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No. :U2. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAtiWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 11. 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
BRIGANDS CAPTURE TOURISTS
(By United Press.)
LONDON Eng. May 11? A dispatch
iccrivtHl here from Tangier states
tliat :i party of Aiwrican tourists
hav?? been oaptuivtl bv brifjinds iti
the southern part of Morrocco. N'O
(totalis arc Riven.
YUKON'S ICE
STILL CLINGS
While small expanses of the river
re open at long distances apart' and
there are a few jams there is no ap
preciable change in conditions.
Today's dispatches from down the
river show that at Selkirk the ice is
still holding firm and there is no
change at Yukon Crossing. At Selkirk
the ice is broken and Jammed and at
Coffee Creek and Stewart it is quite
solid. There is no change in the ri v
er at Dnwsou.
Rev. Henry Atkinson of Juneau
and Miss Stella Jones of Skagway
were married at the Methodist church
by the Rev. Thomas Jenkins at 11
o'clock this morning. The ceremony
was witnessed by a large number of
friends and relatives of the bridal
couple. Rev. Atkinson and his wife
and Mr. and Mrs. .lotuti left on the
te-orgia for Juneau this afternoon.
CHOOSES BRIDE RATHER
THAN LIVE IN CELL
EVANSVILLE. Ind., ? Marriage or
Jail was the choice offered to F. M.
Beard, of Owensboro. Ky.. last night
lie chose marriage.
Beard took from Mrs. Sarah
Hoffman. He gave it back after his
arrest. She got the police to let him
go. after he married her.
QUflRIZ NINES
ME PERMANENT
A. P. JCipf. superintendent of t In ?
Northern Commercial company, at
rived in Skagway on the Dolphin |
from San Francisco anil will leav.
Wednesday for Fairbanks. Mr. 7.ip.'
states that i?is company expects un
usually good business tliis season am'
that indications are that it will be :
big year throught the interior.
"Reports recoiviil bv out* company, !
said Mr. Zipf. "are to the effect. tltai
devi'lopeuieitt work lias shown that
tlx' Fairbanks quart/, mines can b*':
permanently worked. If this is sc
and I am positive it is. it will umk<
Fairbanks the best quart/, camp in th
world. The country and the quart
mining; indusrty arc still in their it:
fancy."
I OCT IN fiftLE
AFOtlN'AK, April ? A Ospcn. .
while man who cauie h<-re last fali
from Cordova, was lost whil<* codfisl'
inn off this port April The mac
was in a dory and was caught in :
sudden gale blowing from t lit- land.
For two days following the storm
men rowed from one to the other of
the small islands and the rocks in |
the hope that Ospeu might have mad
a landing, but no trace of him or hi -
dory was found.
Little is known here coiuerninj
Ospen. Hi* was a member of th>
Faglej!, had been fishing here al
winter and had expressed the inteii
tion to return to Cordova in the ?
v pri n g. ? Va Idez I'rospi >ct or.
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BPI. IE IS OffiS
(By United Press)
FLUSHING, L. I. May 11? (I-ato
DispaUli) Capt. ivtor Halns was 1011
viotcd of inanslautflitor In tlio fli'st i
degree for the murder of William An
nls. The Jury were out but u short
thine. The case wont to the Jury to
day owing to the unexpected brevity
ol the Judge's charge to the jury.
FAMOUS FLYERS
RETURN HOI
(By United Press.)
NEW YOKK. May It? Wilbur and
Orville Wright. the celebrated invent
ors of flying machines, returned to
day from Europe after triumphs
aboard. Wilbur Wright announced
that he would build au airship for the
l;nited States government.
GEORGIA ARRIVES
The (ieorgia arrived from Juneau
at o'clock this uiorning with
three passengers and left at 1 o'clock
tliis afternoon for .luueau. The Geor
gia has changed her schedule and
hereafter will leave Skagway in the
afternoon instead of in the morning.
NIAGARA WILL RUN ORY
CHICAGO,? "Within ;:,000 years
the Niagara Hiver will be a dry bed.
and Chicago will be at the source of
?t great river flowing from I. ike Mich
igati to the Gull" of Mexico." says|
Professor J. T. G.io.le in a eonmiuni
cation t<? the association of bank .
clerks. lie bas<*s iiis inference on
the changes of ground at Niagara!
Falls.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Clarence Olson and Frank Webster :
returned on the Dolphin Sunday from
Cordova. Jack Olson expects also to '
return iu a short time. Both Mr.
Olson and Mr. Webster are glad to
return. They say that Skagway looks |
pietty good to them after Cordova,
ami that there is no place like home.
Business is overcrowded at Cordova I
and the climate is unpleasantly moist. ,
TANANA RIVER
STEAMER SIS
A telegram from ail authentic I
source was received in this town yes
terday stating that the steamer Nuni
vak had sunk in the Tanuna river at
Fairbanks last Saturday and was a
total loss. The Tanana river lias
just opened for navigation and the
steamer was sunk while being launch- j
ed
The Nunivak was formerly used h\
the United Stales government as i>
revenue cutter on the Yukon river, in
!S!?S ? 99. The vessel was also used
by the government to make a survej
of the Yukon river. Sli ewas astern;
wheel river boat.
MISS SNOW WILL TEACH
The board of education has decided
to employ Miss Crystal Snow as
teacher in the public school to suc
ceed Miss Lou B. Dobler, who did
not renew lier application. Miss
Snow ir. the daughter of Mr. and
.Mrs. Geo. T. Snow of Juneau, and a
sister of Montie Snow of this town.
She was raised in Alaska and is well
known in Skagwa.v. Miss Snow has
taught in the Douglas school and also
at different places in California and
her work has been recommended in
the highest terms. She is at present
in Cleveland .Ohio, attending the
mitslcul conservatory at Oberlln unl- 1
verstty.
DOLPHIN HID GOOD TRIP
The Dolphin arrived Sunday afUir
noon with S."> passengers and a heavy
cargo of freight from Seattle. She
left late Sunday night.
HI
(By United Press.) | ?>?1. today was married to Miss Eva
RSCANABA, Mich. May 1 1? Charles I Gererdin, a handsome young ?<>">??"
Whitney, a millionaire, the uncle of
President Taft, and ased
ct French descent and only 20 years j
cf age. The match was bitterly op
GO years j posed by Whitney's relatives. j
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"UNWRITTEN LAW" DENOUNCED
(By United Press.)
FLUSHING, L. I. May 11? The
special prosecuting attorney for the
state is making the final arguments
to the Jury in the trial of Capt. Feter
Mains today and the case will proba
bly go to the jury tomorrow.
The state's attorney denounced the
"unwritten law" as a defense for mur
der and derided the idea that Capt.
Hains was insane when he killed Wil
liam Annis. He asked for a convic
tion on the ground that it would dis
courage murder in similar cases.
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LONG FLICHT
(By United Press.)
OMA1TA, Neb. May 11? U. S. Army
balloon N'o. 12 which was sent upj
from here yesterday noon landed at I
.fackson, Nebraska, last night just as j
the gas hag exploded. The aeronauts
were not injured. The balloon reached
an altitude of 4,000 feet.
L
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(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 11?
President Taft did not send the name
of Thomas Powell to the Senate for ,
the nomination of U. S. marshal fori
the Second division of Alaska until
after Senator Bourne of Oregon had j
withdrawn his objections to Powell.
Powell's nomination will undoubtedly
bt- confirmed.
The nomination of E. R. Cushman
of Tacoma as judge of the Fourth
division was* sent to the sub-judiciary
committee and will be reported to
the Senate next Monday.
Max Simel, a trader at Dlskakat on
the Innoko river, writes that there
are 300 men at work in the district ? j
enough to supply all demands. There
is plenty of fresh reindeer meat, and
provisions to last until navigation op
ens. Wages are $G a day and board, j
or $10 without board.
KIDNAPERS
SENTENCED
(By United Press.)
MERCER, Pa. May 11 ? James H.
Boyle was sentenced to life imprison
ment in the penitentiary today and
Mrs. Boyle was sentenced to serve
25 years and to pay a 15,000 fine.
The Boyles were convicted of having
kidnapped little Willie Whitla and ex
totting $10,000 from his parents for
his safe return.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyle both assert that
they will commit suicide rather than
to serve their sentences In Jail.
HIGHEST HOTEL IN WORLD
NEW YORK, ? New York is to
have tho highest hotel in the world,
if plans filed today with the bureau
of building are carried out. They call
for a thirty-one story structure, 37C
feet high, at the southwest corner of
Madison avenue and 42nd street, to
cost $2,000,000.
3ASEBALL MEETING SATURDAY
J. M. Tanner was elected manager
and Eddie Barry captain of the White
Pass Athletic club baseball team at a
meeting of the members held last
Saturday night. It was decided to
employ no professional players this
year. Several games are being ar
ranged and it is probable that the
For* Seward team will play here next
Sunday.
Fairbanks Eagles have organized
a silver band of twenty pieces.
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