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STEAMER SANTA ANA
FLOATS FROM ROCKS
r-f -Mer T^at Went Ajround Satur
d.- N.jM. Pu is OfT UnSec Her
0 <? - Steam.
Ry \laska News Buro?ui- >
SEATTLE. Jan. 50? V wireless re
p-rt received hone states that ,1'
vv&sKjl SU>a.n-.ship Company s fre:
,-.r Santa \n.v whUh ran .-uround :r.
K rV Jia ^ Saturday nipht, was fK*u
?si )a>t niirht, during tlx- hi*h tide,
h^c own steam.
The report stated that f?he is
. naj:<M as far as can be do-erminoti
froti examinations which have
i,- by the crew.
-R VCESS MAY WILL
ARRUE HERE TOMORROW.
c iV.ncess VJay left Seattle Sat
-
passeiCCts a^d S5 tons of frekh:
S . a.- 0. in Ket.hikan this morn
%
arr ?? in port tomorrow ?' ,
\\ .L HONOR FAT, LEAN
*^L. SMORT AND AGED ELKS
- \ is'Ka New* l?nre?M.>
! "OR TLA NO, Ore., .tar?_ 30 ? Eat ;
\? lean Eifcv tail E'.ks, short Elks
? sh aj.d tiory at the Elks' gran*"
. rennk i in Portland next July.
The committee in charge o? the
v'brt' ? ? i Live S^.i to e;< h
fa-i- t^e learo-t. the ta" t.
t and the oldest Elk ap
? he a sp^tacnlsj- feature
? ek Furthermore. the win- j
et h depart ith-r.t wi'.l be ?ive
ore-? position in the grand i
''?>s: u richt of the convention j
ILN'OAV shield COAL CASES
TO EE HEARD IN APRIL
?Ry Alaska News Pureau*
srvTTUK .'an. 2*? Spe- ial Ooan
Townwsvi. who has charge of the
Mwday-Skiejd* coal c*Pe- has been
i the city sinoe Saturday He is
ende*vorin<r to have tkw cases.
? hk-h are the first coal cases to he
ro cht to trial, heard some time in
The Best of
The
Good Ones
For
Big and Little Feet
THE
ufm&ucan
SHOE
H. J. LYNCH
Up-Te-Date Haberdasher and Lac*iea Fumiahw.
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jOHN LENNON TELLS
OF NEW GOLD DIGGINGS
$34 Taken Frcm Forty Square Feet
Of BtdrccK ? Plenty of Grub? No
Pl?ce For Laborers.
.'I:- first authentic, first hand news
i .. t- now Sixtymile strjKe was ro
oei\??i in this city last luuhl, upon
. arm iC of John Lennon, who wa>
a r >t.ger on the train from the
He left on the Oura<*o for i
i a le, uher< he was called by the
k ess of a member of his family.
?. ho resides in. that city.
If on is a sourdoush of Uir
Pr-t dye. hating crossed the
t !'a-- in the rar.y rush ir.
7 ( th c in tiie kind of the mi l
ii". . he h*? stayed on the
? i s being the first time thai
oome out sine? the <*ar]y
FVr sever*! year? prior to the l?'e
\t\r le strike. lennon has been
? - of a keystone drill in the
? t>f the French Syndicaie a-d
? i>- >-i?e< tine the Sixtymi'e In
vi< i:.;t> of the Yukon. He states
at where they have prospected
e have been fair results but
at e to the enormous depth, the
Tv ? k ranninj 125 feet, that It
i- ii ?: a paying proposition.
- of the new strike. l?e: rtMl
i'ei that It was above the main
i wlv re he ha? been working,
l ?>;?taries of the Sixtymllp
? -e he stated, bedrock had been
t a dentil of 52 to 25 fe**t.
There v As just one hole down to
1 r at the time he hvl left the
<vVi j h was lT-ate.i on l>:s
ce Kr.-m this hole. $"4 wis
f; 'in a ."'*v foot strip of bel
There v re ftf'y other hole^
0 ? - s'^k S'iO c'airns hail be?ti
1 pnty of provisions were in evi
n :'^e Ti w creek. the Pawson
Tni ' company having establish ed
i tra lilv j?ost. at which sivppl os
. ere sold at an advance of five rents
? ?? pivmd over l>awson pri? os which
Mr. L 'n stated was morP reasoi -
>!>'e that the pr.wpetors could haii'
1 ir ow supplies to the ground
in ? . ludins. sneaking of labor,
s-at.-d ti t the e was no denia-id
nr labor, "v every one doinc his
'?n t* i rk and that the only men
wanted in the now camp were pros
pectors and men with money.
NORTHWESTERN BATTLES
WITH STORMY WEATHER.
> \lask& News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. J a?.. 30? After battling
! with t Trifle i torms of the CoasL
:'.eat Flattery, for many hours. |
ht \lA>\a Steamship company"?
jstmte.r Northwestern arrived in
tii:- p n at 5 a. m. today. many
tours late, from Southwestern Alas- '
ija ports.
LOST? toadies small bow-knottel
ing Finder kindly return to Alas
kan Office.
ALL ANGLES OF NEEDED
LEGISLATION IS STUDIED
Few Member* of Committee* of Al
aska Bureau cf Chamber of Com
merce Absent From Meeting*.
Indicative of the interest And en
thusiasm that 1* boiing manifested In
the Uft--ka btmiM of the New <"ham
her of Commerce since it* organisa
tion. nine committee meeting* on var
piiasts of A utska de votopment j
been heid during Uio past we^k
anti Uiere liaxe Ueea but six absen
i.-es troiu the nine meetings, three
.u whom were out of the city.
t: \ ej > angle of the needed legis\a
uoq a.id measures for the develop
uieiit of the northern country is be
studied in its minutest details by
.tie vaxiotis committees and depart
i.uuts of the Alaska bureau, and its
import as a factor in procuring the
. it a ie-isiatioa soon will bo felt.
The con.reS^onai delegation from
-ale f Washington at the na
. ?1 capital will be called upon by
ari-au to so tiehind l>elegate Jas.
Tsham in a&king Congresg for
..9,a..u.i providing for tiie exten
s. u <if the boundaries of the city
. \ai z The laws of the terrltor.
11 ?o\fiiiiueui oo not provide for
in th< boundaries of a city
\t a jmeUng yesterday the fol
i? ...i re-oiution, wnk-h was intro
ik'u i; J. L.. .Mci ni-rson -and eec
oiKieu by falcon Joslin, was adopted
u.> tte ,\uLSn%n bureau:
V- i-ivas, Alfred H. Drooks, poo.o
~<>i in charge division of Ataskan
? i -i i i < '.ircc*, I nited States
. *io_. .u Survey, was by the se< re
tarj of the interior tendered the po
.-i >n of > h:<-/ geologist of the I'nJt
I atu-r thirteen ywirs work
Ala -.a. carrying advance naiary
ot that now r*-<seived by him; and
.\herea?, Mr. liroofcs has defined
v promotion be< anse of his loyalty
i his Alaska work and his desire
r m. i the immediate direction of
i work until it more completely
r in f*d out- a work that will be of
isti.g benefit to the American pe*^
pV; row, therefore. be it
R>- ?!. that the Alaska bureau,
\r-v Cha?nl> t of Commerce, einres*
:< hi :h- t appreciation of the work,
??"h:- \eme.->t.s and self-earrifiee of Al
re.1 f Itro^V". which have been of
M It to the p<**p'e of
'his renin try;
Vnd ??? do nwxt earnestly h r?p??
:hit the I'nlVt States will at an
'i -'v tv a-1' anoe tv>e salary of sa:d
VlfVed M T'lrooVs fo as to more
<*ar1v eomr? isate him for his cr?if
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JUDGES AND LEGISLATORS
MUST GO TO JAIL.
i rtv Ataka News Bureau.)
msTON. .Ian. 30 ? .fudges and left
latot s w ill be required as a pre
mi- ar to takinc office to spf>nd flT
ni.ht* In Jail, and one month in the
slum d trict of rostovn, if a bill In
tr lu< c-i in the Massachusetts legis
lature bv Rep. Morrill becomes a law
The bill provide*! that present offtce
'loUers must take the course of train
ire at once, or retire from office.
Fresh Olympia Oyster Cocktail* at
the Board of Trade. tf
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r T T T T T T ? i ? I ? ? . . > . ?
iCmal Spccial:
+ 5 +
+ ? ? ? ? +
+ ?
+ Our stock in this line is complete, a variety *
+ of sixteen of the most Popular Package +
+
+ Cereals on the market to select from?Every +
1 package guaranteed to be pure and whole- +
J some ? We have (hem in 1 0 pound sacks +
* or in any quantity desired]) +
+ +
+ +
? P. H. GANTY, Grocer I
> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Hi- + + + + + + +
SENATE HEARS
. ALASKA BILL
SENATOR JONES ASKS TOR
AIOS TO NAVIGATION.
Washington Senator War. s U. S. Sub
Treasury Established in Seattle ?
Three Light Houses Per Alaska.
(By Alaska News itureau.)
WASHI.VtiTON. II t , Jan. 3>>?
Senator Wesley U J<> ? ?? of \\a*;>in?
ton today introduced a bill in tl??
Senate ?pro\ for the es:al>ll*h
ment of a 1 S. sub-treasury in Sea'
Ue, al*o a bill similar to th?* Wlclwr
ftham bill introduced ir.lo the Mow,
providing for the bui.dns of more awl
to navigation along the Coast of Al
a?ka
The bill provide for lieht and foe
signals to b? built on Cape 5pencer; 1
the entrance to H? -irr- ' >-n Ray. an
on Cape St. Ellas. The first to co**
$80.0in>, th? 'eoond !>???) an I thf
third $J2a,0fl0
BURNS DETECTIVES PINDS
DYNAMITE IN SUIT CASE
(Ry Alaska News Bureau.)
SALT J.AKK. rtah. Jan. SO? Men
in the employe of the \Vm. R. Burns
detcctive a<cncy yesterday found a
quantity of dynamite in a silt ease
in a local storare plant here. There
were also frtv- and taps for the e*- :
plosion of fhe dvraml^- i-> th? wit
ARMISTI.'E IS RENEWEO
IN FLOWE^r KINGDOM.)
(My Alaska News Bureau.!
PKK1N. China, Jan. 3"? Th? arml*
'Ice between the Ksbel fore#* ami
thr Imperial* ?hl<h was ip yester
day. has br*n ren?wp.t for a f^*
ilay?.
Mighty off irfa will h" mado to gain
a s??tUem?"nt and to brine about p^a >> .
in the Flow pry Kingdom.
Mils Mary H. Cwti> of \\ hiteliorse
wa? a pa"?enK?r on the train last
night and sailed south on the Cura
cao this morning. Sh*> is on her
way to CorvaHis, Ore , w'ner?> she
will ?>nler the Oresron Agricultural
College
CATERPILLAR SILENTLY
REPOSES UNDER WATER.
Traction Engine Hauling Cord Wood
Over Lake B?nn??t Plunges Tt?ru
lea to The Bottom.
\n accident occured y**U?rdAy on
U-Ue Ilenne4t. n?*r f'aribosi. which
came rx*ar ending In * fatality, wh??
ine Caterpillar traction engine now
trying used by wood contractors to
ha<4 sled*. loa/ie*i with cnrd wood
acrosa the lake to U?? McDonald
i roek eJeclrV light plant. near Uw
Ilia Thine mine. plunged through
rhe Ice and disappeared in ftfteen
.'evt of water, <-arrying the operator
along with ft. The tatter rose to
tv.? ??rface and w?< dragged oot
The Caterpillar." aileatly reposec
on the bottom of I^ak? liennctt and
iuara what tile wild waves are ?ar
inc.
At the time that the Caterpillar
took her plunge fh<re were three
men on h<?r. They were Wm Ban
abter, Joe. Knapp and Fred McClel
land. Knapp was rldtn* on the front
>f the machine and wen; down with
on It? tijhmarlne lonrner Ffe rr
eived several had ^nts about the
head. The other two men were seat
ed In a cab built onto the rear of
?he enrine. which was torn off when
'he accident occurred leaving them
hl?h and dry on the fee.
Kff.->rts will be made Immediately
to resurrect the sunken Caferplliar
which has been of much use to Con
'-artors r>art and Knapp. in hauling
'heir wood across the Lake
TAPT COMES HOME TONIGHT.
i l*y Alaska News Bureau, i
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 3">?
TY<s!dent Taft is expected to ar.
-ire in the city at a late hour to
i;M. aflT completing hi* three day*'
>-ir my to New York. Clerchlnd. Co|.
imbiMi and Akron
Me has filled hl? apecch-maklng en
^*6eme?its In ?*uh of theae cities
eOU"DOUCH8 RETURN EARLY
.l<"hn ( olUn*haw and Jim 0'l?oorel.
to old aoartoagtH. arrived In 'he
Ian I of promise" again. on 'he
fiirarao la*' nlaht after wintering In
th? Sound cotititry They will go
iV>wn the Yukon on the ice and will
'.n ail prohabllitv look over the new
S:*tymile strike
Sam f'.nyot. the popular F1*her
Krolher*' *ale?man. was a round trip
iM<>-cn?r?r from Juneau cm 'he fnr.
fccao.
^oes for ;
M . n
Women
and
^ Children
We have a large Stock on hand !I
jt
! Also A Large Assortment of
Men's Shoes
The Best That The Market
Affords
Also
Rubbers and Arctics
of all kinds
WILL CLAYSON - "Qothier j
TTie Home of The
HART, 5CHAFFNER AND MARX
CLOTHING