The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-19

Oakland, Cal. Sept. b.-Ihe hearing in the suit of Arthur Ball, both mak- CT and wearer of wooden legs, for an- nulment of marriage, to wooden legged wife, was postponed today on account of the news of the arrest at s ,n Jose Mrs. Ball, the wooden legged
 wife, for eloping with another wooden legged man named Frank Fleming. The case may be further postpone until wooden legged jury can be found and wooden legged judge.
 San Francisco, Sept 16.-The San Francisco Bridge Company today ac- cepted contracts the to build immense docks for United States govern
 ment at Fort Mason in the Narrows of Golden Gate, just north of the city. This dock will be used by the fleet of transports of the war department ply ing plying between San Francisco and the Philippines. The docks will adjoin the grounds of the military reserva- tion at Presidio. The terms of the contract call for an expenditure of Sl0, %, GOO.
 St. Petersburg, Sept. 16-.The epi- demic of cholera in this city continues to increase every day. Two hundred and forty new cases are reported to- d.y and sixty more deaths have re- suited. The authorities are very much alarmed over the condition and the citizens continue to flee from the city,
 Seattle, Sept. 16.-H. K Love, official land agent at Juneau, las been notified of hls appointment as United States Marshal at Fairbanks to suc- ceed Marshal Perry, who was sum- marily removed from that post short time ago by Attorney General Bona parte. Marshal Love will remove from Juneau with his faimly on the Bef tha for Valdez as soon as his comm ssion arrives. He is a cousin of the late Hon. John Hay secretary of state un- der Mckinley and Roosevelt and was member of President Roosevelt's S famous trough riders" and went through the Spanish war with honor. For three years before his assignment to Juneau he was in the service in the Philippines. The removal of Marshal Perry was great surprise to Alaskans. It's cause has not yet been explained. He was con- pleting eight years Of successful ser vice. Many petitions were sent in ask ing for his reinstatement and as his removal was not to go into effect at once but on the appointment of suc- cessor, it was hoped they would pre- vail But the appointment of H. K. Love evidently closes the case.
 Duluth, Minn, Sept. Is. The terri fc forest fires in the Mesaba Irt n Range, have crossed lake ssand Cook Counties and is sweeping with un abated force upon the towns along he shores of Lake Superior. Grand Mar hI SO eoN II bOot oiIO LII biC ItiN- CT is encircled bymountains of roaring flames. The city is in the center of gigantic furnaces that in, r,ase in awfulness every hour. The sky is full of smoke and fory brands and the heat is intense. A desperate effort has been made to rescue the home- steaders in the valleys back of Grand Maraig but has met with but little success. Six whites and Indians were burned to death in one rescuing party in trying to save those in dan ger of being cut off from retreat by the flames. The forest rangers made q heroic flight trying to stop the progress of the connagration but gave ID in despair, reporting that the had become verilable cy. clone of fire and that the heat was so great that it was impossible to ap- proach anywhere near the fire.