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MM KKNTH VKAK SKAttWAY ALASKA, MONDAY. AUGUST 11, MH3 PRICE 10 CENTS
THAT POLL IB
LAW IS LEGAL
SAYS THE JUDGE
1SHIER TELLS
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ANOTHKK WTAL ACdDlBT
AT FKKSKVKKAXCR MI.VK
SGORCJNG HEAT
We Are Looking1 For
a Man Unusually
Hard to Fit !
give him our address. We have five
H. J. Lynch
H- Leading I ?dia FurnuJitr and Haberdasher of Skagway
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TRAVEL B! SAFE
AND EASY ROUTE
way at 9:30 o'lock there were.
Untiles the tuuiaeuKOrit, eight head
en In by l>uu Kennedy. Phil Mc
come out of the Tulegri.ph creek
country, landing In Wruni;ell from u
trip dowu the Stikine rlv?r, In tin"'
grade, government road, to Canyon
City, 115 mlloB, thence to digging8
Kluane Luke Route ? Front White
horse to Kluaue Luke, over govern
Whlte River Route? WhUehonte
down Yukou to Whlto River and up '
to Donjek River all way by steuiuer. 1
approximately 350 mllee, landing <
lures everyone that the above route*
to catch tUo Humboldt for Skagway.
\t Juneau they scured horses and |
Kach of these gentlemen know the
trails of the North. Tboy have beeu <
over ull of them. Dan Kennedy es
pecially ban lived Iti Alaska all bin
life. He Is going In via the Skagwif
Whltehorae route. He lay* that If
ttiero was a bettor route on the map
Tbo five homes are being shipped
days ugo and Is at Whltehorae out
fitting. A wire has been sent Mr.
t'owan to supply the Dally Alaskan
with all Information ho can possibly
send out from the Shushcnna as
The other horeo was being takou
In by J. K. Klsher, who intends us
ing it on the Whltehorse-Klunne
Special Prices
ON FRU1IT BY THE BOX
? Following our usual oustuui, we will uiaka specially attractive
^ prices on all fruits by the box during the canning season.
WE HATE A COOD SUPPLY OP
JELLY GLASSES
FRUIT JARS
JAR RUBBERS
Anil are prepared to take care of your orders satisfactorily
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
?KDKBATKD CATHOLICS MEKT
IX MAMMOTH CONVENTION
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 11? Cardl
lal Gibbons today presided at tho
?polling of the American Federation
>f Catholic societies convention.
Noted Catholic prelates, scholars,
dltors and laymen In tho forefront
>f Catholic activities throughout the
inlted States have gathered to the
lumber of thirty thousand from all
ectlons of the couutry to attend
he opening sessions of the twelfth
innual convention of the American
federation of Catholic societies,
rhich will be In sesslou until tho 13
iniong the prelates who will take a
ctlvo part In the couveutlon are
'ardluul Gibbon, D. !>., archbishop
>f Baltimore, Md., the Most Revoren
d John Ireland, archbishop of St.
'aul, Minn., the Mo.it Keverend
allies K. Qulgley, 1). 0., archbishop
f Chicago, III., the Most Reverend
ohn J. Glennan, 1). 1)., archbishop
if St. Louis, the Most Roverend 8.
i. Mettuer, C. !>., archbishop of
lllwaukee, and the Most Revorend
Keene, D. D., archbishop of Du
uquej In.
Cardinal Gibbons celebrated pou
Kiclul high mass at the cathedral
esterdny and the Most Rev. J
Ceent preached the sormon. In the
fin noon there was a monster pa
ail.- of all the Catholic societies of
lilwaukeo and vicinity. A great
oncert was given at the auditorium
ii the evening. Au .orchestra of
II HISII GUY
VANCOUVER. Aug 11? \V. B.
Close, accompanied by Sir Jobu
Crass, l-uily Cragg and daughter,
vailed on the Princess May Sundry
ning for an inspection trip of the
North, including Alaska and the
White Pass route through British
Columbia and Yukon Territory. The.
will be met at Skagwuy by O. L.
Dickeson, president of the White
l'uss ratlroud. who will accompany
them over the line* and through
the mines owned and operated by
th&t company.
Mr. Close will remalu with Mr.
Dlckeson .until this tall when they
will go to Europe together to me?t
the directors of the company; the
date of their trip belug reudered un
certain owing to the developments
of the gold strike in Shushanna. Sir
and Ludy Crugg will return after a
few weeks lu the north.
I. AST NIGHT NEW LAND
LAW UEUAN OPERATING
SACRAMENTO. Aug. 11? The J?l>
anese alien land law went into ef
fect at midnight lust night.
ill. DR0WM6 COMMON IK
I COflOOM; PJPEB OfIS If
Yeatfrday the Htoamor Humboldt
rough! the newa to Skagway that
Ixteen men an J fourteen horses lias
>o?ii drowned in the Chltaua river
,'he tneasage was picked up by th<'
rirelcaa operator of the Humboldt.
lUt uothlnK further regarding It
ould bo learned. The Dally Alaa
.*11 thin mornluK wired Cordova atnl
ecelvcd the following report from,
CORDOVA, Auk. 11, 4 p. m. ? No
ruth iu the report that Uvea were '
oat on the trail.
Chief of Police Hennecke arrived
aat night and saya they are short ;
if food and there are no toola In
he district. Clalim jumping and foo .
stealing necessitates the presence of
a marshal and commissioner. Ho
predicts additional bit; strikes.
Regarding the reported drowning
on the trull, passengers arrlvlug on
the Mariposa which docked In Skiig
way southbouud ut 4 o'clock this
afternoon say that the rumor Is
common la Cordova of a drowning
and that both men and teams have
boon lost, but nothing dv.'li'lto Is
known rourdlug It.
Messrs. Davis, Lindsay u. ' Kck
ert, who left Juneau uud Sk.igway
to go via Cordova, havu all return
ed. They Inform us that the- rumor
regarding the accident Is common
talk In Cordoa.
THE CRY OF THE TIMES
IS FOR (
RUBBER SOLED
FOOTWEAR
WE 'HAVE THEM
We also have a large line of
O'DONNELL SHOES
FOR MEN
Drop in and look them over
CLA YSON