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No 125. ELEVENTH YEAR. SKAUWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1908 PRICE, 10 CENTS.
DEATH OF
CAPT. CAINE
(By United Press.)
Seattle, Aug. 25? Captain E. E.
Caine, probably the best known steam
ship man of the coast, died here at ?>
o'clock this morning at his residence
as tbe result of ? stroke of apoplexy.
wirelessTor
TNE INTERIOR
The n en in charge of the in-ttalla
tion if Alaska's wireless system hope
to have tbe whole system in full work
ing order by the time navigation clones
this fall. If these hopes are reallz d,
commercial as well as government
busi- e?s will be hmdled by th? various
s'atioas.
This means that Fairbanks will
seldom sutler by the lack of a means
for conmunicHtlon with the outside
world again.
Lieutenant E. A. /eunot, who is in
charge, Is very enthusiastic over the
progress already made and tho pros
pects of early success.
"The system we are about to install
in Alaska," says Lieutenant Jeunet,
"is the first big undertaking looking to
the sending of uiessag s far inland from
the coast by wireless. Messages are
being transmitted successfully over
long i^s'tUi ^E outride, W tho SKttliMU
of communication xre all coast points.
Here we plan to send a message 4-0
miles, from Nome to Cibbon, ar.d to
have stations at Kagle, Fairbanks and
Circle. If they prove a success Valdez
eventually will be supplied with a
station.? Fairbanks Sews.
The Thordis arrived up last night,
bringing coal, several hundred head of
cattle and some sheep for Tom N'euman,
Huros A Co and Barton Bros, ol Daw
son. Mr. Neuman went orer the hill
this morning accompanying 151 head of
cattle and 101 sheep." R. U. Lyons, look
ing after the interests of Burns & Co.,
came up with the Thordis.
[FAIRBANKS WITH
IHE DEMOCRATS
(By United Pre**.)
Indianapolis, Aug. 25? Democratic
Vice-presidential candidate Kern was
formally noli lied of his nomination at
noon today. A large crowd was pres
ent. Theodore Bell acted for the com
mittee. Vice-President Fairbanks was
on the platform.
After Kern made his reply to Dell,
Mr. Bryan made one of his greatest
ipeechts. It was directed against the
trusts, tie declared the democrats J id
not want them: not only were they op
posed to thetu but they would go fur
ther and pass laws compelling them to
live within the laws. Monopolies were
indefensiple and intolerable. lie pled
ges, in case of hi* election, a vigorous
enforcement of the criminal law against
trust magnates and oftici .Is and also
laws to make it impossible for monopo
lies to exist under state law.
IRK OF A
ROBBER FIEND
(By United Press.)
[xindon, Aug. 25? A robber fiend
murdered the wife of Major General
Luard this afternoon, stripping the
dead body of a quantity of jewelry and
making bis escape. The murder was
committed Ir a desolate wooded section
in the suburbs. All Scotland yard Is
working on the case and following
every clue.
Mrs. Sydney D. Charles, wife of tho
well known newspaper man of Fair
banks, came out last evening on the
way to the home of her parents in Ore
gon, for a visit and in search of health,
With her little baby she stopped at the
at the Golden North. She sailed south
on the Dolphin today.
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\V H Gardner, Wm Rogers and W N
Ashley of Dawson, registered last even
ing at the Golden North. They sailed
on the Dolphin.
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Ralph Royal, who has boon appoint
ed clerk in the office of Commissioner
J. C. McBride. of Juneau, of the A. Y.
P. exposition sailed for Juneau on the
Dolphin this afternoon. Special agent
Farmer, representing tho government
at Washington, accompanied by Com
missioner McBride, made a visit to Sit
ka from which they have just returned
and are expected up this way in a few
days ?nd with them I'ercy Pond, special
agont for Southeastern Alaska. While
at Sltk?. Commissioner McBr'de start
I ed away George KoslrotnetlnofT to the
Aleutlon islands, to begin his work of
gathering an exhiDit there. Mrs.
Hart Is to be dispatched to Valdez at
once on the Bertha.
It is understood that the work of
making up an exhibit for Haines is
progressing admirably. Camp Uaines
of the Arctic Brotherhood appointed
Captain Biown and Managor Hatvey of
the Rolny Hollow and Porcupine mines
to look after ttte work and they are
preparing to build a relief map of the
Porcupine and R:iiny Hollow district.
George Carson, son of City Night
Watchman Carson, while working on
the pile driver at Haines, met with an
accident (hat necessitated the amputa
tion of two lingers, i.he Qrst and second
of the left hand. Ho is reported to bo
cheerful and doing as well as could bo
expected.
Mr. E. E. Harvey, manager o( the
Porcupine Gold Mining company and
the man that b jilt the big flume, camo
up yesterday bringing John Marcon ?
prisoner, caught robbing the sluice
boxes of the company. Harvey found
the man picking nuggets out of the
botes, acdon his person was something
like an ounce. The man Is being tried
this afternoon before Commissioner
I<e Fevre. Mr. Harvey s?ys he is de
termined to stop this sort of thing at
the beginning.
HAWAII ANXIOUS FOR MORE
j Honolulu T. H., Aug. 25 ? At the re
| (juest of Governor Frear the executive
1 committee which had charge of arrang
ing for the entertainment of tho Atlan
tic fleet, did not disband, bnt at once
I began preparing for the Pacilic float of
, cruisers and torpedo boat destroyers
| due to arrive in a few days. The visit
of the Atlantic battleships was so un- j
' qualifiedly pleasant in every way that
I the territory is looking forward in anti
cipation to the com'ng of the other fleet, i
ENTERPRISING
HIGHWAYMEN
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(By United Pre?i.)
Yellowstone Park. Aug. 25? A lone
btghwaymau yesterday held up and suc
cessfully robbed one hundred and
twenty- fivo tourists on the main aven
U'softhe park. Tt Is known that he
secured a^ much as two thousand dol
lars in cash and bonds valued at ten
thousand doll.trt>. lie made a complete
get-away, leaving no clue.
The water has partially been turned
into the big tlume at the Porcupine
Gold Mining company aud will be turn
ed in full on Wednesday. A clean-up
was made of a day's sluicing of the pro
perty two days ago aud $2,000 weighed
up. An opening of the ground was
made 14x50 feet and 15 feet deep. Pay
was found all the way down while bed
rock was found U) be rich. The gold is
In large flat pieces, for the most pari,
the size of a pea flattened out. Mr.
Harvey left on the Dolphin for Juneau
on business.
I Jimmy Adams was before Commis
sioner LeFevie this morning on a
charge of furnishing wino lo Miss Annie.
Frank Jo was a witness. Tne evidence
was not conclusive and tho prisoner
was released. All the parties are na
. tlves.
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The Rustler is due tomorrow evening
in place of the Georgia and will sail
Thursday morning.
Go to Tony Dotero and try a Bull Dog
cigar. lm
All the delicacies of the season at
the Pack Train restaurunt.
(RICH ORE NEAR
FAIRBANKS
Reports aulllcleni to stir the most
sluggish blood and create a great, in
terest m quart/, prospecting were
brought to town by Bed Rogers, who
wiili Ed McConnoli returned to town
this weekvafter several months spent
in the Bonn! field country. The results
of blow-pipe tests made on the ore from
John Bonnlfield's mine located on the
great Blue Horn ledge where it crosses
Sheep creek, a tributary of Sheep
creek, showed ore of the Bi-Metallic
ledge which has the same strike, N. E.
nnd S. W., but crosses on the divide at
the head Sheep creek.? Fairbanks
Tribune.
DISAMTllG
FISH STORY
Charlie Runner with Messrs Mulvi
iiill and Doherty went over to Log Cab
in on Saturday fishing. They report a
very successful time and arrived back
last niirht? at least so they say? with
about I5O pounds of greyling. Runner
went over to the hotel to send the bui
down for his share.
When the wagon ariived there was
in the bottom of the box just six of the
small fish. The neighbors, it is alleged,
had helped themselves. The gura'a at
the Fifth Aveuue, who had been lead
to expect a greyling feast were as
much disgustud as was Runner,
Br. E. A. Waugh and Mrs. Ruth
Woods, of Virginia, and Mrs. X. D.
Smith, of San Francisco, who went
throuch here some weeks ago on a
trip to Dawson and the interior, re
turned last evening and went south on
the Dolphin.
The News was honored with a copy
of the Trail, the Skagwuy High School
annual. It is the neatest product of
the printer's art ever turned out in
Alaska as far as our knowledge goes ?
Fairbanks News.
EARTHQUAKES
IN VIRGINIA
(By United Press.)
Richmond, Va., Aug. 25 ? Several
earthquake shocks were felt here this
morning? several slight tremors. No
damage was done but the people are
greatly alarmed.
REYNOLDSAGAIN
IN THE SADDLE
(By United Press.)
Boston, Aug. 2f?? It Is announced that
Reynolds has again secured control of
the Reynolds-Alaska Development com.
pany. He h*9, it is said, effected a
joint reorganization of the company
which will be completed at a meeting
to be held in New Y^rk the last of the
month. It is further said that It is
planned to begin active operation at
once.
bridg?1e
COPPED DIVED
Work on the piers in Copper river for
the steel bridge which is to span that
stream at the lower crossing is progres
sing steadily, it is uaid, under the dir
ectlon of Bridge Engineer A. C. O'Neil.
Already one pier is in. Piling is first
driven and then sawed ofT about ten
feet under water, a-.d then concrete it
laid. A large amount of bridge timbers,
piling, cement and ctber materials is
being assembled. The piling which
was knocked out by a barge which
broke loose above, was merely tempor
ary, and the damage was trifling. The
bridge at the lower crossing when com
pleted will be about 3200 feet in length.
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tbo Fifth Avenue.
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