The Ketchikan miner., 1907-03-30

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 some time, but it was not until the
 recent jump in copper that men with
 sufficient capital could be interested
 in the proposition owing to the mag
 nitude of the deal. It is said here
 that the Rothschilds will probably erect shelter on the property. Seattle, M arch 26-The crew of the ill-fated Dakota, Hills monster steamer wrecked early this month on the Japanese coast, arrived in Seattle on board the Fremont this morning. The men are all loud in their de- nunciation of the treatment given them by the owners of the Dakota, who paid them off in foreign port and left them-many almost penniless adrift thousands of miles away from their home port. The men say that they were without funds and would have had to apply to the authorities for relief if the officers of the Tre- mont had not volunteered to bring them home.
 San Francisco, March 26-The president of the Home Telephone company gave bond for $90, GOO for his appearance when the case of brib rey against him comes up for trial.
 Washington, March 26-The court martial convened some weeks ago to investigate the charge against Major Penrose while in command of the Twenty infantry at Brownsville, Texas, has brought in its verdict of not guilty against that officer. Major Penrose it will be remembered was in command of the now famous Twenty-ffth infantry (colored) when some of it's members ''shot up" Brownsville, Texas. The president ordered the dismissal of all the soldiers in the company implicated, and the department owing to the report that Major Penrose had not done all he could to discover the cul- prits court martialed him with this result.
 Wichita, Kansas, March 26-Before an immense audience in Barnes Bros circus here last night Prince, a huge lion, turned and killed his trainer Dolly Castle. The infuriated beast could not be driven from the body of the unfortunate woman and tore it almost limb from limb. The audience terrified by the gruesome sight stam- peded for the doorway and upwards of dozen people were badly injured, some it is feared, fatally, by being trampled under foot by the panic stricken crowd.
 Washington, D. C., March 25-At a meeting of the president and his advisors, held Saturday, it was de- cided to send Secretary of War Taft to Central America to endeavor to put a stop to the war now being wag- ed there. Mir. Taft and a congress- ional party recently sailed for the Isthmus and Cuba, and are expected to call in at Bufort, South Carolina to- day. Upon reaching that point he willnotife be q py President Roose- welt direct to proceed to the scene of the conflict and use his best endeavors to terminate it. The president feels that it is due outside interests, American and European, that such a step be taken, and is sanguine of immediate results. If need be Amer ican marines will be landed to force the issue.
 Bucharest, Roumania, March % The anti-Senuitic crusade continues almost without cessation throughout the length and breadth of Roumania, and the national government either can not or will not take steps to bring the reign of terror to an end. Some of the towns are entirely depopuulated their former inhabitants having DSGu 6luueE uTlNtH luUO SAIlO dSl ooo the border or butchered in cold blood by the fanatical peasants who are apparently religiously crazy. It is impossible at this time to estimate with any degree of accuracy the thousands of Jews, young and old, rich and poor, who have been sacrifice ed to the wrath of their fellow beings. The weather is excessively cold, and the wandering exiles must be suffer- ing untold agonies in their unprotect- ed condition.
 Seattle, March 25-Five deaths from the dreaded spinal meningitis occurred here yesterday, and the physicians are completely at sea as to preventative or cure. The disease is spreading to the smaller towns, and reports from other parts of the country are to the effect that it is now increasing in all parts of the United States.
 Leavenworth, Kansas, March 25- Through leaving food in brass kettle over night, the management of the National Soldiers Home in this city,