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No. 23 TWELFTH YEAK.
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SOLDIER SHOT By HIS RIVAL
As the result of an altercation Into !
last Monday ni-.ht at Haines. Cor
poral Lewis Is In the Post hospital j
with a bullet hole through his right
arm and Private McRorer .s under
arrest, charged with the shooting.
The affair took place in the Haines i
"red light" district. The men have
been ou bad terms for about a,
month. The original trouble arose!
over a woman. '
They mot la to Monday night and
after "xohanfflng a few blows, pistols
were d n, according to witnesses.
McRorer h'ot first blood and put his
opponent's firing arui out of busi
ness.
The guard at Fort Soward was no
tified and the injured man was taken
to the hospital and Mcltorer put un
der arrest.
ALFONSO IS
PROUD MM
(By United Press)
MADRID. Spaiii June 22.? A daugh
ter was born to Queen Victoria of
Spain this morning. Hoth the
mother anil chihl are doing well.
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL
CUSTOMS RESIGNS
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jui^e 22.? Col.
Crocker, wiio has been collector of
internal revenue for the districts of
Puget Sound and Alaska for several
years filed his resignation today, to
become effective September 1. No
reason is assigned for his action.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PART*
ON WAV TO ALASKA
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. June 22.? The first ex
pedition to be sent out by the Na
tional Geological Society arrived here
today and will leave on Thursday on
the steamer Portland for Alaska
where they will study the Alaska
glaciers.
TOURIST LIKE ALASKA
Louis A. Wymm. treasurer of the
Wright & Potter Printing company
of Boston. Mass., who was a passen
ger on the Sc.okane, was a visitor at
The Alaskan o":ce yesterday. Mr.
Wyman was - 1 ? ? itly impressed with
what he had seen of Alaska and
stated that he expected that his son.
who will soon take his degree as a
mining engineer, would come west
and grow up with the country.
KATHER1 IS
PERFECT LADY
(By United Press.)
NEW YOKK. Juno 22.? Several s? r
van's of the Goulds, testifying in be
half of Mrs. Katherine Could in her
divorce suit against Howard Gould,
swore they had never seen her 1:.
toxieated or act in an intemperate
manner. ller behavior, they said,
had always been most ladylike.
BATTLING NELSON AWARDED DECISION
(By United Pr-ss.)
OKLAHOMA CITY. June 22.? In a
fierce battle in which lack Clifford
was terribly beaten up Battling Nel
son was awarded the decision in the
fifth round. The fight was stopped
by the police.
ALBERT WALDOFF LAID TO BEST
The funeral of Albert Walldoff, the
Bennett mining man, took place to
day from the undertaking parlors.
The following were the pall bearers:
J. J. Kennedy, Fred Storey, L. Tal j
bot. Fred Patten. J. Peterson and
Frank Finn. The services were con
ducted by the Rev. Geo. Good.
Quite a number of .friends of the
deceased accompanied the remains
to the new ccmetary.
SPECIAL MEETING ARCTIC
BROTHERHOOD.
There will be a special meeting of
Camp Skagway, No. 1, tonight at s :3" j
for the purpose of conducting a num
ber of Chechacoes over the trail, j
All members and visiting brothers
are requested to attend. A social I
session will be held after the meet
ing. J. M. KELLER. A. C.
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The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
(By United Press)
OLYMPIA, June 22. ? The special I
session of the Washington legislature!
; will be convened tomorrow.
| The report of the committee ap
pointed to investigate the various
charges of crookedness and graft,
against several state officials, will be
I received.
E
y
(By United Press.)
FORT WORTH, June 22.? While
the cashier of the Trust Company
Bank was counting up his cash pre
paratory to closing the bank he was
held up by a lone robber and at
the point of a pistol compelled to
hand over $8,100. The robber es
caped.
II MACHIKERY IS ORDERED
FOB 11 CHICWJOFF MINES
A. M. Archangel, superintendent of |
the Chicagoff mines, arrived here
early this morning on the Georgia
, and is stopping at the Occidental.
Vr. Archangel is enroute to Seattle,]
ihence to Los Angeles, where lie will I
! older new machinery and equipment:
! for the Chicagoff mines. He reports
? verything as thriving at the mines. !
I At. present there are fifteen men |
employed but on the arrival of the
new machinery the force will bo in
creased to twenty-five or more.
i acre are four stamps working now ]
villi a capacity of ten tons, but they i
will be improved to handle forty tons.
The electric power plant installed
lately promises to be a success and
will be put in commission within the
next ten days. Water from the near
by mountains affords more than suf
ficient power for a plant the whole
>ear round.
.Mr. Archangel will perhaps be re
membered by many Juneau people as
lit was for years employed at the
Treadwell mine. From Treadwell lie
went to Berkeley, taking a course in
mining engineering there and later
returning to Alaska to accept the su
i erintendency of the Chicagoff mines.
Mr. Archangel will remain a month
ii- Seattle attending the fair before
returning to his duties at Chicagoff. ?
.luneau Record.
TRAIfl PLUNGES INTO II RIVER
(By United Press.)
SPOKANR, Wash., June 22? .The!
Great Northern Oriental Limited, west
bound, was derailed while making a
curve in the track and plunged over!
the embankment into Ae Kootenny
river.
Thirty persons were injured, but no
one was killed.
High rains and washouts caused
the accident.
K WAVE
SUES EAST
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, June 22. ? There were
twenty people prostrated with the
heat yesterday and the mercury is
! still rising.
I50ST0N, June 22? .There have
l>een reported one death and sixteen
prostrations from the heat up to mid
night.
.PHILADELPHIA, Juno 22.?' The hot
t wave struck Philadelphia today and
| there were twenty-five cases of pros
, {rations reported.
BANDITS HELD
UP 10N6 TRAIN
(By United Press.)
VANCOUVER, B. C.. June 22.? The'
west bound passenger train of the
Canadian Pacific railway was held
up near Kamioops this morning by
five masked bandits.
After stopping the train the rob
bers found that they had held u?> the
wrong train and allowed it to go with
out doing any damage. They evident
ly mistook this train for one which
was to pass one hour later and
which had on board an immense sum
cf gold and silver for the coast
banks.
A large posse is in pursuit of the
trigands.
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TEDDY IS TILING TUSKERS
(By United Press.)
NAIVASHAI, British East Africa,
June 22. ? A runner arrived from the
Roosevelt camp today and stated
| that as yet no elephants had been
killed but that the party were still
following the speer of a big herd and
I expected to make a kill In a short
time.
IHIERTEST IS
NGREASING
Miss Roxy Martin was leading in
the Goddess of Liberty contest yes
terday evening at the end of the sec
ond day of voting with Misses Minnie
Wolffe, Olive Springsted and Katie
Wright tied for second place. The
contest was started without any pre
liminary notice and for this reason
the voto for the first two days has
j been light. Considerable interest is
| now being taken in the contest and
a big vote is expected from now un
til the contest closes.
The standing of the contestants is
as follows:
Miss Roxy Martin 12
.Miss Katie Wright 10
Miss Minnie Wolffe 10 1
I Miss Olive Springsted 10
I Miss Fay Stinebaugh f|
Miss Ethel Van de Wall 81
Miss Edna RIack 8
Miss Carrie Renson 5
Miss Maud Haslett ?">
Tickets are on sale at Houghton's. I
Rritt's, Vienna Rakery, Tony Dor- 1
| term's, Draper's and Rappu/.zi's.
riverIm
Up Stream ? The Whltehorse left !
| Dawson last night at 8 o'clock. The |
Casca was at Yukon Crossing at 11
o'clock last night. The Selkirk pass- 1
ed Lake LeRarge early this morning.
Down Stream ? The Dawson sailed
yesterday at 4:30 p. m. with 63 pas
sengers.
Next Sailing ? The Selkirk will
leave Whltehorse tonight.
Caribou.
The Gleaner arrived from Atlin j
way ports this morning with 14 pas
sengers.
NEW G. A. R.
COMMANDER
(By United Press.)
TACOMA, June 22. ? At the Grand
Army Encampment of Washington
and Alaska which is being held here,
Lyman Bank of Seattle was elected
Commander.
PILL MIXER
COINS MONEY
NOME, June 13. ? Beak Bennett,
formerly a clerk for a Nome druggist,
was arrested for counterfeiting $.">
gold pieces. He was captured yester
day by Marshal Powell with a com
plete outfit and spurious coins which
lit circulated in Nome and adjacent
camps all winter. There is great in
dignation on the part of residents
and business men over the shipment
of a hundred nearly destitute Russian
laborers into Nome. Some are with
out bedding and too poorly clad to
stand even the summer climate.
They are walking the streets seeking
shelter of vacant buildings. A sim
ilar consignment last year was re
turned to Vladivostok by the Nome
authorities. Unless taken care of all
may be returned to Seattle.
E. H. HARRIMAN ABLE TO TRAVEL
(By United Press.)
VIENNA, June 22.? E. H. Harriman
left here today for Semmerlng and
while ill is not considered danger
ously so.
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