Two of the men were recaptured
soon after their escape.
Pwsoj with blood hounds are fol- !
lowing the three other desperadoes. !
but as yet they have not been ap
prehended.
GETS BEAU
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
P1TTSBUKG, Ha. April 22-Jack
O'lfcrien was decidedly groggy at the |
finish of his six round fight with
Al Kaufman last night. O'Brien out
pointed Kuufuiau In the first three ;
rounds of the mill, but theu the big !
Cal t for u tan lauded some heavy body
blows that sapped O'Brien's strength ,
and he was compelled to use all his
shiftiness and ring generalship to j
stay the limit.
MM TIN i
PUSSES ?
(By Alaaka N?w? Bureau)
REDDING, Conn. April 22 ? Samuel j
I.aughorne Clemens, ( Mark Twain)
peacefully died last night from the
r?*ult of a stroke of appoplexy which j
aeizwd him several davy, ago.
Samuel Clemens was born In Flori
da in 1S33. He was a printer's ap
prentice at tht> age of thirteen and
later became a pilot on the Mississ
ippi river, lu 1861 he went to Ne
vada and became editor of the Vif
giuia City Enterprise. He removed j
to San Prancbco in 1866 and during
the two following years vialted Eu j
rop? and the far east
In ISS4 he came to New York and J
<-stabiished the publishing house of
C. L. Woteter and company. Since
th. n he has resided at Hartford, ,
Com., making frequent trips abroad
and touring the United States several ;
Mr. Clemans' best known works are L
Th*' Innocents Abroad," "Roughing |
It.'' ""?he Jumping Krog and Other j
T.ilt ? vdveuturrs of Tom Sawyer,' 1
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B. ill IS
BETTER TODAY
(By Alaska News Buraau)
KOSEBURO. Ore. April 22? Blnger
Hermann, who is suffering from nerv
ous prostration, te better to<lay and
his early recovery is expected.
IT PRAISES
DEAD AUTHOR
(By Alaska N?wt Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 22.? j
When informed of Mark Twain's j
death today. ? President Taft paid the !
deceased author a very high tribute ;
both as a writer and a man. i
"Huckleberry Finn," "A Yankee at
the Court of King Arthur," "Pudd'n
h<wd raa* ?Perioral
Hons of Joan of Arc" and many oth- '
?sr short stories.
He was one of the most widely !
road authors In America and was re
markeble, not only for his quaint ]
humor, but for the underlying phll- 1
osophy and scathing satire that mark
ed many of his works. As a man j
he was esteemed by all who knew
hlm.
SEATTLE BUR
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(By Alaska N?ws Bureau.)
SEATTLB. April 22? The Seattle
Bar association met last night and
exonerated Secretary of the Itrter
ior Balliuger of having any dishonest
motives In the Alaskan coal cases
and passed resolutions strongly Scor
ing Collier's Weekly for its attacks
upon. Mr. Halttnger.
W. W. Houghton, agent for the
iluuibold* SS. company received a
cable from Capt. Uaughman stating
i ha the Humboldt left Wrangell at
six o'clock this morning and she
should arrive here some Uine tomor
row morning. j
Delegate Interests Committee ?
Hearing To Be Held? Wick
ersham Wants Help jFrom
North ? Census Shows Gains
(By Alaska Naws Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 22.?
Delegate Wickereham appeared before
the committee on territories of the
House again today and vigorously
urged the necessity of government
aid in the construction of a trunk
line railroad from Valdez or Seward
to Fairbanks. The committee listened
to him with the most respectful atten
tion and evinced genuine interest.
A full investigation of the subject
was ordered and a hearing will be
held by the .committee every day for
the next two months. Nothing here
tofore has aroused such intense en
thusiasm to help Alaska. Several
members of the committee on terri
; torles suggested that this was the
koytwtv oT Alaska's future.
1 1 !? ?: '.v Wic.ci-rsham uai ia all the
Alaskan newspapers, the commercial
bodies and other organizations to
wire him endorsing the movement.
These dispatches will be presented to
the committee and will insure contin
ued favorable attention.
The census report shows that Al
aska has 41,000 white and 35,000 na
tive population. The reports of the
Alaskan census are incomplete and it
is expected that the completed reports
will show that at least 50,000 whites
reside in the territory.
Casey Moran, the well known Alas
kan newspaperman, has been assign
ed three days on which to appear be
fore the committee and testify. He
will appear next week and argue for
home rule. He wants the Alaskan
newspapers to wire him and to au
thorize him to represent them.
JOHNSON OFF
FOR THF WEST
(By Alaska News Bureau)
CHICAGO. April 2-'? Jack .Johnson
left for California last night, where
he will start training for his fight
with Jim Jeffries.
Tommy Ryan and a corps of boxers j
and trainers are accompanying John
son to the west.
NEW STATION
AT CARIBOU
The W. P. & Y. R. started work
on the new station building at Car
ibou yesterday. The station was de
stroyed by fire on the 24 of last De
cember along with the Caribou hotel
The new station will be about the
same as the one burned with the ad
dition of many conveniences that
were not in vogue when the old one
was built.
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