No. H08. ELEVENTH YEAK.
sKAUWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY APRIL 1, 1909
PRICE, 10 GENTS
ROLLER ROLLS
RIG NORWEGIAN
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, March 31? I)r. B. F.
Roller took two straight falls from
Hjalniar Luddln, the big Norwegian
wrestler, in a match in this city last
i.'ght. There was a big crowd pre
sent. Roller hail an easy time. The
Seattle physician will go east and try
to break into the fighting game.
(By United Press.)
! WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1?
President Taft today sent the name
of Harvey Sullivan to the Senate for
[ tho appointment of United States
marshal of the Third judicial division
of Alaska. Sullivan is a former Min
nesota man and' Senator Knute Nel
son was back of his appointment.
(United Prea? Telegraph-Cable Service.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Apr. 1? Pres
ident Taft is worried because the tar
iff revision is not working smoothly
in the House of Representatives.
The "Insurgents" are united and
will make a strong effort to block the
conservative measures proposed by
the Payne tariff bill and substitute
more radical revision. The democrats
will support the republican "Insurg
ents."
The coal and lumber duties are the
principal stumbling blocks. The "In
surgents" and democrats -claim that
the Payne bill favors the coal and
lum* er trust.
Representative Frank Mondell of
Wyoming made a statement today
that the proposed duty on coal would
hurt the developments of the Alaskan
coal mines.
SAILOR FACES
MURDER CHARGE
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. March at?
Joseph Gardner, a sailor, faced a jury
trday on the charge of killing Joseph
Cardoza on the whaling vessel How
l??d. The case looks bad against
Gardner, although his parents, who are
wealthy Kentuckians, have retained
the best attorneys for his defence.
A number of dog owners have put
muzzles on their dogs to prevent
them from eating the poisoned fish
that has been scattered about the
streets.
GBICH 10 MEET
"RUSSIAN LI"
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, 111. Apr. I ? Frank Gotch
champion wrestler of the. world, has
signed articles to meet George Hack
enschmldt, "The Russian Lion," at
Melbourne, Australia, next January.
Gotch won a match from "The Rus
sian Lion" in Chicago, April 190S.
J. M. Rourke of Bennett arrived on,
the train last night and will go soutli
on the Princess May. Mr. Rourke j
intends to return to his old home at
Pocatello. Idaho, for a visit of about
six weeks.
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falsehoods and misrepresentations about the streets in an effort to influ
ence voters, but they have the gall to put these mis-statements in cold
type.
Tuesday's issue of "The Taxpayers' Record" contained the statement
that E. J. Shaw, candidate for the council on the Citizens' ticket, did
not pay one cent of taxes. This is an absolute untruth.
In 1908 Mr. Shaw's personal and realty taxes amounted to $19.98. This ;
statement is taken from the tax records of Skagway and Mr. Shaw has
tax certificates to prove it.
The same issue of "The Taxpayers' Record" stated that Herb Taylor
paid only $6 in taxes. Mr. Taylor's taxes for 1908 amounted to $36.05.
There were several other minor mis-statements in the same article
which we will charitably suppose are "mistakes."
B TAYLOR TELLS OF CORDOVA
Herb Taylor, who recently re
turned from a trip to Cordova, where
he went to investigate the outlook
for establishing a branch transfer
business, has returned and states pos
itively that he will not leave this
town. "Skagwa.v looks good to nr.-".
said .Mr. Taylor, "and 1 am eon-;
? 'need that 1 can do bettor here
than I could in Cordova."
Mr. Taylor says that when he left
there were innnv idle laborers in Cor
dova waiting for the work to start pn
fhe railroad. The road is now employ
ing about -100 men and the summer
population of the town is about 1,500.
More than 2.000 nu^n will work on the
railroad this summer.
Cordova has the finest wharf in Al
aska. It is 1,400 feet long and ex
tends into deep water. The harbor
is landlocked and naturally a fine ba
sin.
So far the Copper River railroad
has laid 54 miles of broad guage
track and Contractor Heney will lay
175 miles more which will reach the |
Bonanza King copper mines, which
are owned by the tiuggenheims.
These mines have more than $26,000.
000 of copper in sight. The road is I
built towards Fairbanks and will short*
en the time from Cordova to Fair
banks by three days.
The railroad will be ready to han
dle traffic to Fairbanks late this j
year.
Many of the Valdez merchants are
moving into Cordova and all kinds of j
business are over crowded. .Mr. Tay
lor says that he would not advise any
one to establish a new business in
Cordova at this time.
Work on the railroad will start
about April 15, when the snow will
be off the ground. When Mr. Tay
lor left Cordova the steamer Seward
was unloading structural iron for the
cantlleever bridge over the Copper
river which has a 600 foot span and
will cost $1,000,000.
"It Is Skagway in the early days
over again," said Mr. Taylor, "and
there is lots of activity." There are
several good mining prospects near
Cordova, but the chief development
will be through the railroad. It is a
good town, all right, but I think it
lias been boomed too much.
1115 REFEREE
(By United Press.)
BOSTON', Mass. March 31 ? Angered
?.t what he considered an adverse de
cision, Packie McFarland the Chicago
lightweight, assaulted the referee
when the latter declared the twelve
ro?::id fight between McFarland and
Pfi-t Deshler a draw.
MeFarland floored the referee with
a hard right swing and would have re
newed the attack had not his seconds
pulled him away.
The fight was fast and clever. Desh '
ler showed good form and held his
own with the Stockyards fighter. Mc
Farland showed more cleverness, but;
Deshler was aggressive and had the]
harder punch.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and'
Mrs. A. R. Parks of Haines on Satur
day, March 27. Mother and child are
doing finely.
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(By United Prese.)
WARSAW, Poland. April ]? Prince
Rosteofseff, a member of one of the
most prominent families in Russia,
was shot an killed last night by a
concert hall singer. She later made
an unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide.
Prince Rosteofseff had been living:
w'" the woman and her deed was
inspired by jealousy.
SMI SIRE.
ESTABLISHED
(By United PrMs)
SEATTLE, Wash., March 31? Ar
rangements havb been completed by
H. C. Sinclair, supply agent for the
Bureau of Education of Alaska for the
establishment of twelve manual train
ing schools for the natives. The
schools will be located at: Atalsik, Nu
shagak, Kanakanak, Chogiung, Toglac,
QuinhagaV., Taf lek, Tanana, Fort Yu
kon, Circle and Eagle.
SEMI MIS LOST
III SIM HI HUM
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
BERLIN, Germany, April 1 ? Count
Zepplin with fourteen friends ascend
ed in the huge Zepplin airship yes
terday morning. The airship, which
is a huge gas cylinder, driven by
propellers, was caught in a gale of
wind and was blown away.
T-Jegraphic reports have teen sent
ah over Germany and France, but no
irace of the missing airsh'p has b.-en
fouul. Tin* friends and relatives of
those who made the ascension have
s;lven up l?pe and bel.'iV'; J.ai all
were icilied.
AIRSHIP IS SI6HTED
(Later Dispatch)
BERLIN, Germany, April 1? Late
tonight the Zepplln airship was sight
ed by a troop of light cavalry in the
northern part of Germany. It is high
in the air and appears to be unman
ageable. The cavalry are following
the direction of the air ship, which
was being blown rapidly to the
north.
BATTLER WILL
FIGHT WELSH
(By United Press.)
PITTSBURG, Pa. Apr. 1? Battling
Nelson, champion lightweight of the
world, has signed articles to fight
Freddie Welsh, the champion of Eng
land, at Juarez, Mexico, on June 15.
The fight will be to a finish.
Freddie Welsh is one of the clever
<<s* lightweights ever seen in the ring.
He has whipped such men as Abe At
tell, Ray Bronson, Phil Brock, George
Memsic and Johnny Murphy and has
fought wo draws with Packie McFar
land.
Welsh has not a hard punch, how
ever, and he will hardly have a
chance in a finish fight with the
"Durable Dane."
PRINCESS MAY DUE T0NI6HT
The Princess May is expected to ar
rive in Skagway at 9 o'clock tonight.
She has 70 passengers aboard and 50
tons of freight
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