The Ketchikan miner., 1909-03-27

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 Washington, March N-The Amer icsu Lumber Combine is planning so get the Provincial government at Vic toris Ia make the present twenty yea, lesses of timber lands. perpetual.
 Their scheme Is, since the lumber tariff is to be reduced, 10 swamp the Pacific coast with Canadian lumber, ieplets their forests and save Ameri- can holdings until they can force $ higher tariff and make big clean Il. in the future. \ six million dollsi holdings company has been formed io, the purpose of exploiting the project.
 Palermo, Sicily. March ao-Motss ol Msfa attacked snd robbed the GUS. toms guards here yesterday and the r.oss are spreading over the city. 4 private house was burned because the owner refused so be blackmailed. The ooSly of pesrosinoS who--wss assassin. ssed ~ill be shipped to America.
 Comanche. Osla-. March ao John Campbell, cashier of the First National bank here. left with six thousand dol. lars of the bank funds and the short age wss not discovered until letter Sss received today from him dsted ai Denver and enclosing the entire amount No explanation is given for this strange proceedings, and his friends claim II wss an oversight on his part, or that he was mentally un- balanced st the time.
 Cleveland. March a2 = Attorney Whisla yesterday left zen thousand dollars in the spot designated by she sidnsppers. who stole his boy from shs schools st Sharon, but they failed so appear. The police had previously been stationed nesr and their move ments were evidently observed by the sidnsppers. The detectives have failed utterly to obtain any clue sur rounding ihe whereabouts of the boy. whose parents are nearly distracted ~ith the fear that their child will be murdered. The father is TOW willing 10 make any terms with the criminals but is held in check by the police.
 Oyster Bay. March 22-Ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt sails to-morrox for his hunting expedition 10 Africa. Yes ierday for the first time he threw of lhe mantle of silence which he has xorn persistentIy since his arrival at Ssgauore Hill and talked about his African bunting trip.
 Incidentally he discussed his Cobra 10 trip talked of his cos boy days D ihe West, expressed his hearty ad- .nirasion for the sunshine which 5s,hed she hisl in 5 soft ligh, ard re- marked that be did not care 10 discuss lhe Standard Oil rebate cases.
 Il have just received telegram from press agency asking me if ] xogld permit a representative 10 ac- company me ou my African trip" he said. Il shall TO, permit this in any circumstances and will do everything TO prevent being followed. I cannot HeveBt the newspapers send ing re preseniatiyes on the steamship which aiil take me 10 Naples or on the yes seI which win convey me to or near Nsirobi, British East Africa, but after that I shall have something to say"
 Mr. Roosevs lt asked that all pe~s- papers ask people to desist writing letters or sending telegrams to him in the future.
 ''I have received TO less than 900 letters and telegrams since I came here week ago. Is is impossible to sns.er them all" he said.
 Washington. March 2-ln an inter view today Delegate Wickersham said thss tbe harmony banquet Of two weeks ago was not heart affair but held in the interests of the stomschs He denies ina. peace rsigns anu reit=r- sies his original statements regarding the scalps and gore of his political en- emies.
 The opponents of Hoggstt say that Secretary BalIauger's order requiring all territorial officers to remain st home except in cases of extreme emer-