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No. U't. TWKLFTH YEAK SKAUWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22. lilO'.l PRICE, 10 CENTS
CATANIA, Italy. Oct. 22? Mount
Aetna Is belching forth lava and ash
es and the residents of the neighbor
Inn Sicilian villages are In a state of
terror. fearlnK tha* a disastrous erup
tlon will follow.
NAPLES, Italy. Oct. 22? Mount Ve
suvius Is again showing signs of ac
tlvlty and a heavy cloud of smoke Is
hanging over the mountain while rum
blings from the volcano can be heard
in this city.
WARM WELCOME
FOR JEFFRIES
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK. Oct. 2? Jeffries arriv
ed in New York late yesterday after
noon from Europe and was met at tlm
wharf by thousands of admirers who
sent up cheer after cheer as th''
bulky ex-champion stepped down the
gang plank. Jeffries seems to be in
splendid condition. He said he was
ready to fight Johnson but would not i
say anything about the plans until af
ter he had talked with the negro
champion.
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FIGRI NELSON
(By United Press.)
LOS ANGELES. Cal. Oct. 22? Bat
tling Nelson and Ad Wolgast have
been matched to fight forty-five
rounds for the light-weight champion
ship of the world ou Thanksgiviu..
day. The fight will probably take!
place at Colma. Wolgast recently
fought a ten round no decision fight
with Nelson at Los Angeles and ha<.
all the best of the affair.
PRINCESS BBYAY DUE IN PORT TONIGHT
The Princess Royal is due in por
at about 10 o'clock tonight according
to the latest reports received by
Agent Lowle. She has 16 tons o!"
freight and no passengers for Skai:
way.
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CHICAGO, 111. Oct 22? The divorce
case of Grace Guggenheim against
Intely postponed. She must file
personal affidavit stating that herl
first divorce was secured by fraud and]
is not valid.
IS
(By United Press.)
MADRID, Spain. Oct. 22? The new
cabinet members have been appointed
by King Alfonso and have taken their
oaths of office. Antonla Maura Is
now premier.
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(By United Press.)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. Oct. 22?
President Taft arrived here early this
morning and delivered an address be
fore the Inland Waterways conven
tion this afternoon. He will go to |
Houston tomorrow.
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HUMBOLDT SS. CO. REPORTED i|
TO HAVE BOUGHT SS. ST. GHOIX
That the Humboldt Steamship com
pany nas purchased the steamer St.
Croix from the Sehubach and Hamil
ton company la the news brought to
Skagway by officers of the Humboldt
They state that the message was
Intercepted by wireless several days
| out from Seattle. The fact that Man
ager Kallsh of the Humboldt Steam
ship company is now in San Fran
cisco lends color to the report.
It is not known whether the St.
Croix will be placed on the run be
tween Skagway and Seattle, or wheth
! it she will run from Seattle to San
Francisco.
(By United Press)
LONDON, Oct. 21? The Socialist*
last night held rioting demonstrations
against Spain. Today the Socialistic
members of parliament Introduced
resolutions demanding that the Span
ish minister leave England. The
foreign department is grea"y worried
at these demonstrations, and the ten
dency is to sj'mpathlie with King
Alfonso.
MADRID, Oct. 21? The entire coun
try la fermenting with Socialism, and
their gatherings are securing thous
ands of adherents daily. With a
leader in sight, nothing will stop the
storm against King Alfonso. Military
and naval forces are gathering here
and every precaution is taken to in
sure the safety cf hte King and his
counsellors.
PARIS, Oct. 21? The anti-Spanish
riots continued throughout. France
yesterday. Everywhere among the
people the feeling Is pronounc?l.
SEN. JOHNSON
PASSES AWAY
. ?' ' ? ?
(By United Pre??)
FARGO, N. D. Oct. 22? United
States Senator Martin Ni Johnson
died here last night from the effects
of an operation upon his nose. His
death was sudden and unexpected.
Senator Johnson was 58 years old.
He was elected to the Senate in 1908,
winning the primary election by a
big plurality. He was always promi
nent In North Dakota politics, having
representated his state in the lower
house for ten consecutive years. In
1889 he was defeated for the nomina
tion of U. S. Senate by two votes.
Alec McKenzie was responsible for
Johnson's defeat, as he persuaded
several Democrats to switch their
votes to the opposing Republican can
didate. In 1899 Johnson was again
defeated for the Senate by the rail
road ring. Ho proved his popula.-lty
with the people when the primary
law was passed, easily defeating the
machine candidate.
HUMBOLDT IX AND OUT
The Humboldt arrived in port at
p. m. yesterday with three pas
sengers and a light freight. She sail
id for Seattle at 7:30 p. m. with
'-'7 passengers and no freight.
SMUGGLERS III
PHILIPPINES
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VlCTORlA.B. C? J. Bvans, of the
United Statos revenue service at Ce
bu, who reached Victoria on the Mont*
eagle, says that the smuggling of
opium since the sale and manufacture
in the islands had been forbidden,
had been extensive and a vast amount
of contraband was being run, owing
to to the restrictive measures. There
has also been much gun-running from
Sandakan, smugglers selling the con
traband arms to the Moros.
There have been a number of Im
portant captures, the biggest being
the seizure at Manila of $20,000 worth
of opium landed secreted in shafting
of machinery and the hollow drum
of a winch consigned to the Parcels
Mining Company, two Americans,
Louis T. Grant and William Kennedy,
having been arrested and were under
going trial for smuggling when he left
Manila.
COTTAGE CITY TRAVELED LIGHT
The Cottage City arrived In port
at 7 o'clock this morning with two
mssengers and five tons of freight
and sailed south at 9 o'clock with
one passenger and no freight. The
Cottage City) brought up 150 tons of
coal for !>\>rt Seward.
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COLON, Oct. 14 ? A dispatch recelv-|
ed by wireless from Bluoflelds, Nicar
agua, says Gen. Chamorro, a rebel
leader, marched on Greytown and at
tacked and defeated the government
troops, nineteen being killed.
General Estrada Is reported to be
marching on Cape C.raclas, wherj
2,000 government troops have been
concentrated U> oppose him.
The dispatch says the revolution
appears to have been well planned,
and broke out simultaneously on the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Corinto,
the principle seaport on the Pacific
coast of Nicaragua, is in the hands
of the revolutionists.
Juan Estrada, who with Gen. Cha
morro organized the uprising, is one
of three brothers whom President
Zelaya has always regarded as his
staunchest political friends.
There are conflicting reports re
garding the origin of the. trouble. One
report is that it was due to a rumor
that Zelaya intended to depo8e Es
trada from his office In the army.
Another version is that Zelaya secret
ly instigated the trouble, hoping there
by to bo able to get out of the coun
try and live peacefully abroad. The
Americans at Bluefields are reported
to be jubilant over the turn of af
fairs.
FUEL FAMINE
AT CORDOVA
CORDOVA. Oct. 1C ? Railroad traffi
on the Copper River and Northwest
ern has been interrupted by the acute
coal famine from which Cordova is
suffering.
The wrecking of the barge Quat
slno, carrying coal and materials for
railroad construction on the line, It Is
feared hore, will prove a serious
hindrance to the progress of the rail
road work, which may have to be
suspended for a time.
In resolutions adopted by the Cham
ber of Commerce of Cordove, congress
is urged to pass laws which will al
low Alaska to mine her vast coal de
posits. More money for road con
struction In the North is also asked
for.
Miss Brosseau arrived In Skagway
on the Humboldt.
Charles Fox, the genial Juneau tra
veling man who represents the Im
perial Candy company, arrived in
Skagway on the Cottage City from
Haines. Mr. Fox will go to Juneau
on the Dolphin. From there he will
go to Sitka where he will raise the
launch Louise which now reposes In
the saline waters of Sitka bay. It is
rumored that Mr. Fox played a promi
nent part in the scuttling of the
Ixiulse, but he denies the allegation.
POACHERS ARE
IN THE TOILS
(By Unltei* Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 21? The
department lias been notified of the
capture of a number of seal poachers
I by the revenue cutter Bear on Walrus
! island, one of the Pribilof group, in
1 Bering sea?
I According to the brief notice re
ceived, several of the poachers escap
od in their boats. Those taken will
j be tried at Valdez at the next term
, of court. There are already a num
! ber of Japanese poachers at the place
waiting trial.
Recommendations have been made
to the department for more cutters
| for policing the northern waters, with
a view of discouraging poachers, but
it is not likely any action will be
j taken before another year.
| E. J. McKanna and Ben U. Slyster,
well known Juneau traveling men, ar
rived in Skagway on the Hegg from
Haines this afternoon.
No more of the bodies of those
j drowned in the Klehini river have
been found. The Indians have offer
? I'd $300 for the body of the Indian
man that was drowned and they say
after the potlatch now going on at
Ilindustucki is finished they are go
ing out in a band to search for the
body.
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