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No. 1K0. TWELFTH YEAfi SKAGWAY, ALA8KA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2?, 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
in m" mans
Kill SE BID
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Doc. 29? Th
Department of Justice will investigate
the truth of several "muck raking"
articles which have been running in
Collier's Weekly and Hampton's Mag
azine. The articles in question ha\ o
| attacked the administration.
Collier's Weekly has been attack
ing Secretary of the Interior Ballin
ger and Hampton's has attacked
i tlallinger and alleged that there was
' a connection between the Mormon
! Church and the Sugar Trust
GRAFT UNEARTHED IN MONTREAL
Ql'EBEC, Dec. 22 ? Judge Cannon,
who investigated the civil affairs of
Montreal, has presented a report to
the provincial cabinet which is one
of the most sensational arraignments
of municipal officials ever prepared in
Canada.
The judge renders a scathing de
nunciation of the civic administra
tion.
The city of Montreal since 1902,
says the Judge, has been burdened
with an administration saturated with
corruption, graft and favoritism, all
of which he claims is chiefly due to
the plague of patronage.
The judge declares that of the an
nual revenue of five millions of dol
. lars, 25 per cent was spent in wine
drinking and other evil purposes,
while the remainder was spent on pu
lie works which have no stability or
! permanence, and have afforded fat
rake offs for contractors and grafters
The judge declares Aldermen
I'roulx, Lesperance, Gadbois, Duquctt
Major, Couture and Martin, M. P.
are guilty of maladministration and
mis-spending, and are condemned for
giving and accepting bribes. All these
persons must reimburse the city and
stand costs of wltnsses at the In
quiry.
STRUCTURE TO
BE REPLACED!
(By Alaska News Bureau)
NEW YORK. Dec. 29? Madison
Square Garden, the faui us structure
which has been the sc. ue of ? many ?
horse shows, indoor foot and bicycle
races and other amusements, has
been sold and will be converted into
a sky scraper office building. Madi
son Square Garden was designed by
S'aufird White, who was killed by
Harry Thaw iu the building.
The United States signal corps
cable office will move into the new
headquarters In the Guthrie building
on Fifth avenue next Saturday.
ZELAYfl IS NOT
YET SATISFIED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
MEXICO CITY. Dec. :i!>? Ex- Presl
dent Zelaya of Nicaragua today de
nied that lie was political prisoner or
M.xico. Zelaya said that Madrlz was
only provisional president of Nicara
gua and that he may return and re
establish himself In power.
A debating club at Gibbon offsets
the cold weather by selecting warm
subjects, such as, "resolved that
hell Is a place of everlasting torment.
Maj. \V. P. Richardson warns mush
ers to the Idltarod that the trail
from Knik Arm. at the head of Cook
Inlet, presents very few attractions.
START THE
NEW YEAR RIGHT
Although our Holiday Stock was
badly broken up by our Christmas
Trade we are pleased to announce
that all our lines in seasonable goods
are ready for you and now is the
time to prepare for the new year
LYNCH & KENNEDY
The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
ll-H I I I I I I'M-M-M-I-fr** M-H-W
ONCE FUGITIVE, NOW A SENATOR
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 29? The
newspapers here today printed the
story 'hat Col. George Gordon, suc
cessor to Sen. A. J. McLaurln of Mis- i
slssippl, was once thought to have
been 'mpllcated In the assassination < t
Abraham Lincoln and a reward of
$10,000 dead or alive was placed up
on his head.
VESSELS JHE WRECKED IN GALES
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
BOSTON. Dec. 29 ? Scores of ves
?els were wrecked In 'he gales of
Sunday and Monday according to
the officers of vessels arriving In
this city today. Complete reports art
expected to show a heavy loss of life.
Last night there was a small tidal
wave along the north Atlantic coast.
SYMPATHETIC SHE UNLIKELY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Deo. 29? Heads of the
railroads running Into Chicago state
that there Is little probability of
t h J?ro being a general sympathetic
strike among the railroad employees
! to help the striking switchmen of the
northwest.
Both the men's and women's teams
of Skagway were defeated at bowling
yvSterday in the games with the ag
gregations from the North Star Ath
letic Club of Whitehorse. The Skag
way women lost by a total of IT!1
pins. With the men the contest
was closer, but the Whitehorse quln
tett nosed out ahead with 71! pins to
the good.
There is a ray of consolation in th?'
fact that E. F. Pitman defeated Jim
my Barrager in three games for a
sido bet of $50.00. Barrager was way
off form and rolled only 423, while
Pitman made a total of 520 pins.
The W'hltehorse woiwmi now have
a lead of 173 pins In the series and
the W'hltehorse men lead the locals
l by 07 pins for the nine games played.
The scores yesterday were: ?
WOMEN.
Whltehorso
Skagway
810 701 739 2250
SOS 600 657 2071
MEN
Whttchorae
SkPgway
803 803 707 2403
712 801 787 233
TERRIFIC GALE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 29? A terrific gale
is blowing off Lako Michigan and j
snow is falling thickly. The storm
Is the worst known here for years.
BORN IN 010 ENGLAND
A letter to William Drury from Enc
land where Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Tay
lor are visiting relatives, brings the
news that a fine boy baby has been
born to them. The Taylors will re
turn to \Vhitehor8e in the early sum
mer. ? Wliitehorse Star.
The Hegg made the trip to Haines
and return today.
TWELVE MEN
ON COMMITTEE
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29? It
was decided today that a committee
consisting of six senators aud six
representatives will conduct the in
vestigation of the charges against
Secretary Ballinger.
REMINGTON LAID 10 REST
(By Alaska News Bureau)
CANTON, N. Y., Dec. 29? Frcderiiic
Remington was buried here today. A
number of distinguished persons at
tended the funeral.
Several big whales were sporting
about the bay today.
!~H
CHOICE FRESH FRUIT
Preferred Can Goods
Domestic and Imported
Cheese
GANTY & FRANDSON
SMICK MEM
OF IK MB IB
(By GILSON GARDNER)
WASHINGTON. D. C.? The secret
of the strong political Influence which
has saved the sugar trust during Its
long career of crime Is explained by
the trust's association with Nelson W?
Aldrlch. They are business partners.
As long ago as In 1893 the connec
tion between Mr. Aldrlch and the
"sugar crowd" was made a matter of
official record. In that year Aldrich
organized, and the sugar trust crowd
financed, the United Traction & Elec
tric company, a corporation to take
over the franchises and properties of
the Providence, R. I., street car com
pany.
The president of the U. T. & E.
was Nelson W. Aldrlch. Its vice
president was John E. Searles (of the
sugar trust). The bank which furnish
ed the money and handled the secur
Itlcs was the Central Trust company '
of New York, which is the sugar trus
bank.
The U. T. & E. issued bonds to
the amount of $8,000,000 and stock to
an equal amount. The sugar trust
bank took the bonds and loaned the
$8,000,000. Aldrich and his friends
retained the $8,000,00 stock and this
is where the Rhode Island senator
laid the foundation of his fortune.
Thus did the sugar trust make mon
ey for Aldrlch, while Aldrich also
made money for the sugar trust.
But this was not the only connec
tion between the two. Aldrlch's
first big service to the sugar trust
? one which netted that corporation
$3,000,000 a year over and above steal
ings ? was Aldrlch's personal contri- :
bution to the Wilson tariff law.
An excellent explanation of this af- :
fair was given by Col. Alex. K. Mc
Clure, editor of the Philadelphia Times
in a speech delivered in Boston Oc
tober 2G. 1892.
"Why talk so much about a tax of
one-tenth of one per cent on sugar?
What does it amount to? I will tell
you what it amounts to, and every
man who can put two and two togethv
er, I can make understand this sugar J
steal in five minutes. One tenth of j
! one per cent of the tax upon sugar ?
that is one mill? gives the men who
refined it $3,000,000 a year.
"When the bill came to the senate
there was 110 open demand for in
' crease, but Senator Aldrich had a bat
tle in Rhode Island, which most of
you may remember, and it was a bat
tle royal for cash. And he gave an
additional one-tenth of one per cent to
the sugar men, and the sugar men
! fought that battle in Rhode Island
and re-elected him. (Applause.)
That this partnership between Al
drich and the sugar trust has been
continued, and still exists, was shown
conclusively by the history of the tar
iff bill passed last winter.
CLARK FAVORS
SIMPLE LIFE
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29?
Champ Clark of Missouri, leader of
the Democrats in the House of Repre
sentatives today stated that the pre
sent high cost of living would only
increase as long as the population of
the rural districts crowded into the
cities.
STRIKERS ARE
jusaiTi
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 29 ? ' The act
ion of the striking switchmen will
largely depend upon the result of
Vice President Perham's appeal to
President Taft asking for federal in
tervention.
SfllllRIIIII
Natty,
Snappy
and of
True
Value
These are the features
we insist upon every
garment we handle.
We want good style
and we must have the
best of value. We
have built up this
business by giving our
customers the best
merchandise the world
produces aud we mean
to continue this policy
The new fall and wint
er suits and overcoats
are here come and
look them over.
WILL CLAYSON. cloThier