The Alaska prospector., 1905-02-23
Telegraphic News
 Of The Week

u. VI sentenced to hang to-day for the murder oi ihe wo,uan's husband. have heen grained repri,ve am. will he allowed Il hearing before the supreme court The woman to-day exhonorates the negro from any comp'icity in the crime
 Seattle. Feb. 16-A legal battle IS promised now over the sale of the P. P. X \. Co. property. The sale has not been approved by the court. and Omar Humphrey is making hard fight to have the purchase bv Rosene interests thrown out. Humphries claims that his was the highest bid on tn. Cyak and Chienik canneries.
 Queenstown, Feb. l6- While sailors and officers were filling the gasoline tank on new submarine boat iherr was Il terrific explosion and the entire crew h own inlo the water, two heing killed.
 Olympia. F,h. i,i-Thc railroads have iiie" r io f.nt the cor.n,.s- sion bill. The Northern Pacific has served notice that if the de- murtage bill is passed lumber rates will be advanced 8 a car.
 Charlottesville. Ind. Feb. 16- General Lew Wallace, author of "Ben Hur," died here to-day.
 Paris. Feb. l6-Correspondents sent to meet the steamship having Stoessel and other officers from Port Arthur aboard. have forward ed accounts of considerable discord among the Russian officers. Ad- miral Lockinsky makes bitter attack on Stoessel for surrendering the Port, and Stoessel retaliates by blaming the navy for not being of any assistance in defending the fort.
 Washington. Feb. 16-President Roosevelt to-day ordered a special investigation of the Standard Oil Co.,, by the bureau of corporations of the departmen, of commerce and labor. The order has particular ref erence to compacrs recently made in regard to lease oi oil wells on the Osage reservation in Kansas.
 Washington, Feb. 16-A strong effort will be made before congress adiourns to pass the Newfoundland reciprocity treaty.
 Seattle, Feb. 16-The Northwest ern Steamship Co.'S. steamer Santa Ana leaves tonight with 75 passen- gers, most of who are for Valdez.
 Olympia, Feb. 1.-The bill re- moving the capital from Olympia to Tacoma has passed the House, and now only needs the signature of tine governor tO become a law.
 Mukden, Feb. l7-A fierce at- temp was made by the Japs yester- day to dislodge the Russian left flank. The attempt failed.
 St. Petersburg, Feb. l7-There is tremendous excitement here over the assassination of Sergius, though 1t was no great surprise. as it had been known that the anarchists had decided on Sergius' death.
 Moscow, Feb. 1.-The assassias of Sergius have been arrested. One of them when captured exclaimed "l don't care. 1 have done my job. "
 Moscow, Feb. IT, Anarchists have again resorted 10 assassina- tion here. This time the Grand Duke Sergius is the victim. While he was driving to the Kremlin at 3 o'clock this afternoon a bomb was thrown under the carriage. The driver and carriage were blown to pieces, and the Dukes head was actually severed from his body.
 Tine Duke was on his way to the 'Senate quarter when he met two men in sleigh. They stopped to to allow him to pass, and when he was short distance beyond them, hurled the bomb.
 Grand Duke Sergius was an un- cle of the present emperor, and though married for about 20 years has no children.
 Seattle, Feb. 17-It is not unlike ly that the state of Washington will soon be holding her own with Oregon in the land fraud business. The government has decided to undertake the investigation of sev- eral cases that have come up, and Indications are that searching in- Sestigation along this line will im- plicate prominent Seattle and Ia coma men. It is practically cer- tain that the grand jury scheduled to convene at Tacoma on the 18th
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