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No. 282. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAUWAY, ALASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908 PRICE, 10 CENTS
Several
Early Reports Wei
cribe Greatest Cj
Mount Aetna J
Nations of the m
Italy? AmericaJ
tance? Sicily Si M
(United Pre
iequate to Des
jeofail History
I Eruption? A I
|y to Relief o:
fill Offer Assis
Ocean. '
|rapl
?vice.)
ROME, Dec. 31. ? More than
people were killed or perished!
result of the terrific earf
which destroyed the city of
in Sicily and laid waste the sj
ins WMintry on December I'Sf
lag tc rdvlcea received toda]
state officials in Rome. Th<
Here sent by the naval offic<
battleship fleets Kent to th?
the stri< ken island.
In the city of Messina
dead aud dying are estima?
at least 135,000.
In the City of Reggio. out of a pop- 1
ulatlon of more thau 73,000 people,
there are said to be 500 survivors
The quake was' particularly severe at j
Reggio and a huge tidal wave en
gulfed the town after the shocks had |
ceased.
uTTx' I
Sever?
harbor
the hea
wave
at Mess
At
food
and wei
that ha
the strli
would
British
have dij
scene,
is felt
case
tidal
gees
battleshl
FrI
All
felt a
jacent
ants haj
frantlct
any effo
of the
that the
Moun<
[jlps anchj
high
|ity aful
he sarnl
Ihe
l.>d
hf
pie
Ish
i and scientists
Ive discharge of
cur at any time,
el returned to Komi
fer with parllniont li
H called for today I j
for the relief of de
|lta remained In .M?
r suffering subject!
?lose escapes froii
n acted with thl
7T and where ever she
goes the people crowd around her to
kiss her haud and call out blessiugsj
on her.
Offers of relief are being made to
the Italian government from every
quarter of the globe and the rulers of I
every nation have sent their condol
ences to King Emmanuel. Although |
iP&U
Ihe
d soldiers. sail4
it h each other
ed and feeding
HorribI# Bfvonj
its in the neigfc
id Reggio are sal
ation. The city
e and on every
id children, wo
seeking for food|
itic mothers
d hundred:!
? more till
ering folorl
pig vainly fo|
les.
tides unburled
tog :u-.J i)i the hot Italian
io feavJ :hat a pestilence wl
from this ;:ause.
Mjiur Fleet Will Aid.
^^^^^|:ton, D. C. The
fleet Hgjft' Un ted States, nov
Hfl tear the Suez
ie retVBHPvtosiHHHHBitry, Ji
the notable advancement of honest business methods,
and for the proven loyalty of onr many old and new
friends whose liberal patronage has enabled us this
year to sucessfully improve our business which in
turn has served to stimulate their own prosperity, we
are extremely thankful.
Wishing you all a
i
i
.
7* V',r
Cyncb and Kennedy
The Up-to-DateHaberdashers and Ladies' Furnishings
big California blacksmith all over th>
ring and looked a sure winner.
Harry tired after the twentieth I
round and Kaufman took the lead and
slowly wore the Chicago man down. [
In the thirty-seventh round Kaufman I
knocked Barry out cold with a viclou
right to the jaw. The gong rai-s
when the referoe was tolling off ti e
andJ^jn^vas" onrrl d
toHH|H&-r nu clfjjSjjjjw Mo
? 1 itU-'otit 9>f him umI
d little '.ro-:t>Je in beating
BotBpnttjwhowed gr-at
at he \v/. Id I
ison ftr at |
the White
ami A. M., on
ing officers
for the ensu
master.
Junior Varden.
to Sicily un
uiul render the
possible as
work. The
Messina next
In Sea.
Froni Home.)
of eastern Sicily
nto the sea. The
is 25 feet under
side towns are re
engulfed. The
Inhabitants of Sicily are .fleeing to
the hills to escape the water.
Queen Marguerita lias given way
under this fresh catastrophe and is
reported to be on the verge of a nerv
ous collapse. She lias had no sleap
for two days, spending her entire
i time in aiding her subjects.
(By United Press.)
AUGUSTA, Gil., Doc. 31.? Presi-I
dcut Elect William Howard Taft has|
Crow
sonic faaf ''.J
leader! <A fo
out till aoutl
the "s(|liu
Mr. 'VHH
proposi?HH?
(By
WINNIPEG
blizzards arc
all portions
many places
down aud bu
obtained of
the storm. I
the loss of 1
live stock.
So far as 1:
have been lol
are blockadei
Look at the Masquerade prizes In |
Brltt's window. The. best ever of
fered.
m M
. 31. ? Fierc
be raring
Canada.
*ph wires
|eports caa
es caused
however,
great awoil
Ralph H. Royal, who is connected
with Mr. McBride's office at Juneau,
left for that city last night after
spending the holidays in Skagway.
Preferred Stock Corn oir*the Cob,
ready to heat and serve, comes to
your table with the garden flavor
perfectly preserved ? the way you
used to get it from the home garden.
fk Canned
i But in Orora
I ijivat tars to tl
douJ.Bj
pnlteJ^stci Gotenm>isnt is a fcrgc buyer o t
Prefemi^tQ^<Sut|}6d Gopdf^o^ise V the Arrayj
^HSPur Grocer
I tfiOrMin. rOftTLAMD.OliaOH.cfll
GANTV & FRANDSON
storm lucora
is HtlllHf
been bloeJti-'i -<1
and tb
and
Therfcdi
poorer ?
! Of
cold. aBBM
any previous
SUIT
led by a terrific wind*
to be raging In all
, In many parts of
'allroad trains have
nd traffic In London
[g cities Is congested
iost at a standstill
suffering among the
people who havo no
landing the sevore
,rd Is far worse than
>rm for years back.
1 FOR
HI w<vrd tp:w received by |
that Mre, P1UI Snyder's
13,|
Rivci-, Toko.. at x?e
att^k*ldowaud^ six H
oldest fon btiing 47 rears old
yov. nit 21. \ \y.
?:H1b fciugliiere, Mrs. M
dt Snalvllle, Tenn..
mm Birmingham. ?
only children present ?
Snyder has the
thfe community.
Gr?eu
The
Fra
their
at rh
strict!;
doubt
have
hosten
jSkagway Aerie N(f. -6 of thfj
al Order of
mi-monthly dance
aerie. Tiie
an invitation
lghly enjoyable,
ade an enviable J reputation as
in their dances
Pre??.)
Dec. 31.? William
state treasurer, who
and sentenced to serve
the state penitentiary In
the capital graft
of pneumonia at
this city. He was at
stay of sentence pend
to the supreme court.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Doc. 31.? Presi
dent Roosevelt will keep open house
tomorrow at the Whitebouse starting
at 11 o'clock New Year's morning.
Nearly all the government officials In
Washington wUltakj^hlsoccaslon to
their reBpflfttsTtnitlwSHMMent.
indreds and*
call upor
Jeffe:
mipany
ick last
passen,
The
passe
of 4
effeM
for Si
The J<
'ay on
The Ta-mpI'
Steamship company
war this morjH
coal for( E. 5. 1
was at Halnso
? ana
Exclusive
.Hen's Clothiers
We have just received
a new line of suits for!
Winter trade, that are
excellent in quality and
rately priced,
22.50, come
them over. I
display.