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Oklahoma City, Fel — Senator
Gore, Oklahoma’s notend senator,
was today acquitted o charge of
assault on the first balil the jury.
The verdict was reeeiv rith cheers
that lasted for thirty notes, the
bailiffs being unable tctore order.
The court room was tui into a bed
lam and men and wot yelled and
shrieked their wild oval. Sen
ator Gore was almost <>ed by the
crowd in their desire j ^ngratulate
him. Among the first egrams of •
congratulation recived he senator I
was one from. Presid Wilson, in
which he assured him (s continued
confidence and respect.
Alaska Exports Forllillions.
Seattle, Feb. 18.—Ac ing to the
customs report for the \ year, just
published, Alaska impo twenty-six
and exported forty npn dollars.
There was a decrease tour million
dollars in the gold outpijwing to the
scarcity of water in thrrge placer
camps.
Vanderbilt Loses flanti by Fire.
Jerico, L. 1., Feb. 19.-pillion dol
lar tire today destroyed^ palatial
country home of Mrs. Wbm K. Van
derbuilt, Jr. The carets-* were the
only occupants.
Sharkey Goes tail.
New York, Feb. 19.—brnas Shar
key, the pugilist, was tcr sentenced
to serve a terra of thirty ivs in jail
for running a bawdy hot,
Reserve Banks Ne:Week.
Washington, Feb. 19 It was an
nounced today that the kerve banks
measure would come b^e congress
next week.
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Balkan War to Cotnue.
Budapest, Feb. 19.—Kenaing busi
nessmen who have been'aveling in
the Balkan states, say thithe war is
sure to be resumed in thebring.
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To Fight StandarOil.
Pekin, Feb. 19.—Shanhprovince is j
planning a big tight agair the Stand- i
ard Oil company.
Aviator Drops and Is [-owned.
Pensacola, Feo. 19. Lieutenant
Murray, in an aeroplane, )day drop
ped eight hundred feet in the bay :
and was drowned.
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Washington, Feb. 19.—The Alaska railway bill, which was
passed by congress yesterday, after so much discussion, still con
tinues to be the all-absorbing issue.
Davenport, of Oklahoma, failed in his attempt to filibuster
and his motion to postpone action on the bill was lost by a big
majority.
The amendment by Fitzgerald, who opposed the bill, is con
sidered as rather a benefit than a detriment to the bill. It pro
vides that all money from the sale of land be kept in a separate
account until the government was reimbursed for the expenditure.
The bill, as passed by the house, provides for a thousand
miles of railroad at a maximum cost of thirty-five million dollars.
A conference between the house and senate shortly will quickly
reconcile the differences.
Congressman Bryan, of Washington, introduced a resolution
to investigate the feasibility of establishing car shops at the
Bremerton navy yards.
Delegate Wickersham, a guest of the Seattle delegation, says
that without the assistance of President Wilson, the passage of
the bill would have been impossible.
John Rosene predicts that the population of Alaska will
quadruple within the next three years._ ■
MUNDAY-SHIELDS
ARE ACQUITTED
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Seattle, Feb. 19.—After being out
for three hours, the jury in the Mun
day-Shields coal case brought in a ver
dict of acquittal. This has been a long
drawn out and hotly contested case.
There is much satitfaction expressed
by Alaskans here over the verdict.
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Alaska Lumber tor Europe.
Seattle, Feb. 19.—A quarter of a
j million feet of Hadley, Alaska, spruce,
the first ca»*go to be shipped from
Alaska, departed for Liverpool today.
Deposed President Exiled
Lima, Peru, Feb. 19.—The deposed
president, Billinghurst, son and Min
ister of the Interior Tirado have been
exiled to Panama.
Seattle Will Celebrate
Seattle, Feb. 19.—Seattle is making
preparations for a big celebration
when the Alaska railway bill is signed.
Steamship Runs Aground.
Providence, R, I., Feb. 19. — The
steamship Roma run aground here to
day and caused a panic among the pas
sengers. The officers refused to allow
the life boats lowered until a high
wind, which was raging at the time,
had subsided, when over four hundred
passengers were safely landed.
LOST—A small, green pigskin purse
containing about $30 and a check for
$31.50; also receipts of several orders.
Finder will receive a liberal reward
by returning same to this office
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For Sale—Land scrip which can be
used for locating government land in
Alaska. Fully guaranteed. For price
and particulars address L. W. Hubbell
& Son, Springfield, Missouri. J
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way. We can do it right. s
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CAMINETTI MAY
BE A CANDIDATE
Washington, Feb. 19.—Tt is reported
ttoat Immigration Commissioner Cam
inetti is to resign and become a candi
date for governor of California. Dis
agreement over the Asiatic exclusion
policy is given as the cause. Caminet
ti, in his report on immigration for
the past year, places the number of
immigrants entering the United States
j at 1,197,000. An increase from eight
to fifteen thousand.
Collision on Frisco Line.
Springfield, Mo., Feb. 19.—Two
passenger trains on the Frisco line
collided here today and six passenger*
were injured.
To Establish Mission.
Chicago, Feb. 19.—Rev. James Mc
Bride, a Presbyterian minister, and
wife, residents of this city, will depart
in a few days enroute to the Bering
sea, where they will establish an
Eskimo mission.
Cost Too flany Litfes.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Secretary of
the navy Daniels says that the cost in
lives is most too large to justify the
navy taking up aviation experiments.
King Is hurt.
Brussells, Feb. 19.—King Albert fell
from his horse while riding over the
field of Waterloo today and sustained a
broken arm.
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KICKED TO DEATH
BY ANGRY MOB
Newton, 111., Feb. 19'—Court spec
tators, angered at the small fine im
posed on a pastor and three other holy
rollers, who had been found guilty of
beating the devil out of a boy, attacked
the prisoners and 'kicked them to
death. Great excitement prevails.
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The mercantile firm of Brown 6c
Haw kins, jointly w?ith the Bank of Sew
ard, announce a big dance at Brown &
Hawkins’hall Saturday night. Delic
ious refreshments will be served and
everyone is invited to come and have a
good time.
The exhibition of fancy shooting on
the Alaska Northern dock yesterday
by F. V. Berger was one of the best
shows of the kind that has ever been
staged in Seward. Mr. Berger is past
master of all kinds of shooting irons
and is equally at home with rifle or
shotgun. Some of his wo~k borders on
the sensational and all is perforomed
with consummate ease and sure
ness that it is hard to realize that the
marksman is really doing some won
derful shooting.
Frank Joaquin of the Kuskokwim
Commercial Company arrived in Sew
ard this morning and will leave for the
interior this morning. Mr. Joapuin
reports that the eyes of the outside are.
all on Alaska,and says Seward comes
in for a great deal of attention, as
being the most likely location for the
starting point of the new railroad.
The Rev. Father Shephard, who has
been in Seward since the last steamer,
departed this morning on the North
western.
Alaskan Hurdered and Robbed.
Mexico City, Feb. 19.—Charles
Gale, a former Alaskan, was murdered
in his own saloon here last night.
Ten thousand dollars in cash and dia
monds was stolen.
Alice Gets the Honey.
Cambridge, Feb. 19.—Mrs. Longs
worth, nee Alice Roosevelt, has in
herited seventy thousand dollars from
her grandmother.
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