Late Telegraph News
JUNEAU. Feb. IS.—An Interview
is published in a local paper today
in which Governor Strong states
that unless the people of Alaska,
working privately and through com
mercial clubs, chambers of com
merce and town councils make a
concerted demand for a special ap
propriation for the purpose Alaska
will not have a proper exhibit at the
San Francisco exposition. He urges
that the people of Alaska back up
his efforts and those of Delegate
Wicker sham for the special appro
priation.
Governor Strong asks congress to
make a special appropriation of
$200,000 for the Alaska exhibit as
the congressional appropriation for
a federal display leaves practically
nothing for the Alaska exhibit.
Prof. Gecrgeson, chief of the!
government experimental farms in
Alaska, is working for the appro
priation and has stated that unless
the special appropriation is granted
by Congress the Alaska exhibit will
be confined to products of the gov
ernment farms and that Alaska
would lose the advertising which
would result from a display of her
mineral products at the fair.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, died here
this afternoon from kidney trouble.
He had been ill for some time but
his case was not regarded as seri
ous. He has been a senator since
1894 and was leader of the Demo
crats in the upper house for many
years. Previous to being elected
senator he was speaker in the
Georgia house of representatives
from 1870 to 1893. He was candi
date several times for governor of
the state and in 1883 came within
one vote of securing the nomina
tion which would have been equiva
lent to election.
NEW! YORK, Feb. 13.—Senator
Borah, addressed the Lincoln Re
publican club here last night. In
speaking of the changes going on
within the Republican party he de
clared that it would rise to greater
power and glory than ever before.
Many persons believed the parry
was dissolving when it was in reality
passing through a stage of evolution
which would unite the factions in
one party truly representative ofi
the American people.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.—A
sensation was created in four fami-!
lies here this morning and gave the|
gossips something to talk about
when it was discovered that two'
couples, none of whom are 20
years old, had eloped and been mar-j
ried by a minister at Redwood City.,
May Cook, the 16-year-old daugh-:
ter of Police Commissioner Cook,:
eloped with Henry Rohr, the 18
year-old son of a wealthy widow liv
ing at Alameda.
Miss Cook and Rohr were accom
panied by Winny Webb, the 17-year-1
old daughter of U. S. Webb, attor
ney general of the state, and Paul
Connishon, the 19-year-old son of a
prominent physician. After the
wedding of the first couple they all
returned to Redwood City from an
auto ride and Miss Wjebb and Con
nishon were married. The parents
of the young people have declared
that they will break up love’s young
dream as none of the children have
reached the legal age.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
Louis Lane, who recently returned
from the Arctic, will take a party
of Boston society people to the
Arctic next summer. He is quoted
in an interview as saying: “I believe
polar yachting will become popular
as a recreation among the rich of
America. Many of them are tired
of going to Europe every year. The
trip along the coast of Alaska ex
cels anything in the world for
findeur of scenery. There is
nothing fascinating abont the
rth which catches one. There Is
no healthier place in the world and
It will not be many years before
the. wealthy people ot Europe will
also be making their summer trips
to the Arctic.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
Dr. Subhlnda Rose, of the Univer
sity of Iowa, testifying before the
House committee on Immigration
predicted that the "fiercest revolu
tion the world has ever known will
result if Great Britain approves of
the Hindu exclusion policies of the
other British colonies." Canada,
South Africa, New Zealand and Aus
tralia are all considering legislation
which will debar the Hindus from
entering those colonies. Brltalns
approval of their policies will be
the signal for an outbreak In India
which would endanger the peace of
the world as It might develop Into
a war of the whites against the yel
low races.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 1*.—Crown
Prince Frederick, who, with his
younger brother Prince Knud,
joined the Danish Boy Scouts last
year, has been appointed “English
translator” for that organization.
He won the job by fulfilling three
tasks: writing a long and really
clever essay in English on the boy
scout movement, translating an
article from a London newspaper,
and in conversing in English for
an hour.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.—
The Senate has passed the bill intro
duced by Senator Jones, of Wash
j ington state, authorizing agricul
tural entries to be made for coal
lands in Alaska on the same basis
as now applies in the states. The
law gives settlers title to the sur
face agricultural grounds but re
tains and reserves title to the
underlying coal to the federal gov
ernment.
SEATTLE, Feb. 1 3.—Because his
love was rejected by Miss Juanila
Walker of this city, Michael Sulli
van. cf Illinois, committed suicide.
It is a case of the lady using her
privilege of changing her mind.
They had been engaged but when
Sullivan arrived here to be married
Miss Walker told him she had
ceased to care for him.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Up to
noon today the police had reported
eleven deaths front the extreme cold
which has a grip on the entire
eastern coast. The sudden drop of
the mercury, which stands away be
low zero, has brought untold misery
to thousands of homeless and un
fortunate people. The humane
society and other charity organiza
tions are delivering coal in autos to
the poor in the tenements on the
east side. The officers are making a
search among the foreign settle
ments where the new arrivals are
located.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.—
Secretary of State Bryan has
directed American Minister McMil
lan, at Lima, Peru, to recognize the
new provisional government of Peru
on behalf of the ETnited States.
TOKIO, Feb. 13.—As a result of
the recent riots when a mob num
bering thousands attacked the par
liament buildings, Hugo Okra,
speaker of the house of represen
tatives has tendered his resigna
tion. The speaker was accused of
having been instrumental in sup
pressing the investigation of the
scandal in connection with grafting
by the naval officers. He has de
clared himself as favoring the in
vestigation and has resigned as a
protest against the house refusing
his motion for that purpose.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal., Feb. 1 o.
—California’s first women grand
jurors, those of San Mateo county,
like the work so well that they are
going to keep it up, even if they
must do so in an unofficial capacity.
As a preliminary step, plans were
completed today for the organiza
tion of a county committee of
women to investigate everything
that looks like it needs investiga
tion. The leader in the movement is
Mrs. Racine McCroskey, who was a
member of the jury. Judge Buck
suggested such an organization
when he discharged the jurettes
recently.
SOUTH BEND, Feb. 14.—After
months of investigation of a crime
of which he had received informa
tion, a deputy sheriff yesterday un
covered the bodies of three Japan
ese millhands who had been mur
dered by their fellow countrymen
and their bodies secretly buried.
The murders took place last fall
and resulted from a quarrel over a
game of cards in a local Japanese
rooming house where gambling was
permitted.
Several arrests followed the dis
covery of the bodies but it is be
lieved the guilty parties may have
left the country. The bodies of the
victims had been literally cut to
pieces in the fight which resulted in
| their deaths. Physicians who dressed
the wounds of Japanese, which
aroused the suspicions of the officers
last fall, have given a description of
| the men whom they were called to
| attend.
QUEBEC, Feb. 14. —A heavy
earthquake was felt over the city
this morning. The center of dis
turbance is believed to have been
some distance to the north. The
first shock was felt at 5:40 this
morning and was of several seconds
duration. The populace were terror
stricken and sought safety in the
streetB fearing that the buildings
would collapse.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
Shippers of wooden barrels, palls,
tubs and the like are protesting to
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion against a grant of Increased
rates to the 62 eastern railroads.
WELLESLEY, Mass., Feb. 13.—
It will be a tango-less senior “prom”
which Wellesley girls will give in
the Mary Hemenway Gymnasium,
scene of countless terpsichorean
events of other years. As a result
of the faculty ban on the wiggly
tango, the girls are sad. Gloom
about the classrooms could be cut
with a knife. The senior “prom”
generally is attended by scores of
Harvard students, and as Harvard
men have gone in for the tango at
all of their dances, the girls fear the
annual “prom” this year would be
dubbed a frost.
BOSTON, Feb. 13.—Boston Uni
versity’s new School of Journalism
has been opened starting as a single
class, enrolled for a 15 week’s
course. A series of weekly lectures
has been arranged at which promi
nent newspaper men of Boston will
outline different phases of news
paper work.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—The Am
erican Museum of natural history
has commissioned Lord Perry to go
on a scientific duck hunt as a spe
cial naturalist in ornithology in the
Arctic next summer. He will choose
Point Barrow as the field for his
operations. Lord Perry has made a
special study of bird life in many
parts of the world and is considered
an authority. He will be accom
panied by several American pro
fessors who have announced their
intention of visiting the Arctic next
summer. Lord Perry hopes to solve
the question of the breeding
grounds of several varieties of wild
ducks which have eluded others who
have attempted to ascertain in the
interests of science.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.—
Ground was broken yesterday for
the Lincoln memorial which is to
be erected here. A vast crowd wit
nessed the ceremony when General
Breckenridge turned the first spade
of earth on the site of the memorial.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
Enactment of a minimum wage law
will be the topic for dual debates
here and in Philadelphia between
teams representing George Washing
ton University and the University of
Pennsylvania.
of the situation here that O’Shaugh
nsssey, representative of the United
States in this city, has decided not
to leave his post of duty although
he has received information that
his father is dying in New York. He
regards the situation here as a
seething volcano which is likely to
explode at any time. Despite the
fact that Huerta caused the arrest
of scores of persons who were be
lieved to be Implicated in the
recent conspiracy against him in
this city uneasiness is manifest
among the government officials. The
guards at the palace have been
doubled and the troops are being
held in the garrison ready for in
stant action.
SEATTLE, Feb. 13.—Prof. IV. G.
Beach, of the University of Wash
ington, at the anniversary speech in
commemoration of Lincoln's birth
day, termed the martyred president
as the greatest humanist America
had ever produced. He declared
that history and private writings
show that even during the heat of
war Lincoln never signed a death
warrant even of an enemy of the j
country without a protest. His
every thought and movement was
directed toward the betterment of
mankind.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1C.—One]
man was instantly killed and five
others seriously injured yesterday
during the Vanderbuilt cup races,
when Dave Lewis lost control of his
auto and plunged into the crowd,
lined up along the course. It is esti
mated that more than 20,000 per
sons witnessed the race. The dead
man has been identified as Louis G.
Smith. The injured were taken to a
hospital where they are being cared
for at the expense of the associa
tion.
BRUSSELS, Feb. IT.—King Al
bert, of Belgium, suffered1 u broken
arm when he was thrown from his
horse while riding over the battle
field of Waterloo this morning. The
king was unconscious for some time
and it was feared that he had sus
tained serious injuries. Physicians
state he has sustained a compound
fracture of his right arm but that no
permanent injury will result.
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CHIHUAHUA. Feb. 14.—A trag
edy was enacted here this morning
when Captain Rafael Martinez gave
the signal to a detachment of sol
diers to shoot five Mexicans, mem
bers of a band of bandits who mur
dered Charles Reed, an American.
Captain Martinez’ brother and step
father were among those executed.
He was acting under ordera from
President Huerta who refused to
change the order when he learned
that it would be necessary for the
ofllcer to give the signal for the
execution of bis own relatives.
SEATTLE. Feb. 14.—-John H.
Hughes, a pioneer in the Klondike
and Fairbanks districts died here
yesterday. He had recently returned
from Europe where he had gone in
an endeavor to finance a big hydrau
lic proposition in interior Alaska.
Hughes is believed to have con
trolled more placer claims in Alaska
than any other miner who ever went
to the north. WUth associates he
staked the Bonnifleld country but
was unable to float his company,
when Singleton, of the Yellow Aster
mine dropped the proposition.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 18.—
Eighty-seven babies were abandoned
by their parents last year in Phila
delphia according to figures on file
today at the Children’s Aid Society.
The same list shows that of 310
mothers found to be in destitute
circumstances only 54 deserted their
children. One hundred and thirty
seven of the fathers deserted their
families.
WASHINGTON, O. C\, Feb. IS.—
The nation paid tribute on Sunday
last to the men, who sixteen years
ago went down in Havana harbor
with the ill-fated battleship Maine.
President Wilson, the Cuban min
ister, members of the army and
navy committees of the House and
Senate, and survivors of ttie disaster
attended impressive ceremonies in
Arlington Cemetery.
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