No. 52. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY HO, 1908.
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
Chauncey Boyer, delegate from Fairbandks to the Ket
chikan convention, who is still in the city, discussing the
letter from Perkins to Cale, which is published in this issue,
says it very clearly states the circumstances as they were.
Mr. Boyer says he went to the convention with 28 proxies,
every detail concerning which were according to the record
and the right to vote which there could be no proper ques
tion. And yet the credential committee appointed by>
Chairman Murane, a Hoggatt man, arbitrarily split the |
right in two and allowed him 14 votes. Perkins had 39
proxies from Nome, regularly certified to him. The Seward
peninsula was divided up into three equal parts, giving to
Murine who had ON E proxie, au equal representation with
Perkins with his 39. Mr. Boyer says, with Perkins, that it
was too outrageous, ridiculous aud unjust to be worthy of
discussion.
The P C SS Al-Ki arrived up thisr
morning bringing I87 toon of freight,
among which is machinery for Conrad
mines and a guautity of wireles# tele
grapoy equipment for Fort Egbert acd
Fort Gibbon. The City of Seattle is not
expected until tomorrow evening. Shj
also has a quantity of wireless telegra
phy equipment and the several corps of
meo to install the same.
NO NEWSPAPERS
IN JUNEAU
(By United Press.)
Juneau. May 30 ? Today is being ob
jured s a holiday inthis city. Many
mercintile bouses are closed for the
day and no newspapers ara-beine iasued.
TALKED IDE
BILL TO DEATH
(By United Preaa.)
Washington, May 30? Seated in an
arm ohair Senator Latollette yesterday
undertook to talk tne currency bill to
death and backed by Senator Stone of
Missouri be did it. Lafollette talked
until 4 o'clock In the morning when be
was relieved by Senator Stone who con
tinued the theme.
DAWSON A. 0.
10 ROOSEVELT
A Vancouver dispatch to the Dawson
News says:
Garry J. Landhal, of Dawson, who is
en route to the east.it in the city awuit
lng completion of three especially pre
pared invitations to visit Yukon terri
tory, which will be presented to Earl
Grey, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Presi
dent Roosevelt.
The invitations will coat $300, aud be
engraved on caribou skin elaborately
decorated and ornamented with Klon
dike gold. Tho invitatlcns are being
presented by tho Arctic Brotherhood.
Don't be bashful, call for a Bull Dog
cigar at Tony Dortero's.
(By United Press.)
Baltimore. May 30? Emanuel Cebrl
no, a no'.ed Italiaa auto driver, was
todav killed by the overturning of bis
car in making a sharp turn in the races
hoit. Bis neck was broken and he
died instantly.
(By United Press.)
New York, May 30? Judge Alton B.
Parker, it is learned, will write the
platform for the democratlo party to be
presented for consideration at the Den
verconvention.
bsllM
THIS EVENING
There is to be a ball game this even
ing at seven o'clock between the U. S.
surveyors now in the city on their way
to fix the boundary lino, and the A, B'e.
Thomas J. Templeton representing a
Seattle hardware house Is at the Fifth
avenue.
"On Friday morning, the morning I
left Whitehorse, I was told by ft
member of the N. W. M. P. who keeps
the record In the matter, that the
number of men who bad started down
the river for Dawson and the interior ^
in small boats, was 718; the number of
the boats was 180, " said "Stroller" .
White to the Alaskan this morning
just beforo taking the train for his j
home in Whitehorse. "The police, you
know, keep careful record of the names
of all persons going down the river In '
small boats. They number the boats ,
themselves in large figures. This is
lor the purp so of Identification should
any misfortune overtake them. Tbe
?umber on tbe boat has served a good
purpose In many instances, once in giv
ing tbe first clue to a sensational
murder case. These numbers ran up
into five figures long ago and became
burdensome .n the mere painting. This
year they began at number one agoln,
so the 180 represented tbe number that
had gone with the opening of tbe river.
Of the 718 men who sailed in these
boats, many were pretty hard looking
characters and fully two-thirds walked
tbe distance over the hill from Skag
way. It is the biggest spring rush that
has been made in several years."
ONLY PAPER
PUBLISHED
Because the cable office wan open but
one hour nod that in the morning) and
because the newspapers of the territory
generally have been making a holiday
of this memorial day and suspended
publication, the telegraph service today
is unusually light. As announced In
another place by wire no newspapers
were printed in Juneau# and thus the
Alaskan is the only newspaper that is
printed in Southeastern Alaska? per
haps in all Alaska? today. This news
paper, having suspended publication
last Saturday to give opportunity to its
attaches to attend the celebration at
Whiteborse, felt that it could not con
sc'entiously wltbold publication today.
CONGRESSMAN
TO ME TAFT
(By United Press.)
New York, May 30? It is learned to
day that the name of Taft will be pre
sented to the convention at Chicago by
a member of congress? name not as yet
stated.
TOMORROW THE ANNUAL A. B. PICNIC
THE TRAIL NEARLY READY
The finishing touchts are being
placed on the Trail, Shea & Patten's
new hotel on Broadway, and they ex
pect to fix the date of a grand opening
about the 6th of June. The bir fix
tures are the handsomest to be found
iu the north country. The rush act is
to bo done (or the completion and fur
nishing of the rooms of the hotel and
the opening is to be made a notable
event. A cement sidewalk has been
laid around the hotel.
R. C. Miller ? Seattle commercial
traveler is in the city.
Jack Orchard 1) back from "the
front" on a visit.
L. A. HARRISON CO.
fflousquetaire
Silk glows Grey, Piuk and Blue
in White. Black, Brown,
Grey, Pink and Blue
75c to $3.25 a Pair
Butterick Patterns
For June
Rajah Silk
The Latent Craze in the States for Street
or Party Wear. In Dregs of Wine,
Copenhagen, Blue, and the New Tobac
co Brown
Stores Open Evenings
Phones 4 & 55
There Is no weather prophet to fore
cast the probabilities for tomorrow, but
the wish that is father to the thought
indicates a beautiful morning, in tho
morning. There is every preparation
made to take full advantage of this
beautiful weather that is going to be
in the morning and all day long. The
fleet carrying the A, B. picnickers is to
leave the wharf at 7 o'clock sharp and
head for Haines under full gasoline,
arriving there, say, between nine and
ten. There the members of Haines
camp No. 17 will meet the Skagway
visitors and, after felicitations, an4
viewing tho beautlts of tho city and
the fort the march will be taken up to
Jones' Point where, it is declared, is
the prettiest picnic grounds in the
north, picnic grounds which include
ball grounds. By the time the party
can get well settled here and each so.:
mODtof the company bos picked ou'
the spot most pleasing to it. It will be
time to break into the lunch baskets.
After lunch there will be time enough
to call the game between the A. B.
team and tho soldier's or Haines team.
Plenty of amusements will be afforded
| aside from the enjoyment that nature
offers, until the hour for the return ar
tives, This will be set for early in the
evening to enable the excursioclsts to
enjoy the ride back home and arrive
here with nothing to regret save the
! .shortness of the day. The affair is to be
conducted from Qr;t to last in the char
acter of a family picnic and there will
I be no feature Introduced tbat might by
any possibility mar it as such. The
comfort and pleasure of the wives and
sweethearts of the members and their
friends will be made thespecUl concern
of the members of the brotherhood.
This is the season when chicken
lice are a menace to our feather
ed friends
Lee's Liquid Lice Killer
Is a sure remedy. Absolutely Safe
1-2 G-al. Cans 65c. Q-allon Cans $1.25
Spray Pumps 50c. each
QANTY & FRANDSON
Lieutenant, and Mrs. S. O. Orchard
will be home on the next trip of the
Humboldt.
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Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Stinebauxh wore boat and hostess at a
dinner given in honor of Will aillery.
who goes to Whitehorse Monday to act
as purser on tbe Selkirk, for the
summer.
These present at |the happy event
were Mr. and Mrs. Stinebaugh, the
Misses Stinebaugh and Lindahl, Mrs.
Hanglin, and Messrs Hlllery, Pare and
Lewis Stinebaugh.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lynch will more
into their pretty new home the latter
part of next week.
fit's About Now")
That nearly every man has,
the spring outfitting ques
tion in mind
The man that comes here
for his
SUIT. TOP COAT
HAT, SHOES
AND
FURNISHING
GOODS
will certainly not go wrong
ANP HK CAN BANK ON IT
era s co.
THE QMICEDICLOTHIEfiS