The Alaska prospector., 1905-09-21

dary. It is reported that Norway Is moving troops to the frontier. There is great excitement in conse- quence.
 Portland. Sept. 17-An an. houncement has been made tha, Brydn favors Governor Folk as a candidate for the prcsid, ncy. He says that Folk is the only man who can unite the demwfatic party.
 Seattle, Sept. I7-Dr. Gladdenss Tainted Money" resolution was introduced at the conference yes. terday afternoon. but was defeated
 Va vote oi 46 to 10. Dr. Glad. den made an eloquent plea in favor of the resolution, urging that the society not accept donations from i'll gotten gains. Without mention. ing names Rockefeller was given a thorough roasting.
 London. Sept. ;f7-Hugh Watt, an ex-member of parliament, is on trial on charge of attempting to hire a detective to kill his wife. A member of the police named Wal ley. swore that Watt gave him money to chloroform his wife. He also wanted him to kill Sir Regi- nald Beauchamp. an old enemy. New York, Sept. 17-Komura's case is still puzzling the doctors. No diagnosis agreed upon yet.
 Sioux City, Sept. 17-Takashita, the manager of a Japanese theatri- cal troupe playing here, says that komura is committing harri-kari, or suicide, because he was notified by his countrymen that the peace terms were unsatisfactory. Taka- shita claims that all Japanese un- derstand that Komura is killing himself, and using some subtitle drug to give him the appearance of having fever.
 New York, Sept. 1S-Japanese of this place believe that Baron komura is committing harri-kari by the use of subtitle drugs. It is said that he received word from the dissatisfied faction at home that this was the only honorable dispo- sition he could make of himself after having agreed to such unde- sirable peace terms.
 New York, Sept. Is - Isaac Downing, who has been for thirty years postmaster at Yonkers, is un- der arrest charged with embezzle- ment. One hundred letters taken from the office were found by de- tectives at his home.
 Jefferson, Mo-, Sept. 1S-The Missouri river has teer rising steadily for several days and is now out of its banks. Residents of the lowiands are moving to higher ground.
 New York. Sept. 1S-The Mafia is at work again here. T. Lolita, d barber, was notified by letter to leave $500 at certain place or his business would be destroyed. He ignored the letter and yesterday q bomb was thrown into his place from passing street car, wrecking the shop.
 St. Louis, Sept 1S-Heavy rains in the western states have caused the Mississippi to rise ten feet since yesterday. The river is still going up and it is feared that great dam age will be done before it subsidies.
 Washington, Sept. 1S-Roosevelt is determined to hasten the work of building the Panama canal, and to-day, in accordance with this idea, he issued orders to the heads of the canal departments to make immediate reports with a view to rushing construction.
 Washington. Sept. 1S-The navy department has received charges against shipwright George Trahey, of the Bremerton navy yard. It is claimed that he makes the work men pay him for positions and that he has stolen large quantities of brass from the shipyards.
 Aberdeen, $. D. Sept. 18-Rain- i'm fha-faco tho chiof of fho S;o,,.