?he Jtla*han
No. 19 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAUWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 191S PBIOK 10 CENT*
KOK.MKK sKAOWAY IKKTOK
MINING OS LOSKJ I'REKK
The following account of the mln
iug activity ot ' a "former Skagwan
ia taken from the Ruby Record of
Jan 15th
l>r. I. H Moor* returned Wed
nesday from a visit to Long creek.
The doctor and Gus Stenfelt are
operating i n the upper part of the
Buckeye association, being now en
gaged In blocking out 236 feet of
their (round. If it looks good as
work proceeds, more men will be
put on and the work pushed with
energy
An air of confidence is possess
?ni by those operating on that party
of the crek where real work is be
' ug done, and the fact that Ander
son and partners, Foley ? Co., Car
lln and Warren, Buckley and Ber
nard and Smith A Co. are in such
close proximity indicates the belief
that there la a continuous payatreak
on that part of Long. And this
opinion is entertained by all alike
L. B. Ad*lt and Wm Ferguson of
Juneau arc In the city.
F. K Parsons, salesman for the
Wester Dry Goods company. Is In
the city visiting the trade.
D J Rich naa received the sad
word that bia mother, who waa al
most 95 years old, had passed away
at Buffalo, N. Y , on Jan. 31 last
For the past 22 years she had
made her home with her daughter,
?Mrs. Wallace Ruger. In Buffalo. Of
a family of seven only two now re
mains
E. L. Vinal, representing the
Bend Park Co.. arrived in Skagway
from Juneau Saturday for a week's
*tay. Mr Vinal has spent the past
?seven or eight months In Alaska,
selling Bend, Oregon City property,
and ts now on his way south for
a visit with his family He says
that Bend, ia the coming Minneap
olis of the west, as It has wonderful
water power and Is surrounded by
wheat and agricultural lands
DRUDGERY.
The everyday cares and duties
which men call drudgery are the
wetghts and counterpoises of the
clock ol hme. giving its pendulum a
true vibrabon and its hands a regu
lar motion, and when they cease to
hang upon its wheels the pendu
lum no longer jwwgv the hands no
longer move, the clock itands stJL
? l.ongietsw.
UNITEO STATES TROOPS RUSHED TO BORDER; ENG
LISH NEWSPAPERS ASK AMERICA TO INTER
VENE; REVOLUTION IS BARBAROUS
City, Feb. 2-1 ? Kortner
I Yf*l<lcnt Mwli'io of Mralfti ??
*hot in the back of hi* liowl and
killed Utc Satanliy night. < ion em I
Sunm. w ho trcnmiwiiinl him under
guard of a federal wotirf, wiu nh?
murdered l>jr hfinx kIhH, the IxkIIin
of both beiiiK H<1<II<<<I with bullet*.
By the order of IVnvbinniU l*re?l
?1ent HiM*rta, Madero and Sii*rn,
were being eacorted by a 'pwUI
I guard of MiMier* front the city of
I Meiico to the proltenllary at Tamp
Irn. Shortly after leaving the city
the party woa set upon by a lx?d>
ol Madero s>m pat hi /.<???* who at
tempted the liberation of the rap
Uvea. In the fight which followed
the two atjite prisoner* were *hot,
' after which the aperial kuwiI suc
ceeded in dispersing the liberating
party and returned to the city to
I report the iffair to the new presl
Ident..
The above brief version of the
killing la given otit by the Huerta
ix-opie. but there Is a suspicion
Just one-half
Price
TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW
SPRING <XX>DS WE WILL FOR A
FEW DATS SELL ANT OOAT OR
SUIT IN Ol'R WINDOW AT
80c ON THE DOLLAR.
LADIES, MISSES AND CHILD
RUNS COATS. LADIES SUITS.
H. J. Lynch
Th? Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
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(hut the disreputable mimhr uw
frame. 1 up fur thf purpose of ri<l
illng the new Rtivwnniciii of an ??!?
jt-rilniMhlr poem), and tli/ii the
Iwii uirn ?tri! l<fl out for the par
of slaughter. The people of
the ell) are i)oni?nillni; a full ln
tr?< (gallon of i he affair as it la
hellevcil to lx> a raae of the black
est political inn rder that hiM ww
-talnol the nam<> . ?f revolution.
The wives anil families of the
iImhI leaders ate prostrat?il over
the will ending Of the ptTJflilaeBt
men. and l> has liml a Irndem j to
swing murh sympathy toward the
pari) of Hailwif. An out<>|^y In
Mng held, at the Mill of which tin*
bodies will he given to the families
of the slain.
The revolutionary soldier* arc
now in possession of more public
potti. than under the regime of
I > tax anil ure ntrMlll) abiding to
their virt<wica throughout Mevico.
The Itritiah rolony In the city ,
have framed a resolufl ;>? of thanks
t?. Ainb*?-ador Wllmn for the aM?
manner in which he has liamlle< I
the situation during the war
Through the activities of the Amerl
mn consulate hut little harm has
rowe to any of the foreigner*.
Washington ? The double lniu?l}
in Mexico has added ne>? difficulties
to an already l?wl situation. No of
ficial comment has emennted from
the American government, hut re
newed actiiltlcs are manlfeste.l In
sending ti'top<f to the front mi l or
dering military movement*, onler
Iwlng sent to various military posts
for hurrying of warlike pre|w?ra
tions
Omaha ? The Fifth brigade wnj
orderrd to leave Immediately fot
<>alveston, and the work of emliark
iiiK the tiildhm <m nfwlnl train*
In being rn?hed.
llfWf ? Immediately following
? he rtT>iir( of the killing o f
Ident Miwlrro and Gen Snare*. th?
rominander nf the troopa ntallor.nl
liere iwivi-d a rnah order to <*#?
l?nrk the jilnolfenlh Infantry, Co,
II Signal t'orpa. tii)t?ith?T with offl
rfn ami i-nttlntfr* fur * horrtfil
iitiiirmonl to (itlrWoii. RpHiil
iraina werp or?*pred and the aoldlet*
nre n rw on their way.
(?mintaiMirio? 1'niied SUIm trnna
|xirt l*n?lile with a th.maand ina
rlnm arrlwd here thl* morning Mil
are hfln([ held in mwllMw to Mil
fi?r Mexico.
Princeton ? Whn incoming preai
dent Wilaoii nffiml lh?? nr*? of
l Ik- murder of MMlfM), ho nhrtik
l?i? liiwl aid aighed, hilt rrfivd to
?nuke any rntnmenl on ????? deplor
?Mk ?ffai.\
Loixlon ? The British newspaper*
freely and openly full upon the
Vmerlran government to Intei-rene
>n tin Mexican aitoation. They de
<lnre that intervention by the
I nited Stale* la imperative. aa the
reign "f anarchy mllxt no longer
blot the pngea of the conntry'a hl*
'or>. The rifle hndlci of Kngland
also ur)p> that America take a
hand In the immediate) aettlement of
the Internecine war.
\Va?l<lngl-<n ? Pi evident Taft wa*
;i gneat of honor at tht< pe:we din
ner on Washington'* birthday,
In hU aiMre** he said th^t the peo
j.le mint be patient orcr the M? *1
? an alt nation. ami not Impatiently
urge thla country into war ?flh a
slater republie, until e?(r)r effori
liaa be on reported to for the ?
tabtialiinrnt of the Tdexl-'in govern
titent <>n a <uhsfaMial f.iotlng. \?
SEEDS
\\> Iihtc J nst opnned up onr
n<-n Hov er and reoetaMe ?(*1?
(Frrry'ii and Manttovill* Jk King.)
Mo*t of the prixe wlnnwr- bought
tlie icwh (nm an last year.
? Special discount, for quantity v
* purchaaea (<2.00 or over.) ?
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
CXCITKMENT IS OROWISTG
? >VKIt n>>t.n IHWV?VBKIItS
'John Dr?ry earn* in on th* t*U
faraon from hit rrrwit trfp to ICnir
bind wh*n he aMfa>l?d tha Aian.il
far aala of th? Tailor. Urury and
fed In r comp?u/ It la Mid that
I liia Mmpmv manually diapoaea of
ibo>it fifty tt>cna*.nd d'.llara worth
of foTa in t,ontfon Mr ixmrjr *W<
go to Ht* ?tom at Tealtn, arhare
tb?y axpact n Urge voipm* of baai
n?aa thl* >?naor owln* to the n*v
<ilaeo*ery m Rtlrer Cra??*
W A Dikemui, diarr?ver?r o t *M
Idllarod, ind for aoine time paat
IntwcMM in cro<f?4 It the
Tealtn country, rama up Sa'ardar
and left t?t. r?f?nrinf '.or the
of lb* new on ?ilifr frae*
!fe ha* bad a number of men la
there flit* ?lil?r looking after hi"
intafaU,
IN 0"t the Tart.
Rditb. icfd fr?. *?( lied k<r mrth+r
k>n(!mri) a? KNe t<*?k tha ("? 'tfcaama
tart* from tha ova*.
"Mamrar aba ar.kl, "'*oa't ym (Hay
/on ara kj unndnw?"
"Carta Inl*-." afw^raf?4 the mother.
Edltb w?i>( mil oa the porrh nnd than
quickly rvtu-n.-d
?'Orandma." aha ?aM be**iltta<1i
"mav I hara h fa if T*
"No. dear. they ara for ? tpper *
"Bat don't roa know joo ?ald /no'"*
play bain* n r tri'rfsia. ind rrandreaa
ilwnvN ftra dltie girk what tfcay
wantr
8 be g,H tha tart. Woman# Rout*
Companion
TWO KIVDS OF LABOR.
TKfff* ? ?wt of labor wKkh
? ?dd? lo lb* value of rfw mbieet
upon whwh it n nmowed. TW
if ?(?oHt mfl (V labot wfafc Km
no <uch effect . T br lormrt. ?*? it
prodjret * wur. mar he c?l!ed
productive. the '??!? unproductive,
Ubof . - Adurr Sai.rfi
? protect l.m tn tnifrViMM lh?< war
; itopMlmmt 1? mobillttRf ml?ml t?n
<h'>aaa?t<l toHIm along ih? HmI
can tanrrter.
ilkMftlv ? Tbf HrlkM i r ?lrl??t?
nO<! *ymp*lhizrm thronged thr*
Mr*K? of IW? r Hy rwinitoy In a
I liu ;i> pxrwtr of prntnt a(*inat lh<"
' Mlllng of Ma<l*r<> Sfi?*h?i wrr?
' nuul< tiewoanetag ihf Hnrrto rrigv
whlrh hnflm In Moml.
K1 Pawn l^?t (HMMln of ltn
<l?l? of fhlhiinfiNa. wm ai i >?lwl
Hatiirrlat ami ihnmn into jail Hl?
frirmla f'ur that It a tb 1 hrgianinr
?.f a pM to wWlfr hlw. iw iNf
rH*h <|fc| MnWn. Th?> ih-h part*
Ila gaining rfrniHt ami will ??* h*
In control of all tlie north* n r| l?.
IliVKMI ?Tf>P? l:W)*A ;
WM/Mrt 45TT? WI RPHT URIW
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>4M Airim; rn 17 -Jm Sk
?m th# f?jwiiiah-A?arVaa MM*?r
I lanr?t to MB
f!*ht rm?r ?)mw 'w M?tH IfMrk
ojt Rrcwn *f N?? Vot* City Tk*
fl*M whkh ?M to hat* *o?i? !??*f
ronnr1?. fl *h?d In tka tantk, aft?r
?n? ?f y??? linat thrltltnc Itrnt****
I hat iiM -*?r hop?-p?lt#4 o?f (n a
ftatle ????> ??<?r
Tha ef>-vrt that- ?ltwaae* "?*
n*h? <*** r<4? of tka *i*???at that
haa ?T?r *?'kkf?8 f<tr a lfk? **kl
bitted In tbla Hty. m4 wh*? f*?
?o?tg ao?i ! *4 RIt?t? atari *4 tfx
flrwwovfta i?S kapi 'htnca b'-at#: up
antti klb oppee^wt -nnld ???? im
ton*?r, an-1 tko t* 1*r*m railed It off
ftr rlwlarir / Kl?pr? tk? ?ln??r
ftaa Pr> "la#?. 27 - W?akh? *
lon'n b?r?t-'l?jr wm <-?trbrat*<1 kr
tka ?jw?r?? tn thw -?f hjr a rt??
?wit^at of twenty ^>im4a h*fw?*n
A<< Wotcaat tk? ( tutW?r H*M
vo*Kht a?*t Tommy Wirphj of N?~r
> #*k Ta# little flfk<#w ???t tk?
I (want? ronn4i and R*frt*? Orlffln
rallwf H a draw. 'hon*h ft la tl
'lent 'ha' '<aj th?r ffla* a f?w
ramrH f>rtk*t Wolgaaf vnnii ha*?
ihart to ||v* In Wolr?af ik?*M
>k ? k? r?at4 wwn? txwk. trat k#
win fetoffin* at fW* n??it?h. Moa
ia<l "T*a ' Ma tVj t^rrlfV- haatinf
; tkaf Morph r amM onr to kit*
on!? ka<1 an iff* tt?
IXwt of it la tk? thirteenth and
fo ir?<H?n'h ri>nn?t? *nH kroka ??On
tn tk? flf?-?wth. atat?MHh an4 aiao
taanth. TKo r?at of tk? flgfct ??."*
o Marpkr
u vmi unr ahuo
HfTKBJMTIOTll# m*tr.?iT
Friday *I?*U ?*??? M U* ??t ft'
>atio?al V>wH?c ront?*? '**"H
tho ataiKt'rg aotnowbot, fcy **??
1 ?r?y dmiptn* into a**oiNl ptaeo and
?W?? tb ? l*-?4 to Th? ?-?
?nlta w*r? u
Siin^td ? I.SM ? ??.?If
Miairwajr MM
lH?w?on 1,4
?VhtflkO^- . ..MM M*4
TWO M'lV nov-? *RKIVl: M
4K.I< W tY THIS WHWIW
Two baW*i *rri*M I* Wutoar
rh.a momlPf to p?rmo?ot?t|y ad?1
ih?tr pr*?ne* to tmr populate
Or HrawaM r? porta ttat a hor of
???^illation trwtfht ?* bom to Mr
aiM Mra John Rrbwt at tbrfr
bom*, at l;tl I. m
foot hoiira l?t?r. at l*:M *r
and Mr* A H Joy b~?mo tb
puronta of a ion. bom at tboWW*
, I'aaa boayt' at
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