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No. 101. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATDRDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 190!) PRICE, 10 CENTS
EXPLODING BALLOON DASHES
IW OFFICERS TO DEATH
(By United Prw?.)
MOULINS. France. Sept. 25? Four,
officers were killed today when an
i
army balloon exploded five hundred
feet In the air, dropping the aero
nauts to earth.
COM CITY
ONE DAY LATE
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. Sept. 25? The Cottage j
City which was to have sailed for j
Skagway tonight will not sail until \
Sunday night. Gov. Walter E. Chrk \
and wife will leave for Juneau on the
Cottage City.
WINNIPEG.? Lord Northcliffe, in
an Interview had with the newspapers
here last evening, declared he saw j
no way by which a war between Enj
gland and Germany could be averted 1
and that it was his opinion the same
would come within a shorter time1
than anyone had any Idea It would.
GOLD BRICKS
SENT SOUTH
About Jl'jD.OOO in registered mail
for the Seattle assay office went
south on the Princess Royal. The
gold came in four pound bricks and |
was from Fairbanks and the creeks.
Quite a sum was also sent out by
f xpress.
Hector McLean returned on the
City of Seattle.
SNOW IS DEEP
AI LOG GABINi
Eight inches of snow fell yesterday
morning at Log Cabin and in some
places the drifts were several feet
deep. From Glacier to W hitehorso
the ground is covered with snow
while the temperature ranges from
25 to 35 above zero.
It was snowing on the Yukon river
Thursday night and this caused the
Dawson to miss the train yesterday,
as she had to run slow in the Thirty
Mile river.
CITY OF SEATTLE IN
The City of Seattle arrived in po~t
at 3:20 this afternoon with 25 passen
gers and 56 tons of freight.
Jack Keller returned from Haines
today on the City of Seattle. He has
been to Porcupine on a hunting trip
since last Tuesday.
Clarence Boshart returned from
Haines on the Hegg yesterday. For
several weeks he has been doing as
sessment on his Porcupine claims.
Work lias commenced on the remov
al to Fifth avenue of the building
formerly occupied by the Alaska Road
Commission on Sixth avenue.
There will be band practice tomor
row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. All
members are requested to be at Fire
men's hall promptly on
Chief of Police Charles Moore and
family moved their household goods
today from their former home at and
Twenty-first to Ninth between Main
and Alaska.
Street Commissioner Dillon had a
crew of men at work today repairing
several of the town water mains
which are in bad condition as a re
sult of the freezing last winter.
THE LA VOGUE]
Just
Arrived
Ladies
Fall Suits and
Cloaks
>jgi)c#ue
LYNCH & KENNEDY
The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
pil$ arm ana
(By United ProM.)
MANILA. P. I. Sept 26? Official
dispatches state that the American re-.
venue cutter Sora was captured by
Moro pirates and that the entire crew
were murdered. The details of the
disaster are meagre.
PLUNGER PATTEN MAKES MILLION
(By United PrMS.1
NEW YORK. Sept. 25? Jamea Pat
ton. the Chicago plungor, today clean
ed up aboui $1.' 000,000 on the cotton
market. He predicts a soaring mar
ket
WEALTHY TOURIST GOES INSANE
Muir Wilson, the Englishman who
arrived in Skagway on the Princess
Royal early in June and left on his
way down the Yukon to Nome, is
now Insane in Vancouver. Mr. Wllso
was on the verge of a nervous col
lapse while In Skagway and hln ec-j
centrlcltles excited much comment
both in town and among his fellow
passengers on the boat. The Van
couver Province of Sept. 13 states:
Deep disappointment and contln
ral brooding over his loss of a seat
in the British parliament this morn
ing caused Hon. Mulr Wilson, million
aire of Sheffield, Eng.. and Servian
Consul, to go suddenly Insane In the
Hotel Vancouver, where he has been
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stopping. He Is now confined in the
city Jail, where for several hours he
bM kept up a succession of shriek*
and screams which were heard for
than a block. He screamed himself
into a frenzy and only discontinued
through absolute exhaustion.
Early this morning guests of the
hotel were suddenly startled when
they saw striding with military bear
ing down the spacious stairs, a figure
in British court costume, waring a
gleaming sword before him.
"Down on your marrow bones." he
shouted, "I am the lord high execu
tioner." The guests fled in terror for
an instant until it was perceived the
man, though looking very dangerous,
was perfectly harmless.
SHERIDAN IN;
GLiSOUT
(By Unlt?4 PrMS.)
SEATTLE. Sept 25? William Sherl-I
dan, field Inspector of the Department
of Interior at Denver, arrived in Se
attle today to succeed L. R. Glavls,
field inspector at Seattle, who was
discharged because of accusations
made against Secretary of the InterloB
Balllnger. Sheridan will take charge
ot the Investigation of the Alaskan
coal land cases.
GERMANS EI1T
HORSE MEAT
BERLIN, Sept. 5? The official sta
tistics for the second Quarter of 1909
show that 1.051 dogs have been
slaughtered for food, under govern
ment Inspection, and 9,785 horses.
WILL LECTURE
ABOUT AFRICA
For a pleasant Saturday evening go
to the Methodist church tonight, and
enjoy & trip through Africa. The ex
ercises will be Informal, Instructive
and entertaining.
A brief service of song Is to bo
given. Words and music of popular
songs will appear on the canvas and
be sung by the congregation. Miss
Nellie Parsons will render the solo
part of "Throw out the Life Line,"
the audience joining In the chorus
The trip through Africa begins at
Cape Town. The diamond mines will
be visited, and the native kraals.
Kings and witch doctors will bo seen,
cocoanut groves and the Victoria
Falls, also the Congo river, and the
efforts to uplift the people.
Remember the time, 8:00 o'clock
this evening. Admission Is free.
JEFFERSON DUE SUNDAY
The Jefferson passed Ketchikan th^
morning and is expected In Skagway J
about noon tomorrow.
CRANBERRIES
Fancy Eastern, first of the season 20c
qut 75c gal.
TOMATOES
Choice Green Tomatoes, just right for
preserving 5c per pound
GANTY & FRANDSON
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8ALLKR BEHAVES BADLY
GIVING GIFFORO THE GO BY
(By United Pre?t)
SALT LAKE CITY. L'Uh. Sopt 2.V
(> If ford Plnchot arrive hero today
pnd when he and Secretary of the
Interior BallinRcr met face to face*
whll* both wti? railing upon T*fl.
IVUllngcr rut Plnchot fold. eating at
htm without a nlun of rocoicn?tl*>n.
Taft may *<lj\i*t tho fonbW b*
twc^n tb* two offlrtah whll* In thf?
city. ?
BAILEY WILL
DEBATE BRYAN
(By United Pre??)
EL PASO. Texas. Sept. 1"> ? Sena
tor Railoy today announced that he
would accept the challenge of William
J. Bryan to dinruiw the rates of the
Payne tariff bill on material* taxed
I ? the south.
ANGRY HUBBY
SUES SHOOTS
(By United P rtmt. )
NEW YORK. 8*?C 2-V? Ttioodoro
Shnnts. formerly chairman of th<" I'a
nam* canal commUalon, ha* tx^n
mado th* iW^ndont In a ftarmuc* noli
for $25,000 fllod aralnut him by FY?J
orlclt Hlpcrh for th* atlcnallon of hia
wife'* affection*.
GOOD SEASON M CAM CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas VogH and ?
Mr. and Mra. John Hohag of the Ca
hoon Crook mining company arrived
In Skagway Wednesday and uilod on
the Royal last night They wtfl go to
Seattle and Los Angeles and then g n
to the twin cities later In the ye?r.
The Cahoon Creek Mining company
was obliged to shut down operation*
because of the scarcity of labor. Oi?
ly having enough men to run one
shift they concluded It boat to cloao
down until spring.
Their operations this year hare
been among the moat profitable ofj
any of the operation* In this district
Mr. Vogol la highly pleaaed with
the work this season. A crew of 25'
men were employed and on the work
ings on McKlnley creek about 140
yards of gravel were bandied dally.
Mr. Vogel says that this averaged'
better than $3. .10 per yard.
Ne:;t year a new 800 foot flume.
20 feet wide and 5 f<?ot deep, will b<>
built on Porcupine. About S5 men
will be employed and Mr. Vogel et
poets to handle about 300 yarda dally J
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Two more gold separating machine
will bo Installed. Abont <00 ton* of
concentrated black sand is now piled
up waiting to be treated. Thia will
average more than II* * ton. From
25 pound* of highly concentrated
black aand the jrold separator took
oat $117.
RIVER REPORTS
The Dawson arrived at Tittehora*
at 10: jo a. m. yeaterday with <"<
through pasnenjrer*.
The Bonanza Kin* paaaod Selkirk
at 4:40 a. m today, the Whlteborw
p.isar-d Coffee Creek at l:j4 p m
yesterday and the Caaca paaaed Bhr
Salmon, all bound up stream.
The Davaon left WhHeborv at
4:3ft a. m. today and the Selkirk pas
sed Coffee Creek at 5:15 a. m. bound
down stream.
The Caaca will aail tomorrow night
or Monday morning for Dawson.
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