The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15

occupied hy the attendants passed through streets deeply lined with troops. No demonstration was made by the populace.
 Matteawan, Feb. s.-Superinten- s. dent Lamb announces that proceedings will not be necessary to secure the re- lease of Harry Thaw who is now con- fined in the asylum under direction of the jury. The superintendent de- clares he will release Thaw in thirty days il he judges the man is sane.
 Washington, Feb. l0.-One of the results of the prevailing scarcity of work is an increase in the number of applications for positions as seamen or marines in the navy. The navy department reports that they are only i've hundred men short of having full complement. This is the closest the enlistment has come to being full since the breaking out of the Spanish American war.
 Albany, Feb. lo.-Chancellor Day of the Syracuse university addressed n banquet gotten up in his honor by an organization of bankers last night. Ina vitriolic address he denounced President Roosevelt. accusing him of doing all in his power to create class hatred He said the presidents re- ,ri i'd pavi i1 ns nf a demagogue and prophesied that in the course of another decade blood would be flowing in the streets of the cities if the present policy of creating dis satisfaction and aisquiet were contln- ued much longer.
 Portland, Ore, Feb. lo.-United States Senator Charles W. Fulton, in l letters written to friends in this city, state that as soon as the present ses- sion of congress is over he will return i to the coast and enter suit for slander against Francis J. Heney, the graft prosecutor. Heney has a, various 1 times used sighting language in con- nection with Senator Fultons name and intimated that Fulton had been
 identified with the land grafters in ! Oregon.
 Washington. Feb. l0-The army appropriation bin which is now being i chat soldiers in the service in Alaska shall receive higher pay than those under enlistment in the states. The provision is made upon the argument that the cost of necessities is higher | in Alaska than it is in the states.
 Ottowa, Feb. l0.-British Embassa- dor Brice is enroute from Washington 1 to this place where he will enter into d conference with Premier Laurer regarding the settlement of the vari- ous question that exist between the | United States and the Dominion of i Canada.
 Washington. Feb. 10.-Representa- | tive Jenkins, chairman of the judici- ary committee, replying to the argn- ments of the -salOonists, stated that the government should not listen i to their arguments. He typitied them as carrying a prayer book in one hand and a knife in the other hand in the shape of Christianity bills which were ] for the sole purpose of being aimed at the government.
 | New York, Feb. 10.-J. Pierpont i Morgan is quoted as having stated in an interview today that the indica- tions are that the struggle will con- tinue between capital and labor and that the ultimate result would be a war. He stated that the time has come W hen labor must learn that il cannot control the industries of the country and that they must accept fair wages.
 Washington. Feb. 10.-The an nouncement is made today by officials at the White House that President Roosevelt will not attend the republi- can national convention at it's meet ing in Chicago.
 Washington, Feh. 1O.-The post office department decided short time ago that all mail for Katalla should be sent to Cordova. This decision has now been recalled and hereafter all mail for Katalla will be delivered there direct.
 Vancouver, Feb. 10.-The Japanese newspaper here prints lengthy ar ,icle today advising and urging the laps to prepare for war against the