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The Ketchikan miner., 1909-07-31
WEEKLY CABLE NEWS
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 Washington, July 23-Senator Ald- rich says the conference committee will finish its work tonight and the final action on the tariff will be taken Monday.
 The senate has confirmed the nomi- taton of Charles Crane of Chicago as minister to China.
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 Madrid, July, 23-General Weyler, the butcher whose bloody rule in Cuba made his name infamous. is about to lead the Spaniards in fight against the Morroccans. The trouble has been caused by the refusal of the latter country to accord the rights of citi- zenship to some Spaniards.
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 San Francisco, July 24-No tempor- ary jurors have be en accepted in the Calhoun case. A venire for fifty addi- tional talesmen was issued today.
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 New York, July 24-Theodore Roose- welt will return to New York in time for the municipal election this fall, but will not be candidate for mayor.
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 Houston, July 42-Condit ions have again resumed their normal and busi- ness houses are opening.
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 Albany, July Ex-Governor Hughes and party of friends started this morning for Seattle to view the great exposition.
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 Denver, July 24-By vote of 223 to 70 Moyer's annual report was adopted today. The Western Federation seems practically unanimous supporting the president in his policies.
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 Kenasha. July 24-Four thousand men have returned to work upon the promise that the owners will arhitrate their differences. No troops were called out and the matter seems in a fair way to amicable settlement.
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 Washington, July 24-Tne apart ments of Mrs. Sutton, mother of Lieu tenant Sutton whose mysterious death is being probed at Annapolis; was entered last night and a trunk robbed of valuable documents in her room.
 Chicago, July 24-Many officials of the city and police departments have been indicted by the grand jury upon a charge of bribery, among the most prominent and best known being Inspector McCann.
 Evidence has been secured connec- ting them with accepting amounts aggrega.ing several hundred thousand dollars from the dive keeper on the east side, in return for which the police overlooked the breaking of numerous municipal laws.
 Christiana, Norway, July 24-Cap- tain Engelstad, who was to command the Tram with Captain Amundsen on sailing expedition to the north pole, was struck by lightning and instantly killed today.
 CaptalI A mnndSen had arranged to start from San Francisco next year on trip to the Arctic and attempt to reach the pole. He has arranged for his crew and selected Captain Engle- stad to command the Fran.
 Seattle, July 24-D. J. Bauer has been appointed temporary receiver of the Daily News which recently suspen- ded publication on account of lack of patronage. It was started by Nome newspaper men and published on the exposition grounds. Captain Johnston holds two thousand dollar mortgage on it which is secured by a mortgage on the Gold Digger at Nome. There are several unpaid bills which the printers are trying to collect.
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 Seattle, July 23-The City of Seat tie sails tomorrow instead of tonight. She has a full passenger list, many tourists.
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 Seattle, 23-John Hoyt of the United States Geological survey goes north morrow to inspect the watersheds around Ketchikan, Juneau and Skag- way.
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 Spokane, July 23-Brade Robinson, Chief enigneer of the Standard Oil interests here, left for Seattle this morning. From there he will com plete the tour of Alaska, interesting himself in the coal, oil and mineral conditions.
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 San Francico, July 23-The third venire has been issued for talesmen in the Calhoun bribery case and one hundred have been summoned to act as jurymen if called upon. The work of examining them is going for ward. Seattle, July 23-The North western will sail tomorrow and have among her passengers 125 members of the National Editorial association which has been in convention here. They will stop at K Ketchikan a few hours.
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 Washington, July 23-Senator Per- kins this afternoon introduced four bills affecting Alaska. The first was for an appropriation of a quarter mil lion dollars for the erection of cap itol building at Juneau.
 This was followed by bills providing for legislative assembly, more effective regulations to protect the lives of miners and the creation of a labor lien law.
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 Kenosha, July 23-Tnree thousand strikers are stil out, but their excite ment has subsided and the troops have been ordered not to come.
 The workmen demand ten per cent increase in their wages, claim irg that the increased cost of living compels them to force the issue. The employers will not listen to talk of bability of an early settlement.
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 White Plains, July 26-The exam ination into the sanity of Harry Thaw was resumed today with attorney Jerome prosecuting. Nothing new was introduced which could have any material bearing on the case.
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 Houston, July 23-The storms which have been visiting their fury upon Texas have at last subsided, and now the work of counting the dead and estimating the property losses is under way.
 Twenty three bodies of the dead have been discovered so far and it is estimated that not more than a hall dozen remain unaccounted for.
 Many of the smaller towns are prac. tically destroyed and ruin marks the whole coastline and extends a hundred miles into the interior. Three storms have followed each other in rapid succession and wrought damage until the people were driven into frenzy of terror. The losses to property is enormous. Today things are getting normal and general prayers of thanks are going up that it is over with.
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 London, July 23-Medar Dhingra, the Indian student who shot and killed Sir William Wyllie few days ago was today sentenced to death.
 The young man claimed that England through her control of India was mur dering thousands of his people yearl, and the sense of his wrongs preyet uIon his mind until he struck back.
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Washington July 26-Mrs. Elizabeth Cambridge, age S5, daughter of Presi- deut Zachary Taylor. once mistress of the White House died this morning.
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Washington, July 26-The Wright brothers in the presence of thousands of spectators are making an ascent in thier aeroplane this afternoon. They went up at six o'clock and are still aloft soaring over the city like a huge bird.
 Seatls, July 26-The Sunday Times yesterday printed an articles to the effect tbat Morgan may buy the Alas ka Central railroad providing the investigation by Mr. Prekins proves it to be satisfactory. A. N. Gray the confidential agent of Morgan is now In Seward.
 London, July 16-Louis Kieriot, a French aviator crossed the English channel today in an aeroplane. This is the first time such feat has ever been accomp plshed and he was watched by thousands of spectators both from the shores and from hundreds of ships that followed him.
 Prof. Bieriot gets five thousand dol lars prize offered by the English gov ernment for his feat in. sailing over the channel.
 Now a new fear has arisen that France with fleet Of airships can easily sail over the coast of England and destroy her navies and coast defenses by dropping dynamite from French aeroplanes.
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 New Bedford, Mass. July 26-One of the most sensational murders and suicides occurred today that the history Jl bbO SudbO Ido CtCt PIO0uCCds Crazed with drink Robert Tanning, millionaire, hacked his beautiful wife to death with a souvenir Indian tomahawk and afterwards concealed her body in the bushes and then wrote a long confession of the horrible crime, dwelling on the details in a horritying manner After he had | finished with the deed he rode to the police station and told them what had occurred but before they could impri- son and disarm him he drew a revol- yer and blew out hls brains and died at once. Jealous insanity is the only motive for tile act.
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Seattle, July 26-Al Kaufman has arrived and will go into the ring Fri day evening for six round contest with Or. Roller
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Spokane, July 23-Brade Robinson, Chief enigneer of the Standard Oil interests here, left for Seattle this morning. From there he will con- plete the tour of Alaska, interesting himself in the coal, oil and mineral conditions,
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United Press special Seattle, July 26-Steamer St. Croix, the new excursion steamer for the Alaska service left yesterday at eleven o'clock for the north loaded with tour sts.
 Tako, July, 26-Five marines were killed and four are dying as a result of powder explosion on board the Japanese battleship Ashai while at target practice this morning. The details are meagre.
 United Press special Washington, July 26-Senator Payne and ;Aldrich are scapping over the tariff bill. The final vote did not come today as antici pated as those in autho- rity corlld not get together.
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 New York, July 26-The ward liner vililanca arrived today from Cuba with a bad fire in her hold. The pass engers were docked immediately upon arrival and the coat taken into the stream where she sank after the fire had burned through. She was totally | lost.
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 Kanass City, July 26-A Wabash passenger train went into the Missouri river here this morning. The tracks skirt along the river and the recent fl foods have washed out large sections apd loosened the rails and ties.
 The train running at high speed struck weak place and went over into the river where six people were killed and many injured several of whom will die.
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Seattle, 23-John Hoyt of the United States Geological survey goes north morrow to inspect the watersheds around Ketchikan, Juneau and Skag- way
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Seattle, July 23-The City of Seat tie sails tomorrow instead of tonight. She has a full passenger list, many tourists,
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San Francico, July 23-The third venire has been issued for talesmen in the Calhoun bribery case and one hundred have been summoned to act as jurymen if called upon. The work of examining them is going for ward.
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Washington, July 23-Senator Ald- rich says the conference committee will finish its work tonight and the final action on the tariff will be taken Monday.
 The senate has confirmed the nomi- tation of Charles Crane of Chicago as minister to China.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
The Cook Peary Row

II "a unfortunate that the scientific
world must be afflicted with FURIOUS
rabid and continuous quarrel between our
two enterprising arctic explorers. They
20 at each other like hammer and tongs,
and the more we hear OF the quarrel the
less we are reconciled to the disturbance
that prevails between the two explorers
II has passed the disagreeable stage and
Il won't take long to become disgusting
have an antipathy to ice and cold
wintry weather, and 1 never was cut out
for any experience where cold was the
chief feature, so they are all welcome TO
whatever of fame or reputation or gold
that the north pole will afford them, SO
far as I am concerned. I conclude l am
a disinterested critic, and am quite sure
IL is an ugly contention for Mr.. Peary
to claim that he knows that Cook did not
reach the tip end Of the earth's great axis
without his knowledge or consent.
1 guess there was not much desire for
lingering with either Cook or Peary. They
arrived there under difficulties and they
left without reluctance. and it would be
the limit of assumacy to. say that Cook
was not qualified to do as much as Peary
claims for himself.
I am too tired Of the controversy TO read
the published reports, and really have
more sympathy for Cook than Peary be-
cause he has better command Of his
temper.
I notice there was a fight down in mid
die Georgia between two angry men, one
championing Cook and the other Peary. l
shall not follow their example, and l
would not be surprised If both explorers
will be sorry some day that they have
behaved unseemly.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
FRANCHISE VALUE is -
FIXED AT $500, 900

The board OF arbitrators, appointed to
fix a valuation of the franchise of the
Western Union Telegraph company, has
reduced the assessment of Comptroller
General Wright from $950,O0O to S50O,O00
The majority report is rendered by
Madison Bell. arbitrator for the Western
Union, and Col. A. ]. West, umpire. G.
Murphey Gambler. arbitrator for the state,
submitted a dissent from the award Of
the umpire. The compensation of the
arbitrators and umpire is fixed at $780,
The report of Madison Bell and Col A.
J. West follows:
"In fixing the value of the franchise I'M
der which the Western Union Telegraph
company constructed and maintains and
operates it's lines of telegraph in Geor-
gia, we have been unable to designate or
set apart the value of the federal fran
chise under which the testimony shows
the company operates in Georgia, and our
finding is therefore based on and Inv
cludes the value of the franchise con-
ferred by the act of congress of June, 1865
Whether the company is or is not liable
to taxation upon the value of the federal
franchise is not a matter for the deter
mination of the board, its function being
merely to find the value of such fran
chise.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
Sow Wheat. Farmers

The day for cheap foodstuffs has passed.
Provisions go up in price every week
and month. The people will eat-they
must -eat--and somebody must feed the
multitude.
The reasons are not certain, but varia-
BILE. We may have a bumper crop once in
awhile, but we are not going to see glut
of the staple necessaries of life.
We get our flour mostly from the north
and northwest, but there can come to that
section a disastrous season.
Some years ago Kansas was overrun
by grasshoppers. until farmers were fore
ed to emigrate to live. Georgia has been
spared times without number, but the
wise man always looks ahead.
Your old friend, Mrs. FELTON,, now coun-
sells wheat sowing-enough to make your
next years bread supply, if you do no
more.
Manure the land as well as you can
pillow II deep-sow it carefully with cellar,
weII-soaked wheat and leave the rest to
the Almighty. He has said, Seed time
and harvest shall not fail. b
II you strike a drouth next year and
corn fails and cotton Is scarce, wheat
bread will be a comfort to the best Of
us. Don't forget to sow a few bushels
for safety's sake.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
DISCUSS USING
HUSBANDS OWN NAMES

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-The New York
Legislative league, composed of progress
sive women. has decided by resolution
that 1t is not incumbent on a married
woman to use her husbands name. While
this resolution was unanimously carried,
many prominent speakers declared that
at the present time, with men in more
powerful political position, it would be
expedient for women to use some part OF
their husbands names &C.,, .....
MY husband objected to me using my
own name" declared Mrs. Margaret
Holmes Bates. ''and II did not do him any
good. I wrote and signed my writings
with my own name. 1t is all very well
in private and social life to use your
husbands name, II he is anybody. 1
don't see why any body should use the
name Of a nonentity."
1T depends upon the name" said Mrs.
Lille Devereaux Blank. from the chair
st prefer my name because it is pretty"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
fiEfJfNS!HzEHFEEzspQk

possible. He finished the polishing pro-
cess with his fingers, rubbing away until
he had obtained a lens as transparent as
crystal
The sun was shining. the finder was
held beneath the Ice lens to catch the
rays. In a few seconds 1t took ire to
Johnson's rapturous delight.
He danced about like an idiot. almost
beside himself with joy, and shouted.
''Hurrah! hurrahT'' while Clawbonny
hurried back into the hut and relrndled
the fire It was soon roaring, and 1t was
not many minutes before the Havory odor
Of broiled bear steak reused Bell from
his torpor.
What a feast this meal was to the
poor starving men may be imagined. The
doctor, however, counseled moderation In
eating, and set the example himself.
This is a glad day for US" he said,
land we have no fear Of wanting food
all the rest of our journey. Still we must
not forget we have further &C go yet, and
1 think the sooner we start the better"
I'VE cannot be far on now" said Alta
mont who could speak almost perfectly
again; I'VE must be within IS hours
march Of the Porpoise."
at hope wen find something therS 20
make a fire with" said t.se Ooctor. smil-
ing. MY lens needs the sun, and there
are plenty of days when II does not make
its appearance here, within less than four
degrees of the pole"
Less than four degreesi" repeated
AItamont with a sigh; yes, my ship
went further than any other has ever
/ ventured.
at is time we started" said Hatteras.
abruptly.
On the way the doctor asked Altamont
what had brought him so far north. The
American made only evasive replies.
Clawbonny whispered to Johnson: We've
got two men that need looking AFTER"
you are right" said Johnson.
"Hatteras doesn't talk TO this Ameri-
can. and I must say the man has not
shown himself very grateful"
at don't like the expression Of lis face"
said Johnson
IT think he suspects HatteraS plan
'sThen you think that Altamont"-
His ship was certainly on the road to
the north pole"
But didn't AItamont say that he had
been caught among the Ice and dragged
there irresistibly?
Continued in Next Issue.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
Mrs. FELTON, Writes
On Biblical Subject

In Romans and Timothy. Bible readers,
yin ma a-sdsaeonesses were very COM
mon. from the early days Of the Chris
tan church.
Germany seemed 20 inbi6e the spirit
as early as 1888 principally through the
Lutheran church. but II has spread
through Europe. where one may ma
thousands OF deaconesses.
II seems somewhat strange that the
churches In America were slow In this
matter, when they are usually progressive
with & spirit Of rivalry to press them on.
II was In June. 1857. that the first dea-
conessss' home was established In Amer
lea, and Il was said 70 be the outgrowth
OF training school In Chicago for home
and foreign missions.
The work o. missionary women abroad
was essentially deaconess work. so It de-
veloped that a work for deacOnesses was
soon started under that name in India
After the Chicago deaeoness work was
fully Organized. Il received the authori-
nation OF the general conference OF the
Northern Methodist Church, and deacon
ess homes were established in number OF
cities throughout its territory.
When the deaconess work was estab-
lished in Germany. by the Lutheran
church, II was decided that these women
should wear a uniform and also receive
no salaries.
II Is the consensus OF opinion every
where that the work would prove failure
Il salaries were paid. but these women
must be supported. fed. housed and
clothed.
Il Is estimated that their support de-
mands about S per month, a tri1e, COM
pared to what any Of them could earn,
II they went out TO everyday work and
service as wage earners. This church serv-
ice Is strictly voluntary. and the deacon
ess homes are the property Of the au-
thorities OF the church.
I attended one OF their annual meetings
IN Chicago, where a general conference
OF this work had assembled, and listened
10 what n number OF these deaconess
women told OF their work and 1 found
Il was simply an organized part OF gen.
erai home mission work. They go into
poor, miserable homes and nurse the
sick. and comfort the miserable inmates,
by advice, prayers and counsel and put
them In q way TO get needful sustenance.
They were asked II they were not
abused and ill-trated sometimes, and
the answers they gave convinced me that
their seIf-denial and self-Sacrifice enjoyed
the protecting care Of Him who never
siumbers or sleeps. Their uniform gave
them protection and the police assisted
them in hard places.
AS see IL. these self-denying Christian
women are doing a work that must conf
mend itself TO all who remember the sa-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
AUTO WEEK ONLY
ONE MONTH AWAY
Committee On Information and
Public Comfort Perfecting Plans
to Handle Great Crowds of
Visitors.

Atlanta's big automobile races are only
four weeks away--four weeks from Tues
day. next, they will begin. The sizes OF
preparations at the Hapeville track indi-
cate that these races might be pulled off
next week before an audience comfortably
seated In the grand stand and on the
bleachers The final top dressing of tho
track with oil is we'll under way, and an
automobile might make fast time today.
While the crowds will be allowed to entel
the grounds today, signs were posted yes
terday forbidding going upon the course
itself. Way over under the Enclosure the
Is garages. each accommodating three big
racers, are completed, ready for use.
The chamber Of commerce committee on
information and public comfort has been
just as busy during the past week in pre-
pairing for the crowds which the event
at the track and at the auditorium build
will attract It has listed within the
week Accommodations in the hotels, board
ing will attract 1t has listed within the
where nearly 10000 visitors will find COM
Portable quarters during auto week. 1t
has employed expert city directory can
vassers who are calling on citizens and
by the end of the coming week the resi-
dence districts will have been visited.
WHAT COMMITTEE DOES.
Some Misunderstanding of what the
committee is doing has been reported. The
committee does not expect nor ask any
citizen to open his home to visitors free
OF charge; a reasonable charge for the
service should be made. The committee
is listing Accommodations in the hotels,
boarding houses and in such private
homes as may be offered, so that 1t may
be in position to direct visitors to COM
Portable quarters. 1t Is serving merely
as a responsible agent through which
strangers may find temporary homes dur
ing the busy first half of November.
II makes absolutely no charge for its
services either to the local hotels board
ing houses or to citizens who may offer
their homes, nor to the visitors who may
ask it's aid.
The committee is composed of response
ibe citizens, whose names are a guaran-
tee of a square deal. They are s. G.
Dobbs, chairman; Brooks Morgan, st
Elmo MassenRale, w. w. Orr and DR.. H.
B. shultz. The work that has been ac-
complished during the past two weeks has
been entirely satisfactory. If there had
been any question that Atlanta would en-
terrain her guests with her accustomed
hospitality, the doubt has vanished-but
no one who knew her ever doubted 1t.
The committee requests that those who
have places in their homes to spare for
auto week guests shall get in touch with
1t this week. Don't wait for the cam
vassers, call or write to G. M. Chaplin,
secretary. $40 Empire building. or tele,
phone Bell Main 1903, Atlanta S19.