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• Dived this mcming from Raw Ride
city that Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney G’Brien was killed
there last night in r. v with two
men.
Teheran, Fersia, Ere. 2 —flhep( 1*
ieal situation ii lerola lias row
reached a crisis, and civil war occn.s
imminent. The Reactionaries l.avc
taken possession of the public scpiares
of the city, which they are holding by
farce of arms. The Liberals are
erecting barricades to defend them
selves against threatened attack?.
All over the city scenes of murder,
rapine and disorder are hourly cc
curing, and the officials seem unah.e
to cope with the tenable state cf af
fairs. .
Chicago, Dee. 18—The American,
IIearst’3 paper in this city-, prints a j
statement this morning which pur
port? to shew that Secretary of the
Navy Taft already has enough votes ;
pledged to him to give him the re
publican nomination for the presi
dency next year.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 22—Judge
Nathan V. Harlan, United State dis
trict attorney for the Third division
of Alaska, called on President Roose
velt today to present his candidacy
f yr a judgeship. If Judge Ii°id D not
confirmed, he desires to succeed!
Wickersham; or if a new judicial di
vision is created, he wants the judge
ship of that district.
An additional charge made against.
Judge Harlan, filed with the depart
ment cf justice, which is now inves
tigating the whole matter, is th: t ho
permitted gambling to run in th®
town of Valdez.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 20—The
senate has adjourned until the 6th
day of January.
Washington, D. C., Dee. 20—Dole
gate C'ale has been conferring with
Brown, commissioner of education for
Alaska, in regard to an increased ap
propriation for the nauves schools of
the territory for the purpose oi in
stalling therein a system cf manual
training.
Washington, D. Ch, Dec. 20—The
elcsing session prior to the holiday
adjournment oi the house of represen
tatives—adjourned in honor of H'm
—| t ■ I II 1 lin I 111-ratv —HnWCgPUBWWBfc#i>H
'vusmrTZZTTVrSTGttXiig '1 eacc on
earth and gocd will toward men”—
was the scene of a disgraceful fist
fight between two Cory Southern
rcprcs: relatives, in a quarrel over
crmmitt.e appointments. A hundred
follow c r.gics men were mute and
interested witnesses cf the brutal
a v'air, ::::d only interfered when one
ci the combatants was entirely ex
haust' 1 an 1 his face a bleeding, dis
colored mass cl fieih. Ihe galleries
were filled to overflowing with visitors
amoi g them many Indies, ard all
were amused spectators of the fracas.
Congressman John Sharp idiams
and David A. De Armond, both dem
ocrat , got into a wrangle over coir.
mi l tee appointments to be made by
Speak r Cannon. The dispute waxed
warm, and finally Williams, who
could restrain his rising anger no
longer, called Do Armond a liar and
struck him in the face. The mix-up
than began in real earnest, and for
several minutes the blows fell thick
and fa t. Williams seemed unable to
land on his mere skilled opponent,
but the latter was putting his fists to
Williams’ face with great vigor.
When cth r congressmen finally
parted the combative law makers, the
bleed was streaming from John
Sharp’s face, while De Armond was
a pparently un scratched.
Williams is a representative from
Mississippi and the leader of the
democrat : in the house. De Armond
hails from Missouri and is recognized
as one cf the ablest congressmen cn
cither side.
The house has adjourned until after
the holidays.
Washington, D. C., Dee. 20—Sena
t-.r Calbers m of Texas urges the
early enactment of the new currency
laws, which he thinks will relieve the
present financial cl'stress.
Wa hington, D. C., Dec. 20—Dele
- n > Chile cf Alaska is preparing a bill
providing for the division of the Third
judicial district of the territory into
separate divisions, and the appoint
ment of a fifth judge who may hold
court anywhere in Alaska where
ncr -.ary.
II:- is also or sparing a bill to refund
. Alaska the sum cf 8750,000, which
was paid for the Eagle survey.
dc :ml:*, Dee. 20—Silas II.! Reid,
the now Alaskan julge, has arrived
It is very easy to have a bank
account even if a j A O
you do live in /A L-/AO
We have hundreds of customers liv
ing in Alaska who send all their
deposits to us by mail. If you
would like to keep vour money in
the Oldest Bank in Washington,
write us about it.
DEXTER HORTON & CO.
capital-surplus Bankers
$1,000,000
nere, enl-cute to \ aider; wlfere uU Will
holdatmn of court. He will pro
ceed north on the first hcui.. ^ hen
shown the dispatch stating there was
a hitch in his confirmation, he ex
pressed the utmost surprise, but will
proceed to Alaska and pay no atten
tion to the hold-up of his name in the
s rate. He says he relies on the
Oklahoma senators to pull him through
without difficulty.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 20—There
is a hitch in the confirmation of S.
H. Reid, appointed judge of the Third
judicial district of Alaska, succeed
ing James Wickersham. The cause
has not been learned as yet.
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