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TENTH YEAR
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY NOVEMBER U 1907
PRICE 10 CENT8
SEWARD SOLDIER SHOOIS INDIAN OVER SQUAW
(By United Press.)
Portland, Or-\, Nov. 12? The Mer
chants National Ban'*, the oHest and
stroogeit financial institution in the
rity, failed to open its doors this morn
ing. Tbe suspension is declared to be
temporary. H is claimed the trouble
wa, brought about by the piyment of
over a uillllon'and a half in withdrawal
of deposit" since the Holiday proclama
tion was issued. The belief exists that
the bank will be able to meet all its
claims and that business will be re*
sumed as soon as arrangements can be
completed for the obtaining of funds
I with which to transact business.
Haines, Nov. 12 ? A shooting affair, the result of
which is that an Indian named Kadash?ll is lying danger
ously wounded in the hospital at Fort Seward, took place
here last night. The man charged with the shooting is a
soldier, whose name could not be ascertained. The shot
was fired from a heavy calibre pistol and struck the Indian
in the jaw' passing entirely through the lower part of the
face, ranging downward and lodging under the collar bone
on the left side of the body. The affair is shrouded iu
conflicting stories and nothing is being given out at the
Post. The soldier has been arrested and is in the guard
house. The fight was over a squaw. The wounded man
is well known in Skagway, being one of the best base ball
players in this part of the country.
BIG IKE UP IN THE
PACIFIC COAST COMPANY
i
(By United Press.)
New York, Nov. 12? During the
recent smash in stocks the control of
the Pacific Coast Company was wrest
ed from Harriman by J. P. Morgan and
President J. J. Hill, of the Great
Northern. W. C. Farrington, who
outfitted the President and the Gover
nor, andw<>o^as been connected with
the Great Lakes traffic of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific com
panies, has been elected by the new
directors to succeed General Manager
W. E. Pearce. President Ford his
been re-elected with the title of Gen
eral Manager added.
SKAGWAYITE TO PRESIDE
(By United Press.)
Juneau. Nov. 12? All kinds of fences
sre belojj coos' rueted to capture the
temporary organization cf the conven
tion. Wlckersbam, of Fairbanks; Hnb
bird and Youn#, of Valdcz, and Ba
laine, of Seward, are belo? pressed for
ward for delegate to the National Con
vention, and some one of them will be
j united upon by the Third division dele
gates and pushed * by them. Delegate
Shackelford, of Juoo&u, is being
boomed for National committeeman,
Ryan and Perkins, of Nome, are also
strong candidates for delegates.
Sol, Ripinsky. of Haines, will prob
ably be named as temporary chairman |
of the convention, and a Skagway or!
Ketchikan man will be named perma
nent chairman. It is now conceded
that Ketchikan nml Skagway WM &Dl1t
from the first divi :on over the question
of territorial government. The intro
duction of ti e resolution demanding
the removal of Hoggatt depends on the
caucus of the second and third division,
whose delegates are due to arrive op
the Humbcldt tonight. It is certain
that they bold the balance of power
and will be able to control the conven
tion. The anti-Hoggatt people will
have over one hundn d out of a total of
one hundred and fifty delegates-in the
convention.
WANT MUCH |
FOR DEFENSES
1
Washington, Nov. 12 -Congress will ?
be asked to rppropriate at the coming
session of congress the sum of twenty
two million dollar* for the coast de
fenses of Cuba, Hawaii and the Philip
pines.
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Seattle, Nov. 12? Running at a high rate of speed to
take a switch an inbound car 011 tbe Luna Park line last
night shortly before six o'clock crashed into an outbound
car heavily loaded with passengers returning from their
work. Forty people were injured; twenty-five have been
taken to different hospitals throughout the city, five of
whom are so badly injured that the physicians attending
them hold out but slight chances of their recovery. The
blame for the accident is laid on the Conductor of the out
bound car who through carelessness is alleged to have turned
on full speed in trying to get into the switch to permit the
other car to pass.
FOR ELASTIC
CURRENCY NOW
New Haven, Nov. 12? In an address
here yesterday before the Bankers'Club,
Former Secretary Shaw advocated the
establishment of an elastic system of
currency.
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L. A. HARRISON CO.
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ALL SIZES ALL PRICES
ALL CLASSES
But the Best are none too
Good and we Have Them
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CIDERS:,
for the season has just
been tapped; it is strict
ly pure and of excellent
quality.
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One piece s.:; \
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