No. 51. TWELFTH YEAK. ? SKAKWAY, ALASKA, VhDNEiPAY
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PRICE, 10 CENTS
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, 111. July 28? The report
of the Krand jury just made public
estimates that $3,000,000 Is paid year
ly by habitues of the tenderloin dis
trict to the police in return for "pro
tection."
The matter of police Kraft was thor
oughly gone Into by the grand Jury |
and many Indictments were returned
against members of the police force.
Under the promise of immunity sev
eral denizens of the "red light" dis
trict gave very startling testimony.
GOAL IS FOUND
HI DISCOVERY
That J. M. Ruffner, manager of ?he
North Columbia Gold Mining company
has struck coal on Pine creek near
Discovery, was the news brought to
town by D. D. Walton, a mining man
of Atlln.
Mr. Walton says that the extent of
the coal deposits has not been de
termined, but that he inspected a
piece and it seems to be of good
quality. The strike was made Satur
day.
J. M. Ruffner was riding along Pine
creek and noticed an out cropping of
rock that had apparently been washed
free of soil by the bursting of the
dam several weeks ago. Mr. Ruffner
sent Erick Stevenson in to prospect
the outcropping and a few blows with
a pick disclosed the ledge, of coal.
COL. CLAfPOll FOR CONGRESS
Col. Charles Ethelbert Claypool. the
well knowu Fairbanks attorney, ar
rived on the train this afternoon and
will go south on the Princess Royal.
Col. Claypool was a former law part
ner of the late Congressman Francis
W. Cushman, and he is going back to
Tacoma to become a candidate for
the position left vacant by Mr. Cush
man's death.
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THAW TAKES
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(By United Press.)
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. July 28?
Harry Thaw took the stand today in
his own behalf in the hearing on his
sanity. Thaw lias always stated that
he could clearly prove his sanity if
allowed to testify.
PRESIDED REYES RESIGNS
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 28? Ac
cording to the officials in the Depart
ment of State, President Reyes of!
Columbia has resigned, from his offie<?
SKAGWAY ELKS' IN PARADE
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash. July 28? Skagway
will be represented by twelve Elks in
a float drawn by reindeer ill the Elks'
circus parade tomorrow. Jack Hardy
will have charge of the float.
PRINCESS ROYAL LUE TONIGHT
The Princess Royal is expected in j
port some time tonight with 102 pas
sengers on board. The Royal passed
Ketchikan at 4:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Sixty of her passengers |
are round trip tourists.
August Magazines and periodicals
are on sale at Houghton's, Fifth and
Broadway. tf
Stop at thr Dominion Motel when i *
Whitehorso and set home cooking
and clean comfortable bods.
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ami we will assure you that there will not any
two people have suits of same pattern. When
we take your measure we destroy the sample
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BEATEN BY BRIBERY, SAYS KEBN
(By United Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Inil. -Tnly 28? John
W. Kern, Democratic candidate for
vice president and also the candidate
of the Democratic party In Indiana
for the United States Senate, today .
made tho statement that ho had lost
his nomination through bribery in the
legislature. IIo asserts that tho vote
was secret instead of a public ballot.
Benjamin F. Shlvely, also Democrat
was elected Senator over Kern.
EARL GREY IS
(By United Tress.'*
VANCOUVER, B. C. July IS ? Karl J
Grey, governor general of Canada,
left Vancouver today for a visit to
British Columbia and the Yukon. He
will arrive 11 Skagway about August ;
10th and leave for Dawson and other
interior points.
HELP paper
(By United Press..)
DENVER, Colo. July US? At the con
vention of the Western Federation
of Miners being held here the dele
gates yesterday refused to withhold
a dollar from every initiation to pay
for the subscription to the Minor's
magazine.
Ml IN MILLION AND
ONE-HALF OF GOLD HERE
About $1,500,00 ill Bold arrived in
Skagway last night on tin- train front
Whltehorse and will be shipped south
on the City of Seattle.
Of the total amount about $I.200.000
was sent as registered United States
mail. It eaine in four-pound packages
and the shipment weighed about three
tons, or nearly 6,000 pounds of gold.
A shipment o[ about $350,000 also
came by express.
It 's one of the biggest gold ship
ments ever received in Skagway. The
gold nearly all camo from Fairbanks
and the surrounding creeks.
RICH PAY ON DOME
Arrivals from Dome report that
things are booming in groat shape
along that crock, tin- operators being
blessed with plenty of water for
their sluicing operations. As a result
the different laymen are turning out j
a golden harvest* that makes one's
head dizzy to contemplate, the weekly
cleanups varying from $1,600 to $1*.
500. ? Tanana Tribune.
The City of Seattle is due in Skng
way tomorrow evening. She left
NVrangoll at .1 o'clock this morning.
She has about l">0 passengers on
board.
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Mrs. Tegtmeyer, who has been con
fined to the White Pass hospital for
more than two weeks, and Miss Tegt
meyer, of Denver Colo, will go south
on the next Jefferson.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cathcart and
daughter and Miss Emma Sconce ofl
Sidell, III., Mrs. M. J. Calvert of In
dianola. 111., and Miss Grace Monroe I
of Chicago, came in on yesterday's j
train. They recently went to Dawson ;
on a sight seeing trip.
TOWN TALK
The Skagway Hand will give a!
dance on Friday, Aug. (!. and wish J
to resen e this date.
S. M. Graves, president of tho White
Pass & Yukon railroad, is expected
to arrive on the Princess Itoyal.
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There will be a meeting of the Wo-I
man's Guild or S. Saviour's church
at the rectory at 2:.'!0 o'clock tomor
row afternoon.
.Tim Ross, the native who struck it
rich in the early days along with Sko ??
kuni .11m, has been a visitor in Skag
way for several days.
Ninety-five people from Fairbanks
and other Interior points arrived 011 !
yesterday's train from Whitehorse.
About fifty more came in on the train1
this afternoon.
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A dance and card party, complimen
tary to the guests, was given last
night at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
Nearly 100 peopl wee re present and
thoroughly enjoyed the affair. Re
freshments were served.
Go to the Pack Train restaurant
for your Sunday French Dinner. The
very best of everything the market
affords. Ice cream served free with
our Sunday dinner. S. tf
Stop at th Caribou hotel when i'
<~arcross. I'ine fishing and huntin
in the itnn. '(Hate vicinity. Overlooks
the beautiful shores of the lake. E
W. Gideon, prop.
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(By United Press.) i
MADRID, Spain. July 28? King Al^
fonso is hurrying back here from
San Sebastian to call a special meet
ing of the cabinet as the result) of
the riots which have spontaneously
started in all parts of Spain as the
result of the trouble with Morocco,
which Uie Spanish people think is
un-necessary and caused by willful ac,*
gression on the part of Spain. '
The riots have been so serious in
r.everal of the larger cities that mar
tial law has been proclaimed. Some
well posted journalists assert' the trou
ble may result in Alfonso losing his
crown.
News received in Madrid state that
1,000 people were killed at) the battle
o* Mellilla in Morocco, an engagement
between the Spanish and Moroccan
troops.
JACK AND JIM
WILL BATHE
(By United I^ress.)
DENVER, Colo. July 28? Philadel
phia Jack O'Brien and Jtin Flynn, the
Pueblo fireman, will fight six rounds ;
In this city tomorrow niglit. O'Brien ^
is the favorite in the betting, but
Flynu is a tougli customer and will
give Philadelphia Jack a hard battle.
JIM JEFFRIES
POSTS FORFEIT
(By United Pre??.)
NEW YORK, July 28? James J.
Jeffries at noon today posted five
$1,000 bills with Robert Edgren, sport*!
ing editor of the New York World, as j
a forfeit to bind a match with Jack
Johnson, the negro who claims the
heavyweight championship.
Jeffries plainly declared that he
would fight Johnson any time after '
four mouths, lie Is going to Baden- j
Baden, Germany, for a short time and
then will return and is willing to hava
the fight take place.
This puts the issue squarely up to ^
Johnson.
MB GOING
FOR OUTFIT
D. D. Walton, who owns valuable
mining property at Spruce creek In
the Atlln district, accompanied by Mrs.
Walton, came out on yesterday's train
and will go south on the Princess
Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Walton will vis
it tho Y.-Y.-P. at Seattle and then
go as far east as Chicago, where Mr.
Walton will dispose of some property
and buy several thousand dollars
worth of machinery which he will use
in working his Spruce creek property.
Last night Mr. and Mrs. Walton
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
McNamara. They became acquainted
last March when they came up from
Seattle on the same boat.
RIVER REPORTS
The Casca arrived at Whitehorse
at 2: '10 yesterday afternoon with 42
passengers and will sail from White
horse tonight.
The steamer Whitehorse reached
Selkirk at C o'clock this morning and
the steamer Selkirk passed Ogilvie at
0:30 o'clock this mornftig.
The Dawson left Whitehorse at 7:.10
last night with 28 passengers and
reached Big Salmon at 7 o'clock this
morning.
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