FLOODS RtGEOE
HIGH WATER MARK
HAS BE EM REACHED!
Thousards of Miles of Territory!
Have Been Devested. De?c lation |
Everywhere. Estimated Lors Tenj
Millicr. Dollars. Many Lives Lost.
M KM PHIS. Tenu.. April in ? Joy!
has been spread iu the hearts of
'?h residents 01 Ule city and the |
iuauy refugees \v!io have taken refute
here, by Uie announcement that the
waters of he Mississippi are fallia.;. |
The crest of the fiood has !>? ei\ j
reached. It is thought that the va
ters will fall a* rupid ly a> the> arose. |
carrying destruction and desolation
before them.
The oitv is filled with the h <mel?>ss
w ,i> have been brought here b\ the I
:* i v ? -r steamers. for relief. Vs. so ?n
.i> the watiTK recede sufficiently they I
w 1 return to Uieir bonus many oil
watch have be**n e rifely dcs'.rovril
down the v \ b> the!
. .ITT
?It* fkXJii
ti mated tf.at the dania;? |
: ;?< year \v ill
o\ .>:? t. ti.'.liou dollar- j
i. have been tie- 1
N >> itit.eai; \
'HIS. TeU!i.. API
\i Kan.
IlilL. t-Vt U vAO'klSiillu TsO'iS ?l lii ?
,i . 4 : : : i - 1 . > i condition as the :"esi.; of!
':?? in^ m:m>o:ied near tha;. pia*e by I
th. backing np of the flood wafers
ci nxpK*tely surrounding the cityl
which stands on an elevated porti >n
of the country.
."he n.;uiK>nett people v.*?r.^ with
tor the purpose of tnak 'ij:
.?? >-;>?' ITovisions were of short dnr-|
at ion. They are in a terrible plight
an; fait- starvation if they ;ire not]
eleVed.
|
. ;ea:i;?-:> lave l?-en disusitt ll' d to
tf*e scene of the trouble and the
-nt't'erers will be cathen-d up and |
< aTii 1 to plact-s of s;.fetv and plenty
\ p?H lunation dissolving the Yu
koi. eou n< il h.is Ixt-n issued by Com
missioner lllaek. This is the stepj
prelitftwiarv to the holding of t lie
next council election. The date W
not fixed. Commissioner l>la<k says
it probiibly will be April Kath I
i-onticil is elected for a term of three I
vi-ars
WHITE PASS TO
ASSIST PROSPECTOR
President Dickeson Confirms Report1
of Openirg of Pueblo Mine. De
clare Policy of Road Will be *o
Assist Mining Industry.
In confirmation of the report pub
lished yes'erday concerning the open-!
ins up of operations at the Pueblo j
-Mine by 'he Atlas Mining Co., the
following dispatch was received by
the Alaskan this morning from presi
dent O. L. Dickeson:
New York. N. Y., April 10, 1012.
"Editor, Daily Alaskan. Skagway.j
A laska.
"The White Pass and Yukon Route I
has at last been successful in 'erm-l
inating arrangements to open up the
Whitehorse Copper properties. F.:ri
several months we have been carry- ,
ing on negotiations to bring t.hej
owners and financial inteiv-ls to.
gether and an irrancenient satis- j
factory to both has been completed. I
Men are now beim: employed and ac
tive work should be started by the)
latter part of April. It will be onr
future policy to aggressively mi ler
take to .assist the prospector .*>. ;:d mi it
industry generally.
"O L Dlrkeson -
HUMBOLDT BRINGS MUCH
PERISHABLE PRODUCT
The Humboldt arrived in fort last
niutit at s::?? with thirty pa^etiir.""
iiad >0 tons of freight. The freight
i insisted chiefly of eKKs and butter
a:nl oranges for the Interior, mist
i f which will be taken down the Yu
kon by E. L. I>avis who makes an
nua! trips down rhw on a barge for
the purpose of dispensing these
si-ring luxuries.
The Humboldt sailed south at 11
p m.
E. C. HAWKINS DIES
IN NEW YORK CITY,
SEATTLE, April 1<I? Advices re
ceivfd here state that E. C. Hawkins,
famous railroad builder of the Xoi'tb,
passed away in New York yesterday.
Details of the death of Mr. Hawkins
have not arrived.
Mrs. (Capt.i Simonds of Fort Sew
| aril was a visitor in town today.
I Kive Terwilliger and Sam Guyot,
well-known traveling men of South
eastern Alaska, arrived on t.he Hum
I soldt last night.
Shantung and
Jaquard Silks
35c to 75c per yard
The Latest Creations in
TRIMMING BRAIDS
SILK FRINGE
A LLOVER LACES, ETC.
The Newest Styles In
Coats for Spring & Summer
now on display
H. J. LYNCH
Th? Up-To-Dtte Hab?rdash?r and LacMaa Furnisher.
ALASKA SWEEPSTAKES
WON BY SCOTTY ALLEN
Famous Musher Runs Nome Candle
Race in 87 Hours And 32 Minutes.
Slow Time Due to Blizzards. Holm
son Takes Second Plnce.
NOME, Alaska, April 10 ? Almost
exhausted from driving tor many
hours through a blinding blizzard
Scottjr Allen, famous musher, arrive 1
here at 3 :.'!(! Monday afternoon win
nin -i the All-Alaska Sweepstakes race
to I'amlte and return, a distance of
over :il)i) miles.
Allen was driving t.ie famous ma!
belon .i:i4 to .Mrs. C. E.
?r'ci'ly, C'ai. Alexander
liur. m via As'.ieroft.l
se on. I place in the
??>! : or leading the
of Hi" way.
? ?d In ? :-ol:te in ,v7
a mute race
Darling of
i Alaska N
Holmson 1
gruelling
major port
\lle:i r.
hours. i
i ! <1 '? t
terrible w.
encounter"
IS di
insider
to the
?tf In
1 dn
PARCEL F03T LAW
t -L 0 ny CONGRESS.
\VAS11L\?.T< N, D. . April 9?
I Democratic me ! ors from the House
j committee on i-ostoffU <-s and post
I roads have f> I ? incorporate in
! the nppropriati n kill provisions for
'?he <? ? abli? .u.? ' < r -< i . ral par
eels post N.vnieui. . ? aiw nave
(greed upon a ? ! dom<" 'ic ra'e
of twelve >?' . and a maximum pack
age of eleven pounds. This is the
present parcels post
rate.
They would also pn?\ii!e for a rural
[ parcels pes'. tln> rate to !><? five cts.
; for fine po ind and two cts ft >r ea'h
'additional pound. The provi-iom will
be incorporated i;i the bill ' > be re
ported to 'he lloise some tiriii > next
week, but the actual working of the
provisions has not been framed.
It was reported to"i?ht that some
Republican members of the commit
I tee would approve the recommenda
tions and that the bill would pass
the House.
WRECKS DUE TO
OVER HARDENED RAILS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., April !?? In
vestigation bv the Indiana Railroad
commission of allegations that rail
roads are demanding of steel manu
facturers rails so bard that they are
dangerously brittle was begun today.
In an opening statement William J.
Wood, of the commission, said it
had been urged that numerous rail
road accidents in many states recent
ly were due to fracture of rails
hardened to an unsafe degree because
they were presumed to wear longer
than rails of softer quality.
CANNERIES CROWD
ALASKAN WATERS'.
Old Timers Wonder Where Fish Will
Ccme From to Supply New Canner
ies. Individual Catches Will be
Small.
Alaska caiuierymen are try *04 to J
figure out how. with twenty-eight
new tanneries be.'uig erected this
sl"*ing and r round dozen established
ones on the ground, it is going to j
he possible to find a supply of sal- '
nion. That the situation this year)
is going to affect the price of the
j canned product seriously is admit- [
ted generally by all the old-timers. It
is generally conceded that the price
will soar next fall, but the experienc-l
l ?1 cannery men do not rejOke in con- J
J sequence because the expense of se- [
curing their packs promises to goj
beyond that of previous seasons,
j Among tne old-time cannery in mi j
'who have started for the Southeast- 1
em field ar, K. 1$. Hell and Robert!
1-orbes, who operate canneries at
Excursion inlet in Ui0 Juneau dis
trict. The former was the only one
1:1 Southeastern Alaska to get more
t..?ii his co.nplete |iack last season.
'!:? is pessimistic about the outlook
?'his reason and is not backward!
abou? expressing himself. When ask- 1
eil how he was going to meet the
n(-'? competition, he said:
"I am i.??' going t0 try to. Forbes
ami I have had a long talk, and we
have both decided to play safe."
"What lb' you mean?"
II. there Is going to be one
?rand 'amble for fish this year,'
a. id I for on< don't see where they !
art. going to <onie fro:n if all the
I canneries now on the ground and
these under < i nstruction are gcingi
'o get their packs."
"Do you think there is likely t<> be
any real trouble when the new <un-:
nerj men try to fish the streams that
you and the other old-timers have!
beon fishing for years?"
"Well." doiil.t fully. ? n . Tiler:' are!
Moo many liuv.i i? .\la-ka miwad.iys
for that son (,f thiim. bur ni tell
you that .somebody will have t,, K0
fishing outside and get the rish be
for,. th.y i;.t inside the |s!ands and
1 reach the m renins."
Mr. Hell went on t> ?ay that he
would expenses t-? the minimum
j this year and confine his efforts to
'se.ure fish in (lie streams near to
? lhe cannery.
j In this decision lie is supported by
practically au the other cannery ruen
in Southeastern Alaska who have
had an opportunity t0 look the field
' over.
Robert Forbes, the other Excursion
inlet canneryman, agrees with Bell
that the Alaska fish business this
year is going to be a problem which
tie cannery people of experience will
approach gingerly.
The main causes of the conserva-j
jli*e stand taken by the experienced
men in the cannery business are the!
(probable lack of fish to supply the
| demands, through overfishing; the
increased expense of getting fish
that, will be occasioned by new
methods; hich prices that will be
paid for fish, and probable shortage
of labor.
In the vleinitv of Ketchikan e'eht
new Tanneries are in process of <v>n
stnietion and will be onerated this
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT ON
THE BATTLEFIELD!
Roosevelt Stumps State in Old Fash-j
ioncd M;rner. Declares he Will
Try Again if Defeated This Year
For Nomination.
CHICAGO, 111., April 10? The state
presidential primary opened this
morning throughout the state. There
is no Indication of haw the vote will
go. The results of the election will
be known this evening.
MATTOON, 111., April ID? Itoose
velt, who is touring the state, made
a speech here last night in which he
advocated drastic opposition to the
Taft policy of reciprocity.
FORT WAYNE, April 10 ? In *
speech made yesterday Roosevelt de
clared that If he is beaten in tho
present fight that, ho will male*' an
other fight at the next election. He
expressed himself as confident that
he would win the nomination at the
approaching convertion.
C. P. R. LOSES CARS
IN UNITED STATES.
NIAGARA RALLS, Ont., April 10?
Canadian Pacific Railway officials
who arrived here from Toronto to
look into the blockade of cars n-ar
the border, said that 15.000 of the
company's cars are lost i". theSta'es.
They claim the American roads hold
them to fill tf-r-ji with n-.i-rchandlae
for Canada.
CHINA BREAKS FAITH
WITH THE POWERS.
PEKIN. April 10? The ministers of
Great Britain, the United States, Ger
many and France yesterday presented
to the Chinese government a joint
memorandum recapitulating the nego
tiations bewteen the financial group
and the Chinese government since
February 27 and establishing a strong
case of broken faith on the part, of
China. The memorandum concludes
with a protest against the Belgian
loan to the Chinese government.
WILL STUDY SANITARY
CONDITION OF ALASKANS
Dr. Krulish on Way North to Investi
gate Report of Disease in Alaska.
Will Make- Sanitary Code For Reg
ulation of Health Conditions.
SEATTLE, Wash., April iO? Dr.
Krulish of Ihe federal health ?depart
ment arrived In this city and will
sail for Alaska on the next boat.
Dr. Krulish has been appointed by
President Taft U> visit the Northern
(Territory for the purpose of studying
| the sanitary conditions there. Upon
I familiarizing himself with the con
' ditio-n of affairs he will write e. sani
i tary code for the regulation of health
j conditions 'n Alaska. This code will
be adopted by Congress for the regu
lation and suppression of disease in
the North.
The appointment of Krulish wa-s
due to the revelations made before
Congress of the terrible health con
ditions which exist amongst the peo
ple of the North.
IDAHO MINE OWNERS
WANT LEAD TARIFF.
I WASHINGTON, D. C . April 9?
; Further protest against reduction of
J the tariff on lead and lead ore as
! proposed In thp House steel tariff
I bill was made before the Senate fl
' nance committee today. Robert N.
1 Bell, state inspector of mines of
Idaho, declared that with reduced
I luties the mines would be unable to
uperate with any margin of profit.
Mnd that the mining of gold and silver
| ultimately would b<- affected be^aus-e
jef the close relation of all these ores.
UNITED STATE8 WILL
DEPORT CHINAMEN.
CHICAGO, April 9? United State*
i deputy marshals departed today on a
I trip *o San Francisco to deport the
j largest aggregation of Chinese that
) ever left this country a; one time
j There are thirty-five in the party.
Seven will be taken from Chicago
I and nine from St. Louis.
| Stops wfll be made at New Orleans.
, San Antonio, Texas; Deirio, Texas;
| El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles,
Cal., to pick up Chinamen. The party
I will travel across the country in a
special car.
| The steamship Nile, chartered by
. the government for deportation pur
poses will leave San Francisco on
j April 23.
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