The Chitina leader., 1912-03-01
San FRANCISCO. Feb. 2s.-rhe

report has been received that tn
Chinese government has ordered it
warships to lombard Batavia if tn
Dutch government fails within
week to pay indemnity for the kill
ing of Chinese by the soldiers.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2S.-Som
little excitement was created yester
oay by the confession of Attorne,
Franklin. He pleaded guilty to tn,
second count of bribing Juror Balm
1t is generally believed that the evi
dence was so conclusive agains
Franklin that like the McNamaras
he realized the futility of longer put
ting up fight.
SEATTLE, Feb. 2S,-W. D. Ho
fius, one of the old-time residents o.
Seattle, died suddenly last night Of
heart disease, He was a large deal
ir in steel supplies and had accumu
lated much realty in the city.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-General
Nelson A. Miles had most pathetic
experience yesterday afternoon. He
was riding Ia an automobile and
when almost directly in front of the
White House he saw a man fall on
the pavement. He Immediately
stopped his machine and went to
his aid. He was shocked to discover
that the man was his brother Daniel
c. Miles, Of Westminster, mass. He
was afflicted with heart disease and
mad dropped dead.
NOME, Feb. 27.-Charley John
sons team on Saturday won the re-
turn derby from Solomon. The race
excited the keenest interest and was
the cause of much betting on the re-
suit,
SEATTLE, Feb. 27.-Oscar Jol-
son, who recently came out frem the
lditarod, has been murdered. 1t is
presumed that robbery was the mos
tive, as he was known to have con-
siderable money about his person.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Feb. 2s,-
rhe long-drawn-out trial of Timothy,
chauffeur. fer the killing of Moore,
wealthy clubman, has ended in &C.
initial of the accused On the ground
Of self-defense. Timothy was in the
employ of Moore's wife, from whom
ne was separated, at the time Of the
killing.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2s.-The
House steel Investigating commit
zee has completed its findings and re-
ported. 1t reports combination for
he restraint of trade, that Morgan
Z Co. received s70,OO0,0ea for or
the combination, and that
through the banking house 80 per
'ent of the stock is cogtsalisd. Also
hat the profits ef the trust during
he past nine years have been A bill,
ion dollars.
CHICAGO, Feb, 24.-Edward
Hines, the wealthy lumberman who
Won much unpleasant notoriety
through his connection with the cleo
ion of Senator Lorimer, has been ex-
'elled from the Union League Club.
ROME, Feb. 24.-1ne House of
Deputies has passed the bill provid-
ng for the annexation of Tripoli.
There was very little protest.
TORREON, Feb. a4,-The feder-
Ills won big victory yesterday in a
'attle tlat was f1ercely waged for a
short time at San Pedro. They lost
'ut eleven men, whils the rebels had
s57 of their followers killed. The
'ebels made a precipitous flight.
SEATTLE, Feb, s4.r-Eor the rea-
son that service of a summons in
livorce proceeding was faulty, Judge
Albertson declared a decree granted
% H. H. Hicks frem Maggie Hicks
n Alaska May 2, 1915, to be inoperr
alive, and, on the petition of Mrs.
Hicks, granted her a decree of di-
vorce and judgment for $2,50O,
with $3.50 attorney fees, The couple
we're married at Reno, Nav, in Aug
lst. 1890. Mr.. Hicks is stated to
nave married since the divorce of
1905.
Mrs, Hicks charged that her hus-
band secured q decree Of divorce
from Judge James Wickersham, in
The federal court sitting at Fair
banks. securing service by puhliea-
toin, when her husband knew her adj
1ress and had eorresponded with her.
The Alaska decree was granted on
The ground of incompatioility and
iesertion. Mrs. Hicks testified that
her husband left her at San rraneis-
60 in April, 1905, to seek his fortune
in Alaska, an dthat he never came
back.
PORTLAND, March 1.-Walter