The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-02
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qua successful rOpnSrN oI kue it>s National Bank of Moi svia, ocenred ea,ly this morning the roi b IS secu . | ing twenty nine thousand dollars in cash. leaving not the slightest elew for the officers 10 work on. The ssrage part of the whole affair is that the bank is prov ided with time lock and is supposed to be blsglir proof. 1t was found on investigation this morning that the time lock had not been working and that the thief or thieves went into the vanlt through the door in some mis-eriou> manner | being able to work the combination. The thieves entered through a rear window. tearing of the bars and for cing tbe window. leaving by the same route. Mourovia is one of the small towns which surround Los Angeles and is rot we'll policed at night. ! FAIRBANKS, Dec. l5.-Commiss- l toner Miller yesterday fined Bob Mitch ell. found guilty the day before of gambling, the sum of ss5 together with the cost. which amounted to s9S. So. Alaska Daily Record.
 PORTLAND. Dec. 26.-LOuise Tur- ion who was declared insane and plaeej in an insane asylum has found champion in A. NJ. Schmidt who is making a fgh for her reliese from shat institution alleging that she was adjugdad insane to ger government revenue. Schmidt is bitter in his de- nunciation of the whole proceedings and says he will prove his claims when the case gets hearing. Sehm- idt and Louise Turjon are both Alas sans. having lived in the district for ! nmuber Of years.
 San Francisco. Dec. 26.-CIaus Sp- reckles inc veteran business man and capitalist of San Francisco. died last night of pneumonia, at the ripe old age of eighty years. Probably TO other man on the Pacific coast was better khnown than Mr. Spr- -eklcs, s.e being commonly called tae sugar King of California. He was a'so ar sx'ensive importer of teas. coifees ald spices. for many years cnntrolin- Ike markets of the Pacific coast. In the death oIMr. Spreckles. San Francisco loOses one of her staurchsst business men.
 ROME. Dsc. 2s-One of the worst earthquakes in centries past visited the vicinity of Rome last night leav- ing in it's wake death. desoiatiou and ruin From he meager news ohtain- able at this hUur it is impossible to give any accurate accout of the dis trict covered ny the quake. The re- port says tina. dozen towns are de- veslated with au enormous los oi iif', people are panic stricken and fesing. they know not where. ;s death and ruin are on every side. IL is thought that when out lying dis tricss are heard from the amount of ruin will be double that contained in the frs, report. There were three distinct shocks in all. the first doing most of the damage.
 NEW ORLEANS. Dec. B The rit sh cam Ship Advance collilded sIht the Bark Igirna in a dense fog of inc coast Vf New O. leans and the
 .3dyarcs almost Immediately went to the bottom Tbe teleg, aphic report 60 roi s4t forth the isc's in the matter of deaths clearly -o we dc rot .ooN how may. II gay, were drown esi.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 2G Thomas Snarkey the oltl time war scared veteran Of the rfze ring made the announcement that he would again den ID it's and try ID wrest the champion ship from the burley negro who de- f. ated Ton my Burns in Sydney. Aus tialia. Dec. ?. Sharkey was al one ,i'ne great man in the ring but like any others who have gone be- fore. be is not to he chased with such men as Burns or .JUbnsoo. Snarkey in his prime could have given either man the blule of their lives but in rhe estimation Of the sporting men has ined the Boo Fiiz.. Jim CorSe,r class. and had better stay ID .rc Gos-r ard cfr crntyi
 MOSCOW. Dec. 26.-Rus-ia is a. gain experiencing one oi her p:'riodI- cal revolutions, Moscow heiDg in state oi siege and the police utterly incapable Os handling the mob. IL pitched battle yesterday her"eeD rev ol1iiunists and he police T a Iy poll men were killed. among ,beir number being Chief Corte who s1s shot down
 while attempting to rest Jre order Business houses have been wrecked and pilisged. tracks tern ID art the homes Of some Of the wealthy razeh to the ground The reyoIDtio1ists are we'll armed and when the troops ar- rive a bloody battle will ensUe as the reyolutionists xiIl ait :ca the troops from all quarters hsying much advan- tage by firing from housetops and ev- cry cresice here man can hide. 2 -r=t L