The Ketchikan miner., 1908-08-15

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 Fairbanks, August 8-Chilberg is now on tour of the creeks in the Panama valley but reports from his meetings show little enthusiasm among the miners. The Corson papers today made bitter attacks on several private citizens who are active in Wickersham's campaign, and advices l from Nome state that Corson men in Fairbanks are flooding Nome with tel egrams about an alleged indignation meeting denouncing Wickershan,, which meeting never took place. No more Corson money is in sight here, though it can be placed even on Wickersham against the field. There is still much indignation against Com missioner Goodwin for his refusal to reveal the names of the judges of election. and warm time is expected next Tuesday. Dispatches from Nome show that Wickersham is holding most successful meetings and is gain ing strength every day.
 New York, Aug. S.-Bradstreet review today is the most encouraging in months. Statistics are given show ing that the percentage of failures is constantly declining, and that the general outlook at present is excel lent. The stock market shows a de- cided upward trend. A general up ward movement in smelling stocks is attributed to the efforts of the ''shorts.'
 Boston, August s. S.-The great con- vention of Pythians will meet next time in Milwaukee. That city captur- ed the meeting after hard contest.
 Friedrichshafen, August 8.-Count Zeppelin a has received seventy-tive thousand dollars for further work in aerial naviagtion, and has announced that in the near future he will build two new air ships of great size.
 Halifax, N. S., Aug. 10.-The Ger man ship Freya crashed into the fish, ing schooner Maggie in fog off this port last night, cutting the little vessel in two and sinking her inn medately. The crew of the German ship made every effort to save the fishermen and succeeded in rescuing four of them, but the rest of the crew of thirteen were drowned.
 New York, August 1O.-A fire broke out in a downtown tenement house yesterday, and the flames shot through the flimsy building with such rapidity that in an instant it was d roaring furnace and many of the occupants were penned in It is known that at least ten people perish ed in the building, four of them children, in spite of most heroic efforts of the fire department.
 Teheran, Persia, August 10.-It has develoved that the Shah, who recently summoned a large bodyguard of wild tribesmen as special protection to the throne, is virtually prisoner in his own household. and that he is powerless to eontlo his fierce retain CTS,
 Cody, August IA "correspon- dence courtship' ended with terri ble tragedy here today when A. Swanson, farmer. killed his wife and then committed suicide. Swanson found his bride some time ago through a matrimonial agency and after same corresponde the couple met ia were married at once. They soon dis covered that neither was suited and have lived most unhappily.
 San Louis Obispo, Aug. 10.-Judge Alton B. Parker and DeIancey Nlcoll distinguished themselves here today by an act of real heroism in rescuing two women who were caught Under a carriage in a runaway. The quick action of the two men prevented serious injury to any of the party.
 Kansas City, August l0.-The off, clal call was issued today for the tnsra Mississippi congress, to be he'd in San Francisco in October.
 Auckland, New Zealand, August 10. The American fleet arrived here yesterday and was received with tre- mendous enthusiasm, rivaling the re- ception given the battleships at any American port. In the address of welcome, Sir Joseph Ward, the pre- mier, delivered striking and earnest eulogy of President Roosevelt, empha- S zing the world wide sphere of hls influence. Admiral Sperry made gracious reply, and said that aside from the wide acquaintance the voy- age had given, and the new and strong ties which had been and would he formed all over the world, the trip was of great advantage to the navy because it had taught the Offic,