| Show THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY It t Is Not Yet Settled Between the United Shies and Britain = Urntull of tlm Itniuor tliBt It I Had Come coo Bush Whloca aud Oltini Washington March HIt Is I said at the state department that the Ota reports that Great Britain and the United States have signed a treaty for the settlement of the Alaskan boundary boun-dary dispute are Incorrect the matter still being a subject of negotiation The department will say nothing regarding the details from Ottawa as to an agreement agree-ment that the boundary line shall be computed from the shore line follow Ing It I In all Its sinuosities and that the top of mountain peaks shall mark the limits of American territory but It Is I Intimated that the Ottawa reports are a little strained Sir Julian Pauntefote the British ambassador through his secretary a so authorized a complete and specific denial of the reported perfection of a treaty No contention or any character char-acter he said had been made and the details given he said therefore were erroneous as u whole and In detail 1 Ottawa Ont March ItAfter an all night session In which the time or the house was occupied In a discussion of the Yukon railway bill that measure meas-ure was read a second time at G30 this morning the majority In Its favor being t 9 Just before adjournment Blr Charles Tupper read a copy of a dim I patch telegraphed from hero to a New York paper and transmitted back to Ottawa stating that the Canadian mInIstry had hn notified that a conclusion con-clusion had been arranged whereby the Alaskan boundary dispute had been settled Sir Wilfrid Laurler the premier stated that there was not a word or ruth In the story Sir Charles TpPr suggested thai the lou should take acton to prevent newspopr vent the sending out of false reports to Irlma Donnii r Boston Mass March 11Madame Melba the prima donna Is I seriously Ill I with throat trouble at her apartment at the Hotel La Touralne ail d gristle doubt are expressed ns to whether she vlll be able to take part In the grant opera season which opens In Chicago next week at least In I the earlier performances per-formances On account ot the Illness ot Mndeme Nordica 1lha has hen obliged to do double duty hero In Boston llm A CIIIVAMAN I He Committed Murder I > y Killing Ilia Uncle San Quentin Cal March HWing Tung the Chinese murderer was hanged this morning at 1030 oclock for tho killing of his uncle Yu Lick Chung at the Globe hotel In San Francisco lot September He met his death with the characteristic stoicism or his race and appeared to be utterly Indifferent durIng dur-Ing the final preparations for his execution exe-cution Th murderer was pronounced dad 1 minutes after this drop fall |
