DEWEY IS
SEVENTY TODAY
**>
(By United Press.)
Washington, Dec. 27. ? Adinira'
Dowey to Jay is celebrating bis seven
tieth birthday. 'I'e egraras of congrat
ulation and expressions of affection are
pouring in froa every part of the Uni -
ed States. The old veteran and naval
hero is holding op^n house to h's
friends, and the officers of the army
and navy bare been call ng In batta'
ions. offering c hxI wishes. Many sub
stan ial remembrance have been sent
htn.
WHY BRONSON
RESIGNED
(By United Pre**.)
Washington, Dec. 27.? It develops ^
that the resignation of Rear Admiral j
Brooson ia the climax of a long cod- '
tioued condition of friction between
himself and other official heads in the
navy department. The conditions bare
been long; known to the president acd
members of the cabinet. They were,
however, well guarded against the pub
lis and are only now coming to be u.:
d rstood. It is not unlikely that con
gress may feel itsdf called upon' :o
take a hand looking to a sett'em ct >
SMI SCENE IN COURT
CLARENCE BURROW TOO ILL TO STAND MAKES OPENINC AOORESS IN THE
PETTI80NE CASE
(By UnKsd Press.)
Hoise, Dee. 27? The court yesterday
rendered a decision on tl e motion of
the defease ia the l'etiibone ca*e
wherein it wns askwl that the jury be
iarrujted to rendrr a verdict of ac
qnlttai on the grounds thai the testi
mony bad failed to make out a case of
conspiracy. The .*ourt rot used to so
deei<'e but held that the case should be
?abm tted to the jury for determina
tion.
Clarence Harrow was to have he;un
bis opening address for lbs defense
y-sterday afu rnooo followine the drcis
Ion of the court but was too til to pro*
ceed. This a'ternooo, however, sitting
la ? chair before the jury box be made
a telling addrrc, reviewing at length
the evidence and denouncing Orchard
as the muoaier of the ai?e, wholly un
worthy of credence. In conclusion he
declared iiiat the man at the bar called
not for any other consideration than
that due him in ihu name of Justice
He called only for Jttst'ce.
The scene, with the eloquent advo
cate seated, unable h; cause of ph -sical
disability to call in'o *>lay any of these
artskf ikquecce upf 'i which so much
reliance is placed at such time, but
rather to hold himself In restraint, wa?
must dramatic, and the speech more
effective, perhaps, than would other
wipe bete Outu the casa.
The court room was crowded and
held in tense interest durlne the who' e
argument,
BOB IS COALING J
AT TRINIDAD
(By United Preaa.)
Pore of Spalo, Trinidnd, 0-?c. i~
The American naval rteei no i<s way j
round the horn, which has 1 e * coal
ing here, will bi ready to sit! a;iio to
morrow.
ANOTHER QUAKE
IN CALIFORNIA
(By United Press.)
Santa Barbara. Dec. 27.? A very per
ceptible tremor of the earth visited
this place this moroin?, and repor s
from nil dlonjr tne coast indicate tbat
it covered a wide area.
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FOffllAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPORTIONMENT FOB DENVER CONVENTION LEAVES
ALASKA ON THE LIST AS IT WAS
(United Prets Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Tacoma, Dec. 27 ? The apportionment of states and ter
ritories for the Republican convention tc be held at Denver
has been received by the secretary of the state organization
from Secretary New. Alaska is allowed six delegates ? the
former apportionment. Ths state of Washington gets ten. I
No reference is made to the earlier announcement of that
there would be but two delegates.
(By United Preta.)
Goklfleld, Deo. 27.? To the complaint
of the Mineowners Association asking
for an injunction restraining the miners
from maintaining a picket line about
the mines where strikebreakers are
employed and also asking for an oraer
dissolving the Wes era Federation of
Miner*," the latter organization today
filed answer denying specifically all the
allegations ou which these peti
tions are based.
On the other hand, the rejpondents
assert, rs rights cot to be interfered
wilb, such measures asjthey have taken
to warn the strikebreakers of the con
ditions prevailing Rnd of which they
claim they hive been kept in ignor
ance by the mineowners; that the so
called st Ikubreakers have beeo In
duced to come here by a system of mis
representation of which the respond- j
ents declare they h?ve knowkd
Leaders of th- I. W. Ws, thi 11-in
<5luding labor organizition ?f tho d s?
trict, declare thai they wll! fitfhi the
disso'ution suit to ? ti m?h.
FAITHFULNESS
IS REWARDED
Waterbury, Conn , Dec. 27? Out of
respect for the memory of a woman
wbo had worked in the factory of
of the Waterbury Buckle Company for
forty-six years the works was closed yes
terday, ana every one of the 1.000 em
ployees from the president down, fol
lowed the body of Ellen Galvin to the
grave.
Mis# Galvin entered the employ of
the company in 1861, and during all
the yohrs since has missed but five days
from her machine. When the company
offered to retire htr she refined, and
when they wanted to raise her pay ?he
refused again, saying her work was
worth no more than she was getting.
She never received more than 11.50 a
day, out accumulated a little fortune.
At present there are five wireless sta
tlons in Alaska, at Port Safety, near
Nome; St. Michael, Sitka, Fairbanks
an^Clrcle.
Seattle, Doc. 27? Louisa C. Cecil
climbed ou? onto th? platform of 8
couple of sign painters and permitted
; herself to be suspended from the roof
of the Burke block, shortly after noon
today, while she piloted a big sign on
the corner of the building. A crowd
that swarmed out into the street and
stopped streetcar traffic saw her lifted
over the side of the building and watch
ed with b.-eathless expectancy for an
accident in the woman's work. She is
here from Chicago aud went over the
edge of the coping because she likes it.
8ut the crowd of noonday shoppers
and business men stood around for
more than an hour *o see the outcome.
It h is been a popular theory that the
native Alaska Indians descended from
the Japanese or Orientals. They b?ve
many of the racial characteristics of
the Japanese. But a scientist of the
Bureau of American Ethno'ogy ad
vances a new theory. Be holds that
all life originated from the North Pole
and migrated southward as the earth's
surface cooled. According to this
theory the Orientals are the descecd
ants of the present Alaska Indians,
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PRESIDENT IS
AFTER TURKEY
(By United Press.)
Charlot'sville, Dec. 27- -President
Roosevelt and friends arrived here aod
will spend a week in the vicinity of
fine Knot hunting wild turkeys. The
weather is ideal and the president is
to high spirits. He expccts to be bac*
at toe Whitehouse to there take part
in the ceremony of weicotn'njf .the ap
pearance of the new year
HIGH WATER
AT PORTLAND
(By United Preas.)
Portland, Dec. 27.? The Columbia
' river is rising rapidly and threatens a
flood. Already the cellars In all the
i
lower part of town are filling: up and
I the docks are flooded. Very consider
able loss has already resulted aid much
more may follow, as the water ia now
encroaching upon the principal busi
ness streets.
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FINANCIAL STRINGENCY SAID TO BE ALL OVER BUT THE CLEARING HOUSE
CERTIFICATES
(By United Press.)
New York, Dec. 27. -Statements
made by the banks of she state and
published toJay make up a most en
couraging review of the linaDCial situ
ation. It must have its influence upon
the wbo'e couutry. Not on!y is the
condition sound bnt note of the pros
ress in that direction is quite as much
to the poiot, sioce it shows every indi
cation of a speedy re establishment of
no: mat conditions. The period of de
pression is practically past and will
have become a memory much in ad
vance of all es imatesof the time limit
placed a fe v months ago.
MINI FAKIRS
- SENT 10 JAIL
(By United Press.)
Denver, Dec. 27.? The convicted pr. -
mo'ers of the famous Spanish mine
Jake* which has attracted to Denver
the unpleasant attention of the mining
world for some time, were tulay piven
sentences of various periods to the city
jail. The trial revealed the fact that
the whole business was a fake. The i
literature sent out by the promoters
was of the most alluring character and
madb victims of thousands of small sal- .
arled people of the servant girl varie- .
ty, who oxpected to be made rich 1
thiough the investment of a few dol
lars In the stock of a fabulously rich
mine siid to be in Mexico.
NINA IS .
FOR FAIRBANKS
(By United Presi.)
Indianapolis, Dec. 27.? The Repub
lican state convention in session today
passed resolutions endorsing Vice-Pres
ident Fairbanks for the nomination for
the presidency before the national con
vention.
Judge G. C. Brltton of Katalla says
he has found a dozen or more sponges
on the shores of Controller bay. The
most of them were found about two
years ago. All were dead except one,
which was about as large as a man's
hat. This was alive, and it had long
tenacles. This particular marine ani
mal was found in Katalla bay near Bar
rett's point, two years ago.
When we say this jve mean ad
vance in your method of Xmas
buying. Buy something ?f service
to you.
Every article in our store is a
^ood and valuable Xmas present,
not a piece of shining tinsel that
glitters for a moment and is gone
but something of comfort and val
ue that will cause any gentleman
or youth to remember Xmas as a
time of good will a season of good
nessi giveness and gladness.
Please call on us, old Santa
Claus for grown up folks is here.
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