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BRINGS f IRS!
First Excuisiou of St a- on
flt're 1-0 Stroud
The Spokane arrived T o'clock tr.ts
morning with the first e\ jra .>n of the ,
season. She bod 1-0 passeoger>, .ear
ly all o( whom mao? the t :a to h
Summr. of the Wcite Pass. l'ne st' ? j
will sail this eveu;ng ?n 4 u el c?, giv
ing her passegers oug r u remain a.
Snag*ay than was a iowid by the I
KhedU: last Vcar.
The Sposme'a passengers include
tourists fro ob a., seoiuc-i of the L'ihuu
ji? es. Tnere la a large de egatiun
h.re from '.he New Kngiattf st.. <r>.
and Texan ai d Lyuisiaua of h >ol
quite a uumoer o! pa.-?ei x' -
from tQe s.aten or the Ui\ it t_
the M isaisaiiV' n-,.
The moer) ji ta> sat... : ; i
includes uiore stops id.iq pri-riuu i .
She tates in Tasu, Wiod.tD, Pit tai
and .Vlutr glaclern, iu ad.:: ion j O ??
KwaoC. K:..tsnuo acd other ictl;
heretofore omitted.
Capt. Jemes Carr- il is in cotttajed of |
the Spokane and IV ? Jon- a is purser
Among the ;a?seugers on the j
Spokane are C. D Dua no. geueral
paeaeager agent, Mrs. Ua> acn d
Prof. George Dmdson, for -vhoru
Davidson g.acier was earned.
Dolphin Ija and Out
The Dolohin arrived yesterday J
evening at 5:30 o'cIock with a >ui
tarough passengers and i' O tons of
freight. She silled on the r. :urn :r
at 11 p. m.
Prinoao Mny tn
The frincess May arrived yesie day
evening at 7:30 o'clock. She h
passengers and 50 tons of frigr.'
Skagw ay. She *iU sail this evetr.n.: ai
6 o'clock.
City of S?atll? T> morrow
The City of Seat to s.i '-jm j
Ketchikan for S*agw y a: 1" o'c ook
this morning Sne will be duo her-,
tomorrow afternoon w.th passengers
freight and mail. She will have two
djjs' mails.
Haldii Coming Wiih BlgCurgo
The Haldis sailed from v'at-couver
for Sksgwaj Monday evening ?i li ;7"<
ioo? of general merchandise and 24 cxt
loads of hydraulic piping for the Gag*
genheim companies. She will be due
here Fr.day or Saturd >y.
R*J lroad Materiil Cminc
The barge Canada :s on h',r way toi
Skagway with a locomotive, two co-ich
es and a sno?-plow for the Tanaaa
Valley railroad Sne also has a I
cargo of 250, U00 feet of lumber. .-he
should be at bKagway seme ' tue th - j
week.
Al-Kt at J u n h u u
The Al-Ki arr.vtd at Juue u vests,
day. It has not been anr.ouuced -? uv
she will reach Skagway. t>ut ..
probao y be tomorro* or the next ?
sii A^WAY UiAfhEh
The result o' the observation take
at Moore wnarf at midnight, Juoe iv
11/07, is as follows
Temperature time ot*>ervat'n ~>I ab>>.e
Mas. temp, oreceoiu^ -4 nour*..;^ *?>? t
Min " " " ?' ,.4.j aoove
Mean " " ?* " ..5- bote
Barometer 30 So
Cloudy, south w.nd
Holies
Th- ne*' ?emitnn j t meeting of h '
m mt>-rs of the W n*te r\n- .' r,;r t
Club will i ?e p ce .l tne c o ru n
Saturday, Jui.e 29. f., nl _ 15 n,.. for
the election of an executive . uni e
(or the year end n? <u a oi>t . l'.<
and the trars-ction of ?? y oc er ?
inrsa that may come before the)
meeting. A chinge in the c csitu-:>n 1
and by-laws, as regards method of
officering the club, will oe proposed to
the members, and it is urgently
requested that all members e present
to vote on the proposed amendment
E. L. wilier, secie.arv j
Say g way, June 15, 190T.
0000 MOVE
Lauifs Start Movement to
Improve Ctnictery Koad
Ac th; meeting of the Ladies' 'Aid
S>c ety of the Presbyterian churcb
\ > i-iday afternoon a movement was
a irted f..r the purpose of raising
taouey to repair the ro-d to the Skag
*.<y cemetery. A committee was ap
pointed to in* ice other organizations to
mime committees and to share in the
worn T e ladies of all the other
cliurct.es the Methodists, the Catbol
i. s acd the KpUcupa.ians? the Ladies of
.tie .Maccabees, the Chamber of Com
merce ami other organizations will be
jr.n in ihe movement.
-M. IVnntr and Mrs. W. S.
% ks w .v u? i.ed as ihe committee
r the aa.es of me Presbyterian
ud to the ceipet-v :s in a de
.iiOrab.e oa cion. At recent funerals
. ha> let a found necessary for tho?e
?
it 1 v t on-. ;>.ace in older to make
-ure of t.ot being dumped 0'it It i?
i meet with instantaneous
MAN DIES
I'. S. S-'Ulipr Passes Awiy
At City Jail
Frank W. Jrown, a member of the
- ;q,i co ps wfio was in Skagway oq
his v. .v to Uumf trt, died suddenly in
. tal til last night. There
wus no otie present at the time of his
death, ac.! Judge T-eFevre decid?d to !
he ccn< rner's dec led 'hat death was I
i>f natJ-a! causes, nr. Braw- 1
and. who .a de an invest Ration, testify
iug that death resulud from acute |
Brown was d covered ou the ap \
uroaca of Moore wharf last night, lying ,
in such a way ?s to endanger his life by 1
d. S. W ? icr, of the customs force, j
who with -mother man moved him to a ?
place of safety. All etTorts to set the !
man '.o h'.Ip him-elf or to talic intellt
.'ibly were futile, and, thinning he
was drunk, Night Watchman 1
rriedcut'.a! was cuiie I. He took Brown
i the ci;> jaii, where he went to sleep
? i once, , witnesses testifying that be
sr.ure : .!? ee.> for no l.our or two. At
it. it;,. at it was discovered that he was
'.irown wa< a native of Ohio, about 40
: -tior * ith 3 large p:rty of signal'
m-n ai. ? charge of Corporal He'oerer.
ili was a te.eur ph operator and was
serving his firs', enlistment In the
sign-1 Cv>< p*. He had previously been
<n "he marine Corps.
in. Greene at W'iliara H. Seward
r;ts been notified of the death ofBrown.
l he bod> will be held at Skagway un
1 o.^.e s a-e received from Coi. Greene.
C.,i d of Th inks
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stinebaugh
a'.ri ftntly desire to express
iiieir deepest aid mos' profound
ar.i'.ituU. *o the Ladies of the
! ccaoe-s. U.v E. s the Ladies' lAid
S^i-iy and -he many friends who
as i?ter d .-lid idmiaistered so many
rt'.nu acts rtLd words, also to those who ,
coo : ibuted so many beautiful flowers:
u'in.. he sickness and death of our
be' vc'l baby, Florence.
With kinJest, rememb ance of you]
a i s ncereiy yours
J. D. :Sttce!:;.uah and family. I
$5.00 *500? $5.00
=? = Special Sale ?
Of Ladies Fine Trimmed Hats At $5.00
To make room for our other stocks we are going to place 011 sale
for the next few days our entire stock of Ladies Fine Trimmed
Hats, ranging in price from $6.00 to $10.00 at the special price
Of $5 Bach
.00 8500 $5.00
5 ???? ?????
B. M. Behrends Mercantile Company
Geo. Blanchard, Manager
PtRSOML MENTION
Bishop Rowe left on the train this
morning fur the AlaskaQ interior. He
will visit all the missions of his church
on the Yukon river, Behring sea and
the Aictic ocean during the summer.
In addition he will m ike a short visit to
Fairbanks, bishop Rowe wiil accom
pany Alias Carter and M us Heinz as far
as Ta'iau i on his way to the upper
reaches of the Kovukuk where they go
to establish a hospital and do work for
the church.
H. D. Kjeve and George E. Pulham,
of the Alaska road commission force,
left on th? train this morning for Eagle.
Alter douijj some worn there they will
go to Circle and remain untliUhe be
ginning of the winter. They were ac
companied by William Canavan,
Frank P*ge and Fred Fonso of this
city.
H. B. Dutin, for many years agent of
the Canadian Pacific at this place, left
on the train this morning for Dawson
shere he might remain. Mrs, Dunn is
at Victoria where Mis? Edith is attend
ing school. She will remain there for
a time at least.
Percy H. Groves returned on the
Princess May from Victoria, B. C.f
where he assistrd his mother to bee >me
domiciled. Mrs. Graves recently arrived
from Surope and will hereafter make
her home at the old Vancouver island
city.
Mrs. Thomas Hinchcliffe, widow of
the former proprietor of the Taku City
hotel. lrcat(-d at the portage between
Taku Arm and Lake Atlin, arrived on
the l'rincess May. She is returning to
her home at Taku City
Prof George VV. Maynard, a mining
expert who has been at Whiteborse in
the interest of Col. Thomas and associ
ate!!, will arrive from that place this j
evening and leave for the South oo the
Princes? May.
Miss Case, the popular teacher of the i
Haines public school, will leave on the !
Princess May this evening for a visit ?
with relatives and friends in Ore (
goa aud Washington.
C'apt. John Irving arrived from
Whiteborse last night ptd will leave!
for the Sojth on the Princess May,s?il :
ing tonight.
Mrs. C. S. Johnson, wife of the for
mer district judge, left on the train this
m irnlng for Xonie where her eon is
located.
Mrs Frank Fowler and her sister,
Mi?s StelU Dunn, left on the Dolphin
last night for a visit to Puget Sound
cities
Mr. and Mrs. George B'ancbard have [
taken the Bchreids residence hereto
fore occupied by Mr. and Mrs H. B.
Dunn.
Dis'riot Attorney and Mrs. N. V.
Parian, of Fairbanks, left on the train
this morning for their home,
Capt. William Moor? arrived on the
Princess May last night on a business
trip. He will return on the same vessel
tonight,
rs ?
James Persons, Jr.
I. I l*?in !? .^pragu^ J
T.-y.i.i :i>.v. I.i< ul >11. is ;i street three
1*. Us : ???? Iv'.id.aj; i>IV (lie Strand, aud
at the owl el three blocks It suddenly
>>s I ae-ler street. No. lias
twd' e In all. and to tills number
th ?? . 'ine o:ie <i. .1 poor devil of uu
arii?> ! .lined .lui < rur^ous. Jr.
i vv o il . kiter James Parsons, Jr..
No. arriw I ad tool: mum s, ou the
? iillie No. lie timk l'i'i'tn ou the
third tli>.?r.
Due Wo I' Ul think that the agent who
had rented three different rooms to
th".'.' different men of the same name
in the same In:. Ming in i|ie same week
would have remarked to at least one of
the Purs- 'lis on the singular coinci
dence. In t the receipts were made out
and nothing u as said. For two weeks
(lie three men were ignorant of each
other's identity. Then something hap
I peiied that led l i iiiil Ii trouble for all
of them. t)ue day as the artist was
t painting away the agent of nn express
j company walked int.i his room, made
' Mm Identify himself hy his rent re
1 ceipt and left hlin a package contain
| lug $1U,0ik>. Willi him it was au ev
ervday mutter, and after Rett Ins <he
| signature ho wont off whistling.. With
i the artist it was a matter to make him
i gasp aud turn pale and wonder if a
house had fallen on him. On the en
i velope It was recorded that the pack
' age was sent by Thomas Parsons of
Oxford. The artist had never been In
the town or heard of the sender.
The artist waited three days for ft
letter, but none came. His lirst thought
was to communicate with the sender.
His second was to keep and enjoy
what tiie gods had sent iiiin. He clean
ed his brushes, put away his easel and
walked out and looked the door behind
blui. Then he went to the barber's and
had Ills mustache shaved off. to the
clothier's and iudulged In the purchase
of a new suit, and when he took lodg
j Ings it was In n street four miles from
Try on row. He had vacated Just in
time. He had not been gone an hour
when the expressman, accompanied by
a policeman, knocked at his door. In
hunting for the man who had walked
out the others of the same name were
discovered. What was more, each one
claimed I hat the package was for him
and began to bluster and threaten.
The artist had always figured that if
he found lillnself rich lie would paint
a painting to astonish the world. His
flguring went to pieces in the face of
facts. He quit the brush forever, as
he hoped, and went to the country to
loaf and llsh uud pass for a million
aire. While the police were looking for
him in I.ondou and having ail the sea
ports watched the man of paints was
ouly thirty miles away and paying
court to a young widow who had been
left a public house. Within a month
he proposed marriage and was accept
ed. and the newly wedded pair went on
a bridal tour through France aud
Switzerland.
Meanwhile, as a matter of course,
Thomas Pursons of Oxford had been
communicated with. He was a mer
chant and had sent the money to his
brother In the city for a special ob
ject. The brother was named Jauies
Parsons, Jr. He was not at !>7 Tryon
row. but at 97 Chester street, which
was the same thing, with a difference.
That made four .Tames Parsonses who
were mixed up in the affair, with
Thomas Parsons on the outside. When
the artist did not return to his rooms
It was realized that he was taking ad
vantage of the mistake. A reward was
offered, and some of the best detec
tive talent was put ou the case, but
weeks and months went past and there
was no news. It was believed that
Parsons. had ?ot &waj to N'njctb or
Tuok Flsharty
FAMOUS OLYMPIA BEER ON DRAUGHT
ONI.\ FIRVf fl.ASS i;oOHS A KM ' AURIEU IN' .VH'i I,'
* Leading Gentlemen's Resort
Board of trade
Flaharty & Woodburn, Props.
sr\( mrs Bii.r.iAKD and pool room in connection
CORNER n ROADWAY AND F1KTII AVENUE
Open Day and (Might
Skaguuay, Alaska
I Fi BATED AND LIGHTED FINE SAMPLE ROOM
BV ITS OWN PLANT
FOR DRUMMERS
i mbite Pass fiwl
P. D McMilian- Manager
| Largest and best appointed otel in the Yukon
ttlbitelwrse, V. C.
i CHOICE BAR STOCK
3 RATES MODERATE
T.YSWr^YkY, yint?
souiu America, and me cose liail bcev j
practically dropped when'ne was tak
en iuto custody In a curious manner.
The newsboy who had brought hid even
ing paper to tiie studio had been inucii
Interested in the paintings lying about.
If they were daubs to others, tbey
were the height uf art to him. Having
seen and talked with 1'arsons live or
six times. It was not at all wonderful
(hat he should remember him. With
other boys of his class he went down
to the Derby when the yearly event
came off. By that time Parsons and
his bride had returned from the wed
ding trip, and he was blowing in the
last of the fortune. Nothing had been
too good for the couple while abroad.
It was while he was seeking to place
a small bet that tlie newsboy spotted
the artist. He was a keen little chap
and followed Parsons home. Upon his
return to the city he went to the ex
press company, which had meanwhile
been forced lo make good to the right
party, and offered to give the artist
away for $500 in cash. He was at once
turned over to (he detectives and
locked lip. They worked every sort of
scheme to get his information for noth
ing, but at the end of three weeks they
gave up In despair and advised the ex
press company to pay the money. Not
until It was put In the hands of his fa
ther would the boy locate the much
wanted man. Parsons was at once ar
rested and locked lip. He had enough
of the money left to secure good coun
sel. and when the case came to trial a
very singular state of affairs was
made known. There was a law that
would have sent him to prison for con
verting the contents of a letter to his
own use, but there was no law to cov
er an express package. The only re
course of the express company was a
civil suit to recover the sura, and Par
sons had nothing to attach. As a mat
ter of fact, he was set at liberty and
never troubled, and, thouglf parliament !
had the living example before It, It I
was four years later before a law was : ,
enacted to cover such cases. i
M. QUAD.
All the delicacies of the season at the
Pack Train Restaru&nt,
L- o. T. M.
There will be a regular review of
Hive No. '2, Ladies of the Maccabees,
at their hall on Sixth avenue, Tuesday
night June IS, 1907, at f?C0 o'clock.
All visiting members are cordially in
vited. Margaret H. McLellan.
Record Keeper*
The best dining room, the best hotel ac
commodations, the most comfort at the
Fifth avenue.
Pare 1 Ry
America's finest production. Rich
aDd mellow: At the Seattle, the house
of old honest goods and reputation I !
Ordinance No. 85
Ad ordinance amending section No. I,
of Ordinance No. 13, entitled "An Or
dinance Prohibiting the Obstruction
of Running Streams, and for Other
1 'iirposts.'ApprovtdAuKUSt, 3131,1903.
Be it ordained by the common council
of tlie Town of Skaarwav:
Sec. ion 1. That Section No. 1, of
Ordinance No. 43, entitled, "An Oi?
dinanoe Prohibiting the Obstruction o*
Running streams, and for Other Pur
poses,"' Approved 31st, 1903, bo ai^I
the ?aue is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following:
Thai it thai! be compulsory on the
part i f the owner of any teal property,
or of the agent of said owner of said real
property within the limits of the Town
of Skagway, on which property there
exists a running stream of water, to re
move from said running stream of
water, any debris, offal, refuse or any
obstruction whatsoever tending to
pollute or dam up said running stream
of water, whereby the said running
stream of water shall bscome stagnant.
This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage
and approval.
Passed the Council and approved
June 3rd, 1907.
MARTIN CONWAY,
Mayor.
Attest:
Matthew bridge,
Town Clerk.