The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-06

and ln the miy-up that followed, 1t
 was himself arrested and taken to tht police station, where he was, o
 course, promptly released.
 Washington. June 3.-More troubl developed 10 the big corpora tio s today, when the See ,etary of the Navy filed charges with the intersate commerce commission, declaring that the Adams and North. ern Express Companies had practical, robbed the govern nent in theI charges for the transportation of gov srnment supplies to the Pacific Coast. The complaint recites detailed instan- ces of such overcharges, and the gov ernipent will make a grea3 effort tt have the matter carried through to a finish.
 New York, June 3.-Theodore P Shonts returned from Paris today, and in an interview warmly defended the name of his son-in-law the Due .le Chaulnes, whose death in Paris |. hort time ago was attributed by some Shonts indignantly denied that such [ report was true, stating that death resulted from heart disease. He stated that the marriage between his laughter Theodora and the late Due | had been entirely happy, and that he deeply regretted that any aspersions aad been cast on the name of. man Aho had proved himself to be shin ing exception to the generally accept I'd opinion of French nobility.
 Washington, June 3. 3.-Treasury re- ports for the month of May, filed yes terday, show the public deht was in creased during that month by the comfortable sum of eleven million dol lars
 Little Rock, Ark, June 3.-The state democratic convention has been 1 the scene of a fierce fight between the adherents uf Senator Jeff Davis and the Bryan forces. Davis fought the Bryan contingent with all the means in his power hut was finally turned down and completely defeated. The Arkansas delegation has accord ingly been instructed for Bryan,
 Portland Ore,, June 2.-The pti- maries which will det armine hy pop il lar vote the selection of the United tates Senator from this State, are ing held today. The indications are that Governor Chamberlain will b. the choice of the people.
 Seattle, June ,. The Humboldt will sail tonight for Skagway at 9 o'clock. The Santa Ana will sail for Ketchikan and the Pennsylvania will leave for Valdez. All these vessels are pract cally sold out to capacity.
 Whitehorse. Y. T. June 1.-From present indications. the season will open Thursday of this week when the first boat will start for Dawson. After that time daily schedule will be maintained.
 Seattle, June 4.-Great excitement vas produced here this morning by the announcement that Purser Ed. ,dorgan, of the steamer Dolphin, which sailed for Alaska at nine 0 clock, had refused to accept the bag l T ;3I tx, <~fT | Humes, until it had been thoroughly examined and identified by him, this peculiar action resulting from a warn ing received by the steamship compa- ny that certain members of the Vest | ern Federation of Miners had plotted to secrete d large quantity of dynamite in package marked with Hume's s name, so arranged as to explode after | the steamer hid put to sea, killing Humes and sinking the boat. Humes is the employment agent who has been very energetic in securing men for 1 the Treadwell mines to replace the sti i,sing mem bers of the Federation, fire quently taking from 50 to 100 men witt him on single trip. He has con equenty incurred the hatred of mary men, especially of the worst ele- meut of the strikers, and has pre- vionsIy been threatened and attacked It < not charged that the Federation was officially cogpizart of this tiepd- ish plan, but feeling is running very high.
 Seattle, June 4.-John w. Corson. R publican nomianee for delegate from Alaska. will leave Eere peXt Saturday to commence his active campaign. He will arrive in Ke,chi- kan to hold mass meeting on Mon d1y, June sth, and is scheduled 10, meetings in Juneau on the twelfth and Skagway on the fourteenth. Fl, will go from Skagway to Fairbanks. which point he expects to reach about the twenty-eighth, and will addresss meetings at all the larger camps along the Yukon River on his way 10 Nome reaching his home town about the twentieth of July. Judge Corsor repeats the assertion he made at lhe