The Alaska citizen., 1910-07-30

HI CNCOCk OUT.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., July 25.-It is reported here that Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock will soon resign from President Taft's cabinet and that he will be succeeded by Secretary Nor ton as the Presidents adviser
 HOT WEATHER IN STATES.
 WASHINGTON. D. C, July 25.- The National Weather Bureau this morning issued bulletin predicting great heat in the Eastern states dur ing the present week. At a. m. in Chicago the thermometer reached 102 degrees in the shade. A hot wave is also sweeping over the city of Phil adelphia, where there is great suf- ferinE
 eATTLESHIPS FOR EUROPE.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., July 25.- Sixteen battleships of the United States navy will start in November on cruise of European waters, stop ping at all the principal ports.
 s2ooo.ooo FIRE IN CHICAGO.
 CHICAGO, July 25-A fire broke out early this morning in the north western part of the city. Before it could be subdued s2,000,O00 damage was sustained.
 MORSE NOT DEAD.
 CHICAGO. July 25.-Al the Sun day papers here published the death notice and obituary of R. II Morse Jr a member of the Fairbanks Morse company of this city. Today it tran spires that although Morse has been suffering from a severe attack of appendicitis he is recovering. The papers claim that they were jobbed by practical joker and are deter mined to sift the matter to the bot tom. The city is greatly amused at the incident.
 WILL GROW SOME.
 Chicago. July 25.-All the suburbs within a radius of loo miles of Chi. cago are soon to be annexed to the city of Chicago. This will probably make Chicago as large as New York
 NEGRESS LYNcHED.
 MONROE, La, July 25.-Laura Por- ter. negress. was taken from her house and lynched by a crowd of white men this afternoon The men have not been identified The req son given for the lynching is that the woman had been in the habit of turing young white girls into life Of shame. It was the confession of one white girl which led to the ac- tion of the mob The woman was drowned in the Washita river.
 NEVADA TOWN DESTROYED
 RENO, Nev., July 25.-The town of Wadsworth, thirty miles from Reno, was totally destroyed by fire this morning Not a single house in the city escaped destruction.
 MACK FOR GOVERNOR.
 BUFFALO, July 25.-An attempt is being made to boom Norman Mack as a candidate for governor of the state of New York. It is stated that promise of support is coming in from all parts of the state, and it Is very probable that he will land the nomination.
 HEARST UNFRIENDLY.
 DENVER, July 25.-At a meeting this morning of the convention of the Western Federation of Miners, a resolution was passed denouncing the Hearst papers as being unfriendly to the cause of union labor.
 PROHIBITION IN TEXAS.
 AUSTIN, Tex, July 25.-The pro hibition issue is still in doubt in the State of Texas, although it is not ex rected that the Prohibitionists will w!n their fight
 NECTAR FOR NEBRASKA.
 GRAND ISLAND, Neb., July D. The Democratic state convention will meet fere tomorrow. There vii be considerable opposition to the tenn. perance plank in the platform, which was proposed by William Jennings Bryan.
 IN c. w. MORSE CLASS.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 25.-Aug- ust Ropke, assistant cashier of the Fidelity Trust companys bank in this city, was arrested today and confessed to having stolen s1,125,0 ,00O within the past four years. This con- stituted the entire reserve of the bank. The depositors will lose noth- ing, as the owners of the bank are rich men. PRESIDENT STRAINS ANKLE. ELLSWORTH, Me, July 25-Presi- | dent Taft today sprained his ankle, | but the injury was not such as to prevent him from continuing his | journey. 1
 BURNS BACKS OUT. SEATTLE, July 25.-The fight | which was being arranged between Sam Langford and Tommy Burns has been called off, as Burns is demand ing larger share of the receipts than his present position in the pugil- istic field warrants.