The Alaska prospector., 1905-03-02

parts of the northwest not repre- sented m the inaugural cerrmonies. St. Petersburg. Feb. 23-Thrre thousand students held meeting here yesterday and decided 10 sus- pend their pu;;es until Sepiembcr. Many incendiary speeches were made, in which the autocracv was denounced.
 New York, Feb. 24-Politlcians declare that William Randolph Hearst will be candidate for mayor of New York at the next election. Seattle, Feb. 24-John Rosene is negotiating for the purchase of the Globe Navigation Co.'S. boats Me- teor, Tampico and Eureka to put in the fish trade in Alaska an d Siberia.
 Washington, Feb. 24-The Pan- American canal bill passes the sem ate Senator Piles credentials we presented to-day. St. Petersburg, Feb. 24-There are rdinors of q decisive battle near Mukden. The censorship has been redoubled and very little is made public.
 Warsaw, Feb. 24-There were serious riots here yesterday. during which the soldiers fired on strik- CTS. Casualties not reported.
 Moscow, Feb. 24-The body of Grand Duke Sergius was blessed midst ,olling bells of all the church. es to-day at 10 o'clock. The scene was most impressive. The widow broke down when required, accord ing ,o custom, to kiss the mutilat- ed face of the dead. The services were private. and the body was in- tered in the vault of St. Andrews, where it will remain until the trou- b t at St. Petersburg is over. Washington, Feb. 26-The sec- retary of war has approved the special rate recently made over Alaska telegraph lines. It is to go into effect soon.
 Haum, Manchuria, Feb. 26- ! The Japanese have forced the Rus sians to retire from their main po- sition south of Mukden.
 St. Petersburg. Feb. 26-The off cers of the 17th battery, which company had charge of the gun fired into the palace January l9, will be court-martialed for the of- fence.
 Tokio, Feb. 26-The Japanese forces defeated the Russians in a terrific battle lasting three days, south of Mukden. The Japs pene- trated Kuropatkin's army for sev- en miles, driving them back by fierce bayonet charge. Japanese loss was 500, Russian 1,OOO.
 Seattle, Feb. 26-John Schram, Falcon Joslyn and J. w. Clise, of Seattle, and w. H. Parsons, of Dawson, have organized a bank to be opened at Fairbanks at once, under the name of the Washing. ton-Alaska Bank. The capital stock is $5O,OOO. Joslyn is to be manager.
 Baku. Feb. 26-Three thousand wounded is the result of the riot ing here. The strikers, who are Georgians, number 10000 in this district, and they are ruling the town. Citizens are massacred and the bodies horribly mutilated. The houses of the nobles have all been footed.
 Warsaw, Feb. 26-The strike in the iron works has broken out afresh here and at St. Petersburg. One policeman has been killed and his comrades threaten to strike. saying that they are not willing to fight for $6 per month. Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 26- Ninety-two bodies have been recov- cred from the Virginia mine. There are many more in the mine but they are under water and can not be reached.
 Seattle, Feb. 26-The Jefferson and Bertha left last night for the north. The Bertha had about 80 passengers for Fairbanks via Val deg.
 Bright, Switzerland, Feb. 26- The Simplon tunnel from here to Isell, Italy, piercing the Alps. was completed this morning. The en- tire cost has been about $15,OOO,OOO It is considered as the greatest en- gineering feat of the age. Washington, Feb. 26-The presi. dent was in conference yesterday regarding the charges against the Santa Fe, which involves Secretary Morton. The matter of rebates al- lowed the trusts was the principal subject considered. An investiga- ! tiOn is expected.