The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-27

hlokSn. Fatt oi ihe ho"sS away and it is reported that all aboard
 believed the vessel would be lost.
 Shelby. Ohio, June l9. The Shelby Steel Works. the principal industry oi this town and the support of a large proportion of it's population was to- tally destroyed by fire last night. The fire probably broke out in one of the
 store rooms and spread So rapidly that the local fire department could
 make no headway against it. Wall
 alter wall fell with terrific crashes, and hundreds of thousands Of dollars
 worth of machinery was destroyed. l The plant. is owned by the United States Steel Corporation and it Is es- i timated that the loss will reach fully ! two million dollars. It is not yet
 known whether the plant will be re-
 built
 Washington, June lo. President i Roosevelt has received telegram
 rom the Iowa delegation at Chicago
 in which they refer to his reported
 statement that he prefers either Dol liver or Cummins, protesting against any further consideration of Sen. Dols liver because his home state believes
 that his services will be more valu-
 able on the senate floor than as pee-
 siding officer. Doliger is immensely popular in Iowa, and that state de-
 clares It's unwillingness to lose his services as senator. The Iowa delega ton warmly endorsed Gummins for
 eice-president and, backed by the Presidents reported statement, is
 working hard to land the nomination
 for him.
 Pacific Grove, Call, June %. Six companies of infantry belonging {
 the twenty-second regiment havs left
 today for San Francisco, on their way U various posts in Alaska.
 Shaepshead Bay, June 2o. As ex- pepted hy the element which fought the passage of the Hughes aetl.galn-
 bling bill. an iniuuetion has been is sued by Justice Bisehotf restraining the police from interfering with any of the proceedings on this race track.
 As q result netting booths have sprung up like mushrooms all over the grounds and the selling of betting tickets + proceeding mlFh all the old time swing
 Seattle, June ? The Interstate Commerce Commission rendered a de cisfon yesterday restoring the old lumber rate Vast of the Mississippi river. decision that k of enormous Iinportauce to tue whole Northwest. The lumbstmsa have made bitter fight against the railroad sefimiuat- ion for several years, as by its opera ton they have been absolutely eScIud- ed from the Eastern markets and it is
 stated on good authority Chat the F storet aa of the old sehe,.uie will
 rasult in the opening of fully five
 hundred mills iu the State of Wash
 ngfau within the next ten days.
 Lgmber manufacturers ate alteaeY rushing men and supplies into the
 oods and to the abandoned mills. and great activity will at once replace the lsthargy Of the past. IL is expect e that the decision wiil mean the i'm
 mediate emploim mt of fly thousand meu and viii affect ae othel ht.,iehes ot industry, as .sswel as the lumber interests,
 Chicago, June 20. Eight member- of the National Committee have left
 for Ciacina,ti to confer with raft re g1rding the selection Of chairlnaa iu
 the committee. on whom will de9olve the bruat Of the campaign manag z nenf. and to whose efforts Init wif. largely owe his election or deleat il. November. IL Is reported that Taft
 has been besieged hy his Ohio sup porters to name either Arlhnr Yory> or NlgtoE Herriek as bis cboice, ana
 that the insistepf demand has some-
 what embarrassed the nomin e. i majority of the national comn,ittee pave signed petition recommending the seleesion oi Frank H. Hitchcock,
 on account ol ths splendid record lie has made ID .be campaign for dele- gates Hitchcock ' shat he i,
 Isklug foe this impjrsant position, Ebat that he @iIi not aesep an subor-
 diuate positiol in ih4 campaign man. ageme1t. l. ls eSpsstsl thab Taft, ,sHo isa great frisni anl i Ai.nr3f of aitchcoek, @.ll signliy his preference
 for himlia day or t@o.
 5satle, JuDy p. -Congressn m
 Humphrey foday gave ous stateaent regarding James 5. sheemaa, stating that no better friend Of ths North vest could nave been put on tbe tick ct. For years sherman has fought for the upbuildipg of the Amelican mer- chant marine and is q constant adgo- cate. as is President Roosevelt, of the grantiog of sufficient snip subsicy to encourage and promote American shipping, for the beneiit of American