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No. K TWELFTH YEAR.
sKAUWAY, ALASKA, WKDENSIiAY JUNE 16. 19IW
PRICE, 10 CENTS
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Juno 16. ? Wireless dis
patches received this morning state
that the steamers Umatilla, Ohio and
Olyiupia arc caught In thvlvvflovs
one hundred miles from Nome.
The Olympiad bow is damaged by
bucking the Ice and she is leaking.
There is considerable water In her
hold.
REVOLUTION SIPPED IN 800
(By United Press.)
NORFOKK, Va.. June 15.? Fifteen
thousand rifles wore discovered pack
ed in piano boxes on the wharves
:iere today. Thoy were awaiting ship
meat to Venezuela. It is believed
they were to be usd in an attempt
to start a revolution against Presi
dent Gomez. The rifles were eon
fiscated and arrests will follow.
JAPS HIED
WHOLE IRKS
(By United Press.)
HONOLULU. 11. T.. June 15.? Sev
nral Japanese labor leaders were ar
rested today and their papers and.
documents confiscated. It was shown
t.'iat they had planned to purchase
marly all the factories in the islands
and to discriminate in favor of their
countrymen in employing laborers.
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(By United Press)
CORDOVA, June 16? There is a
fhortage of nx'ats in Cordova and all
? he butcher shops are out of meat
<> 1th the exception of ham and ba
< on. There is not much of that. The
people of Cordova are mostly on a
fish and vegetable diet and will re
luain on it until the Santa Clara ar
lives from Seattle with a supply of
juicy steaks. The Santa Clara left
Seattle last night.
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HIED FACES
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, June l.V? The trial
of Broughton Brandenbcrg. the miu1
a zinc writer who was accused o:
forging an alleged posthumous lette.
from the late C rover Cleveland dui
ing the last presidential campaign,
was placed on trial today. Mrs.
Cleveland was present in the court j
room and will testify in the tria.
JEFF BOXES
(By United P-esr.?
plTTSBlRCi, Pa.. June 16. ? lame
J. Jeffries and his sparring partner.
Sam Berger, boxed ^ix roun is in ilii
c:ty last night b?'f6re a lar.w crowd
The bout was of an exhibition nature
but both men put considerable st< an
in their blows. Aft?'r the, fight Ber
ger stated that Jeffries would fight
Johnson and have no trouble in de
ft ating the big colored fighter.
Britt is serving Stokes famous Si
attle Ice Cream at his fountain.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL
BE ORGANIZED TONIGHT
For the' purpose of organizing a
Commercial Club for the upbuilding
! and exploitation of Skagway, there
i .vlll be a meeting at 8:30 o'clock to
! night at the town hall, 'i 1 e meet
I ing has been called by a number of
ihe most representative- citlztns of
J Skagway who belie.-? that *lii3 town
needs a commercial body.
Tho Commercial Club will bo or;
I gunlzed for tho sole puipcdc cf aid
! ing tho growth and development of
, Skagway. There are a hundred ways
in which this can be done. Sktgwny
has suffered in the past because no
live body of business men were work
ing as a unit for the best Interests
of the town. Every citizen is invited
to bo present.
A MINER REWARDS BENEFACTOR
(By United Press.)
SAN RAFAEL, Cal.. June 15. ? Gus
Cornelius, an Alaskan minor, accident
ally mot Hiiro Chanco, a young min
ing engineer, in a hotel in this city
last night. Cornelius had been
searching for Chance for two years.
They went to Alaska together five
years ago and Chance grub staked
Cornelius. Cornelius struck it rich
and says that he wants to give
Chance half of his property.
(By United Press.)
GIBRALTAR, Juno 15.? The S00
ship wrecked passengers from the
liner Slavonia, which went ashore on
tto Azores Islands last Friday night,
nrriwd here today. They report that
the officers and crew of the wrecked
sleam?T acted with comniendahle
coolness.
When the ship struck the reef and
commenced to list, the passengers
were panic stricken and started to
fight for the life boats and to im
pede the crew. The captain ordered
the band to play and the ship's mu
sicians took their places and played
piece after piece without a break.
This quieted the passengers and they
were taken off the Slavonia without
a life being lost.
LIGHIS FOR THE INSIDE PASSAGE
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash., June M.? Acety-j
lone* gas buoys for the Inside passage I
u Skagway have been proposed by|
rr. Prltchett of the U. S. Lighthouse
board, who has arrived from Wash
li Kton, D. C. He will leave for the
aorth In a short time to investigate
the feasibility of the plan.
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(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, June 16.? The Dolphin j
will sail from Seattle tonight forj
Skagway via Sitka with a bis pas
senger list of excursionists. The
Spokane sailed last night for Skag
way via Sitka loaded with excursion
ists. The steamship companies ex
pect a heavy tourist trade this year.
FINE MOUNTED EAGLE
M. F. Fisher, surgeon-in-chief fori
McArthur Brothers, big railroad con- 1
tractors in the east, made a trip to
Alaska last summer and while in
Skagway requested Jack Keller to
secure him a stuffed eagle. After
trying in rain for some months to
get an eagle, the order was put into
the hands of John Pugh, the taxi
dermist, and he has procured and
mounted a fine specimen which will
soon be sent east. The eagle is now
on exhibition in The Alaskan office
Chris Shea is an applicant for the
| appointment of deputy marshal at
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(By United Press.)
DRNVER, Col., June 1C.? A giant |
boiler In the municipal electric power
house blew up late last night. Three i
men employed In the power houst- ;
were killed and seven othrs are miss-;
Ing and It 1h supi>o.sed that they are
dead.
Houses for blocks around were
wrecked by the terrific force of the
explosion and the entire city was
plunged In darkness, as the power for
the light system was cut off.
The coroner will hold an investiga
tion to fix the responsibility for the
accident.
Tin ADVOCATES INCOME TM
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16 ?
President Taft sent a special message
to Congress this morning urging the
passage of an amendment to the tar
iff bill for an income tax and also
for a two per cent tax upon the un
distributed earnings of corporations.
THAW IS TIRED
OF BUG HOUSE
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, June 15.? Harry I
Thaw is about to make another at
tempt to secure Ills liberty from thej
New York insane asylum. His attor-'
mys have secured a writ of habeas ;
corpus returnable June 17.
RIVER REPORTS
The steamer Whlteborse left Daw
son at I o'c lock yesterday afternoon
and reached Stewart river at 4:30
o'clock this morning.
The Casca left Whlteborse at 10
o'clock last night with a barge in
tow.
The steamer Dawson left Dawson
at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon!
and the Selkirk passed Hootalinqua
:ti 10:30 last night going up stream.
BRAZIL'S RULER DIES
(By Untted Press.)
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil, June 14 j
? Alfonso Penna, president of Brazil.]
died this morning of a sudden illness.
GOTGH DOWNS
TOM JENKINS
(By United Pre??.)
DES MOINES, Iu., June 15.? Frank
Gotch, champion wrestler of the
world, took two straight falls last
night from Tom Jenkins, the former
holder of the title. Jenkins never
had a look in.
BANKER DON'T
LI PRISON
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, June 15. ? Banker '
Morse of "Ice Trust" fame who was
sentenced to serve fifteen years in
Sing Sing for wrecking a bank, has
appealed for a release from jail pend
ing his appeal to the supreme court
for a new trial. He offers heavy
bonds.
The Princess Royal, which was
scheduled to arrive In Skagway at
S o'clock this morning, has been de
layed and will not arrive until 0
o'clock tomorrow morning.
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