The Ketchikan miner., 1907-09-07
hu Root and look to see him as the

hu Root, and look to see him as the standing bearer of his party and the next incumbent of the chair. No man now in the public eye is better fitted for the office and the people of the United States would make no mistake in electing him.
 Atlanta, Sept.2 Gov. Holle Smith has decided to disregard the injunc- ton granted by the Federal court re- straining the state authorities from interfering with the railroads of the state of Georgia in the attempted en- forcement of the two cent rate law, Gov. Smith announces that he will enforce that law even though he has to call out the state troops to do so
 Rome, Sept 2-Mt. Vesuvius, ac- cording to telegraphic advices, is in violent eruption. Huge quantities of ashes have been belched forth and have fallen so heavily in many places IS to break down the roofs of the ! buiiOiu2S ulN biQSh tLip lOSkNts CN(A ttl distance of six or eight miles from the mountain. A burning torrent of lava is now threatening the village of | Torre Annunciata, the inhabitants of which have fled. Severe earthquake shocks have been experienced, doing much damage in the city of Naples and suburbs.
 Chicago, Sept. 2-The home of former Sheriff Pease was destroyed by dynamite and fire last night, but fortunately no one was seriously injur- ed. Mr. Pease has been one of the leaders in the crusade against gam bling, and it is supposed that the per- petrators of the outrage had been affected by his work. The police have thus far been unable to secure even q clue of the miscreants who are said to have hurled the destructive bomb from an automobile.
 Washington, Sept 2-President Roosevelt has again declined to inter- fere in the present strike among com mercial telegraphers, and both sides have refused to submit their troubles to arbitration. The operators say that arbitration invariably results in com promises, and absolutely refuse to consider a compromise of any kind. This morning it WIS. announced that 1 the strikers executive committee. in session yesterday. had decided to in crease their demand to a general raise of D per cent for all wire woorkrs, in addition to the reduction of working time to eight hours per day
 San Francisco, Sept. 3--Labor day was marked by l bloody riot in this city, yesterday, in which two men were shot and will probably die. and over a score of others were injured more or less severely. The police had made what was supposed to be ade- quate provisions to prevent trouble and all went well until crowded street car manned by strikebreakers attempted to cross through the lines of parading uuionists. From an order ly parade of peaceable citizens, the men in line were instantly changed to a bowling destructive mob, who hurling rocks and other missiles charged the ear trying to kill the mo- torman and conductor. Seeing that the mob intended doing them bodily harm. these men opened fire upon their assailants, shooting two of them fatally. \ wagon load of policemen had arrived on the scene by this time and with revolvels drawn drove off the mob and rescued the occupants Of the car, many of whom were seriously in jured. The street car men were taken to the Harbor police station where they were hel5. Later in the day a mob of several thousand attacked the police station in an effort to lynch the prisoners. and were not driven of un- til police reserves from all over the city, armed with rifles. were rushed to the scene. More trouble is feared today. but the police consider that they will be fully able to handle it.
 Seattle, Sept. Ex-Governor Hoggatt of Alaska is ID the city en~oate home from q trip 10 the north and westward. He reports that outside Of the news papers there is DO agitation in Alaska seeking for territorial government. The merchants and solid business men Of the district are opposed to it, he says, and desire no political change, believing that territorial government would be runous to the district and to them. No amount of clamor will shake them from t1eir conviction. Terriorial government, according to the gover- nor, is dead letter.
 Bishop Iowe of the Episcopalian