TELEGRAPH NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
Washington, May 26.—Senator
Davis today scored Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock on the floor of the
Senate, charging him with being a
czar in the administration of the af
fairs of his office.
Seattle May 26.—The trial of
Charley Wappenstein, ex-chief of po
lice, indicted on the charge of graft
ing, was commenced this morning
and the court room was crowded with
Interested spectators.
Seattle, May 26.—The University
of Washington has won the coast
championship of water by defeating
the Berkeley crew in a three miles
regatta.
San Francisco, May 26.—At a so
ciety function last night a prize fight
w:.s provided for the entertainment
ot the guests.
New York, May 26.—Ten Central
Office detectives, disguised as drivers
and freight handlers trailed a United
States Express Company van contain
ing $20,000 worth of valuables
through the streets in a closed deliv
ery wagon late yesterday, watched
Charles 3. Miller, the driver, take it
tt a stable on the Eastside and then
arrested him and nine pals as they
were removing its contents. The
prisoners are locked up today on
charges of grand larceny.
Washington, May 26.—The bill for
the direct election of senators will be
voted upon by the Senate June 12.
Mohonk Lake, May 26.—John
Foster says Theodore Roosevelt is
erratic and inconsistent in his views
on international arbitration.
Poiter May 26.—In touring
France an army aeroplane breaks
the passenger record by covering
373 miles in nine hours and a,quar
ter.
Lincoln, May 26.—Bryan’s Com
moner this week castigates the Su
preme Court of the United States,
and charges that its members are
the tools of the big interests.
Atlantic City, May 26.—The Pres
byterian assembly finds Dr. Grant
guilty of heresy.
New York, May 2C.—A horse car
which ran over and killed a 16
month-old child in a downtown street
late last night was overturned by a
mob of a hundred persons who rush
ed from neighboring shops and tene
ments to rescue the babe. When
the child was taken from under the
wheels dead the mob turned upon
the driver and yelled “Lynch him!"
With cutting lashes of his whip he
beat off his assailants and took ref
uge in a drug store, where police re
serves rescued him.
Philadelphia, May 26.—The new
battleship Wyoming was christened
today with appropriate ceremonies.
New York, iday 26.—In a speech
delivered here last night William
Jennings Bryan insists that he is for
free wool.
Copenhagen, May 26.—The king
today received the officers of the At
lantic fleet.
Alhtny, Al»26.—-The first meas
ure respecting aerial legislation ever
offered in the legislature of New
York state came before the Senate
at Albany today. It provides for a
commission of ten from the Aero
nautical and Scientific societies to
pass on the qualifications of all aviat
ors and to inspect and license all fly
ing machines.
Washington, May 2C.—The Demo
crats vote in favor of the recommen
dation of the Committee on Elections
to investigate Senator Lorimer.
New York, May 26.—A fight to
eject six men who had forced their
way into an Eastside moving pic
ture theater without paying admis
sion, in which six shots were fired
in rapid succession and the cry of
“fire” was raised, started a panic
shortly before midnight last night.
Three hundred spectators rushed
wildly for the exits, knocking down
and trampling upon many women
and children. No one was hit bj
the bullets, but many of those knock
ed down were seriously hurt. Only
one arrest was made.
San Francisco, May 26.—Mayor
McCarthy says he is determined to
clean up the city and has started in
by suspending the chief of police,
whom he says has been grafting and
proteting the violators of the law.
New York, May 26.—In the mere
item of shoes for the horses, the New
York fire department expects to save
$40,00o this year by a system of port
able horse shoeing outfits. The
scheme has already saved $9,000 in
three months trial, by avoiding ex
orbitant prices which the city black
smiths charged, according to the re
port of the fire commissioner.
New York, May 26.—A double
decked flower garden will occupy all
the sunny portions of the municipal
ferryboat Midlothian as it plies the
Kast River this summer. The boat
was recently turned over to the tu
berculosis prevention committee as a
summer hospital for child consump
tives, and the little tots who have
permanent homes on board will have
charge of the garden.
Chicago, May 26.—The National
Lumber Manufacturers protest
against reciprocity and a reduction
of the tariff on lumber.
Seattle, May 26.—Since the indict
ment of Col. Blethen and his man
aging and city editors of The Times,
the Post-Intelligencer has taken ad
vantage of the cloud hanging over
them by publishing some caustic edi
torials, which resulted yesterday in
Col. Blethen filing a suit for crimi
nal libel and also suing the Post
Intelligencer for $100,000 in a civil
libel case.
Seattle, May 16.—Ot particular in
terest to this part of the country is
the Pacific Northwest Tourist Asso
ciation recently formed at Tacoma
for the purpose of stimulating tourist
travel this way. The promotion
forces at work here have been too
busy building up the population and
developing the business resources to
pay any particular attention to the
tourist crop. Notwithstanding it is
this crop which pays California as
much as anything else. Now, how
ever, the Northwest will reach out
for the traveling public. The first
set of officers consists of L. W. Pratt,
traveling president; M. J. Carrigan,
Ralph Hoyt and G. W. Coburn, vice
presidents; N. B. Coffman .treasurer;
A. L. Sommers, secretary.
Seattle, May 17.—The steamer
Northwestern sailed last night for
Southwestern Alaska. She has a
good list of passengers for Cordova >
including E. C. Hawkins, Geo. Bald
win and Mrs. George Davison.
Seattle, May 22.—Uncle Sam will
begin work on the Lake Washington
canal on June 1st, and the event will
be celebrated in proper form by the
people of Puget Sound. After twen
ty-five years of effort, often against
discouraging odds, the canal advo
cates have won out. The last ob
stacle was removed recently wrhen
the commissioners of King county
agreed to indemnify the government
against any damages resulting from
the canal. Congress appropriated
$2,250,000 for the construction of
locks, and the preliminary contracts
have been let. When completed, this
improvement will give Seattle the
largest fresh water harbor for deep
sea traffic in the world.
Seattle, May 22.—The most prac
tical suggestion yet advanced to force
the administration to act in the un
disputed Alaska coal land cases, is
that the commercial bodies of the
entire Pacific coast be united in the
sending of a big delegation of West
ern business men to Washington, D.
C., to camp on the trail of President
Taft until he acts. For from five to
seven years Alaskans have been wait
ing for some action in cases where
federal investigators found no ir
regularities; they have paid their
money, and the government keeps
it, and makes no excuse or apolog)
for years of inaction and delay. Pres
ident Taft should be shown, by con
certed movement of the Pacific coast
cities, that he is jeopardizing his own
standing with the people of the West.
Paris, May 22.—A monoplane
plunged into a crowd of spectators,
killing Minister of War Berteaux, and
injuring the premier and a score ol
others.
Seattle, May 22.—Governor Wil
son, of New Jersey, who is making
a tour of the West with a view to
strengthening his chances for secur
ing the Democratic nomination for
President, says politics is a business
and not a game.
Washington, May 22.—Commit
teeman Clayton, of Kansas, is here
and called on President Taft to in
form him that he would get the en
tire Southern delegation in the next
republican convention.
Seattle, May 22.—Before the ent*
of the present year William Ran
dolph Hearst will add a Seattle news
paper to his growing string of pub
lications. He has been considering
the Puget Sound city for several
years and now regards the time as
ripe. Mr. Hearst is negotiating for
a building site in the center of the
city, which indicates that he means
business. John L. Wilson offered
Mr. Hearst the Post-Intelligencer, but
its Republican heritage meant noth
ing to the erstwhile Democratic con
gressman. Now it is said the P.-I.
has been offered to another group
of interests. Seattle's newspaper
dom awaits with interest the devel
opments now brewing.
Seattle, May 22.—Washington
leads all Northwest states in wheat
acreage. Oregon comes next and
Idaho and Montana are a stand-off
for third place. Census figures in
dicate that the value of Washington
fr.rm lands increased 4 19 per cent
during the last ten years. They have
reached a total value of $515,918,
000_ which denotes an increase of
$416,607,000 in ten years. All told,
there are 54,7 45 farms operated by
whites in the state.
Seward, May 22.~After a close and
very bitter fight incorporation was
defeated at Saturday’s special elec
tiont those favoring the movement
failing to secure the necessary two
thirds of the entire vote cast.
Atlantic City, May 22.—The Pres
byterian general assembly advocates
the enforcing of the blue laws as
pertaining to the observance of Sun
day.
New York, May 22.—Bird Coler
has started a campaign against So
cialism being taught in the schools.
Denver, May 22.—The Colorado
unions declare in favor of an eight
hour day for women.
New York, May 22.—Charles Taft
says that his brother, President Wil
liam H. Taft, is a candidate of the
business men for re-election.
Berlin, May 22.—Germany enters
into a commercial pact with Sweden.
Washington, May 22.—The Presi
dent’s attempt to force the Canadian
reciprocity bill through the Senat*
without amendment is severely de
nounced by Senator Nelson.
Wilhelm von Gaffron, retired army
officer, was killed in a duel near Ber
in by Baron Oswald von Rochtofen.
son of the late secretary of foreign
affairs.
| Washington, May 22.—Secretary
of War stimson toon omce iuua.
and was in receipt of many telegrams
congratulating him upon being £
member of President Taft’s cabinet
Washington, May 2 2.—Senatoi
Nelson says that the congressional
committee is planning to make a trip
to Alaska this summer if it can at
jrange to leave Seattle early in Aug
URt.
Jaurez, May 22.—A peace treaty
has been signed and the rebellion in
Mexico is at an end.
Juarez* May 22.—General Maderc
bids farewell to the soldiers and con
gratulates them upon their just war
against tyranny. Senor De Labara
will be provisional president after
Diaz resigns.
Washington, May 22.—The Sen
ate today passed a bill giving five
per cent of license fund in Alaska
to the care of the indigent whites ol
that territory
Washington, May 23.—The House
Democrats will likely authorize Pres
ident Taft to invite the republics to
the Panama exposition to be held at
San Diego in 1915.
Quebec, May 23.—Ferdinand Dab
badie, a wealthy manufacturer of
France, was arrested here today for
eloping with a governess.
Washington, May zj.—
Bertholf has been appointed com
mandant of the revenue cutter ser
vice for Alaska. Among his endor
sers were Governor Clark, of Ju
neau.
Mexico City, May 23.—Vice Pres
ident Corrall says that he will resign
as soon as President Diaz steps down
and out of office.
Los Angeles, May 23.—Bert Con
noers, of Mansel Park, was arrest
ed as a suspect in the dynamiting of
the city hall.
San Francisco, May 23.—The ap
peal of William Snyder is sustained
against the Nome & Sinook Mininer
Company, the circuit court deciding
that one member of an association
can hold only twenty acres of mineral
ground.
Mexico City, May 23.—Two hun
dred Chinamen have been massacred
by the rebels at Torreon.
Washington, May 23.—The judic
iary committee is opposed to election
of senators by direct vote.
Albany, May 23.—The state Sen
ate has confirmed Daniel Cohalan as
Supreme Court Justice, succeeding
Ogorman.
Here in
CHIT1NA
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Have you ever visited a more beautiful spot for a town in your
life?
Don’t you think that the arrangement of our streets are the finest
ever?
Can’t you see how the concentration of business to three short
blocks add to the value of the business section?
Don’t you realize the advantage of the switch track along the back
of the business lots for handling freight cheaply?
Don’t you know that the fire risks are less than in any town you
ever lived in?
What do you know about the scenery and natural beauty? Can
you beat it?
Do you know this is going to be one of the largest towns in
Alaska?
Wouldn’t you like to live and do business in such a delightful spot?
Do you know you can buy lots in this best of towns on easy pay
ments?
Do you know that the price of lots are from $50.00 to $700.00?
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