The Chitina leader., 1912-10-01

VALDEZ, Sept 29.-The Alaska
railroad commission did not start
over the Valdez-Fairbanks trail this
morning as they had expected to do.
Reports from the interior indicated
that a storm was raging, but that it
was subsiding. The commission now
plan to start sometime on Monday
and it is believed that they can get
through without much inconven-
fence.
IIONGKONG, Sept. 80. - A fire
broke out in the hold of the Pa
cific Mail steamer Manchuria, as she
was about a day out from this port.
1t was subdued after hard battle
| with the flames. The large cargo
was badly damaged. The passen-
gers were greatly frightened but the
officers succeeded in preserving good
order.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-The Her.
aid has been taking a straw vote for
some days past on the Presidential
| possibility, extending to eleven
states. The report indicates that
Governor Wilson leads in nine states,
including Ohio. Col. Roosevelt
seems to have the favor of Pennsyl-
vania and Connecticut. While
these straw votes have not always
turned out to be accurate, they are
taken as an index to the preliminary
feeling, which often changes as a
campaign progresses.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Sept. %. =
In delivering an address here Gov
ernor Wilson took occasion to char
acterize Col. Roosevelt as a "con-
fused thinker" He declares that
the Colonel's hypothesis is often in
correct and that he builds fine
structure upon a foundation that
Immediately crumbles when at
tackled by a slight bombardment of
reason.
RICHMOND, Sept. %. William
Johnson and Mrs. Roy c. Wyman,
both of this town, had bad case
of affinitis. They mutually agreed
that they could not get along with
out each other, and as both had
families they realized that it would
be difficult to secure legal separa-
lions. After talking the matter
over they formed a pact to end life
together. So last night, both John
son and Mrs. Wyman suicided in the
presence of Mrs. Johnson. They
drank the poison from a cup that
soon sent both into another world.
NEW YORK, Sept. %. = 1t is
easy now to find out the names of
contributors to the various nation
al campaign funds. To the Demo-
cratic fund thus far the largest con-
tributions have been made by Hen
ry Morgenthau, chairman of the Ma
tional executive committee, F. G.
| Penfield, wealthy Democrat of Ger
mantown, Pa, and Henry Goldman,
New York banker, each gave $10,-
900.
Five $4,000 contributions were
received. The givers are Charles
R. Crane of Chicago, who is vice
chairman of the National financial
committee; Rolla Wells, former
mayor of St. Louis, the National
treasurer; Cleveland H. Dodgs and
Jacob H. Schiff, New York bankers,
and Hugh c. Wallace of Tacoma,
National committeeman from Wash
ington.
TOXIC, Sept. %. = AS later re-
ports are received that the typhoon
which swept the full length of
Japan was more disastrous than was
at first supposed. The damage to
property will exceed over twenty
million dollars, while hourly the re-
ports of lives lost is on the increase.
There is great distress and suffer-
ing among thousands of people who
have lost their homes and all their
possessions.
instantly killed.
BEVERLY, Sept. 30.-On Satur-
day night President Taft addressed
a meeting of the Republican club of
Essex county. He made a strong