The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-20
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Seattle, July lS.-Goyernor Carter, of Hawaii, is in the city en route to Honolulu. He announces that he has tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt to take effect August b. He states that he does not know just who will succeed him.
 Paris, July 1S.--l is reported in tn is city that the divorced Countess Boni de Castellane was engaged to marry Prince Nellie d'Sagen, who is said to be greater spendthrift even than was her first husband.
 Seattle, July 1S.-The department has at last made it's report on the Adams gold dust stealing case in this city. AS far as they have been able to figure out after carefully eulling out all the claims which were of them selves lacking in weight, it was dis covered that the total amount of the claims against Adams by people who claimed that they had been robbed by him aggregated $lo7, GOO. It is said that the estate is able to meet all the claims and will do so at once.
 San Francisco, July s.-Judge Dunne has again postponed sentencing boodler Abe Ruef, this time for two weeks. Halsey, who was brought back from the philippines for trial some time ago will be compelled to face the jury July 20. Schmitz' second trial, this time for accepting money for the passage of gas and rail- road franchises comes up on the same day,
 St. Petersburg, July li.-A report reaches this city from Tuil, European Russia, that Count Tolstoi, the great ! philanthropist and writer is dead. The count canned world wide fame by actually putting into practice the socalistic ideas he advocated in his books, The krutzer Sonata was his most famous work.
 San Francisco. July 1s.-The local telegraphers union has given up all hope of winning without a bitter fight. Commissioner Neill's visit of which much was hoped, was com- plete failure and no results afe forth coming.
 Holyoke, Colorado, July 1s.-Two people were killed outright and q score or more injured in q cyclone which swept over this district yester- day afternoon. Many homes were de- molished and the crops for miles around are ruined
 Norfolk, July Is. More than q hundred meh have desterted from the battl eship Minnesota during her stay of about a month. The rest of the war boats report no unusual changes and it is supposed that some of the warrant officers ire responsible for the condition of things on the Min- nesota Us they are noted for their strictness and man driving qualities .
 Seattle, July 1.-The cable office here is in receipt of instructions from Washington to resume reporting the movements of vessels in Alaskan waters. From the installation of the cable the different eai1le offices had been in the custom of so reporting. but about | month ago orders were received from headquarters discontin- uing it. This order is cancelled by the latest instructions.
 Oklahoma City, Okla, July lS.- Thomas r. Gore, who was nominated as candidate for United States senator over Roy Hoffman yesterday, has been blind since he was IT years old, when he accidentally shot his right eye out with an arrow gun. Three years be- fore a playmate, while in boysh passion, had blinded his left eye with q stone, Gore has been in politics since, at the age of II, he was page in the Mississippi senate.
 Washington, July 1S.-While Pres ident Roosevelt and his associates are all talking peace the war department is quietly saying nothing, but saving lots of wood. Fertilization matters are being pushed night and day at all Pacific points and the announcement is unolflcially made that by Newyears