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No 89. ELEVENTH YEAR. SKAttWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY )4, 190B. PRICE, 10 CENTS.
Its OF 1 mites
Bryan Won't Roast Roosevelt but Taft Will
Roast Bryan.
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Lincoln. Xeb.. July 14. ? Bryan and Kern and other
leaders were in conference all day yesterday and today it is
decided that no attack will be made 011 Roosevelt during
the campaign.
Lincoln, Xeb.. July 14. ? Mr. Bryan will be formally
notified of his nomination on the 1-th of August.
Hot Springs, July 13. ? Taft has gone into retirement
for the time being and will receive uo visitors this week,
lie is giving his undivided attention to the preparation of
his speech of acceptance. It is said he will roast Bryan.
anils FH 11 SHTHE
(By United Press.)
Senile. July 14? In a tire that raged
fur hours in the Hinckley block last
night. 34 firemen were overcome by
fume* and three ate at the jioint of
death ?? a result and it is fearej will
not recover. Crowds of citizens rath
ered at the wjene ami when the dancer
hanging o?er the 6reine& was realiied
many rushed into the stcoke to lirlnu
out those who were overc#me, ?nd
sorae of these were, in their turn, over
come. The low by tho Are will total
$125,000.
(By Unltsd Pre?< )
Pe-t'and, July 14? Seven attempts
wer<- made l>v firebugs to destroy this
oiiy last night. The fires broke out in
v nous par > if the city in quick sue
les-ion. They were all clearly of in
ce^liar> origin The attempts are sup
posed to l>e the work of hoboes who
hoped to oot, but no arrests have been
made
ATLANTIC FLEET WITHIN
HAWAIIAN WIRELESS ZONE
(By United Press.)
Honolulu, July 13. ? The Atlantic
fleet now heading for this port has
been picked up by the wireless station
here.
DYNAMITER III
TOILS AT LAST
(By United PreaaO
San Francisco, July 14 -The police
this morning arrested a Greek who ha?
confessed that t e Is the author of the
dynamite outrages perpetrated against
Gallagher, the star witneas In the
boodle and bribery cases against city
officials and street railway magnate*.
He *ay? he was hired to kill Gallagher
and blow up his property, but he bas
so far refused to confess who hired htm.
NEW JAP CABINET
Tokio, July 1<? Marquis Kathura has
organized a new cabinet.
L. A. HARRISON CO.
Mr. Crewes' Career
By Winston Churchill
The Traitor
By Thomas Dixon, Jr.
Old Wives tor New
By David Graham Phillips
Loves Logic
By Anthony Hope
The Barrier
By Kex Beach
The Yoke
By Hubert Wales
Tyranny of the Dark
By Hamlin Gailand
Stores Open Evenings
Phones 4 & 55
THAW 10 BE
KEPT IN JAIL
(By United Pre**.)
White Plains, July 14-The Thaw
caso will not be taken up for reconsid
eration until the September i*rra of
court. In the meantime Thaw r?main?
not in the Mateawan aiylum but In the
jail here.
DESTROYED OT
A CLOUD BURST
(By United Press.)
Heppner, Ore., July 14 -This city l?
In ruins, its the result of a cloud burst
which occurred last night. There were
do lives lost, the people fleeing to the
the hilU. The storm lasted but a short
time but was terrific in Us violence
(By United Press.)
Columbus, O.. July 14. ? The nation*!
convention of the prohibitionist party
will convene tomorrow Hnd its session
will continue over Thursday an<1 per
haps Friday.
The thing of special interest devel
oped la advance of the convention it
the proposition to place a plank in tl e
platform declaring against women suf
frage ? declaring that women s'lould not
be given the electoral franchise.
ENTHUSIASTIC PARTY OF TOURISTS
A. L. Rule, wife and mother, of Ma
son City, la., and Mrs. J. E. Mathews,
of Rockford. III., form a party of tour
ist* who have been here for the past
two weeks and are now stopping at the
Fifth avenue. They have made the
run over the hilt and by boat to Atlin,
from which trip they returned several
d.ys ago and have since been taking in
the sights about Skagway, having yes
terday spent the day at Burro Creek,
ac^ompa-jled there l?v Mrs. G. G. Mil
ler. It is the ordinary thing to And
tourists who run through tho north lai d
very enthusiastic as to the country, but
this part, remain**! ov?r *ud with
every day of tbelr stay their enthusiasm
has grown until now Mr. Rulo,
lawyer though he in, ssys he will not he
able to make hlmsolf understood by the
folks at Mason City as to how Alaska
has gotten Into bit blood. He would,
If he could, be says, pull up and come
to Alaska to live? it Is the place of all
' others to settle down for life, he says.
' Mrs. Rule and all the ladle* of the
party are juite of the same humor and
| regret tho necessity of giving up their
vacation. They will come again they
say, and tc remain an entire summer.
Mrs. Rule, the mother, and Mrs. Mat
bows are members of the E -stern Star
aud have been retire among members
of ibe order here wlib suggestions as to
organising here. The party will leave
on the Jefferson tomorrow.
(By United Preaa.) ]
Now York, July 14. ? Tho heat is still |
oppressive over most of the Atlantic |
C0iH and throughout the middle west
Ten deaths took place her* today.
INTERESTING
ASA guess;
(
Patrick Clark aod Patrick Clark, jr.,
E, P. Caldwell aod J. Brwaaban, i
ormed a party of four whowetein such
i hurry to teach Whiiehorse this morn
ice that they engaged a special train to
:arry them there. They came up on
ihe City of Seattle last evening and left
it 5 o'clock this morning. Tho cause
)f their hurry is not known but It is
interpreted t* mean an important deal
n mines over there, aa Mr. Clark is> a
millionaire, engaged in mining, with
headquarters at Spokane.
A PLEA FORJOME TALENT
Marshall has gone, leaving eight of
3ur team, all home men. Tho White
Past leaguers hove pone, leaving onlv
Mark whelps, Alex Blanchard and Lee
Sault as the bom* taleut of that team.
Let each town fill out a team with home
Latent and arrange for another game.
Tbe season is too young to see the end
jf ball playing and another excursion
from Skagway to tbis place can no
3oubt bo arranged.? Whitehorse Star.
Go to Tony Dotero and try a Bull Dog
cigar. ltn
The Bull Dog ?s par excellence, call |
at Tosy Dortero's for same.
Always Good
Our sale'of Hills Bro's
"fverfresh"
Coffee has been astonishing. There is a reason.
SOLD INl-lb AND 2 lb TINS ONLY
QANTY & FRANDSON
HIS SEEK ID EE FBI
(United Pre** Telegraph-CabU Service.)
Seattle, July 14. ? A. E. Light, secretary to Thomas
Cale, received last night the following telegram:
A. E. Light, Seattle ? Announce my withdrawal from
the race as delegate to congress from Alaska. The danger
ous illness of both my wife and daughter will prevent my
making a campaign. I regret the necessity that compels
me to make this decision. Thank my friends for the honor
and confidence in me they have shown and pledge my con
tinued labor and activity for the interests of the people and
for home rule for the territory. Signed,
THOMAS CALE.
(By United Preis.)
London, July 14. ? A drenching rain
(ailed to mai the opening of the Olym
pic game* which began yeaterday morn
ing. The games were opened by King
Edward himseit who reviewed the pro
cession ol athletes which passed a grand
stand before the beginning of the
eventa. As the representatives of the
strong and athletic men of each nation
passed the king saluted each group
with a nod. Americans are confident
of winning all the event*.
London, July II? Shapard, the Arner
lean, won the final heat in the 1,500
meter race. England took both second
and third places This is the fourth
time in succession the Ysnkees have
won the great r?ce. Flaonsgan, of
New York, threw the hammer 175 feet,
breaking the record to smash.
TO THE GLACIER
VIA HE KASTLE
A party of i>k?cwyvans, composed of
Messn. Da'y, Carter and Mulroy, of
tho road com miss 'on era office, sod
?everal others led by K. R. David anJ
C. Taylor, t?ool the hustling force of
Kastie Kern, went to the head of Den
ver glacier by way of the mountain
last Sunday. Thry 9pent Saturday even
in? at the K&slle, ard started for the
climb about 9 o'clock Sunday morning.'
Th?ty reached the summit of the divide,
high up on the snow, about 2 o'clock
but found tbat a crevasse provented
their crossing over at th?t point. Thev
then returned and reached the summit
through "the needle's eye," as Mr. j
Daly called it, on the north, where
tbey looked squarely down on thu
glacier which lies oo the other side.
They gild down the mountain on the
tnow for long distances on the return
and reached Skarway n little Ixforo
six o'clock.
MAY SUBMERGE
IRE V. F. OF I.
(By United Press.)
Denver, July 14 ? President of the
Western Federation of Mljers Moyer,
declares he will not attempt to secure
n re-election to the presidency of the
organlntlon. Haywsrd may bo a csn
dldatc. A proposition la under con
sid ration to merge the federation with
the United Mine Workers of Amerlc?.
Tble would mean the entire loss of the
Identity of the Western Federation:
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