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OFFICIAL CITY PBPER
ALASKAN
No. Itf
tenth year
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY JULY 22 1907
PRICE 10 CENTS
ALASKA INCREASE WAS
ENORMOUS
Customs reports show that this territory's
trade was greater by almost a million dol
lars a month than that of last year
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan
Washington. July -i? The cus oms
reports that have jus', been completed
show that the total Alasia trade for the
riscal vear which is just ended amount*
ert to more than tifty-eijfht million* ,
Tbe trade for a like period (or the year
before was only forty-seven millions,
show in,' a cain of nearly a million dol
lars a month.
CREAM
Par#
America's finest production. ttich
and mellow: At the Seattle, the house
of old boil est goods and reputation ..
l'be f ram Hestaurautw.'l serve
wine with dinner orders, fr^e in place
or colTtft?. Com? ud t>oys.
They All Com? Back
I). M. Westcoit. who left here sever- <
ul mou'hs returned on the Dolphin |
aad h.is taken his old position in the i
rail *ou I shops. Mr. Westcott will be
joined by his family in a -^hort time
All the delicacies of the season at wiu j
Pack i'rain Restaruant. _r
pk ?Tn?liaWMMaiilM??nn?? ? ,
L.A.HarrisonCo
We are working to completion of
our store, our latest addition is a
complete line ot fan^y and plain
china, glassware, graniteware.
tinware, and an endloss variety of
the 'little things" used in the
kitcken by the thrifty housewives.
WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION
Hotel sizes in cooking utensils a
specialty
Stores cnen Evenings - Phone's 4 and 55
One Thing We Des tinctly Aim at
in This Bu ;iness
Is that every man who
knows us or read our
ads. will know that
this is the store for
quality in clothing.
We would rather be
kaown as the right
place for good ^tn IT
than as a place where
you get low prices.
It is always easy to
quote prices but it is
what the prices buy
that counts.
We sell
Hart Schaffner &
Marx and David
Adler S Sons
Clothing and we want
you to know it. We
cannot give you any
better evidence of our
standard qualities than
that they are the best
made.
Copyright 1907 by
Hart Schaftner H Mag
AWFUL DEED Df INSANE
>
Michigan farmer beats out brains of entire family
with an axe? Later he attacks citizen and is shot
to death? Became madman through effect of
terrific heat prevailing recently
' Sitcial Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Nuncia, Mich., July 22 ? Henry Scutcheon, a farmer
aged fifty yearn, became insane and ran amuck here yester
day. He attacked his invalid wife, small son and aged
father with an axe. while they slept, and after beating out
their brains hacked their bodies in a horrible manner. Go
ing out upon the street lie stealthily approached Henry Mo
Clellan. a neighbor, and made a savage attack on him with,
out warning. McClellan escaped his? fury and arming
himself with a Winchester shot Scutcheon to death. Scutch
eon has been a respected resident of the place for years and
it is thought that he became insane through the excessive
heat that has prevailed here fur several days.
POWEREUL PLEA 10
IHNG ilAVWOOR
k'Jim'' Hawley will deliver ereat jury appeal
for the forfeit o' accused Mine Federation
officials life? Case over this week
(Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan)
Boise, July 2^? The pleas which are
to be made for both sides Iu the Hay
wood c?e before the jury will be con
cluded by Friday morning. The case
' will be given to the jury immediately
thereafter. "Jim" llawley, attorney
1 for the state, will use no manuscript
! and the iiu>st powerful plea rver made
u the west for a verdict ioHictinsr the
' death penality is expected from him.
WORLD'S GREATEST BASE ML GAME
CVlumbus, Oblo, July ? ? All records
for prolonged baseball battles were
lamb sted into Ibe bacKtfroutul when
the Heintz Victors and Columbus Se
lects, amateur teams of ibis city,
struggled (or 36 ^linings without
reaching a decision.
At the eud of the liti innings the
score stood t to 2, and the jjame was
called owing to Hie txhauitloii of the
players.
Decker, of the Selects struck out 20
men, and llobins, of the Victors,
men. Neither pitcher i< over 10 years
of aire.
MAIL ALL YOLK
LETIiRS EARLY
If people only understood what was
to be gained by getting their mail into
the post office as -oon as they had writ
ten their letters, much tiiua would be
saved in their correspondence. In
sprakimr to The Alaskan Saturday, As
sistnnt K'ndell said: "There art?
any number oP times when, it It-email
w s in the office, I could get it 0:1 the
b t-? be ween liere and .lunean in time j
to oa'eh the boats that are on their way '
buck from Sitk? to thr Si u d polni 5.
\l-o this !s true a< ie?ards being aMe
t ) c ?ch boats on their way to the west
war \ if the connection is audi at Jun- '
o n-. P. ojle should try and cet their1
al ii into the ??llioe as so >n ns they can,
If hey do: I will do all I c.tu to uiaice
,he quickest connection possible." 1
KH'ow length wii.to silk gloves at
H riso i's
THEY HAVE
SIGNED
Famed Pugs Will Bat
tle for A Big
Purse
iS|> cial Dispatch 10 Daily Alaskan)
Lis Adge'.es, July 22? Anuouoc-m nt
was definitely made here yesterda.. ol
the arrangemt-nt and ,-igtiing of articles
f >r a 20 round fight between Joe <i?os
aid Jimmla Burns for a purse of 810,000.
Tie tight will take place beloie Aug
ust 14.
?p
Smoked Sugar Cured
Chinook Salmon
The proper thing- tor
Lunches
GANTY & FRANDSON
MISER WIllltlM IHKS
DOWN VfSrEDAV
Imperfect storing of coal causes great ocean
liner to sink while at her dock yesterday
Tide causes ship to kesl
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
IJreramerbaven, Germany, July 22?
The Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grouse sank at her doek here yr-slerilay
moruiuir. The rising tide caused her
to keel over, and the imperfect storing
j of her coal was responsible for her
| sinking. She was the property of the
North German Lloyd Com |). 1 in : was
feet lou?, 2M 000 horse power auil hail a
ijross tonnage of 14,340 tons. An effort
will be made to pump her out and save
her.
mil be
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Japanese Admiral
Says Alarm Only
An Incident
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Seattle, July 22? Admiral Yamamoto,
who ivas for ten years Ihe Minister of
Marine of Japan, arrived in the city
to lay on his way from Eur pe where
he has been on a visit. He says the j
San Francisco affair is a small storm
ou a mighty ocean and that there is '
neither indication or danger of war
between the United States and Japan. J
Tho rifn'ni Hn-siness cillege, Taroma,
pure. .?> ti <j I Remington tjpewrit
ers hut iiiai.t1'.. 3t
SAYS THERE
Afit NONE
Japanese Official Says
No Spies are In
This Country
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Tokio, July 22? General 'i'eracbi, the
minister of war, in an interview today,
contradicted the reported arrest of a
Japanese spy at San Diego, Cal. He
! said:
"There are no Japanese military otll
[cers in America except military
Attaches, The war oltici has never in
structed any otlicer or amateur spy 10
examine American forts.1'
FOUND? A black leather Swastika
watch fob. Owner can have same ly
cillinsr at The Alasksn office and pay in."
f.ir this ad. 7-22- i f