No. li?. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAUWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1908
PRICE, 10 CENTS
FARMERS KNOW
WHAT IDE! WANT
(By United Prees)
Washington, Nov. 13 ? On Tuesday
uext will be hekl In this city the
annual session of the American farra
e rs grange. It is given o it in advance
that the session wlil urge upon coo
press the desirability of a revision of
the tat iff and the institution of the
postal savings banks.
(By United Press.)
Victoria, Nov. 13 ? K li. Reed was
tiJay placed under arrrst here for
rol bing the mines on Dome creek In
the Fairbanks district, of some
eighteen thousand dollars during the
pan year. Heed came scuth on the
fearo-thip Victoria from Nome, in
Octobr. bringing with him his sto'en
poke He fir9t disposed of his dust at
the b^nks. He was suspected, how
ever, and watched and the dust traced.
Twenty-two pounds have t>een rec mr
ed. He carried away nuggets from
the mine in which he worked ?s a
miner during the entire season, con
cealing them in bis shoes an<t in his
mouth. He was suspected for seme
time but was never caught at the mine
Dave Carmack, an accomplice gave
the thing away an 1 will be principal
witness.
THE BOUTS
The Princess May, of the C. P. U.J
company arrived up at 3 o'clock this|
morning and si, led aw .y a'. !> a. m.
carrying a large pa sauger lis lor this
timeofyeir. froru the interior.
The P. ('. SS City of Seattle wil
arrive up at abo it 3 o'clock tomorrow
morning and will sail about 8 a. m.
The P. C. SS Humboldt sailed from
Seattle last night for this port.
(By United Press.)
DENVER, Nov. 13.? Raymond Rob
ins, who la supposed to be the
mouthpiece for President Gompers.
makes the statement today before
the American Federation of Labor In
convention, that hereafter that body
will regularly figure as such body in
politics.
DINNER IS
NOT OFFICIAL
(By United Press.)
Washington, Nov 13? President
Roosfve.lt in a published si?teiueit says
thr aioner to which the labor leaders
are invited is no- au official ooe.
(By United Press.)
LONDON. Nov. 13. ? Frank Gotch
and George Hackenschmidt are here
negotiating a wrestling match to be
pulled off in this city.
Jo?- Curley took the Princess May
tin morning for the south.
Mining Recorder C'artiue). of the
Atlin district, went south on the Priu
less Mu> He will spend Christmas
below.
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Mrs Campbell of the Golden North
restaurant. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinsou
i.f Whitehorse, Capt Bragg and Chief
Knginer Sullivan of the Scotia,
White Pass Agent Gabb, of Atlln.
Mayor England, (I. A. Singer and
Miss Snyder, a nurse from Whit'"
horse, were south bound passengers
on the May.
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Just Arrived To-day
Ladies' Fall Suits
Ladies' Rubberized
Keynon Coats
Ladies' Gravanette
Coats
The Only ^ne- rice Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishings.
Cyncb and Kennedy
EMPEROR OF CHINA DEAD
(United Prest Telegraph-Cable 8ervlce.)
Washington, Nov. 18 ? Word was received this morn
iug at the Chinese legation that the emperor of China died
this morning.
Pekin, Nov. 3 ? Th*i news of the death of the emperor
has been received here quietly and no disturbance is antici
pated. It is conceded that Puyi, a nephew of the
empress, will succeed to the throne. He is a mere infant.
The empress is, herself, seriously ill. She is, however, in
complete control of affairs.
TOWN SURVEY COMPLETED
Messrs. Hill and Wettrick, who
have been ongaged since the 7th of
October in the survey of town
site. completed that work li.st even
ing. Uoth will leave on the City of
Seattle tomorrow morning and at
once begin the preparation of the
map of the same
The map is necessary before the
issuance of patents by the trustee,
Mr. W. W. Houghton, may be made.
The survey has progressed indus
triously since it was begun and with
eight men in the field has gone on
without Iiitcrruotion save for a day
?nd a half through what storm or in
clement weather has befallen in
tha'. time.
Mr. Wettrick, in an interview to
day .took occasion to say that they
have been treated very kindly by the
people of Skagway. who have done
much to facilitate their work, provid
ing th?>m with tools and tiu^lvjnenU
needed and which are incidental
alone to this sort of a Job
They have, said Mr. Wettrick, sur
veyed every lot and block in the
town, under the two commissions ?
the one from the trustee and the
other from the city council. The
stakes are all placed according to
regulations where they may readily
be found, and for each subdivision
of the block a copper tack is driven.
In many cases buildings were found
built over their lines into streets or
into alleys and it became impossi
ble, therefore, to place the tack at
the proper point. In such case two
were so driven that by intersection
of lines from them the proper point
could be readily found.
Many of the lots surveyed, .Mr.
Wettrick says, are unclaimed and
some, out on the river flat, are value
less. Some of these stakes, espec
ially those in the gravel flats, will
be washed away by another year
ami those intending to avail them
selves of the markings would do
well not. to postpone It.
MARRIED AT SEA '
On t h?* passenger list of i h?* Santa
Clara last night there appeared: "J.
l>. McCormlck and bride, nee Miss
Rudsnll. Married off Cape Si. Elias "
"Jlininle," as lit- Im known to his
many friends in Cordova. Juneau and
elsewhere, boarded the ship at Cor
dova a single man, but on the way
down he requested Captain Johnson
to perform the marriage ceremony,
which that gallaut officer willingly
did. The ship's purser acted as the
best man. The groom is an old resi
dent of Eyak, the tint townsite of
Cordova. He was in business there
in partnership with Walter Story,
manager for the Alaska Packers' as
sociation. When Cordova was made
into a postoffice town he was ap
pointed the first postmaster. Last
summer Mr. McCormick disposed of
his merchandise business and built
a hotel 011 the new townsite of Cor
dova. The bride spent the summer
ill Cordova visiting friends and met
Jiiniuie and her fate Her home is
in the states. ? Juneau Record.
MARRIAGE OF DOROTHY STEPHENS
Captain W. W. Sanderson, pilot
of the Georgia, and Miss Dorothy
Stephens were last night married at
Juneau at least. .Mrs. Matthew
Bridge. the bride's mother, was noti
fied that, the ceremony would mine
off at that time.
Captain Sanderson came up on
the Georgia yesterday to secure the
consent of Mrs. Bridge. Dorothy
came up on the last trip of the Dol
phin for the purpose of asking but
failed to muster the courage and
went away without doing so and told
her suitor he would have to do so.
And so he did, straight away. Cap
tain Sanderson is well known along
the whole upper country and has a
host of friends. The bride, while only
a school girl, has long been a belle
and had many suitors. It is under
stood the happy young couple will
make their home In Juneau where
Captain Sanderson has already set
up a household.
We Have It!
FRESH APPLE CIDER
Right from the orchards
of Oregon at 60c a gal.
j GANTY & FRANDSON
A DOUBLE
WEDDING
In the solemn shadows of the tig
court room yesterday afternoon there
was performed a double marriage
ceremony. Judge Le Fevre officlat
ing.
The parties to the double contract
were all high class members of the
tribe of the Chllcats who came up
from Haines on the Hegg a very lit
tle earlier that same afternoon for
the purpose.
The grooms were brothers, Francis
and Alfred Andrews. Katie Donawak
daughter of the great chief of the
Chilcats, Donawak, was the bride in
the case of Alfred and Susie Thomas
of Haines, in that of Francis.
There were few but very interested
witnesses, Mrs. Rhoda Hanglin, sten
ographer to the court, and Mr. Rich
ard Turner of Rainy Hollow, and
David Willard of Haines. The hap
py coupleB returned to Haines on
the Hegg this morning. They came
up to Skagway for the ceremony
that their wedding journey might
ca.i-y them home and for the ad
ded dignity that the court house
might give the distinguished mem
bers of the tribe.
Postmaster Clum. after roughly es
timating the average monthly vol
ume of mail for Fairbanks, states
that he believes hte newly author
ized contract for winter service, to
become effective a week from next
Thursday, will make it possible to
bring in all classes of mall for Fair
banks this year.
Tiie total weights authorized for
the shipments to lie delivered
here from Valdez is more than 38
tons. This aggregate, Major Clum
believes, is in excess of the nor
mal winter mails for Fairbanks and
points beyond. ? Fairbanks News.
JAP POACHERS
POUND GUILIf
VALDEZ, Nov. 3.? Twenty-seven
Japanese, members of the crew of
the Sakl Maru, were last night found
guilty of unlawfully killing seals. The
Jury was out about twenty minutes.
The crew of the other schooner will
fc.-i placed on trial tomorrow morn
ing.
The case against the Japanese
placed on trial yesterday admitted
of little contradiction on the part of
the defense. Assistant District At
torney Ray, in his opening statement,
said that he would prove that the
schooner was captured within the
three-mile limit and that after her
capture she was approached by six
of her boats, in some of which were
seals, just killed. One Of the small
boats contained fresh seal skins and
one unsklnned seal was captured by
the Bear before the schooner was
taken. One of the boats belonging
to the Sakl did not return to the
schooner, and has never been heard
from.
Mr. Ray's opening statement was
substantiated by the testimony of
Capt. Bertholf and other officers of
the Bear.
In defense, Attorney E. E. Ritchie
had to offer only the testimony of
tho captain of tho schooner, which
is to the effect that he believed him
self twelve miles at sea. The day
was foggy, and the last reckoning
had been taken- the night previous
to capture. The captain maintained
that if he was within the three-mile
limit, his vessel had drifted there.
John Mlnkove came up from
Haines on the Hegg last night. He
has been employed at Porcupine for
the past several weeks and comes
up to Skagway to take charge of
the tinning and plumbing shop, for
merly occupied by Joe Curley.
When Mr. Turner says good-bye
to his friends and Is announced In the
newspaper as having gone to Halues
and then, before the newspaper has
time to get on the street, comes
back again, might it not be proper
to refer to him as Mr. Returner?
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