No. 79. ELEVENTH YEAK.
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY ), 190IJ.
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
(By United Press.)
San Francisco, July 1 ? Another deatti
lias resulted from the explosion of dyn
amite which wrecked the houses of tbe
brother of Gallagher, the star witness
ia the graft cases, yesterday. No clues
have develop d *a to the perpetrators.
(By United Prew.)
Lake Placid, N. Y., July l.-Georjje
Daniels, the famous general passenger
ascent of the New York Central rail
road, died here today. Ho has held the
position ior fifteen years and wai known
all over the world in railroad circle* ?
PULL FOR 1 ram
It is assumed that there will be three
games of ?all on the Fourth of July and
prlzM hare been arranged for by the
committee for the winner of two of
them. The competitors for the first
game will ba decided by lot. The win
ner of that gume will be awarded a
purse of $73. This winner will then be
matched against the remaining team
and the winner will bo awarded a puise
of 1175.
The committee has high hopes of the
parade. The Alaska-born children idea
has spread and features will be made of
other Alaskan products.
The divisions of the parade as pub
lished yesterday will be rearranged, the
purpose of yesterday's publication be
ing to show the features. The veter
ans will lead the parade and probably
form au escort for the Goddess of Lib
erty.
A prize will be (riven for the best
feature of the parade. Business men
are requested to decorate their build
ings and prepare attractive floats.
There will be a meeting of the general
committee this evening and all mem
bers are expected to be present as the
time Is short.
ATHLETES COME j
TO ALASKA
Se.tHe P.-I. ? The well-known high
?choo! .ithli r >s Charlie Mulleu, Men
Hemingway ? o<i Krnle Muguire left for
Skitgwav list week! wh re they will
work duri- jj the summer. Maguire
left befor.- takiuv; his tinol examina
tions, u-.d he ?ill have to take the de
ficiency ex unin itions at the beginning
of the !<ohco! next fail. In case he
should fail to p *4 in his tests he will
not be allowed to cl&y football nexi
year. Mullen graduated this year, and
will cot receive his diploma until he
returns.
AWtka seems to be the favorite sum
mer resort of high school athletes, and
?very vacation the local athletes Jour
ney north to work. Pike and Harvel,
the Lincoln football men; Coylc, Mc
Kay and Westover, of the Washington
high school, and a number of otheis
have left for the north, and after the
final school reports come out a numoe'*
of the stars on the high school track
and diamond and gridiron will leave to
get in condition for next year's athletic
activities.
BISHOPPOTfER
ray low
New York, July 1. ? Bishop Potter,
who has been sick for some weekshere
is now reported to bo at the point of
death.
LA. HARRISON CO.
Ml II IWIII Willi IMI III I ' II II IWMIW I I H?l? ?
OUR SIXTH ? MILLIN
ERY SHIPMENT
of Gage and Merry Widow bats is now on display.
All colors and prices from
$3.75 to $6.00
Don't forget the 4th will soon be here, and delays are
dangerous
We have dainty summer stuffs for your 4th of July
dress and the carrect trimmings.
* JUST RECEIVED
The Gibson Girl bow pin. The ''Nevaslip" collar
pin, and an assortment of "Nifty" veil piuB from
50 cts to $1.50
Silk Gloves all colors from
75 cts to $3-25 a pair
Stores Open Evenings
Phones 4 & 55
[ 1 NEWSFROM DENVER
Denver, July 1 ? Judge Alton B. Parker will arrive
rive tomorrow and will begin active war with the managers
of the campaign against radicalism in the platform.
Judge Gray has opeued headquarters with enthusiastic
friends in charge. These hope that lightning may yet
Btrike their favorite for first place.
The supporters of Governor Johnson of Minnesota are
due tonight.
The Mormon issue will be a strong one before the plat.
form committee.
Th" anti-injunction plank is the uppermost considera
tion at this time, the forces being about equally divided on
the question, which will make it a hard one to settle.
Denver, July 1 ? After much discussion and canvassing
of the candidates it is said to be about determined that
Judge Gray shall be named for second place despite his pro
test that he ie a candidate for first place, and this only if
Johnson will not accept.
(By United Pre**.)
Boiie, July 1? The board of pardont
today commuted the death sentence of
Harry Orchard to imprisonment for
life. Orchard ii himself not ploasad.
He aa.vi ha wanted to die; that he had
nothing to live for, and his bitter mem
oies make life a burden. Ho says it
la greater punishment for him to be
sentenced to live than that | he be
put to death, aid he thinks bo is at
least entitled, under the law, to die.
and should be accorded that mercy for
his confession it behalf of the stuto.
FELL TO
HIS DEATH
(By United Prats.)
8a!etn, Oregon, July 1? John Lind
strom, millionaire, ship owner and
builder of the Pacific coast elevator,
fell from the fourth story of a h?tel
this morniDg, at Aberdeen, whore he
went to spend the night. It ia believed
the fall was with suicidal intent. He
fell from the window.
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FALLING WALLS
(By United Press.)
Minneapolis July 1? The wnlls of %
three storv brick building in course of !
construction, collapsed here this morn
ing. Seven laborers employed about the
place were buried under the brick and
stone, and instantly killed, while a
great macy persons were seriously in
jured. Thirty men and women, most
of them pasters by at the time, and
who were struck with the falling stones
aud timbers ore in the hospital.
(By United Press.)
Gr-nd Junction, Colo., (ul.v 1.-Stev?
Ad ms is saiti to be without iro^ey aud
thrrs will be few witnesses summond
for his defense in the trial about to be
begun, unless the state puarantees ihe
expenses. The juiy is about completed
and the case will b- opened to lay or
tomorrow.
Best meate in Whitehorse at Ro.val
Cafe. ?f
The Bull Dog .s par excellence, call
at Tony Doriero's for same.
Always Good
Onr sale of llills Bro's
"Everfresh"
Coffee has been astonishing. There is a reason
SOLD IN 1-lb AND 2-lb TINS ONLY
QANTY & FRANDSON
.(By United Presu.)
El Paso, Tex., July 1? Reports re- 1
:eived hero from ibo front are to the
elTect that a number of serious engjge- i
ments have take place between tho i
HOternmeni iro;ps nnd revolutionists
and that the latter have beon victori
ous for the most pirt.
HEARST WAS
HOI ELECTED
(3y United Prost.)
Ne.v York, July 1.? The supreme
judges conducting the recount in the
case of the mayoralty contest havo d'
ukV.'d i'.ftor a full canvass of the votes
tha' no fraud has been proven and that
McLellan was properly elected and
Ht arst, by the same vote, defeated.
(By United Press.)
London, .luly 1.? lu n suffragist riot
which to k place last niuht thousands
of women were ensrijred and hundreds
were more or less seriously hurt, many
tninK cut and bleeding. "
A large number were arrested lust
night ant!, this morning, when thoy
won; being taken for hearing before
the police magistrate, an attempt was
m de by their companions to reicue
them and another riot call had to be
turned in.
OHIO STILL
(By United Press.)
Seattle July 1. Forest Hres haye
been ra^iDR along the line of the ;,'ov
ernrai'nt telegraph betw.cn Nome n.J
Fairbanks resulting iu puitlnr the
<rires down in inuuy places '? is im
ported /."Oiu Xome that the M-eamsiiip
Ohio has been secu still locked in the
ice eight miles off Nome.
(By United Press.)
San Francisco, July L? Walter Har
nett, convicte:! of hypothecating the
Colton securities in the California S.ife
Deposit bank, defuuct, was today sen
tenced to imprisonment in San Quentin
peniton ary for ten years. Upon hear
in-; the sentence pronounced Barnett
fainted, ft is believed he is losing his
mind.
DIES FROM THE
OLD WOUND
(By United Presr )
Chicago, July 1.? Albert Gallagher
died here today from the effect of
wounds received while trvinjj to save
the Ufa. of McKinley from the attack of
Czol^olz. Galiajjhar was the personal
bodyguard of the president at the time
the shootinp at Buffalo.
Tho transport Crook sailed from Ft.
Seward for the westward yesterday, and
the troops for Egbert and Gibbons
came up here on the Peterson to take
the train for Whitehorse.
RAH
RAH ! RAH !
We are it
See our clothes
How they fit
This is the yell we hear from scores of satisfied cus
tomers. Try and get into this happy throng, ther-e is
still a few days left before
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
H. S. M. suits, Stetson hats, Nettleton shoes, E. tfc \V
Collars, and Yeska Specialty Goods make satisfied
customers.
Clothier