The Ketchikan miner., 1909-04-10

other towns are meager. The de- truction of property is enormous.
 Later dispatches this afternoon re- ports additional damage, twenty killed. Wide path in eastern Mississip- pi totally destroyed.
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 Kansas City, April w. s. Guyer, was elected mayor of this city yester- day.
 Spokane Wash, April 6.-Prominent clergymen from various parts of the United States and a commission from the general board of missions of New York, including Bishop Ethelbert Talbot of the diocese of central Penn sylvania, Rev. Reese F. Alsof, D. D., special representative, and John w.. Wood, corresponding secretary of mis- sions, will be among the delegates at the second annual session of the council of the Eighth Missionary department of the Protestant Episcopal church in Spokane, April 2S to May ?. The department includes the dioceses of California, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Oregon and the missionary dis tricts of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Olympia, Utah, Spokane, Alaska, Honolulu and the Philippines.
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 Chicago, April S-May wheat closed yesterday at $l.2S2l.
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 Rome, April 7-Theodore Roose- welt left last night from Messna to Mombasa
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 Washington, April S-The president has offered Charles Fulton of Oregon the position of envoy extraordinary and minister potentiary to China
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 Tahiti, April S-A huge tidal wave engulfed the lowlands and beachs of the south sea islands yesterday. Much damage was done and number of lives lost.
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 Washington, April S-The President today nominated Thomas Powell of Nome for marshal of second division. He has the endorsement of the Ore gon senators.
 United Press special London, April S--The British torpedo boat Blackwater was sunk yesterday off Dungeness after colliding with the steamer Hero. The crew of the tor pedo boat was saved and taken on board the Hero which suffered consid- erable damage and was leaking badly, but managed to reach port.
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 Washington, April S-trank H. Hitchcock, postmaster general has ap- proved the design for the special ex- position postage stamp which will be issued soon.
 The stamp will bear the words Alaska Yukon Pacitic' in circle on the frame of picture showing an Alaska fur animal standing by cake of ice.
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 Fort de France, Martinique, April S-Ex-President Castro of Venezuela landed here yesterday and took up his residence, all other ports being bar red him. Port de France is a French colony and the officers were immedi- ately notified from the French gov ernment that Castro was man with out country and must not be allowed to land on French soil and he was expelled at once.
 It is rumered that he has chartered an American steamer and will go to the United States and start a revoU- tionary movement to overthrow Gomez and again get possession of Venezuela.
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 Manchester, N. H. April S-The entire city of Manchester is doomed to certain destruction. A fire broke out this morning and is now raging over forty of the city blocks and in- creasing rapidly.
 The factories, including the famous Amoskeag Cotton Mills are burning