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So. i>4 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1913
PRICK 10 CENTS
HIE PUSS FREIGHT
RftTES GUI III IF
President Dickeson Says His Company
Will Deliver Freight From Seattle To
Fairbanks in 11 Days and Maintain
The 50 Per Cent Rate During Season.
ieattlr, May 24- O. L. Dlcko
of the White Pass & Yukon route.
porters hero this morning, stated
tnut he wus working on the per
bv nble to laud freight In Fairbanks.
originating In Seattle, , in eleven
Jays from date of shipment, and
iliat the rato would be at loast fif
ty per cent less than has ever beon
charged before. The rates when put
luto effort will be for the entire
summer, regardless of what other
transports on companies may do.
Mr. biokeson will leave for th?
north about the 1st o* June, and In
['ie meatiilm? will spend his time
L'lually between Seattle and Van
couver
SECOND SHIP
SINKS II SNIYRIA
Slriko T?r|*il? Xrar Swe of
ThiirwIayN Wreck ?u?l < >\ or lmn
ilrtM L??m* Lives.
celvtil here are very meagre. The
sceue of th<- accident is within u
tuV Steamer Senegal struck a sunk
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KOK I'KACK NOT CONQl'KST
Washington, May 24? Secretary
States navy was never with the
Men of *ar on conquest in view,
I'UIXOKSS LOt'lSE AND
pp.ivoe earnest ark wbd
Itiiilrs liurlers Cut Up For Suvenlm
inn! l>isiril>iit?il Among Royal
Berlin, May 24 ? Princess Louise
?>nii Prince Earnest wero married
at rivo o'clock this afternoon be
fore the greatest assemblage of
ltoyally that has gathered on such
ai: occasion for a great many years.
After the wedding ceremony, all
ihu Royalty present kissed the
bride, and then amid the blushes of
the fair one. her garters wore re
moved ani cut into tiny bits and dls
tribute 1 among the guests.
JAPAN'S KMPEROR BUTTER;
TIIKATIIKS AtlAIX OPEN
Tokij. .May 24 ? The reports from .
tii physicians lu attendance of the
Mikado state that his condition to
day Is slightly Improved, and that
h*- is out of danger.
The theatres, which have all been
closed since His Imperial Majesty's
illness were reopened today.
The reason for making no reply
to the note sent Japan relative to
th" California antl alien bill, is
said to le the serious Illness of the
Mikado.
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If there were
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better ones made
we would have
them.
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED
THEv.
dhnviican
H. J. Lynch
The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
35 KILLED AND HUNDREDS IN-'
? JDRED Bf COLLAPSE OF FLUOR
? Long bench, Cal., May 24 ? Hnn
drtds of persons were seriously in
jured niKl thirty five were Instantly
killed, when the second floor or the
auditorium In which tho Queen Vic
toria Day celebration .was being
held, collopsed, last night.
Ah the immense audlance was ap
plauding a number o.i the program,
without any warning, the second
floor of the big structure gnve way,
.l id fell with its living load to the
floor b>Iow, crushing tho lives out
of those seated beneath and many
nho were carried down with the
del-rls.
Many of tlio women anil chilu
ron were trampled under foot In the
wild rush for the exits, and tho loss
of lives would have been much grfit*
"r If It li nl not been for the cool
?noss of a few of tho inon near tho
dvors.
Tho work of rescue was at once
begun, and when tho last person
was accounted for It was found that
feared that many of those Injured
iv 111 ti.o. The hospitals horo are
all taxed to tlio utmost.
PHL ESDS
IN IURDER
Miners In Porcupine S?iiinl>l>lc Over
Who Will (Jo For Mull and One
is KiIIkI Instantly.
Hulius, May 24 ? W. R Rodgera
arrived li.st evening at 7:3C o'clock
lad la. mediately wont to tho resl- 1
deuce of deputy Marshal Harding!
and utter stating that ho nad shot |
i.io killed K. H. Wixon, his mining
partner, gave himself up.
Rodgeia states that he quarreled 1
with V.'lxcn as to who should go1
for the maik and when Wixon Insis
ted that ho would go, and started
for u rfU.'i to shoot RoUgers, ho
reached i ite his bunk, nnd grabb
ed a lulhy. thirty and shot from the
hip. \v ?!? it he saw Wixon fall he'
ci-'sed '.lie door of tho cabin oh*
Cnristma* Oreek an<l immediately
started fir Porcupine and securing
in automobile, was brought down
Marshal Harding has cabled to U. 1
S. Marshal Faulkner at Juneau, and
as soon as he receives instructions,
ivill return lu_Ihe automobile to the
sctne of tue shooting, and fetch the
1- dy ot Wixon to town.
Rodgers and Wixon arrived In
Haines over a month ago, and at
suce went to their claims on Glaclcr
creek, which they had recently pur
chased from H. D. Gardner, nnd
since then have devoted their time
to working the plncer claims.
Mr. \\ lxon's home Is In Sherlock,
V :.8h., .vhere it Is understood that
lie has' a wifo und several small
children. Ho was about 4 8 years of
Y.e, and has been an old timer In ;
Wska.
Mr. an* Mrs. J. Henry Thomas,
at Baltimore aro round trip passen
;ers on the Princess May. They wll
return to the east via California and
southern cities.
Captain McMasters of the 11. Y.
N'. steamer Selkirk arrived on tho
Princess May with bis wife and lit
tle so.* and daughter. The capti in
md faml:y will leave on Monday
for Wliltehorse to resume his dut
cs.
EACH WED FOR
FIFTH III
?\'?l (Jixklwin ami IV Wolf lloppci
Take n I lllh Journey On the Mat*
iiiiniiil.il Sea.
Eos Angeles, May 24 ? -Nat C.
Goodwin, the great American actor,
was today married to Marjorle More
land, an actress of note. The mar
riage took p^hce at Goodwin's home
ut Ocean 1'ark, near this city.
This Is Nats fifth sailing on the
matrimonial sea. Ills first wife
was Eliza Weatherby, who died In
1SS7;' Hip second spouse was Max
Ino Elliot, whom he married In 1 80S
and from whom he was divorcecd,
then canto Edna Goodrich, In 190S,
!rom whom ho was nlso separated by
thy hand ol lauv ho theu rem:u;rlcd
.M.ixincf Elliot for the second time,
rll.i marriage to .Marjorle Morelund
therefor, Is his fifth trial at con
jugal blLs.
Mr. Goodwin will celebrate his
50th birthday on July 25th.
New Yoik, May 24 ? It is report-,
ed In theatrical circles today on au- 1
then tic Information that DeWolf
Hopper was married last week to
Eldn Curry. This Is Mr. Hopper's
llfth effort of attempting to find a
congenial mnto for Ufo.
IUvWKU (UtANI) IL'IiV
KETl'KNS 18 Tltl'K HILLS
Denver. May 21 ? The grand
jury which is now in session have
thus far roturned eighteen indict
tii ,ts, nearly all of which are
against men charged with bribery
during the last election.
sISSOX ATTACKS U. S.
Tit EAT V MAKING I'OVVEUS
Washington, May 24 ? Congress
niitn Thomas U. Slsson of Missis
sippi made a speech before the
House this morning which was free
fr?m all Jingoism, In which ho at
tacked ihe government's treaty mak
ing powers.
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Money spent with us for groceries is
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* The quality of oungoods is the high
? est and the prices very low.
Quality Considered we invite
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CONGRESS ASKED TO OPEN
| W1 FIELDS
Bill Introduced Providing For Immediate
Survey into 160 Acre. Strips to be
Numbered? Even to be Held by the
Goverment, Odd Open for Entry.
Washington, ' ilay 24? Sen. Pltt
mau's bill, relative to the coal lands
of Alaska, an introduced In the Sen
ate yesterday, provider for tho im
mediate survey by the government
of the Alaska co'il fields Into tracts
of 100 acres each, and each parcel
to bo numbered, the numbers to be
consecutive. The odd numbered
!>loces of land to be Immediately op
? ?Mad for entry, while the even num
bered pieces nro to be retained by
i >'s government . to prevent the
monopoly of the lands by coniblna
' lions.
Should this bill pasi, it will pro
i. for more than three th'ousnnd
i oal 'l.ilms, and It Id predicted that
tanipedi, as great as the one for
jsOld In 1 897 will lie the result.
VKSUVIL'S SHOWS SHi.VS
or Al'l'ROACJIIN'CS ACI IMTV
Napki, Hay 24 Since the fall
ing of a portion of the top of Ves
uvius i.-ito the crater, tliero has
been moro or leas activity aliown by
the great volcano, and yesterday am
today, the people living In the vicin
ity of the big mountulii have been
throwr ii to a state of fear by rum
bling noises and great clouds of
volcaule afiii coming from tho crat
er and an almot-t coctlnuous trcni
b'lng of the e.irth Is fell.
r'lOl'SAN'DS W'i L.L ATTEND
BIG U01SL sriT
Marquette,' Mfjh . May 21? Thous
ands Of ? Mlora ari. In this city
among whom Is Col. Theodore Iloou
velt, whose suit against Editor New
e l of the Chronicle, for ten thous
and dollars damages' which Is claim
ed by the colonel through the
statement which Editor Newell made
when the latter printed a story
stating that Colonel Koosevelt was
Intoxlcai-d when he made a pollti
C'i| speech here last fall during the
IMvBidentii I campaign.
*Thc ww schedule of the White
Pass gi>es into affect Monday moru
.i.g, ami No. 1 will leave at ft: 30
? clock a m.
1). J I .:cy and w!:o. bride and
g; oom ir making the found trip on
t J*o Prlnci sh. Their h .me is in Cal
PRIZE FIGHT
I I'lkry Knock* Out McCarthy in
Kir* ?{ iiunl by Terrific lllmv
Over Heart Which KcmiU ill
1. uttcr's i'calli.
!".ir , SJay 21 As a r,:ult of
'fi'rlfic blow deulth by Arthur
. (' iki-y to Luther McCarthy, in their
liufccMlstlc contest last night, tho
'.Utter Is 'lead.
Just before tin? end of the first
round, I ? ikey struck McCarthy a
(tea ih dealing blow over the heart,
'.in ? Kin;; McCarthy out. He never
oonsclousuegs, ami death
fol'ov. i; ! a few momenta later.
Pi !!<??;. ?t onco gave himself up,
iiid I ,i.u placed in jail, awaiting
i \ -diet of the coroner's inquest.
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I Juiieou. May 21 The first ap
? , 'ointment made by Alaska's New
' governor, was that of the renppolnt
; :uent of William W. Short liil 1 to
i fill the position i-s secretary to the
?,'overnor.
Mr. Shorihll! has acted In the c.i
I>'n.lty of secret l y to Gov. Clark,
1 winch position lie fllied with ureal
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