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No. 45. TWELFTH YEAK. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 1909 PRICE, 10 CENT
GALVESTON AGAIN DEVASTATED BV FLOODS
Wind Driven Waves Sweep Over Sea Wall Onto The City
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(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Galveston. Texas, July 21? (8 a. in.) A terrific storm
is raging oil" the Gulf of Mexico and the water is breaking
over the sea wall- There is some fear that there may be a
disastrous Hood if the wind continues, for the wall may
give way under the pressure of the waters.
Washington, I). C., July 21 ? Advices received here by
the weather bureau officials shortly after 10 o'clock this
morning from Galveston state that the wind is increasing
and that there is already three feet of water in the streets.
Houston, Texas, July 21 ? (12.30 p. m.) The city of
Galveston is wiped ofF the map by a combined cyclone and
tidal wave which overwhelmed the town shortly before
noon today.
A terrific storm was raging in Galveston all last night
ami this morning and shortly before noon today the big sea
wall gave way and the furious waters engulfed the town.
The disaster is practically a repetition of the terrible
flood in September, 1900, when thousands of people were
drowned and rendered homeless.
The railroad bridge which connects Galveston with the
mainl iud has been washed out and it will be impossible to
dispatch relief trains to the stricken city. Communication
by water will also be impossible until the storm subsides.
Until the elements cease their work of destruction the peo
ple of Galveston must work out their own salvation.
New Orleans, July 21 ? Private messages received here
state that Galveston Island is under eight feet of water and
that a terrific hurricane is sweeping the waters of the Gulf
higher and higher.
New York, July 21 ? The New York Journal in an ex
tia issue early this afternoon states that Galveston has been
completely destroyed and that thousands of lives have been
lost.
(Editor's Note)
The city of Galveston with a population of about 50,000 people lies on
the northern end of Galveston Island, a long, low ridge of land which lies
between Galveston bay and the Gulf of Mexico almost like a breakwater.
Driven by terrific southwesterly winds the waters of the Gulf of Mexico
frequently are driven above the high tiide level in the islands and lagoons
clong the Texan coast. To prevent these floods a big sea wall was built
outside Galveston.
In Sept., 1900, this wall was broken down by a terrific storm and the
waters rushed upon Galveston, completely overwhelming the city. Thou
sands of people lost their lives and the scenes of devastation and destruc
tion were so terrible as to almost transcend description.
Relief wes rushed to the city and the work of re-building it was start
ed immediately. A new and higher sea wall was erected and 't was sup
posed that the city was safely protected from the danger of any future
floods.
We could make clothes
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expressly for you here at home, but
a local tailor shop today is impractical
and unprofitable.
TWI IUM IU.IIUU IMC
It has 10 labor market from which to secure
desirable cutters and tailois ?
It cannot afford to install a modern plant
desifned to reduce cost of production ?
It doesn't do sufficient business to enable it
to buy woolens direct from the mills ?
It cannot keep abreast of metropolitan styles
and workmanship. j
Therefore, we send our orders
for fine made-to-measure clothes to
Ed. V. Price & Co., of Chicago.
We can take your measure the
same way we would if running shops
here, and furnish you your clothes,
made as you want them, at 50 $> less
than we could make then locally.
Won't you call today?
LYNCH & KENNEDY
The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
VICTORIA, B. C. July ? The pas
senger steamer Irlquols loaded with
tourists from Seattle crashed Into the
schooner Endeavor early this morning
in a dense fog off Port Townsend.
Tho shock of collision threw scores
of people to the decks and a wild
scene of panic ensued. The officers
anil crew of the Iriquois acted with
admirable coolness, thus preventing
a possible loss of life.
Both boats were badly damaged,
but succeeded in making I'ort Towns
end.
The Skagway Commercial Club was
formally organized last night at a
meeting held at the Town hall and
the following officers were elected,
in every case unanimously:
Howard Ashley, president.
E. J. Shaw, vice-president.
E. L. Miller, secretary.
F. P. VV. Lowle, treasurer.
W. C. Blanchard, E. J. Shaw. H.
H. Draper. V. 1. Hahn and William
Britt were appointed as a committee
cn constitution and by laws to report
a' an early date.
Short talks were made last night
by John M. Keller, L. \. Harrison,
E. J. Shaw, H. H. Draper, Howard
Ashley, William Britt, E. L. Miller, P.
P. W. Lowle and H. Bowman. They
all expressed tlje opinion that Skag
way had a groat future as a summer!
resort and tourist town and that hun
dreds and even thousands of people
could be attracted to come and make
stops in the town every summer by
(he means of advertising literature.
As soon as tho committee on con
stitution and by-laws reports a meet
ing will be called and active steps
will be taken toward securing mem
bers to the committee. About thirty
business men have already pledged
themselves to give the Commercial
club their support.
Those present were: Messrs. Ashley,
Shaw, Draper, Ilahn, Keller, Liggett.
Rosenberg, Dillon, Blancliard, Britt,
Miller, Runner, Korach, Flaharty, Ho
man, Good, Harrison, Harrison, Peero
Madsen and Gable.
SEE CITY BY MIDNIGHT
The Humboldt arrived in Skagway
at midnight with 73 passengers and
10 tons of freight and sailed south
at 2 o'clock this morning with 70
passengers on board. The Humboldt
passenger list was practically compos
ed of round trip tourists. Many of
them came up town last night and.
spent several hours seeing Skagway I
a midnight.
ARCTIC BROTHERS TO DANCE
Camp Skagway No. 1, Arctic Bro
therhood. will give a public dance at
A. B. Hall tomorrow night In honor
o' the visitors In town. The dance
is public and all are Invited.
Up to date books at Boughton's.
PRINCESS MAY IN PORT
The Princess May docked in Skag
way at 9 o'clock this morning with 90
passengers and 182 tons of freight
and will remain in port until 7 o'cloc
tomorrow evening. There are 57
round trip tourists on the Princess
May and many of them will go to the
Summit tomorrow when the spe
cial is run up for the excursionists
on the Spokane.
DEFHIES RELAY TEAM
RREMBRTON, July 19? John Marsh
the marathon runner, defeated three
tailors in a ten mile relay r .ce yes
terday. Marsh ran the distance in
fifty-eight minutes and forty-five sec
onds.
Go to the Pack Train restaurant
for your Sunday French Dinner. The
very best of everything the market
affords. Ice cream served free with
our Sunday dinner. S. tf
Stop at the Caribou hotel when i*
Carcross. Fine fishing and hunting
In tho Immediate vicinity. Overlooks
the teautiful shores of the lake. R
W. Gideon, prop.
We carry the Best and LargestJStocK
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FRUIT JARS
JELLY GLASSES
JAR CAPS
Rubbers and Paraffine
The berries are fine this year, put up all you can and
enjoy them next winter
GANTY & FRANDSON
TAFT CONFERS
WITH CABINET
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 21?
President Taft called a cabinet meet
ing late this afternoon to discuss the
tariff situation. It is plainly evident
that the conference committee of the
House and Senate will not make any
ladical reductions in the schedules of
the bill as it passed the Senate.
Li IS AFTER
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 21 ?
Binger Hermann, who was formerly
Commissioner of tJie United States
land office under Secretary of the In
terior Hitchcock, will be tried at Port
land, Ore., this fall for land frauds.
Francis Ileney will prosecute the case
EXCURSION SIEIMEI) QUEEN
SltS 200 TOURISM
The good old steamship "Qiieon"
that used to ply these waters several
years ago. before being releived by j
the "Spokane," arrived in port at (! [
o'clock this morning with about 200 j
pleasure seekers on board. Her i
itinerary is practically the same as
that of tiie "Spokane," with the ex- 1
ception that she will visit Sitka on the
return trip instead of stopping there j
011 her way north. The party on board
are greatly enthusiastic and very I
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much delgithed with the beautiful Al
askan scenery thus far.
The "Queen" is a three deck steam j
er of 2727 tons, and lias passenger ac
comodations for 500 people, though j
she carried COO on her last run to
Skagway about 7 years ago, when the !
passengers were obliged to sleep on
settees, tables and the floor. She
has also carried as high as 600 on the
Seattle-San Francisco run, where shej
has been constantly 'n service for
the past six or seven years. About
three years ago she was rebuilt and
fitted up in palatial style for the ac
comodation of her passengers, and
is now second to no boat of her size
on the Coast. She will be followed
by the Steamship "Spokane," due to
arrive here early tomorrow morning
with a large list of tourists
About 120 of the tourists went
on the trip to the summit of the
White Pass on a special train of the
White Pass and Yukon Route, leav
ing the wharf at S a. 111. and returned
to Skagway at 11:30 a. in.
The following is the passenger list
of the "Queen:"
Carrol Alton, .Mrs. J. P. Allison,
Mrs. Mary Abbott, Miss M. 0. Abbott,
G. W. Andrews, Miss Mary Anderson,
Miss S. J. Anderson, Geo. L. Bishop.
Mrs. C. E. Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. A.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Baruch Arthur Bar
uch, A. A. Boutell, Miss A. M. Bou
tell, Mr. and Mrs. A. \V. Bower, Mrs.
(Continued on page three.)
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arc on sale at Boughton's, Fifth and
Broadway. tf
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boat; torpedo modal; good condition.
Apply P. J. Rosenberg. tf
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