The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-27
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Portland, Ore. April 24-A wealthy Japanese of this city was, yesterday, refused license to marry white girl. The Japanese colony have made formal complaint to their con-
 sul. and government inquiry will
 probably follow.
 New York, April 24-Delmas, attor- ney for Thaw, stated today that the trial had cost fully third of million dollars. Delmas himself received a fee of $50. GOO.
 St. Petersburg, April 24-Last nights session of the Douma was any
 thing but peaceable one. Some time ago measure was introduced,
 the purpose of which was to investi- gate the treatment of political prison CTS. A committee was appointed to
 make the investigation ard last night submitted its report. The report stated that. notwithstanding the denials of the government, absolute proof had been found that political prisoners were tortured to extort confessions from them. and were generally ill-treated besides. The reading of the report precipitated confusion and uproar on the floor of the house. and the chairman had to adjourn the meeting to restore peace.
 London, April 25-A company is being foated in England for the pur- pose of building a canal to parallel the Suez Canal. bteween the Ned iterranean and Red Seas. The British government is behind the deal and is guaranteeing dividends on the stock The project is two-fold in its nature In the first place commerce has grown to such an extent since the present canal was constructed that it is now incapable of handling the business offered with the expedition it should. vessels frequently being held for a week or mo e at time waiting their turn to go through. On the other hand the present canal is own ed by stock company under inter- national control. This renders it useless in war times as it has been declared neutral and the vessels of +ha I,ali +z entirely British canal be built it would be under the control of the English government at all times. thus assuring an open way for her vessels at all times.
 Chicago. April 25-The investiga- tion of Chicago's police force, begun 10 see if it were true that lexis had been made on members of the force for campaign purposes, is revealing a sad state of things. Matters are rotten to the core It has been prov ed that the district captains were subsidized by crowd of holdup men and burglars, and actually discharged patrol men for making arrests of burglars and criminals of that class to whom they had promised immun- ity. At first these stories were scout ed by the board having the investi- gation in charge. but as day after day more evidence was introduced be- fore the committee the truth was borne in upon them and the possi- bility of ignoring the charges was dissipated into thin air, and the stern fact that condition of rottenness such as would put even San Francisco city government to shame existed on the shores of Lake Michigan be- come apparent.
 Aberdeen, s. D., April 25-A ter rife blizzard is now sweeping over this section of the state which will probably result in loss of life and damage aggregating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the farmers and stockmen of the district. The weather had been very pleasant for some weeks, and all idea that winter would reappear had gone. Yesterday dawned fine and clear, with ! slight breeze from the southeast. About Il 30, however, it began to get hay and within half an hour he wind had shifted around to the i the thermometer had | dropped 50 degrees, and raging blizzard was sweeping across the 1 1rairies. Many people were undoubt- sdly caught unprepared, in the storm, md thousands of head of cattle will | perish.
 Los Angeles. April 25+-Mrs. G. 1 Taft, mother of the Secretary of War, 1 quite vigorous protest this against her son being boom- d for the presidency. 'I deeply re- yret," she said, ''the tendency on he part of the president and others to | 70 consistently boom my son for the presidency. He makes first rate judge, but l don't ike to think of him as candidate