THE DAILY ALASKAN
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AND
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AND
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to-wear Skirts I
All colors, sizes and prices j
NEW MULLS SWISSES AND MER
ICERIZED CHAMBRAYS AND DRES
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Stores cvoen Evenings - Phone's 4 and 55 /
Did you e^er
smoke the
El
Arabe
Cigar?
NO! Where
Can"! I Get
Them? From
TONY DORTERO Sole Agent for Alaska
Before buying
Your spring suit
Take a Look at Our
Famous Line of
Hart
Schaffner
& Marx and
David Adler
& Son
READY-TO-WEAR
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THE BEST DRES
SED MEN WEAR
THEM- The quality
fit, style and price
Must Be Right ' ]
before the suit leaves v jjyfiglN
this store
giayson $i go. |
!Cb? One Price ?loibicr;?Tourib and Broadway!
Mexico will let dogs of war lose tomorrow it demands
are not met today? 10,000 men at Guatemalan
border and 100,000 under arms- Conflict will be fierce
(Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan)
City of Mexico, May 7 ? Mexico today delivered an
ultimatum to the president of Guatemala. The surrender
of Gen. Lima and Col. Bone, charged with conspiracy to
murder President Barrilas, is demanded today. If they.
BIO JAM CAUSES FLOOD AT
YUKON CROSSING
Whitehorse, Ma? 7? Word comes
from Yukon Crossing that there is a
big flood there on account of a jam be
low that place. The Yukon Crossing
telegraph office is filled with four feet
of water.
The river Is open al Big Salmon and
the ice is reported as ruoing heartly at
Ogilvie.
There is a big jam at Selkirk and the
water is riling rapidly.
MAY STRIKE
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Labor Troubles Threatened
On Panama Canal Work
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Washington, May 7? Shovelmea em
ployed on the Panama canal have made
a demand for an increase in their pay. j
Up >n the recommendation of President
Poosevelt, "Secretary Taft has refused
the demand. It Is regarded as probable
that there will be a strike.
M. N. Mllii Superintendent
A circular has been received an
nouncing the appointment of Mllo N.
Miles, well known at Skagway, to be
superintendent of the Alaska Pacific
Express Company. His headquarters
fioui June 1st to October 1st each year
will be at lUwson. For the remainder
of the year he will be at Seattle,
L- O- T. M.
There will be a regular review of
Hive No. 2, Ladies of the Maccabees,
at their ball on Sixth ayenue, tonight
at 8:00 o'clock.
All visiting members are cordially in
vited. Margaret H. McLellan.
Record Keeper
Notico To The Public
All persons havine complaints to
make tothe common council or requests
to make of that body are notified to do
so at the regular council meetings,
either in person or in writing.
By order of the Common Council,
A. W. Reed, Clerk.
Skagwav, Alaska, April -4, 1907. fv
IN TROUBLE:
Hospital Matron Takes :
Money aud Departs
(Special Dispatch ^to Daily Alaskan.)
Seattle, May 7? Isabella Grant, man
ager of the Metropolitan hospital, has
disappeared with funds belonging to
patients at the hosDital. She is also
accused of selling the bodies of patients
at the hospital before death.
A warrant has been issued for the
missing woman.
SMtiWAY WILL
HAVE CURFLW
SKagway is to have a curfew bell.
The city council last night instructed
the committiee on judiciary to pre
pare an ordinauce requiring children
under 10 years to remain off the streets
after the hour of 9 p. m. in summer and
8 p.m. in winter. The ordinance will
provide for ringing the curfew bell |at
the hours stated. The old church bell
on the municipal hall building will be
used for that purpose.
The Fifth Avenue hotel Is the big
gest and best appointed hostelry In all
the north.
froik Meat
The Frye-Bruhn Co- keep all kind
fresh meat constantly on hand.
All the delicacies of the season at the
Pack Train Restaurant.
ftLHSKHN
Seed Potatoes
$3.00
Per Hundred weight
GANTY & FRANDSON
shall not- be forthcoming war will be declared at 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Mexico has 10,000 men on the frontier and 100,000 are
under arms. It is proposed to make the war firece and
decisive if it shall be made.
PRESIDENT SQUARES SELE
Willi INION LABOR
New York. May 7? Pursuant to a
promise made by President Pujosevelt
to a committee of organized laWor last
week, the president has written a letter
further explaining his position with
reference to certain labor leaders and
certain expressions used by him durlDg
the progress of the Harriman contro
versy. The letter was read yesterday
at a meeting of the federation, and its
contents are in line with statements
made by President Roosevelt at the
meeting with the committee lu{
Thursday. The president wrote ex.
plaining further the evidence upon
which he based his criticisms and
asked for evidence that he was wrong.
He says if that is forthcoming he will
right any wrong he may have done
the prisoners who are on trial for their
lives and the criticism of whom is said
to h ive prejudiced their case.
The president says he regards the
utterence of Debs as being intemperate.
ROOSEVELT SAYS TAET IS
SURE WINNER
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Cleveland, O , May " ? Jay Miller, a
Republican congressional candidate,
returned from Washington I st nij{>it
and today gave out an auiho. iz^d in
terview in which he says President
Roosevelt told him that Secretary
William H. Taft will be nominated for
president next year unquestionably.
Mr. Miller says the president seem*
absolutely convinced that victory wlfl
be the lot of the Ohio man who is now
engaged in contest with Senator For
aker for the Ohio delegation.
BAD AS EVER!
Insurance Companies Are
no Better
Elmira, Way 4? Gov. Hughes in a
public statement today says the big
insurance companies are as rotten in
their management as before the inves
tigation.
Ladles Challenge
Mrs. J. D. Stinebaugh, Mrs. G. G.
Miller and Mis Fay Stinebaugh
challenge any three ladies of the Elks'
1 Club to contest for the bowling champ
ionship. The number of games to be
played and the other details of the con- j
test will be arranged with any of those
accepting the challenge.
FIRST BOM
Li France Will Sail For
Dawson Saturday
The first boat to leave for down the
river this year will be the La Francer
She is scheduled to sail from Lower
Labarge Saturday. Passengers for bar
left this morning on thj train. They
will leave for Lake Labarge tonight or
tomorrow morning.
Change Ofiotri
Dr. A. W Reed surrendered the
office of city clerk to Matthew Bridge
yesterday evening. The change was
in accordance with the resignation of
Dr. Reed submitted and accepted a
week ago.
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Vanilla Extract is made from the Vanilla
Beans, that is the xeal extract, the ex
tract we make ourselves. We show you
the Beans. Foil never tested purer or
better extract than ours.
We] also make the purest Lemon and
Bitter Almond extracts.
I Wm. BBITT I