The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-16
GENERAL NEWS
 BY TELEGRAPH
SUFFERING FROM COLD WAVE.

irece&entcd cold wave. which prom ises to deal suffering. damage and death 10 many districts
 PHILADELPHIA, June 9 X heavy frost occurred here tonight Produce gardens through the whole state have been affected
 MONTREAL. June g. - Withoet a precedent in fifty years is tn" state of todays weather here. In June. when there should be noth- ing but sunshine, there is snow. with I bleak wind Traffic Is para lyzed and thousands are suffering from the unexpected cold wave.
 NEW YORK, June . - Hundreds of the poor are suffering hecause of the cold wave
 DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION.
 SPRINGFIELD. Mo. June 9.-A large portion of the business section of this city was wired out hy fire to- day, the fire originating in the r. tail district and spreading rapidly il all directions The loss will exceed $i.ouu.nHU
 FLOODS sUeslDE.
 PORTLAND. Ore. June g. There has been no further rise in the Villa, mette river since noon Measure ments taken this afternoon show that the present water level is 2i feet above low water mark.
 AssAYtNG FREE.
 SEATTLE. June 2, There i- general rejoicing throughout the city today over the news received from Washington announcing the immedi. ate elimination of the government charge for treating gold at the lo- cal assay office.
 BUFFALO BILL RECOVERING.
 KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June a.-TA, condition of Buffalo Bill Cody was so much improved that he was able To leave for his home
 ANOTHER DEATH ADDED TO LIST
 LONG BEACH June 2. Al other victim was added to the Audi torium death roll today through the demise of one of the many persons injured at the time the thea ter collapsed The death list now numbers g
 CARNIVAL HURT BY FLOOD.
 PORTLAND. Ore. June Q - Tn opening of the rose carnival today was marked hy lighter attendance than usual owing to the inundation along the Willamette
 MUST RETURN TO ITALY.
 WASHINGTON June 1U. The supreme court of the United States has affirmed the decision of the state supreme court of the state ot New Jersey. denying the writ ot habeas corpus in the case of Porter Charlton, the American who IS want ed in Italy for the murder ol his wife al Lake Como three wears ago The decision means that the extradition papers which were de manded by the Italian government will be granted by the United States, and Charlton will be com pelled to return to the scene of his crime to stand trial.
 FREEING IN CHICAGO.
 CHICAGO. June 10. - The freez- ing weather of the past two days has disappeared before the heat wave which is now passing over the state The mercury has been rising steadily all day, and at late hour this afternoon had reached the so mark.
 RECEIVES PICTORIAL ALBUM.
 WASHINGTON, June 10. - Dele gate Wickersham, of Alaska, present ed to President Wilson this morn ing, a pictorial album containing information about Alaska The port folio was prepared by the Alaska bureau of the New Seattle chamber of commerce.
 The portfolio left Seattle May 2l for Washington. It tells the com plete story of Alaska's resources and possibilities in a series of 102 photographs and 2S mape. Included among the 2S maps are those setting forth the temperature and precipl- tation compared with various parts of the States. Canada, Europe, and others showing the comparative area of Alaska, and the location of its cities in attitudes similar to the great cities of Sweden, Norway and Russia.
 In planning the book, the Seattle chamber of commerce was partcu- larly careful in preparing the map showing the transportation facili- ties. A similar volume is to be pre- pared for presentation to Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane.
 TO SPEND LARGE SUM.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. - The directorate of the Southern Pacific Railroad company plans the expend- iture of s30,00O,OO0 during the com ing year in the extension of lines and betterment of service PermiS-