?he fflailtj Alaskan
No. 333. ELEVENTH YEAK.
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, FRIHAY. APHIL 30. 19011 PRICE, 10 CENTS
SOUTH STORM
Twenty Thousand Injured
Lower Mississippi Valley
Visited By Worst Storm
Of Years? Hundreds Are
Killed?Property Loss
Mounts Into Millions
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
St. LOUIS. Mo. April 30 ? Reports
received in this city today state that
twenty thousand people were injured
and large numbers were killed by a
terrific storm which swept all the
lower Mississippi valley late last
night.
Scores of towns in Arkansas, Ten
nessee and Mississippi and northern
Louisiana were devastated by the tor
nado. The storm is said to be the
worst and most general ever known
in the United States.
Reports are coming in slowly as
telegraph wires have been blown
c'own in the path of the storm.
CHICAGO GETS REPORTS
CHICAGO, III. April 30 ? Reports
from the south received here by the
United Press bureau today estimate
the property damage at $2,000,000.
As the wires come in, the death
toll from the southern states is grow
ing.
It was undoubtedly the worst storm
of years.
T0RNA00 KILLS THIRTY
MEMPHIS. Trim . April 30 ? Thirty
people were killed and nearly one
hundred injured by a tornado which
swept through Tennessee in the vicin
ity of Memphis late last nishl. The
storm was of jcreat violence and
vTecked many houses in its path.
The total of the property damage will
be high.
ARKANSAS TOWNS DESTROYED
FOREST CITY, Ark.. April 30? Sev
, eral small towns in the eastern part
ot the state have been reported de
I stroyed by the tornado which struck
this section late last night. Wires
' are down in all directions and it is
difficult to obtain reliable accounts
. of the disaster. It is bclelved that
a number of people lost th? ir lives.
HOTEL DEMOLISHED
LOl'ISVILLK. Kv . April 30? Th?
Call hotel in this city was wrecked
by a wind storm last night. Noik
of the guests were killed, but inanj
had narrow escapes.
SNOW STORMS RAGE
CHICAOO, 111., April Snow fell
ill Milwaukee, Pittsburg, and New
York last night accompanied by low
temperatures and high winds. Much
suffering is reported on account ot'
the unexpected cold weather.
St. Phillip's and St. .lames' day
will be celebrated tomorrow morning
by the Holy Eucharist at St. Sav
iour's church at !> o'clock.
Spring &
Summer
Watch for the Spring and
Summer Display of all the
Latest Novelties in Spring
and Summer Dress Goods
Cyitcb and Kennedy
Th} Up-to-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishres
From this date out Store will be open evenings
10
\V. A. Graves, postal inspector for
southeastern Alaska, received a cable
fioin the department ai Washington.
IX C., this morning, authorizing him
to 'naugurate a mail service from ,
I [.lines to the Porcupine district twice
a week, starting May 1st and con
tinuing until Oct. 31st.
Mr. Graves will go to Haines to
morrow to let the contract. The mall
will probably leave Haines for the
Porcupine every Monday and Thurs
day.
CABLE OFFICE
FOR CORDOVA
Col. Richard E. Thompson, in
charge of the United States signal
! corps for this district and Alaska, sal
yesterday that the govenrment would
build a fine concrete and steel build- J
ing on the flats at Cordova, Alaska,
to be used by the signal corps as a
cable office.
The building will cost considerable
more than $6,000. The plat of ground
foi the office was donated to the gov
ernment by the town corporation, and
within a short time the bids for con
struction will be advertised.
Communications were sent out Fri
day for bids 011 a new building for!
the wireless station at Circle, Alaska. !
The new building will be used as an
engine, an operating room, an office j
and for the men in charge. It will |
cost from $fi,000 upwards. The bids
will be opened May 10th. ? Seattle
SUICIDES 10 AVOID DISGRACE
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. April ::0?
Capt. Robinson of the steamer Ind
iana which was recently wrecked on
p. reef at Mandakna bay. committed
suicide today. Ho considered himself
responsible for the wreck and left a
note suiting that he could not bear
(he disgrace.
FEARED PUNISHMENT: SUICIDED
NORFOLK, N?'b. ? l.< r?y Koby, as
cil twelve, today committed suicide
b\ shooting rather than submit to
punishment by his fat Ik- r for a cHild
isii prank. The father sent him home
v it h a promise of punishment. When
the parent arrived home lie found
his son dead.
CITY OF SEATTLE DUE HI ONE J. HI.
The City of Seattle is duo in Skan
?vay at oik- at I o'clock tomorrow
morning, according to a cable re
ceived from Juneau by Frank Stuart,
local agent. She has passenger;
pud '20 tons of freight. The City of
Seattle will sail from here about
3 A. M.
THE HAGUE, Holland. April 30?
A (laughter was born to Queen Wil
hclmina of Holland at an early hour
this morning, lioth th:> mother and
child are progressing finely.
A holiday has been declared and
the entire nation is rejoicing, al
though there is some disappointment
because the child was not a boy.
TRINIDAD. Colo:, April 30?' "Jim"
Patten, tlu> Chicago broker who re
cently cornered the wheat market,
f. reins the price to $1.2$ a bushel,
cornered the "cigar market," in Ver
mejo park in this city yesterday.
In a spirit of fun Patten purchased
all the available supply of cigars fron
the dealers and those who wanted to
smoke had to moke deals with the
wheat king. His "tobacco corner"
caused much amusement and a little
disgust among ? the patrons ot the
park.
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Sugar Cured
Smoked Salmon
We have just received a shipment of
the genuine Columbia River Chinook.
This is a real delicacy and is unequalled ;
for luncheons. Price 30c per pound. ;
GANTY & FRANDSON
SPOKANE, Wash., April :!0? Lute
Inst night two masked bandits held
ui> the eastbound Northern Pacific
passenger train near Iiauser, Idaho,
and after exchanging shots with the!
train crow, rifled the registered mail <
and made their escape. They got a- j
way with a large amount of money. I
A posse is now in pursuit.
The bandits stopped the train with
a red lantern and then uncoupled the
engine and mail car. While they
were doing this, they were shot at by
the conductor. The robbers returned
the fLre and then had the engine and
mail car pulled away from the rest
of the train. They then blew open
the mail car and safe, and escaped
on horses which were tethered nearby
r
(By United Press.)
KALISPELL, Mont., April :{0? Capt.
.lamus Kerr, a well known master of'
steamers on the Yukon river, died'
here last night of heart failure.
SPRING 111
IN KLONDIKE
DAWSON". ? The first general thaw
this spring began yesterday. There id
much activity in preparing for the
spring clean-ups and starting of hy
dranlie dredges.
The spring rush of travel is over
on the winter road from the coast.
Stands will now move each way week
ly until t lie steamers start Runners
will soon be abandoned for wheels.
BLACKMAILERS
ARE CAPTURED.
(By United Prees)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April SO ?
Two men were arrested today on the
charge of having tried to blackmail
Rudolph Spreckels the millionaire
who is back of the San Francisco re
form movement. They demanded $t>,
000 from Spreckels.
DAILY MAIL TO HALES
Starting tomorrow the Hegg will
make daily trips to Haines for the
purpose of carrying the United States
mail from Skagway to Haines. The
daily mail service will continue until
Oct. 31st.
Or. J. H. Romig, superintendent
for the bureau of education for the
Valdez district, attributes the preser
vation of the Copper River Indians
from death by starvation to the sup
plies furnished them this winter by
the government.
C0ISPIMT0R5ME EXECUTED
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE. Turkey. April
SO ? Three hundred men, accused of
conspiring to overthrow the newly ap-|
pointed Sultan Mehemld Rechad, wer j
executed last night by orders of the
Turkish Assembly. Many of those
executed were prominent government
officials.
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