The Alaska prospector., 1908-03-12

that King Manuel may marry Prin- cess Victoria, youngest daughter of Emperor William of Germany.
 Forger Fights Guards
 Portage, Wis, March 7-Capt. Daniel Keller of the Twenty-seventh regiment United States infantry, ar rested in British Columbia on the charge of forging quartermaster's checks, en route to Fort Sheridan for trial, attacked his guards here and tried to escape. He was held and was wounded by the guards i'll the struggle.
 Gales Sweep British Isles
 London, March, 7-Terrific gales arc sweeping the British isles. The storms are said to be heaviest on the coast of Ireland. Twenty deaths on the water are already reported and numerous crafts are wrecked while many ships are missing, and small boats strew the beaches.
 Flood Swamps Peru, Indiana
 Peru, Ind, March 7-One hundred homes are submerged and several manufacturing plants flooded, throw ing 1000 men out of employment, by an overflow of the Wabash river.
 Chauncey Defends Wall Street
 Washington, MBrch 7-Senatar De- pew spoke on the Aldrich currency bill yesterday afternoon. He defend methods.
 To Improve Panama River
 Washington, March 7-The war de- partment today authoIizcd the con tinuance of work to control the stream of the Tanana river at Ram part. Alaska.
 Ruef Wants To Back Up
 San Francisco, March Abe Ruct filed an affidavit in the superior court today charging Langdon, Heney and Sprcckcls with breaking their promise to give him complete immunity if he would confess and involve others in the grating jobs. He asks leave to stitutc pleas of not guilty to the charges against him.
 Gary Elected Senator
 Columbia, S. C., March 7-ExGOv- crnor Frank Gary of Abboville, was elected United States senator from South Carolina to-day to succeed the late Senator Latimcr
 To Fight Saloons in Louisiana
 New Orleans, March 7-The Louis ana state anti-salOon league will open general campaign for prohibi- tion in 100 cities and towns tonight.
 Colored Men For Taft
 Washington, March 9---The colored Republicans of the United States are for Taft for the presidential nomina- tion, according to poll taken by the cOlored republican club of this city.
 Blizzard Blows on Great Lakes
 Chicago, March 7--Thc worst bliZ- gard known in this city for 30 years is blowing today, the wind register. ing 55 milos an hour. Store windows of q wholesale house basement were broken and the basement filled with snow, damaging valuable goods. Much shipping on the lake has been wrecked
 Blizzard in Beertown
 Milwaukee, March 7--The blizzard today is the herccst known In many years. Suffering is reported through. out the whole northwest.
 Claims Washington For Taft
 Tacoma, March 6-Oficers of the state Taft league wired today to the Taft managers that 90 per cent of the republicans of Washington are for the war secretary for the presidential nomination.
 Much New York Shipping Burns New York, March 1O-All the ship ping or Fourteenth street burned this morning. The water lacked pressure and no headway could be made against the flames. Twenty Bremen were seriously injured. The loss Is $250, ,000.
 San Francisco Hospital Burns
 San Francisco, March 1O-The cit, and county hospital caught fire this morning but the inmates were all removed safely. The building was badly damaged. The fire was supposed to be out but little later the almshouse was discovered to be in flames and it is still burning. II contains several hundred cripples and aged persons. Many heroic rescues have beon made by flremen and 1t is believed that the inmates arc all out