The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06
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of David Roy, an Alaska miner. wht his wife alleges deserted her for an affinity. In her application for di' vorce which was heard yesterday, Mrs Roy is granted three thousand dollar: cash and fifty dollars month alimony.
 Seattle, Jan. 29 1t is announced hat the Dora, one of the steamer of tn, Alaska Steamship Co.,, will hereafter connect with the vessels leaving Seat tie on the 2ith of the month, thri giving Kodiac mail every two weeks
 Indianapolis. Jan. g. The National Press Association gives out the iEfor nation that the Mine Workers Con venton being held here is in the con irol Of the Socialists. It is hard tC imagine that sucn conditions prevail for the simple reason that politics i. one of the things which is not includ ed in the making of the constitution. At the present time when there is nG need of political issues being discussed it seems rather foolish thing to lei politics creep in and influence the vot. ing for officers for the ensuing term.
 John Walker, who is well known socialist and labor leader is a rival oi Lewis for official honors but the fact of his being a socialits should not in- Huence the vote one way nor the other.
 Louisville, Jan. %. The fast ex. press on the Southern Railway went n the ditch near Evansville while running at the rate of about forty-five miles an hour. The baggage. mail. smoking and day coaches were badly damaged, injuring more than forty people, some of whom cannot live.
 The train was rounding a sharI curve and struck broken raj caus ng the cars to jump the. track. Before the engineer had time to apply the brakes nearly all of the forward part of the train was mass of wreckage.
 Washington, Jan. 29.-It is rum. ored that James Wilson, present hold CT of the office of Secretary of Agri- culture, has accepted an appointment to fill the office under the admi D istra. tion of President Elect Taft. James Wilson has held the office of Secretrly of Agriculture since March, ,, 129I tl. al -alh 'nra 70 n 1872.
 Toxic. Jan. 29.-A report reached Tokio today that the hahy Emperor oi China is dead. \ persistent rumoi was circulated that he was poisoned, and the belief i, gaining gtound that the poison was administered to him in his food and that he died in convul. Sions Il few hours later. Another re- port has it that the child died ot smallpox. hut il that Was he cause oI
 is death. TO rum' T reached the ont side world of how or len he con- tract q tn" q -taSn. The officials on be- .rg interviewed ou lie Snl'ject refused n dPry ar contr.h lh rrpn'. and il lit ely that the world Ail never <now for T certainty th- causs of hi. death. Natioual affairs within the walled city such as these. are not giver much publicity and his death. like that of Tsi An is much of q mystery.
 Valparaiso. Jan. Diplomatic re. I1iions between Peru and Chile have been :, vered and the Chilean Squad .,n i'a> been ordered north, 10 place ny force if necessary, the Tablet Mon Iment over the graves of the Chilean soldiers who died in battle on Peru vian soil.
 New Yor'1. Ian. 29.-The owners o the Steamer Republic which collidet with the Steamer Florida off Nan tucket has sued the owners of the Flo rida for two million dollars libel or the ground that the officers Of that yes sel were wholly at fault in not heedin. the signals when given by the Repubi' just prior to the accident.
 Washington, Jan. 20.-Senator Car ter introduced bill today providin. for an appropriation of twenty thou sand dollars to buy portrait of A bra ham Lincoln to hang in the Capitol Senator Carter made an impressive speech eulogising the martyred pres ideut ard is strong advocater of permanent Lincoln uay teing set apar IS a holiday to he ohse we'd each yea Is d National Lincoln Memorial day
 Washington. Jan. 20. -Representa tive Humphrey is making a determin ed effort to revive interest in the Mer chant Marine. Tn his spec ch h. showed where A merica handled less 0 her own products on American vessel than any other country making any pre- tence of commercialism.
 He claimed that with a prohcien Merchant Marine many of the foreigr tramp steamers doing thriving bus mess along the American shores woult be forced to see other waters.
 Seattle Jan.. 29-B. F. Straud. who murdered von Dahmer Tn his cabin il Juneau on Jan. l8 over debt of tel dollars supposed to be due his par mnur K ittv OI}rien and tho is helf