The Chitina leader., 1914-10-13
Late Telegraph News

| WASHINGTON. Oct. IA meet
ing has been arranged for tomorrow
between Secretary of the interior
Lane and j. P Morgan. They viii
discuss financial matters with refer
ence to the financing of the proposed
Alaska railroad. 1t is the intention
! of the administration to have worl
| start SO soon as the routes are
| agreed upon. The President expects
! to have the report of the Alaska
Engineering commission by the first
of the new year, and it will not Their
| take long to make decision as te
routes.
SEATTLE, Oct. 12.-This morn.
ing Victor M. Poace, attorney fol
Tape, arrested in connection with
Chinese smuggling, was himself
placed under arrest, charged with
tampering with witnesses.
ROME, Oct. 12.-Cardinal Fer
rata, Papal secretary of state died
Siiio ihoi iAh5 VI IIC
had not been i'll long but his trouble
soon developed into an acute form.
The Cardinal was recently appointed
to his high Office by the new Pope,
Benedictus XIV.
+ NACO, Oct. 12.-The battle of
Maytorena hill continues in a de-
sultory way, but occasionally stray
bullets reach this town. This morn
ing citizen and an American SOL
der were both wounded by bullets.
GRAND JUNG, Colo, Oct r.
AS train was today passing
through a canyon on the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad cotton
boulder fell from a high precipice
and rolling down struck the smok-
ing car. 1t completely crushed the
car, killing three persons and injur-
ing 20. Among those injured was
Falcon Joslin, supposed to be from
Alaska.
SKAGWAY, Oct. 12.-The re-
ported injury to Falcon Joslin in a
railroad wreck in Colorado is untrue.
Or at least it is not Alaska's Joslin
who was injured Mr.. Joslin and
young son have been in Fairbanks
for several weeks and arrived here
They left this morning on the
steamer Mariposa for the south.
SEATTLE, Oct. S.-The steamer
Alameda sailed from this port last
night at midnight. Passengers for
Cordova were: James J. Godfrey, b.
Miller, Mrs. H. Winter, William
Godfrey and A. G. Hansen For
Seward there were eight cabin and
five secCnd-class passengers, and
five cabin passengers for Valdez.
SEATTLE, Oct. S.-A fatality oc-
Cured last night On a ranch near
Renton that fer time caused much
mystery. AS William Horton was
standing on his porch some one fired
a shot which took effect in Horton 8
breast and killed him. Later it de-
veloped that the gun had been fired
by James Evans, deputy game war
den, who had been ordered off the
farm earlier in the afternoon. Evans
was placed under arrest and brought
to the county jail.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Oct. s.
A sensation was created here today
when it was known that the Duchess
DuraZzo had brought suit for the
annulment of her marriage. In her
complaint she alleges that the Duke
is a thief. She charges him with not
only robbing her but also their
friends. The Duchess was formerly
Miss Elizabeth Hannah, sister CT
the well known shoe manufacturer.
SEATTLE, Oct. S.-Mrs. Barbara
Lukosky keeps a boarding house and
Anton Budvilas was one of her
boarders. Last night ne was out
late and upon returning knocked at
the door several times, when finally
it was thrown open by the landlady
who snot and killed her boarder.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-The federal
court has ruled that it has no juris-
| diction in the suit brought against
Secretary of Navy Daniels to proven,
him from keeping closed the Sias.
consett wireless station. He ordered
it closed some time ago because OF
the messages that were being Sent
to the warning nations.
WASHINGTON, Oct S.--The U
S. Geological Survey has issued 6
bulletin containing investigations il
the Ruby and Iditarod districts. This
is illustrated by both Topographic
and geologic maps. The results SCI
forth clearly indicate that these dis
tricts lie in an important gold bel
which has already produced golt
and silver tO tho valua of nnarly