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SPANIARDS AND
ITALIANS LGSE
IN BATTLES
Rome, Sept. IS—General Torelli,
two officers and twenty-eight men
were Killed and sevent\ three #tnen
were wounded in a battle with Arabs
at Benghazi, in Tripoli, yesterday,
Centa, Moroco, Sept. IS Native
inhabitants of Morocco attacked, from
ambush, a coiuin of Spanish soldiers
mouday, near this point, an interior
town. One hundred Spaniards were
killed and wounded. Re-inforcements
are enroute. to give battle to the nat
ives.
IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL BEGINS
Albany, X. Y.. Sept. 18.-The New
York stale senate, sitting as a board
of impeachment, convened at noon
today, to take up the impeachment
proceedings against Governor Sul zer
A committee of the house is conduct
ing the prosecution. I).Cady Herrick,
chief counsel, and other eminent law
yers, appear for Sul zer. Senator \\ ag
net* is the presiding officer..
Mrs. Sulzer, wife of the governor, is
expected to be the star witness on be
half of her husband. Site has suf
ficiently recovered her health to attend
the trial. •_ _
CROWS CHEERS
HARRY THAW
Concord, N. H., Sept. 13.—Harry K.
Thaw is here awaiting a hearing in -
fore Governor Falkner in connection
with the extradition sought by the
New York authorities. Great crowds
cheered Thaw as he entered the city.
The sympathy of the people is with
him._
TAMMANY MAN
REACHES THE END
New York, Sept. 18—“Big Tim”
Sullivan, one of the noted characters
of the metropolis and a leader in the
councils of Tammany hall, is dead.
He leaves an estate valued at two
million dollars.
All kinds of game bought at the
Commerce Cafe.
Mr. Evans, of the Carstens Packing
Co., will have for specials this week
fresh moose, fresh spareribs, fresh
boiled haras, fresh cooked ox tongue. *
Meet me at the Branch
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
. at J. L. Graefs. +
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
For nine years the leading caterer in Sew
ard, and still in the lead. Commerce Cafe, E,
Levin, Prop, *
PROVES A KEEN
DISAPPOINTMENT
Mexico City, Sept. IS-President
Huerta of Mexico sent his message to
the Mexican congress yesterday. The
document is a disappointment. The
president says he hopes for an early re;
turn of peace in ttie republic, but de
clares the strained relations between
Mexico and the United States is caus
ing Mexicans tosuffer unmerited afflic
tions.
PALLBEARERS
New York, Sept, 18-The following
distinguished gentlemen will act :ts
1 honorary pallbearers at the funeral of
Mayor W illiam J. Gaynor of New York,
to be held here Monday; hornier
President Taft, Mayor Kline, Justice
Keogh, Herman Kidder, the publisher,
Jacob Schiff, the capitalist, James
j Creel man, the noted war correspon
dent, and Police Commissioner Waldo.
The ceremonies attending the last sad
I rites will be most imposing.
PEARL NECKLACE
FOUND GN STREET
London, Sent. 18-A pearl necklace,
valued :it six hundred and fifty thous
and dollars, stolen July Id while in
transit from Paris to London, was
picked up on the sidewalk by a work
| man yesterday. He turned it over to
the police authorities. The mystery
surrounding the missing necklace and
the remarkable finding of it, is beyond
the ken of the authorities.
MINISTER MUST
i GO TO THE PEN
Tacoma, Sept. 18—R^v. Robert
Reed, a Methodist divine, who plead
| guilty to the charge of sending impro
i per matter through the mails, was to
day sentenced by the court to serve
two vears in the penitentiary at Me
i Neill’s island.
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Persons who wish to submit bids for
carrying the mail this winter between
Seward and Kenai should lose no time
in sending them to the department.
Chief Clerk Eames informs the Gate
way that there is a good chance to
award this contract, if a reasonable
bid is submitted.
Cooks, waiters and customers
wanted at the Commerce Cafe.
LOST—Fountain pen. Finder please
return to J. C. Tolman and receive re
ward. _ *
A large assortment of the latest pho
nograph records just received on the
Sampson. At Gordon’s. i
Three meals for one dollar at the Commerce
Cafe. E. Levin. Prop. *
San Francisco, Sept. 18—Judge Van
Fleet today imposed sentences on the
convicted white shivers— Maury i.
; Di Sri's and F. Drew Caminetti.
Diet's was sentenced to serve two
I years in the penitentiary and to pay a
tine of $2,000.
Caminetti <rot eighteen months in
the penitentiary and must pay a $1,500
fine.
Both will serve their allotted time
in the federal prison at McNeill’s
island. _
GUNMEN FIGHT
FROM AUTOS
New York, Sept. 18.—Great excite
ment was caused on the East side here
at a late hour last night, when two
rival parties of gunmen, both riding in
autos, engaged in a running revolver
fight. The police interposed, followed
and overtook one auto, arresting the
four occupants. The members of the
rival, party are known and their appre
hension is expected during the day.
BURGLARS KILL
A WATCHMAN
Chicago, Sept. 18—A watchman em
ployed at Mandel Brothers big de
partment store was murdered at bis
post of duty by unknown burglars here
late last night. After killing the
watchman, the burglars cracked a
safe, got $2,000, and lied the
scene undetected.
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SENT TO OTIS
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Los Angeles, Sept. 18—An infernal
machine was yesterday mailed to Gen.
Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles
Times. The authorities believe it is
the work of Mexicans, who are opposed
to Otis’ policy toward the Huerta gov
ernment in Mexico. •
Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Carl Vaughan,
Mrs. De Hoff, Charles Cooper and Elgin
Vaughan returned yesterday, after a
pleasant outing at Trail lake.
Tom McConnity and John Johnson
departed this morning, enroute to
do the annual assessment work on
quartz claims on Groundhog creek.
Cooks, waiters and customers
wanted at the Commerce Cafe.
Try the new live cent sizes of stand
ard cigars at Gordon s. Little Tom’s,
Lovera, baby Webster and Henry
George. They’re the go now.
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Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. _
The best cook, coffee, bread and butter in the
city you find at the Commerce Cafe 4
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London, Sept. 18—The most serious
strike in the history of Great Britain
is threatened. It will involve the
men employed on three of the largest
railway systems in the country and
the dock laborers of Dublin, Liverpool
and Birmingham. The threatened
strike in sympathy with the Dublin
transport strikers.
Dublin, Sept. 18—Ten thousand add
itional men yesterday joined the strike
of the transport workers.
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TO WALK 0
Denver, Sept. IS -Seven thousand
families of Trinidad will be affected by
the threatened strike of miners in the
coal mines here. Anticipating riots
following the strike, scheduled to be
called tomorrow, the govenor of the
state has ordered the national guard to
be held in readiness to depart for^that
city without delay, should the occasion
warrant such a course.
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Victoria, B.C. Set t. IS-A big staui*
pfede is oti lo newly loiind p;acer
j diggings on the -Sibola creek, which is
I 110 miles southwest of the town of
Telkwa, a railway station on the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway system. Telk
wa is the nearest, settlement. Accord
ing to reports which reach here, the
diggings are very rich.
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Seattle, Sept. 18—Governor John
F. A. Strong and Mrs. Strong sailed
on the steamer Jefferson, enroute to
the capitol. They will remain over at
Ketchikan for a day or two, before pro
ceeding to Juneau.
“Pop Corn Jim” Fitzpatrick, of the
i Branch, departed this morning to
| enjoy an outing at Lake Kenai.
Cooks, waiters and customers wan
ted at the Commerce Cafe.
Lilly’s fly killer at J. L. Graef s. *
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch._*
Fishing tackle at J. L. Graef s. X
Savage 22 High Power rifles at J. L.
Graef’s. _ X
Meet me at the Brancn.
Short orders and dinners a la carte ^ all
hours, day and night, Comnerce Cafe.L_