Tmr ALASKAN
L~4
OFFICIAL CITY FHPER
No. U?'f
TENTH YEAK
3 k AG WAY, ALASKA, MONDAY AUGUST li L907
PRICE 10 CENTS
(Speci.il Pisji itch to iho Oa'ly Alaskan
hic.i.' Au.'. 1- -Fifiv thousand
]laywi>>i<i upon hliarriva! n this city.
Women 'II upi'ii his anus ami kUsi-il
h M IV % ' h! atUl rcsst'il the crow.ls
which ho declare 1 hail saved h'iu from
being? Sfiit to the gallows, lie said that
the trial he received had boon un
fair aivl that the inineowners intended
to have him legally murdered. Ho
jevereU criticized Koose vests letter in
which he and thoo her defendants wore
clas ? d -j - undesirable citizens.
I'r^b Meat
Tlte Frye-Uruhn Co. keep all feiri!
of ti ? >'.i meat constantly on hand.
It .? choic- potted plants on
Dolphin a' Nofhern Urocerv
a* U- ids. S'.eiru h<vt anil every
A* Tuo Mascot
m- k. r WhKkios(.:oubk* slaved ff<K*U '
10 years' oUr. anil I'ainier ani. t'acilic, i
: :ot H er. at the Masco?.
f\>l N D A diamond. The ow: Cl
ean have t.v (irovins pi-operiv am! ray
ing for this al.--The American J ai
iL. A.Harrison Co
We Lire workine to completion of
our store, oar latest addition is a
complete line of fancy and piain
china- glassware, graniteware
tinware, and an endless variety of
the "little things" used in the
kitcken by the thrifty housewives.
WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION
Hotel sizes in cooking utensils a
specialty
Stores o^en Evenings - Phone's 4 and 55
i BBBh. ft s v* Knmn^tesss vaucm* oawESBBM^
f
One Thing We Destmctly Aim at
in This Business
knows us or read our
ads. will know that
this is the store fur
? jual it \ in clothing.
We wouhl rather be
kaown as tlie right
place for good stntl
than as a place where
Vi in :fet low prices.
It is always easy to
? jilote prices hilt it is
what the prices buy
that counts.
We sell
Hart Schatfner &
Marx and David
Adier & Sons
Clothing and we want
you to know it. We
cannot give you any
better evidence of our
standard qualities than
that they art- the best
made.
Copyright '.goy uy
Hurr SchnF;-? t-~f Mar*
giayson *go. |
Cbe One Price Clofbiers-Tourib and Broadway J
FRANK ROCKEFELLER WILL
EXPOSE BROTHER JOHN
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
! Cleveland, Aup. 12? Frank Kocke
t :ler iK-clares that he is writing a book
which, he says, will force John D.
Uockt-frller to leave the United Slates.
He says that bis father Is alive and
that he intends to tell everything in
the book which will throw light upon
the manner in which the Kockefeller
millions w?re amassed.
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Valdez, Aug. 12? At a mass meeting
in ih is city $100 000 was subscribed to
ai\!s the buiMiDg of the Alaska Home
?v.. vay It will be narrow gauge anil
hydrc -electric and will connect Valdez
with the interior. Subscriptions run
fr :u $1 to 410.000. Ex-Governor Brady
subscribed $5,000. The money is to be
paid when wo:k is begun. The railroad
will be built bv Alaskans for Alaskans.
The construction will be speedy. The
estimated cost will be $10,000 a mile.
How ranch will your town subscribe for
this ami- trust enterprise with stock at
$1 00 per share?
[The above telegram was received by
The Alaskan at the hour of Going to
press.]
Wl
NEW YORK
WILL PORTRAY SCENES OF NORTH
COUNTRY IS ON IN GOTHAM
The optning performance of "The j
\laskan,"' an opera by Joseph Blethen
i Hurry Girard, will take place 10- j
i.'ht at the Knickerbocker Theatre.
Th" performance at the Knickerbocker |
will be the tir I time the opera ha*
been presented upon any stage anil its
c:ucer will be .vatched with interest j
here.
A feature of the staging will be the I
presentation of twelve Alaskan dogs,
which were sent east early last week
for the purpose.
In "The Alaskan" thu public will see
a real Yankee opera, for every charac
ter is thoroughly American. Much ol
the piny is laid in Alaska, ana the
-cenes, characters and dialogue are all |
characteristic of the north country.
The company includes about lifty
p op'e. among whom are Harry
(iirard, who will sing the baritone
score, and Teddy Webb one of the
comedians.
The Fif h Avenue hotel is the big
gest. and best appointed hostelry in all ^
the north
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
0 designs of 1!K)~ wall paper just re
eived at Harrison's. I
IHE BUFFALO
C1ING NORTH
?
BATTLESHIP GOING TO PRIBYLOFF
ISLANDS WHERE JAPANESE HAVE
BEEN ENGAGED IN SEALING
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Seattle, Aug. 12? The Cruiser ltulTalo
has been ordered to l'ribylotl Islands
to assist in protecting the seal, Japan
ese sealing vessels have hern seen in
that locality.
STE1EMCE
FOB THEMTH
PACIFIC COASI COMPANY REFUSES COAL
10 RIVAL? 500 PASSENGERS
WAITING AT ST. MICHAEL
Seattle, Aug. 12? The steamship
Puebla seiltd for St. Michael this
morning. The Northwestern was re
fused coal by the Pacific Coast company
and was forced to go to Tacoma for coal
She will sail tomorrow. The two
are racing to get to St. Michael where
five hundred passengers are waiting ts
be taken outside.
Wanted
Raspberry
Pickers
For further information enquire at our
OFFICE
QANTY & FRANDSON
1
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Chicago, Aug. 12? Since Saturday
the telegraphers strike has spread
rapidly and there is not a town of any
importance in the United States today
where messages are bein^r received and j
sent wiih regularity. The strike is'
certain to spread to Canada, and the {
keymen who have been handling the j
newspaper reports will also likely go
out. The railroad telegraphers are in. j
clined 10 support the commercial op
erators ami trouble is looktd for from
that quarter.
WANTS INVESTIGATION
Sun Francisco, Aug. 12? President
Small has wired the Washington
authorities to Investigate the causes
leading up to the strike and asks thai,
the matter be arbitrated by the gov
ernment.
10 CONTINUE
TRUST FIGHT
ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES IIS INTEN
TION TO KEEP AFTER VIOLATORS OF I
THE SHERMAN ACT I
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Washington, Aug. 12? The adminis
tration has announced that the light
against the trusts which the President
has inaugurated will be continued with
renewed vigor. Many novel methods
of defeating the corporations will be
spruDg and three new suits will he tiled
shortly.
ON TIL?
TRAIN ROBBER
BILL MINER REPORTED SEE# DEM
GEORGETOWN? SEATTLE DETECT
IVES IRE PERSUING HIM
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Seattle, Aug. 12? "Bill" Miner, the
train robber who escaped from West
minster last Frid.y morning, was seeD
near Georgetown last night. Detect
ives from here have gone to the scene
where he was reported to be hiding and
if he is encountered a fijht is expected.
Pliono City Tramfer
For your coal, wood and general haul
ing. Phone DO, Houghton's cigar
store. 10-4-1 mo
LiHten To It
Recitals on the Dup'ex lav and night
at the Seattle. Its the sweetest music
in ,he city.
FRENCH STILL
SHELLING MOORS
FANATICS AGAIN ATTACK FRENCH TROOPS
AND GREAT NUMBERS ARE KILLED
FRENCH SHELLING TOWN
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Tangier, Aug. 12? I-'anatical Moorish
tribesmen oil night long engaged in
ficrce fighting with the Trench troops
outside the walls of Casa Blanca. The
loss of life is enormous. The French
artillery is shelling them at short inter
vals.
EXPLODES IN
HIS TRUNK
HIGH EXPLOSIVE CARRIED BY MINER
CAUSES INJURY OF SEVERAL BAG
GAGE MEN IN ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Aug. 12? Dynamite In a
miner's trunk expluded while the trunk
was being handled at union station
today, seriously injuring two men and
slightly wounding six others.
Baggageman Warner Spark 3 and
Hugh Garvin wore taken to an hospital
Clll UP THE MIL) HUM
The Alaskan will be pleased to pub
lish any local or social news of the c:ty
which is telephoned to the ollice. Cali
up 'phone 1'.' and send it in.
The best dining room, the beit hotel ac
commodation*, the most comfort at the
Fifth avenue