TFi.rr.RAPH NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
Washington, March 14.—A report
has reached here to the effect that
the Mexicans had captured and put
to death a number of American sub
jects.
El Paso, March 14.—Madero
scouts claim that fifteen Americans
were captured in the battle at Casas
Grandes by the federals and shot.
Augusta, March 14.—President
Taft has received word from General
Wood that the mobilization of troops
at Texas has been completed and
there will be no Increase in the num
ber now there.
Washington, March 14.—The Mex
ican Embassador has received assur
ances from the State department that
the American warships being mobo
lized on the Pacific and Gulf costs
will only call at Mexican ports for
coal and then promptly withdraw.
Washington, March 14.—The Mex
ican uprising has spread to Coahuila
and the loss of life continues to in
crease.
San Antonio, March 14.—Yester
day the Mexican insurgents sent a
request to Theodore Roosevelt for a
conference, which he refused to con
sider.
London, March 14.—The Foreign
Secretary says Great Britain would
welcome President Taft’s plan for a
naval policy.
Washington, March 14.—The gov
ernment will/demand that jail sen
tences be given if the defendants in
the bathtub trust cases are found
guilty at the trials, which take place
next month.
New York, March 14.—Six hun
dred taxicabbies have gone on a
strike for increased wages.
Salt Lake, March 14.—The Inter
national Aviation meet will be held
here on April 5, when purses aggre
gating $40,000 will be offered as
prizes.
New York, March 14.—Wilbur
Wright has sailed for England and
believes his biplane will exceed 75
miles an hour and win first place at
the aviation meet.
Seattle, March 14.—The Wells
Fargo Express Company has started
in business throughout Alaska. The
main office will be at Seattle with
an assistant superintendent stationed
at St. Michael or Fairbanks.
Seattle, March 14.—The first order
for lighthouse will be erected at Capo
Cook, on the west coast of Vancouver
Island.
Washington, March 14.—The su
preme court decides that the corpor
ation tax of the Aldrich tariff law is
constitutional, which means $25,000,
000 more annually for the govern
rneni.
St. Petersburg, March 14.—Russia
has sent its ultimatum to China chat
it must adhere to the treaty of 1881.
Seattle, March 14.—Delegate
Wickersham says that the $150,000
appropriation passed by both Houses
for Alaska roads was with the un
derstanding that $50,000 be expend
ed on the Seward-Iditarod trail.
Columbus, March 14.—Ten thous
and coal miners of Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania will strike on Monday
for an increase in wages.
New York, March 14.—Secretary
Dickinson has delayed his sailing to
Panama, pending the closing of nego
tiations for a freight contract with
the Panama railroad and steamship
company.
Portland, March 18.—The greatest
indignation and excitement prevailed
here today when it became known
that Barbara Holtzman, aged five
years, had been outraged and after
wards murdered. The little girl was
, lured away from a meat market and
taken to a lodging house where the
crime was committed.
St. Petersburg, March 16.—For al
leging that female students consort
ed, during the revolutionary period,
with drunken sailors to carry the
propaganda Deputy UbxusofT was
mobbed and ejected from the Duma.
The Dalles, Ore., March 16.—Ed
ward Cheesborro a wealthy real es
tate dealer, and Anita Berry were
burned to death by the total destruc
tion by fire of a house in the restrict
ed district.
Albuquerque, N. M„ March 17.—
velt informed the Rough Riders
here that he had completed arrange
ments for the organisation of a di
vision of volunteer cavalry to fight
Japan, should occasion arise, through
the Japanese menace to the west
coast of Mexico.
Douglas, March 16.—A federal
force of 400 and . Blanco with
the saiiie number confront each oth
er two miles near Nigger head moun
tain, and a battle is imminent,
Douglas, March 16.—The federal
forces have advanced to Niggerhead
mountain and the rebel soldiers un
der Blanco have split and are flee
ing.
New York, March 16.—Limantour,
Minister of Finance, has departed for
the City of Mexico and before leav
ing stated that the object of his trip
at this time was to “do all within
my power to improve the conditions
of my country.”
New York, March 16.—Liman
tour’s departure for Mexico follow
ing a prolonged conference with
Senor Madero, father of the provin
cial president, is construed as mean
ing that the revolutionists have made
definite proposals to the government
looking towards peace.
El Paso, March 16.—In an official
statement issued at Juarez assurance
is given that all American prisoners
will be given fair trials in the civil
courts, on the charges of sedition.
Fifteen men marched 170 miles to
their trial.
Harrisburg, March 16.—The great
seal of the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania was broken today after 44
years of service, in which it has been
in almost daily use in the office of
the secretary of the commonwealth.
The great seal is used for placing
the official stamp on official commis
sions, state charters and other simi
lar documents. The seal which was
broken today was made in 1868. A
representative of the same firm that
made the seal was sent for and it it
possible the seal will be repaired.
Albuquerque, N. M., March 16.—
Theodore Roosevelt delivered a
speech here last night in which he
arraigned Senator Lorimer and Gov
ernor Haskell declaring them both
“unfit to hold public office.”
Seattle, March 16.—James A.
Moore has returned from a trip to
Europe, where he claims to have in
terested British capital to the extent
of 610,000,000 in a steel plant at
New Westminister and the develop
ment of Irondale.
Seattle, March 17.—All of the
properties of the Northwestern Fish
eries Company have been sold to a
new syndicate and organization of
the Booth Fish Company, of Chica
go. The transfer will be made April
1 and includes the canneries, steam
and sailing vessels. Capt. Jarvis
who recently resigned as treasurer
of the Alaska Syndicate, has been
elected president of the new con
cent.
Seattle, March 17.—The steamer
Northwestern sailed last night, with
nearly two hundred passengers, one
hundred and ten of whom are tor
Cordova, thirty of them en route to
Fairbanks. Fifty are bound for Sew
ard and forty for Valdez. Among
those for Cordova are Will A. Steel
of the Daily Alaskan, Capt. A. E.
Lathrop and Dr. Smith.
Leavenwortn, March 17.—Carrie
Nation, of hatchet fame, is confined
to a sanitarium here and is gradu
ally growing weaker. Her condition
is such that there is little hope of
recovery.
Erie, Pa., March 17.—Eight deatng
occurred in Erie last night from ty
phoid fever and two more victims
died today from the disease. The
epidemic rageg unabated, and it is
estimated that totaling the number
of cases In the city of Erie, in its
suburbs and in small towns across
the Canadian border from Erie, there
are 1,000 cases of typhoid fever in
the Erie district.
Presidio, Tex,, March 17.—The In
surrectos have completely bottled a
large federal force at Ojlnaga and
General Sanches has asked General
Luque to permit the women and
children of Ojlnaga to cross to the
American side of the river.
Cambridge, March 17.—Randolph
hall, one of the most exclusive dorm
itories at Harvard college,' nas to
day totally destroyed by fire, many
of the students having miraculous
escapes.
Chicago March 17.—Prank Gotch
won a signal victory last night when
he threw Henry Bahn, the champion
German wrestler. Unfortunately the
latter had his Bkutl fractured In the
contest.
Chicago, March 17.—The federal
grand Jury, which has been investi
gating alleged frauds in connection
with the location of Matanuska coal
claims in Alaska, this morning re
turned nine indictments. The men
charged with conspiring to dei'ruud
the government out of 10,000 acres
of valuable coal lands, said to be
worth $10,000,000, are A. C. Frost,
! Geo. W. Seward, Pierre G. Beach,
of Chicago, Frank Watson, of Spo
kane, George A. Ball, of Muncie. In
diana, Duncan M. Stewart, of Sew
ard, Harry C. Osborne, G. L. Fran
cis and Francis H. Stewart, of Toron
to.
The indictments were drawn un
der the conspiracy statute and the
land which the men are charged with
having conspired to obtain is located
on the Matanuska River, extending
east from Chic-Caloon River to King's
River and also land on the north
side of Matanuska and in the vicin
ity of Moose creek. There ate two
separate tracts and they are known
as the Watson and Matanuska Coal
Company groups.
New York, March 17—A big squad
of New York detectives is searching
today for some trace of a wagon
load of express parcels which disap
peared on the way to a Jersey City
terminal late yesterday. The wagon
left the express depot late in the af
ternoon and five hours later was pick
ed up, empty and driverless at a
street corner several miles away. The
express company believes that the
driver was the victim of foul play.
Washington, March 16.—A furious
storm is raging, imperiling the lives
of the fifty people still aboard the
steamship Manchuria, which is
ashore on the Virginia coast.
Chicago, Marcn is.—An interna
tional question has arisen in con
nection with some of the men indict
ed for alleged conspiracy in connec
tion with the location of the Mata
nuska coal claims in Alaska. Coun
sel for those charged with attempt
ing to defraud the government of
valuable lands declare that Canadi
ms, under British protection, can
not be brought to this country foi
trial, inasmuch as the treaties do not
make conspiracy against the govern
ment an extraditable offense.
Seattle, March 18.—A sensations:
trial took place here today, in which
Alaskans figured as the principals
It was the case of Mrs. Belinda Car
fconeau, of Fairbanks, who was charg
ed with having horsewhipped A. F.
Ruser, a Dome City banker, for mak
ing derogatory remarks about her
sister, Miss Margaret Mulrooney, who
was for a time cashier of the bank.
Mrs. Carboneau tvas fined $150 by
the court and Delegate Wickersham,
who was present at the trial, madt
a dramatic play by walking up to thi
clerk’s desk and paying the fine.
Los Angeles, March 18.—In a doc
ument similar to a real estate trans
fer George and Gladys Philyaw form
ally deeded away Noel Ernest, theii
twenty-nine months old babe, to his
grandmother.
Chicago, March 18.—John Schenk,
a park bridge superintendent, was
accidentally shot and killed by his
wife last night, who mistook her hus
band for a burglar.
San Francisco, March 18.—A suit
for divorce has been instituted
against John W. Beauchamp, by his
wife.
Phoenix, Ariz., March 18.—Roose
velt dam, the government's great
salt river irrigation project, costing
$8,000,000, was today dedicated by
Theodore Roosevelt.
Seattle, March 18.—Former Chief
of Police WappenBtein has been ar
rested on a second indiclment charg
ing him with bribery, and ’he court
refused to accept a $25,000 bond.
Germany is certainly a place of
queer ideas, according to one of out
exchanges. An order has been is
sued in Berlin that all nude statute;
in public places Si.—. be properly
draped, We suppose that Hermes
will now be seen in a running suit, or
a messenger boy’s uniform; Adonis
who was quite a ladies’ man, should
be in full dress suit; Venus, one pa
per suggests, suould be in a hobble
skirt, but we think that a ballet danc
er uniform would be more suitable
to her figure. If they have a statue
to Mars, the war god, dress him up
as Kaiser Bill and be done with it.
But this paper has only sympathy to
offer to the dead and gone sculptors,
that will have their creations of art
defiled.
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