No. 350 FOURTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY. MARCH S5, Wtl PRICB 10 CBV,'S
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CABLE TOLLS
111 BE GUI
REDUCED ONE HALF
ON FIRST OF JULY
Senate Committee on Military Af
fairs Orders Big Reduction For Six
Merths. Rates to he Readjusted
M That Time in Proportion to
6uti^e*s Done.
< By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. 1> C . March 2.".?
A plan of readjustment of the cable
tolLs i:i Alaska has be*'n decided up
on by the Senate committee on Mili
tary affairs following the agitation
whuh has been gong on in Alaska
fur a reduction of the toll.
It v?:is dei by Uie committee to
cut tae tolls one-half the reluctiou
to take p!a?.e the first of July. At
the or. J of s;x mouths the Secretary
of thf War l>epartiuent may make
new a Oustmeut based on the amount
of b-is.\esj? done under the new rate.
This rate will then be maintained ia
.'in: ely bas.nl on a direct propor
tion to the business ua.'.dact?d by
the go.ernmeut cable.
Se:.ator Weotley L. Jo: vs who has
Leaded the fi^t for the reduction of
t-'.is impressed himse.f as p?easvd
*.i-h the cut and d?n '..?reu that in bi
os .... i the increased amount of bus -
Dtfj -aich would be done o.a the
cabU n'UiU without a doubt warrant
a co.mau&tion of the reduced to, s.
Uauri mlertsUsj iu a reduciijn cf
the Alaska cable to. Is ex;ir,.sscU
Uivms . >cs a.ong shci.ar l.nes.
J. J. DALY INJURED
IN KETCHIKAN MILL
W.vic examining the working of
the tew virr.age at 'he saw mill,
y ester .ay . J. J. Daly, the mi./s man
ager taught t.ie returning car
. d ti . i in- fo ?; bau.y Jammed,
-ays K :.!ukan -Miner. Swe.ling
(?revi -d a thorough examination be
:ic made *o see if any bonos were
-? k . so th< afternoon Drs. Story
u:ul Myers are taking an ex-ray of
' ? inured member to determine wh. 5
iroatni<-nt is necessary. The car
riage caught the foot and bent it
up to the shin-bone in front, so that
even f no bones are broken, the
tendons and ligaments must be badly
torn.
ROOSEVELT RECEIVES
THREATENING LETTERS
New York Primaries Tomorrow.
Taft And Roosevelt Each Claim
Victory. Litter Admits Receipt of
Threatening Epistles.
I
I By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. March 25? State-wide
republican presidential preference pri
maries will be held tomorrow for J
the nomination for the presidency. !
Both the Roosevelt and Taft conting
ents claim victory.
Amongst the political talk heard
here today there were rumors to the
effect that Roosevelt had receive:!
a?number of threatening letters. Ask
ed concerning these rumors Roose
velt admitted that he had received
several letters of a threatening char
acter.
SUFFRAGETTES ENGAGE ?
IN BIG BATTLE.
A battle royal is in store this even
ing for those who frequent the vicin
ity of the Bowing Alleys at the
Elks Club. Great slaughter will be
made on the pine pins ? by the Suf
fragettes, so they avow. The Rum
mies demur
The issue will be fought to the
bitter end this evening. Three game
will be bowled by a five man team
whose personnel is as follows: Suf
fragettes, General Ganty, Colonel Mil
iar. Major Blanchard, Captain Bla
iiard and Lieut. Rock.
The Rummies will be represented
I such illustrious bowlers as Mutt, 1
1 Jeff. Spareribs. Gravy and that king
, o* all pin artists A1 Most.
400 BELLINGHAV ELK
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
BULLING HAM , March 15 ? At th
rifting of the local lodge of Elks;
I night, pledges were read which
rru.ke it certain that at least 400 men.
bers of the Bellingham herd will a
teud the Portland convention July S- ;
13. The Bellingham Elks will dis
tinguish themselves by presenting an
enormous float of Mt. Baker, sigiufs
cant of the ML Baker race to be run
here July 23, 24, 25.
Clyde W. Abercrombie. represent
ing the West Coast Grarery Co. and
Jos. J. Meherin with the J. A. Folfier
Co. of San Francisco arrived in
town on the Hegg from Halncs Sat
: urday.
I! ? ? K 9 B I B B B I ? 7 5 S B I B 5 B B H ? B 9 B
OUR
SPRING GOODS
Have commenced to arrive
We Will Have
Shipments on Every Boat
New Spring Millinery
Will be Displayed
Tuesday Morning
March Twelve
Come Early and Make Your
Selections
H. J. LYNCH
Th? Up-To-Dat? Habardasher and La:' lea Fumlshar.
DEEP PLACERS
ODONNELL RIVER
PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT
Robert McKee, Discoverer of McKee
Creek In Atlin District Will Pros
pect, Deep Ground For Gold. Odon
nell River Looks Promising.
That the Atliu mining district will
experience one of the most active
seasons in t"he coming summer which
It has known since the busy days
when gold was first discovered there,
is the opinion of Robert McKee, one
of the discoverers of gold there in
1S97, who arrived here on the May
Saturday and left on the train this
morning for the B. C. placer carup.
Mr. McKee, after whom McKee
creek, one of the befit producers in
the district was named, prelicts a
new era of prosperity for Atjin due
to the beginning of operations for
the recovery of goid from the creeks
where bed rock has been too deep
to be worked profitably with the
methods at hand.
In the Atlin disti ii t lite depth of
bed rock on t'ie cr ? eks varies from
a few feet to a great many feet.
Heretofore only the sha'.low creelcs
have been worked due to the difficult
ies which are experienced on the
deep creeks where it Is necessary to
sink a shaft to rearh the bed rork
where gold is found. The ground
there is not frozen as is the case In
the gold fields farther north and a
great deal of water must be pumped
from the shaft which requires the In
vestment of capital and the installa
tion of machinery.
It is in the opening up of tliece
deep creeks that Mr. McKee is in
terested. At the pre e:it time he is
operating on OdonneH rreek whi h
empties into Lake Atlin twenty miles
from Atlin city. The river is forty
miles long and has been prospected
for a number of years. "Although
color and indications of gold in large
quantities have been found througliou
its entire length and in all of the
tributaries, bed rock has never b?en
reached because of the depth of
gravel with which it is covered," said
Mr. McKee. "The bed rock is
thought to be from thirty-five to a
hundred feet deep from the general I
appearance of the valley which is!
broad and flat. The valley averages
about two hundred yards in width."
he added.
The scene of Mr. McKees operat
ions is about eighteen miles upstream
from the mouth of the river. Here,
he has three miies of ground at eith
er end of which is a narrow canyon
where the bed rock outcrops.
At a central point in this property
Mr, McKee has set up a plant and
has penetrated twenty-seven feet to
wards bed rock, with a shaft 10 by
12 ft. A house has been built over
the shaft in which has been install
ed a sixty-horse power engine which
furnishes the motive power for a
thirteen hundred gallon a minute cen
trifugal pump and a gravel pump
(Continued on page four.)
ALASKA PROMOTER
BOOMED FOR CONGRESS.
Washington Fapers Doom John
laine For Congre.*man-at-Large onj
Alaskan Coal Issues. Ballaine I*
Well Known.
(By Alaska News Bureau)
SEATTLE, March 25 ? Papers thru- 1
out the state today announce an or-!
ganlzed movement backed %y Alas
kans living in the state urging John !
Bailable, well known Alaskan promote
or, to enter the republican primaries
for Congress man -aUarge.
The backers of the proportion are
of the opinion that Mr. Ballaine
would have no difficulty in carrying
the nomination and subsequent elect
ion on the issue of putting through
Congress Secretary Fisher's program
for the building by the government
of a railroad and the open'ng of the
coal fields In Alaska.
Ballaine <s well known throughout
the state where he has resided for
thirty -three years. He is aeth-ely ?>n
traged in the development and pro
motion of a number of mining prop
ert'es in Alaska.
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
BEING BUILT RAPIDLY.
VANCOUVER, March 1:2? h.fwrna
tiou was received in Vancouver }'<*??
terrday that the Grand Trunk Pacific
| railway had reached the Skeena. river
cirossing at Mile 168, with lis steel
? early in the afternoon. Captain Ja<k
man, of the Skeena River ateajner
1 Omineca, who Is spending a few
1 weeks in 'he city, received a wire
less message to this effect. The In
| formation shows that the company
has made rapid progress during the
past two months and gained three
weeks over the time la which it was
j expected to reach the Skeena.
It has also been learned that in
seeking rock bottom for the piers of
the bridge to cross the river into
New Hazelton, the company fctrock
rock .10 feet btftre they expected to.
with the result that considerable
time and 'he U " of 10,000 barrels of
cement was saved. It is report -d
that the piers have been finished and
that they are in readiness for the
steel construction. This means that
the G. T. P. from Prince Rupert will
be running Into New Hazelton short
! ly after the first of July, which is
several months farlier than was ex
pected.
The layinR of the steel to the
Skeena was not expected until the
<md of this month, and the fart, that
it has already reached the riv?r is
evidence of a spurt being made in
the completion of the work to Hazel
ton.
Fine weather is giv??n as another
reason for the rapid construction be
ing realized on the Kne The weath
er during the past three months has
been unusually mild along the line
of the new railway, and It is report
ed that practically all the snow is
of* the ground. Prince Rupert citi
zens and others from the Interior de
clare the therometer has been With
er as a general rule than In Van
covver.
The Curacao left Seattle Friday
nieht for Skagway and way ports.
She is due to arrive here sometime
on Wednesday.
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: CANNED FRUITl
: {PREFERRED STOCK) l
*** This it* the s^a <011 fur canned fruit. "Prnf erred Stock" .
?!? ? *r
brand means the choicest goods and best methods of ^
^ canning. Purity and equality absolutely guaranteed ^
+ STRAWBERRIES RASPBERRIES
t PINEAPPLES BLACKBFRRIES +
+ GOOSBERRIES PEACHES +
+ LOGANBERRIES APRICOTS *
I PEARS PLUMS *
+ CHERRIES +
4*
+ We also carry a full line of extra fancy +
+ dried fruits +
: P. H. GANTY, Grocer t
sfe + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4+ +
MEXICAN REBELS
61 GROUND
REBELS RESORT TO
DASTARDLY DEED
Dispatch Engine Loaded With Ex
plosives, Crashing Into Trcep
Train. Terrible Explosion Kills
Hundreds.
(By Alaska News Bureau. i
JIMINEZ. Mex.. March 27? Hor
three days this city and the snrronnd
ing country have been the scene of
terrific (h?ht;nc. In almost every
engagement the rebel* haie been rjf
cessful and are carrying every thing
before them.
The federal govern mert Is paral
lyxed by the awful tosses ran*.*! Sat
urday when an entire train bearing
federal troops to the scene of the
recent fighting was wrecked by the
rebels. The latter hearing of t he
approach of the troop train prc\mr*<i
a train heavily loaded with dynamite
which was rwbed down the rmek. 1
crashing into the troop train. Fol
lowing the cra-h was a terrific roar
causal by the explosion of the dyna
mite on the rebel train.
The loss of life wa; terrib'e. hund
red* of soldiers being blown info
atoms
MANY REAL ESTATE
DEALS TAKE PLACE
The records at the court house
show that a number of r?yU estate
transactions were made during the
pas' week. The north ~<i feet of
lot 1 in block 8 of the flkagwuy
townslte locate 1 on the son'h west
corner of FUth avenue and State
stn>t was transfcred by 'he Carsten
Packing Cq, of Tn~oma to the C?r?
ten Packing C<>. of Ma ?a ht:*ett
Ancther tran a. tfon rerorde-l was
the sale of the lots 7. 8. and tbo
west half of lot 10 in block 63 lorat
ed on Tenth Ave. and Broadway
This sale was made by J. C. Phelps
and wife to P. H. Ganiy.
A lease was recorded on the west
half of lot a block 2? from W. A
Shorthill of Juneau, attorney for
Mary E. Lowell to L. A. Harrison
The lease is for a period of twelve
years beginning on the fifteenth cf
March. Mr. Harrison with Mrs. L. A
Harrison also filed a lien for $584.3?
against the lot from Feb. 17th with
interest at 8 per cent
TAFT WINS BIG
VICTORY IN MICHIGAN
President Sweeps Northern Ccjttit-..
Even Carries Sault St. Mr.-le, Wo-n?
of Gov. Osborne. Mont aca For
Taft.
(Br Afcwka New? Bureau.)
DETROIT. Mich., March TSr-bm ?
resut of the pr??W?i?tlnl preference
primaries held fe?f?rd?r President
Taft swept the northern coontles win
ning a great victory.
In sanlt St Marie. r,over nor Os
borne's own city, Taff Is
hare carried every wart but on*
HELENA. Mont, March iV-The
state republican committee ha* <le
footed the state primary movement
and ha* endorsed the candidacy of
Taft for the nomination
balloonist fails
TO BREAK RECORD
SALSM. Mo. March IS?" The ha',
?oon Buckeye I., ia which J H. Wade.
Jr.. of Cleveland. set ont from Sao
Antonio as pilot W?dnesday. to an
attempt to br??lr the worid'a record
for long (Hatan<-# flights. landed In
? remote section of Uie Ozark moflB
talns. 24 mile* from S?l*ra at one
o'clock yesterday afternoon A heavy
snow storm compelled the fending
Wade and hh? aide, Thomas Cook,
of San Antonio, spent the night In a
mountain caMn and walled to -ialetn
today When It *u derided to come
to earth. Wade estimated be was at
aKit.ide of 17.000 feet
The Buckeye traveled appropriate
ly <$f> miles. 32 tnl'es short of the
Lahm cup record The world's rec.
ord ia 1.193 miles
J. PIERPONT MORGAN
BUYS STOLEN VOLUMES.
NEW YORK. March 15? The 1*
vesication tn I^raoon of the theft
of many raro volumes from th# li
brary of Peterborough Cathedral has
shown that one of the rarest of the
l>oo?s was sold to J PierpotK Mor
gan for a sum well up In the thous
ands of dollars Another roiume went
to another American for over
An Englishman named John Tinkler
Is accused of the theft by authorities
of Scotland Yard The warrant
against Tinkler was sworn oot tn De
cember. 1910. but no opportunity was
offered to apprehend him unt?| Feb
ruary 20.
It is alleged that Tfrnkler spent the
intervening time in the United States
disposing of the stolen books It Is
believed that many of the mfetsin*
volumes win be traced to the Hbr*
ries of American collector*
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The Enormous Demand
for Good Clothes
made to order by our
famoui Chicago tailors,
Ed. V. Pn'ce & Co.
has been created by the
Unfailing Quality of
the Clothes Tbemselre*
Three-Button Novelty
p 'L, anc* \>y patronage oi men
who know a good thing when they see it.
If you want a Spring suit that 10 guaran
teed to give complete satisfaction in fit,
style, woolens and workmanship, don't delay
Laving us take your measure.
WILL CM, IDE CLOTHIER