The Ketchikan miner., 1909-02-06

the case or the accldental klll1ng or Mrs. L. T. Tuckerman of New York , by George Busse of Chicago, the jury at the coroner's inquest brought in verdict of death due to the accidental discharge of fire arm in the hands of George Busse.
 Des Moines, Ia. Feb. 1-To date fully 30 per cent of [owa's state diary cattle have beeu found to be inflicted with tuberculosis and have been de- stroyed by order of the state boar of control. In all, 32l head of cattle have been found with suspicious symp toms out of a total of 1027. The sta 6 is making every effort to protect ii :. state institutions from infection by drinking diseased milk, and mary more herds are marked for slaughter.
 Washington, Feb. 2.-The Senate passed the bill today providing for the pensioning of the widows of the soldiers of the civil and Mexican wars, making the allowance SIP. Go month. This bill has been advocated for long time by various members of the senate and it's passage means much to many old and helpless women who are widows of the men who defended the nation when she needed them most.
 One of the objections urged against turbine engine has been their inability | to hao oty o,,1 John Ogg, of Aberdeen, has invented a form of turbine which avoids this difficulty. The steam enters the ma chine through hollow axle, and thence acts upon the wings of the rotating disk mounted upon the axle. When
 it is desired to reverse the lotion, new set of disks, having their wings set at reverse angle, are brought into to play, and by mears of grooved valves the steam is projected against them, thus producing backward mo- tion. The reversal Of motion can be produced nstantaneously.
 'Seven million dollars are wasted annually in Alaska on transportation, said Dan Kain. chairman of the A las ka co nmitteee. "Every dollar vast ed is direct loss to the Alaska mir CT to Seattle and to the portions of the states that received the northern harv- est of gold There is no business con- cern on earth but would take immedi- ate steps to obvrate this waste.
 If a big company were operating Alaska, paying the expense of min
 ing and getting the returns in gold, Sl00, 900, GOO would he appropriated instantly to build roads, so as to have supplies in and bring bullion out on d decent wagon road system. If necessary, bonds would be issued, such as proposed in this state.
 Alaska saving in transportation will do more to take care of the costs Of building roads in twenty years. should a trunk wagon road system be provld- ed. J. l.. McPherSon, of the board of road commissioners for Alaska stated few evenings ago at the meeting of Alaskans in the Arctic club that the board had built roads and trails which affected saving to the miners in one year equal to the total cost of the con- S ruction work. This is the estimate of il man thoroughly familiar with conditions in Alaska. Alaslians be- lieve that the total cost cf trunk wagon road from Valdez to the Yukon would he saved in transportation charges in two years. Furthermore, there are figures back of this estimate which must convince the most skept- ical. -P.-I.
 We find the following in an ex- change, and it will he read with special interest just now: 'Ihe San Francisco Municipal Record has h. come fixture in the city's public affairs. and serves its purpose so successfully that it will surely te initiated in other parts of the country. Publicity is the greatest enemy of civic corruption. Graft can't stand the light. The reason why cities often gel So deep in the muck is that the DO |, have no means of knowing what is going en. The Municipal Record is spublishcd week. ly by the Board of Superv sois. and it contains complete accounts of the pr gress of all branches cf public work, the condition of the tiiferenl funds and appropriations imp oveinenis plan ned, estimates ny the city engineers, figures on all bids, opinions repdered hy the city attorney, pr0cecdings of official bodies, names and salaries of new employees. Tine reports ara con- piled from the official statements of heads of departments. Illustrations are used whenever desirable. Varie- ties oi opniors are given place, and when .nWs uccur tEey are imnart'al- ly reported. The paper is m'iled free to all who ask for it. and }, >U0 copies are now demanded each week. This mailing list has constantly grown since October Sih, when the first isue arpearel.'