The Ketchikan miner., 1908-07-18
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Items Of interest From All Over the World, Told in Short f'fs Paragraphs

SOIutoOuSD sOsS VNsy s~' Chairman Geeke of the state prohibit tion convention today made a bitter attack on the advocates of woman's suffrage. He declared that as related to the prohibition question the men were much further advanced than the woman, and asserted that men drank less and women drank more today than they did ten years ago. Geeke declared that the states in which the advocates of suffrage were the most numerous possessed the weakest laws on. the liquor question, adding that the agitation of the women was re sponsible for hindering the tight against liquor far more than it had helped it. Considerable discussion has been aroused as a result of Ceeke's $ heated remarks and his political ad- versaries promise that the matter will not be allowed to rest.
 Northport, N. r., July 14.-A ter rible sequel to a noted criminal trial which attracted much attention throughout the country occurred here this morning. h nineteen hundred and i've, Dr. Simpson, we'll known dentist, killed his father-iu-law, Bartley Horner, in this city and after hard fought trial was acquitted on the plea that the discharge of the gun was entirely accidental and that he harbored no ill will against the old man. This morning, after an alterca- ltion with Mrs.. Horner, the wife oi the dead man, Dr. Simpson was shot and fatally injured by the woman while standing within few feet oi the scene of the former tragedy. Mrs, Horner wasarrested and claims that she shot the doctor because she was afraid of him, and because he had refused to leave her house when she had ordered him to go. pr. Simpson is in very critical condition, and Mrs. Horner is be- ing held in custody until the result oi his injuries can be determined, though there is little doubt that the woman will have to face a charge oi murder. .s
 Seattle, July1 5.-An interesting re- port has been issued today by the To- cal assay office showing in detail the receipts of gold from the several min- ing districts for the last nine years. The enormous sum of one hundred and fifty eight million, six hundred and nine thousand dollars worth of the precious metal have been received during that period. Of this, Nome contributed. thirty-two million eight hundred and eighty-four thousand, :; Panama twenty-one million nine hun dfed and fifty-nine thousand, and the rest of Alaska is represented by seven million and seventy-three thousand. The Yukon territory sent to the Se- attle office in the same period the inn mense sum of eighty-four million eight hundred and forty-nine thous- and, and British Columbia camps yielded nine million and twenty thousand. Itsis expected that the re- ceipts for this year will be far ahead of any one year preceding.
 San Francisco, July 15.-Former Governor Durkee of Utah today filed suit against the Union, Central and Southern Pacific railroads asking for sn accounting in the matter of bonds valued at the enormous sum of thirty six million dollars. These bonds were taken over during the construction ot the roads, and in the years immedi- a tely following, and it is alleged that there have been great gross irregular lties in the issuance and holding oi them. The plaintiffs in this suit ask also for receiver for the holdings oi the defendants to prevent any further juggling of the securities of these corporations during the progress of the suit.
 Denver, July 15.-The convention of the officials of the Western Feder- ation of Miners is still in session hero :.