The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-05
left today for Portland, where he will take up his new duties.

take up his new duties.
 Detroit, Mich. Sept. 1.-The pri- mary election held in Michigan yes terday for the Republican nomination for governor has resulted so closely thar it is impossible at this time to state who will be the nominee. The fight, which has been carried on with great vigor, has been three cornered contest between Governor Warner, who wants third term, Dr. Bradley and Horatio Earle.
 Toledo, O., Sept. This city has been given over to the old soldiers who are here for the Grand Army encampment, and fully thirty thousand visitors have assembled. The grand parade will be still further shortened this year to enable the old men to cover the full distance, and every effort has been made to contribute to the pleasure, comfort and honor of the veterans.
 Oakland, Cal, Sept. 1.-The trage- dy resulting in the death of Mrs. Daniel Donohue here last Sunday, was concluded today by the death of her husband, who shot himself Be- fore the mans death, he had written a note to Joseph Berry of Oakland, admitting that he had killed his wife and that he alone was to blame. The A Aplyn al tph rested on suspicion will probably be released.
 La Crosse, Wis, Sept. l.-Business has been practically suspended here today, owing to the great interest in the primaries. For the first time the voters of Wisconsin have been given an opportunity to express their choice for United States senator and strong fight has been made by the several candidates.
 Los Angeles, Sept. 1.-John Me- Cormick, rancber, has just arrived here after terrible experience. hav- ing been bitten by rattlesnake when far out in the country. Mccormick
 had no medicines with him. but made a..sdeep incision in the bite, with a knife, and inserted piece of the
 snakes skin in the wound, believing that it would act on the same prin- ciple as the modern antitoxin treat ! ments. Although he was suffering in- ], tensely, the man walked into this city, requiring seven hours to get
 here, and he is believed to be out of , danger.
 Oyster Bay, Sept. 1.-The members of the victorious team of American athletes who represented this country at the Olympic games in London were .received today by the President at his special request. The athletes were greeted most cordially by the Presi- dent who knew and remembered many members of the team. After meeting < the others, the President talked free- ly with them for some time and con- graduated each personally on the splendid showing that had been made against the picked athletes of the world. President Roosevelt referred emphatically to his interest in sports oi all kinds, and said that he had watch ed the progress of the games with as keen interest as any one in America. After the greetings and addresses. the men were invited to an informal luncheon, in the presidential dining room.
 London, Sept. 1.-The sensation caused by throwing the great Inter- national Secretary Corporation oi London into the hands of a receiver, was added to today by the arrest of Harry Benson and George Petty, prominent directors of the corpora tion. Benson and Petty are charged with fraud and with receiving money under false pretenses and the feeling is very strong against them. The prosecution stated today that fully eighteen thou ,and credulous people had been made destitute by the col lapse of the company to which they entrusted the savings of a life time. The offices of the company have been surrounded by great mobs of angry and heart broken stockholders, who have not yet lost hope that something may be saved from the crash Washington, Sept. 1.-The removal of Marshal Perry of the third division of Alaska has aroused much comment here but is yet an unsolved mystery. The removal order was issued by Sec retary Bonaparte, who is now in Mas sachusetts. Nothing is known here about the case except that the action
 was summary, and that there were no charges specified in the order. A new appointment has not yet been made.
 San Francisco, Sept. 1.-The Ap- pelate Court has peremptorily denied the Greeley habeas corpus petition. Greeley caused a sensation by rising in the court room just as the Ruef jury was about to retire and shouting