No -n TWELFTH YEAR. SKAOWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2i. 190a PRICE, 10 CENTS
01 WILL BE PLACED ON
SKAGWAY EXCURSION RON
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE2. June 24.? Because of
light traffic to Nome and the indica
tions of a heavy tourist travel be
tween Seattle and Skagway, the Al
askan Steamship company has with
drawn the Ohio from the Nome run
and will send her with excursionists
between Skagway and Seattle.
Business is very poor to Nome
this year. Tlie Pacific Coast Steam
ship company have cancelled the sec
ond trip of tlu< Senator and the Vic
toria of the Alaska Steamship com
pany, which will sail for Nome Sat
urday, has made a round trip rate of
SUTHERLAND
APPOINTS 3
(Bv United Press.)
SEATTLE, Juno 24. ? Dan Suther
land, I". S. marshal of the First ju
dicial division of Alaska. sailed last
night for Juneau, where he will suc
ceed Marshal Shoup on July 1. Mar
shal Southerland has announced that
John Dubois will be his chief deputy
and that Al Sullivan and Carl Arm
strong will be deputy marshals.
(By United Press.)
WEHERUN. I'a., June 23.? A black
damp explosion took place in a Lack
awanna colliery today and over one
hundred men are reported killed.
SIN FRANCISCANS SWELTER
(By United Pr?*i.)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.? To
day the temperature in this city is
hotter than at any previous time in
the past five years. The heat wave
includes an area of 100 miles radius.
Father Andrew Kashaveroff, the
priest in charge of the Greek Catholic
church at Sitka, was a passenger on
board the City of Seattle yesterday
on his way home from Cordova where
he had been looking after the inter
ests of his church.
SALONS PROBE
GRAFT CHARGES
(By United Press.)
OLYMPIA, Wash.. June 24.? The
state legislature Is In special ses
sion to investigate the charges pre
ferred against Insurance Commission
er Schiveley, who is accused of mal
feaseance in office and misappropria
tion of funds. The report of the In
\ estimating committee is very unfav
orable to Schiveley.
CAR COMPLETES
LONG CONTEST
(By United Precs)
SEATTLE. June 2::.? With all tlx
street fire alarms ringing thus clear
ing tlu* streets of teams and pedes
trians and stopping the street cars.
Ford car No. 2 raced through the
streets today from the lower end of
the city to the A.-Y.-P. exposition
grounds, arriving there at I o'clock
this afternoon and thereby winning
the cross country auto race from New
York to Seattle. The Ford car cross
ed the continent in exactly twenty
two days.
NORTH YAKIMA. June' 22.? The
Ford car. No. 2 in the across the con
tinent automobile race, arrived here
today and is due to arrive in Seattle
tomorrow.
SEATTLE. June 21? .The Ford car
No. I will arrive in Seattle at 1
e'cleck this afternoon, barring acci
dents.
All the Varying Tones
in green, olive, bronze, brown,
slate, gray, tan, stone, mode
? ? < ? ? i i ? . ? X "am ? it*< u-ruis itH
and knaki shades, in stripe,
check and soft plaid designs,
are found in men's fabrics for
Spring 1909. We have
The handsome assortment
of Ed. V. Price & Co., our
Chicago tailors, on display
now. See it today.
You can have clothes
made to your own measure from
your choice of this beautiful
line, and secure surpassing
shapeliness, fit and quality for
the price of ready-made
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At the meeting of the Fourth of
July celebration committee at the
town hall last night, E. L. Miller of
the financial sub committee reported
that $">40 had beeu raised so far by
actual subscriptions and including
all sources of revenue the committee
would have about $1,000 available for
this year's celebration.
The sports subcommittee reported
that the following program of sports
had been decided upon: Baseball
tournament, 10 mile Marathon race,
relay race between four men teams
from different towns, hose race with
the wet test, moter boat race, 100
yards dash, 220 yards dash, half mile
run, 50 yards dash, fat man's race,
running high jump, running broad
jump, shot put, pick-a-back raw,
potato race and juvenile cor tests, in
cluding a baseball game between
Tony Dortero's "El Arabs" and the
"Kids" team from Juneau.
The general committee authorized
a first prize of $150 and a second
prize of V<0 for the baseball games;
a prize of $75 for the Marathon race,
and a prize of $">0 for the hose con
test The amounts of the other
prizes will be determined later.
All the athletic events will.be pull
ed off on the baseball grounds and
the sports committee were authorized
to put the running track in good
shape.
VV. C. Blanchard of the reception
and invitation committee reported
that he had written to the proper
persons, inviting the people of White
horse, Juneau, Douglas, Haines and
Fort Seward to attend the celebration
at Skagway. A good attendance from
all these towns is expected.
The Skagway and NVhltehorse
bands will be hired for the celebra
tion.
The committee will meet again
next Monday night. Those present
at last night's meeting were: Messrs.
Blanchard, Miller, Runner, Keller,
Chambers, Bender, Grant, Liggett.
Friedenthal, Taylor and McLean.
CONGRESS it 1 IB
(By United Pre??.)
WASHINGTON, June 22.? The con
sideration of the bill placing n fed
eral tax on corporations will prob
ably keep congress in session until i
the 1st of August. I
Attorney General Wickersham has
been Instructed to furnish the sen
ate with the facts relating to the
prosecution of D. II. Perrin of Ari
zona, charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the government of timber land t
situated in California.
KM MENELIK
REPORTED DEAD
(By United Press.)
ROME, June 23.? It is reported
nore that King Menellk of Abyssinia ;
is dead and that Empress Taltu is i
striving to keep his death a profound J
secret until the government can be
reorganized.
CARS KEEP COMING
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, June 24.? The Shaw
: mat car, which was leading in the |
' cross country auto race until its axle
i broke, arrived In Seattle early this
i morning.
j C. D. Dunnan of San Francisco, j
general manager of the Pacific Coast ?
Steamship company, came to Skag-|
way on the Spokane Tuesday.
?
POLICE ARE
MYSTERIOUS
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, June 24.? The police
are still working In an attempt to
capture the Chinaman who murdered [
Miss Elizabeth Sigel, whose body was
found a week ago in Chinatown.
They claim to have a clue, but will
give no details to the press.
SULLIVAN STARTS NORTH
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE June 24.? Marshal Sulli
van of the Third Judicial division of
Alaska sailed on the Portland this
morning for Valdez, where he will as
sume his office.
Miss Ethel Van de Wall wishes to
announce that she desires to with
draw her name from the Goddess of |
Liberty contest. j
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GAMY & FRANDSON
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, June 24.? That Dus
tin Farnum's acquaintance with Mrs.
Katherine Gould was perfectly proper
and that she at all times acted in a
lady like manner was the purport
ol a deposition by Dust in Farnum
read in court today in the Gould di
vorce suit.
Farnum absolutely denied any alle
gations of intimacy between himself
and Mrs. Gould. He stated they
were merely good friends.
Dustin Farnum starred in the title
role of "The Virginian" several
years ago. He is exceptionally hand
some and a great favorite in New
York society.
PRESIDENTS
PUN MEETING
(By United Press.)
MEXICO CITY, June 22.? Arrange
ments are making to have President
Diaz meet President Taft when the
latter Is on his trip to the Pacific ;
coast. The meeting will likely take
place at some point along the bound
ary line.
E. R. Butterworth of Seattle and
George Moore of New York arrived
on the Hegg yesterday from Haines
after having spent about nine days
inspecting the Porcupine Cold Mining
companies property at Porcupine, of j
which both men are big stockholders.
Messrs. Butterworth and Moore
came to Skagway to confer with Col j
J. H. Conrad who Is expected down!
from Caribou today. Mr. Moore will |
make a report to a number of stock- 1
holders in New York who have stock I
in both the Porcupine and Big Thing
mines.
This is Mr. Moore's first trip to Al
oska and he is enthusiastic over the;
country and its possibilities. He is:
certain that the Porcupine mine is
destined to be a paying proposition 1
for years to come.
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EARTH QUAKE
IN CALIFORNIA
(By United Press*
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.? The
northern part of the state suffered
from two severe earthquake shocks
this morning. The people are almost
panic stricken and fears are enter
tained of a repetition of the great
disaster of 1906.
DH L BRYAN JR.,
IS A BENEDICT
(By United Press.)
GRAND I.AKE, Col., June 24.?
William Jennings Bryan jr.. and Miss
Helen Berger, the daughter of a
wealthy Milwaukee man, were mar
ried today in this city. Voung Bryan
is 21 years old and his bride is 111.
RIVER REPORTS
The steamer Silkirk arrived at
Whitehorse at 11 o'clock yesterday
morning with 25 passengers and left
;.t 8 o'clock last night with a barge
and 75 passengers, 114 cattle, 240
sheep, 95 hogs, and 120 tons of
Dawson freight.
The Casca passed Big Salmon this
morning coming up stream and will
leave Whitehorse for Dawson tomor
row noon.
The Whitehorse passed Stewart
river at 7 o'clock this morning bound
up stream.
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