The Alaska prospector., 1905-02-16
Tclegraphic News
 Of The Week

tories of Oklahoma. Indian Terri tory. and New Mexico. have been admitted to the I-u;op a- a state under the name of Oklahoma Arizona has been eliminated from the group and will probably nn, secure statthood this year IT.. new state will he the s., ond in s;z.. in the Union. containing 193 OOO square miles. Texas has an area os 265.OOo square miles. and CaI;- fornia 15s.000 The nonulation of the new state is 9S5.69O
 Copper Center. Feb. 1O-Col. Lee Powell. the cattle king of the Yu. kon. accompanied by Capt. Beatty and Al White. arrived from Fair banks last night. Col. Powell'. mules made the tIip in seven and one-haf days. Col. Powell will bring back bunch of cattle wiz, him on his return to Fairbanks ov- CT this route. They repor, the trail in excellent condition. Also Mrs. Suifer aud Nor,hwav arrived from F"'rhanks vi.h horses. Al; left for Valdez Uni, morning.
 New York. Feh. 9-Dr. Lewis O. Wilcox. son of a wealthy Alaskan. IS arrested on charge of stealing Sl0.WO in government bonds from the Manhattan Savings Institution 2I years ago. The rang of robbers ot which he was member stole $3.OOO.000. and he is the first one of the band against whom proof could he secured.
 St. Petersburg. Feh. 9-Fa.he, kapon. the strike leader. has been formally removed from his position as chaplain and is ordered deport to prison in Siberia. The striker. at Lodez still refuse to return to work. and the outlook is still very bad.
 Seattle. Feb. 9-John Learv. on of the earliest pioneers of Seattl, and who contributed largely to th. upbuIlding of the city. died vester day at Riverside. California. heart failure.
 Des Moines, Iowa, Febv. g. The overland limited on the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul roao crashed through the Melbourn, bridge last night, and killed the engineer and tireman and injure,. twenty-four passengers. The train consisted oi eight coaches.
 Washington, Feb. 9-War has broken out between Ankenv ant. Foster over the appointment of the Seattle postmaster. Foster says he will assert his rights during the last hours of this session oi the senate. and insist on the appoint ment of George Stewart. Ankenv stands firm in aiding Piles to s,.- cure the position for 0. E. Tuckcr
 Washington. Feb. 9-As an ai- front to sweeney, Senator Fostor has filed charges against Marsha. Hopkins. son-in-law oi Sweeney for engaging in the senatorshil fight at Olympia.
 Olympia. Feb. 9-The congres- sional apportionment of this state will not likely be made this session. The election of Piles is believed lo mean the retirement oi Humphrey at the end of the present term.
 A dispatch from the attorney general states that the Nelson bill, :. 3.2S. went into effect Jan. 25th. This bill provides that all the li- cense money collected outside ol incorporated towns shall % to roads. schools and care of insane leaving no funds for the expense of the court. except fines i'll the commissioner court. Court ex- pense- will hereafter be met by ap- propriations of congress.
 Washington, Feb. 9-Fos,er se- anred a favorable report on the nomination of Stewart. for post master at Seattle, during an execu- tive session of the senate.
 San Francisco, Feb. 10-The London and San Fran"iscC bank. with branches in Portland Tacoma. and Seattle, has been sold to the Bank of California, which will continue the operation of the branches.
 Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. g. King Oscar is very ill. He Ina: been unable to transact any busi ness for several days. The illness is not thought to he serious.
 Tokio, Feb. 9-The Japanese have successfully biockaded ths sea entrance to Vladivostock har. h,r