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ALASKA SWEEPSTAKE
DERBY IS ON.
Dcvj T*a->s l? Big Mid-W inter SpoH
. -ig E**-t of Northland SUrt en
Gru* r>3 Race From Nome to
Setor?on And Re*wm.
( Ry \ ijLsk* News Bureau
HONS, Fetv 53? T1m> aU-AJa*ka
MiwefKiakf* l>os lVby te os, the
w?ns having left wwxljv ?Jon# the
siore rvmte to Solomon.
TVr? arv se^^en team in tlM> ivc
? hiofe prorowee to be the fastest
e*?r rua in tins tss North Uwrv. spon
ag event KjcoiUMnent runs hifh
o>i? tike rao* and nwt money te
??**; watered on the oBfcoome
The Hoke Smith team of Mitarrni is
to?t*>i ho ln-'v. althoush the Siberian
f> kkU on the Ramsey learn. winners
.i aereraJ of the pre*1o*w e^ent* are
?*a>d to he strong contenders ft*- first
plaoe honors.
ALASKANS MARRY
IN SOUND CITY.
v By Alaska New* Bureau. 1
T\v>A>Ma. Wash . K*b. 23 ? Oeiefcra.*
;ng the tMTVhday of tieorjs* Washing- j
ion Mayor "S5' Tanner of Ska*
*?v. viaska. Mr. John F. Anderson
and Mr*. raiherlne Oathcart of Ska?
*-*y. vlaska were married in this |
vity vee*?>rd?y.
Ke\ F. W VcClwvi performed the
oerenwny M * hi oil * fow friends
were invited.
T>o abote p*e<v of news will be
,if to the many friend* of
Mr Aaiwwoa and Mrs OaUioar; .
b- Ji well known residents of Skae
way Mr .VwVrnon has been in bus
? ?? .n thi* city for many years. Mr,
Oathcart. who is a sister -fn-!aw of
'i.yvor Tanner, has reaMod here bv
? any ye*r*. and has many friend*- .
ho wiU be at'fprtaod to hear of her
vrfaice.
90> INDIAN PRINCE
GRADUATES FROM HARVARD.
ity Alaska News Bureau)
i" \MBRltX*K, Mass.. Feb. 23? Jni*
u l\x> C.aokwar, Indian potentate
and fcw apparent to the throne of
?anxia. has completed his cowr?e at
Harvard with homer* and will leave
: ?r India In a few day* The prino\
who i* }i?"t 22. entered the universlt?
].?? fall of 19<*S and completed the
?>iaJ four-year academic course In
yr?ni and a hajf. He special- 1
- --1 in snvemment and religion.
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H. J. LYNCH
Th? Up-ToData Hate-: asher and Lac*i? Furniahv.
NELL WILSON
IS CAPTURED
MEXICAN REBELS HOLD
AMERICAN WOMAN
Daughter of Presidential Candidate
Gov. W cod row Wilson, it Carried
Off by Rebel* In Stat* of Chlhua
hut While Visiting Friends.
(By Alack* News Bureau.)
EL PASO, Tex.. Feb. 23? Advices
received from the slate of Chihuahua
ay that Miss Neli Wilson. daughter
of (iovmor Wood row Wilson, can
didate for the democratic nomination
for the Presidency of ti?e mited
-rate*, has been made a captive by
ihe labels in that district.
M Wilson has been visklnjt
frit?n?is in tbat state and it is
tho-,i:ht that the Rebels have taken
Kec captive In order to show their
re- r.:ent against the Cnited States
r ?r the interference on the part of
'his country in the rebellion now (ro
ne on in MexW.
MEAT PACKER S TRIAL
MAY END MARCH 15TH.
(By Mask a News Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Feb. 2" ? Both the p?v
rrroont and the defence are co -op
era litis to expedite th?? trial of Uje
ten Chicago packers, ami indications
today mere that the government's
o.^s. mitht he concluded before March
K?. At that time K is probable that
the defence will make a motion to
have Jwi*e Carpenter instruct the
jury to brine in a verdict of acquittal
on the theory that the government
has failed to make out its case.
Argument of counsel on both mo
ons. if made, probably will occupy
two weeks Examination of Owen J.
Williams, invoice clerk of the O. H.
lain mond tk Co plan of the National
fat-kins Company at Ctoicaeo. was
?-onctoded today F H Flemlrut. head
of the beef consignment. department
[ t*ie same ccnccrn. next told of
t^e usee made of the "test <-ost" and
marsins'" in the dre*<vl beef busi
C AS IN ET RESIGNS AFTER
QUARREL OVER LANGUAGE,
CHR1ST1ANIA, Feb. 15? TUb roe
imitation ywUTdaj of tho ministers of
foreign affairs, justice, commerce, de
.ense and cults &:>d public instruction
was due to their opposition to the
movement to make the peasant dia
lect Norway"* literary lanjri-age.
This movement has been entJiusias
<-aily supported by Premier Konow,
who in a recent speech characterized
op^o-i, ? ts of the change as fanatics.
This Inconsed the Conservatives
and ljl>erals in the storthing, who.
w . Ji a majority of authors and
scientists. favored f^ptentkm of the
modified Banish tongue as the liter
ary Hn?r?>a.ip of the country.
They a?ked the premier to re?Wrn
:> d. when he refused. they requested
'iielr representatives in the cabinet
to give up their portfolios
ROOSEVELT WILL STATE
POSITION ON MONDAY
Fcrmer President Will Declare Hit
Intentions Concerning a Third
Term. Political World Awaite De
ciricn With Impatience.
(By Alaska New Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23? It
is announced by party leaders that
Theodore Roosevelt will formally de
vl-are ht? posKUon. on the question
that has a^tated the pohiVaJ world
for maty" njonUw pant, as to whether
he would be a TWitender for One re
fubli<an nomination for Uy? presi
dency of the l'niled S<at<w on Mon
day\
His response to the many demand*
that he declare Wmsel* and hla wlH
i incnera to answ?* Monday has '
brought much relief ?o the political ;
powers who will await his declaration
with much Impatience.
It ta believed that Roosevelt wiU
yield to the K'ron* demands that
have been ma le on film to rati on
the progressive ticket. It Is also
thought that Governor Hiram W. Joh
|aon of California, will run with Rooae
veH for the Vine- Presidency,
ABE ATTELL PAILS
TO SHOW CLASS.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LOS ANGBUC8, Cal., Feb. 32? Abe
AttaU failed to show the fight fans
any indUatiom* of class and the latter
<laim that Johnnie Kilhane, his op
ponent y?tenjay in their twenty
rouod match showed him up to be
a novice in the game
Kilhane. although lacking the
knockout punch waa able to land
on Attell at nil stages of the bout
He was given a popular decision.
SACRKMENTO. CaL. Feb. 23?
f->ank Man tell, after a brilliant ex
hibition of fkshtins throughout the
*ntire twenty rounds of their bout
here ye^erday, was awarded the
decision o>or Hilly Papke. who made
a pnor shewing.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Feb. 23?
Sai' r PHwski'y was riven a terri
f drubbinc h< r^ yesterday by Frank
Kla\i?e in their twenty round go.
HUGE FORT WILL
GUARD PANAMA CANAL.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. I>. C., Feb. 23?
Work on the gTeo*. fortress on Flam
enco island, which wiU guard the Pa
cific- entrance to the Panama canaj.
.s to iie<fln at once, under orders J?
cited l>y the war department.
This island lies directly In front
f the canal entrance and as the
n<r*r.>st lock, the injury or destruction
?i which would prevent the operation
of the canal, lios eijht mile* Inland, j
he F3amen<T? <k fenses will Insure1
safety for the rreal waterway on '
that aide. No hostile ship could get
within striking distance of the lock
nlthout fatal exposure to the guns,
of the fort.
The def- 'ise will comprise fourteen
h and the heaviest type oft
i scaeoMt mortars.
t* ?!? *|? *U *t? .J, ,% J? ?L ?|?
+ +
t SKAGWAY HENS WORK- J
+ +
: ING OVERTIME ?
x i
+ +
+ +
+ The result is that we will sell +
+ +
+ Skagway Eggs until further
4* *
+ notice at
! 50 CENTS PER DOZEN j
J P. H. GANTY, Grocer J
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ??+ +
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER
CO. IN CLUTCHES OF LAW
/ ??'*)
Cireinnati Grand Jury Indict* Thirty'
Official* cf Cash Register Combine. ,
president Patterson Amcngst Indict
ed.
(By Alaska News l!ure?u.)
CINCINNATI, O. Feb. 23? A slg
nai victory w?* won by the govern
ment in their fl?cht against the trust*
by the finding of the ?rr. d ^?ry.
which ha? beon investigating tbe Na
tional (Taah Register Co.
Thirty indictment* have been re
turned asainst officials of the com
pany . A money* tbe officials indicted
is President Patterson of the Na
tional Co.
The mm Indicted are <hnr<re-l with
fla-rrant vlohtflon* of tho Sherman
\ntl-Tnist Law. having secured a
monopoly of the cash register busi
ness. as a r?w't of which, the price
of that devkv has been raited to an
<-x^rMtant state.
MONARCHISTS getting
BUSY IN PORTUGAL.
tby Alaska .S?*? bureau.;
iiONLiUN, Fe?>. 2J ? The News as
stwis thai a aupreroe effort has been
^riau?eu for the tin/nth of March to
wertnrow the Portuguese republic,
fhe to*ip is to be nade over the
iiorthern a. id eaaterr S^anUh frontlet
iUi tne Intention of a dash towards
tbe capital. Large sums of money
nave been spent In the past, few
uionths for this purpose.
It is recalled that the Spanish au
thorities some time ago allowed Por
tuguese royalist bands under com
mand of General Concero to use
cpanish territory as a base for their
Inroads Into northern Portugal.
The l"ortugue*e government, on its
side, according to this story, has been
almost openly orsanixlng a repohlican
movement in Spain ThLs movement,
which has for its object the uniting
r.f .Spain and Portugal In a single
Iberian republic, has met with con
siderable success The impending
struggle In Portugal is therefore, per
haps. as likely to involve Spain a*
it Is to rpstore the Portngtwwe mon
archy.
PRE9I0ENT TAFT 9END9
SPECIAL ME99AGE TOOAY
Contrary to E*p?ct?tiona TMt Op
poMt The Aqulaltton by Govern
ment of Telegraph Facilltiea I"
United 9<at?t.
(Br Aiaaka New* Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23 ? A
?jrprlw <ru sprung today when Prea
Tail t a *P?rW m?w??e to
?o.i?te-? covering the movement con
I c Tnltig the (lovecnment control of
, ill Telegraph line* In the United
j state*.
Contrary to all Wp^tlUon, Taft In
! liU m?wsAg*> oppns** the movement.
.
ENGLAND FOP TIFIE9
MIDPACIFIC ISLAND.
?By Aift*ka Nm Bureau)
VICTORIA, B.C., Feb. 23?' The re
port flora Honolulu that bi* *ufl?
rtave been landed at Fannin* Island
l>y the steamer Makura confirm stor
iea circulated here when In November
; news >u brought by th?? Australian
1 liners that a British Canadian syndi
! rate had purchase! Fannin* Uland
and \Va?ii ln*ton island from Father
Rou*1er for |325.fH?0. presumably act
In* on b?half of the British govern
; ment. At the time of the pqrefine
lit wa? announced that the p?r< ha*ers
' iiad bought the islands with the Sn
[ tentlon of making a c^aHn* station
I U Fannin* l?land.
Offirr-: of the Marama and Ma
aura. which brom*ht the storlea, said
? ' wr ; (he trrtentlon of the British
I government to make a naval base
! "here as soon as the Panama canal
ras completed and th?? report from
Honolulu would tend to atren^th^n
this. It was not known here or at
\ aarourer that hi* *una had been
-hipped on the Maknra when she
l?-f( hero on Dec. 27. Offic??rs of the
t?amer said that cabled orders had
'?eon retired from London to make
,i special rail at Fannin*, which is
?>ot a restular port of rail, but th??y
-aid they were unaware of the rea
son. Fannin* island is a station of
the British Pacific ruble
BABY ELKS IN TOWN.
Anion* other intereetln* thinga
at the Fireo?n a Ball la?t ni?ht were
three baby F.Iks which were led
down from the lod*e room and were
allowed to *amb|? about durin* the
eventn*.
The new members who have been
add?d to the Skasrway family of Klka
are A. J. Baker. WaJW W. Mo
Prien and Harold Cogswell
loprnfM Mart fefcMfwr 4 ?*?r t
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TTie Home of The
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