The Ketchikan miner., 1908-03-14
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newspaper man at Juneau. It will be necessary to pass the examination be- fore he can be qualified for appoint | ment.
 Washington, March 11.-Arrange- ments are being made for calling for bids covering the construction of the torpedo boats that are to be used in the Puget sound district. The depart ment will submit plans to Pacific coast builders in order to give them an opportunity to bid on the work. Wa hington, March 1.-The forest ry department has announced that thirty thousand acres of timber land in the Chugach forest reserve in Alas ka will be thrown open to settlement on June first and open for filing on July first of this year.
 Washington, March II. l.--Represen- tative Tawney chairman of the apprn- priations committee has informed the president that the amount of appro- priatons to be made this session by congress have already amounted to nine hundred million dollars.
 Seattle, March 9.-lt Is announced Captain Amundson, the Arctic explor- er who is to make another trip through the northwest passage that will occupy five years, will arrive here on the twentieth of this month.
 Los Angeles, March l0.-The com mon council has passed an ordinance forbidding in the future the publica- tion of tips on horse races or the di- vuging of any information in connec- tion with events on the tracks.
 San Francisco, March Pursuant to an order issued by the supreme court Schmitz will be released from prison. He will be compelled to file a bond in the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Ogden, March 11.-The American contestant in the automobile race is expected to arrive here today. None of the others have been heard from since they last reported
 Washington March 11.-John Me- Court has been appointed district at torney for Oregon.
 Washington, March 12.-Delegate Cale's Alaska territorial bill has been set for hearing before the committee sideration on the nineteenth of this month. Governor Hoggatt, who has declared himself as opposed to the bill, and others interested in the mat ter, are expected to be present at the meeting. The early sittirg of the hearing so soon after the introduction of the bill is due to the efforts of Con- gressman Sulzer, who is opposed to the bill ard is anxious to have it set tied quickly so that the first Dill in- troduced, which provides fer a full form of territorial government, can come up for consideration. It IS an ticipated the hearing vii be notable one since the factions for and against the bill are very earnest in the sup port of their opinions of it.
 Paris, March 12.-Prince Sagan, who some time ago was brought into prominence through having been as saulted on the streets of Paris by Count Boni de Castellaine, took pass ports today for the United States. Anna Gould, former wife of Count Boni, sailed for Cnerbourg yesterday. evidently on her way to the United States also. The names of Prince Sagan and Anna Gould have been linked together for some time past, and it was because of the attention paid by the Prince to the divorced wife of the Count that the trouble in Paris occurred. Count Boui and Prince Sagan are cousins.
 Pekln, March 12.-China has sent note to Japan stating that nothing further will be done in the matter of adjusting the Satsumaru difficulty un- til Japan has complied with the de- mand made by the Chinese govern ment to the effect that the traffic in firearms to China revolutionists that has been carried on by Japanese mer- chants be suppressed is agreed to by the Japanese government. The state- ment is officially made that the Chi nese government is fully able to hold her own against the Japanese, and that there will be absolutely no sacrifice of dignity.
 Washington, March 12.-Arrange- ments have been completed by the Geological Bureau of the Interior de- partment for complete checking up of the government survey of Alaska this coming summer. The work will he under the personal direction of A.. H. Brooks. head of the branch of Alaska Mineral Resources of the Geo. logical Survey. A large force of as- sisstants will be required for the work and have alread been engaged to take the field as soon as possible.
 San Diego, March 12.-The battle ship squadron is reported as having