?he CHuly ^.lushau
Xo. HA THIRTEENTH YEAR.
>kAt^\ VV, ALASKA, ilESDAY. JANUARY 3, Wli PRICK, !? CISTS
ALASKA CIS
ONE IRE
(By AUafca N?*< luraiuj
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ut MklUrt Uuotlw* to titer kiwrf
jwh? fnxti tbw fifth district of Pet
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a L l - -10? UMC< of \lXJ_ u>
? twm iuut ?riu?-u fur (Myruuultr^
m> tluu br ?ma txfy ibv awtA
THE CAE IS !
ray pi
vBj M*ui M?ws Bureau)
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ESTRADA GOVT
RECOGNIZED
(By A:m?i H??? 8ur?Aw)
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(By AlMk? BurMu)
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(By AlMka Ne*s 9ur?au)
LOS VNCELES. J?ii 3 ? huiuiU
Kl> ua ha?l no Jiff U. ally la dhi posing
oi Tuny Capuu; tu the ninth of a
Mic<luinl twvnty-rutuwl so in this
city Uu>t aisht
II
(By Alaafca N**? Bureau)
NEW OKLE.VXS. Jau. 3? AihKvs
iMtv bc?u rw*i?nl iu this city tu
th, (flwt that Buuilla has re-enter
?| huiulunu at Uiv head of a k"S*'
army and 1 V" kv hat* pwilnlwtJ hitu
>?- i*v*kieul ol Uw rcpubii*
LUG Ci
CREEK GOOD
Sam SajuucWii, of D&via erevk, u
tu the city (rout Walker's VVri ?ay ?>
Uu- Dawson Ne?a. He value u b>
way of Fvwtyuak' Vo?t. He r*-i*wu
pay touuU ou ih? Ativlecwu claitu o
Lc-^ c'aiiiu orvvk *0.1114 $> to th
C*?(kt (MM! bucket Tttc l>A.V jjLTc?l4. 1-.
IweUt) ilK'kni ilnf.
Uu Cabia creek !iuw bwu ?ork?l ,
sr. i. mi Ktemi it |)rmuu?l the ftrs
year U> brcouw twit) of the be*>l cr ^li
lt the country, but Uw ^ro?i?e<. U?r> .
luuini difficulty in r\*>utua the opvu
ia*
Sev??r?i of tile ?ia>vrs have tw?u
sUadUj at work, contule.nl that they
will rvalue very rich rewards fui"
Uieir effuru
1 ft AIIEHIiaH
TV- trail biaaer announce* that
lie iwtii ha* all been staked and
that svnlwa will have very ?
difficulty m WaJtUi iV' chcc- Miu- ?
o?c-r the p*<to into Skaiwa."
No I iutU?hL Ttu.- camp cook ha>
prepared a ' mahuuute ate*. and a
pku?m rvcepUon ifc a?ut*d
INVENTORY SALE
For the next ten days we will
gixeyou the benefit of
3 3 3 per cent discount
on every article in our immense stock
with the exception oi rubber goods, t:
& W collars, Knox hats and thread
This is the chance to make oo j-jc.
pa> for one dollar s worth ot goods
Sale starts Wednesday morning the 4th
inst and ends Saturday evening the 14th
This reduction is strictly for cash
7/TJ7 L YNCH
Th? U^-T?-0?U Hab?rdui>?r Md L*di?a
SUICIDES IN FEDERAL JAIL
John Anderson, commonly known as
'Dog-face'' AbiKtsob, committed sui
cide iale Sunday night or early yes- i
terday morning. in the bath room ad
joining his cell ia the f mitral jail.
In older to accomplish the etHi he
called into use a small cord on which
Um loweis usvd by prisoners were ac
customed to be hung to dry. Ooce !
his wind was made up ho showed
a remarkable lot of determination.
The small cord about four feet ia
length was tied around the water
pipe wha-h runs horizontally across
the wainscotting o t the bath room
wall. Theu lieiug a targe loop Ik- In
serted bat bead aud threw all his j
* eight to the floor aud slowly strang
led to death. Hia nose rested within
about thive inches of the floor aud
bis body- was sprawled out at full
length The loop was not drawn aud
be amid at any moment easily have
stopped proceeding* it he bad been
?o miinled.
IVcvased was a longshoreman when
employ ^d aud has lived iu Skagway
a Kja; time. A short while ago he
bought a cabin oo fourth avenue bo
tweeu S43kte and Alaska and resided
there. He was betwevn 40 and at)
years of age and lived alone.
tarty Sunday eveuing Marshal >\>is
10 ?tt? called upott to so do*u to the
vUUijit and t|Uk-t a disturbance
Here be found an old native named
Joe Jackson in a polluted state of In
toaication ? putting some inquiries to
the 4d man's sou. he found that they
had previously beeu to Anderson's,
cabin. He went up to the place tak
mg the vouuj, Jackson with h>m aial
: >uud that Andensou bad gous oat
The window was brokeu iu the house
aud empty whiskey bottles strew u
arouad the place save corroborative
< ideace u the boy's story that th? .
.mJ drunk ia the cabin aud that An
: *rsou a>! 1 Jackson had had a fight
aflar which Jackson was sect home '
Taking the boy with hun Ftoii.it;
proceeded duw u town in search o: _
Yndentun w ho was kvated m the M i
cot saloon. Ptmao placed him under j
arrest at about 5 o'clock in the even
ing and took him to the federal jail
That he had at that time no inten
tion of committing the rash act, is
evidenced by the request that he
made to Marshal FVnio, to tell Mills
to look after his cabin while he was
b* u held, and for "Stumpy"' :u cake
what <rub there wa? ia his cabin
ojiJ use it so '.bat it would sot be
lost through decay aad age.
'*1 suppose I'm up against it?" he
said to Ftoozo before malti.Tg the re
quest and Fuojo stating that it took
ed that way. agreed to carry out his
wishes and left him in the care of
the jailer, James Rock.
He made no disturbance during the
night and the tact that he had Strang
led himself was not discovered until
seven o'clock Monday mo ruing.
As soon as jailer Rock discovered
th his prisoner was a corpse he
hastily called in Doctor Brawand who
immediately came over and made an
examination Which indicated that the f
man had been dead for at least two !
hours.
Judge Martin Conway was notified
-. J an tuquest was held before the
following jury: J. J. Patterson. Geo.
Mo* I. Oeurse Oarsou. John Pugh.
Hugo l usefroren and Mathew Sun
dee a
After the taking of all the evidence
t3.u was to be obtained they reoder
-ti the following verdict:
We, the jury impanelled to Luqufce
into the death of John Anderson find
last he caaK> to hh? death by hfe
own hand by tying a small cord to
a watt* pipe and inserting his head ,
through a nouee and thereby choking |
himself in the bath room of the fed
eral jail at Skasway, Alaska, on the
-Kiruiug of January 2. l!?ll.
Mr. Harrison, the undertaker, un
:ii >i lately took charge of the body
an r the inquest.
\ : ierson was an old of feuder in
:e line of supplying Ikiuor to Indians
t:id has served several terms for
tuck vtalnU?s of the k*
Skyway put ou rvtti frontier airs
tor a iv* moments uui Saturday night
u her euUeavor to ua?her the N ??
Vvar iu ? i Lb proper anu-uul . (
ums* anU excitement. Fur a few
brtel motuents tin* wierU tales In which
A!kuh Ike ami hero** of that orUtr
flourished *?*? throw u utio eclipse
by the real happening* la the era!
while peaceful v alley of Ska.<%*y
About the tune that the people al
the White Pfett club wert singing
"AuM Lang Syne" two youths labor
tu^ under the inftueuce of tho stasen
hied theiuseh e? to that portion of
Uw town which is under th?* protect
ing wing ot the city Hklmtutatnittou
aud proceeded to Ithool it up in. real
ic*pentdo sty lo.
At the ?LUte moment (oar mature
uku, some of whoni are in business
in Uw community stood on the main
business moroughfare Ai?d fir?d vol
leys of leaden pellets into the build
ings opposite. Two of the shots ea
i red the store at Lynch. the dry ,
i,?jod? merchant. one of which tra- ,
> rsvd the eutire length of the spa- |
cahis store room before lodging. The
Uirg'- gloss windows were punctured
other portions of the large build
in.- known as the Trail, which is
under the coutrol of Judge LeFevre
The four men who are alleged to
base committed tha? last reckless bit
of la* breaking were Charles Bed
dLwton, bartender of the Pantheou
-aK*.?n ; Fred Tanner, sou of Skag
vnv's mayor, a ad employed ?n hts
father's store; John McBrian. pro
prietor of a blacksmith shop; and
; Charles Kors. who is not engaged
m busmess.
Ou complaint of Ueorge Carson all
<( the guilty peraous were charged
with firing pistols within the city
1 1- .. -s ot the town of Skagway. en
dangering the livew of pedestrians,
tnd riotous coaduct. All of them
tpou arrest pleaded guilty and were
fined tweuty-five dollars each which
j has been paid into the city treasury
Ben Marouey was a passenger ou
the outgoing Beatrice.
* On behalf of the firm of Ganty & Frandson *
I wish all our friends and patrons +
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* A Happy & Prosperous t
* New Year !
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J P. H. GANTY;
al>
BIRD MAN
NEAR DEATH
(By Alaska Ne*?s Bureau)
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 3? The En
glish aviator. Radtey. was caaight tn
Mhen? currents in bis flight yes
terday aawi had a narrow escape from
death.
SLOW DAY SI
E
iSy Alaska Nj*s Bureau)
W ASHING TON . IX C.. Jan. 3?
President anjl Mrs. Taft stood dur
ing U?e entire reception at the WMte
House yeste?iay Owing to tie
bad weather the attendance was aot
so larse as it has formerly beea.
II TIE WEST
(By Alaska News Bureau)
CHICAGO. Jan. S? All of tike mid
lie west is in the ^rip of a sever*
tRnud.
SE
OF
(By Alaska Nsws Bureau)
NEW YORK. Jan. 3 ? A dozen ali
enists were called to the witness
stand waen Gallagher was arraigned
:oday. to testify as to his sanity.
Mrs. A. \Y. Reeu will leave on the
aext trip of the Jefferson for the
states to he gone the balance of the
winter.
HEW STATE
GOVERNMENTS
i.3y Alaska N?u?& Bur?aa}
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 3?
The governors of Rhode Island, Wy
oming, New York, Wisconsin and
Waho were inaugurated uxiay TtLe
legislatures of Illinois, Oklahoma.
Tennessee. Ohio. California. Montana,
and Maine were convened today and
the legislature of Massachusetts will
meet tomorrow.
ENTERPRISE IN
IRMON STATE
(By Alaska N?w* 3ur?au)
OGDEN. Utah.. Jan. 3 ? One por
ter to lied, another wounded and dy
ing; a hundred passengers rob&ed 0/
a large sum of money and jewelry;
is the aet result of the work of two
masked bandits on an early train at
Reese. All of the passenger* were
California bound. P**?>es are scour
ing the surrounding country for the
desperadoes.
(3y Alaska News Sur?au>
SPRIXUFtELD. UL. Jan. 3? By a
two to one vote this city has adopted
the commission form of government.
Mrs. Bell arrived up on the Prist
cess Beatrice enroute to Dawson.
At one of the practice games re
cently Mrs. Fred Flcfcardt made a
score of 185.
Mrs. Fisher and little- daughter of
Whitehorse wtre Christmas guests
at the Golden North.
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Zinltan were
dinner giaests of Mr. and Mrs. H. H
Draper at the Pullea louse.
C?pyrt^a; viuiict & Via?*
WILL CLA YSON-oOL,
The Home of The
? HART. SCHAFFNER AND MARX
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