No. HI 8. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WEONE^DAY A l'!M L 7. 190W PRICE, 10 CENTS
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(By United Press.)
JACKSON. Miss.. April 7? At an
early hour this morning si terrific tor
nado swept the city of Aberdeen, in
this state, killing four persons and in
juring many more. The property loss
at this time cannot be estimated.
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK. April 7? Vice {'resi
dent James Sherman is seriously ill
with u severe attack of grippe which
my result in pneumonia. Several
physicians are in attendance. He will
be unable to appear at Washington
for several weeks in all probability.
NICK BIIRLEY
IN HE COOP
Nick Hurley, who some years ag<>
was more or less prominent in the;
pv'-e-flghting line, is now in the fed
eral jail in Valdez having been brought
up from Cordova to serve a 1-" day
sentence. Nick's crime consists in
endeavoring to bruise up a citizen ot
the Copper river town. ? Valdez Pros
pector.
CYCLONE LEFT
PATH OF IN
(By United Press.)
MARION. !U.. April C? Tliis sec
tion of the i.tate was swept by a ter
rific tornado last night. More than
twenty persons were killed ami huu
drcds of hollies were destroyed. The
proper' y damage is enormous.
STEAMER WILL
BE TOTAL LOSS
(By Untied Press.)
SAX FRANCISCO. Cal..? April ??
The steamer Indiana, which ran on a
reef at .Magdalena Im.v Sunday nisht.
will be a total loss. All efforts to sa
vage the cargo have faib'd and tlx
hull is being pounded to picccs by thi
waves.
It 0, DOT EOS
REPUBLICAN
(By United Press)
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 7? As a
result of the municipal election held
in this city yesterday. \V. S. Guyer.
candidate 011 the Republican ticket
was elected by an overwhelming ma
jority.
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PEOPLE SHOW CONFIDENCE
ELECTING FiCOUNCI ILMEN
E. J. Shaw Defeated by One
Vote? -Howard Ashley
G-ets Highest Poll? Shea
and Tanner Crowd In by
Narrow Margins.
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Electing five councilmen. and with
E. J. Shaw losing out by only seven
\otes. the Citizens' party were voted
into power yesterday in such a d
cluive manner as. to leave no doubt ;i
to its having the confidence of tin
people.
The Citizens' party waged ?> clean
campaign. There was no mud sling
ing or abuse. The party plairorui put
the Issues fairly before the pei.;>h
and the personale of tin1 titk' t ya vo
the people the utmost confidence that
the pl<-dges made by their candidates
will lie carried out.
Christopher Columbus Sin a and Si
Tanner won out through i -?ani
work. These men hn e made a vig
crous eampai:;u and by cent* ring
their fight on 10. .1. Shaw, lioth of
them nosed In ahead. It w.is a fore
gone conclusion from the start that
no other candidates on tiie Taxpayers
ticket had a look in.
Shea had the fourth highest vote;
this year. . nd this decease in li i -- nop
tilarlty will relieve him of ill oner
cus duties of the mayoraliiy.
The fight centered around Sliavv.
and through the many combinations
made against hi in lie was defeated by
a very small margin, as is shown in
the results given below.
Howard Ashley leads the ticket
with 193 votes cast in his favor, and j
Johnny Grashcl a mighty close s>
cond, with 192 votes.
With :!-l voters registered, 307
votes were polled.
Set' era 1 voters were challenged ami j
m vera! more were out <>f town.
The Citizens' got 111 i-trai.^ht
votes, while the Yaxpayers' party had
liut S2.
This shows a tr< mentions gain for
tiw Citizens' party over the vote ol
one year ago.
The result ot' the vote for council j
men on the Citizens' ticket, is as fol- 1
lows:
Howard Ashley 193
J. \V. lirashel I!>2
Herb Taylor 1?'J
H. C. Bowman 160
W. C. iilanchard ?. 1">1
E. J. Shaw ISO
It. E. Klrmse 1 12
The result of the vote for council
men on the Taxpayers' ticket is as
follows:
Chris C. Shea 162
J. M. Tanner
Charles Nye 1
S. H. Yeomnns 1 32
J. I?. Steinbaugh
Prank Frandson 1'"
A. \V. Reed ?? '01
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
BERLIN*. Germany, April 7? A ter
rific gale has been raging over the
Baltic Sea Tor the past IS hours.
Forty fishing boats are reported to ' |
have foundered. Hundreds of fisher- 1
men lost their lives by drowndlnR. I
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FERGUSON WON
OK FOUL BLOW
(By United Press.)
BOSTON, Mass. April 7 ? Sandy
Ferguson won a fight on a foul from
?Mm Barry during the tenth round of
what was to have been a twelve
round fight. The fight was about
even when the foul punch was de
livered. Neither man showed auy
great class.
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00 ON STRIKE
(By United Press.)
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 5? After
;i long consultation by the head of
licials of the Marine Firemen's un
ion, the ord'er was sent, to all the
bianch unions along the Great Lakes
to strike.
The strike is the result of the re
fusal of the ship owners to pay high
i r wag03. The men will quit work
tomorrow.
GOV. LILLEY DYING
(By United Press.)
HARTFORD. Colin., April 6? The
(I i ath of Gov. Lilley is expected mo
mentarily. He is suffering from
Blight's disease.
There will be a business meeting I
of I lie Christian Endeavor Society
at 7 o'clock tonight at the residence
Mrs. J. I). Stinebaugh.
JURY COULDN'T
FIND VEDDICT
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Apr. 7?' The
jury in the case of Eugene Gardiner,
who was charged with murder, for
having killed a negro sailor on the
whaling ship Bowhead, were unable
to agree as to a verdict after a long
deliberation. The case will be tried
again.
TOUMT
AFTER JOHNSON
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK. April 7? A prominent
sporting writer in this city recieved a
letter from Tommy Burns today and
which he states that he wants another
fight with Jack Johnson. Burns
\? rites he is confident he can beat the
negro. He states that he does not
need the money, as he is wealthy,
but that he wants to beat Johnson
simply to prove he is the better man.
GOLD KEY FOR TUFT
SEATTLE. April 7 ? The key which
will be presented to President Taft
v-ith which to open the A.-Y.-P. ex
position, will be studded with the first
r.uggets taken from the Klondike by
Ororge Carmack.
The Santa Anna left Juneau for
Skagway at 2 o'clock today.
WATCH FOR NEXT
WINDOW DISPLAY
THE FINEST LINE OF
SPRING and SUMMER
SUITS IN SKAGWAY
New Styles in
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MALLARY CRAVENETTE
HATS FOR SPRING
A Fine Line of
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