The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-02
any intention of violating the laws of the land but they do feel that great injustice has been done the industrial class as a whole.

| IuIuoltC0 HUB OO0n OOSO ouO tAo0SuA i0 class as a whole.
 l WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-Condit ions are beginning to improve some what in the venezuela. Republic. Col umbia is now withdrawing her troops and friendly reations are again being resumed with Holland and France. Business is beginning to take normal conditions, and long dealyed traffic resumd. A clash occurred between factional mobs in the streets of Car acas resultig in the killing of twenty and the wounding of nearly two hun dred before the malitia could restore quiet. A feeling Of uprest still exists among the natives but it is thought all will he quiet in few days.
 SEATTLE, Dec 20.-On September lst. an Alaska miner named William Hall left Nome for the Siberian coast for trip of about t~o weeks. When off Kamchatka he got caught in the ice and was compelled to follow the coast to Japan, making a trip of ten thousand miles and enduring alomst unheard of hardships.
 Toward the latter part of his journ- ey the supply of food becam exhausted and the weather bitter cold no fuel of any kind aboard the craft to dr. the clothing made damp by exposure in the waether, nor to cook into food anything that might pe left in the craf.,. The seas often ran high fo, two and three days at a sine giving Hall no time to catch even moments rest.. Hall arrived in Seattle on tn, lyo Maru from Japan and is not yet recovered from his experience which. from the details given, was one of the worst ever experienced by man.
 PITTSBURG, Dec. S29.s-T The Voters League which caused the arrest of seven councilmen and two bankers who precipitated the gigantic munich pal scandal made the announcement t'day that they are assured Federal aid in the prosecution of the boodlers In the testimony in the prelimlnar. hearing it was shown that S170,0N was corruptly used in.influencing thu election of the city Repositories. The government will also investigate the National banks of the city al which time further faics may b, brouht to light and other lr,ecution' follow.
 HONG KONG, Dec. 29.-The Brit ish Steamer Taiton which ran down t Chinese junk and drowped theatrical party was siexsd by two e,biness- Cruisers today and brought into Honp Kong. What furthnr action the Chi nese are to take is hard to guess neither can a guess be made why tn. vessel was detained after ,reciewin.
 he report of the Captain as wells H. passengers on board which seems t, make it clear to reasoning people thai it was one of the unavoidable acci- lents wich are bound 10 occur. Brit- ish Cruisers lying in Chinese waters nave taken no action in the matter a. yet but there will DO doubt be a re- quest issued ny the English goverr- ,nent for the release 'of the steamer soon as particulars are known. sa GREAT FALLS, Dec.29--In col lision between Great :. Mortimer work train, and an extra freight yes- terday, eight laborers were killed and four injured. The work train lad orders to take siding to let the extra pass but failed to obey orders causing collision. The track is torn up. nth engines demolished and fr+ig',' md flat cars piled in ! heap. whic
 aiIl require twenty four hours befor. trains can pass on their regular seed ale.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. -Wher' Congress reconvenes on Jan. 4. Srna. or Pile.s will place bill before that bopy providing tor ar appropriation. for the aid of Alaska navigation. Sentaor Piles is nov preparing his bill and has devoted much time in tn.
 :u 'y Of conbtt oni .and reqn ire,nepts of the district aud will 'nske gooc f ight for au ipriatian suc,licieot tn give Alaska what she sns,l long needed. Congress too Is awakening to the fac:- fthat Alaska is becoming of vast com- mercial importance ard needs much work. done in her waters. s.e f, SEATTLE, Dec. 28..--At the Alaska Club in Seattle an address vas deliy- el ed to its members b, Mayor Miller in which he asks the club to boost Alaska Day. Resolutions were adnp. ted setting apart diy for mailing boosting matter to aH parts of the country urging aid il getting Con- gress to appropriate oie million dol lars for road system from Valdez to Nome by the way of tie Tanana. also aids for navigation. The committee named to, arrange raus. was: Dan Kain, Mayor Brown, sf Valdez, Tom Dunn, Charles Heron, William Leake, Milo Kelley, George Baldwin, Sam Silverman, r,B. Willard and F J. Cryder. The ab,ye committee ,,;ll ,v.aox fxo,v, tf.,,a ka gtt,r.n a nd for- mu'ae plans and do : boosting busi' ness for Alaska.