NEWS OE THE WORLD LOR PAST WEEK
My Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Bill Miner Goes Up for Life
Kamloops. B. C.. June 2 Bill Miner
was convicted today of tin* train rol*
bery on the Canadian I’aeitie here a
few weeks ago and sentenced to impris
onment for life. He is an ex-convict
ami numerous crimes are charged
against him.
Go to Jail for Swindling
Seattle. Juno 2 Roxoy Bober, form
i-rly a well known gambler ami saloon
man of Nome. Tom Cameron and James
Hew itt were arrested here Unlay upon
the charge of >« nulling George Haines
out of *bHM on a fake mining company
investment scheme. All are in jail.
Alaska Central Bill to Come Up
Washington, l>. C.. June 2 Tin*
Alaska Central bill, which proposes
to extend lo live years the time of
completion of the road, was only de
feated a few days ago through the lack
of a quorum. It will l>e taken up
again and is expected to pass.
Proposes to Expel Burton
Washington. 1>. C., June 2 Senator
Bailey introduced a resolution in the
senate \e-terday afternoon for the ex
pulsion of Burton of Kansas, whose
conviction of accepting a tee for prac
ticing before a department was affirm
ed n few day> ago by the supreme
court.
Senator Burton Resigns
Topeka. Kan.. June "> Senator Bur
ton resigned h - seat in the l . S.
senate yoterday and iiov. Hoeh at
once appointed Foster Dwight < oburn
of Kansas City a> hi> successor.
Alaska Trade About $50,000,000
Washington. D. C.,.lune J It i- es
timated th;*' the trade of Alaska for
the present fiscal year, ending June
.■>0. will reach a total of in- i
eluding metals.
Lake Canal Bill Passes Senate
Washington. I). 1'.. June - 1 he
T^ake Washington canal bill passed tin*
senate yesterday afternoon and it is
expected to pass tin* house today.
May Not Rebuild hotel
Seattle, June - William Waecher
of Fairbanks i> here, lie has not yet
determined whether he will rebuild
the Riverside hotel, which was de-j
strayed in the tire.
Calls Legislature to Meet
Sacrum-mo, t al.. June - t<ov. I
Pardee issue*i a call today tor a spec**
iai session ot the tulifornia legislature
to puss an appiopriation for the relief !
of Sai» Francisco and t.» amend :m
state insurance law *.» as to re::m!ate
the companies more strictly.
Steamer Excelsior Sails
Seattle. June - Steamer Excelsior
sailed last night for Seward by way of
the inside passage. She carries a j
large passenger list, including lal*>rers
for the Alaska Uentral railroad.
W ant to Abolish Senate
Milwaukee. June 4 The Social
Democrats of Wisconsin nominated a
state ticket yesterday and passed ,a
resolution demanding the abolition of 1
the United States senate, which is de-!
Bounced as the bulwark of capitalism
and trustee racy.
Charge Big Ftaud Scheme
Seattle. June l John S. McMillan,
one of the state railroadcommission -r>.
is charged in an action tiled in the U. '
S. circuit court here with trying to,
dispose of the property of the Koehe 1
Barbor Lime < otupany to the fraud of
other stockholders. While he was in :
conference with prospective eastern;
purchasers Saturday evening in a room
of tie- Lincoln hotel a deputy U. S.
marshal broke into the room to serve j
notice of an injunction upon all con-!
coined. It is claimed that McMillan
by misrepn sent at ion a> to tne value of
the property obtained control of large '
blocks of stock for much less than j
thi ir value and that his deal to sell >
would n*'t him a profit of £1,000,000.
An effort to remove him from the post
of railroad commissioner may follow on
the groun d ofmalfeasance in office.
Offer Rewards for Murderer
Seattle, June 4 The sheriff of King!
county offers a reward of $1000 for the '
artost and conviction of the murderer
of little KUic Mulhall at Renton: the
town of Renton offers $500 and citizens
$750. The child was assaulted and
murdered and was found with ten
knife wounds in her breast.
For Relief of San Francisco
Sacramento, Cal., .June 4 -The Cali
fornia legislature passed the live relief
measures asked for by the San Fran
cisco general committee, in the Sun
day session. The hills were passed
practically without debate.
To Fleet Only Riles Men
Seattle. June 4 To assist Senator
Files in controlling the delegation to
the next legislature from Seattle the
local Young Men’s Republican club
Saturday night appointed committees
in every ward of the city to work for
the purpose of electing only Files men.
The senator's term does not expire un
til 1911 but he is aligned with Senator
Ankeny, whose term expires in 1909.
and the state senators to be elected
j this year will be members of the legis
lature which will elect Ankeny's suc
cessor. It is considered desirable also
to have only friends of the senators in
the legislature at any time.
See Nothing hut Shoup
Seattle, dune 4 IjocuI Alaskans de
clare that I". S. Marshal dames M.
'Shoup of Juneau will have a walk
over for delegate in congress from the
territory. They assort that he will
have Southeastern Alaska and Nome
practically solid and enough support
from other localities to give him a
long lead in the race.
Pennsy lvania Sails for Nome
Seattle. June 4 The steamer IVnn
sylvania sailed for Nome yesterday,
I only a few hours behind the Senator,
j The Oregon and Ohio are next.
Adams Trial November 20
Seattle June •’>—The trial of George
K. Adams, the assay oflice emlw/./ler,
! was set today for November 20 in the
T. S. district court.
Report of Suspected Murderer
Seattle, June A squad of sheriff’s
deputies hurried across Lake Wash
ington last night because of a re
port that a man had been seen there
with his clothes covered with blood.
He is believed to lx* the murderer of
Elsie Mulhall at Kenton.
Salmon Packers Protest
1
Washington, D. f.. June '* As a re- i
; -suit of a general protest by the salmon
packers the Alaska pure food bill I
i pending before congress will be so1
amended as not to require the stamp-!
ng of quantity on cans already
packed, a provision of the hill which
will be allowed to stand for future I
application.
St. Michael Troops to Stay
Washington. I>. P., June •*» The |
time for withdrawing the troops now1
at St. Michael, Alaska, is extended
until November. 1007.
Attell and Neill to Fight
Los Angeles, June .*> Abe Attell ;
and Frankie Neill signed articles today :
to tight in this city July 4 for the*
b at her weight championship of;
America.
Cassatt to Investigate
Philadelphia. June President Pas
>ut of the Pennsylvania Railroad re
tinr.ed from Europe today and will as-'
»t investigation of the charge that
officials of tlu' company received large
blocks of stock in coal companies)
"ho>e product the Pennsylvania car
re-, as gifts, presumably in return for
favor-. Mr. Passatt says if the charge
is proven the employes will be dis
charged.
San Francisco Shakes Again
San Francisco. June *> A slight
earthquake tremor was felt here at
midnight. No damage was done.
Send Assassin from Jersey
London. June b- It is discovered that
New Jersey anarchists sent a man
from that American state to kill the
king of Italy at the opening of the
Milan exposition. He was arrested at
i 'onto. Two other assassins are being
followed through Europe.
Suspends Police Chief
Vancouver. K. P.. June b The may
or today suspended Phief of Police
Son North upon the alleged grounds
of incompetency and lack of discipline
in the department.
Suspect Was Only a Drunk
Seattle, June <5 The man found
across Lake Washington and arrested
uuon suspicion that ho was the mur
derer of Elsie Mulhall at Kenton,
proved to be only a plain drunk and
he was discharged. There is no clew
\et to the guilty man.
Portland Reaches Seattle
Seattle. June t»- Steamer Portland
arrived from Seward and Valdez la>t j
night. She will sail again June 10.
Trail from Tanana to Nome
Washington, D. P.. June b The!
house voted yesterday afternoon to1
appropriate for the survey of
a trail from the head waters of the |
Tanana river to the coast of Seward j
peninsula.
Provides for Big Warship
Washington, I). C., June 6—The
naval appropriation bill passed the
senate yesterday afternoon. It pro- j
[ vides for the construction of a monster
battleship, the largest in the world, !
which will cost with armament $11,
000,000.
To Keep Tab on Naturalizations
Washington, D. June 0 The
house passed a bill yesterday afternoon
authorizing the bureau of naturaliza
tion at Washington to furnish blanks
to courts of record throughout the
country for the purpose of keeping
track of naturalizations.
To Boost Primary Elections
Seattle, June b—Advocates of a state
law providing for nominations for
office at a general primary election are
working up a plan to hold a conven
tion of all clubs belonging to the Re
publican ^tate league in this city when
Gov. LaFollette of Wisconsin visits the
city late in June, and to obtain the in
dorsement of the league for the pn
mary law.
Hissourl Democrats for Bryan
Jefferson City, Mo., Juno H The
platform adopted by the Democratic
state convention here yesterday con
tains a strong plank indorsing Bryan
j and Ins policies and favoring him for
the presidential nomination in 190S.
Prisoners Refuse Pood
Washington, i). C.. June <» Fifty
persons who were placed in prison for
some unknown cause, have persistent
ly refused food since May JO and some
| of them have become delirious. The
matter is a mystery and no information
i is given out by the police officials.
Organize War on Railroad
Chicago, June 0 It. is reported here
i that a gigantic combination of capital
. ists has been formed to kill off Presi
1 dent Roosevelt politically and thereby
annihilate the projects to restrain the
i trusts for which he stands.
This combination is said to have
1 been devised by the meat packers and
, to include the Standard Oil Company,
I the coal trust, the railroads, the in
surance companies and other big ag
I gregations of capital. Ogden Armour
! is to be manager of the movement.
Hot Politics in Arkansas
Hot Springs. Ark., Juno U -A bitter)
political battle is in progress today in)
the Democratic state convention be
tween the supporters of (low Jeff.
Davis and of Senator Berry to control
the nomination for governor. Gov. i
Davis recently defeated Senator Berry I
in the primary election for the nomi-j
nation for l\ S. senator.
Hepburn Nominated Again
Creston. la.. June t'» —Congressman
William P. Hepburn, manager of the |
railroad rate bill in the house of rep-1
resentatives, was nominated for re
election by the Republican convention
ot the Eighth district yesterday.
Beat Insurgent Congressman
Sioux Falls, S. D., June 0—The Re-1
publican state convention yesterday j
nominated W. E. Gable for congress;
in place of Congressman E. W. Martin, i
an **insurgent.*’
Nominate Stuart for Governor
Harrisburg. Pa., June 7 The Re-'
publican state convention nominated :
ex-Mayor Edwin Stuart of Philadel
phia for governor.
Fixing Up Nelson-Gnns Scrap
Oakland, June 7 Eddie Graney is
arranging for a tight between Battling
Nelson and .foe Gans to he held here
in .1 u 1 \. He claims that both men1
have promised to sign for the match.
Piles Fights for Amendment
Washington. D. I'., June 7 Senator
Piles will make a light before the con
ference committee of tlu* two houses
on the railroad rate bill for the re
tention of bis amendment permitting
lumber and logging companies to carry j
their products on their own railroads I
and steamers, thereby exempting!
them from the common carrier clause |
of the bill, which forbids transporta
tion companies to carry their own pro-j
ducts. Bailey and Tillman are trying j
to kill the amendment.
Stirs Up Exclusion Row
Washington. I>. C.. June 7 Con-1
gressman Sullivan on the floor of the j
house yesterday charged that Presi-;
dent House velt and Commissioner;
Sdrpent of the immigration bureauj
had agreed if the Chinese government;
would stop tin* boycott of American,
■■nods the\ would favor a modification
of the Chinese exclusion law.
Hermann Trial Postponed
Washington, D. < June 7 -The trial
of Congressman 1 linger Hermann of
< )regon, upon the charge of dest roying
public records while commissioner of
the general land office, has been post
poned until fall. It is claimed that
the records were destroyed to cover up .
Oregon land frauds.
Relative of Goulds Given Aid
Oakland, Cal.. June 7 Miss Klla J
Clemens, a near relative of Mfs. !
Howard Gould, is living in the refu
gee camp at the Presidio in San Fran
cisco en government bounty while the
Goulds are traveling jn Kurope. She
lost everything in the fire.
Grub Hats Strawberries
Seattle, June 7—A grub of a des
cription unknown before is attacking
the strawberry crop and the output
will be short in consequence.
Plot to Kill President
Portland, Ore., June 2—The arrest
of a Polish anarchist today revealed
the existence of a nihilistic society in
Oregon which is engaged in raising
funds to send an assassin to Washing
to kill President Roosevelt. Detec
ted ives got wind of the meetings and
managed to learn the nature of the |
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proceedings.
Wholesale arrests have been ordered I
and it is claimed by the detectives
that they are in possession of all the
facts sufficient to convict the members
of conspiracy to murder.
Look Up Adams Money
Washington, D. C., June 8—Secret
service agents of the treasury depart
ment are conducting an investigation
to ascertain whether George E. Adams,
the embezzling cashier of the Seattle
assay office, has money deposited in
New York banks.
Settles Alaska Names
Washington, D. C., June 8 —The
government geographic board today
agreed on the following Alaska names:
Marble island, not Fox island; Orca,
not Cordova; Tadak creek, not Moose
creek.
Charged With Bribery Attempt
Madison, Wis., June 8 Secretary df
State Walter L. Houser was arrested
today upon the charge of an attempt to
bribe several state officers. He waived
preliminary examination and was re
leased on bail.
Louisiana Capitol Burned
Baton Kouge, La., June 8 The state
capitol building burned yesterday
afternoon. It was a historic structure
which had stood for many years.
McGovern and Britt Held
New York, .June 8 -Terry McGovern
i and Jimmy Britt are held for trial on
| the charge of violating the state law
against prize lighting. They were re
leased on bonds of $500 each.
Find Murderer Again
Seattle, June 8—A miscreant is
slashing valuable horses with a knife
in the vicinity of Seattle and officers
are hunting for him in the belief that
he is the murderer of Elsie MulholT at
Renton. A man is reported to be sur
rounded in the woods near Bellevue,
across Lake Washington.
To Pick Site for Alaska Fair
Seattle, June 8 Trustees of the
Alaska-Yukon exposition today ap
pointed a committee of nine to view
proposed sites for the exposition and
select a location among those offered.
Director-General Nadeau and Presi
dent Chilberg will go to Alaska in
July to visit important cities in the in
terest of the exposition.
Col. Evans Will (io to Sound
Seattle, June 8 — It is understood
here that Col. Robert Evans will take
command of the Third infantry on his
return from Alaska next fall and that
he will be stationed on Puget Sound.
Makes Attack on Roosevelt
Washington, 1). C., June 8 Con
gressman Brundidge of Arkansas in
the house yesterday afternoon made a
speech arraigning the president upon
the charge of extravagant expendi
tures at the White House, and com
pared Roosevelt with his immediate I
predecessors. McKinlev and Cleveland. 1
The occasion was the pendency of an
appropriation bill of $100,000 for main
tenance of tin White House current
expenses.
Brundidge criticised the employ
ment of forty special policemen for the|
protection of the president and urged .
that soldiers of tin- regular army ought
to be detailed for that purpose. He'
attacked the allowance of $25,000 for
traveling expenses and said that the
president’s stable expenditures were
entirely too large. He affirmed that
the president’s demands for expenses
were high-handed t
Grosvenor replied, defending the
president. He characterized the at
tack as unjustifiable and declared the
president to be a simple American
citizen. He denied that the president
is developing an aristocracy or pluto
cracy.
Ask Removal of Jerome
New York, June 8- Representatives
of live financial institutions signed a
petition to the governor for the re
moval of District Attorney Jerome of
Greater New York. They charge that
he received iKVO.OOO from insurance
companies for use in his campaign for
re-election last fall.
Jerome refuses to make any reply,
saying that he does not propose to
dignify it that far.
File Petition at Albany
Albany, N. Y., June 8—Petitions
from New York city asking the re
moval of District Attorney Jerome
from office were filed with Gov. Hig
gins today.
Unseat Butte Delegation
Denver, June 8—The Western Fed
eration of Miners today unseated the
delegation from Butte. The alleged
socialistic tendencies of the Butte men
was the reason for the action of the
c invention. It was claimed that the
socialistic ideas of the rejected delega
tion are antagonistic to the principles
of unionism. •
Senate Committee Against Smoot
Washington, D. C., June 2 — The
senate committee on privileges and
elections yesterday voted that Senator
Reed Smoot, the Mormon apostle
from Utah, was not entitled to a seat
in the senate on account of his relig
ious obligations. The following sena
tors voted to allow Smoot to retain his
seat: Foraker, Dillingham, Bever
idge, Hopkins and Knox, all Republi
cans.
The dispatch does not state whether |
the full committee was present and
voting. It has thirteen members. The,
eight other than those named as voting
for Smoot are as follows: Burrows,
chairman, Depew and Dolliver, Re
publicans; Pettus, Dubois, Bailey,
Overman, Clarke (Arkansas), Demo
crats.—(Ed.)
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Bertha sails from Seattle via. Juneau. 25th of each month.
Bertha sails from Seward via. Juneau 8th of each month.
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