The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-27

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 The new hull for the tug Vigilant, building at Tacoma, is expected to be completed by the middle of next month, when she will probably be towed here to receive her machinery and have her upper works put on. This latter work will probably be done by Knight X Morrow.
 Seattle, July 24.-The body of an Englishman, E. M. .Ballasis, was found at the entrance of the Union railroad tunnel about midnight last night. No clue of his asseiauts have been secured and a complete Eaystery surrounds the case.
 Seattle, July 24.-General Greedy left on the Humboldt on tour of in- specion of all the forts and posts in Alaska. He will return via Nome on one of the late boats.
 Jefferson City, Mo-, July 24. Gov. Folk has ganted 30-day respite to Lord Frederick Seymour Burlington who was sentenced to be hanged July D for the murder of James McCann, two years agog
 New York, July 24.-James B. Duke, the tobacco king and one of the heads of the trust, was married last night to Mrs. Mana Line Holt man, one of the most prominent society leaders in the state of Georgia. Clinton, H., July 24.-For the pur- pose of defeating woman who claim ed an interest in the two million dollar estate of his father, Vespasian Warner, U. s. commissioner of pen sions, testified in court that his step- mother, whose daughter the woman claims to be was mulatto.
 Seattle, July 24.-A coroner's jury yesterday completely exonorated Chaf- fer Ben Grant of all blame for the killing of Wm. Parsons whom he struck and killed while autoing Sun day.
 Brussels, July p. King Leopold has at last concluded to let go his strang!e hold on the Congo, and Belgium, has taken the same ovel under her direct government. This ends a fight which has been waged without intermssion' for years against Leopold retaining the Congo as bis own personal property. The whole world has been stirred up over the conditions existing there, where the emissaries of the king, given fret hand as long as they turned in plenty of cash to their royal master, have been perpetrating horrors which quite eclipse the actions of the Arab slave hunters. who were in the habit O devastating the Congo basin in theil search for the "black ivory," before Leopold. in the interest of humanity and civilization, stepped in to rescue the poor blacks and raise them iron the lowly levels they occupied to ; higher and better one. The man ner in which he has done this i patent to the world, and the result are that Leopold is now probably tn richest monarch in Europe in his owl right, while the popoulation of tn Congo has dwindled down fully 40 pc cent during his occupancy of the ter ritory. A commission will be sent t. Africa at once to take over the gov ernment of the Congo and decide ol ways and means for the future.
 Seattle, July 25.-J. H. Caustens collector of customs for the island c Porto Rico, is in this city on law suit brought to compel F. T. Barnet to mako an accounting on grubstak ing account. It appears that Causte grubstaked Barnett some years az for the latter to go prospecting i the interior of Alaska. Barnett Wa successful being one of the discoverer of the gold fields near Fairbanks: bl he now refuses to divide wit Caustens. hence the suit.