JUNEAU MECCA
OF INDICTED
NOICTEO OFFICIALS ML'ST
APPEAR IN PERSON
H?>sr"-3? Ane Set From Feb. ?3 to
M*rc* 16. St -on j Arm of Law
W Gatf?er Men FroTi Pour Co Tri
ers cf T*?e Earth.
PoUc-n *. the hatch of indK-tnien^s
i*; ha\e Neea returned a^aissa the
Transporta ; vx; "wor.il." in the > icia
y dootheaBftcm \)aska, Ja?e*a.
yr:nj: lie rer: f< w weetes -mill be
\1 tV\ a to which come ail
?f th. :a>i?cted officials aac! repr<??e?
fc?tives of the companies, to
salver to the charge of fornMi? a
transportation comtine tn restrain of
rra^e, thereby \ ;oiatiCg the Sherman
*ati-truet lai Srvakir^t of the <!e
^iants the Jo&eaa Dtsjiatx h sajs
"Every defendant named m the
? rars^vvtaiian trust indvtmer.ts will;
hav e to appear befwe the court here
to p]?*d to the :-.d".r.:v-r.Ts charging
:iorr. * "h vjcjatoot V rle Sherman
xnti-traM act.
Private adrkys by cable are that
r.l of the defendant* *KI harry to
. iXMn on the first boat and thi? ?- j
t'.ux of promise* T steamship men *:il
kV-tiaoe fcv wva! weeks. as some
of ;h* iod5>~T r.: a are fr? foreign
laada.
"A .ieterjs t\l tffort mad* to
ha ?> the iiefer ants :n the suits fur
Js.h Na:: where arrested, in order to
?o?pe tNe rr"7? to vrasisa by thero.
" Arr^ac those *ho * ill appear here
-re Pre heat J. C Ford of The Pa
Cos<t St?aisU| Opmpa.r,y. G. H
Htjrbee \ . -e-pj"es> Vent and reTe~al
aar.as r of tho same <- "m - -.t Su>
??r(nt?a^eft " C. Wari. G?kh\ ? Aim
8or l W SrrKTh. C. E Houston, of
the Pac iTc Oaas* Co*] Company- Pre?
idcat Yoor.c an .5 ceneraj fr<?isrht and
Tasw^ser Vc ? Ranch of the Abtska
Steamsh.p Co. Cbarios E. Peab.xJy.
form ' : e compar^y. ar.d
>e - - rrU n:ee formerly oacnected or
?o* i riti the North P*c;f5e
\\~harve? and TraA:n** Cc.. owners of
he V v re mh.vf at fairway
The iiKiKtnuots obarcinc discrwn
?natxm aea- st the Hun:bo}dt ao>"use
tv.e defendants of carrying on this
n:.Tnopo;y sJ-xv IV ft. rp rotil
??uinary of thfs year "
J-.t- any of th -> FSreiren fcr a
f T^eV are all ??U snpplh>l.
SKACWAY IS OFFERED
AEROPLANE EXHIBITION
T. F*rmim Fish. California Aviator,
Asks For Offer For Series of
Fi'jhts in Wright Aeroplane. Date
Optional.
At test an opportunity has ?mv?J
? here SkasirAy may become fore vol
famous by hoidi&c the first series of
*<iroi>lane flights ever held In Alaska.
I; is an op port unity whx-h is knocking
a* our door and should bo given
much matare coasi derat ion.
Tbe Alaskan is in receipt o< a
teWrajn this afreraoor. direct from:
T. Firr.uni Fis i asking for the best
v.,*r that the lu&iness men of Skac
?>ay wil giv\? for a. series of flights
ts be riven here in a Wright aero
T'tene The date of the flights are
i ruional with the people of Skajrway.
The wire from Oakland. CaJ.. to
Ska*r?ay r>aily Aiaskan is as fol
lows; "Wire best offer for Wright
aeroplane flixhts Yoc :ai>v the
?? o 'S.cnedt T F^arnirm Fish "
EXTREME COLO KILLS
EASTERN PE*CH CROPS.
t?y Mask* News Bureau. )
TOLEDO. Feb 20 ? TW peach crop
throughout this section is doomed, jr.
c opinion of resident peach grow
ers This condition is due. It is
>?>: ! to the freezing of the buds dur- J
the extrerae coW w?a: her in Jar.-j
ary Buds of other fTWt trees arc
believed to be uninjured.
"A e have made a c1cw>e examtoia !
'i,-*! cf the buds on our peach troes
and have found nearly exery one of
them tilled by the cold," says Mrs
Wank Bureie "The peach crop is
U->ne for this year. The few remair. ?
~c Mr* buds will doubtless be froror. j
Nfor* tfc end of the cold weather " i
?*?poris from growers on the tnain
>. J . the \ieintty of Oak Harbor.
TVrt Clinton and otl>er points are
that the pearh buds thorp are de?J
that the crop is ruined.
G'^FCRO PiNCHCT DESERTS
LA FOLS.ETTE FOR ROOSEVELT.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb 20? In
a foraal statement made here yeo
terday. GMTord Ptnchot withdrew his
ipport to LaFoflotte and openly
? ok the field for Rrosevett He stat
i that he was heartily in favor of
"he nomination of the latter for the
Tv^-ie-cy on the Republican ticket
KISISISIflSK BPEIfilSRIIRI
Special Offerings
New Dress Chiffons ni??sh^ 86
In all the Now Eve
ning Sha
per yard
it r\ T ' * In Spancled ?
New Dress lnmmings^^
"First Shipment of Spring Goods"
Will Arrive This Week
LADIES HOME
JOURNAL
SPRING STYLE
BOOK
20c with a 15c
Pattern
H. J. L YNCH
TS? u?-Ta-0?te Habariashar and La^iea Furniahar.
SKAGWAY TO RECEIVE
GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
Assurances Given by Supt. Beattif
Th?t Educational Institution Will be
Established If Conditions Warrant.
A trance nieots are on foot for the
establishment here of a Native
school by the Government and in
dications point to the early success
of the movement.
The prime move ft* the establish
ment of a school for the education
of the iltUe native children, has
1 en Rev. T. S. Osbourne. pastor of
the Peniel Mission. I'pcm the mat
ter of the neglect of the Native child
ren belnjs reared here ht an unedu
cated manner. beinj? called x> the
attention of Prof. Reattie of luneau.
Superintendent of |he Native Schools,
n this district, by Rev. Osbourne.
the former pave assurance thai,
were there twenty or more Native
ehfldren over the ape of five and un
'er the aee of twenty he could a??
?vre that a school would be establish
vJ here.
Rev. Osfcoorne has collected a list
f ov^r twenty prospective punt's for
>?0 t?chooj and left on the Georgia
'tis n;onur?j for Juno*?. where he
will present the list and make *r
Aticorr-entc for the school.
ST AND ARD OIL TO
PAY HUGE DIVIDEND.
(By Alaska New* Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 20 ? preparations
: is said. w? being made whereby
xt month a division of $29,000,000
a sto. k o I the Standard Oil company
if Indiana will be made. The com
pany is one of the former 38 sub
-?.ii.-vies of the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey
The annua] meeting of the Indiana
?ompany will be held on March T at
Whiting. Ind., and stockholders wfU
be asked, it is said, to vote an in
crease of $29,000,000 in the company's
capital, which is at present $1,0o0,000.
The additional $29,000,000 will then
be turned over to the stockholder*, it
Is generally reported, as a stock
dividend of 2.900 per cent.
Shortly after the dissolution of the
S'andard Oil company of New Jersey
shares in the Indiana company sold
as low as $1,400 and yesterday the
shares were quoted at $4,000 bid ? $4.
500 a?k?1.
There Is a growing belief that this
is only the beginning of a number of
capita] increases among the Stand
ard's subsidiaries, the capital of whic
only nominally represent? the value
at assets.
It was the Standard Oil company
of Indiana, which, in 1907, was fined
S29.240.000 by Judge Landte of Illinois
Judge Landis was reversed by Uie
-ourt of appeals, however.
Miss Mary Rerabofer was a pas
-ornger on the Georgia for Juneau
ibis morning, where she will attend
the trial of Miss Lena Bentfiofer. i
MOB SHOOTS
THREE NEGROES
SPECTATORS AT NEGRO TRIAL
BECOME INFURIATED MOB
Three Prisoners Accused of Murder,
Shot Down in Court Room. Pan
demonium Re?8nt- p*n,c Follow*.
Many Injured. Race Riot Feared. ,
(By Alaska N?ws Bureau.)
SHELBYV1LLE. Tenn., Feb. 2?
fandemonium reigned here yesterday
afternoon when in the course of the
trial of three negroes chanced with
the murder of a detective, the spec
tators became an Infuriated mob and
shot down the priwoaers before they
i-ould be carried from the court room.
Fallowing the shooting a panic
w?ue<? in the mad rush to escape
fiNwi tie court room, in whk*h many
were injured, anion ? them women
ami children who were hi attendance.
A reward has been issued offered for
the arrest of the -ineleaders of the
affair.
FVeiin^t is at a high pitch here
an-J In the vicinity, and race riots
are expected. it H known that the
nrrroos are arming them*eive* and It
is feared that mtich bloodshed will
i*? ilt ?? the result of the shooting
of the three prisoners. Governor
Hooper has been asked to diapatch
troops to the cKy (or the porpoae of
keeping order.
FIGHT FANS HOLD
CARNIVAL ON THURSDAY,;
(By Alaska N?nn Bureau.)
LOS ANQSUBS, Feb. 20 ? Abe At
??1] and Johnnie Kilbane will fi?ht
their twenty round b?ut here Th\?r?
dav . FVht f?n< h*>k for a fast arid
furl.'Ha encount or
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Feb. 20?
Frank Krause ami Sailor Petn^ey
will ?*> twenty rtnuids here Thursday,
Washington's Birthday,
SACREMENTO. Cal , Feb 2<V? Wi
ly l*apke and Frank ManteM have
been matched to fight twenty round*
here on Thursday.
NEW ORtJCANS, Feb. 20? After
twenty winds of t?nappy scrmppln*
here Saturday ntehi. Johnny Orwiion
was (riven a close decision over
Frank io Rurns The former was
credited with b*?t cme knock down
whon he floored Burns with a fieTre
swine to the Jaw in the f1r??t minute
of the last round. Burns was irp
like a flash and both men were flfcht
ine hard when the son* sownAed.
MRS. HUDSON GOES TO
SITKA HOT SPRINGS.
Mr. Lee Hudson and wife were
l?assencers on the Georgia this rrorn
ins for Sitka, where Mrs Hudson wlH
take treatment at the Hot Spring*.
Mr. Hudson wtil return immediately
to this city.
: SKAGWAY HENS WORK
I ING OVERTIME
r
h
I
h 77ie result is that we will sell
t*
*? Skagway Eggs until further
'r notice at
\ 81 CENTS Ull HEN
I P. H. GANTY, Grocer
i MANY ESCAPE DEATH
AT NIAGARA FALLS.
Three Peraor# Drown When lee
Bridge Breaks. Hundreds About to
Cross Wonderful Span. Miss Terri
ble Fat? by One Hour.
BUFFALO, S. Y.. Feb. 14? The
ice bridge at Niagara HMh gave
way sU noon today, and a roan, a w*
;iah and a boy wefe to death
in the whirl-pool rapids. On? boy
was saved. The other toot his life
ue?*use he delayed to help the wo
man.
The h* bridge ia Ube sheet of Ice
Mint forms over the rlvw at the j
foot of the falls At noon todajr six
persons were on It The heavy wind
dislocated a section of two acres on
ler the horseshoe falls and swept it
I against another part and the whole
field began to break up and move
<!owo the river.
On one ice ftoe w?re Mr. and Mrs.
KJdridse Stanton, of Toronto, and
l wo Cleveland boys. Burrell He*
coc.k, and Ignatius Roth.
The bri ige was considered perfect- j
ly safe. For weeks the great fields
of Ice had been moving down the
river, piling up again** the barrier
until It was 60 to SO fert thick, and
under the influence of zero weather
the t-rcvu mass ha 1 become firmly
adhered to the shore. The Jam was
fcbcMit 1.000 feet In width and in some
?Maces a Quarter of a mfie In breadth .
F.-r two weeks it had offered safe
?as'-are to the hardy, and today an
immerse crowd of exnrnitaniat* came
*o view the winter wonder of the
-her Had the accMrt happened an
ho<Tr Is'er In the dav hundred womW
?we lost their Hv<?s. for the crowd
was moving h>V> Prospect Park In
the elevators th(*? rwn down the cliff ?
for ?V> purpose of ven'urln* rrrt nn- i
?hi the Ice
->PRPI* SETTLES WITH
AMERICANS IN MJLL.
(lty Alaska News Bureau.)
TBHKRAN. Persia, Feb. 2?? Ar
rangement* have been made tor the
payment of the Americans attached
to the Persian treasury department
who oJaimed that their contract* had
been violated. KX-Treasury Central
Shuster s three principal assistants.
Mnsprs Calms, McCaakey and lack
ey, *111 receive three years' salary
and the!r trnvrtin* expense*.
The others will receive eighteen 1
months' salary and traveling ex
penses. All of the Americans will .
??s\e Teheran shortly, wfth the ex-!
?^option of two who have joined the
.Swedish geidarm??^e :
AVIATOR WILL U?E
NEW HYDRO AEROPLANE
Fsmeu? Avialcr Will Endeavor to
Fly From America to Old Country.
Will Alight In Mid-Oeear For Sup
li??. Aviator* Consider Feat Poa
?ibl?.
( By Alaska New* Bureau..
LYNN. Mmh. Feb 20 ? Fallowing
| the great mccm wfth whk1> hh ef
I forts along the Ilnna of aviation have
twen crowned Aviator Harry Atwood
| odav stated that he would endeavor
.? the romln* samairr to accoropWah
I U* greatest feat ever performed by
man, that of firing an-.ws the At
{ lantk\
Atwood stated 'hat he would mak"
J 'he attempt atwwjt the fir*t of May
ile will ??se the )?te?t mod*) r nrtta
hydro-aeroplane which will permit
his alighting on the surface of
?Se ocean at stated Intervals or upon
'he d??rk of a steamer for the jwt
v<mk of repJerlshhar the fuel ?n>T*y
* vtofrvrs Ion* npon the feat as
->n? wh!eh Is pnsafble of acconpHah
ment sine* tke Introduction of the
hy-drr-aeroplane arvt the latest Curt*
raa e^dnr -vhkh has mltrlmbted the
moor* fuel consumed and has
th# diffi< wltle* previrwisTv
it> r.ced by abators due to the
-old experienced In the high altl
tnde*
FOR"ER PREMIER YUAN
DECLINE PRESIDENCY.
(*.?? xVtxfcfc N*?w* Bur?ftu.)
SWAfttlHAJ. Ft* m- r*
i rlvn) hT* *fatp Milt IVniW To**
?Iops not vWi to th# pr??l
<4 th?> N*? R^pnNW* ?rv<1
?irr?? to i*tlri? to private W* T o*n
!|M *t?iM Uttt h# (Jo?w not f?**l
rap*b?# of M? ?MIHy to control th?
?itt?tJo*?.
X^kA^r* of th* n*w r*?pobHc *? **>
ilrnrorlnu to har?? the former Prem
ier m-onwM^r M? ?1*K~t?tein Arfrl ">
aropt th? prwiMenry which h*? b?*t?
TOtr<1 to htm
Ror T 8. rvtboom* ami ?Hf<? w#r?
iwst. nfrt* on th* fWrti ttrtp mmrn
in* for Jwvhui wh?n? Mr. Q?*??wjrn?
rrw?? hi th* Int^PwK of th# Native
?chool to b* <*tablhh*d her*.
"IF YOU ARE HUNTING
? For Good Clothing , come in and
? look over our Fine
\ WILL CLAYSON- Gothier
rhe Home of Th?
?
? HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX
? CLOTHING