She ?MIb ^la^han
No. 174 FIFTEENTH YEAR
YkAGWAY ALASKA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1912
PRICE 10 CENT*
\\ isMiiKton. Oct. 54? The K?qui- j
u\ t>i vl.tska ;ifc rapidly learning
/at ion. The latest fad*
For the first lime on record, ws
. s of n fa nt lie paralysis among the
,.iiix has been reported from
::alaska and St Michaels.
ie ..ixemment report through the
>lth liumiu is much alarmed over
paralysis anion): the Ksqnimaux at
these places, and will take immed
iate steps to wipe out the disease.
Regarding the above brilliant re
port of the health bureau it may b?
of Interest to our readers to know
that there are no Ksquiraaux at any
of the above places, with the bare
exception of St. Michaels. 1 lie a<
curacy of thin report corresponds
very favorably with much of the
stuff sent by the red-tape informa
tion bureau.
15l{\ \\ I..W s IT ON
TO THK KKI'l BI.HWVS
Philadelphia. Oct H ? William 1
.Minings Bryan in a speech vester- ,
charged that the last three J
IMiiiiN in the I'nited -states was due
lo the political policy of the Repuh
'ioan party.
?II IO NOW H IS THK
CASK OK I.IM' r. ItKCKKK
New York. Oct, 24- Arguments
in the Becker case closed today and
Judge Goff is delivering his charge
The case will go to the jury this
? fteriioon. A disagreement is gen
erally prophesied
I \\l?sl.ll>K KOK TM?I?\
is ?;koh?.k-s hki.ikk
OvMer Bay, Oct. 24- Geo. Per
kins h.ts just returned from Wash
ngtoti. where he underwent a ques
tioning retarding his contributions
to the Roosevelt campaign funds.
Coda \ he had a long conference
with Mi Roosevelt and came away
-.niilini: He says that the country
reid> lo landslide for Roosevelt
? II nil' Hot I |t I. IKK TO
sl'K \ K IIIMskI.K
IVnwr, Oct J 4? Champ Clark
arriv.<d in thia city for a three
<!a>s speaking tour in Colorado.
? 'hamp is 'aiktng very entertalning
i for the election of Wilson but It
i believed he could *|?eak much
better for himself If he had the
lUSINKSS MK> T<?
KKKI* TKA1I. OPK1
Valtlei, Oct. 24 ? Merchants and
business men of Valde* have raised
a fund amounting to $2400, to be
devoted to keeping the Valdei-Fair
tianks trail open throughout the
winter. A force of men will be sta
ioned at the summit. It is figured
'.hat the Copper River & Northwest
ern railway will not operate trains
all winter, hence the need of keep
ing the trail in a state of repair, to
permit travel over It.
Superintendent R S. Giddln>.s
and his road commission crew are
working on the trail between Susit
ua and Kuik, on what is known as
the cut off. When completed, the
winter trail from Knik to Susitna
will he almost In a straight line.
Giddings and his men have con
structed an excellent trail from
the Happy river country to Susltna.l
a work which has occupied the great
?t part of the season. This trail
completes what is known as th<
Seward-Iditarod winter road.
Superintendent Anton Klde and
his road commission force are no*
? ncamped at n point eight miles
out from the mile 29 roadhouse, en
Kagcd in overhauling the wagon
mad from Johnstown to the railway
track It is planned to thoroughly
repair this road as far as the lake,
three miles from the railway line,
this season, and complete it next
year. When the lake froeics it
can be used to get to the completed
portion of the wagon road
The Humboldt sails tonight at
OUR
NEW
FALL
SUITS
& !
COATS
FOR LADIES
NOW ON DISPLAY
ln. QocUe
. DENOTES STYLE .
A.\J QUALITY
OUR NEW
FALL MILLINERY
NOW ON DISPLAY
H. J. LYNCH
Washington. Oct. 24 Statistic*
recently rumiiilpil for the treasury
department of the government show
(hat the volume of trade between
continental l7nited States and Alas
ka will reach the enormous sum of |
forly-fivc million dollars before the
clone of the venr. The statistical
bureau shows that the business for
l he past year bas exceeded all pre
vious years ami Rives Alaska an
Importance in the Industrial world
which can no loncer be overlooked.
DYNAMITE 8Y
TIE GARTLOAD
Indianapolis, (??(. 2 4 Throe man
agers of thn-e different dynamite
manufactories were in the court
room yesterday testifying regarding
the sales of explosives to the Mc
Namaras and to Ortie MoManigr.i
They were very i>osttive that the
men were guilty of many of the
crimes of blowing up property and
lives. Thev swoie that they pure! -
ased dynamite and nitroglycerine in
wagon load lots and that their pur
chases had extended over a long
EARTHQUAKE
SCARES 'EM
Quebec, Oct 2 4 A slight earth
quake shock felt in this city
last evening. From various parts
of the surrounding country the
shock wits more severe, though no
particular damage is reported, aside
irom the fright which the shock
produced. Karthquakes are so an*
usual in their occurrence that a
small one produces considerable
alarnr
period of time.
IU>\ I.K IMIKS \ STHOKI
ok m i Kin iv lU'slNKss
J. J. Greene of the Dawson News
came out last night and will ?pend
the winter in Portland, Ore. Mr
Greene was one of the party thai
discovered the body of K. K. Col
lins, the man who died iji a lonely
cabin on one of the creeks, an ac
count of which was recently printed
in the l>aiiy Alaskan
He says that J. W. Hovle, after
chartering every barge and powei
boat available, has succeeded In
getting all his dt edging machinery
Into Dawson which will enable tin
company to assemble It this winter
for early work In the spring. Under
the present operation of the dredge*
the company works a month earliet
in the spring and a month later In
the fall than heretofore; this Is
done by the application of heating
apparatus The working shifts arc
ho arranged that the work is con
tinuous, night and day, not even s
shut down for meal hours
Mr. Greene and about a hundred
and fifty passengers arrived In
Whltehorse Monday on tho boats
Selkirk and Casca. The govern
ment boat General Jacobs was In
Whitehorse also hut as she had
struck a barge and punched a hole
in It. some difficulty was being ex
perienced in keeping It afloat, but
n later report says It sunk. All
boat* are running later this season
than usual owing to the lateness of
winter.
Mr. Greene will le.tve for the.
south tonight on the May. lie Is
accompanied by Mrs. Greene and
their two boys, one of them eight
years old and both of them Yukon
< itl.lt WATKIl CAJfDIPATK
STII.I. HOI. DA THK J??l* 1
Portland, Oct 24 ? The National
Womans Christian Temperance Un
ion, at the annual meeting which Is
being held in this city, y?terday re
elected l.illian Steven* as National
president.
News of a rich placer strike on
Walhalla creek, known to some as,
the left fork of Scroggle, Is brought j
to the city by recent arrivals. As
high as five cent* to the pan has
l?en found on the benches. The
cr?i>k is 40 miles or more In length,
w it h the valley half a mile to a
mile In width, and with fine bench
i's Many claims have been staketl
on the cr?M>k of late, and applica
tions have been received in the gold
commissioner's office in Dawson.
David Knnls, who was In charge
<>f the construction of the overland
(rail south from Stewart river and
through the Scroggle district, and
?vho has hud ninny years' exper
ience as a practical miner on Gold
Run and other creeks. Is enthuslas
tic over the district, lie says many
men will prospect In the district
ibis winter, and that the new roads
are proving a great factor In open
ing the country.
I,e lloeuf, a well known pros
pector of this" region, who made the
discovery on Walhalla, rocked out
$25 In one day on the bench. He
is said to have secured five-cent
l>ans He is at the mouth of Sharpe
creek, on I he left limit of Scroggle
and on the right limit of Sharpe.
The miners of the district think
the gold Is not Sharpe but WalhalU
pay The gravel is three to four
feet thick, and depth from surface
to bedrock. 17 fept - Dawson News
WE HAVE JUST TAPPED THE FIRST BARREL OE THE SEASON
IT'S 6000
50C. PER GAL.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
GEN. DIAZ UNO OFFICERS
10 BE LID UP AND SHOT
Vera ('rut, Oct 21 The federal
troopa under Of-neral VaMn and
Colonel Cnateo recaptured the rltjr
of Vera Crn* yesterday and are
now in command of the entire dla
trlct. All of the rebels including
their officer* and the unrboat* ha?e
been taken Thla puts an entire
different complexion on the altu*
tlon and Instead of peace offering*
going through it will probably mean
a fight to the extermination of the
rebels
Vera Crug. Oct. ? 24 One hun
dred Mexicans were killed in tl???
battle between the Rebel and F*<1
oral force* at the battle f?w?erdar
#hlch ruiiltxi in the r? taking of
the fllf from h? R?hfh No
Americana or foreigner* were hurl.
The Federal triM|M are now In
? omplete command and ?npplle? are
Helng riiahed In to meet the ahort
?re of proTlatona which haa thrent
-ned the inhahltanta for the p?af
week
General Ofat and hla ataff *111
immediately he atimmoned to cow ft
martial and donhlteaa all th? lead
en will meet the death penalty,
which meant that they will he lined
up and ahot for taking up arm*
againat the government
HARD ITCH
n?MKs KIIOM IHWWIX
"I could not get work I don* It."
Such was the terse note left bj
Charles Schmidt, who vna found ly
ing in his bunk in hi* cabin on ZS
below lower discovery on iKimlnlon
Tuesday, with a .31 caliber revolver
by his side and a bullet hole thru'
his heart The police wore notified,
and Captain Telford, as coroner,
proceeded to Dominion and held an
Inquest. The coroner s Jury return
ed a verdict of suicide while tem
porarily Insane.
Schmidt evidently died instantly
He was found by Bob Smith and
Pat Bums, who lived in the vicin
ity. They had miwod Schmidt, and
went to see if they could find him
They found his prostrate body on
his bed. with the brief farewell note
scrawled In broken Knalish on a
piece of paper, and thrust In one
of his pockets, where it was etaily
found
Captain Telford hud the body
burled on the hillside near the man's
cabin It is not known that he
leaves any family or estate It Is
said he came here from San Fran
cisco, but was a native of Sweden,
about 61 years ol a*" He was in
the tlood Samsritan hospital. In
Dawson, for some time last winter,
and had been In IHwson several
years ? Dawson News.
J \V Martin, the Haines mer
chant. Is making a business trip to
Skagwny today He arrived on the
Humboldt
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?an tk# Parlfk Mining Journal
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akafl
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?fill p#n#tratln* *rar?l. with no
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otk#r pnrta of Ik# nortk Among
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8h#rlff m'b##lr, and Mr Fnmka of
tk# *w#rr firm of Foraka and
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