Seward weekly gateway., 1907-01-26

dent Roosevelt authorizes statement tp be made Co all third term clubs that hhcir agitation of his candidacy in 1908 annoys him. He repeats that underno circumstances cnn he be induced to Eun again.
 Authorizes Game Preserve
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 2l-The house today passed a bill authorizing President Roosevelt to set aside 75O,- 900 acres of government forest land in che Olympic mountains of the state of Washington for a game preserve.
 Gets S5OOO for Burned Boat
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 2l-The house voted today to appropriate S3OOO Co reimburse George Esterly of Valdez for a boat belonging to him which was burned while in the service of the government geological survey.
 Exposition Bills Introduced
 Olympia, Jan. 22 Bills appropriat- ing $500, ,OOO for buildings and S4OO,OOO Go install a state exhibit at the Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition were intro duced in the legislature today.
 Quits Railroad Commission
 Seattle, Jan. 22-Johu s. McMnlan resigned from the state railroad com mission today The place was offered Sy Gov. Mead Co Ex-Gov. NcGraw of this city, who declined it.
 Iowa Re-eIects Deliver
 Des Noucs, Ia., Jan. 22 Senator Deliver was reelected to the United States senate by the legislature today.
 To Reimburse Holiday Heirs
 Washington. D. C., Jan 22 Senator Aukeny introduced bin in rhe sen- ate today Co appropriate s5oooo) fer lhe heirs ol rne late Sen Holiday, rnu famous northwestern mail carrier dur- ing che year, when Indian troubles were frequent. lt is claimed that Holiday expended large sums of his, own money Co cous,ruc, and maintain po~uoaos
 Corporations Must Not Chip In
 Washington. D. C.. Jan. -- The house today passed the senate bl prohibiting corporations from making Contribution, Co the eamuat-u funds of political parttc,
 Investigate Car Shortage
 Seattle. Jan. 22 The interstate commerce commission is taking testi- mouy of coas, lumbermen on the causes of the ear shortage in the northwest today. It has been shown that the shortage has existed for many months and that the lack of cars is crippling the lumber industry.
 Testimony of railroad officials was taken yesterday concerning the merger of Harriman's western lines The tes- timony was conflicting but tended to show that competition in Hartman territory has been eliminated.
 Wants Help on Coal Famine
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 23-Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota asked the president today to lend che aid of the federal government to abate the coal famine in his state Hun,brough affirmed that thousands of people in North Dakota are suffering and that diseases which are aggravated by cold are spreading because of che iu,uliyi- enJ supply of coal. He asserted that the railroads are making little apDar- eut effort roreGeye rhe sJu. ton and asked that the coal trains be operated by the army.
 Fuel Famine Proves Fatal
 Seattle, Jan. 23 - From pneumonia induced in cold rooms because of utter inability to secure fuel a Mrs. Fuller died yesterday and her daughter died today.
 To investigate Army Row
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 23-The senate voted yesterday afternoon to have the committee on military affairs conduct an investigation of the Browns vile riot which led to the peremptory dismissal of the soldiers of the Twenty fifth regiment.
 Georgia Farmers Chip In
 Atlanta, Jan. 23--Ihe farmers union of Georgia adopted resolutions today indorsing President Roosevelt for his discharge of the Twenty-ffth regiment.
 Bill for Alaska Appeals
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 23--Con gressman Humphrey of Washington introduced a compromise bill to settle the question of the hearing of Alaska appeals in the United States circuit court of appeals. It provides that an