THE DAILY
ALASKAN
OP=F=ICIPlL. OlTV PHjgjBft
No.141
TENTH YEAR
9KAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY JULY 17 19071
PRICE 10 CENTS
ALONE
California Operators
Are Deserted
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
San Francisco, July IT? The execu
tive committee of the Telegraphers
union thi-> morning announced that it
had been decided to call no sympathetic
strike of the operators in other places
and that the men would no be ordered
out. 'l'be result of this decision on the
uai-t of the officers of the union will be
to force the Ssn Francisco and Oakland
operators to make their tight alone. 1',
howev er, non-union operatprs are used
n the California offices, complications
may arise by operators in other places
lefusiug to handle the messages seat by
them.
The best din ngjrooui.the best hotel ac
c lutiunlations toe most comfort at ihe
Fifth avenue
SOON OVER
Htiyv ood Prosecntiou Clos- J
iug its Case
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan) j
Roisr, July 17 -It is believed that two ,
more d.iys will tinish the rebuttal cvi
| dence ?' hich the prosecution is intro- ;
ducing. Many witntsses have gone on
the stuuu and refuted the testimony Dr.
McGee gave to the ft' ct that Orchard
was ic Idaho at the time he swore that
he dynamited the Bradley residence in
San Francisco and for which Mcl^ee has
| been arrested on a perjury charge Jor ;
uttering.
ltattor Prepared thmn Ever
Having put in a steam boiler and ,
otht-r uiacuinery we ?re better Dre- ?
pared t hun ever to do lirst-class nora!
un short notice. , , j
5-23-tf Skagway Laundry |
fL A.Harrison Co
Watch this ad.
We have added
another department
to our store
Watch this ad.
Stores or>eii Evenings - Phone s.4 and 55^
f
One Thing We Destinctly Aim at
in This Business
Is that every man who
knows us or read our
ads. will know that
thi- is the store for
uality in clothing.
We would rather be
kaown as the right
place for good stuff
than a place where
you get low prices.
It is always easy to
quote prices but it is
what the prices buy
that counts.
We sell
tlart Scliaffner S
Man and David
.?dler & Sons
Clothing and we want
you to know it. We
cannot give you any
better evidence of our
standard qualities than
that they are the best
made.
Copyright 1907 bf
Hart Schatfivr is!
Ciayson ^ Co. I
Cbe One Price ClMbiers-fourib and Broadway!
ONCE MORE
Gay Lothario To Be Married
Again
(Special Dispatch to Dally Alaskan)
New York, July 17? Announcement
was made today that Wilson Mlzuer,
the California athlete, who gained
widespread notoriety by marrying the
wife of millionaire Charles Yerkes, the
street railroad king, a few weeka after
his death, will early next month lead to
thealur Helen Green, a prominent N6w
York newspaper woman.
BOAT NEWS
Many Boats in Skag
way Today
More than the ordinary number of
boats are in the harbor today. The
Spokane, Princess May, Humboldt,
llaldis and Henrietta being at the
wharf this morning.
The Selkirk arrived at Whltehorse
at 4 o'clock this mornin? with 23 pas
senger*, and the Bonanza King and the
Victorian at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
The Caaca left for down stream at 1
a. m., with 14 passenge-s and 14f> tons
of freight. The Dawson and Canadian
left down stream at 6 a. m. and 1 a. re.,
respectivtly. The Selkirk sails today.
PrliOMi May
The Princess May arrived at S a. m,
with :it> passengers and will sail at 9
o clock tonight. She had one day's
in ail.
Humboldt
The Humboldt arrived at 'i a. m. this
morning with eight passenger-j for
Skagway, and will sail toolgr.t at V
o'clock with 40 passengers.
passengers.
Spokana
The Spokane arrived at 6 a. m. with
145 passengers, and sailed at 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
Eaglas Masting
Therejvill be.a regular meeting of
Skagw^T Aerie No. *25f F. O. B., Wed
nesday evening, July 17, 1907, at 8:30
o'clock.
All members are requested to attend
and visiting; brothers are invited to
be present.
By o.der of W. P.
F. |5. EHRLICH, Secretary
Elks' Meting
There will be a regular meeting of
Skagway Lodge No. 431, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, at their
hall, Thursday, July 17, at p. m.
There will be initiation
All visiting Elks are invited to at
teud.
M. S. Whiuier,
iecretary.
liuveyou se n the new Remington
lyre writer. E" C. Ni es, Fifth Avenue
hotel, tf
NOW Nl NE
Oue Mure Warship Victim
Dies
(Special Dispatch to Dally Alaskan)
Boston, July I7 ? Edmund Walsh, a
seaman on board the battleship Georgia
who was injured by the explosion of
dynamite in the turret of the ship yes
terday, died ia the hospital earl? this
morning This brings the total number
of victims up to nine.
IS MAYOR
Lawyer Succeeds Schraitz at I
'Frisco
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan) (
SaD Francisco, July 17? The board oi
supervisors last night selected Edward
R. Taylor, a lawyer, as mayor of San
Francisco to succeed Mayor Schmitz.
The selection was made after a confer
ence between the members of the board
and the attorneys who have been pro
secuting the grafters.
[MOB SfEkS MILLIONAIRE i
I MURDERERS LIEE
Train bearing Illinois Banker attached by j
would be lynchers? Chicago detectives
battle tor prisoners life -May sucide
(Special Dispatch to Dally Alaskan.)
Clinton, 111., July. 17 ? Upon the
arrival of the train from California j
today bearing Fred McGill, his bride, I
j who was ioriuerly bis stenographer and 1
! her daughter, the train was stormed by j
! a wild mob of several thousand men. 1
' McGill is a millionaire banker of this
'city, and is charged with having
j murdere.l his wife to marry the woman ,
1 who was arrested with him in San1
Diego, Saturday. Anticipating mob
violence, a score of detectives were
brought to the city from Chicago
yesterday to guard the prisoners when
they arrived. Public feeling is running
so high thai the prisoners, who, with
great difficulty were gotten from the
train to the county jail, will be taken
to Chicago for safe keeping if they can
be spirited out of the city. McGiU re
fuses to talk to aty one, and is being j
watched to prevent suicide.
BIG SUM
'Large Reward For
Defaulters
(Special Dispatch to Dally Alaskan.)
j Seattle, July 17? The city of Seattle
ioday offered a reward of $5,000 for the
arrest and detention of former City
Treasur John Hiplinger, who is said to
have tied to Honduras after an examin
ation of his booics which showed ashort
age of over $60,000. Rlpllnger was for
i years a prominent, member of the ring
that ruled S.-attle.
REVENGE
Seattle Woman S<jek* Has*
buDds Life
? WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Skagway, .luly 17, 1907.
The weather conditions ut Skyway
for the 24 hours preceding noon today
were as follows:
Pre^'pitation, 00
H. D. Clark,
Volunteer U. S. Weather observer
Airerica's finest production. filch and
mellow. At the Seattle, the house of
old honest s;oods and reputation ! .
Max. Teiup..
iMin. " ..
' Mean "
Temp, at noon
.116 above zero
.49 above "
,57 above "
tiH above "
I
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)!
Seattle, July 1"? Mra. Ella Pay, who
had been abandoned by her husband, a
Pille street butcher, walkud into his
shop last night and shot twice at Fay,
who was watting on a customer. Both
shots missed the intended victim and
the woman was arrested and tasen to
jail. She declares that she regrets her
poor marksmans'iip and asserts she will
lry again.
Phono City Transfer
or your coal, wood and general haul- j
in?. Phone 90, Boughton's cigar
4tore. 10-4-lmo
At The Maioot
Mt. Vernon Rye, Old Taylor and Bel
mont Whiskies (double stamped goods,
10 years old), and Rainier and Pacific
Bottled B.-er, at the Mascot.
The Fifth Avenue hotel has unlimited
accomodations. Steam hent and every
thing modern.
ALERT
Secretary Of Navy At
Sound Ports
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Seattle, July 11? Secretary of the
tfavy Straus, arrived in this city last
light, and will remain here for several
lays Investigating the needs of the
lavy on the Puget sound. While It
vill be an open secret that the sect
ary's visit is made to arrange Jefenses
n the event of trouble with Japan, he
ieclines to give out any statements to
he press, and will refrain from accept
or invitations to banquets or sight
eelng trips.
sin
Fairbinks Cnwelcomed in
Portland
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Portland. July 17? The coldest snub
iver offered any public official in Port
ind was received by Vice-President
^alrbanns here yesterday. The Vice
'resident was passing through thejcity
in his way to Astoria where be will
risit with Senator Fulton and the anti
^ulton faction of the republican parly,
vhich controls Portland, feeling offend
id at the action of Fairbanks in calling
in Senator Fulton, suffered the Vice
president to go;through Portland un
velcomed.
MANY NOTABLES ABOARD
The Spokane carrieil more than her
hare of notables on her last trip to the
Ity. On board the boat being Dr. Chas.
2. Jefferson, pastor of the Tabernacle
:hurch of New York city; Dr. J. B.
\.ngel, president of the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor; Dr. M. L. D.
Ooge, a "celebrated ^Greek authority
jf the Ann Arbor college; Mr. Herman
Younger, of New York city and Messera
H., Wm., S., Wm. M , Chas. T. and
Mrs. Wm. M. Ladd, members of the
jreat Ladd banking family of Portland,
Ore.
DltS ALONE
Seattle, July 17? Dr. Leon Ridgeway,
one of the moat prominent physicians
of the city, was found lying dead on the
floor of hl3 office here today. It is
thought that he died of heart disease!
CREAM
Ry?
America's finest production. Rich
and mellow: At the Seattle, the house
of old honest goods and reputation 1!
FOUND? A diamond. The owner
can have, by proving property and pay
ing for this ad. ? The American Tail
ors. tf