No. 10 FIFTH K NTH YKAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1912 PRICE 10 CKNT8
The Alaska Home Rule Bill Passes
SHOOTS SELF
AT WIFE'S SIDE
FAILURE CP RECONCILIATION
CAUSE OF RASH AC1
D \?rce Proceedings Eejun by Earl
Ha-nshav*. Who Later Attempted
to Patch up Peace.
Lot n.. t".\ >ou i'ouifi>. UiMy sa.d
T Hanishaw . as ho sk o<i to
. o*i>. '.o of his bo Pitiful youn^
o. .ls t-lio lay on her 1h\1 in i
*-??^?>111 on tho top floor of tho Lin
Hi <!<?;. Souty. Sunday ttMncon,
. at fiiir o\Kxk. wNh h< r S
M baby lying at her side
;le then stepiH*! around to the
>f t ? b-4. a;-.) taking A < hoap
\i rwo'ivor from !ii< p v kot
tho imiJ-lo to his ri;;ht tetu
?k* and pulled tho trlgjcer.
The slut was hoa.\l hy Or. X. C. .
\\ ; cor who occupied tiie a IJoinng
r ^m. and ho Immediately rushed In-'
> i he room from ? here the sound ,
' iWim1 .tin) found tho you-ng w
. cryttig o\or 'ho prostra'o form
h.?r htvsN?" l crying that ho had
W 'o! hTmself.
I": o coroner. who was Immediately
nor.otl tools charge of the body .
~ ! >v. being urged to li^ax e tho
M-s )!.imsb&v rofiK=VHi, saying
w l<\i\ o him hore aloae" She
n t > hair near tho window moin
a- 1 finally rP?j>u>s>d that Or.
?'> >hen be son: for.
l':?m stAttwnts nta.i.' by Mrs. Ham
- :sw to IV Wiser it was learned
Ha-- shau who ' a.' l^gtri <1i.
?- pro. ?v'irus I.I.; w.ntor. hail
?! t* a * ? .v tempt a? re- on
< it 1 ..tioln about tho
o tttvk. and had a lo:\?
> wife Tho couple were
tho nW garden of the ho
oar!? in tho afternoon of tho day
.-online tho suicide
Mr- Hat -haw ro- s'ered at the
i>- V.1T 'b > She is said to
? , i" l.o- AngeVeswh?n,
hoi an divorcp pro: o,d
" i - J. into ?.-? Seattle to oon
- v - said to have heon liv
- in Fverv't recently.
ABDUCTED GIRL RESCUED
FROM FORCED MATRIMONY.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 25 ? Po- 1
1 icemen with drawn revolvers res.u-i
? d Mary Cupic, a 19-year-old Palma-I
t K?r. girl, from a wedding celebration
in which Mary had been an unwilling
; Mnctpal. according to her story.
I lie girl arrived from Austria ves- j
ter..av She told the police thnt Mrs
l.me Hiavitx and a number of the
iat*er's friends took her to the :
homo of Tony Raslch. She was in- !
form, u 'hat l ?<slC'h was her hus-l
band a i'l a 1;; ..dre.i countryman wer
broisht in lo celebrate. The girl's
cousin* fori tied the police of the
alleged alde?*;on and the rescue f >l- 1
K.wed.
I: ? s'i'fd t! a the facts would i
be iail before the T*cderal lmmiera-1
Hon authorities to >y
MEXICANS TORTURE AND
KILL MANY AMERICANS.
i By Alaska News Bureau.)
GALVESTON, Tex . April 2".? hVl
ty-seven pissengers arriving iu this
city from various Mexican s.a port
towns report that Mexicans tortir^ed'
and killed many Americans in '-he |
towns from which they had come.
They sta'e that the situation is;
\ erv alarming, a:id many outrages
have been perpetrate*! upon 'he'
\meriian lesldonts of Mexiian town
BEACH AND FROST MUST
STAND TRIAL FOR FRAUD.
(By Alaska News Bureau)
CHICAGO. 111.. April 2;>-Juvfcei
Land is today refused a motion to
quash the indictments against P'erro
Beach and Frost, which charge? them
with conspiracy to defraud the Gov
ernment by making fraudulent en
tries on coal lands in Alaska
*9?9:;?;if?aBE?ziaaaiess!9(!S2ti>a
I Shantung and jj
I Jaquard Silks jj
? 35c to 75c per yard
The Latest Creations in
TRIMMING BRAIDS
SILK FRINGE
ALLOVER LACES, ETC
The Newest Styles In
Coats for Spring & Summer
now on display
H. J. LYNCH
Th? Up-To-Date Habardasher and Lac* lea Furnlahar.
Wickersham Wins Alaska's Battle In House ? Elective Legisla
tive Bill, With Woman's Right of Franchise Amendment,
Passes Without Dissenting Voice ? Goes
To The U. S. Senate Today
WASHINGTON, D. C . A41HI iM?
Late this aftorn.'cii tlu> house j.as>ed
the Alaska homo r.ile bi.l ;iH.r con
suming the entire day in its discus
sion Few of the con i^'U'en wire
absent from the v svat> during She
morning or at'i< . aeon :> i-'ius a.ni
great latere.-! was ma:iift?stt <1.
A spiritetl incident of the mo i> ng
session was the offe ? ?f a AHt'ln
tion by He::, .lames K. Mam. repre
sentative from r :i a o. 111.. medif>in;
the qaalifi. aliens 1
lors by \ tV elv i e
ment which was introduce! by Hon.
1 Yank \V. Mondell of Wyoming and
when put 'o a vote was carried by a
\oto of eighty-ome to thirty -five.
The great *peeih of the day was
delivered by lion William SnlJ!er, rep
resotwtaiive troin New York It con- i
tailed .six thousand words, covered
(?very line i>' argument upon the que -
lion and shewed how both democrat
? an 1 republican. conv ert ion* recent.
ly herd in Alaska pfefed their ca idi
ilate upon pint forms stronilv demand
ti a lorn! representative eovevnmeni
HON* T VMES WICKERSHA M
chise U> women Hon. .lames Wicker
sham. delegate of \IaAa, in *i'? end
ing the amendment. made a strong
and impassio! <d pha in i' ? ftivor. \
rising vote being taken til on the
amendment it ?t.s .vi iouix <xl by the
tellers to have resulted in a tic ?
twenty -nine t > tw< : fy-nr;o. Alio. her
vote was aken whi h a .a n reunited
in a tii' ? forty-one n f.irty-ono ? ajid
the chairman declared the a ?;< n !
ment lost.
The noon hour wa ? a lmsv |<eri">d
for the friends of Alaska and 'hat
their efforts connto I was shown by
the ease with w!r h a spcend amenl
an<l that the measure was flavored i
by every newspaper in the territory
The bill cf>es to the senate to.
morrow and It is believed that the
republican senators, rcal'?ing that
t h>> measuie is destined to succeed
after the ..atlonal election. will pass
the hill in substantially Ms pre-*?nt
form.
Fvw representatives have ever
foutht the battles of their eonrtl
tneiits with surh eoura?ie and peuwa
'??ne - as James Wiekersham has ex
hibited in the struggle to free Al
aska from the carpet -ha? horde that j
Hk<? 'he OM Man of the Sea has been I
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VISITS STATES AFTER
FOURTEE.N YEARS ABSENCE.
!
After fourteen of 'onUnwMjs
| residence in tho Northland. Henry
Frledenthal called today on the Q'y
of Seattle for l hi- Stat s whore for
the next throe weok? he will *'se??
the sights."
Mr. Frie.Ienthal in eoin; to Port
land. Ore , to vistt hie mriher who is
now in her se'-onty-'hird year, and
?<>n years has [ ? n - -? I h<>
saw her.
Wry few pioneo-s have liV. ?f 'at
the very i>d:e ef t:iinrs" ns Mr '
rrlodonthnl ha? rlt nc, and n ? 'akc-n \
advantage of 'ho etit m'o"'" or o'h- j
or IndiK omorvt? which have he??n of
foH hy the sto-i m-hio . otw an+<>< to
tho resident? r( SVa'vay to co he
low and "mix" ? I h fh<? sreat ont
<*ido llo hn* apnllel h<"i^o|f to fh?
otrlot attention of hi* hn n?s?. *r>d
fonnd rontea<n>et'f ami re ronton In
the heart >f his fatiily . tho ye^rs
havinc passed <?> rapidly that ho his
had no time to Clink of tho st*tr?
VALDEZ DYKE PILL
PASSED RY SENATE.
(By A 1 isk a New* BnreOn.)
WASHINGTON, I). < Aprli 2", ? j
Tho hill prmi.iinE for an ap;>roprfa
Hon of fif y five thoiwa d dollar# for
the omwrtrw t:on of a dyke a-1 V*l
iie7 to p rot of t that e|ty from 'h#
?h?i >er stream?, wht h ?a. h vo?r
spring ditrlne hieh x?a'-r. d<rfn : mn- h
damage 'o property, pa = -"d tho Sen
ate t?;i* niornins.
tidi<i? the (otwitrv to ru4n. He '?
tho Wellington of the grew victory
in the ho'i<?\ thou h R sister. Mon
deil ajwl other splMldid JiltKherfl
have earned tho lasting trra |tu 'e of
Alaskans. No f irthor nr-el fo*r
tho Commission pl<K to fompMely
loot the district ? an 1 Hanks to
?lame? Wiokersham.
House
EIGHTY LIS
LOST IN WRECK
DISASTER HAPPENS OFF
WEST COAST OF PERU
Vessel Sinfcs instantly. Sea is C?|pn
As Glass at The Tin^e of T*e Ac
cident. Is Thought T*at Enjirea
Blftw up.
SAN FRANCISCO. C?l . April 2"?
Eighty Hves were Kwf. in th? wre k
of th?? pAs?>ns?r 'tosmer r'x h p"l.
off the west rr>nnt of Porn. on th?
nlzht of March 21. accnrdln* 'o th?
British tramp H'
l?ra. in port. here tiday
TV1 Owhnpol na; mi iut 1 hy K t<4
l?h offk-ers and a rr"w f4 *>?? f"hll
can*. with 3*> f ?
It fs believed f h*> ?l> en?|nc-s
blew up. ra?r>lnj if in sinlt itwanf ?
as no truce of th? (Vh?no! w:?s
fo<md. **>?! not a ?wril was ?* - I
The" ?ea was a? 'a'm ?? rln?* ar
the time
T^<> *r?f|i <v-oi-rr?| on 'ho <"a h ?
pot's r^snlar r'in fJ'tnTT) ll '
Ecuador and Payta Porn
U. S COMMISSIONER HURLS
STONES AT FAITHFUL HENS
MiKh aurprise was man if-*' trday
shortly after on# o'clock. by |>ed.-?
?rWrxt on Bro^dwar to tfy? a<"?iot? of
United state* ComnrWsinn^ Crni*1',
He was seen to run ? .cMcniy out
Into the Hre*>t (tnd beein h'?rtrt??r
stones, and other missiles a? some
few *^offenstve hen* h wer> h?
lieved to he on a ?hopj>4t?ii tcwir
Some of the friends of the Cmr.
mi>>**oner remon*t:a'?-d wfh h m.
anc| railed him crnei an I he?rt|?wi
and beared him to >1<^?'
It vm then that he info-m. d fh'*
crowd that they * ?r> W' ow i h n
a-xl ihm they *?r? so fon-I f f h|n?
that they Just couldn't ?t?v honv? a'l
t-h?? time, and that he ?a? nwrolr
tryinjr to imk? them ??" th#ir ? rco
in the streets at |ar*?'
They will probably eo bon^e ?nd
lay" for him
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