Seward gateway., 1905-08-19
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San Francisco, Aug. 12-Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson signed articles to- day to fight twenty-five rounds before the Colma athletic club September g, for purse of S2O,000, and side bet of of $10,000, winner to take all:
 Colma, Cal, Aug. 12-Gus Ruhlin knocked out Jim Mccormack last night in the eighteenth round. Ruhln now claims the heavy weight championship of the world and says he is ready at any time to take on Marvin Hart or anybody else.
 Anacortes, Wash Aug: 12-Annie Hood, 30 years old. of Seattle, last night committed suicide while temporrily in sane by leaping into the blazing fur mace of shingle mill.
 Chicago, Aug. 12-The International Brotherhood of Teamsters in conyen- tion here has reelected Cornelius Shea president. Shea was in charge of the big teamsters' strike at Chicago last spring.
 Tokyo. Aug. 12-The Japanese have raised the Russian cruiser Pallada, sunk at Port Arthur,
 Christiana, Norway, Aug. 14-Returns of the popular vote in Norway yes terday cn the question of dissolution with Sweden show a total of 32O, ,OOO in favor and 10000 against the proposit- ion. The vote was very heavy. :. Tokyo. Aug. 14-It is reported here that Japanese warships will be sent to seize the Russian seal rocks at Kom- ,andoraski in Bering sea, Copper island, off kamchatka, and Robin island in the Ohkotsk sea, off Saghalien.
 St. Petersburg, Aug. 14-General Linevitch, commander-ln-cheifo of the Russian army in Manchuria, has re- quested more troops, saying that re-en- torcements are absolutely necessary to protect Vladivostok.
 Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 14-Twelve persons were killed and twenty-five in jured in q collision between passenger train and freight near Kishman last night.
 Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Aug. II A mountain slide loo miles north of here yesterday wiped out an Indian village, killing twenty Indians, and seriously injuring twelve.
 New York, Aug. 14-The special train earring President Roosevelt from Chautauqua to this city last Saturday was run over branch line because of a letter received by the railroad offici- als stating that an attempt would be made to blow. up the train, The Pres ident is now at Oyster Bay. '
 Saratoga. N. Y. Aug, l4-Booker T. Washington, the noted colored educa- tor, escorted John Wanamaker' S daughter, Mrs. Barclay Warburton, to dinner in the United States hotel yes terday.
 Washington, D. C., Aug, 14-Assist- ant Secretary of the Treasury H. A. Taylor has returned from an exten- sive tour of Alaska and speaks in en- thusiastic terms of what he saw there.
 Oyster Bay, Aug. 14-President Roosevelt sayshe maynot call an extra session of Congress to convene in Nov ember. He has about decided to wait for the regular session in December to take up proposed reform legislation. ! Seattle, Aug, 14--A petition with numerous signatures has been forward ed from this city to President Roose- welt asking pardon for the Alaska Indian murderer, Jim Hahson, or Kebeth, who is serving a life sentence at McNeil's island for the murder of Bert Horton and Mrs. Horton near Skagway In 1899,
 Another petition to the President asks for the construetion oI a federal prison in Alaska Attention is called to the inadequacy of the McNeips island penltentiary and the frequent escapes from it. It is also urged that