get Covington Murderers
Seattle, Nov. 2—The marshal at
'ashmere wires that he has arrested
'oviegton and Burlison. Detectives
[ave been sent to investigate. These
ire the men wanted for the killing of
Irs. Covington a few weeks ago.
Denver. Nov. 2—Haywood will j
tan soon on a tour of the United
5utes, making speeches to help along
iis candidacy for the socialist nomi
iation for president.
Seattle, Nov. 2—In the effort to
iromptly clean up Western avenue,
he health board has found it neces
|irv to burn three buildings and sev
iral more will be burned today.
Topeka, Nov. 2—Emmet Dalton,
he bandit, has been paroled from
irison to allow him to have his arm
reateJ. Injuries sustained before
1.3 capture have been 9teadily getting
corse and there was danger of his
osing an arm if prompt action by a
ipec-ialist was not taken. It is prob
nle that when the parole expires he
rill be pardoned.
Seattle, Nov. 2—Correspondence is
le.r.g exhibited by seme of the dele
tes to Juneau showing that it was
Jov. Iloggatfc who made the sugges
ion to the president that Wicke: -
ham be asked to resign as judge,
his is having considerable effect in
nduencing Wickersham’s friends to
oin the anti-Hcggatt forces.
Seattle, Nov. 4—The Post-Intclli
;enccr, in commenting editorially
ipon a successor to Judge Wicker
iham f Alaska, says a man familiar
rith mining, criminal and admiralty
aws should bo appointed.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 4—JohnF.
lilier, assistant prosecuting attorney
if King county, Washington, is the lat
181 candidate for the judgeship of the
'hiru judicial district of Alaska, to
lucceed Judge James Wickersliam.
lilier has the active support cf R. H.
kliingor, U. S. commissioner of the
;?n •- 1 land office, and former mayor
if Ser.ttb, the aspirant’s heme town,
•th. Washington su* to delegation in
n-ngr -s unite in urging his appoint
ed, his chances arc :\ garded ms
avoraoie.
It is -:ated that Judge Murano of
• - ■ "Vv r. vowed candidate
fao s . , ja.-.Ich'i ermine
ra‘Ch L: . ■ f;- rn WTckor.iham^ sheul
' • - ‘ • v chance of b.ing named.
Wa h.. -on, D. C. Nov. 4—Col.
*-dc-r, i; ccmmand of the artillery
-r on duty in the District of Col
, died here yesterday.
New York, Nov. 4—The London
in an exhaustive editorial, says
'V. R. IIcar3t of the New York
hnrrican, the recognized leader of
so-called jingo press, was prim
ly responsibly for the war between
»pain and the United States.
In reply to this criticism Ilcarst
p*fe'* the Times that its editor wa a
^rec‘t descendant of Ananias, and
war betw een he United States
and Japan war was imminent because
of England’s secret aid to the Jap
anese. He urges that an Irish
Amcriean be sent to the court at St.
James so that wine parties and din
ners will not be set above the inter
ests of the private citizen.
In an address, Hearsi declares he
has quit politics.
Seattle, Nov. 4—John W. Corson, an
attorney cf Nome and a'mombor of
that city’s delegation to the Juneau
convention, is the leader of the figk:
against the Perkins-Ryan slate. lie
says if Perkins docs not withdraw rs
a candidate for the national conven
tion at the caucus of the Nome dele
gation here to-night he will carry the
fight to the Juneau convention, and
present the name of Capt. E. \V.
Johnson, a rich mining man, as
Nome’s choice for delegate. Perkins
says he will not withdraw.
Delegate Williams of Cleary C:v. k,
here enroute to Juneau, says the del
egation from Tanana is split in regard
to the candidate of that section for
delegate to the national convention.
D. A. McKenzie, associated with
one of the Alaska railroad projects,
will present a resolution to the Jun
eau convention asking the govern
ment to aid railroads in Alaska.
Seattle, Nov. 4—The city council
has doubled the bounty on rats, in the
hope of exterminating these bubonic
plague disseminators. The city board
of health, assisted by the marine hos
pital service, is adopting rigorous
measures to prevent the spread of
the deadly malady. The city is re
ceiving a general cl -aning-up, and
rubbish piles may bo s u burning in
all parts of the city.
Seattle, Nov. 4—W. T. Perkins, the
Nome politician, holds h: y of the
proxies of the fifty deleg;.i' - allotted
to the Nome district, and claims he
will be elected add gate to the nat
ional republican cenven ion by the
Juneau eouven du. i has allied
mm .-if v.’i.n n. r>. •. ' l“v'*
2Tb. r. to man, who lias .. ■■ ■ announced
hints' 'i us a caud; ■.* »f •' d' ;
tho national eonvor i. .. -bus making
t .,'0 socking the h «.• •.* tr m eh no: •..’»*
cm district.
San Francisco, Nov. i—A emud
bnr«t oeeured in the San I.uzaro
, - ,,
rr.ou.n 11 > -
and n ia i
twenty Net in hie. * v
valle\ ami s' ep. ‘ ’
... . • - • * ‘/N m*.
to the sc :, i s-’ • ■ ■ '
have b< en roe •. *' •
Seattle. Nov. h« > • • • 'n‘
arrived earn* ■ •.
dez, orb ing • her of th
formerly cnt; i y. b. th- A
!{• into Jlaii’vav.
Washington. Jb •
postmast r in ‘ *
Vogel hv.-* be ’ -K
town of Hu.ia • • ‘ 1 - *•
fT , x *. - i \ (1' (d it i.*Ot
Helena. No*. •* -•
railroad laborer. ompioyod at < l ot
eau, a small village near hero, at
tempted to hang a white foreman
because he took the place of an Ital
ian. A number of whites arrived just
in time to cut down the victim before
he was dead.
Seattle, Nov. 4—Rachel Poensct of
this citv, formerly a resident of Nome
and known there as Rachel Woods,
has begun suit against Burton Woods
of Nome, to annul a supposed inar
rl ige to legitimize three children. The
p; rties entered into a contract mar
ri ige in Nome in 1899. It now de
\ elopes that Wo* ds was already leg
ally married to another woman.
Washington, 1). C\, Nov. 4—Raould
Amundsen, the explorer who dis
e vered the northwest passage, called
on Pre dent Roosevelt to-day. He
ask-d the President for the honor of
making the first trip through the
Panama canal on his historic little
vessel, the Cjoa. Roosevelt is con
sidering the matter.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 4—Investiga
tion into the cause of the mutiny of
the crew of the torpedo destroyer
Skory in Vladivostok harbor, reveals
the fact that a woman instigated and
led the sailors in the revolt. She war
killed by soldiers when tin* destroyer
was beached.
Chicago, Nov. 4—The Plaza hotel
caught fire early this morning. Five
hundred guests scarcely had time to
escape, clad only in their night
clothes. Several were overcome by
smoke and fell within tin* coniines of
the burning structure, but were
quickly rescued by firemen.
Antofogaata, Chile, Nov. 1—Dr.
Fames, brother of the p; stal inspec
tor who is stationed at Valdez, Alas
ka, died a few days ago on board the
ship Amaranth, off this coast.
Seattle, Nov. 1—Word was brought
on the steamer Bertha, which landed
a shipment of relief supplies at Kat
alla, that the situation was very criti
cal there. Before the Bertha landed
the people were living on salt pork
and beans exclusively and hud very
little even of them.
Seattle, Nov. I—The caucus of
the Nome delegation Is called for to
; day. Col. Perkins says there is no
doubt that the delegates from the
Second division w ill stand solid for
home [rule and an endorsement of
| Calo. He also claims that a majority
of the Tanana delegation are in sym
pathy with the Nome platform and
that with the assistance of the scat
tering delegates from the westward
there will be no troublo in controlling
the convention at Juneau. The eon
i
! vention will probably come out in
' favor of a resident of Alaska to sue
j cecd Wiekersham on the bench on
: the Third district. If the convention
j passed np the Alaska delegate ques
i ticn and adjourns till spring, Col.
]
j Perkins will be a candidate for the
; position.
Seattle, Nov. 4—W. F. Lorey of
Treadwell, Alaska, estimates the gold
1 out-put of Alaska for the year 11)07 at
| $21,000,000. Strikes in the important
j mining centers—Treadwell, Nome and
! the Tanana— reduced the gold yield
j by at least $1,000,000.
j Pert Townsend, Nov. .*>—The Ashing
j schooner Mary foundered off Clay*
! quot sound, Vancouver island, Friday
I
last. Captain Reinhart and the en
crcw were drowned.
Vladivostok, Nov. 5— Prince Mokh
tomsky, president of the Russo
Chinese hunk, says that Japan is pre
paring for war with the United
States. He declares the Japs covet
the Philippine islands, and will strike
beh re the completion of the Panama
| canal.
San Francisco, Nov. 6—Steamship
Oceano is burning in the bay. She
is coal laden and the lire* is unquench
able.
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