The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-09

and Thaw ought to be compelled tc abide by the consequences Mining Journal.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Jt was announced this morning that James Sullivan would succeed Embassador l Griscom. How soon the change was to take place was not stated but it is presumed it will be made in the near future.
 SEATTLE, Jan. GA deal was made whereby the Steamship St Croix, was purchased by Schuback Hamilton. 50 be used on the Valdez run for two months in place of the Bertha. The St. Croix will leave Valdez on her fisrt trip, March :.
 The earthquake, which has devas- tated Southern Italy. is the most de- sructive that has occurred in many centuries. The only one at all ap- proching it in the number of victims
 was that at Lisbon in l755, when O. 900 people lost their lives. There are accounts. more or less historical, oi even more disasterious catastrophies than these. One in Asia Minor was said to have killed more than POO. GOO people in one city alone. It is i'm possible to form any idea of the ter rible nature of such a calamity as has befallen Soutern Italy, and this is just IS we'll as the horror of it would be unbearable, if it could be all realized in moment. Even those who passed through it can only have vague and indefnate idea of its awfulness. The 'ympathy of the civilized world will 70 out to the afflicted people, ana every thing that human kindness can To will be done to mitigate their suff- srings. Already funds have been .tarted at various points. Possibly Jur Italian fellow citizens will feel hat the people of Victoria ought to
 oin in the kindly work that will be undertaken everywhere. We are sure that a generous response will be made if there should be an appeal for assist ance.-Cvlonist.
 A dispatch from Marshfeld, Oregon. ays:''With her rigging swept away as the result Of a storm and her masts zone, the two-masted schoanre San- Buenaventura was picked up by the
 u9 Columbia and lowed to port on Thursday. The crew is safe. The -chooner was enroute from San Fran -,isco to Fort North and was light. "Wednesday morning about 3 o'clock she encountered a severe gale which swept away everything above the hull. Her signals were seen and reported here. Tine tug Columbia vert to
 earch for her. When the Columbia coated the schooner the steamer NJ. Y. Plant was standing by. They were eight miles of Cape Blanca.
 The schooner San Bueuaventura, Capt. Lossins, left for the Coquille. river in tow of the steamer Raymend on December 20. On "Wednesday night she was left by the Ray off the Coquille river, according to re- port received by the Merchants Ex- change The San Buenaventura reg .stered lS0 tons gross and I'll net. She was built in 1876 at Fairhaven,
 tal. and is owned in San Francisco. The vessel carried crew of six. CoIonist.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Senator Fulton's bill prohibiting railroads to advance rates without first giving due notice to the Commerce Commission, sas killed by the Sentae committee
 oday. The blll has been the hobby of Senator Fulton for the past year and was given prominence whenever ocassion permitted. The prohibition of advLce in rates without previous, notice. would have proved of much val ue to the shipper as well as the buyer. IS they would he warned of an advance in rates far enough in advance to en- able them to make quotations on all shipments. thus doing away with the system of advancing without notice which has annoyed the dealers for many years past. The committees rejection of such an important meas- ure lea''s the public to expect very little of the perseut congress that would benefit the individual.
 WASHINTON, Jan. 7.-President Roosevelt sent message to congress this morning, which upon being ap- proved and made a law by that body, will prove of inestimable value to the Intrestate Commerce Commission, in the prosecution Of cases brought be- fore them for trial. The President recommends legislation giving the Commerce Commission power to com pei witnesses to answer questions. To those who have heard the testimony given in the prosecution of the Stand ard Oil Co.,, also those against the