Seward gateway., 1905-08-11

Los Angeles, 0Sdgi og1Jdt @ q &ss, brother of theretftea p4fdttvt G% eht champion, Jim JefFriesg1has' HhneeaEtd his intention of going aqteF'tfe |6pId's s championship. Jim sayslJEeE oaAl%in it. Jack proposes first to fight MdNin Hast, who recently beat Jack Root, and a short time previously won decision over Jack Johnson the colored heavy weight.
 Jack Jeffries was for long time sparring portner and trainer for Jim. He is a clever boxer but made rather a poor showing in one or two attempts in the ring several years ago. It Is Eclaimed that he has greatly improved,
 St. Petersburg, Aug, 9-The czar will issue a formal decree next Satur- clay calling a national assembly to meet. The exact date has not yet been fixed but it will probably be in October.
 Little information has been given out concerning the terms of the call and it cannot be learned what the com position of the assembly will be,
 Sitka, Aug. lO-Gov. Brady denies the statement that he recommended Reynolds to Judge WickerSham for a | '. S., commiSsioner, Question has been raised aS to Reynolds fitness for the place. Gov Brady shows some feeling in the matter and says that Judge Wickersham is unfit for the po- Sition he holds.
 HonnigSvag, Norway, Aug, l0-An- thony Fiala and thirty-Seven members of tho Fiala-Hegler polar expedition, were brought into this port today by the Arctic steamer Torranva, sent out to rescue the part.
 The Fiala party was sent out two years ago in the ship American by Ziegler, who has equipped several ves- sells to search for the north pole, and the vessel has been cruising in the ice ofNeplitz bay since the winter of l9OS-O4,
 St Paul, Aug. lO-Striking telegraph operators have cut the wires in several places along the lines of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific rail- roads. Officers and detectives are mak ing strenuous efforts to catch the per petratorS. It is believed that further attempts at cutting will be made and close watch will be kept,
 The railroad officials assert thatpracti- cally normal conditions have been re- stored by the employment of new oper- atorS to take the places of the strikers. Trains are running on better time now, The strikers still claim to beconfdent of winning ultimately.
 New Orleans, Aug. lO-Archbishop PL. Chapelle died this morning of yellow fever, after a persistent and at times hopeful struggle of several days for his life. He was archbishop of the Roman Catholic jurisdiction in the state of Louisiana.
 Twelve new cases of fever were re- ported today and five deaths, This brings the total cases to date to 69l; total deaths l24,
 Santa Fe, N. M,, Aug. lO-KidnaperS yesterday afternoon attempted to carry away the lO-year old son ofGov. Otero. The boy was alone at the edge of town at the time. His outcries attracted att tention and the kidnapers were com pelled to flee without him.
 Washington, D. C., Aug. lO-The salary of the postmaster at Nome Alas la has been reduced from 2,0OO to $l,- 500 a year on account of decrease in the business of the office.
 Washington, D. C., Aug. 1O--To set tie a question which has been raised the interior department has dec!ded that federal officials in Alaska may To- cate and hold mining claims. Objec- tion had been made to their doing so.
 The question was principally raised at Nome and it was claimed that feder- al officials there were taking advan- tage of their positions to obtain prece- dence in the acquisition of valuable property. As no formal charges have been made the government will take no official notice of alleged conditions there.