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MUMMY CASE
HAS STARTED
Attorney for Locator- of Coal Lands
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Denounced Pinchotism and
Bureaucrats.
SKATTL.K, Jan. 2«. Tile jury to
try Munday tor conspiracy to defraud
the government out of coal claims in
Alaska worth millions of dollars, has
been selected and today the attor
ney for the defendant made his open
ing address.
For several hours the lawyer traced
die history of the coal claims in dis
pute; how the men accused had spent
targe sums of money and endeavored
in every way to comply with the law;
how the agents of the land depart
ment had placed every obstacle In
their way, preventing them from do
ing what was considered as the law,
refusing to aid them but always look
ing for every technicality on which
to base an adverse report and in place
of aiding these pioneers to open and
develop the lands they used the pow
er of the government to prevent it.
l*inchotism came in for a big roast
and was roundly denounced by (he at
to'njey.
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Whitman is Unable to Find Any Bank
With Murphy Deposits in the
Empire State.
NKVV YORK, Jail. 2«. District At
torney Whitman, who is endeavoring I
10 secure evidence to convici Boss
Murphy in connection with the graft
charges involving many Tammany
leaders and big state politicians, has
Searched the records of every bank in
|he city:and has hart the upstate-banks
Investigated in the hopes of' 'ideating
ihe. bank account .of the Tammany
£ohs, but so .far ie has failed to
find a cent deposited to the credit
of the head cf- the Kger brgah'izaftcm.
A the effort to involve.. Murphy will
continue, as Whitman is determined
{o place the blame 'da the, inen high A
«to-up and has invariably offered im
munity to'the grafters if ; tliey wilj‘
*ive; evidence against the men asspc
dialed with them. H
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Own* $65,000,000 Worth of Real Es
tate—Krupp Widow is Richest
Woman in Germany.
BKRLIN, Jan. 26.—Rudolph Mar
lin. who recently published an arti
cle giving the list of rich persons of
uermany and the amount of their
wealth stated today that he had nr vie |
a misstatement of the wealth of Kui- |
ser William, who has an estate worth
$98,000,000, /while in the pub'ished
article only $35,000,000 was accredited,
to the war lord. His small error of
$66,000,000 was made because Mar
lin claims th'-t he thought much of
the land held in the kaiser's name j
was the property’ of the government
hut more careful investi.'fat.'o
shows that the kaiser claims 1' i.,s L s
own.
No change was made in the 11,i of ;
rich woanjen in Qenntny end the wii- j
ov of Kruppi’'bo gun in inufacturer ;
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SENATE BILL CALLS FOR $40,000,000
HOUSE BILL PROVIDES ONLY $35,000,000
Redemption Fund Provided From Sales of Mineral Lands—Engineers Drawing
Over $3,000 Must Be Confirmee! By Senate—Will Pay Nothing For -*****
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WASHINGTON, Jan, 26- The
Chamberlain bill which passed the
Senate Saturday provides for the ex
penditure of $40,000,000 in building
railroads in Alaska and the purchase
of any road already built which may
be used in the government system.
The Wickersham bill in the House,
however, only provides for the ex
penditure of $35,000,000, and it is
feared that unless the House bill is
amended before passage that the
Senate conferees will cut the amount
allowed to the lower amount.
Redemption Fund Provided.
The Senate bill' also provides that
three-fourths of the receipts to the
government of mineral lands sold in
Alaska shall go towards redeeming
the bonds and a redemption fund is
to be provided for.
Sue in Alaska Courts.
The bill also provided that any em
ployee of the railroad, during its
construction, shall be permitted to
sue in Alaska courts, Which shall
have jurisdiction over such suits. As
all construction work is followed by
many accidents and suits for damages
the bill therefore provides where and
how such suits shall be brought.
Defense Limited.
The defense of the government in
any damage suit is to be limited to
the proviso of the general federal
.iabillty law of the country and no
other defense is to be interposed to
protect the government from claims
for damages.
Nothing for Good Will.
Nothing shall be paid for the good
will' of any railroad which may be
condemned and made part of the
government system, as the amend
ment moved by Senator Hitchcock
provides against the payment of
money for the good will of any ex
isting railroad carried.
senate vonrirm -engineers.
The Senate is also to confirm the
appointment of all civil engineers who
may he named by President Wilson
to aid with the army officers, who
are to take charge of the work, pro
tided they receive $3,000 or more per
annum.
Steamship Amendments Failed
The four amendments to the bill
rovidiug for gov rnment steamship
lines in connection with the railroad
were defeated. Senators Norris,
Poindexter, Ballinger and Bristow
each offered an amendment for that
purpose, but it was voted down each
time.
Fifteen Republicans for the Bill.
fifteen Republich&s voted for the
Alaska railroad bill and Senator
Poindexter, the partyless senator, was
also in favor of the measure. Sen
ators Bacon, Bradley, Clark, Dilling
ham, Gallinger, Lodge, McCumber,
Nelson, Root. Smith, Stephenson,
Sutherland. Weeks, Williams were
among those who voted against the
measure.
Committee Want Goethals.
Sefiator Pittman, of Nevada, who
was one of the strongest advocates
of the bill, stated today that the
Senate committee was unanimously
in favor of having Colonel Goethals,
the builder of the Panama canal, build
the Alaska system of railroads, and
are still hopeful that it will be pos
sible to secure the services of Col.
Gpethals for this work.
Long Fight in House.
The fight in the House is expected
to delay the passage of the bill for
a number of weeks, but now that the
administration has actively urged the
passage of the bill it is not expected
that serious danger exists^tb^^SSSIff.
SEATTLB. ,Ian. 26.—Secretary
| McPherson, of the Alaska Bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce, returned
to Seattle today after spending two
weeks in Washington in the interest!
of the bill to provide government
railroads for the Territory of Alaska.
Mr. McPherson says that Bishop
Rowe, Charles G. Helfner and Falcon
Josiin greatly aided in securing the
passage of the bill in the Senate.
Senator Walsh, of Montana, was a
most consistent worker and made
tremendous efforts to overcome the
opposition to the bill, says t.ne sec
retary of the chamber.
Four Weeks to Pass House.
"Four weeks will be required to
pass tile bill in the House of Repre
sentatives according to the best in
formation obtainable," is the state
ment made by McPherson, but it is
sure to pass the lower House.
Wickersham Spoke Long
Delegate Wickersham spoke for
six hows in favor of the Hill during
its discussion in the House and has j
established a new record for long
winded speeches in the lower chamber.
FIRE DESTROYS
FAIRBANKS HOTEL
Third Avenue Hotel a Three-story
Structure Goes Ud in Smoke—
One Dead, Many Injured.
FAIRBANKS, Jail. 2ri. Thu big
three-dtO'ry Third Avenue hotel was
destroyed*'by fir^ yesterday forenoon
and ode "person ’ is believed to have
perishe'd in the flames. One fireman
was caught by the falling walls and
seriously ...injured and :a numb -r of
the guests of the hotel are in the lo
cal hospital suffering with burns
which they received before they were
able to.-escape from - the burning
building..
The entire lower part of the hotel
was in ,flames a. fe wseconds after
the alarm was given and many late
•sleeper^' ;were caught ip the upper
rooms of the hotel and were forced to
jump from the building; jnto blankets
held by the bystanders,; Many were
burned and a few were injured from
'jumping
AHcr 'iue uit? -suu icy me
means of escape from the building
was to climb to the third story and
Jump, as both of the lower floors
Were a seething mass of flames.
The late sleepers in the hotel were
forced to flee from the building in
their night clothes and a number of
narrow escapes are recorded.
The paid lire departmem respond
ed in a' few minutes to the alarm,
but the flames wore beyond control
and the building wps destroyed, the
efforts of the firemen being directed
•entirely to saving surrounding prop
erly, nd they prevented any furth
er loss than the hotel building and
■'Ls contents.
The loss is estimated at $25,01*0 and
Is partly covered by insurance
Wind Sweeps Seattle.
SRATYLlf. r-n. iJfe.--A high wind
■ wept. o”er this town last night,
-.!}•’ U-'ing utiny piste glass' windows
cl Jiinc fonsideraide damage to
iitild’nps and to sm“li‘shipping in the
tarlor.
POSITION. WANTED by A T’-cooS;
>■: baker. Call a* A$Ci«A*>CMe.*'HP«'r‘i
MOYER RETURNS;
WILL STAND TRIAL
President of Western eFderation of j
Labor is harged With Con
spiracy.
HOrOH.TON; Mich., .Ian. . US.
Fresident ? Moyer and the six other
oftidials of the Western Federation
of Labor who were indicted by Ihe
recent grand jury, have wired to . Ahe
district attorney that they woutd vol
untarily return to the state and stand
trial-on tits charge of conspiracy.'
Thirty-eight members of the" feder
ation were ’ indicted by the jury and
Fresident 'Moyer aud six others left
the estate -before they were arrested
and are now willing to return, hav
ing aJ'rangei for counsel and secured
a defense'!-which they feared they
would be untinle to do if held by the
police.
NO PEACE roe
Carranza Replies to European Peace
Societies That He Must Win for
Peace to be Established.
NOGALES, Mexico, Jan. 2t>. -Gen
eral Carranza, leader of the consti
tut!orialist8, has replied today to the
pier, o!’ the Europfeuii penile societies
urging him to -make peace Wth
liuerla in the Interest of humanity.
Carranza stated that peace would be
established in the republic Just as
soon as the constitutionalists were
In power and had driven Huerta from
the posh loh which, he had secured by
moat four murder.
The reply of the northern genera)
indicates thut the wsr will go on un
til one or the other of Uio con
lending' forces ,*re defeated.
NIHILISTS AFTER j
Explode Bomb a Few Feet Ahead of
Train—Death Sentence Passed
on Empress.
ST, J’ETEKSBL'KU, Jan. 28;—A
bom(> exploded just ahead of the en -
gine hauling the train in Which road
the Empress Marie,, who Had received
a nibljiat death Letter, indicating
thgt sentence of death . bad - ••'■been
•passed upon her. by the asso. iatldh
•and that »four persons 'had been as
signed to the task op.’carryir.'j nl'tr
the. decree of the secret .society.
The explosion of the'bomb before
the . train 1 reached , the- Lplace saved'
the, life of the princess and of the
others who were on the train at the
time. Hundreds .of arrests have been
made by the police and secret service
agents and they hope to secure the
guilty parties.
FIVE KILLED;
GKRS f ELESGOPE
Fast Freight Collides With Passen
ger Car and Day Coach and
Baggage Car Smashed.
JACKSON. Mich.. Jso. 26.-—Klvtf
people were killed and.scores were in
jured when a baggage ear and one day
roach were telescoped bv t l ist
freight near here this morning.
The uninjured soon commenced the
work of rescuing those who were
caught in the .“-mushed curs.
More than score of people were
caught in the debris and were shriek
ing Co those outside >o save them.
Doctors and wreckers were rucked
front here to the scene of the wreck
to hid in caring fpf 'hoi'fnjurr.t Mid
taking tlttt- people *1!out ;Tlie f (pushed
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SABRE RULE
Government Prevent Use of
Troops Against Citizens.
'BERLIN, Jau. 26. The German
Reichstag today passed resolutions'
denouncing the "rule" of the 'sabre*”
and demanded that the gOverhntehv
prevent the use of troops against
citisens unless called upon to JO so
by "the civil authorities. The- rvftfof
lutiori condemned the Alsace affairTiy
no uncertain terms and denounced
the ' recent court martial held ait
Strassburg, which exonerated”all the
officers of the oinety nfnth' regiment.
It is expected that unless the gov
ernment promises that troops will
not he' used against German citizens
unless needed in time of rebellion
that the Reichstag will refuse ap
propriations to the army and starve
the government and the ultra rilili
lary party into submission.
The Socialists took the leading
part in the attack today on the mil
itary branch of the nation, but the
sentiment was overwhelming" and it
is generally expected that the re
quired promise will be given the leg
islators by the ,, ivernnient minis -
ters.
NUDE FIGURES IN WAX
ARE TOO LIFE LIKE
BKKLJN, Jan. 26.—"Corset raids'
are the latest form of police actlv
ity in Berlin shops which have been
lately displaying corsets on life-size
wax female figures. Protests having
been made against such exhibitions,
shopkeepers mjade :\ concession by
putting fihny'-petticoath on the tig
ures.
The public prosecutor, however,
was not satisfied, and Saturday a
number of policemen, in the guise
of customers, raided a fashionable
shop on 'he Lelpzigerstrasse and
seized :t particularly lifelike wax
model of young woman which was
iho subject of attraction to people
ill thq.street '1 he windows are now
being,'secretly photography • by Jbe
police, with* a view to further action.
John Grondin Fears Wife Has Come
Back and Tells Police That He
Murdered Her
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26.—Attor -
neys for John Grondin, of this city,
who is on trial charged with the mur
der of his wife, claimed today In
open court that the police had forced
the confession they desired to UHe
against him by having a ghost ap
pear as the departed wife and threw
■>uch a scare into the defendant that,
he signed anything they desired,
‘Not because he had committed the
rrime alleged but because the ghost
if his wife had urged him to confess
to tiie crime."
For several weeks the police were
busy with every known device used
.n the third degree, but failed of se
miring the desired confession until
hey framed up with a ghost of the
wife and that forced Grondin to sign
tiie confession. No evidence has
jeen secured by the police to convict
him other than that tiie confession
lays and counsel demand the dis
charge of the prisoner
Grondin is a druggist of this city.
NOT INDICTED
MOYER ASSAULT
Houghton Jury Returns a "Not a True
Bill" Against Men Charged
By Moyer.
Ill iCCrHTl >.\, Mit.ii., Jan. L’ti. The
.-rand jury unlay iHumeri a "not a
true hill" against the Citizens' Ally
ime 01 Calumet. or any of the men
involved in kidnapping President
Charles Moyer after the lire which
•aused the death of the children of
the strikers who attended the Christ
mas tree festivities given for them
, Moyer had .charged that the Citi
zens' Alliance h%d caused the alarm
of fire in order to start a panic, and
Ue was caught by the members of thA
illiftnce, pounded, kicked and badly
beaten, after which'he'was placed*tin
a train and told never to 'fettirn.
Charges were made- against the Then
whom Moyt>r Claimed were involved
in the assault and kidnapping, bur fW?
grand jury today refused to refirftf
any verdict. • >• ' •• g"
SEATTLE WILLING
TOWN
t a, tel ’ •
Real Estate Men Are Advertising
Plenty of Land for Sale and
Predict Big Boom.
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SEATTLE. Jan. Tile leal es
tate men of this city are preparinp
to take advantage of the boom which
it is predicted will come to the city
because of t.ie passage of the Alasaa
railroad bill and today's papers con
tain many pape anr half-pape ad
vertisements of desit able locations
tor snip at fancy prices, it is now
hoped to unload mur1' of the real es
tate which has been inactive formally
years. —
A campaign will be started in east
ern papers to sell Seattle real estate
to investors of the east and It is
hoped to’briup back the boom days of
1898 and ’99, when property values
went skyward.
WANTED—A woman for fiehefal."
hotwework. Apply to Mrs.
Tri mr tf