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No. 231 FIFTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1912 TRICK 10 CIHT*
HE FINED M
PUS II III GJES FIEE
Valdei, Doe. 30 ? The famoui
Fairbanks bank wrecking caaea an'
over Saturday afternoon Captain
K. C. Barnette waa fined nine thous
and dollar* by Judge Lyons, and he
walked up to the rack and paid the
money and went out of the court
room a fre? man It waa Intimated
at first that Mr. Harnett? would
.ippeal hla cas?, but ho abandoned
i hat Intention, If ho ever had It,
wlion he paid the money.
W. H. Parsons and F. K. Bar
bour wore dlamlaaod for lack of evi
dence, and F. W. Hawkins was ac
quitted on Instructions to th? Jury
by JudK? Lyons.
GOV. W. CLARK
MAKES REPORT
The 1912 report of Governor
Clark, to the Secretary of the In
terior, telling of the conditions lu
Alaska and recommending legisla
tion, has reached this office. The
governor repents much that he rec
ommended last year, and places
himself on record as favoring a
number of reforms. A few extracts
from his report follow.:
While there was probably a
small Increase In the number of res
idents who may be regarded as at
tached to the soli or engaged In
Industries of a permanent character,
there was, without doubt, a consid
erable decrease In the population of
Alaska as a whole. The gain In
white population (not Including mix*
ed Russian and native people, many
of whom can not read or write > be
tween the census years 1900 and
1910 was only 6.854, or 19 per
cent.
Some encouragement has been de
rived, however, from the new legis
lation authorising an examination
and report by a board of experts on
feasible railroad routes from tide
water to the interior, and by many
persons from the creation of a lo
cal legislature The former must
be regarded as of the highest im
portance, since cheap transportation
is the prime factor in early territor
ial development; but the creation of
a local legtslattlve body can not
be expected to solve the main prob
lems of Alaska, since these prob
lems can be dealt with by Congress
alone.
The most notable events In the
mining industry during the last
year have been the Increase In the
output of copper ore In the Chltlna
and Prince William Sound regions
and In the preparations (or a very
large gold-quarts development In
the Juneau district. Quite as wor
thy of mention, perhaps, Is the con
tinued exploration and development
of gold-beurlng lodes In the Tanana
basin. In the vicinity of Fairbanks,
where 17 small stamp mills are re
ported as having been Installed,
1 strongly recommend a further
modification of the general mining
law as applied to this Territory,
under which assessment work on
both quarts and placer mining
rlaims may be paid In cash or la
bor to be applied to the construct
ion of roads and trails outsldo of
Incorporated towns.
In its final analysis, the com
plaint of those who are crying for
the abolition of traps amounts to
a labor question. The purse seines
require more labor in their oper
ation than do the traps. It should
be urged upon Congress to enact at
an early date legislation to regu
late and license all forms of fish
ing gear operated In Alaska. A tax
should be placed upon all forms of
fishing gear, as well as upon the
finished product.
It is recommended that the re
bate system as applied to oper
ators of private hatcheries be abol
ished, and that such establishments
be taken over at fair valuation by
the Federal Government, thereafter
to be operated by the Bureau of
Fisheries.
It is recommended that legisla
tion be enacted prohibiting the use
of herring or other food fishes for
the manufacture of fertiliser or oil,
providing that present concerns be
granted an equitable period within
which to close up their business
Also, there should be strict pro
^ visions to prevent aliens from fish
^SHOES
WdUST HIGH CHOUGH MM
(2)S{? HOW COUNTER /S
SHAPED TO COHfWM TO
HEEL, NO SUPPiHG HE/ff
(H) PERFECT TftEAO.
14-J DOES NOT BAG HEM
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1
H. J. LYNCH
The Leading Haberdasher & Ladies Furnisher of
Skagway, Alaska
POMP CAN'T Al?n TO
OliORY OK SULZKR
Albany, Dec. SO ? William Sulier
will take the oath of office next
Wedn Ktlay which Is to make htm
governor of New York, the old Km
|>lre State. It wan through the gov
ernorship of New York that Orover
Cleveland ttepped Into the White
House, and there are many who
prophesy that it will bo through Al
bany that Wm. Sulaer will follow a
like course
Mr. Suiter stated that he did not
want any barbaric ceremonies when
he was Inducted Into office, lie told
the committee to cut out the Orien
tal splendor and make him a gov
ernor In the simple Jeffersonlan
way.
SCKNK S\\ ITVHKS FROM IX
niANAPOMS TO liO.H AXUKI.KS
Los Angeles, Ilec. 30 ? Johan
nsen, one of the men Indicted at
Indianapolis, upon the charge of
transporting dynamite, will be
brought to l*os Angeles for trial.
WOOOKOW TAI.KS TRl'STN
TO JACK Sl'lil.lVAN
Princeton, Dec. 30 ? Wood row |
Wilson has returned home after
spending his birthday at Staunton.
He is engaged today In a conference (
with Jack Sullivan discussing the
trust questions.
01MI1E (IIS MISI
Ed m MlEITIffl
Indian tpolia, Dec. 30 ? Of th? 14
men found guilty by a Jury, of,
transporting dynamite with unlawful
intention*, SI of them received aen
lonree ttila morning from one to
aeven year* In the federal prison at
T?eaven worth, while all of them
were dlamlaeed by Judge Anderaon.
who aald mat he did not believe
them guilty, In aplte of the fart
that the Jury had convicted them
Tveitmoc, Clancy, nutter, lloclt
In, Young and Muncy were eech
sentenced to al* yeara In i,eeven
worth priaon
Frank and Ryon received aeren
yeart
P*t#ra, <?n?lth. John and Barry,
four year*
Dram, Rwnrtt, Smyth*. l?Wt
n#r, Aml^mon. Caaay, Morrln, HM
rt??n, Hunnoti. McCain and Rrotrn,
thra* y**r?
HIiiIim, Palntw, Mlrtmnn ?n4
Houlihan two r*an?
n^rnhardt, Ray, flhOnt#, Phllllpa
and Warhm^latar, ona y??r and on*
day wh
In 1h# ran#* of FarrHI, Com*?.
< ouplln, M'irphjr. Klin# unit Oarfc.
the Jud*a anap*ndad a^ntom-a. aay
lii| that th? Jury had mad* ? mta
I ah#, aa ha waa con?lnr?d that th?
m?i ?*ra not utility.
nVNAMITKIt ?'1.AN('Y MI'HT
STAND TRIAL M>n MI UDKR
Washington, D. C., I>? 10? Jm
Clitnc?, one of the men coiitWkI
of transporting dynamite, will hare
to undergo trial for murdw, as a
result of the testimony Introduced
at the reoent trial. The jr?'?fiimeiit
claims to be In possession of evi
dence which will con*lct him of re
sponsibility for the blowing up of
the I ami Angeles Times building In
which more than a ?cor* of people
were klll?d.
New York, Dec. 30 ? Another iu
dustrlal war will tie up the gar
ment manufacturer* of the east to
day. As a result of the voting on
the question of striking for higher
pay and better working conditions,
there was a vast majority of the
workers favored It at the meetings
of the unions yesterday, and today
the order has gone forth to Quit
work.
One hundred and fifty thousand
employes o[ the factories will be
out by night, and the leader* ?ay
that they have a large fund on hand
to meet the actual need* of the
striker* until a settlement can be
forced, which will give the workers
a decent living, something they
claim thoy are not (retting at pres
ent.
On tho other hand the manu
facturers say that they have known ,
for a long time of the Intended
strike and are prepared to meet It.
Irg in Alaskan waters The pres
ent statute is notoriously evaded.
1 do not. favor any project of
placing the Alaska natives on reser
vations. since that would almost
surely tend, under any system like
ly to be devised, to impair the self
reliant spirit for which these peo
ple generally are noted.
My recommendation of last year
? hat all railroads In Alaska be re
lieved of taxation for the present
Is renewed None of the existing
lines, it is believed, Is earning
enough to pay Interest charges,
and some of them probably not
enough to pay the expenses of op
eration.
IlKIl) Wll.Ii RK8T IN THE
QI IKT OK 8LEKFY HOLI/OW
New York, IX* 30 ? The funeral
c* Whltolaw Held, former ambaw*
?lor to the court of 8t. Jam??, will
he held on the fourth of January,
l'pon his arrival here the body will
lay In slate for a few houri and
then taken to the family vault at
Tarrytown, better known aa "8le?py
j Hollow," for Interment.
The May will arrive here Wed
nesday, ?? the bulletin ?y?
APPLES
Spitcenbergn ? fi?*M wl?t?r M?
l>lr> (jrown ? ?2..%0 p?r boi.
Jonathan* ? *2.BO p?r bo*.
ltouuui Hfwuty ? ?Ttr* H"*>
ity ? ?1.73 pw box.
Vou will fln<l tti?M M<Mll?it t*1
ne for your uiog?y.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer J
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v< AltMKI. "VKR A IMWi
ItMl l-T* IS KIM.I9U
Fiirkank*, |N? 7- In tk* mi*
of Ilnltm) WatM n William U?
Jon, who tM hound orer to t h?
grand Jnrr on the charge of Ht
ond degree murder, * irn? Mil fl*
init manslaughter aa the charge
on whlrh the defendant moat aland
(rial *?? mad* public In coart r**
lerday morning The indictment
had been returned the prerVw?a
morning aa a aerret mo,
the defendant waa out on bonde
He appeared in coart yeaterday for
arraignment. At that time he waa
notified that hta bonda had hewn
reduced fmm 11 a. (??? to I5.M0
Sew bonda were furniaked la thla
?urn and the defendant released
from cuatody pending hia trial He
will appear before Judge Poller
thia afternoon at 2 o'clock to plead
Iwtndon waa arreated Nor It on
a charge of killing Henry Iwrrli, a
trapper from the Rig rkana dla
trlct, with a rifle Dorrki and Uin
don had bwn engaged in a quarrel
over dog* rn that day, and It waa
aa a culmination to thla altercation
that the killing occurred The cor
orer'a Jury filed the crime commit
ted aa murder, and at the prelimin
ary hearing before Judge Dillon ,
l.andon waa bonnd orer on the
charge of taring committed murdwr
In the wcond decree Tk# Informa
tion filed againat him by the dis
trict attorney'a offlc? named flrat
degree mnrd#r aa the crime
Subacrlbe for The Alaakan now.
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hoat* for n?*o?l*thm*. ami ?ra mi
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'or ? fwipW* ?Hl>wiml of ?l?#
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or rt<k*r Hny*, that
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rill ra**lt aft*r all. ao lh*f aaraN
: far*har >1?T?lopmanta from Ik* Ot
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?ra. h?->H of tM Am*rV?*n T
allow of l*fcor. ia*naH tka <lani*l
rodar I' *? th* Mnrtaral Iron
Worker* aooM ft* rtrlran from IM
mnha o* lh* Fadaratlon aa a ra**ll
of th* rowrirHon of th* man ?Mrg
H *? ft IM transportation of *???
mlfa II* maintain* thai IM ra all
*n<1 fil? of (ft* Iron Worft*r* *r*
>ionoat and Indmrtrlo** citit*n* aid
*r* *?iltl*d to "mil*** tftair affW
atlona ?|tft th* A F of I,
!(*faunton, par |4 ? Wkoi Wood
row Wllaon mat III* >wiyl* of Maw
fo* *h*r* ha *aa born. tft*r* *a*
?om?t hlaa of a* oration (Iran Mm
All Ik* old Ulnar* w*r* lh*r* an4
<ol<| him thar alwar* tho**ht him
1 amart hoy Km I ft* own*r of
"ft* oM patch. *h*r* Wno>|
?n? rlld hi* mMnlfhl atadrln*.
?ama forward and ahoofc hla hand
j and *aa r1*ht amart gl*d to aa*
him
In t; Ikl it to (ft* I art a crowd
that h d tatft*r*d I* tra** him.
rft* fatar> praaldanl aald Iftat ft*
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?crra to *lp* ont ?ftat*r?r fa^tUm
il faoitnt that llnt*r?d from t ft*
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?ont ft Ufta l.lncoln, h* ftn*w no
nor* ft. no with, no **af, no ***?
Indication* ar? tllai lk*f? will ft*
?inlt* a n*mh*r of o*t-of-tow* ?W(
| or* to lh* ma*^?*rad* hall tomor
row niffftl
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