The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06

plies ana money nave been sent rom
 all parts of the world in great quanti. ties and have been used to good ad. vantage, bu5 the continuation of the destruction by the earthquakes, means that more help is needed as more sui fering is brought on by the destroy ing of business and homes.
 Seattle, Jan. 30.-Engipeer Cooper, of the Wireless Telegraphy Co.,, leaves Seattle tomorrow with three thousand pounds of equipment for the a wireless station which the dispatch says is for either Ketchikan or Juneau with Ketchikan as the most likely place to get the station.
 The agent of the Wireless Tele- graph Company was in Ketchikan less | than month ago and said to a Miner reporter that could site be procured, | t<etchikan would be the next place tc
 sstablish station.
 It was learned later that the agent had two or more places in the town in view but it was not learned whether site was selected, or what, if any, correspondence has been carried on between the Wireless Company and stockholders who are residents here Panama, Jan, 3O-President eject Taft arrived in Panama yesterda, morning and was greeted at the piel 1 hy a great throng who welcomed him ith onen arms. He is crossing Pana- ma and is receiving an ovation where ever he stops.
 Messina, Jan., 30- Messina has again been terribly shaken by earth quakes. The people have deserted their reconstructed homes and Hed tc other parts. Terrific rains have been falling almost necessarily for the past two weeks, making progress in any department of the reconstruction imposs ble.
 Madrid Feb. 1.-The tidal wave which vept the coast of Spain on the 29th of Jan. left in its wake a greater death list than was at first supposed. Bodies have been washed up at almasl ever point o1 the coast ine and ovfi two thousand have been recovered to date which is not thought to be near the number that perished. The wave did not reached far enough back in the city of Barcelona to do more thar nominal damage to wharyei and floats. no lives being lost there. At Romara more than one hundred bodies have heen recovered and it is thought many more will be found as the sea begins to give up it's dead. Many also are thought to be buried in the ruins oi the destroyed buildings and their hod- ies will be recovered in time.
 San Francisco. Fab. l.-Fight fans will be surprised to learn that Ralph Pincus. Manager of James J. fries has made the statement that Jeifries will fight Johnson at the end of his vaude- vile engagement. Jeffres is now framing moderately and is in fine physical conlition, his strength and swiftness, for which he has alway been noted has If anything improved since his retirement. He has done more or les training since leaving the ring and has kept his physical condition erfect it all times. No" that hn has gain decided to enter fhe ring. the a,pirants for championshi T honors will he away to the tall tim ber until he disposes of the negro and retires again. It is thought that tn" only reason .Ieffres was induced to again ID the mits was to wrest the worlds championship from tie black man, as h's fact is gal and worm WOO ] 10 all the lovers Of the sport.
 New York, Feb. IA great lhron z gathered to hear an address by sam uel Gomper- na the lahor quesli ion h st night in New York. Gompers has q - ntence of one year hanging over his head which has been appealed and while out on bond pending rehearing 2 uf the case is devoting his time to the work of the or9a 1iZation. Among the things he said last night was''No cOur, or injunction can check my speech nol the speech oi any American citizen st long as peace is the motto, and the vi. oation of the law the last thing intend. cd. We are not slaves. neither are we animals that we may be driven by the hand of the corporations to do theil bidding. Labor has rights as well as Capital and it is the laboring class whC must show their hand and down the infamous law with no other meanip Z than the oppression of the laborir E man..
 Louisville, Feb. The corner stone of the memorial hall commemoratina l the centenary of Abraham LiDcolr was laid near Hodgeville today hy president Roosevelt with due cereIlO nies. NJ ny prominent men from ali parts of the state were present. and many and beautiful tales were told ol the martyred president during hIs ife- l titne bv nresjdent Roosvelt and others