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No *7 F1FT KV.STll VKAK SKA8WATt ALASKA. MONDAY, .11 L\ 1 1912 F'KICE 10 CKNT8
OKATN MCAI I\<{ ? VI"U?NK
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Immewve ItwiMiwc* Rclwool to
Kiikllinc tt mil ** St??n? Swpp;"i
\ ?rtt<vXf>l i>\tt r?Milwn fYwiif.
Trains With l^>*ici?ih Awl
\?r*? Kn*hrtl ti> Slrhkm (1i>.
Winnepe*. July 1 Srfopinc alt
before It, a cyclone of desth d?l- i
ing v iok*nc?? struck the town ofl
Retina, at a late hoar yesterday af- '
tot-noon. and whon the residents of!
the stricken city r^'co'vered from the'
Mow. it was found that four hun
dred people were dead or dyinc
as the result.
Tho immense bui'.dinc housing
the Recina Tradinc company was to
tally demolished, and communication
was entirely cut off from the rest
of the world
From the str!ck?? city the *ind
?n tlrronph the pr^ince Iw
4 tag 4?ath ?r.d destruction in its
A waV\
As not as coftanmni.-a'ton could
?. >>e <*tak*t?t with th's city relief
traftt* <*?rc >n?p?*',?<*d to the se^ie
oT tV *iow. witJi ?"ooto^s 4#id
, w?e?
^ TV* *ri of the hurricane lay
directly throuch the cTwatcst era'"1
belt of Carada. aid the loss to th<*
w'le-'t riif is estimated at o\ w
tern million dollars
l?or<.1 \S >K\n> IW IT \TION
Ti? tTMCKVS
lv> icla*. Alaska. J imp :>
Th?> Max or of Skns??>.
Al-i'li'i
IV^r Sit
"Wo have tho honor to invi'e
? on a' <1 the t'iti*ens of your town
to join ?ith the cititens of IVmtlas
Island in celebrating the Glorious
Fourth in a fitting manner on
Donclas Island
"Wt bane raised a lot of money
for j>rire? in the difforeit events
an<{ ?ould N> find to have your
rititons ccTnpfif
Fourth of July Association.
Com rait toe on Arranjrom'ts
T* e name of Mr* Ritkard mas.
by n ?tak?\ omitted from the com
mittee on music for the Homo Rule
Festival
OKNIKH mUlATh?\
>YITH MOVKV T1UVT
Baltimore, July 1 ? Responding
to tho urgent requests of numerous
friends. Champ Clark arrived in
this city by special train Saturday
i night, and immediately made a
statement denying the charges made
'by Bryan to the effect that he was
: affiliated with the money trust
ONLY ONK PLACK OS
TICKKT FtW IM>K?\V(HM)
Washington. July 1 ? Oscar W. j
Underwood has made a statement
that he would either be the head of
the lVmocratir ticket or nothing, j
WILL HAVK TO DRILL
TO WIN THK OCHN
I*ouglas, June 25 ? To uphold the
traditions of the art of mining it
has been derided to have two dif
ferent kinds of hand drilling on
IV>ugIas island on July 4th.
One will be a single-handed drill
ing contest, the conditions of which
will be as follows:
Three-quarter inch steel, full siio
Not ov?r four pound hammer. Time
15 minutes No one but the con
testant allowed on the platform.
Pri*e $75
The conditions of the double
hand contest are as follows
Seven-eights steel, full size Not
over S pound hammer. Time In mln
utes Men change every minute. I
two hammers not to be used on
drill for more than three strokes
No one allowed on the platform but
the two contestants. Five gallon
cans with small hose will be provid
ed for mater $150 prire
Kntrance fees for the drilling con
test will be f." per man. It is re
qnosled by the committee that all
contestants for the sports have
their entries in on or before July
first in order that the commit tee
may make proper arrangements
Owing to the large number of
events on the Fourth, it has l?een
decided that the baseball gam?? will
Tw? a closed event and Skagwav anil
Treadwell only will play for the
$250 purse
The judges for the drilling con
tests are Monte Renson, Walter
Stevens and Nels Anderson
J>lioloos If* C-r?wn and 1<V
cream soda, with strictly pure fruit
JqWs and crushed fruits at the
Vienna Cafe, Broadway, between
Fifth and Siith Ave?. tf
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Celebrate
Independence Day
IN A NEW GOWN
A BIG LINE
SILKS, MESSAUNES
SATINS & SILK POPLINS
As well as White and Wash
Goods
Prices from 15c
to $1.50 per yard
H. J. LYNCH
TV HabtrdJ^er and Lac* lot Furnlthtr.
V
CArTAIN KAUHKR TK1.1.S
OK V<?I,CAM) Kill PTIOX
" ** K?nlJ*k When Krn|iil?n Oc.
rurmi And THK ?f Condition*
i During Time Mountain IMrhfil
J P"rth Sjhi.i ,\n?l Ashen.
H. E. Farrer, master of
the Tug Printer. towing the Barge
St. James, arrived in this port Sat
urday morning from Kodiak. and
wiled later in the day for the south
*ith a cargo of copper ore from
| the White Pass bunkers.
I Capt. Farrer was at Kodiak at
the time of the eruption of Katmai
volcano, and when the tug and barg
arrived in this port there were still
indications of the volcanic ash vis
ible on the vessels.
At the time of the first eruption
the Printer was m Kodiak. and
Capt. Farrer reports the first indi
cations of the volcano being ac
tive were noticeable at two o'clock
P m on May ? From that time
earth quake shocks were continuous,
and by 6 o'clock the entire district
was in total darkness
Dniing the entire afternoon
there was terrific thunder and vivid
flashes of lightning. and at five
c clock the ashes began falling The
air was so thick with ashes that
a bright light twenty feet away
could hardly be seen Continuing*
Capt Fairer said. "At nine o'clock
the ashes and sand got so thick
that 1 was compelled to leave my
bunk. and all on board the tug J
had gr^at difficulty in breathing.
Between a nnd 7 0yj0rl| OTJ th I
morning of the Tth, the atmosphere]
cleared Up , |ittU> a|?, ?.p
see about 200 reet, this condition
Prevailing until 1 o'clock in the
afternoon when it got very dark,
and the thunder and lightning *?s
very severe We were compelled to J
wear cheese-cloth over our faces!
to keep the sand and ashes out ofl
o"r eyes, and permit us to breathe.)
w hile we were encaged In shoveling I
'he sand and ashes from the decks)
of the vessels to keep them from!
heing swamped. On the Tth and
Sth there was at least 7 inches ofl
sand on the decks, and together!
*i'h the Revenue Cutter Venning I
we erected tarpaulin, on the decks
of the tug and barge, and used the)
hose to wash the ashes and sand
from the decks so that we could
lake the residents from Kodiak on
board. The Printer had 120 people,
while the Manning had fully 4110.I
? 2 of whom were children from the!
Baptist Mission, and 20 were wo- 1
men who had babies In their arms I
"Many of the houses of Kodiak
which were built against the sidel
hill were buried under slides of
the sand and ash which slid down
the mountain-side.
On June Sth we made a trip to)
Seward w here we w ired ?o Washing-)
ton. It required 13 hours to make
the trip, as we were at times only!
able to make three miles per hour!
through the volcanic ash which lav|
on the surface of the water to aj
28 BALLOTS
AND NO RESULT
l?KMO('UAT8 KKMAIN IN
MHJHTV UKAD MM'K
I'arty I/cn<ler? Strlrf to R?*cli
AkiithkiiI, Rmi XHlhfr Faction
\\ illing to (ilvf In. l/or?k? lilke
n |)rw.
Ralttmor?, June 30 ? The conven
tion convened Saturday afternoon at
one o'clock and after the twenty
sixth ballot had been taken an ad
lournment was declared until Mon
day morning at eleven o'clock.
The result of the last ballot tak
en Saturday gave Clark 4 67 H, Wil
son 405, Marshall 30, Bryan one,
Koss 43, Harmon 39 and Underwood
1 1 2 H ? Senator Stone made a mo
lion that the lowest candidate be
dropped from the list, but this mo
tion was declared out of order.
July 1? ' The convention was call
ed to order at eleven o'clock this
morning and a vote was Immediate
ly taken. This was the twenty-sev
enth ballot on candidate for presi
dent, and resulted In the same num
ber of votes being cast for the same
nominees as at the twenty-sixth bal
lot.
depth of from four to six Inche*
i)wp. On the 13th we returned to
Kodiak with supplies.
"During our trip to Seward, the
bearings on the engine were worn
down 1-1 S inch, owing to the sand
which worked into the journals, and
we were compelled to keep wet
clothes orer all exposed bearings to
keep out the sand.
"During the entire time of the
eruption there was considerable
wind, and the fine sand and ash
sifted into everything
"While the people were on the
Manning, one woman died during
child-berth, and that is the only
death of which I know.
"As soon as the conditions bright
ened, and we received word from
Cold Ray and other fishing villages
along the mainland, which was
brought over by the cannery tender
Redonda, th;*t our assistance was
not needed, we sailed for Reward
and Takatat with the balance of
our cargo, living Kodiak on the
morning of June 19th. It hag been
stormy weather all the way to this
port."
Captain Fi*rrer state* that the
people of Kodiak and vicinity be
lieve that the fishing will be mined
for this season, and that the gov
ernment experimental station is nt
terly ruined.
(Jeorge K. Milllken, chief engin
eer was able to get some very In
teresting photographs of Kodiak
during the eruption, which show the
depth of the ashes that fell.
The Printer belongs to the Oray's
Harbor Tug Roat company, of Ho
ouiam. Wash., and Capt. Farrer
states that this is his first tri?? to
the Southeastern Alaska cities
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('nwmlliff Announce F'rry
irnim. Whllf Kirnrlh o' Jul) Com
ml?tr<o Still Working l.ike IWf?
to (ift Kverythlng Ready.
Saturday night the 1912 Olebra
tlon committee held a well attended
meeting and with the exception of
several minor details which will be
worked out thin week, the final ar
rangementa for the biggest and b?it
entertainment erer held in Skagway j
were perfected.
The finance committee stated that I
they had oodles of money, and op- j
on this report being received the
committee on sports sat up and took
notice with the result that the fol
lowing program of sporting events
were announced.
Base Ball, first priie, $100; 2nd!
priie $50.
One hundred yard dash, 1st prli*. |
$7.50; 2nd priie $5 00.
Relay Race ? (Must be at least |
three entries? four men teams ) ?
$16.00.
Shot Put, $5 00
Running Broad Jump, 1st priie, !
$5 00; 2nd priie, $2.50
Running high Jump, 1st pri**. |
$5.00; 2nd priie, $2.50.
Three-legged race, $5.00.
Indies race, $5.00.
Fat man's race, $5.00.
Tug o' War, ( 5-men teams i $ 1 0 !
Wheelbarrow race. $5.00.
There will be a "Home Dance"
on the evening of the 5th, and the:
Grand Ball will be held on Saturday'
night.
The famous 30th Infantry Military
band will be in attendance on the '
day of the celebration, and It is nn- j
derstood that there will be no lens j
than five competing ball teams, so ]
that the base ball fans will have the j
chance of their lives to root.
The General Committee took up
the matter of the Kids Picnic cel? !
bration which will be h*ld at Schaef |
fer's Park on the Fourth
Swings and merry-go-rounds, track |
and athletic field have all been put j
In apple-pie order, and the train j
will leavi? the depot at 10 for
the park. The children will all ride
free, while the grown-ups will be
taxed two bits for the round trip
Martin Itjen has voluntarily of-!
>'OMK P.4PKR WKWTH
JAMKh \W? HK.HhIMM
Nome. June 2?- The Nome Nug
get, In ttl Issue today printed the
following: "It is * fact that on?
could not discharge a K?n down
the Front street day or night In any
direction without hiding a Wlcker
sham man. We acknowledge the
same roald not be said about Wlck
eraham opponents "*
r- "The Nome Nugget ha* always
been supporting Oilmore but no*
comes out In the open to give their
subscribers the pore and unadulter
ated truth that Oilmore cannot and
will not carry the Second division,
or in fact his home town.
It, Is certainly a reversal of af
fairs when a Oilmore organ comes
out and acknowledges that Oilmore
men are scarce In the Nome dis
trict and that the Idol of the hour
Is James Wlckersham, the people's
choice for delegate from Alaska
Wlckersham has always been
the choice in the Nome district and
will he all the more so since he has
done such earnest work for home
rale
Subscribe for The Alaskan today,
snd be kt|9T.
fered the service* of hi* big bu*
to take the children and other* out
to Rchaeffer"* Park for the Fourth
o" Inly picnic He will Wve lower
Broadway Thursday morning about
1?:3rt o'clock
Daddy Mowl was elected marshal
of the day, and he will see that all
the children present will hare the
time of their Htm.
Ice cream, lemonade and coffee
will be served to all the little ones
and presumably to the older people
also.
The list of events for the Fourth
hare not all been announced, but
all mar rest assured that there will
be some hummer*, and Daddy Mowl.
William Batson and Tommy McDon
ald will be the Judges
In the I'ncle Ram s contest they
is rumors of collusion on the part
of some of the contestants, and a
quiet tip ts given to all candidates
to look well to their Interests as It
is believed that a dark horse will
be sprung at the eleventh hour, and
?hat Whitehorse has something to
do with It.
The Goddess of Liberty contest
is getting very Interesting, as the
committee having that contest in
hand state that while the vot?>*
have not as yet been cast, a great
many have been #old, and when
they made the collection this after
noon, a grest part of It was found
to be Canadian moWf.
HAVE YOU SEEN
THE -1912 -STYLES
OF
CRAVATS
We have a large assortment in stock
falso
A large assortment of
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