TELEGRAPH NEWS
, TOLD IN BRIEF
Chicago, April 12.—A complete
counterfeiting plant has been un
earthed in this city. The police had
been endeavoring to discover the
source from which an immense
amount of spurious currency was be
ing put into circulation for the past
six months, and only today discover
ed the plant of the gang. The head
of the counterfeiters was found to
be a man ’by the name of Andrew
Baktus, who masqueraded as a Bible
salesman when not engaged in de
frauding Uncle Sam.
Mexico City, April 12.—The Mex
icali gOVefftment'bas decided to raise
the pay of both officers and privates
in the regular army. This move to
increase the efficiency of the ser
vice is taken to mean that the policy
of Diaz will be a continuance of the
resistance to- the insurrectos at any
cost, and, a determination to win out
“if it takefe all summer.”
Washington, April 12.—Secretary
of War Dickinson hti& announced the
mobilization of the warships in the
Pacific Heet at Seattle on July 17th.
President Taft will review the naval
parade. It is expected here that he
will also .go to Alaska on a tour of
inspection.
Washington, April 12.—The
American trqops now . massed along
the Mexican border will assemble a>
San Antonio, Texas, where President
Taft will review them.
Washington, April 12—The House
of Representatives have adopted res
olutions of condolence on the death
: of Tom Loftin Johnson, ex-member
of Congress (1891-5). This is con
' trary to all precedents of the House.
• Chicago, April 12.—Ten thousand
bricklayers and stone masons are in
volved in the strike of the six thous
' and cement workers.
New Orleans, April 12.—A severe
wind storm has been prevailing dur
ing the -past twenty-four hours and
has done considerable damage to the
crops of Central Louisana.
San Francisco, April 12.—There is
a report current to the effect that
dissension has arisen in the Alaska
Packers’ Association, and that a
number of canneries have deserted.
The cause of the defection is not
known, but is popularly supposed to
be caused by a disagreement on
prices.
Washington, April 12.—-Represen
tative Murdock has introduced a res
olution in the House for leave to
print in bold letters in the Congres
sional Record, above all speeches
published and not delivered, the
statement of that fact.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 12.—The U.
S, Court has issued indictments at
the instance of the government
against the. Pennsylvania and the
Pittsburg and Erie railroads. They
are charged with non-observance and
evasion of the tariffs, as issued in
accordance with the Inter-State Com
merce Commission. It is expected
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that, ip case of .an adverse decision
the railways will carry their cases
into the Supreme Court, in order to
test fully the legal side of the tar
iffs and their application.
Washington, April 12.—Simon
Guggenheim, ' United States senator
from Colorado, has announced his
retirement at the end of this term.
Mr. Guggenheim was elected to
succeed Thos. M.^ Patterson, Demo
crat, and took his seat March 4,
1907. His term does not expire un
til March 4, 1918.
Las Vegas, N. M., April 12.—Will
Rogers, a- citizen of this place, has
confessed to the* kidnapping of his
own nephew. By opening negotia
tions under an alias with his broth
er for the-return of the child, he
was able to secure $12,000 ransom.
Washington, April 12.—Congress
man Rainey Introduces a retfolutim
which provides for a committee to
inquire into the administration of the
attorney general’s office.
New York, April 12.—Sam Lloyd,
ther millionaire inventor, 1b dead. He
had amassed a fortune in producing
puzzles, among; which “Pigs In-Clov
er”: and '‘The Fifteen Puzzle" were
perhaps the most .successful.
Honolulu, April 12.—Two hundred
and*flfty Filipinos have been import
ed to this country by the Hawalians
to help In’the harvesting of this
year’s i sug«ir <$ne and. , pineapple
crop, which promises to be a bump
er one. There is a dearth of skilled
native labor at the present time, and
the result-of the experiment of work
ing Filipinos side by side with the
Hawalians is awaited with much in
terest. If successful it will mean an
influx of "Gugus” into the Hawaiian
Islands within the next few years.
St. John, Newfoundland, April 12.
—Seven thousand emigrants have ar
rived here during the past three
days, all bound for Western Canada.
Washington, April 12.—The open
ing game of the Washington Nation
al League Baseball Club, played to
day will be attended by the Presi
dent, as is his usual custom. The
Boston team will oppose the Sene
tors.
Seattle, April 12.—The opening
games of the National and American
leaguers did not take place today on
account of rain.
New York, April 12.—The grand
jury has indicted the Owners of the
Triangle Shirtwaist factory for man
slaughter. It will be remembered
that the factory was consumed by
Are on March 27th and one hun
dred and forty-three persons, mostly,
young women, were burned to death,
it was claimed at the time that the
Shirtwaist company was criminally
negligent in not having proper Are
jscapes provided and in using a
building for their factory which evad
ed the Are inspector’s rules. Evi
iently there were good grounds for
this contention, as is shown by the
indictment.
Seattle, April 13.—On July 17,
1897, the steamer Portland arrived
n Seattle from Alaska bringing a
con of virgin gold from the rich
new fields of the Klondike, and start
ing the great gold rush which gave
the first impetus to Seattle’s growth
and prosperity. On July 17, 1911,
Seattle will inaugurate an annual
.carnival to celebrate the gift of gold,
‘.he celebration to be called the
“Golden Potlatch, ’97,” and to con
sist of a week of pageantry and mer
ry-making in which the whole city
will take part. The name and gen
eral nature of the festival were de
cided upon by a committee of lead
ing citizens early this week, and the
details of the big carnival are in
.he hands of several committees,
while the whole city is subscribing
funds for the event by purchasing
official buttons.
The name “Golden Potlatch, ’97,”
is derived from the old Chinook
word, Potlatch, which meant to give, j
or, as a noun, a festival of giving.
The Seattle carnival might have been
termed a festival in commemoration
of the gift of gold In 1897 the short
Indian word being used to express
his idea. The celebration will fur
;her be known as “A Hot Time in a
Cool Place,” a catchy reference to
the attractive summer climate of
Puget Sound.
Seattle’s big festival will be wide
ly advertised throughout the eait
and south, as an extra attraction to
summer tourists, and the railroads
will assist in calling the nation’s at
tention to this unique celebration of
an event which marked the begin
ning of the present great prosperity
of the Northwest. Water pageants
and fetes, street parades, electrical
displays and carnival features of ev
ery sort will be prominent in the
week's celebration.
Paris, April 13.—Twelve regi
ments of cavalry and four of infantry
are proceeding to Epernay to quell
the riots in the Champagne district.
Boston, April 13.—Mrs. Clara
Russell, crazed with grief over the
separation from her husband, stran
gles their 12-year-old daughter to
save her from future pain.
Washington April 13.—The In
surgent senators are still fighting
Senator Lorimer and declare that he
will be ousted from office.
Portland, April 13.—The grand
Jury will next week hear the charges
of graft against the city officials in
receiving money for protection in
gambling and other vice.
Washington, April 13.—As to the
probability of any general legislation
tor Alaska at this session, it can not
be said to be good. It may be tak
eU up by committees, and something
niay be reported out at the next reg
ular session.
•I Friends of statehood for Arizona
and New Mexico are expected to be
here ih force to try to get the con
sent of Congress to the erection of
those territories Into states. Every
one conceded that they are entitled
to statehood:1 They have the neces*
sary population, wealth, resources
anddevelopment, and it is now on
ly a question of political expediency.
With these Btars added to the fla»,
it probably will be many years be
fore any more states will, be admit
ted to the Union.
San Francisco, April 13.—Captain
Cook, of the regular army, was ser
iously wounded in a drunken brawl
by a night watchman.
Topeka. April 13.—A terrific tor
nado has been sweeping Kansas and
Oklahoma. Thirty people are dead
as a result and the injured list is
over a hundred. Two towns have
been swept away and thousands of
dollars worth of property damaged.
Washington. April 13.—On May 1
Capt. Ross, commander of the rev
enue cutter service, retires. His suc
cessor wil llikely be either Captains
Bertholf, Henderson or West.
JUNEAU’S POPULATION.
The director of the census has is
sued advance statements of popula
tion, based upon the official cbunt
of the returns of the Thirteenth cen
sus, for the following:
Juneau, 1910, 1,644; 1900, 1,864;
1890, 1,253.
Sitka, 1910, 539; 1900, (a) 1,
396; 1890, (a) 1,190.
Sitka, native, 1910, 600.
Skag'way town, 1910, 872; 1900,
3,117.
Washington, April 13.—General
Grant has declined the appointment
on the special embassy to the coro
nation of King George and General
Greely was named for the honor.
Springfield, 111., April 13.—Both
the Senate and House today passed
the Woman's Suffrage bill.
Helena, Mont., April 13.—Colonel
Roosevelt has left for St. Paul and
will arrive in New York on Satur
day. On his western tour he advo
cated good citizenship and the pop
ular election of United States sena
tors.
Washington, April 13.—President
Taft says he will go to Seattle! in
September, if the extra session of
Congress adjourns in time.
Tegucigalpa, April 13.—The
names of an entire new Honduran
cabinet have been announced,
Washington, April 13.—President
Taft has transferred Embassador
Rockwell from Russia to Turkey and
appointed former Governor Guild, of
Massachusetts, as embassador to Rus
sia.
Washington, April 15.—President
Taft notifies the Mexican federal and
insurrectos that hereafter no battles
will be permitted near the border, en- j
dangering the lives of Americans. If j
the forces persist in this fighting the j
United States threatens to interfere. |
San Diego, April 15.—The British j
gunboat Shearwater stopped the San ■
Quinten, raised its flag and landed !
marines, taking away several for- j
eigners before advancing rebels.
Aguaprieta, April 15.—A battle is
expected here today between the
government and rebel forces.
New York, April 15.—Annie Gold,
an attractive French woman, who
has $100,000 in cash, has been or
dered deported. She excites Ellis Is
land by offering $10,000 for a hus
| band.
Washington, April 15.—President
Taft today ordered four troops caval
ry sent to Douglas.
Muscatiu, April 15.—Troops ad
vance with bayonets fixed and strik
ers retire.
West Swanzey, N. H., April 15.—
Denman Thompson, the actor, died
at his home here yesterday in his
87th year, having been reared in
New Hampshire. In early profes
sional life he was a dancer, Irish
character actor and general utility
man. He took up comedy and starr
ed in “Joshua Whitcomb," a play of
his own, afterward remodeled as
“The Old Homestead,” which made
such a decided hit.
London, April 15.—Three hundred
clergymen of the church of England,
twenty-five hundred laymen and sev
en hundred churchmen paraded yes
terday to St. Paul’s cathedral.
Washington, April 15.—Secretary
of Commerce and Labor Nagle has
notified the steamship companies of
the stringent regulations as to the
employment of wireless operators on
vessels after July 1.
Washington, April 15.—Senator
Hitchcodli was today attacked by
a fainting spell and fell unconscious
in the street.
Spokane, April 16.—Taking ser
iously the erroneous report publish
ed that Alaskan towns had declared
In favor of seceding from the Unit
ed States, British Columbia is agitat
ing the purchase' tojy1 treaty of the ter
J rltory.
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