Alaska Hist Llbrarf
?he $atly Jilashan
No. 326. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAU WAY, ALASKA, THRUSDAY, APRIL 22, 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
TURKISH ffiUIHEIS
ill UK THE SHLNH
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey. April
22 ? The temporary agreement be
tween the Sultan, Abdul Hamid and
the leaders of the Young Turks has
heen annulled and the Young Turks
and the rebellious troops are prepar
ing to surrender the city to the Mac
edonian troops and will attack the
Sultan's palace.
A civil war is threatened.
It is reported that twenty thousand
persons have been massacred in the
interior and the foreign powers have
served notice on the government thai
they will land troops to march to
the interior if the riots are not stop
ped at once.
PATTEN FEARS
ASSASSINATION
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO. III. April 22? James Pat
U*n, the speculator who cornered the
v heat market and forced the price
o' wheat up to $1.28 a bushel, left
this city this morning for Denver.
Col. He says he fears that an at
tempt will be made on his life as the
result of his manipulation of the
wheat market.
The market is demoralized today.
The bears are making a general raid
and there is heavy selling.
WILL DYNAMITE
HUGE ICE Ji
(By United Prees)
BUFFALO, N. Y. April 22? Sev
eral carloads of dynamite have been
redeved here and today a crew ol
workmen will start at work blasting
a channel through the huge ice jam
Niagara Falls. The iee jam has
caused the water to back up and over
flow its banks until it is endangering
pioperty at Buffalo and Fort Krie.
A postal savings bank is to be os
Mblished at Whitehorse.
CLEVELAND, O. April I!:'? Six peo
lilt? have been killed, several scon
were injured, and more than a million
dollars worth of property was destroy
ed by a terrific storm which swept
northern Ohio and the lake pets last
itight.
The wind blow at a great velocity
and in several sections small torna
does resulted. Many residences wen
v recked. Telegraph and telephom
\ ires are down in many places am:
and the train service is badly demor
alized.
DANCE WIS SUCCESSFUL
The benefit ilance given by the
Skagway Brass Band at the White
Pass Athletic club last night was a
decided success. There was a good
turnout and those who were present
enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Tin
Dand gave several selections that
were heartily encored and Reed's
orchestra furnished the rest ol" thi
Musical program. The Hand realized
;? snug sum from the dance. Th?
iioney will be used to huy uniforms
and equipment.
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SITKA, Alaska. April 22 ? The lar-J
! gcst seal herd seen for years on the
j Alaskan coast is passing here to the .
I iif r tli ward today. The vanguard of ?
t) o herd reached here yesterday.
Tin* Sitka Indians have killed more |
t an two hundred seals in the last i
two days. The w ll sell these hides
for about $::o apiece and as the herd ;
will probably be three weeks in pass
ing the natives will reap a rich liar
vest.
The natives report that several Jap
anese sealing boats are following the
herd and keeping close to the three
mile limit.
There is not a revenue cutter in
the District to prevent the Japanese
fiom poaching it they are so inclined.
SIGNAL CORPS
Ml SUICIDES
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, I>. C. April 22?
Capt. George Bunnell of the United I
States Signal Corps is in a hospital
in this city dying with a bullet in his
brain, lie shot himself last night in
u.i attempt to commit suicide follow
ing a nervous breakdown caused by
over study. He was one of the best i
known men in the signal service and
had seen service in Cuba and Alaska.
George McNamara of the local ca
bl? office knew Capt. Bunnell very
?veil. They met in Denver, Col. in
anil have known each other ever
since. Mr. McNamara state* ? thru
Capt. Bunnell was one of the best
men in the Signal Corps.
Capt. Bunnell was in Alaska from
l!>00 to 1!>01 when he supervised the
construction of the government tele
graph line from Valdez to Fairbanks. 1
After tha* he was stationed in New
\ork city. He wa" 15 years old and
vi as unmarried.
(By United Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April 22?
Former United States Senator Turple
who defeated Benjamin Harrison for
the senatorship from Indiana in ISs"
died in this city last night.
VICTIM OF DRINK
OAKLAND, Cal. ? J. M. Poston, a
bout 60 years of age, who 20 years
ago was regarded as on of the most
brilliant attorneys of this state, today
was taken to the county infirmary,
a charity charge. He is alleged to be
a slave to drink.
GOV. LILLE!
IS
(By United Press. 1
HARTFORD, Conn. April 22? Gov.
George L. Li lley died last night from
lir ght'a disease after being confined
It his bed for four weeks.
Lieut. Governor Weeks will succeed j
Gov. Li lley as chief executive of Con
necticut.
Gov. Lilley was born at Oxford,
Mass.. in 1S">0 and has always been
active in politics. He was elected
In the national House of Representa
tives from Connecticut in 1 1?0 ] and
has served continuously since until
last winter, when he resigned to be
come governor of Connecticut.
TWO MORE JURORS SECURED
(By United Press.)
FLUSHING, L. I. April 22? Four
jurors have been secured for the trial
oi Capt. Peter Haines on a charge
df murder. The first jury panel has
been exhausted and another panel
will be drawn today.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 22 ? Taej
Senate today confirmed the nomina
tion of C. 1). Murane of Nome :is i'.j
S. district attorney for 'lie Third ju
dicial division of Alaska.
PRINCESS DUE 5 P. III.
The Princess May left Juneau at
!> o'clock this morning and will arrive]
in Skagway at 5 o'clock this alter- 1
noon, according to a cable message
recieved by Mr. F. F. \V. Lowle, lo
< al agent. She has 0"> passengers |
and 70 tons of freight aboard.
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(United Press Telegraph-Cable 8ervlce.)
SMYRNA, Turkey. April 22? Ad
vices rocieved by Miss Lambert, head
ci American missions here, state that
five American women missionaries
are beseiged in their mission house
in the interior by a mob of infuriated]
Armenian fanatics who have threaten
ed to torture them.
There is no way to aid the Amer-'
ican women. They are defended by
a few servants and their capture is
certain.
Reports from the interior state that
villages are being burned and tooted
in every direction and that prisoners
have been released from the jails by
the mobs. Robbery, murder and arson
are rife in all the cities.
The conditions are simply unbeliev
able, state the reports.
I. ROOSEVELT
HQUETTED
(By United Press.)
MOMBASSA, Africa. April 22?
I
Theodore Roosevelt was tendered a
banquet lust night by the British of- j
fleers and residents here. He leaves!
tomorrow for the ranch of Sir Alfred
Pease on the Athl river where he
will spend a month before leaving
for the interior to hunt big game.
The train from Whitehorse was de
layed about aji hour yesterday. The
rotary had to be taken out to clear
the track.
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A. E. Pattison and P. T. Co-y of
the Canadian Boundary Survey left
for Whitehorse this morning with the
twenty horses belonging to the sur
vey.
ALASKA IS RICHEST IK WIS
Hartley Williams, of Dawson, one|
cf tin* best, known mining men in '
ii.c north, who caine to Alaska in!
I Mi.'!, arrived in Skagway yesterday |
from Dawson and will go south on
tiie Princess May. Mr. Williams will
go to San Francisco, his former home, I
and then to New York and Ottawa,'
returning to Alaska about June 15.
Mr. Williams lias just purchased aj
mining concession at the mouth of
I ne Big Salmon river. His concession^
ij ten miles long. He says it has 1
rich prospects and he will put a dia-!
rond drill to work on the property |
this summer.
"I have followed mining for years,"
said Mr. Williams today, "in Califor
i'ia, Nevada and South America and;
I have no hesitation in saying thatj
Alaska is the richest mineral country
in the world. The mineral wealth of
this country is something marvelous
and its developement Is only in Its
i- fancy. I know of ve hundred
creeks where you can find paying
gold. All we lack is the transporta
tion facilities and the right kind of
the north, who came ot Alaska in
country. When we have these Alas
ka will astound the world.
"I have been over every part of
Alaska and I know what the re
sources of the country are. When
more eastern capital is interes'ed and
when we get rid of some of our easy
chair prospectors and get men who
are willing to get out and find gold,
then Alaska will be the Mecca of in
vestors. Prosperity is sure to come ?
perhaps not this year nor the next ?
tut eventually and in the near fu
ture."
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