The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-10-01
Late Telegraph News

ISOLATION, of which he is the secre.
!, tary. Some suspicious circumstances
caused an investigation of the &C.
counts and it had not proceeded fan
before Mr.. Black made his confess
sion.
POTTSVILLE, Sept. 27.-A run.
away horse, maddened by efforts tc
head him off, plunged down a steer
grade in Pottsville, the wagon
hitched to him striking the carriage
of Matthew Gibson of Hillside
Gibson and his 11-year-old daughter
were thrown from the vehicle, and
the girl landed directly in front OF
an Orwigsburg trolley car, which
cut off both her legs.
! TOXIC, Sept. 81. A disastrous
storm swept over the Japanese en-
pire, leaving death and general des-
truction in it's wake. Three thous-
and homes have been submerged and
many thousands of people have been
rendered destitute. So far reported
twenty have been killed and large
number injured.
SPEZA, Italy, Sept. 27.-Marconi
of wireless fame was seriously in
| jured yesterday in an automobile
collision. He was driving along
when, without warning, another ma
chine speeded around corner, and
the result was that the occupants
were thrown from both machines and
several badly injured.
WI CHANG, Sept. 81. - Two
hundred mutinous soldiers were ex-
ecuted by Gen. Fal Ii at Yuan Hong.
ALTOONA, Sept. 27.-In address
sing the anniversary here of the To-
cal war governors, President Taft
declared that the people of the
| United States were never before so
prosperous or so generally employed.
And notwithstanding that this is a
| Presidential election year he point
ed out that the waze of prosperity
| and restored confidence that has
been coming for the past year or
two could not be checked.
SEATTLE, Sept. 2l.-In view of
! the vacancy on the supreme court
! bench owing to the death of Chief
Justice Dunbar, Governor Hay has
appointed Judge John F. Main, of
this city as a member of the supreme
court. Judge Main was appointed
three years ago to a newly created
position as Superior Judge of King
| County and in the recent non-parti-
san primaries he was one of the
nominees who was certain of cleo
ton in November. To fill the va
cancy caused by the elevation of
Judge Main the Governor has ap-
pointed Kenneth Macintosh, who is
also one of the recent nominees and
who will now undoubtedly be elect
ed. Mr.. Macintosh was formerly
Prosecuting Attorney and is a ma
tive born son of much ability and
with host of friends.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Gener-
al Mena, leader of the Nicaraguan
revolutionists, with seven hundred
of his followers, surrendered to Ad-
miral Sutherland. The General was
sent to Ranama and it is expected
that his surrender will go long way
toward breaking the back bone of
the revolution.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-It has
been decided that there will be a
number of hearings in Seattle dur
ing October on great many of the
coal cases from Alaska that are now
before the land department 1t is
the desire of Secretary Fisher to
dispose of most of the pending
claims before March, when a new
administration may be inaugurated.
Notice has been sent to several hun
dred claimants to be present at the
hearing.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 81. - The
activity of the rebels in the north
ern part of Mexico has given Presi-
dent Madero much anxiety. At a
meeting of his cabinet yesterday it
was decided to offer amnesty to Gen.
Oroczo if he would cease his hos
tilities. Madero realizes that the
situation is getting beyond his con-
troll and he fears intervention upon
the part of the United States. He
was given certain time to restore
order or give evidence that he was
amply able to protect Americans liv-
ing in Mexico and on the border
line.