TELEGRAPH NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
Jurez, Mexico, July 5.—The coun
try south of Palomas is overrun with
revolutionists who are demanding
provisions and money for the rural
districts.
Washington, July 5—Senator New
lands introduces a bill for the ap
pointment of a trade commission of
five members to control corporations
whose annual receipts amount to $5,
0v v jO j.
Seattle, July 5.—Councilman God
dard has demanded the removal of
City Engineer Thompson, charging
him with knowledge of a million dol
lar graft deal in connection with
Wappenstein.
Seattle, July 5.—A jury in the
superior court today found former
chief Wappenstein guilty of accept
ing a bribe of $1,000 from Gerald
and Tuper. The case will be ap
pealed.
Chicago, July 5.—Owing to the
nation-wide movement for a sane
Fourth, fewer casualties were re
ported this year. There were but
2 1 deaths and 900 injured, the low
est record ever made by any previous
Fourth.
Washington, July 5.—General
Woods, has handed a reporttoCon
gress in which he says the fortifica
tions of the New York and other im
portant centers of population are
invincible.
Santa Rosa, Cal., July 5.—Out
laws blow' the safes in the postoffice,
the deed having been committed
last night, and shot a policeman who
interferred with their work. They
escaped.
Seattle, July 6.—The steamer Al
ameda is due from Cordova this eve
ning.
Paris, July 6.—John W. Gates is
ill with a catarrhal affection of the
throat.
Brussels, July 6.—The steel mag
nates are conferring for the forma
tion of a world trust, with Elbert H.
Gary, of New York, at its head.
Washington. July 6.—Lane leaves
for the Pacific coast to hear ques
tions in reference to transcontinental
carriers.
Chicago, July 6.—Philip Armour
and nine other packers plead not
guilty to criminal conspiracy.
Berlin, July 6.—A million soldiers
will take part in the field maneuv
ers this summer.
Berkley, Cal., Jnne 6.—Socialist
Mayor Wilson falls out with his par
ty and refuses to file his resignation.
London, July 6.—Canon Casini is
denounced for conniving to attempt
to smuggle Basrelief, the Modonna
child, out of the country.
Washington, July 6.—The Pope
writes a letter commending Presi
dent Taft’s campargn for Interna
tional peace.
-Mexico city, July t>.— ine street
car strike grows more serious each
day and in a clash between the po
lice and strikers two of the combat
ants were killed.
Walla Walla Wash., Julv 6.—Fire
broke out here this morning and he
fore the flames could be gotten'under
control the principal business build
ings and homes were destroyed.
Washington, July 6.—Engineer
Bixby reports that the explosion of
three magazines caused the wreck
of the battleship Maine, the prima' >’
cause of which is unknown.
LeadviUe, July 6.—The district at
torney refuses to prosecute Mrs. Capa
for killing her drunken husband,
who abused her when she was about
to become a mother.
Washington, July 5.—Fiftw new
postal banks will open July 29.
Washington, July 6.—Jos. Holmes
director for the Federal Bureau of
Mines, leaves on a tour of inspec
tion through the western states and
Alaska. He is accompanied by Sum
ner Smith, recently appointed mine
inspector for Alaska.
Seattle, July 6.—The hot winds
and humidity in the middle west
and east for the past five days has
resulted in five hundred deaths and
thousands of prostrations. In fact
it has been a record breaker for the
heat. The weather moderated today
and rains are reported in many sec
tions.
Manchester, Juiy t>.—In a riot be
tween striking teamsters and carmen
two hundred people are injured. A
force of two thousand policemen are
now in control of the situation and
no further outbreaks are expected.
New York, July 6.—Karl Von
Meyer, son of a wealthy Christiana
banker, confesses to having commit
ted eighteen burglaries in which the
loot amounted to $20,000.
Lisbon, July 6.—The government
has called out troops to subdue the
armed revolt.
Constantinople, July 6.—On ac
count of the activity of the Alban
ians and Montenegrins at the front
ier the Turkish troops are being
mobilized.
ments charging complicity in the
dynamite plots which destroyed the
Times building have been dismissed
against Bender and Maple.
Katalla, July 5.—Deep gloom cast
its shadow over the Fourth of July
here owing to the death of Mike Du
val. and Peter Emasard within three
hours of each other.
Mr. Duval and his daughter Nellie
joined as excursion to Kayak island.
: He was down in the cabin and when
just opposite Kanak island he came
up and in walking along the side of
the launch fell overboard.
Peter Emasard died of asalima and
was sick for some time. He came to
Alaska in 1884 and was the discov
erer of the great Treadwell mine. H?
leaves a widow and six children. H»
! lihd the universal respect and esteem
! of all those who knew' him.
As may be imagined, the Fourth
of July was one of the saddest ever
experienced. It seems impossible to
realize that our old neighbors and
friends are not with us any more,
but the memory of their deeds and
kindnesses will always remain.
San Francisco, July 5.—Ad Wol
gast knocked out Owen Moran yes
terday in the thirteenth round .The
receipts netted $40,000.
Previous to the battle, the betting
favored Wolgast two to one. The
i first, seventh, eighth, ninth twelfth
| and thirteenth rounds belonged to
! Wolgast. The second, fourth, tenth
j and eleventh fa- ored Moran. Honors
! were about even for the third, fiftli
i and sixth.
| Demopolis, Ala., July 5.—In re
I turning from church Sunday. Con
gressman Taylor gave Lewis George,
the noted writer a sound thrash
ing. A number of church goers wit
nessed the fight.
Seattle, July 5.—Patrolman Harris
was killed this morning on Occidental
Avenue. After firing the fatal shot
the unknown escaped.
Keil, July 5.—Emperor William
sails on a trip to Norway.
Burton, July 5.-—Mrs. S. Stoek
berger leaves her husband and four
j Eskimo children and returns to Al
; aska.
Washington, July 6.—The array
abandons the hardtack in favor of
field bread.
Seattle, July 6.—The grand jury
has reconvened and there is consid
erable uneasiness in certain quar
ters.
London, July 6.—Seven of the
newest torpedo destroyers were over
strained by excessive speed.
Washington July 6.—The com
mittee reports favorably on the re
appointment bill, which increases
the number of congressmen.
Washington. July 6.—In speak
ing against the Department of Pub
lic Health, Senator Works defends
Christian Science.
Washington, July 6.—The govern
ment files a test case against Lehigh
Valley railroad to separate railroad
from the control of mines in Penn
sylvania.
Washington, July 6.—Congress
man Xorris charges President Taft’s
! secretary, Hillis, with issuing false
; reports to the presidential candi
dates.
Tulsa July 6.—The greatest oil
wells in Oklahoma are afire and are
burning three thousand barrels a
day.
Seattle, July 6.—Iditarod has sem
$71,000 in gold dust to the local as
j say office.
San Francisco, July 7—The steam
| er Santa Clara, loaded with passen
| gers, is on the rocks at Point Con
ception and considerable alarm is
felt for the safety of the vessel. The
steamers Arguella and State of Cal
ifornia are standing by ready to ren
der assistance to the distressed boat.
Los Angeles, July 7.—The Mc
Namara brothers were arranged this
morning for the dynamiting of the
Times plant, but refused to plead to
the nineteen charges of murder, hold
ing that they were extradited for
dynamiting the Dewellvn works and
not the Times building. They also
’contend that they cannot be tried on
another charge, unless the prosecu
tion is willing to admit the crime
of kidnapping.
Seattle, July 7.—Will A. Steel
left last night for Detroit, to attend
the annual meeting of the National
Editorial Association, of which or
ganization he has been treasurer for
a number of years.
Washington, July 7.—Attorney
General Wiekersham addressing the
Michigan Bar Association gave his
unqualified endorsement of the Su
preme court’s application of the rule
of reason.
Harry Harper and Carl Brown,
the two graduates of the Juneau
high school, were given all kinds
of advice by the speakers at the
commencement exercises. Carl ii
going to be an actor.
Denver. Colo., July 7.—Horace
Granfield, of Mount Vernon, X. V.,
killed in an auto accident near here
last May, left a fortune in two shab
by trunks in a hotel here. The val
uables were not discovered until the
public administrator was called upon
to appraise the estate of Granfield.
his wife and other relatives being
unaware that he traveled with prop
erty worth $500,000 in his trunks.
Granfield had long been interest
ed in Colorado mines and was paying
one of his regular visits to Denver.
While taking a Sunday afternoon
ride to the foothills with a lawyer
named Richardson, their auto ran off
an embankment and both men were
dead when found.
Seattle, July —Marcus Talbot,
manager of the Alaska-Pacific
Steamship company, has tendered
his resignation, but just what his
future plans are is not known.
Xew York, July 7.—Prominent of
ficials of this country and Canada
will take part in the meeting at
Rouses Point, X. Y., on the Canad
ian boundary, July 20, to celebrate
the beginning of work on the Inter
national highway connecting Mont
real with Xew York City and form
ing a part of the proposed highway
southward to Florida. It is pro
posed to name the Canadian end of
the road from Rouses Point to Mont
real “King Edward's Road.” The
suggestion has the sanction of King
George.
Paris, July 7.—Ensign Conneau.
of the French army, today won in
the European circuit aviation, flying
one hundred and fifty six miles in
three hours and twenty-five minutes.
Xew Yortt, July 7.—A package of
eighteen love epistles written by mil
lionaire Stokes to Miss Graham are
read in court. In one he stated
that he had been looking over very
! carefully a dozen widows and divorc
| ees with a view to marriage and ad
| vised the Graham girl to marry a
j rich young man.
Seattle, July 7.—Mrs. ('has. Wap
j penstein, wife of the former chief
! of police, has been subpoenaed to
; testify before the grand jury.
Seattle, July 7.—Seattle pians to
! pull off the largest decorated auto
i mobile parade ever held in this coun
I try. It is scheduled to be one of the
! features of Golden Potlatch Week.
jJuly 17-22. According to the best
available figures for such paiade, the
largest number of machines in line
at any one time is 286. Already the
potlatch has promises of more than
twice that number to participate. In
Seattle alone, 3,600 automobiles are
owned. The decorative ideas are to
be novel and since desirable prizes
are to be awarded, the turn-out will
surely be extraordinary.
Washington, July 7.—A board of
naval experts on explosives is being
selected by the navy department to
study the hull of the wrecked battle
ship Maine.
Washington, July 7.—Postmaster
General Hitchcock and Hillis, the
President's secretary, are in an open
clash over the Republican politics
in Alabama.
Chicago, July 5.—All heat records
for this time of the year have been
j broken here and in St. Louis, Kansas
City and Cincinnatti.
London, July 5.—The Hon. Ar
nold Moreiy today married Mrs
5ames Runyon, a wealthy New
York widow. The ceremony caused a
sensation in court circles.
San Jose, Cal., July 5.—For three
days forest fires in the Santa Cruz
mountains have been beyond control.
A number of settlements are threat
ened.
Liverpool, July 5.—The White
Star line has come to terms with the
strikers by granting their demands,
and work has again been resumed.
Washington, July’5.—Secretary of
war Stimpson, will leave Thursday
for the Penama Canal zone.
Prof. Lawrence Martin, of the
University of Wisconsin, and Prof.
R. S. Tarr, of Cornell University, are
making a study of Miles and Childs
glaciers, under the auspices of the
National Geographical Society of
j New York.
Glendive, July 5.—Two hundred
i cowboys lassoed an airship this fore
j noon and tried to destroy it. Theii
; anger was caused by the failure of
the aviator to fly as agreed.
Seattle, July 6.—The steamer Ad
miral Sampson sailed last night for
Cordova with the banner passenger
list of the season. It is a pretty load
also a learned one, as a delegation
of the Tacoma Chamber of Com
merce as well as a large number of
school teachers form a stumer ex
j cursion to the scenic beauties of
i Southwestern Alaska. Suets will be
made at all ports along the inside
passage, and at Cordova a trip will
be made
glacier and possibly to the end of
the line.
Among the other passengers on
board are Frank Gillman Richard
Enrich, and William Marsh for Cor
dova; E. McFarland and W. French
for Katalla; Meir Blum and nif° r
Valdez and Ed Dunn and Frank E.
Youngs for Seward.
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