The Chitina leader., 1912-12-31
Late Telegraph News


accounting of the estate of William
It. Burbridge, who at one time is de-
clared to have won over a million
dollars in gambling establishments
in New York City and Hot Springs,
Ark, shows how uncertain is for
tune built on chance The property
left by left by Burbridge, who died
in Havana on September IA, totals
less than $4,000. Burbrige was dri-
ven from New York in 1904 by Dis
trict trict Attorney Jerome and went
to Havana, where he spent more than
$125,00O on the Cuban Club and on
q race track and hotel. For a time
he prospered, then luck turned
against him, his health failed and
he was compelled to go to sanatari-
UNI, where he died.
SEATTLE, Dec. 31-The steamer
Northwestern will sail this afternoon
at five o'clock. Among her passen-
gers for Cordova are Thomas Burns,
William Mccormick, w. Delong, T.
o. Nelson, Joseph Carson, P. G.
Charles, C. I. Range, Mrs. ]. C. John
son, Walter Dempster, H. Vangusen,
f. Mcnamara, w. G. Gaines and M. ].
McKinnon.
LONDON, Dec. 31-Dispatchcs via
Vienna report the defeat OF the
Greeks at Janina. A Belgrade dis
patch says the Minister of War has
received telegram that Scutan had
fallen to Servian attack.
LONDON, Dec. 31-Tha Allies will
bring their affairs to a crisis tomor-
row by a statement in the nature of
an ultimatum.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31-Windsor ".
Rice, prominent banker and miner
of Salt Lake, died here last night.
CHEYNNE, Dec. 31-Federal
Judge Riner has ordered foreclosure
on a mortgage of $2,50O,o00 against
the properties of the Pennsylvania &
Wyoming Copper Company held by
the Continental Commercial Trust &
Savings Bank of Chicago. The Cop
per Company is involved to the
amount of O,00O,000.
MACON, Ga, Dec. 30-Mrs. James
King. widow of the man who was
recently killed at Round Oak, made
a startling confession last night.
She admitted that she had plotted
with Nicholas Wilburn to slay her
husband, in order that she might get
his life insurance of $4,000 and then
marry her accomplice.
CHEYENNE, Dec. 3O-The last of
the nineteen escaping prisoners from
the penitentiary at Rawlings has
been captured. Bert Dalton, bank
robber, has had posse on his heels
for several days past. They gave
him a close chase and finally succeed
ed in capturing him at Big Piney yes
terday. During the previous night,
without food and half naked. he kept
on the tramp through the snow, but
finally became exhausted and could
go no farther.
SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 30-Prob-
ably one of the most interesting of
national Exposition is the production
of the Panama Canal on a gigantic
scale.
The concession will cost in the
neighborhood of $25O,O0O, and was
granted to Lewis E. Meyers, a well
known engineer of Chicago.
MA. mcy CHS 10 du Su6iAccl duu hot
a Snowman. He visited the Canal
zone to study it's construction and the
idea came to him to perfect means
whereby the people of this country
could learn more about it.
On his return to this country he
proceeded to perfect and patent his
ideas. He plans to truthfully pro-
duce the canal and the surrounding
country in weather proof building,
with glass roof.
WALLACE, Idaho, Dec. 3O-An
avalanche of snow partially destroy
ed the town of Mace, and resulted in
killing James Flaherty, while a num-
Der of people were BURNED in the
snow and are still missing.
PRINCETON, Dec. 30-Woodrow
Wilson has arrived here accompanied
by Jerry ]. Sullivan. of Iowa. In
discussing the object of this visit
Mr.. Wilson said: 81 am just pick
ing up the threads as to the situation
in Iowa"
BOSTON, Dec. 30-Charles N.