The Ketchikan miner., 1908-03-14
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Chicago, March 7.-The whole state of Illinois is undergoing today the rigors of one of the worst blizzards that has struck this section in thirty years. Confusion and havoc charac- terize the whole city. Business has been suspended. The wind is blowing at the rate of ffty-five miles an hour. Hundreds of store windows have been broken by the force of the gale and basements in the wholesale dis tricts are flooded. An almost inesti- mable amount of damage has been done to shipping on the lakes and it is feared time will bring to light the story of a number of wrecks. The severity of the weather is causing a great deal of suffering among the poorer classes, who have but little means of protecting themselves. A heavy loss has been incurred among the wholesalers by the flooding of the basements.
 London, March !. 7.-Englishmen here have become greatly excited over the revelation that Emperor William has been attempting to induce certain per- sons occupying important positions in connection with the navy department and in parliament to take an attitude opposing the increase of the English navy. The press of the city has been publishing inflammatory articles con- corning the exposures. A demand is being made by the press that the let ters written by Emperor William and touching upon the subject be giv- en to the public and that the officers who were concerned in the deal be summarily discharged from office. The affair has created great sensation among all classes and the temper of the people is thoroughly aroused.
 New York. March 7.-Chancellor Day, of the Syracuse university, is in serious difficulty and in much disre- pute among both the faculty of the university and with the Methodist church. He is to be tried at the meeting of the Methodist conference which is to begin it's sessions here in a few days, on a charge of having de- famed the character of President Roosevelt. Chancellor Day is a mem- Der of the conference. He has taken occasion a number of times to criti else the presidents actions and poli cies in bitter and vindictive man. ner. The oay following the reading of the special message sent by Presi- dent Roosevelt to congress, Day stated that the message read like the product of badly disordered mind
 San Francisco March 7.-Abe Ruef, who claims that his reason for failing to give any more testimony regarding the graft charges against former off, cers of the San Francisco municipal government was that he feared the prosecuting attorney and the court would not live up to their agreement of granting him immunity from prosecu- tion, has sworn to an affidavit charg- ing Prosecuting Attorney Langdon, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Fran cis J. Heney and Mir. Spreckles with having broken their promise of i'm munity to him. He also asks that he be given the privilege of pleading to the charges again as be wishes to en- ter plea of not guilty.
 Washington, March 7.-The army and navy bill came up for considera- tion today by the senate and was pass ed. The bill provides for an increase in pay for the officers amounting to from five to twenty per cent and an increase for enlisted men of forty per cent. The bill is passed because of the belief that the increased pay will make army service more desirable for the men, and to prevent the large number of assertions that have been caused in the past because the men have seen opportunities for bettering themselves by getting out of the ser vice.
 Milwaukee, March 7.-Business in the city is at complete standstll and much suffering among the poorer classes is in progress as a result of the blizzard that is raging here today. The whole state is suffering from the same cause. It is the worst blizzard of which there is any record in this district.