The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-05

and shortly thereafter Whitney Lew is, the suspected individual. had been taken into custody.
 PPORTLAND. Ore. Aug 2. - Re calling his statements made in writ ing to his friends here that he would not be a candidate for the office he now holds, Senator Bourne this morning announced that despite his defeat at the Republican primaries held throughout Oregon a short time ago. he would again be d candidate for reelection to the senate before the legislature of the state Bourne holds that the primaries were not regularly called. therefore the legis- laturc should not be bound by the votes cast at that time.
 WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. Indi- cations are now that the Democratic opposition in the house against the bill passed by the senate providing for two new battleships to be built is beginning to weaken very mater ially. This morning the Democratic leaders of the house issued an urg- ent call for a caucus moeing of all Democratic members to be held next Tuesday to decide upon future con eentratcd action on the measure un- der discussion.
 SEATTLE. Aug ? Former senator Thomas Kearns, of Utah, now in this city, this morning in an interview stated that in his opinion Alaska's resources should be opened up 10 prospeCtors and settlers i'm mediately. Roosevelt. Pinchot and their followers. he said he regarded as nothing but theorists who should not be given serious consideration.
 SAN DIEGO, Cal. Aug. ?. - Trou- blcs with the Industrial Workers of the World are not yet at an end in this city. through the action of a jury in a case just tried, and which rendered their verdict this morning, may have a salutary effect on the disturbing element. Six of the L w. w. leaders. who have been on trial for several days, were found guilty of committing a felony. Sen tencc, which is expected to be the limit, will be pronounced some time next week.
 NORTH BAY, Ont. Aug. ?. A young SWede laborer. employed on the Canadian Northern railroad con struCtion work near North Bay, be came crazed with heat and while being brought to the North Bay hos pital by two fellow workers, jumped from the Canadian Norther railroad bridge into Cheney creek, loo feet below. His companions hastened down the bank and tried hard to rescue him, but he eluded them and swan out into Lake Nipissing. where he was drowned. The body was recovered shortly afterwards
 LOS ANGELES, Aug. ?. - More dreaded than the plague, an cpl demic of lnfantile paralysis has broken out In this city. In many 'ascs death comes to the relief of the unfortunate ytcims very quick ly. The cause for this sudden breaking out of this disease has not as yet been asCertained, and all sorts of theories are being advanced by physicians and others. Up to this morning 173 cases have been re- ported, 33 of them having a fatal ending.
 MONTREAL. Aug ?. A cam paign to induce the very best class of settlers to come to Canada from Great Britain next session is to be iuau@urated by the Canadian North ern railway.
 SYDNEY, \. s. w. Aug 3-Doc- tor Deck, sydney missionary has returned from the Solomon islands, bringing with him some gruesome stories of cannibalism He states that a number of the Malaita labor CTS stopped work one day, killed a white woman, and ate her.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. ? The postmaster general this morning gave out the information that the parcel post system would be in augerated today between the United States and the Republic of Panama
 VITERBO, Italy. Aug. ?. - Cost bills in the cases of the Camorriists, lately brought to close, were filed by the public prosecutor this morn ing The figures as submitted show the enormous sum of $S00000 was required to finance the prosecution of the guilty parties.
 DAWSON, Aug. 2. The follow ing passengers left on the steamer St Michael at 10 o'clock this morn ing for Fairbanks:
 Mrs. Rose Pratt and infant Mrs. H. Carlson and infant, R. F. Grim ont, Eric Overstad, Grace D. Miller, Mrs. A. Anderson, Florence Ander- son, Elmer Anderson, A. H. Hanson, Thomas F. Giles. II. K. Love, 0. sharon, T. l.. Corrigan, N. A. Kimo- to, C. w. Shipley
 INDIANAPOLIS. Aug 2. Indi- ana, in keeping with it's reputation for being the storm center of poli- tics, leads the way for the new Progressive Roosevelt party. In the of the Progressives held in this city today, exSenator Albert J. Beveridge. well known as orator and Republican campaign speaker, was nominated for governor by ac. Ex-Congressman Fred Landis was chosen as the candidate for lieutenant governor.
 The platform adopted pledges the party and its candidates to a policy of retrenchment, reform, the adop- ton of all referendum and recall measures advocated by the Progress sive leaders.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. - That the United States does not intend to relinquish her authority over the