The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-08-20
Late Telegraph News

spreading and that the health con
ditions are most distressing 1t Ii
expected that the United States gov
eminent will send additional CRUZ
sers SO as to give ample protection
to Americans.
WASHINGTON, Aug 20.-Thi:
morning President Taft announced
that he will again veto the Legislat
i've, Executive and Judicial appro
priation bill, which passed the Sen
ate yesterday with some slight
changes from the bill that he pre-
viously vetoed. The President is in
sistent that the clause abolishing the
Commerce court be expunged from
the bill
HONG KONG, Aug. 20.-Over a
hundred Chinese pirates attacked and
looted the British sanitarium. The
police sought to check the devasta-
ton but the pirates turned upon them
and killed several. For time the
greatest excitement prevailed and the
pirates fought their way through
the crowds and made their escape.
LONDON, Aug. 2O.-James Wood
Rogers, an American outlaw and
trader, who has been long sought f,:r.
has been killed in the jung;es OF
Central Africa. British soldiers
sought to take him, and when he re-
sisted and opened fire, they turned a
volley of shots on him that riddled
him with bullets.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.-A mo-
ton to dismiss the case of Clarence
barrow, charged with bribery in
connection with Juror Balm in the
Mcnamara case, is being argued be-
fore Judge Huntoon. The Judge has
declared with much emphasis that
he will not preside over a secon,l
trial.
SEATTLE, Aug. 20.-Carson d.
Boren, who resides at SS9 East
Fourth street, died at his home last
night. He was one of the founders
of Seattle, having come here in the
early fifties with the Dennys, Yesler
and other pioneers.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-Late this
afternoon the grand jury returned
several indictments in the Herman
Rosenthal case. The men who were
indicted for murder are Police Lieu
tenant Becker, Lefty Louis"
"Whitey" Lewis, "Dago Frank"
"Gip the Blood" Jack Sullivan and
William Shapiero.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator
Fall in personal statement makes a
positive denial of the charge set
forth by President Madero. The latter
accused the Senator of causing the
failure of peace negotiations that
would have disposed of Mexico s
troubles.
TACOMA, Aug. 20. - Mariorn
Johnson, Seattle street car conduc-
tor, last night paid visit 10 his
wife, who is living here. He consid-
ers that she has been too frivolous,
and accompanying his command that
she kneel in prayer, fired two shots
at her. They went wide Of the mark,
however, and upon compliance with
the husbands command the wife was
not further molested.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Cah'e-
grams received here at the eadQuar-
tiers of the Salvation Army convey
the sorrowful news that General
Booth, the aged head of the army, is
lying at deaths door.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-It is doubt
lul WuoLueT lie SCdle dIulSllC COlu-
mission will permit the Johnson
jeanette fight to take place here OIL
Sept. rs. A ten round go has been
signed for but there has been much
complaint and various objections
filed, which the commission Ia;
promised to give serious considera.
ton.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. l7.-Aftel
being out forty-seven minutes the
jury in the barrow bribery case re-
turned and declared that Mr.. Oar
row was not guilty.
SANTA ROSA, Aug. 17.-Adam
Clark, young man of II, has made
confession that has astounded the
farming country hereabouts. Because
his father, James Clark, objected tt
the son joining hay bailing party
the young man put poison in foot
that will cause several deaths. Hill
mother is already dead while the ia
ther and another member of the