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.Washington, Feb. 4.—Senator
Smoot has introduced a bill allow
ing senators and representatives a
credit of $2,500 and $500, respect
ively, with the government printer
for public documents desired.
Winnipeg, Feb. 4.—All trains in
Western Canada are buried in the
snow and traffic discontinued. The
telegraph wires are also down in
places and many towns are without
communication.
Des Moines, la., Feb. 4.—The
deadlock in the election of a Unit
ed States Senator continues and no
settlement is in sight.
Albany, Feb. 4.—Sheenan, Tam
many's candidate for the United
States Senate, is still within a few
volts of election, but appears to be
unable to break the deadlock.
San Francisco, Feb. 4.—Teresa
Thompson, a well known soc’ety girl,
causes a sensation by entering the
Carmelite order.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The Senate
has confirmed the nomination of C.
B. Walker as register of the land
ofTice at Juneau, Alaska.
New York, Feb. 4.—The former
husband of Mrs. Augustus Heinze
asks the court to relieve him from
the payment of $100 a week ali
mony.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The Interior
Department has asked Congress for
an immediate appropriation of $30,
000 for the quarantine and check
of contagious diseases among the
natives of Alaska.
Teheran, Persia, Feb. 4.—Two
Armenians shot and murdered the
Minister of Finance and the two
policemen guarding him.
Atlantic City, Feb. 4.—Richard
Ashhurst, postmaster at Philadel
phia, has mysteriously disappeared
and it is generally believed that he
has fallen Ircm one of the piers into
the ocean.
Washington, Feb. 4.—Senator Eli
hu Root delivered a scathing speech
Sacramento, Feb. 4.—Speaking in
favor of the recall Prosecutor Fran
cis J. Heney charges that the fram
ers of the constitution of the United
States jobbed the people in favor of
the wealthy.
on the floor of the Senate, in which
he declared that Senator Lorimer's
election in Illinois was the result or
bribery and demanded his expulsion
from the Senate.
San Francisco, Feb. 4.—The mur
der of Gustav Postler in a gambling
den reveals the fact that the police
grafted from the gamblers and guar
anteed them protection in return.
Washington, Feb. 4.—Congressman
Humphrey’s bill, affording protection
against foreign shipping pools, has
been favorably reported to the
House.
Helena, Feb. 4.—The deadlock
still continues in the state senate
over the election of a United States
senator, and it is anybody’s fight for
the place, although Thomas Carter
still hopes to be returned to Wash
ington.
Salonica, Feb. 4.—Abdul Hamid,
the deposed Sultan of Turkey, who is
insane, murdered two of his wives.
Chicago, Feb. 4.—The striking
garment workers have been starved
out and give up the fight. Many
of them will be given their old posi
tions.
Milwaukee, Feb. 4.—A large
crowd attended the wrestling match
last night when Zbyszsko failed to
throw Lemm in an hour and fifteen
minutes.
Sseattle, Feb. 4.—Immediately fol
lowing the conviction of Minnie Wil
liams, divorced wife of Jack Vvil
liams, for forging a will bequeath
ing her the latter’s estate, worth
125,000, Minnie Graham, her daugh
ter, and husband, Fred, have been
jailed for perjury in connection w’ith
the forgery. Williams had an in
terest with Steve Birch in a group
of placer claims on Dan creek in
the Copper River valley, near Chit
ina.
Washington, Fen. 2.—Secretary of
War Dickinson has directed that the
work start on the Lake Washington
canal. '
Seattle, Feb. 3.—Minnie Williams,
divorced wife of Jack Williams, who
was killed in a slide at the Bonanza
mine, near Cordova, in April, 1909,
has been found guilty of forging a
will giving her all of her dead hus
band’s estate, which is valued at
$25,000. The brothers of Williams
brought the suit. There is also an
other action pending against Minnie
for $25,000 damages for alienating
the affections of another woman’s
husband.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Agricultural
committee of the House, in referring
to the report of the Ballinger in
vestigator, declares in favor of the
leasing of Alaska coal fields on a
royalty basis.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The news of
another great earth slide a mile long
in the Culebra cut of the Panama
canal has just been received.
Los Angeles, Feb. 3.—Theodore
Roosevelt will visit this city on
March 21 and he has arranged to
spend much of his time with John
Barroughs, John Muier and other
naturalists.
Seattle, Feb. 3.—Capt. Barnette,
who sailed for Cordova on Wednes
day, says that he will see that every
depositor in the suspended Wash
ington-Alaska bank at Fairbanks is
repaid every dollar due him.
Seattle, Feb. 3.—Mrs. Earl Greer,
daughter of U. G. Crocker, of Cor
dova, whose husband was recently
murdered in the Philippine upris
ing, has returned to this city.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The Senate
committee has reported favorably on
Senator Piles’ bill appropriating
$316,000 for aids to navigation in
Alaska.
Amhurst, Feb. 3.—At the Horace
Greeley centennary celebration held
last night there were many noted
speakers present.
New York, Feb. 3.—In connec
tion with the announcement that the
Harriman lines will spend $75,000,
000 in double-tracking the lines west
of Omaha it will also extend the
North Coast line from Portland to
Seattle.
Elkins, W. Va., Feb. 3.—The wid
ow of the late Senator Stephen Elk
ins renounces the provisions of his
will and demands one-third of the
estate, as allowed by law, making her
share $6,000,000.
Washington, Feb. 3.—A caucus of
the Republicans of the House de
cides in favor of a congressional re
apportionment of 391 members as at
present.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The ship
subsidy bill passed the Senate to
day after a close and hotly contested
fight, in which the vote was a tie,
thirty-nine members being in favor
and the same number against. For
the first time in the history of the
country the vice-president voted
yes, and the bill carried. It pro
vides for the paying of $4 a mile
in the carrying of mail on American
vessels to the Philippines and the
Orient.
New York, Feb. 2.—After search
ing for the beautiful heiress, Dor
othy Arnold, who has been missing
for fifty-two days, her father has re
turned to the old world satisfied that
she is dead.
Skagway has honest residents sure
ly. Recently some one found a dia
mond ring there and is advertising
for the owner in the Alaskan.
Victoria, Feb. 1.—The Japanese
steam trowler, Bando Maru, was
foundered at sea and lost, together
with a crew of seventy-seven.
Columbus, Feb. 2.—The United
Mine Workers adjourn, after oppos
ing Sunday work at the mines and
deciding to continue the strikes in
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
Naples, Feb. 2.—Mount Vesuvius
has increased in activity.
Seattle, Feb. 2.—The steamer Vic
toria left at 10 o’clock last night for
Southwestern Alaska. Her Cordova
passengers are H. A. Slater, W.
Rudd, Harry Bower, L. Shoemaker,
G. Buchanan, H. Murphy, William
Solomon, James McGill, Wm. Thomp
son, L. Roth, E. Wilde and wife;
for Fairbanks, Capt. E. T. Barnette
and wife, Dorothy Tate, E. Jensen,
Dave Yarnell; for Valdez, Col Mil
lard and wife, A. E. Grigsby and sev
eral others.
Washington, Feb. 2.—In a speech
delivered at a banquet last night
Speaker Cannon said that he believes
a compromise is necessary in a safe
Canadian reciprocity.
Los Angeles, Feb. 2.—In order to
prove malpractice in the first opera
tion, for which he is suing for $50,
000 damages, Henry Christie sub
mits to again going under the knife
for two hours.
Washington, Feb. 2.—The Red
Cross society has received an appeal
from Shanghai to assist in relieving
a hundred thousand refugees from
famine.
Capt. Charles O’Brien, long on the
City, of Seattle, is now master of the
San Francisco-Seattle passenger shin
Watson.
Washington, Feb. 2.—Reports re
ceived by the Postmaster General
relative to the workings of the ex
perimental postil savings banks that
have been established, show a wide
spread interest in them among the
people and indicate that they will
bring large sums of money out of
hiding places.
The postmaster of Dubois, Pa., re
ports that one man came to this of
fice with $1,700 in currency which
he wished to place on deposit with
Uncle Sam. He was informed that
under the law he could not deposit
more than $lu0 in any one calendar
month and that his aggregate de
posits could not exceed $500.
Glassgow, Ky., Feb. 2.—Mrs. Jane
Pitcock, an octognarian, caused a
; panic at the grave by coming to life
just as the casket was about to be
closed for the last time. She re
mained alive several hours when her
spirit passed away again.
Washington, Feb. 2.—The House
Committee on Agriculture decides
that it has no jurisdiction to pass
on the Ballinger-Pinchot report and
has referred it back to the House:
Seattle, Feb. 2.—The colonist rate
from Chicago to the coast, for March,
has been fixed at $33.
El Paso, Feb. 2.—There Is a ter
rific battle being waged at Juarez
today by the rebels and the govern
ment forces. The American consul
has ordered all of his subjects to
leave.
New York, Feb. 2.—Hacken
schmidt and Zbyszsko will wrestle
at Madison Square garden on Feb
ruary 9 and the victor will challenge
champion Gotch.
Seattle, Feb. 2.—The collier Sat
urn, instead of tne cruiser Buffalo,
will leave on May 1 with the wire
less equipment for a station at Ko
diak.
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 2.—Throughout
the southwest there is an unprece
dented heat wave of ninety-three de
grees.
Seattle, Feb. 2.—The estate of the
late M. J. Heney Is appraised at
$750,000, of which there is $300,
000 in cash in the banks.
Seattle, Feb. 2.—It is almost cer
tain that Dilling will defeat Gill for
mayor of this city, by a big majority,
at the recall election to be held on
Tuesday next.
Washington, Feb. 2.—Rear Ad
miral Charles S. Sperry died sud
denly yesterday. Deceased was born
at Brooklyn, September 3, 1847, and
retired from the navy September 3,
1909.
Washington, Feb. 2.—United
States Senator Tom Carter, of Mon
tana, says that he has not been of
fered Secretary Ballinger’s place in
the cabinet and wouldn’t accept it if
tendered him. On the other hand,
Ballinger denies that he has any in
tention of resigning.
P. R. Newhouse, of the Copper
River Trading Co., was sitting at his
typewriter the other day pondering
over the sins of the world in general,
■ when in rushed his henchman and
vassal, ‘ Sport McAllister,” in a state
of excitement and cramming all
words into one, he poured forth a
stream of Siwash which Newhouse
was unable to understand. At last
Newhouse got him into a more pass
ive state and Sport was able to say:
“Maybe so, you write me a letter to
my sister.” In days gone by the
thumb nail dipped in tar was good
enough pen for the Indian, but Sport
had to have his letter written with
the "write machine.” So Newhouse
took a fresh sheet of paper, and
sighing again over the sins of the
world, fitted in the machine and
wrote as follows:
Chltina, Alaska, Feb. 2, 1911.—
Mrs. Charlie Gary, Copper Center,
Alaska. Dear Sister: I think I
won’t go to Copper Center this win
ter. Maybe so I go summer time.
What you want to say to me? If
you want to see me this winder' send
me letter, then maybe so I go. Your
brother, SPORT McALLISTBR. '
When Newhouse started to read it
to him and came to the part “I go ”
Sport spoke and said, “Not you, but
me.”
Here in
CHIT1NA
Is a genuine opportunity for a man or
woman with a few hundred dollars to in
vest in lots, for either a home or for busi
ness purposes, if the advantages of this great
undeveloped empire are accepted now.
Thousands of settlers, prospectors and
tourists will come into this country next
spring to make this their home and add their
mite to the development of this vicinity.
You cannot afford to miss this oppor
tunity to get in on the ground floor and to
get established for the business that is sure
to come.
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