?he Sailt) ^.lashan
No. 1?3. FOURTEENTH YEAR.
SKAHWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1911 PRICK. 10 CPU"
FIRE VICTIMS
BURIED TODAY
(Special to The Pally Alaskan)
JVNBAU. Sept. 7? This city la in
mourning today out of respeot for
those who k*st their lives In the fire
whirh ilntrornl the .1 niveau hotel
Sunday night
The merchants have all Honed their
store*, ami the Dolly Dispatch will
suspend publication.
The response to the call for floral
tribute* from the people of Skagwa.v
was very generow. Beautiful flora'
l?iec?>*< such as crosses, anchors. spnys
and wreaths were sent to the strickvtt
ottjr.
After six o'clock last night the peo
ple began to bring their tokens of
r?wpec< to this office, and arntsfull
of flowers were packed Jn.
The steamer Humboldt <wriod the
flower* to Juneau, and the committee
were told that they would be delivere
to the proper authorities.
DEVI TURNS
DOWN $1,000
( I!y Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 7? Rev. John '
son. a prominent Baptist minister of ;
this city refused a fee of one thous
ami dollars to perform the marriag'
cercnooor bt<ween John Jaicob Astor
and Miss Madeline Force.
FLYNN Ear
BESTS SMITH
(By Alaska N?ws Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 7? Porky Flynn
von a decisive victory over Jim
Smith in their tern round fight in
this city last n?ht.
Daily Alaskan ? only $1 a month.
WILL DEFEND
CHAMPIONSHIP
(By Alaska Nows Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Sept. 7? FVank Gotch.
i h?? champion wrwrtJor of the world
has Mated that he Ls reedy to meet
all corners, in defense of the cham
pionship. He i? now making arrange
ments to make a tour of the world.
THINKS MAN
IS NED SON
MISOKGEB, Okla. Aug. 29 ? Mrs.
I-:. C. Ragle of thi? city, believing tha
I George Perkins. reported fatally in
jured ye?Urday from a full into the
' > revasse of a glacier at Skagway, Al
J ;wka. is her son who disappeared froi
i home in Guthrie Ahree years ago. tor
! day hegan an effort a detailed de
j svription of the glacier ?Wlm. Mrs.
j Itagle said her son would be 22 yi<?.ns
| old and might be identified by a
1 birthmark on the abdomen.
The above article refers to George
Perkins of the Sherman-Cleveland Cotr.
pany. who was -injured on Denver
Glacier last month, but the accident
was thought. In the States, to be
more serious than K really was.
DINFODD TO
! 00 ON STAGE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 7? Benlah
Blnford, "tha woman" in the Beattie
case, has signed a contract to appear
at a local theater and siivg illustrated
swigs. She will start her engagement
Monday.
The Alaska Steamship Company's
freighter Santa Aim in expected in
port tomorrow at noon with 142 head
of cattle.
NOT IDLE TALK
As The Old Saying Goes
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
thereof and thus we refer the showing
of our New Fall line of
MENS AND BOYS SUITS
AND OVERCOAT
The assortment of STYLES. PATTERNS and COLORING is
absolutely unlimited CJWe GUARANTEE every one of these garments
to fit perfectly, and give the purchaser wearing, lasting qualities^ No matter
what style you have pictured in minds eye. we can suit you
agents for
ABLER & SON COLLEGIAN CLOTHES
Suits and Overcoats From
$12.50 to $30.00
H. J. LYNCH
The Up-To-Dato Haberdasher and Ladies Furnisher.
ALASKA VESSEL
IS CHARTERED
(By .Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Sept. 7 ? Announcement
wa? marie yesterday of the charter of
j 'he steamship Seward, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, by the Califor
I tia Atlantic Steamship Company for
service between Pacific coast porta
;md Balboa. The vessel will carry
freight for transshipment over the
Panama railroad to the Atlantic fleet
of the company. The Seward sailed
for the far north, Kotiebue Sound
ports, In July ami in expected back
this week.
During the construction of the Cop
per River ami Northwestern raUroad
the Seward carted practically all of
the rails and ties used hn the 200
miles of track from Cordova to Ken
necott. She also took north nearly
all of the wvgknes ami curst now u*ed
In the operation of the road.
MALADY KILLS
LONDON BABIES
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LONDON. Sept. 7 ? A dread myster
ious "something;" just now Is killing
London's babies by the ?core.
Last week 158 babies died In 1/on
don compared with 56 the previous
week ? a treble deaht-rate.
The heat and the duat seem to l>e
th? main contributory causes of this
great rise in Infant mortality.
Recently at an inquest at St. Luke'f
Dr. W. Wynn Wescott. the coroner.
In speaking of the Increasing number
of deaths of Infante from diarrhoea
and sickness, said that they were all
more or less a mystery.
"They could not be due," he said,
"to bad food or heat exhaustion. Ap
parently the disease is due to some
thing mysterious im the air. to some
thing which is carried about by flies."
ANOTHER C0ME1
TO BE VISIBLE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Sept 7? The
report comes from the observatory
near here, that Brooks' Comet will
be visible on the seventeenth of the
month.
The injuries sustained by Miss Cal
wedl in the Juneau fire are not as
serious as at first reported. She sus
tained a broken wrist besides some
sliptvt injury to her body, and It is
believed that she will be recovered
with to* a short tdme.
PROSECUTION TO
CHANGE PLANS
(By Alaska Now* Bureau.)
RICHMOND. Sppt. 7 ? Owing to
the fa<t tha< letters hsre been re
ceived from a man who claims to
have been a vUnrm to Henry flay
Beettle shooting hi?* young wife, the
prosecution will probably change their
plans.
A NEW RECORD
MADE BY WHITE
(By Alaska New* Bureau.)
BOSTON. Sept. 7? Aviator Claude
(rrahftme Whit*- ycnterday afternoon
made another record wh?m he kept
his aeroplane In the air for twenty
seven minutes over the water amd
carried with him one paes^Ki-r. He
had his marhlne under perfect con
trol ?t ail times.
TWO AVIATORS
ARE KILLED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
STRASBl'RO. C.ennany. Sept 7?
Aj the result of the explosion of tlie
motor hi their aeroplane, A viator I*
coote awl Lieut. Neumann were kUl? >1
h<*e today.
ELKS MEETING TONIGHT.
Skagway Lodge No. 431. B. P. O.
Blks, will meet tonight at 8:30 sharp
All member* are requested to be
present Mid all visiting brother* are
cordially Invited.
F*. A. Callarmen, Seer?4ary
Tom Vaughan, of AtWn DWOrirf, is
In the city undergoing treatment for
a broken arm. While In town he I*
at the New Home Hotel.
?Tohin Patterson, who has been em
ployed by the W. P. & Y. for a num
ber of years wss a passenger south
on the Humboldt last night.
Harriet Trimmer, principal of the
Fairbanks High School arrived up on
the Humboldt last night. arid contto
ued over the Summit this morning.
(5eor,?ie Hart, who has been spend
ing the summer with Mr grand par
ents. Mr. and Mr*. Myrtck. left last
niftht on the Humboldt for Seattle,
where he will re- enter school. '
The steamship Humboldt arrived lit
this port last night at 11 o'clock and
departed for the south at 2 o'clock
this morning. She had 20 passengers
for Skajway and 40 tons of freight.
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* FRUIT BY THE *
: CRA TE OR BOXl
+ +
* From now on we make a special *
+ canning price on all fruit by the box +
* or crate. We receive fresh fruit on +
+ each Pacific Coast steamer, and ow- +
i|J ing to superior buying facilities, can +
| * make prices that will make it possi- +
1 1 ble to can all kinds of fruit at a +
i * reasonable figure.
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I P. H. GANTY, Grocer *
J.4. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4
(By Alaska Npw? Bwpm.)
ASTORIA. Sept. 7- I*ot?? dW?nr?
wto-plf** ?r p hc\ng t>rr?fc?n
ilally by thp l'n>!tp<l WlrH*** T*!*- !
:;rnph Company** at at Ion in thtu rK.y.
Thp t'nitofl St Atf*i ffitwcr MnffUlo
rpport* that M-ery riwrht whlfp isi th?
North *hf> iK-aftl thin station . wh#"
M llotrh Hirkf ami at 9*. Panl'#
falarul li> thp PrllMloffa On h"r l*"t
royajp th? wtwwnahiv Victoria. of th*
Alaska 3<pan*<hVp Compttmf, r ?portp?f
h'-arlruc Astoria. wh#* o?>?- nleta o*rf
of Nonx1.
Th* station thp A|am??fci wh*
tlx* ?wm>| was npar 8??w*ri|. a
tanrp of l,77.> miW from WlMiam
llMd, wvl a f?w nlehU a ?o wm f>>
rraimmrrH-atlort wffh th* Sarin Mar?
whpn the waa J.JKO m*?? off
thp roast. Thp station offpn h"*r?i
thp Northern whllp thpy ar^
*>lnn thrmnth I'nimak Pa?*
FISHER REACHES
SEATTLE TODAY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SBATTI.R Sr-p* A wVHpm* r^
ppIvp?1 from th<> Rptphtop Otrtter Ta
horn* stat rft that sh* wWI airrlvp h<^,f
with S^rnary FWur and party to
night
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(By Alaaka Mpwa Bwreau.)
j, OS AKOKUS8. S?>pt. 7 <f?*npral
Harrison tlray Of?*. pwWMwf of the
lyoa AirffJp* Tlmrt has h?- .? rHp?l to
apf'^ar hpforp thp frwlpral n?**
Monday, rhar?p?J with printing iwl"
rpnt now*.
Thp FHks will mpp' ton<*hT
JUDGE CHARGES
BEAM JURY
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iPitt Tftft i* in th# <-My
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Have One On
Yourself!
A Dry One
A
SLIP-ON
Rain Coat
Entirely Frre From RnMiff
Slip into a "Slip On" then
wear ? *mile when it rain*
It* a Ijw Wire
line of hat* we Handle
Seek hrre and jroti
?Kali find jiwt what
your mind m made op
to Have
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The Home of The
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? HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX
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