The Ketchikan miner., 1908-07-25

Hull force or ms neayfeStG Guns, on Ne braska during the campaign, and ex- Ipected to take Bryan,k owh state away from him. Hitchcock sprQmised that the campaign in Nebraska would be hot one from the pressft time till the day of election, It hat been de- Ecided that Taft will return to Cincin- nati from the Hot -sesi1gs and will tsmain there during he.progress of Fthe campaign. <. Gettysburg, Pa., July 24.-On the eye of the departure for home of the sta'e troops who have been eneampe6 |here, a terrific electrical storm suc- denly came up, and asix men were strnck dead with,a single bolt. With be Tightening came torrent of rain, and in a few moments the camping grounds on the old battlefield were flooded. and the eptire caH P in confu- sion. Hlinding 1Ashes .ot1 Tightening followed each other in rapid success |sionsand ih shortstlme tlfp military hospital was croMded Z with injured men,. Several bodies ha1e been found which have not bean identised.
 E Washington, July 24. Formal notice eias. been received by She stste depart lnept through A mbassadog Takahira hat the Emperor oisJspyh has rati- jed the treaty of arbitration between Japan and the United States. The an- nouncement is received with much satisfaction in ndiplomatic circles.
 St. Petersburg; ,Rusisa.' July 24.- Solemn requiem masses .which were icing held today for the .repose of the soul of Admiral Rojsstvsnsky, whose leath was reported severaTsdays ago. vas interrupted in a most startling manner bysthe receipt of A telegram |, rom the Admiral himself who stated
 hat he was very much Alive. The
 ervices were at onte discontinued md strict investigation..@sas to the
 rigin of the report will be made.
 Guthrie, Okla, July 24. Governor
 Iaskell, who has risen from the ranks
 a front seat in The De:nocratic rar-
 J in the past three or four years, and
 vho is the. dominstiag fgnre in every public movement Tn this state, has been offered tie position of Treasurer
 If the national committee. e His reply has not yet been made. ;S :,
 San Francisco, July. 4. The gov arnments engineers who are here per s,ectirg plans for greater harbor :. rtxe submitted a report calling for the expenditure of forty-three million lollars in improvements. If the re- port is accepted and the appropria-
 ion made, as expected, San Francisco will have the finest harbor a nd equip
 nent in the world.
 Oyster Bay, July 24. The president ,oday announced in emphatic and un-
 nistakable terms that the determina-
 ion of the government 10 proceed in he prosecution of the cases against ! he Standard Oil Company was abso-
 utely fixed, ..adding that the recent diverse decisions would not make the ,lightest difference in the policy Of he government attorneys.
 New York, July 24.-August Eber- aard, who was captured here by the
 olice today. has made one of tn, mot cold blooded and heartless con-. fessions heard by the department 1T ?ears. Under pressure, he admitted
 hat he lured his widowed aunt tc aackensack, and there killed her to secure money .on which to marry.
 1berhard was engaged to the daught- CT of the murdered woman and had perfected plans to kill her also in or Ter to have clear field to marry an- >ther girl with whom he was in volved.
 Caracas, July 24.--The diplomatic
 ituation here became still further in- volved this morning b; the announce- 'nent that diplomatic relations had been broken with Holland and that Minister Dorus of the Netherslands had been summarily ordered out of ,he country by President Castro.
 Friedburg, Saxony, July 24.-The entire country is shocked ny the re- lentless execution of the sentence re- ,,ently pronounce against the daugh ter of Mayor Beiers, who was convict ed of the murder of the man to whom she was engaged to be married. The girl was beheaded today for the crime.
 Seattle, July 23.-vice President Teter of the Reynolds laska Com any left here today for Boston where he will make great effort to secure new and adequate backing for the company winch he declares will go ahead with it's plans as soon as the finances can he arranged. New trus- tees have been elected and reter be- lieves that he vii be able to explain conditions to Boston stockholders in such way that he can put the com pany on its feet again. u Salt aEa 1u1v C3 The match