The Ketchikan miner., 1908-09-19

by sn unine,lligible name declares,
 Have another will eoncerning my property in Canada :"
 Portland. Me. Ssp,~ l5.-Incomplete returns from the state electioin just held shows that the vote for
 Femsli. Republican candidate 10 the Senate to be seventy-two thousand while that of Gardiner. she Democrat
 ic candidate has received sixsy-fSe thousand votes. This indicates that
 she Republican candidate has only eight thousand plurality, the smallest plurality in presidential year in twenty four years. Gardiner.s plural ity among the farmers of the state made the great democratic gains National issues cut slight figure in
 the election, and the results are no indication ss 50 what .Mains wilt oegiu November in the presidential election
 Paris, E rance. Sept l5.-Ths Fran co-Spauish Note. in regard to which the recognition of Mulsi Hatid as Sui
 tan of Morocco has been transmitted
 today 10 she great powers IL pleads
 that their heavy interests should oe safe guarded before the recognition
 asked is granted. I, declares that she powers have | right io exact settle
 msus of sll claims and that these
 rights should be conserved before any further action. They claim that both
 France snd Spain are jointly entitled
 :o reimbursement for all losses and
 costs involved in she recent troubles as Casa Blanca
 Tokio. Sept la-On account of the
 fnancial condition of the Imperial government. is has been officially de-
 cidea 10 postpone until 1aeo the vast public works recently planned and be-
 gun by the government This will
 ssve sn expenditure of one hundred
 and seyensy-eighs million dollars and go far towards reducing the oppres- siye taxes and saving Japan impend- ing 6uarcial embarrassment
 Ss. Petersburg, Sept. 5.-This city is in ,he hands of pestiience- Asistic Cholera has become epidemic and IS spreading rspidi! through the cisy. Great excitement prevails,
 shops are closing and many people are
 fleeing from she city Since Saturday
 there have been reported 10 the police. s~o hundred and fifty cases and sixty four deaths. The authorities are do-
 ing sll in their power to stay the on-
 rushing plague. bas the conditions of
 she city after the sumner facilitates
 the spread of ihe disease
 Seattle. Sept l5.-A man represent ing himself as an Alaska miner in a hurry. prevailed oD one of the leading tanks of this city today 10 advance him two hundred dollars ou brick of gold bullion. After his departure. is was discovered that the brick was only gold coated. On assay is was l found .o show largely an amaigsD
 O. silver metals l. is believed here
 10 be 3 pawn shop swindle.
 Melbourne. Sept l5.-The Premier \ O. ihe Australia Common ~eslth has
 made public an official appeal he has made in behalf of the government. to
 Ehe throne and ihe British govern
 msn.',o dispatch to Australias.sees of
 ,he ''Dresdnaughss" and most attract { i've baIsleships of the British navy. as large, if not larger than ihe American Sect of sixteen ships which is just
 6n;shing sssr of the Australian col onies- He states that such an impeFi-
 al Fisi, is absolutely necessary 10
 eouuierscs ,he influence of she Ameri- can feet. and that ii is esser scisl 10
 revive the dying loyalty 10 the i'm i perial goyernment. and to overcome