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No 118. T#arw YEAB. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 190a PRICE, 10 CENTS
HIIDREDSJLLED ?
Key West And Coast Of Cuba
Devastated By Terrific Gale
?Property Damage Great
(By United P?ess.)
KEY WEST. Fla. Oct. 12? Thia city
is a mass of wreckage as the result
of the terrific hurricane which swept
the Gulf of Mexico last night.
.Many lives were lost and the prop
erty damage will amount to at least
12.000,000. Whole blocks of houses
were swept away.
Martial law has been proclaimed by
the commandant at Fort Taylor and
soldiers and marines are policing thr
wrecked city.
(Editor'.* Note) Key West is a city |
I of about 22.000 population situated on
Key West Island, a low strip of sand
seven miles long situated 60 miles
south of Capo Sable on the extreme
end -of the Florida Keys or islands.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Oct. 12? Mea
j gre reports after the hurricane of
> last night luiiicate that great damage
was done along the Gulf states and
the coast of Cuba. It is believed that
more than 1,000 lives were lost. Many
ships were driven ashore.
The wind Is still raging and the
water is very high.
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. Oct. 12? William Jen
nings Bryan arrived In Seattle at 7
Vclock this morning and was met at
the King streot depot by a throng
numbering thousands of people. Ho
was taken to the A.-Y.-P. exposition
In an automobile and will deliver a
cpeech at the open air auditorium thl
afternoon. He will also speak f
light at a banquet given in his honor
Seattle has Riven Bryan a most
cordial greeting and he Is heartily
i heert d whenever he appears In pub
lic. .
FRAWLEY CO.
COMING our
The Frawley Stock company arrive
at Whitehorse today oil tlu? steamer
Dawson after playing in Fairbanks an
Dawson the entire summer anil will
be in Skagway tomorrow. When he
left here this spring Mr. Frawley pro
mis.'j to give the people of Skagway
a touch of the real drama and conse
quently be will put on two performai ft
es at Klks hall tomorrow and Thurs
day nights. The plays produced will I
probably be "Madame Sans Gene"
and "The Little Minister," llarrie's
ma8tor-plece.
Daniel Frawley is known to theatre
goers nil over the United States.
While not a great star, he is an act
or of sterling ability and he is always
supported by first class companies.
Fraw ley's company tills year numbers
some very good actors and they gave
a hint as to what they could do when
they gave a public rehearsal in Skag
way early this summer.
The performances will be a treat
well worth seeing and the people of
Skas-\vay should see that Frawley Is
given the patronage that his company
deserves.
Fred Webber came up from llainU
on the Hegg yesterday.
Can You Afford to Remain Out :
Bet in Ike
Y&Mressed,
Orcle/^
Wear
vSxiothES
New
Suits
$12.50
to
$15.00
Of The Well Dressed Circle?
LYNCH & KENNEDY
The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
WILL MEET
(By United Press.)
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Oct. 12? Pres
ident Taft will leave tonight over the
Southern Pacific for El Paso where
he will meet President Dinz of Mex
ico next Saturday.
GUMS MAY
8E WITNESS
(By United Press.)
WA9H1QNT0N, D. C. Oct. 12?
Louis Qlovls, the special agent of the
Department of the Interior who wan
discharged by Secretary Balllnger he
cause of charges made against Bal
llnger In connection with the Alaskan
coal lands frauds, has written a let
ter to the General Commissioner of
Public Lands stating that he Is wlllln
to testify when the Alaskan cdal case
come tip for trial.
FIRE II 1 obi non
Fire was discovered at 7 o'clock
last night la one of the rear rooms
on the second floor of th? Dewey
hotel. An alarm was promptly turned
in by Miss Gardner.
There was a delay of a couple of
minutes before It was kerned where
rhe fire was. Quite a crowd collect
ed at Sixth avenue and Broadway
end when It was ascertained where
the fire was six men, two of them
not members of the Fire department,
pullfcd Hose Cart No. 1 to the Dewey.
The hose was got Into action after
a short delay and a stream was
thrown on the fire. Hose Cart No.
2 was pulled to the fire by Herb Tay
lor's team and ho also brought the
hook and ladder to the scene.
The flro was extinguished after
about half an hour's work. It was
necessary to put ladders up and fight
It from the roof before the blaze was
subdued.
The fire started from an electric
light which was wrapped up In some
bed clothes. The damage will amoun
to about $150.
There was a stiff south wind blow
lng last night and had the fire got
beyond control It might have proved
very disastrous.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 29? The stam
pode to the Idltarod country promises
to rival the rush to Dawson in the
early days of the Klondike boom.
The steamer Reliance, which arriv
ed today from Innoko, fully confirms
the reports of rich placers on Otter
creek, a tributary of the Idltarod, to
which 1,000 Fairbanks miners have
gone during the summer. Fifteen
hundred men are camped on the cree'
? Pay 600 feet wide is outlined down
one mile of Otter Creek valley. Val
ues range from 3 cents to $1.25 a pan
Gold Is found In every hole sunk,
and bedrock Is reached at fourteen
to seventeen feet.
Prices of supplies and food in the
new camp are very high, owing to
to the approach of winter.
INSTALLATION
BY SITKA l B.
(Special to the Dally Alaskan)
SITKA. Oct. 12? Camp Sitka, No. 6,
Arctic Brotherhood, last night installed
Joseph T. Bauer as Arctic Chief. The|
other officers were also Installed. A.
Q. Shoup, Deputy Grand Chief was
the Installing officer.
After the Installation ceremony a
farewell banquet was tendered Brother]
Bishop Rowe.
ROYAL DUE TOMORROW MORNING
The Princess Royal passed Ketchi
kan this morning and 1b expected In
Skagway at 6 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. She has o passengers, 143 tons
of freight, 28 cattle and 110 hogs on
board. She will not sail south until
after the arrival of tomorrow's train.
i; HomeMadeBrea
:: There is only one kind of GOOD II
1 1 Home Made Bread? the kind made * I
* at home. Order a sack of
| PYRAMID FLOUR |
and get busy. Yon will be surprised at 1 1
1 the flavor and appearance of the loaves ??
? t ? ?
| GANTV & FRANDSONf
(By United Press)
DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 12? Detroit
trimmed the Pirates to the tune of
I? to 0. George Mullln was in the box
for Detroit and he made amends for
losing the first game of the series to
Pittsburg. Mullln was In superb form
and he had the heavy Pittsburg slug
gers guessing at all stages of the
game. He was given good support
ond the Pirates never had a look In.
Pittsburg used up two pitchers try
ing to save the game. Lelfield started
in but he was pounded so hard the
fourth Inning that Phillipi was substl
tuted.
Detroit scored two runs in the
second inning and three more ruis In
the fourth.
Mullin struck out ten men and dis
played remarkable headwork through
out the contest.
The batteries were: Detroit, Mullin
and Stange; Pittsburg; Leifield, Phil
lippl and Gibson.
Tomorrow's game will be played at
Pittsburg. As a result of today's
game the odds are 5 to 4 and 10 to 7
on Pittsburg. More than 43,000 people
saw today's game.
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. Oct. 12? Ralph Royal
and Milton Robertson, Skagway boys,
will attempt to fly an aeroplane of
their own invention at the A.-Y.-P.
exposition grounds either next Fri
day or Saturday.
Dan McKay, George Blanchard and
A. S. Smith Journeyed to the East
FV>rk glacier Sunday in search of
tho -elusive mountain goat. After
clambering over the steep and rocky
crags all afternoon they sighted
one lone goat, about 400 yards away.
In order to insure success the hunters
resorted to volley firing, and at the
word of command the three guns bias
ed as one.
The goat was pinked, but far from
being disabled he clambered about a
quarter of a mile farther and when
Messrs. McKay and Smith reached
him the animal doubled and went
down the hill again.
Mr. Blanchard was warily waiting,
however, and he dropped the goat
with a bullet, through the head. To
make matters certain in his death
agony the goat Jumped oft a fifty foot
precipice and broke about every bone
in his body.
COURT OPENS
AT KETCHIKAN
The fall term of the United States
court for the First division of Alaska
with Judge Cushman presiding open
ed at Ketchikan today. A number of
cases postponed from the Juneau
term of court will be taken up. The
famous newspaper libel cases are
sot for trial at IJetchikan.
Mrs. Percy Reid of Caribou, who
has been at Sitka hot springs for
about six weeks, arrived in Skagway
on the Georgia and is a guest at the
Pullen house.
115.
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A Fine Line of Red-Man Collars
WILL GLAYSON gloThier