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No. TWELFTH YEAR.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY JUNE 18. 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS"
(By United Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, June 17? Be
cause the British steamer Northburs
failed to heed the warnings to keep
rut of Pitkitpas bay. where the czar
o* Russia and Emperor William of |
Germany met on board ship today, a
Russian torpedo boat which was pa
trolling the bay fired a shot at the
British steamer which killed one :
sailor.
International complications may
ensue.
GOVERNMENTS INVESTIGATE
LONDON, Eng.. June IS. ? The cap
tain of the XVoodburg has boon re
quested to make a complete written
report of the affair yesterday when
Ms steamer was fired upon by a It lis
F-an torpedo boat and one man killed
ST. PETERSBURG. June is.? The
captain of the Russian torpedo boat
lias reported that he fired tlire.- blanl
shots at the Woodburg and that a*
she failed to heave to he fired n
solid one pound shot.
Ho states that the Woodburg dls
r< garded all signals and paid no heei
to the blank shots.
CAP!. HIES
HOW INSANE
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK. June 17? A.dvlces
icceived from the Sing Sing are to
the effect that Capt. Peter Haines is
showing decided symptoms of insan
itv. He was sentenced to serve
eight years in prison on May 8 forj
the murder of William Annis, whom
h?- alleged seduced his wife. It is,
probable that a lunacy commission
will decide the question of Haines-'
insanity and if ue is really insane j
he will be sent to an asylum.
BANKER GIVES
HEAVY BONDS
(By United Pret?.)
NEW YORK, June 16. ? Charles
Morse, convicted of wrecking a bank
and sentenced to fifteen years in
S'ng Sing, was today released on
$2*>0.000 bonds, pending his appeal
for a new trial.
GQVENGR CUMK
LAUDS i I P.
(By United Press)
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 17.? With
four pages of carefully written d<
scriptive matter, profusely lllu.urat
eil with photographs portraying with
truthfulness the more interesting fea
tures, Collier's Weekly for the cur
rent week appears on the news
Mauds of this city, booming the A.
V.P-. exposition. The entire artlch
(;s written by Walter Clark. Alaska's
i'.ihv governor.
"PILl7 SMOKER
FIB 12. 50
(By United Press)
NORTH YAKIMO, Wash., June IS.
? William Haywood, who was arrest
ed here yesterday for smoking clg I
r.rettes in violation to the new Crim
inal code, was fined in police |
court this morning. He paid the fine.
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INMATES OF INSANE ASYLUM
HEGIEVE BRUTAL TREATMENT
(By United Press.)
LOS ANOELES, Cal.. June 18.?
Rumors to the effect that several
deaths in the state insane asylum j
' which have been reported to the au- "
thorities were causd by violence on
the part of attendants, have caused
an Investigation of the insane asy
lum to be started. It Is stated that
one attendant has confessed that
several Insane patients were killed
by brutality.
(By United Press.)
EMMBTTSDURC, Md.. June IS ?
I C ardinal Gibbons of the Roiunn
Catholic church strongly scored the J
| v Oman's suffrage movement last .
right in an address delivered before |
the graduates of the local Catholic
school. He said that the great mass
of woman did not want to vote and
that the vote would be misplaced in
woman's hands. He also stated that
a participation in politics would rob
women of their lovable qualities.
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, June 17.? In a signed
editorial in the current issue of the
Outlook magazine Theodore Roose
velt writes that the government
should continue the tight against cor
i orations employing dishonest meth
ods and that all suits now pending
should be pressed vigorously.
It is believed that the editorial was
ii tended as a suggestion to Presi
dent Taft and Attorney General
Wickersham, who have shown a dis
position to drop many of the suits
against big corporations.
EMPEROR 10
(By United Press.)
BERLIN, June 17. ? Emperor Wil
liam sailed yesterday in the Imper
ial yatch for Dantzig and from there
he will go to Pitklppas bay where
he will meet the Czar of Russia. At
ihis meeting there will be naval dem
onstrations from both the powers.
Lies MAKE
FINAL SPIELS
(By United Press.)
| SAX FRANCISCO, June 18? The
! final argument in the trial of Pat
nek Calhoun will be completed by
noon today and then Judge Lawlerj
will commence delivering his charge
?j the jury. The case will probably
i so to the jury some time tomorrow
morning.
HEINZE IS IN
TROUBLE AGAIN
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, June 18. ? Augustus
Helnze, the copper magnate, was re
indicted by the grand Jury today for
wrecking a bank. He was released
on bonds and demanded an Immediat
trial.
The account books of the United
Copper company, which are needed
in the trial of Heinze, are still miss
ing. Those responsible for the books
have been cited to appear in court
Monday and account for the disap
pearance.
riveOeporis
The steamer Victorian left White
horse last night for Dawson with 4 c
1 assengers on board.
The steamer Whitehorse passed
Big Salmon at 9 o'clock this morn
ing bound up stream and will sail
from Whitehorse for Dawson tomor
row night.
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ill SEEKS PRESIDENT
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18? It
\vas learned this morning that late
yesterday afternoon Col. James
Strikland of Arkansas armed with a
?!5 calibre Colts revolver called twice
si the White house for the purpose
o. seeing President Taft.
He was laboring under intense
' ivental stress and his actions attract
i ed the attention of the secret service
; men at the Whitehouse. He was ar
rested and searched. An investiga
tion is now being conducted.
Col. Strikland would give no rea
son for his actions. % .
TOURISTS SAIL
FROM SEATTLE
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash., June 18.? The
Jefferson arrived last night. The
Humboldt sailed last night for Skag
way with a big crowd of excursion
ists aboard. The City of Seattle sails
sisjjno) jo p?oj Sjq ? iqSjno?
frr Skagway via Sitka.
YOUNG GUGGY
GETS PINCHED
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, June 18? Robert Gug
genheim, who is furnishing the finan
cial backing for the cross country
auto race from New York to Seattle,
* as arrested last night for exceeding
the speed limit with his auto. He
was released on bail and will appear
for trial this afternoon.
W. B. King, auditor of the White
Pass & Yukon, arrived from Van
couver on the Princess Royal yester
day and will remain in Skagway any
nere from three weeks to six
p.'onths. Mr. King had nothing to sa.
? vcept that he would be very busy
and that he was glad to be back in
skagway among his friends.
THAW'S FATE
IS UNDECIDED
(By United Press.)
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y? June 18.?
July 6th lias been set as the date for
the final hearing to determine the
i sanity of Harry Thaw. Mrs. Thaw
fainted when she learned that the
date has been postponed until that
time.
NEW POSTAL DIVISION N0.13
TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1
(By United Pres*.)
SPOKANE, Wash., JunelT. ? A. H.
Stephens of San Francisco, superin
tendent of the Eighth railway postal
division, embracing Washington, Ida
ho, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Nevada,
California, Alaska and Hawaii, now
employing 1,100 men, as against 284
In 1898, is in Spokane to make a
final inspection of the headquarters
cf the division preparatory to turning
over Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington the newly created Thir
teenth division with headquarters at
Portland. The new division also In
cludes Montana. The change will
take place on July 1, with Frank W.
Vallle In charge. He was formerly
Eighth division, with headquarters
at Portland.
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