The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-12
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| the much talked of peace agrsenen with the Japanese government, ths ] United States war department Is yer, { aesive. Big shipments of euormoa; ! mines are being sent to the PacliN coast anti the harhors are being plant ei with them in great numbers No' only are they being placed in ths l waters of the Pacific coast, hut la,g l quansisieSssof underwater explosives ars being sent 10 the Philippine islands, Guam snd the Hawaiian islands, anc are being submerged in the nabors. SEATTLE, Dec. 5.-An accident happened early this morning on i czr line. owing 10 the foggy weather and slippery rails. Two ears approach cd each other on the same rails, but the foggy weather prevented the car men from noticing they were both on the same track until it was too late 10 stop the ears. One of them was loaded with university students. Three of them were killed outright ard twenty-tbree were seriously in jurec. The rails were covered with frost aud while the brakes were on the ears had enough momentum to carry them a distance along the rails.
 CHICAGO Dec. 5.-rhe grand jury has beer Investigating the election frauds tha. were committed in the presidential election here last month and has uuesrthed what is probably the biggest piece ui political ehicanery ever committed. Many men voted 8. different polling places using assumed uames in casting their votes. An examination of lhe registered books shows that the names used be louged to men who were dead. others who were inmates ot insane asylnm> and 10 persons N ho we're absent from she city. Eight!-oue indictments have been returned hy the jury charg- ing well known politicians with being responsible for the outrage.
 ST. JOHNS, Nex Fauudland. Dec ,. The steamer SOo City. fer twenty years used 8s an excursion boat on the Great Lakes. wss wrecked today. \ storm of unusual fury Sas raging of lhe coast and i, was impossi ble for ibe boat 10 reach shelter. Twenty eight passengers went down w.sh tE> vessel
 LOS ANGELES. Dec. 5-A fast and furious gambler with plertv o. money gos mixed up in local g@a-b. irg den here last night. His name Sas Samuel Nave. and he wa, from Missouri. and he probably came ou, 70 be shown. He was His evenings encounter with the Los Angeles gambling fraternity cost nim eleven thousand dollars. The game was iair-o.
 SEATTLE. Dec. 5.-The Arctic Club held it's election of officers las night with the foiIoxing result Falcon Josiin. president: E. yo1hss- slciler, secretary: C. Coulter. treas arer
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dsc. j. 5.-Aarou Schlsiuger. Hbo aas once au Alaskan fur dealer. jumped from an ausomo- bile today while t was i1 motion. He los. his balance in gsttIog out and struck the pavement with terrific force. crushing his <su l.
 WILLIMsTA Dec. 5.-The trouble between H5a7nd ani vene- zoela is re aching 3 crl>is> Affect of :be war vessels .nn Holland l. making 3 Gemoa~tratiou a'o3g the coast Of Venezuela, and practically established hiocksde Of every port Is is heliegsi that it is the intention of the Hoifarders to carrirue the block sle for an ind dai z time
 WASHINGTON. D. C. De. 5.-lt
 : TOT tongght likely that tiss state 4epartuent will take any action in the -7,btogiio that has arisen ifeta aeen Holland and Venezuela, hut will give the szo countries I chance to settle their differences themselves.
 TRINIDAD. Colo. Dec. IA hor- r5b;e murder ~as committed hare to- 5ay. thfee members Of the Cosmos 1srci1 family be.ng tine victims. l woman, ~ no wss friend Of the i'm . ilT. ca st the'r hume nss and tor- ri5ed al finding three bodies Ising or inc 1oor. The crime mad been com mI'ted sith an ax. lneir beads being spiis open. Maggie Garcia, an sighteen-yeaf old girl is mi~siEg and -he E suspected Of having committed the crime.
 PORTLAND. Dee 7.-Las' night 2 fire boks out in tbe Oregon hotel and T number oi the inmates had Q narrow escape from being h0rned 10 death. The fire z as making rapid beadway M hen q man named ". Cornelly noticed it. The fire department had not arrived and be pick. q up small step ladder. \ number Of women were at window. their escape hay ing been cut of. Finding the ladder soo zhof. in r1ach the " udoH he