The Ketchikan miner., 1909-09-25
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 Tacoma. Sept. 22-Miss Louise Glocker of Tacoma sails today on the Victoria for Nome where she will marry Frank Goodwin, superintendent Of .he Alaska roads commission.
 St. Paul, Sept. 22-The funeral of Gov. Johnson will be held today and the body lay in state until tomorrow N then the burial will tako place.
 Louisville, Sept. 17-Bishop Me- Closky, the oldest Catholic prelate in America died today aged eighsy-six. The cause of his death was physical breakdown due to old age. He was serving under appointment of Pope Plus K.
 London, Sept. 1.-The boiler of the British battleship Warrior exploded this morning off the Cromarty coast, killing three men and injuring many. Dynamite has been found secreted in the coal on the battleship. A rigid investigation has been ordered.
 Sidney, Sep. 23-No banquets will be given Peary until the real dis coverer of the north pole has been determined by the scientific world. He left this morning for Eagle Har- bor and will reach New York Friday.
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 DesMones, Sept. 20-President Taft arrived this morning and left at noon arriving at Omaha at 1 80. He will remain there for banquet and then on to Denver which he will reach at two o'clock tomorrow.
 Des Moines. Sept. 20--Taft yielded the big stick today after the strenu- ous fashion of Teddy. In speech he declared war on all railroads discrim- mating In rates or overcapitalizing The President won't stand for their dealing in the securities of competing roads and he insists that they shall conduct legitimate business or trou- ble will be forthcoming.
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 Colorado Springs-The president has arrived. He has been in confer ence with Ballinger from Denver. Neither will talk for publication.
 Pittsburg, Sept. lS--Appeal papers have been filed with the supreme court asking for new hearing in the case of Helen Boyle who was sentenced to twenty-five yreas for complicity in the kidnapping of the Whitla boy.
 Pittsburg, Sept. 1.-The second steel strike which threatened to tie up things again, was averted to day when the company acceded to tn demands of the men and they all returned to work. Calumet, Mich, Sept. 21-With the exception of the Osceola, which is now a Calumet property, the Calumet x Hecla is the first copper company to increase it's dividend rate since the decline of the price of the copper metal two years ago, but with two increases in succession the big con- pany maintains its position as the | leading copper concern in the coun- try. It would not be surprising if the | rate were increased to BIO quarter at the next meeting thereby placing the stock on a $40 dividend basis. On a | S46 per annum basis the stock at 6S0 | would yield close to 6 per cent.
 Casper, Wyoming, Sept. 2l-This city is in the midst of an asbestos boom. Accustomed for years to the sheep and wool industry, upon which the chief wealth of the community has rested. the town is now enthusi asticaIly concerning itself with diff erent kind of wool-that peculiar sort of mineral fiber which Nature has deposited at rare intervals in the seams of rock called serpentine. Some nf the wealthy citizens of the town have caught the enthusiasm and are putting their money into the develop