The Ketchikan miner., 1908-05-16
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 belonging to Mrs. Guinness continues, additional horrors are being added to the already long list known 10 have
 been committed there. Three more bodies were unearthed to-day and the county court has employed number of men to continue the work of exca- vasing the grounds. It is no longer
 doubted that she had an accomplice in her 6endish work, much evidence having been found indicating that a man was connected with the work.
 Washington, May ll.-President Roosevelt has agreed to appoint a commission which will 20 to Alaska next July to investigate thoroughly the various railroad propositions.
 gather statistics on the present mile age and report on the general trans portation requirements of the District.
 This committee will report direct to congress and is expected to settle to a large degree the present conflicting and confusing conditions.
 LaPorse, Ind, May 1.-The recent ghastly discoveries on the Guinness farm attracted an immense crowd of
 morbid and curious sightseers yester- day, the number being estimated at not less than fifteen thousand. This crowd thronged about the premises and became so eager and insistent that
 orders were given to stop the work of further excavation until comparative privacy could be secured. Evidence
 is now being found to connect Ray Lampher, hired man employed on the place. with the commission of several of the crimes. He has heen put in custody and is closely guarded Seattle, May 1.-The Schubach Hamilton Company has chartered the big British steamer Transit and the predicted rate war on the Nome traffic has begun. The Transit will sail for Nome from Vancouver on June lst,
 and it is anpouced that the fare will
 be just ten dollars. The Transit is one of the greatest carriers in Western
 waters.
 Fort Worden. May 11.-A ghastly discovery was made here today when
 the terribly mutilated body of Corpo-
 raj Henry Johnson was found conceal
 ed in an old cooking steve. This is ! believed to be the awful culmination of teud that has been known to ex- ist for some time, and it appears prob able that there were 8 number of en
 listed men involved in the conspiracy
 which brought Johnson's death. Pri-
 yates James Holt and Charles Griepel
 have been arrested and every effort { is being made to get them to reveal
 what they know. and to apprehend all
 who in any way may be connected
 with the tragedy.
 ! Port Townsend, Wash. May 12.- Private James Holt, who was yester- day arrested for eonplieity in the
 fendish murder of Corporal Henry
 Johnson. hose mutilated body was found concealed in an old cooking stove. has broken down today ard con- fessed his guilt. Remorse has already overcome the man and with tears streaming down his face he told the officers that he alone was guilty of the actual com mission of the crime. Fur
 ther investigation is however being vigorously continued.
 Pittsburg. May l2-The wide puh- { licity given the revelations on the Guinness farm in Indiana have result
 ed in a startling discovery made by ] Conductor Ronald who has charge of
 train running between New York and this city. He declares that he | has within the past week seen Belle ] Guinness somewhere in Connecticut.
 and that he positively identified her beyond possibility of doubt. Ronald has known the woman for many years. The sheriff in charge of the work now l being done on the farm advanced the theory some days ago that the bodies | found in the ruins were not those Of Mrs. Guinness and her children. to which the statements made by Ronald | lend startling plausibility.
 Seattle. May I2 -s formal petition
 has been forwarded to Secretary of he
 Navy HetcaIf in behalf of the Alas kans here. 10 detach portion of the
 grea, feet and send it to the princi-
 pal ports oi Alaska. The seer etarv
 has replied in message to the Seattle Chamber Of Commerce that he will make TO decisison in the matter until { his arrival in Seattle, when he will
 take up and consider the feasibility of ] the plan.
 ! The Needles. Cal. May l2.-Wal-
 ter Scott, the fan ous 'Scotty" of
 Death Valley, has just returned here
 from a trip into the desert, and re-
 ports discovering the bodies of two
 men fifteen miles from his camp.
 There is TO clue to their identity ex- cept that worked into the shirt Of one
 were found the letters ". s. As.