The Chitina leader., 1912-03-23

ing in one of the locomotives station
 ed in the Southern Pacific round
 house here. A number of men were
 in the house at the time, with the
 result that 25 were killed and others
 were more or less injured.
 l DENVER, March 1S.-Robert
 Dickey, who won much notoriety
 during the early mining days of Col
 orado, and who was generally known as "Deadwood Dick" died here this
 morning.
 l SEWARD, March 1S.-Brown and Hawkins, the big merchants of this town, and Sidney Anderson, former
 ly with the Security State Bank of Chehalis, Wash, have taken over the Bank of Seward. The Hales, who have been the leading factors in the bank, are to retire, and a consoli- dation will be made with the private bank owned by Brown & Hawkins. Hereafter there will be but one bank in the town, which will be operated under the name of the Bank of Sew ard.
 LAWRENCE, Mass, March 1S.- The strike among the textile work | arc is pouv O th;po nf tho pocf This morning 30,000 returned to work. The settlement was a compromise, but the employees were given a slight advance in wages.
 LONDON, March 22.-Alfred J. Balfour's motion to reject the mini mum wage bill, as affecting the coal miners, and offered by Premier As quith, was turned down. The bal 1 then passed to second reading and will undoubtedly be adopted. Owing to a shortage of coal the railways | have all changed their schedules by cutting out number of trains. | KEARNEY, Neb., March 22.- William Jennings Bryan took a shot at Governor Harmon in his address here last night. He charged that J. P. Morgan and James J. Hill were backing the Governor in his efforts to secure the Democratic nomination for the Presidency.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March 22.-It was discovered early this morning that five Chinese had been murder ed. This was the signal for a re- newal of the Tong war. It is believ- ed that many deaths will result.
 CLEVELAND, March 22-Cracks- men succeeded in footing the safety deposit boxes of the Bank of Berea, in the suburban town of Berea. They overpowered the watchman and blew open certain boxes that they knew contained considerable money. BUENOS AIRES, March 22.-A fierce battle has been raging for sev- eral days between the Paraguay gov- ernment forces and the revolutionary elements of Asunction.
 WASHINGTON, March 22.-Rep- resentative David Johnson Foster, who has represented the first dis trict of Vermont in Congress for twelve years past, died at his hotel in this city last night. He was 54 years of age and one of the influen- tial men in Congress, and was a member of several important con- mittees.
 BALTIMORE, March 22.-The To- cal accommodation committee an- nounces that 10000 visitors to the Democratic national convention here next June can be cared for in addi- tion to those who already have made reservations at the big hotels. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21. Democratic Leader Underwood this afternoon introduced into the house the same woolen bill that President Taft vetoed. His party has decided to again pass the meas ure.
 | LINCOLN, Neb., March 18.-The three fugitive convicts who murder ed Warden Hemmed of the peniten- tiary, were finally located in a barn in the nearby country. Upon their refusal to surrender they were all three shot and killed.
 BREMERTON, March 21.-The general court martial to try Lieut.. c. K. Jones, U. S. N, on charges of scandalous conduct and conduct un- becoming an officer and gentleman will be held on March 25. The court martial is the result of charges of a