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V, UO FirrKKSTH YEAR SKAHWAY. ALASKA. MONDAY. AUGUST 19. 1912 PRICE 10 CEN13
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'THIS IS SO SUDDEN"
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rnnir for \i<*-|?re?id*nt,
"homaa Vxr?h?U, t? **:t?i?|E in rcad
tt .~w to tvoHtt tk* j>oti float Ion (???
mittc* ahieh is to arriv* hor* to
rror-po* for th* rorpoi* of t*JUnn
him that he is the lVmocralic
oat*> for tfc* w?i |*laoo on th* tk"
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Marshall is tkr povorwor of In
diana and *? a whirlwind ratipaifti
<T. WHn be * a* jwHK-wd at the
Kalliiaonr convention. Thotna* claim
?xi to N? a math stirprtsod man. as
Hp hid stayed at hone and remain
ed inactive In political affairs. He
?? chosen by acclamation after
harta* polled a heavy role ?n
secor.d bollotwhen the country at
lar*e tho?*ht the honor wonld fail
upon some leader of the senth or.
west His s&MWon aa a democratic
! Rovi-rtior o! <f. ttf luhlican stale Rave
him national prominence, and his
work as a reform povemor has en- j
oeared him to the people. HI* ac- j
eeptance speech is awaited with con
siderable Interest
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\V??liiiwto?, D C., A?k 19 ?
PT>-*?<ient Tan delivered a s|>eo''h
last S-tiurjAj to the memN rs of the
Maryland !?ate Rditorial Awoeiatlotj
Hit talk wis iwrrty political |n char
acter. and while tk* mentioning Mr
Rooewrelt b> namf. lie took several
underhanded jolt.? at the stre->i??Mis
ieaAer^-o^ the ProtTWKivo*
Mr^aft Mid that all he wanted
was a faV fl?ht and thst he wanted
(ion?? clortors rti?x>ii He Mid that
the Pruti ewves ?-ere a party of di?
>ontented bolter* and should be
? 'assrsl as swch and bear the name'
of bolters In his future talk* he
a III refer to the rro*rwdre? an
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Portland Auc I*- Heavy rains In
i he entire northwest for the pa?<
* .???* have r*ind crofis throuchont a
larse area The los? is enormou
?nd will have a depi e*ine effect on
business
J1 vT xHtwvK KVHliH TO
? XKK THK m?PI K IT
Mh?rq?erq?e. Awe 1* An earth
quake sh<vk of considerable severi
ty * \s felt here tkis morninc l*ls
p r, hes from various cities throuah
??m Nei Mexico indicate that the
*hoch was it?it* etteMive There
has been no retort of wri?* dat?
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From the Seattle Times or Ausust
??. ?f take the following announce
ment
Mills At ?1?S ROth avenue, So.
August ?, 1912. Albert Milk, belove
hiisbavd of Ad* and father of Albert
H . Mar and Helen Mills and Mrs. |
Alice Freeborn, aped 73 years. Fun
era! services will take place from !
the St Clement's Church, 24th and
Fast Fir, at 2 p. m , Rev. T. A. Hll
tion ofriciatinc All friends invited
Private incineration.
Mary Mills was formerly the ma
tron of the Vfhlte Fags hospital in
Skagway whore her sister Nellie w:t?
engaged as nnrse They were high
ly esteemed in this city and their
many friends extend kindly sympa
thy to them in their be-eavement
t.i;?>Ws Kit H IN M.\Sk \
>\ \ VTS HIS W IKK BMK
IVnver, Aug 1? ? John Rosley has
returned from the gold fields of Al-j
ask .a after an absence of five years
During that time he has accumulat
ed a fortune, and is now seeking his
wif?. Five years airo he bad a mis
understanding with her and they ser
aratcd. He told her to leave hint,
and get a divorce He went north
and prospered, row ho is in a po
sition to take care of her ?nd wish
es to take hct back He is using
every means possible to find the mis
sine woman with the intention of
urging a reconciliation.
This is one Shop
in which you may
tramp around and
not be worried.
Urging people to purchase
it an old style method
which isn't practiced in
New Style Shops.
You can purchase when
and what you please or
not purchase at all when
you visit this store.
We do not believe in try
ing to make a man buy
when he prefers looking.
OUR NEW FALL GOODS
NOW ON DISPLAY
H. J. LYNCH
ran WANTS COLD- i
HID II Hi n
Providence, Aug. 19 - Theodore
Roosevelt gave utterance to a *p<*e<"h
in thl* cltv laat Saturday which ta
rnuftiii)! comment. Hp put the Pro
Lrwslw movenipnt up to the pwplf
themselves, regardless of politic*,
and said that it was a shame that
men would refuse to lend their aid
to help the condition of the work
ing classes. He referred to the rich
and Indifferent clan* aa hearties* in
the possennlon of wealth when oth
er* were un 'erfed and underclothed
He wanted v aire* hoc* ted and mater
Inl condition sniore penerally equal ?
Ued Htf ln-1ted the cold and heart
less to con e Into the new party
and help better conditions for the
country lnst?*d of apendlnjt their In
fluence and money In forwarding
some politics I machine.
\ KWSIWrKUS N M K8SARV
to mumrjU. ?rcrK98
Seagirt. Aug 13 - Governor Wil
son Is making a play to the Demo
cratic editors of the nation. He Is
arranging x meeting of the newspa
per mAi to be held at his home in
I his city and says he hopes to have
them with him soon for a confer
ence over 'he political situation. It
is evident that he wants them to
concentrate their editorial campaign
and use the influence of their pub
lications along the lines that will
most effectively aid the cause of
democracy.
TAMA JIM WIlJjON HAS
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ltK\< HKI< THK A?K OF 77
Washington, D. C.. Aug 17 ? j
James AVilson,, secretary of Agricul
ture. was seventy-seven years old
yesterday. He spent the day in
Washington attending to his Mgulari
lutles, but was the recipient of ma
ny congratulatory telegrams contain
ing wishes for his continued health
and longevity.
Mr. Wilson's horn? Is in Tracer,
Tama county, Iowa, but he wns born
in Scotland. He was elected to con
1 -Tress in 1S72 and several tlm<-s af
| terw.mds. He was always a farmer
md a deep student of agriculture
| For six years previous to his ap
pointment as Secretary of Agricul
ture he was director of the Iowa
State experimental station and pro-!
fessor of the Iowa Agricultural col-|
lege. He was appointed to Tits pre
sent position by President McKinlev
end he has been reappointed since
by Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
As secretary of the treasury he
exercised personal supervision of
public business relating to the ag
ricultural Industry of the United
States. He appointed all officers
and employees of the department
and directs the management of all
the bureaus, divisions, offices, and;
the Forest Service. He has con
trol of stock quarantine stations,;
and the Inspection of Importation*!
and shipment of cattle, sheep, etc
It is Wilson who has control of the j
killing, shipment and sale of gamcj
in the United States and Alaska I
His duties are many and he carries j
them out vigorously even though he,
has passed the age where most men I
desire to retire
N. T. CENTRAL
The Spot. me will be In port to- !
morrow morning. One of the most
promine.it r.assengers on this trip
will b* William C. Brown, president
of the New York Central railroad
system, accompanied by Mrs. Brown
and a party of friends. The party
are In .HiTteau today where a recep
tion is being given them
Mr. Brown, who in the space of
35 years, rose from a section hand
to the prseidency of one of the
greatest railroad systems on earth
i is one of the best known railroad
| men In the country, and during the
recent federal Investigations of the
late situation was the spokesman
I for the vsrious Hues represented at
I the hearings He Is acknowledged
! <>ne of the best informed men In
| the rail road business on all subjects|
I governing rate making.
The Princess Una will arrive in j
j Skagway thirty In the morning. She)
| has a carijto of 1,1 SO tons of gener
al freight,, fifteen hog* and a quan
tity of dynamite.
J. A. Ft'aser, gold commissioner
from Atlln, returned yesterday from
a recent trip to the Rainy Hollow
country where he went to get Infor
mation retarding the output of that
ilistrict. JHe informs us that the
country is showing Indications of a
Kood future.
Hugh McDonald was registered at
the l>ewey Hotel Saturday and left
Sunday for the south. Mr. McDon
ald has spent the summer on Fourth
of .July crqek, but owing to the
shortage of water was unabUr to
make the cleanup that he hoped for
and has gone outside for the win
ter."
The Statr> of California arrived at
2 p. m. Sunday afternoon and sail
ed in the evening at " p. m. She
brought to Skagway 145 tons of
freight anil sixteen passengers, be
sides thirty two round trippers
From here she took out 25 passen
gers for Seattle, three for Vancou
ver, three for Ketchikan and one
for Juneau.
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Gravenstein Apples +
The finest of all early apples *
j $2. 75 per box *
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+ Dont buy more than you need, +
They are not long keepers +
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t Will sell *
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Half Box for $1.40 X
: P. H. GANTY, Grocer ?
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Washington, D. C., Aug. It?
Conjrre** did not adjourn futnrday
according to the program aicrre 1 np
un. It was all on account of the
president who retool the woo!, the
legislative, I'ldlcliil nnd executive ap
prop fiat ion bills. The legislative
bill carried with it r.n amendment
which abolishes the commerce court
and limits ?he tenure of office of
civil service employees to seven
vearn.
An attempt will be mwlc to paa*
the bill* over the veto of the presi
dent, though the aenate ha* reftwtl
lo pass the wool bUT over Mr. Taft'a
veto.
It Is believed that conitre?? wll
not adjourn for another week by
whlrh time It In etperted that a fom
promise will have be?n rearhed that
will satisfy the majority.
PORTt'PINK nisTHUT S\VKl,K?t
rtilRAim FOR WICKKHSH AM
Haines, Aur 10 George Charl
ton came in from Porcupine Satur
day evening bringing in the vote of
that camp which Is a* follow?:
Wickersham ft, Gllmore 5. Kranc
gunas 1.
Charlton left on the State of Cal
ifornia for New York where he will
remain for a week on business be
fore returning
HIRAM MOI.W EAST
WITH WfMTKRN l?KA*
Sacramento, Aug 19 --At a meet
ing of the Progressive leaders he!d
in the governor's office Saturday, at
which time letters were read from
Theodore Roosevelt and others. It
was decided that Governor Hiram
Johnson should go east for a sixty
day campaign tour, In consequence
of which the governor is packing his
grip and will leave soon for New
Tork. He is a remarkable cam
paign orator, second only to
Roosevelt in stirring up excitement.
PAINT HfRATl HKt> (WV:
ship was rxivintun
Seattle. Aug 19 The Steam
ship City of Seattle arrived here this
morning under her own steam, and
the captain reported that she was
uninjured by the reoent contact with
the rocks at Ketchikan Just scrat
ched a little paint off her keel was
all
HK.AI> or (HIXKHR ItK.It'HI.H'
THREATENED WITH DEATH
Shanghai. Aug 1? -Dr Sunyat
Sen. head of the new Chinese re
public, haa announced hi* intention
of returning to Pekln at once He
has be??n warned that if he goes to
the Imperial rlty he will be aasasst
nated, hot that will not deter him
from makln* the attempt. Opposi
tion to the government is developing
to the extent that his life la consid
ered In danger whenever he leave*
the presence of hia body-guards
Te steamer Eureka arrived in
thla port from Nome Sunday morn
ing at 9:45 under the command of
Captain John Scoby. and sailed this
afternoon, ^fler taking on 1.000 tons
of ore from the northern part of
the Skagway district. She is billed
to pick op 1,000 tons of marble at
Tokeen and S00 tons of copper ore
at Sulser. completing her rargo with
canned salmon at various stations
Dave Teiwllliger and hla travel
ing partner. Sam Owyot. cam* up
yesterday on the State of California
for an Interview with Skagway mer
chants They are two of the old
sourdough traveling salesmen who
keep on year after year making mon
ey for their h on se? and keep on
year after year hoping to become
prosperous themselves some day.
Mr. Terwllligey recently took a va
cation and went prospecting In the
hills near Petersbarg He came
out of the mountains with his fish
basket full of samples which carry
high values In granltorlum and rock
Itla Kia ability as a salesman was
splendidly manifested when he sold
stocks In his mines to Sam Ooyot
COME ON ALONG!
COME OVER HERE!
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