The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-09
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stronger touay III EuS iano, reInainihS at fourteen cents on the local ex- change. Large imports of gold ore ] being made. Foreign credits are rap idly increasing, due to the large ex- ports of cotton and grain. At a meet ing of the bankers association last night petition was drawn up for presentation to congress asking that body to make some decided reforms in the present currency system. J. Pier pont Morgan today bought up two hundred thousand shares of Union Pacicf stock, thereby taking the con- trol of that line entirely out of the hands of E. Ii. Hartman.
 St. Joseph, Mich., Nov. 1.-George Phiscator, brother of Frank Phis- cator, the former Yukon millionaire, attempted the murder of his wife here this morning, failing in which he com mitted suicide. His wife had brought suit against him for divorce, which together with the fact that he had been drinking to excess, led him to the attempt upon her life, and the conclusion of his own earthly exist ence.
 New York, Nov. 2.-Hearst has taken exception to the statement pub lished in the London Times accusing him of being directly responsible for the Spanish American war, and has cabled the Times that the author of the statement is direct descendant of Ananias. He gives it as his opin- ion that the only possibility of there ever being war between Japan and the United States is because of the secret aid the English government has been giving the Japanese government intmating that had it not been for the backing of England no difficulty would ever have arisen between Japan and the United States. Mr. Hearst made the announcement today that he will completely withdraw from poli- tics.
 Seattle, Nov. 2.-Rachael Poenset, also known as Rachael Woods, has en- tered suit against Burton Woods, of Nome, for the annulment of suppos- ed marriage, and for the egitimatizing of the three children of the marriage. It is alleged that the marriage was common law contract entered into at Nome in 1899 and that she has since discovered that Woods had a legal wife at the time of her marriage to | him.
 Seattle, Nov. 2.-Fires have been started in rubbish heaps all over the city, and hundreds of men are employ ed in the cleaning up process. The common council has doubled the boun- ty on rats, and youngsters all over town are busy gathering in the TO- dents. No further deaths have occur red from the plague, but the board of health is determined to put any possi- bility of an epidemic out of the range of possibility.
 Frisco, Nov. 2.-A cloudburst in San Lazaro mountains yesterday, raised wall of water twenty feet high which, sweeping down into the plain from high elevation, swept scores of people and thousands of cat tie into the adjacent sea, leaving only ruin and desolation in its wake. Only four bodies of those who were drown ed have thus far been recovered.
 Washington, Nov. 2.-Amundsen, the famous arctic explorer, was re- ceived today at the White House by President Roosevelt. During the in- terview following, Amundsen asked President Roosevelt for the honor of designating the Gjoa, the vessel which Amundsen has used in nearly all of his exploring expeditions and the one in which he successfully went through the much sought after Northwest pas sage, as the first vessel to be allowed to pass through the Panama canal up- on its completion by this government. The President has taken the request under consideration.
 Washington, Nov. 2.-At cabinet meeting yesterday the question of finances was the chief topic of consid- eration and discussion. It was the unanimous expression of the members that the prosperous condition of the country, as whole, were entirely sat- isfactory, and that there was no cause to apprehend anything in the shape of a financial panic. George Vogel has been appointed postmaster at Haines.
 Seattle, Nov. 2.-There is a split in the Nome delegation over the ques- tion of any proposition looking to the condemnation of Hoggatt or demand by the convention for his removal, and the caucus has been postponed till Monday. Whitehead has given notice that there will be bitter war at Jun eau, unless the Nome delegation de- clares against territorial government Both sides claim that they will be able to control the convention. Cor respondence is being exhibited to prove that Hoggatt's suggestions to the authorities at Washington caused