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Seatte April 21.—Democrats of
the Pacific Northwest are all taking
a lively Interest in the forthcoming
visit of Gov. Woodrow Wilson, of
New Jersey, because he promises to
be an Important factor in the presi
dential campaign next year. Before
going to the state house at Trenton,
Gov. Wilson was president of Prince
ton University. This will be his first
visit to the Northwest. Whie in
Seattle he will be the guest of the
Princeton Club and the State Univer
sity. In the East, it is generally be
lieved that the Democratic nomina
tion for the presidency will be fought
out between Gov. Harmon of Ohio,
and Gov. Wilson of New Jersey.
H.nce, the Bourbons of the North
west are interested in the coming
visitor.
Seattle, April 21.—The steamer
Alameda is due from Cordova at 6
o’clock this afternoon.
San Francisco, April 21.—Advices
have been received from Panama to
the effect that five Americans looted
a bank there. They tunneled under
the building, being engaged in the
work for more than a year. The
safe was blown open and $100,000
stolen.
Albany, April 21.—Th*r state sen
ate has passed a resolution in favoi
of the election of United States sena
tors by a direct vote of the people.
San Francisco, April 21.—Princess
Kawananakoa has arrived from Hon
olulu. en route to New York, where
she will attend the wedding of a
relative. Miss Annie Graham, to Jay
Gould.
R. B. Dawson, who is interested
in mining to the westward, greeted
his many Cordova friends today.
Washington, April 21.—The Ohio
congressmen have launched Governor
Harmon’s boom for the Democratic
nomination for president.
Seattle, April 21.—The idea of
war between the United States and
Japan was minimized by Baron
d’Estournelies de Constant, the dis
tinguished French peace advocate,
who recently visited the Pacific
coast. This bogy has been exploit
ed so much that the founder of the
Association for International Concil
iation came to this country person
ally to find out just how matters
stand. While here, he laid the foun
dation for a Washington state branch
of the organization. The Baron said
that peace is no longer a mere dream,
but a reality. War is now the dream.
Seattle, April 21.—There is a re
markable similarity between the dis
eases of plants and animals, accord
ing to Dr. J. G Speicher, who has
been talking to the fruitgrowers of
the Yakima valley, urging them to
quarantine infected orchards. Like
tuberculosis and cancer in man, so
woolly aphis and blight are incur
able in fruit trees. There being no
remedy, prevention by eradication
and isolation is the only treatment.
This course is being recommended
to the consideration of all fruitgrow
ers in the interest of industry.
Seattle, April 21.—The steamer
Bertha sailed last night with eighty
passengers. Among those for Cor
dova are William Morgan and wife
and Fred Campbell.
El Faso, April zi.—Aiaaero
grants the federals until this after
noon and unless President Diaz re
signs a battle at Juarez will follow.
Seattle, April 21.—Interest in the
Golden Potlatch, ’97, which will be
held in Seattle during the week of
July 17, is spreading to all parts of
the Northwest. The Queen City will
raise a fund of a hundred thousand
dollars to defray the expense of what
promises to be the biggest celebra
tion ever pulled ofT on the Pacific
coast. There will be a galaxy of
spectacular events that will put the
big circus productions of the past
out of the running. The good ship
Portland, which sailed into Seattle
harbor in 1897 with the first ton of
Alaskan gold, will make her reap
pearance on the waterfront, as the
opening feature. During the week
there will be parades, turnous, band
competitions, water spouts, athletic
events, and many other forms of en
tertainment for the amusement of
all who come to participate.
Springfield, 111., April 21.—The
Senate unanimously passes the ini
tiative and referendum bill.
Washington, April 21.—Sumner
H. Smith, of Alameda, has been ap
pointed mine inspector for Alaska.
: He was recommended for the posi
tion by Secretary of Interior Fish
er and Governor Walter E. Clark.
Chicago, April 21.-—ftev. Kurt Mi*
eller, pastor of a Lutheran church,
has been arrested for having three
wives. ' J “ - -
Washington, April 2l.—President
Taft refuses to pardon former Dis
; trict Attorney Maus. who was con
! victed in connec-tion with the Oregon
; land frauds.
j Washington, April 21.—After a
I bitter fight Mrs. Scott has been re
elected president of the Daughters
i of the Revolution.
! Seattle, April 21.—The naval mil
itia of Washington is now being or
ganized on a permanent basis, under
the law passed by the recent legis
lature. It has existed for almost a
year on a temporary footing. This
new branch of the state’s citizen de
fense has proved popular, as there
have been many enlistments. Com
panies have been formed at Tacoma,
Bremerton Seattle and Aberdeen.
Examinations for commissions were!
held April 17. The government has |
assigned ships to be used for train
ing the naval militiamen.
New York, April 20.—The grand
jury is hearing evidence against tbt
crime wave, in which eight hundred
are reported as victims of burglary.
Chicago, April 20.—Three large
ice cream companies have been in
dicted by the grand jury for making j
impure shipments.
New York, April 20.—St. John’s
cathedral, which cost $10,000,000,
was today consecrated with appropri
Seattle. April 21.—To reduce of
fice expenses 16 per cent in one yeai
is the record made by Auditor Otto
Case of King^ounty. The saving ef
fected in 1910 by this official amount
ed to $24,575.42 as compared with
1908 both being election years. This
cut was the result of introducing
modern business methods. Then, too,
Auditor Case having no political al
lies to reward, did not have to make
the taxpayers support so many
stenographers. This examples simply
serves to show what an officeholder
can do. Other counties might do
well to study Auditor Case’s meth
ods. .
Washington, April 21.—The House
committee has reported favorably on
the re-apportionment bill increasing
its membership to 433.
New York. April 21.—The salary
of Judge W. A. Day, who succeeded
Paul Morton as president of the
Equitable Life Insurance Company,
has been cut from $80,000 to $50.
000 a year.
Seattle, April 21.—Deposits in
state banks of Washington held their
own, between January 7 and March
7, while the reserves were built by
8 reduction of several millions of dol
lars in the loans and a gain of more
than a million dollars in cash and
exchange according to the latest re
port of State Bank Examiner Mc
Hundro. All state banks show a
healthv condition and bankers gen
erally regard the outlook for a good
year as exceptionally promising.
Washington, April 21.—The Re
publican national committee has de
cided to in no way recognize the
Progressive Republicans as an organ
ization.
Vienna, April 21.—The Kaiser Is
suffering from throat affliction and
his friends are worried over his con
dition.
Seattle, April 21.—The greatest
confusion prevailed along the water
front last night. Instructions had
been received from Washington that
the marine hospital surgeons must
vaccinate all passengers and crews
leaving for Alaska this season and
just before the steamers Bertha and
Dolphin sailed a corps of doctors ar
rived on the scene and ibststed upon
vaccinating all aboard these vessels.
A protest went up on all sides, but to
no avail and the medicos proceeded
with their duties. Surgeon Foster
sails for Alaska on the Alameda next
Monday to investigate the health con
ditions.
The above is only another illustra
tion of the many fool things the gov
ernment is doing to hamper Alaska,
under thb guise of affording us pro
tection. First they held up our coal
and oil lands, and when there ts
a rush of capitalists and'prospectors
to this country to develop oar fold
and copper, and other resources. Un
cle Sam attempts to create the im
presslOn that thafe is hn epidemic of
imallpok or the bubonic plague la
Alaska. Aa a fokttarbf fact, there
ta no healthier place on the face of
the earth than In this northern em
pire, where physicians and undertak
ers have' less to do than any other
class of people.
Washitagton, April 19.—The Mex
ican Ambassador ta a formal address
to President Taft predicts aa early
ending of the war.
Tacoma. April 19.—In the se«j^l
recall election held in this city Ifr
mayor W. W. Seymour defeats May
or Fawcett by 852 votes and it is
predicted that the old gang will re
ceive the same treatment here as it
did in Seattle, when HI 0111 was oust
ed from office.
New York, April 19.—B. F. Bust,
formerly of Seattle, haB been elected
president of the Missouri Pacific rail
road. .
Denver, April 19.—-The legisla
ture is still deadlocked and it is be
lieved will adjourn without electiig
a United States senator.
Seattle, April 19.—The commer
cial bodies of this city adopt the re
port of a joint committee demanding
territorial government for Alaska.
Madrid April 19.—Fearing a rev
olution capitalists are leaving Spain.
Washington, April 19.—At yester
day’s cabinet meeting the Mexican
situation was considered and it is
likely that President Taft will put
he question of intervention by the
United States up to Congress.
Mexico City, April 19.—President
Dlae wants peace and is communi
cating with Madero for the purpose
of arranging an armistice.
Arguaprieta, April 19.—As their
supply of provisions and ammunition
is exhausted the rebels evacuate and
the federals resume control.
Victoria, April 19.—Captain Sear:,
was found guilty, by a coroner's Jury,
for manslaughter in the loss of the
crew on the wrecked steamer Iro
quois.
Kansas City, April 19.—Jack John
son, the champion, who is now a
member of the whitewash brigade in
a California bastile, has bee^ sent
in offer to ay in a biplane here iu
May at the National Aviation meet.
St. Paul, April 19.—Before ad
journment the state senate and leg
islature passed a bill for the election
of United States senators by a direct
vote of the people plan, the same as
is in effect in Oregon.
uawson, April i».—The oodles er |
the four members Of the Northwest
mounted police who were found froz- 1
en in the Arctic region by a relief
expedition are of the men who left |
Herschel Island and have been over- !
due nearly three months. A short !
time before that the police received ]
what they believed to be authentic ;
advice concerning the helpless posi- ■
tion of a party of men and women. '
who were said to be stranded on •
Herschel Island.
As there was no time for inveBti
gation, four picked men were Btarted '
for the scene of the supposedly dis- ;
tress. For ten days the men were •
, heard from regularly, and then of '
a sudden all communication between ■
the relief expedition and the officials
in this city stopped abruptly. Noth
'»■ -*• twougbt of the matter at the
time, as it was believed that the four ;
policemen were In the wilds or in ■
some part where correspondence waB •
prohibited by conditions.
The missing men evidently lost the 1
tiail in a storm and finally succumb- !
ed to the elements. '* ' '
Juneau, April 19.—The steamer '
Admiral Sampson left here for the (
westward at 2 o’clock this morning |
and will stop at Katalla, having on J
board ten passengers for there. : Her j
total list is 284.
Seattle, April 19.—Richard A. I
Ballinger, former secretary of. the
interior, says President Taft cAnnpL
come to the coast or visit Alaska
or next year.
Washington ApHl 19.-—The Wayaf
and Means Committee of the-House !■
haa submlUed a report favorablq-^j
the farmers on the free list bil£ ,
Seattle, April 19.—Former .Stupa—J
tor Piles proposes that the Pacific
coast cities send a strong delegation
to Washington to confer with Presi
dent Taft and Cohgreas in reference
to the opening up of the resquroe*
of the territory for development.
Sioux Falls, April 19.—The welfl .
win the most victories in the 4&e*r<i
ent Dakota towns where ele$g<>96 ■
were held.
New York, April fj,—Jim Jeffries ■
has finally admitted that he waa hon
estly beaten by Johnson at Reno last
July. He will sail for Germagx •MWr- -
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