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SKAGWAY ALASKA. FRIDAY, JULY 4, b913
PRICE 10 CENTS
If there were
better ones made
we would have
them.
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statistics of the population of Alas
* i. according j0 the census of 1910
til. soon to bo issued by tho bureau
(ho C'eusus, Department of Coiu
?,rw " *" prepared under the
i'he ce?.u> of 191 0" was the four!
'numeration of the population of \|
a?ka b> the United States govern
the others having been taken
k'1 ?' ,,a?-h of the la?i four deem
""I censuses, with the decennial In
lollowlng table:
33,426
v i ul nun sign (-) denotes decrease
?de however, the ruai. of gold see*.
- ra to ALikka Just prior t? the con
' ,,aU I" 1 ???. ?.<M?u Inhabitants
id.- largest of the town*, way
41 Nome, th. second largis
??uver y .,f g0|d lhu ,wrlU)r). Ac
the second format to.vi,!
la l#0o. had decreased during the;
town* were in the flrat judicial dls-'
"tiujber of families 17.X09, the num
th.. average number per family 3.0
In lsuo the average number of fam
the average number of persons per
'twelllnga 6. and the average nuin
there were 46.867 maloa and 18.49!) j
females, the number of males to 100
females being 247.9. i? i900 ,i.ei
IS
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Washington, July 4 ? William Je.t
nlnjcti Bryan Is acting president of
i he United States today. The dut
ies of that exalted offflce (ell upon
Mm this morning, owing to the ab
sence of both Wilson and Marshal.
? All tho cabinet officers with the
! the city.
SmWIN'G HKAT WAVICS
FOLLOW EACH OTUKlt
Now York. July 4 ? Another h?*nt
wave Hwcpt tlio Atlantic Coast be
ginning yesterday unil continuing to
day. Sixty persons were prostrated
in tlio city yesterday.
Iter of males to 100 females in the
white population In IK 10 was 50 J. 1;
In the Indian population. 105.3. The
high proportion of males ill the na
tive white population Is accounted
for l>y the fuct that u lurge propor
tion of this element was composed
of tnalo Immigrants from other sec
tions of tho United States.
Tlio Indian population Is almost
entirely native. During the docide
1900-1910, the native population 'e
creased from SO. 931 to 43,921, the
decrease of this element (7,010) be
ing very nearly o<iuul to the 'n
>? reuse of the foreign born (7,774).
Tho proportion native decreused
from 80.1 per cent in 1900 to 68.2
The totul number of whites In
creased 5,907, or 19.4 per cent dur
ing the decade 1900 to 1910, and
the proportion of whites In tho pop
ulation Increased from 48 per cont
In 1900 to 66.6 pur cont in 1910.
The Indian population decreusod
luring the decade from 29,536 to
26,331, the decrease being 4,205, or
14.2 per ceut. The proportion if
Indians decreased from 46.4 to 39.1
per cent. Tho number of Cblnose
decreased from 3,116 to 1,209, tlio
decrease being 1,907, or 61.2 per
cent. The uumber of Japanese In
creased from 279 in 1900 to 913 In
1910, and tho number of negroes
The whlto population was one
half (50.6 per cont) native. and one
half (49.4 per cent) foreign born.
The Indian population was almost
entirely native, the percentage na
tive being 98.3. Or the Chinese,
11.7 per cent were natives; of tnc
Japanese, 2 per cent; and of the
nogroes, 80.4 per cont.
In 1880 the Indians numbered
32,996 und constituted 98.7 por cent
of the total population. During the
decade 1880-1890, according to tho
returns, the Indian population de
creased 7,642, or 23.2 por cent, and
during tho following decade Increas
ed 4,182. or 16.5 por cent. The
decrease In the proportion of Indians
lu the total population wus groa'cit
I between 1890 and 1900, which is
explnned by the influx of whites In
the years 1898 and 1899
Cold Luncheon Goods $
Pickle* -- all kinds Camenbort Cheese
Olive*. Ripe. Plain and Stuft Corso Cheese
Chipped Beef in Class Preferred Stock Crab
Veal 1 .o?', Deviled Ham Lobster, Shrimp
Lunch Tongue Salmon
Sardines - French Boneless-- Norwegian Smoked
Fancy Bisquit and Crackers in
Packages or Bulk
t We carry only first class goods *
* packed in fine sanitary packages *
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i P. H. GANTY, Grocer ?
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Memphis, July 4 ? Four masked I
bandit* last night held up the llllu- j
ols Centrul express train near Hntos- 1
ville und robbed the safe of fivo j
thousand dollars, making a comple'o .
getaway.
Tin* bandits lined dynamite on tho
oxji.cis company's slroiiK box, and
escapod without leaving a clow to
their identity.
JOHNSON (JKTH ONK
Itl'.N ran HIS MOX'KY
Chicago, July 4 ? Federal Judge
Carpenter last evening denied tho
government's motion to forfeit tho
thirty thousand dollar bond of Jack
Johnson. The Judge holds that If
Johnson does not uppear at th?
time specified in tho bond. It will '
then be time to forfeit It.
SMALL rOX IlltKAKS
Ol'T IX Al'STltAMA
Sydnoy, July 4 ? Smallpox has
broken out In suvoral cllles of Aus
tralia nnd Is <|ulto prevalent here.
LOllllY TALK SWKLIjH
INTO A KKKN7A
Washington, July 4 ? More thou
twenty thousand letters, telegrams
and reports huvo been wadvd
through by the lobby commutes In
connection with the Mulball chargcs
connecting congressmen and formnr
president Tttft with contributing lo
or being victims of lobby Influence.
"KXOWLKIMIK IS IWVKIl"
yi'OTKI) ?V FAIHHANKS
Seattle, July 4 ? Charles Kuirbaul I
believes that everyone should t n ! ? >
an Interest In politics, believing ro,
and he said so In a public addr^ s
yesterday. In his opinion tbo na
tion can only como Into Its rightful
place after thorc Is a general knowl
edge of pollllcul affairs dlssimluut
ed throughout thn entire country.
In order to vote Intelligently It
Is uecessury that the votor be thjr
oughly posted on the subjects and
tho men he Is to vote for, other
wise the politicians uud ward heal
ers will continue to manage the of
fices and through tho ofl'lros, tnc
nation, as has been the com many
times In the past.
XKW FLAG WAVKS FltOM
FLAG STAFF AT NIMMIT
A now and beautiful American
flag I . swinging to the breeze at
Suiun.lt today, as a result of the
Kilt M the Seattle Chamber of Com
mercu excursionists. When the tour
ists i . ached the summit on their re
rent trip to the Inside, the flag wan
brought forth and dedicated to the
United States and to the principled
o( liberty which the stars and
stripes represent.
On that occasion Mr. Seth Mann,
representing the President, stood on
tho American side of the boundary,
wl'lle O. L. Dlckeson stood oil Can
udlau soil, while across the space
stretched the American flag. Scott
C. Iloue made a stirring speech, full
of patriotism and brotherly love.
The flag was left In charge of Mr.
Olckeson, to be raised on the Fourth
of July, so today Old Glory Is wav
ing to tho breeze from the Amcrlc.iu
flag staff ul the Summit, lrivliu;
been hauled up by employees of tin
Wi.lt, I', us company.
MINX KNOT A MCGINN HTATK
WOMAN KIGHT HOI K I.AW
St. Paul, Minn., July 4 ?Minneso
ta's new eight hour law for women
and girls went Into effect on the
first, culminating years of work on
the part of labor leader* and econ
omists. Tile law applies to nil fe
male employees of department storo.i
laundries, factories, of all kinds nnd
iiffoctn alt women and girl employes
except telephone operators. The
fact, that telephone operators ar-?
not benefited by the law was not
discovered until two mouths after
tho bill was enacted. Then It was
learned that In the last hours of
the session, during the rush and
bustle of getting work cleared up,
representatives of the telephone
company went before u few members
of the senate committee and wheed
led them Into excluding telephone
operators from the list of those
who are to work but eight hours a
fine Fitting Footwear
for Women
We insist that when you come
to our store for shoes you get a
perfect fit. This is the pol
icy that has made our ser
vice popular.
We are carrying exclu
sively the Utz & Dunn Co. perfect -fitting
shoes. Having these shoes fitted to your feet in
this store insures absolute comfort. And a per
fect fit means also a better wearing shoe.
Particular women find it a pleasure to tradt here.
H The Stor^ for Particular People j
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