The Chitina leader., 1913-10-14

I l terests. He introduced a bill to relieve Seward peninsula miners from doing assessment work on their claims for the current year. He l introduced another bill, which he expects to have passed this week, appropriating $2O,O0O for the relief of the storm victims at Nome and Solomon. It also authorizes the war department to repair certain damage done by the storm.
 CHICAGO, Oct 14.-Jack John- son is travelling in foreign countries and is likely to remain there for some time. There is a case against him in the federal court, and Jack is out on bail. When he did not appear yesterday, at the time for trial, his bail bond was forfeited. There is general feeling that if Jack will remain on the other side oI thS oScdh lHdI tuC SouSO VI justice should be satisfied, without endeavoring to bring him back.
 PLYMOUTH, Mass, Oct. 14.-A few months ago when former Ad- miral Eaton suddenly died, suspi- cion was directed toward his wife, now Mrs. Jensen. She has since been under surveillance and the probabilities are that she will be placed on trial for murder.
 LIVERPOOL, Oct 14-The own CTS of the steamship Volturno ex- press the opinion that the fire at sea on their vessel was the result of a plot upon the part of rival Dutch and German emigrant lines.
 ALBANY, Oct. 14.-The impeach- ment court convened yesterday af- ternoon. Announcement was made that a verdict in the Sulzer case would not likely be reached before Tuesday. Up to this afternoon no conclusion had been arrived at.
 CARDIFF, Wales, Oct. 14.-A serious fire broke out in the Uni versal mine and ragged fiercely for time. While some miraculous es- capes were made it is believed that nearly 400 miners perished by req son of the afterdamp. They were caught in the tunnels and could not effect their escape.
 LONDON, Oct. 1.-The king and queen had an unpleasant experi- ence on Saturday night. They at tended a performance at one of the prominent music halls and had a narrow escape from being mobbed by party of suffragettes. A bunch of angry women closed about the royal pair and were in the act of doing them bodily harm when guards rushed to the rescue and dispersed | the mob.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-Repre- sentative Clayton, who was recently appointed by the governor of Ala bama to succeed the late Senator Johnston, and who has been seeking | to be seated in the United States Senate, has resigned the appoint ment. He took this action at the request of President Wilson, who be- lieves that the appointment was not | legal and that the vacancy can only be filled by direct election of the people. The President favors Repre- sentative Underwood for the place. l SEATTLE, Oct. 13.-The enact ment of a provision in the deficiency appropriation bill, taking certain deputy collectors of internal revenue and deputy marshals, from the civil service list, is causing much discus sion here among the politicians. It will affect 22 deputy collectors for the state of Washington and Alaska, as we'll as many deputy marshals in Alaska. The places are now at the disposal of the secretary of the treasury, for the deputy collectors, and of the attorney general for the deputy marshals. They may be re- moved at pleasure.
 SEATTLE, Oct. 13.-A serious ! fire broke out late Saturday after noon in one of the buildings of the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company. For a time it looked as though the entire plant might be destroyed, but the heroic work of the 1 firemen resulted in soon getting control of the fire that ragged so fiercely for time. The total loss will be about s15O,OO0. This plant