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No. 149. FOCRTEENTH YKAK.
SKAHWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY. ATGUSr 21. 1911 PRKE. 1? rKfT?
GREAT TRIAL
COMMENCES
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
RICHMOND. Aug. 21? The trial of
Ixvois G. BeatUe. Jr., the Manches
ter banker, who is accused of being
an accomplice in the murder of his
wife several weeks ago. commenced
today. Paul Beattie, cousin to the t
man on trial, and w ho it Is alleged ;
bought the gun from which the shot ;
was fired that killed Mrs. Beattie. '
is held as a witness. Miss Beulah
Bin ford. said to be the banker's af
finity. has declared that she will con
fess to the killing.
LAFOLLETTE'S
ALASKA PLAN
(By Alaska Nows Bnreau.)
WASHINGTON. 1). C. Aug. 21?
Senator lAfolletto, in a speech de
livered today, advocated that the gov
ernment should open the Alaska coal
lands by building and owning rail
roads from the mines to the docks.
Further that all the business should
be operated under a board of control.
TOGO LEAVES
TOE CENTER
(By Alaska >?cws Bureau.)
BOSTON. Auc 21 ? Admiral Togo,
after many days of sightseeing and
entertainment in this city has left for
Nigara Kails.
Agent C. B. Guptil of the Alaska j
Steamship company reports that h\
has had a cable to the effect that the
Jefferson did not leave Seattle until
yesitrday aftrnoon at 4 o'clock and:
that she would be in Skagway Fri- j
day some time.
SPECIAL MEET I
ENDS TUESDAY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. P. C. Aug. 21?
Congress will adjourn Tuesday after
noon at five o'clock.
CYCLONE HITS
NORTH DAKOTA
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 21? Accord
ing to reports received in this city
there has been a terrific storm In
North Dakota. Great damage to prop
erty and a large loss of life Is re
ported to have been occasioned by
the cyclonic violence of the wind.
GETTING Off
AT BUFFALO
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
Bl'FALO. Aug. 21 ? Aviator Atwood
in his long distance flight reached
Buffalo at eleven o'clock Saturday
night
LIVELHIIS
IN PORTUGAL
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LISBON. Aug. 21 ? The troops to
day foiled the attempt of a mob to
release four hundred political pris
oners.
Herb Taylor, yesterday caught 60
tront at Burro Creek.
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Patents
Have You Seen our
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SchoolShoe
For Girls and Boys
H. J. LYNCH
The Up-To-Date Haberdasher and Ladies Furnisher.
EDITOR SENT
10 E
(By Alaska N?uwr Bureau.)
HAVANA. Aug. 21 ? Jose Vila Verde'
managing editor and also nephew of i
the owner of an opposition paper hat
been seized and deported to Spain ?
by President Home*. The former's
paper has been roasting the Cuban
government in an unprecedented man
ner and was instrumental in stirring
up all the intercine strife which has
existed of late.
F
(By Alaska Newa Bureau.)
FAIRFIELD, Conn. Aug. 21? It is :
reported here that John Jacob Astor ;
and Miss Madeline Force have be>'ii j
married, and that ilr. Astor is com
ing home with his bride today.
PRES. TUFT
SIGNS BILLS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 21?
President Taft today signed the state
hood bills, which admit Arttona and
New Mexico into hte union of stakes.
GREAT PLANS
SEATTLE. Aug. 21 ? Olmstead Bro
thers, the Boston architects whose
plans guided the present improve
ments on the site of the University
of Washington, including the part
devoted to the exposition, are under
taking to harmonise their previous
plans and to suggest the lines of de
velopment which can most economi
cally be followed in the future growth
of the State's leading educational in
stitut ion. Their plans contemplate
the location of at least fifty new
buildings and the laying out of the i
grounds for the most efficient use
for educational purposes.
Chief Engineer Robbins. of the
Alaska Midland, came in on tonight's
train and left immediately^for Haines
on a launch.
AFTERMATH OF !
AWFUL STORK
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
FARGO, N. I>. Aug. 21? The awful
storm which swept over this state
has wrought destruction that is appa -
ling in its magnitude. ? At Antler the
tcrnadc rased every bulldln/ in the
town, killing twenty people; at West
hope, one hundred and fifty were ser
iously injured; other towns strut*
by the cyclone and suffering severe
losses are Slnris, Sherwood. Mothall
and Loralne.
GREAT STRIKE
HOIAf SFTTLEO
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LONDON. Auk. 21- The great rail
road strike is ended. An arbitration
committee has been appoint nd to
pass on the points at Issue and the
men have returnd to work.
Ram Dunham, noted early Klondike
port, may come north again, in which
event he likely will take out his pen
cil and reel off a few Terses
Ram Dunham, the poet and Waska
pioneer, says the Valdez Prospector,
?vho is located in New York expects
to make a trip to Alaska this sum
m<T. He came to Yukon in 1 ?????. and
he spent the winter of 1K97-98 In Daw?
| -ion. where were also Joaquin Miller
i and other notable literary stampeders
land argonauts. In 1900 he was spe
'< i-lal agent for the census bureau In
I Alaska, and it was during this so
journ that he wrote many poem? typi
cal of the country." They were later
| done into a book entitled "Goldsmith
I of Nome." Mr. Dunham was a vic
tim of the notorious MoKcnzle-Noyes
! federal grafters, through whom he
i icst a valuable mining claim on Dan
! >ls creek. Reward Peninsula. In 190
I be went to Nevada.
RING OUT. WILD BELLS!
Isn't it awful? S< hool commenced
this morning. All the favorite swim
ming pools are deserted an 1 Ska?
way's embryo etaksmen a ;d miners
are hard at work filling np the brain
cells with the reccssary iray matter
f >r that work. No more hunting for
the festive porcupine or lazy angling
for spotted front and grayliiiT ? achiol
commenced this morning.
.J* .J.. *|?
+ FRUIT BY THE *
; CRA TE OR BOX :
+ -- ?!? *
* From now on we make a special +
+ canning price on all fruit by the box *
* or crate. We receive fresh fruit on +
+ each Pacific Coast steamer, and ow- +
* ing to superior buying facilities, can +
* make prices that will make it possi- *
* ble to can all kinds of fruit at a +
* reasonable figure. *
+ +
J P. H. GANTY, Grocer *
*
+ 4, + + + + + + + + + + + 4' + 4*,l, + 4* + + + + 4,+
OLD GUARD
MEET AGAIN
(By Alaska News Bureaa.)
ROCHESTER. Au*. 2\? The annu
al Grand Army encampment mm??
ees here today.
GOLDEN GATE
(Ry Alaska Neva Bureau.)
SAN FRANCISCO, \n* 21? Helen
Schmidt otam across 0<?lden Oate
channel today in forty-two mfnnt#*j
In a content with Haxel LandemMir
The lalter made It In one honr and
twenty mlnnt*>s.
LIONS, IT.
(By Alaska News Rnreaw.t
LYONS. N Y Vie 21 Aviator At
,TT>od passed lhh? |>J*ce In his *re*'
Ion* distance fliiht at ten o'clock
this morning.
DP 10 1AF1
(By Alaska News Rureau.)
WASHINGTON. T> C. Mis Jt? -The
honse this morning parsed the state
hood bills as they cam. from th*
f-enate. Roth Mils will now *o to
the president for his signature.
The family of Jam?< Kenn?>dy l?
camping at l^ake Dewey
ANOTHER PUN
LIKE m
(By Alaska Mrwa fturwi)
WA9HINOTON. D. C. An*. 31 ? Rep*
r*9?ntatlT* Lindbergh. of MimtMoTa.
today intmdrtod * freak Ah'ltl Mil.
It provMp* for ? sp^lal ^>nimt*?ion
to Alaska consflftln* of fir*
pwiM as folk)** : on* practical
mljjjnir ?n*in#?r. no? rirfl #n*ln*?r;
on* attorney: on* onion labor man;
one book k<v p*r Th? first thr?? ar?
to b* ""IwtM by tb? senate; tb? other
two by th* ho*???e, The whole body
(* to lx" known a* the covernln/ ?*on?
on whose ahonMr* would d?
voIt* the dtrty ami task of dernlopfn*
the natural n*onrr??s of tbe IHstrirf
of Alaska, and prorid* for the ?*port
ation of the ?am?
TAKEN FROM
JAIL Br FEAR
(By Alaska New* B?rs?o.)
RAN nBRNARWNO. A?mt J1? Or.
Mrnarlt. the weaHhy dentb* a?*??*d
of criminally assanWIn* his offlr*
*lrl. Jwnrts MrDrmaM, was my?W
ion* It mo*M from the V>r*| |al| by
the authorities who had *ra?e f?ar?
of a mob br?akln* ht and lyn^hln*
the prisoner
DOCK STRIKE
E
fBy Alaska New a W?ir*a<i I
UVKBPOOU Amt 21? The dork
m^n's strike la ended The whole
matter la to be *#t?N by arbitration.
The m?n all returned ?o work today
IH- I* S. KelVr, who has b*en con
fined to bis room for the p*?t s*t
erni day* by ?ln?*. ia ron**t?-wfnjr
and eipects to be ont and attending
to bnslnew* tomorrow or n?*t day
Have One On
Yourself!
A Dry One
A
SLIP-ON
Rain Coat
Entirely Free From Rubber
Slip into a "Slip On" then
wear a ?mrle wh*n it rain*.
Its a Lire Wire
line at Hals we handle
Seek here and jron
?hall frnd pi* what
your mind m made op
to have
WILL CLAYSON~a JL
The Home of The
HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX
CLOTHING