RUSSIA LAUDS WITTE
Greal Diplomat Is Offered Almost
Boundless power.
By Cable to the Gateway
St. Petersburg. Oct. •» Tin* entire,
Russian nation is sounding the praises
of fount Witte for Ills diplomatic
triumph at the peace conference. The
czar has offered to create for him in
the cabinet the post ot chancellor, j
placing him at the head of tin* minis
try, with tin* riifht of interpellation, j
which would practically tfive him j
legislative and veto power over tin* re
mainder of the cabinet.
M. Witte is considering the question
of acceptance. 'Hie position offered
would confer upon him extraordinary
power, hut dangerous responsibility as
well. As a liberal bis actions would be
steadily antagonized b\ the reactionary
element associated with tin* nvand
dukes.
Tuberculosis Congress Meets
By Cable to the Gateway
Paris, Oct. 3 'Hie international tuber
c iIoms congress met here this morning,
with ;t,.">00 delegates in attendance
rum all parts of tin* civili/ed world.
'The purpose of the conn* *t » is to study
methods of repressing and curing the
ma ady.
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New hooks arrive on every boat.
'The Yakutat Lumber Company now
has a full stoek of lumber received on
the Diriiro.
SAVES NINE OE CREW
Cutter leyte Lost Twenty seven Men
in Typhoon.
By Cable to the Gateway ^
Washington. I). C., Oct. .‘5 -Twenty
seven men perished on the coast guard
cutter Leyte which was lost in the
typhoon in the Philippines last week.
Onlv nine of the crew survived the
t
storm and reached the shore in safety.
Govenor-General Wright has made a
cable report which was received today
b\ the war department.
The report further states that crops ;
were practically destroyed throughout
the islands. The most valuable were
cocoa nut, hemp and rice, and their
loss will cause great distress in the
agricultural districts.
Telegraph lines were also prostrated j
throughout the archipelago, excepting!
the inter-island cables. Pile land lines |
were blown down nearly everywhere.
1m>\ ovster cocktails at the Hoard of
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Trade, In cents.
Full stock of A. A. Cutter shoe*, just
arrived, at ( lavson s.
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again Arm. Station men, rock men,
ax men and laborers. Steady work
all through winter and next summer.
Top wages paid. -h*
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