The Chitina leader., 1913-06-17
Late Telegraph News

in the back and is believed to be dying.
 WASHINGTON, June 1.-The ma jority of the Senate Finance Com mittee have voted to place print pa per, not valued at over two and one half cents pound, on the free list.
 WASHINGTON, June 14-Gener- al Pershing, in reporting to the war department the battle of Bagsak, has cabled that probably no fiercer fight ing has occurred in the Philippine Islands since the American occupa- tion.
 MADRID, June 14-Count De Ro- manones has formed a new cabinet for Spain.
 LONDON, June 14-The Slffra- gettes came from all parts of Eng land to attend the funeral of Miss Davidson, who was killed while at tempting to stop the Kings horse in the Epson Derby.
 WASHINGTON. June 14-Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, next to Ad- miral George Dewey ranking officer of the navy, has been retired.
 WASHINGTON, June 14-Ambas- sador Chinda has advised Secretary Bryan that Japan is willing to renew its five years arbitration treaty, ex- piring August 24
 WASHINGTON, June 14-Attor- ney General McReynolds is consider ing the proposal of the Union Pa cific railway to exchange S3S,000,- 900 worth of Southern Pacific stock for Pennsylvania holdings in the Bal timore & Ohio.
 CHARLESTON, w. VA, June IA Edward Bragg, a mountaineer, in testifying before the committee in- vestigating the strike troubles, said: When armed squads paraded Pain creek the trouble began. Up to that time never saw happier or more contented people,"
 ST. PAUL, June 14-President Hill has ordered all new construc- tion work on the Great Northern railroad stopped as a result of the decision the supreme court of the state of Minnesota in the rate case.
 COLORADO SPRINGS, June IA The annual meeting of the National Press Association of America will be held in this city Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, and a large number of editors and pub fishers have already arrived.
 VICTORIA, June 1.-The steam CT Karluk, which will take Explorer Steffansson and party on their Are tic expedition, sailed Tuesday for Nome, Alaska, where it will be board ed on the long trip north.
 WASHINGTON, June 1.-The American yacht Columbia, seized at Nagasaki. Japan. has been released.
 WASHINGTON. June 14-Repre- sentative Henry, of Texas, chairman of the House Committee on Rules, has charged that Wall Street is back of the propaganda for currency leg islation. He declared that their in- centive is 'in order that they may make a market for their commercial paper. Much of it is based on rot ten securities and they have cur rency issued on their assets"
 NEW. YORK, June 1.-The estate of the late John J. Astor has been officially appraised at sS7,000,00G and will be divided among the chil. dren as follows: Vincent $69, ,000,. 900; Madeline, $S.OO0,O00; Muriel s5,oOO,OOO, and infant John sS,. 0O0,000.
 CALGARY, June 1-4-Pelky, who killed Luther Mccarthy by a blow 1T the first round of their recent figh1 will be placed on trial for manslaugh ter next Thursday.
 WASHINGTON, June 14-Senatol Gallinger, testifying before the lobb, Investigating committee, declared that the President came perllousl! near lobbying in some things he hat done in connection with the tariff
 LONDON, June 16-Waldorf Astol has embarked in the newspaper bus mess, having purchased the Morn ing Post.
 FL PASO, June 16-Six hundred Federals were killed and wounded il Southern Chihuahau in an engage ment with the insurgents under Gen erals Villa and Charles Hernandez
 CHICAGO. June 16-W. D. Boyce and Alaskan publisher and traveller has been remarried to his wife, iron whom be was divorced, and is re