The Alaska prospector., 1905-12-28
Photographic News
 Of Tie Week

occurred iu thc f.as river iinHei impris ,Hiag two Italian labn,ers. who fer tory hours <loml fa.g. ;u face with death. Their r,scrc wa- finally accomplished hy the hegu,c work of three swimmers, who div,d into the tunnel io a platform om which the men were huddled, and brought them to the surface on their backs.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 2l-A union of the labor unions las defied the governmcn! aud issued an order for general strike. making .ommon cause agains! the sovcrnmrn. and Wi,te. The strike order i, such that everyone oheyiug 1t is l:ab'c to arrest and punishment. Russia IS now on the eve of the final s,rug- gle between the government and the people. All hope that Wit,e would be able to effect peaceful settlement of the trouble has been al andontd, and civil war is inev- liable.
 Shanghai, Dec. 21-All the for cigners in the city have been or dered into the s.,.,: res or for oign settlements as protection against the Chinese rioters Ma rines from the American, English and German W rships are natroll- ing the streets, and Japanese cruiser is on the way. Rowdies threaten to loot the foreign settle ments.
 Pekin, Dec. 21-The Dowager Empress issued orders for the ar rest and punishment of the Chi nese implicated in the assault on American citizens in Shanghai.
 Washington. Dec. 21-Represen- tative William F. Humphrey will n.crt an item in,o the army appro- priation bill for an appropriation to extend the Alaska cable from Ketchikan to Wrangell. This ap- propriation is favored by the war department. which ias been peti- toned by the people of Southeast ern Alaska to extend the cable to these points.
 Chicago, Dee. 21-During fire yesterday. which destroyed a large enamel sign factory. one fireman
 
 was killed and number of the em- ployees were injured.
 Tokio. Dee. 23-Notwiihstand- ing the pressure brought to bear upon China bv foreign powers. Baron Komura has succeeded in negotiating the treaty. whereby Japan secures lease of the Liao Tung peninsula. including Port Arthur and Dalncy and several railroad grants. The chinese state that no offensive or defensive alli- ance is contained in the treaty.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 22-The revolutionists have warned tie Czar to loave Russia. He is heav- fly guarded in the Tsarkoe Selo, and is fearful of being assassinated. Nicholas blames Witte for not stopping the disorders.
 Los Angeles. Dec. 23-It is be- lieyed that Walter Scott, q death valley miner. has been murdered. He left the mine December 1. rid ing mule and carrying two thous- and dollars. A week later the mule returned ridcrl,ss to the mine with a bullet hole in the sad- dle and the blanket covered with blood.
 St. Petersburg, Dee. 22-Thirty thousand of the Cars soldiers in the province of Lithunia are inn prisoncd in the various towns, by an army of revOlutionists number ing more than one hundred thous- and. Many women and children are fighting with the reyoluti0nists The government officials of t'e province are held close prisoners. Finland still continues to arm.
 New York, Dec. 22-The deliv- cry department of the Adams Ex- rress Co. was burned this after noon, and Christmas presents val ued at more than one hundred thousand dollars were destroyed.
 W0rtman's, Dec. 22-Clerk Stiers and J. J. Rogers, former commis- sioner at Skagway. and a number of other mushers arrived tonight from Fairbanks, and will be in Valdez tomorrow.
 Washington. Dec, 23-Joseph H. Choate will be named as chair man of the American delegation to the second peace conference to be