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No. 265. ELEVENTH YEAR. SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 19IW PRICE, 10 CENTS
RAILROADS ARE GIVEN IRE III
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(United Pre*? Telegraph-Cattle Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.? The com
mittee on territories of the House of
Representatives today agreed to ex
tend the time of the completion of
the Alaska Central and the Alaska
Short Line railroads one year. The
the delay caused by the financial de
pression or last year and the unusual
difficulties of construction. Th? Alas
ka Short Line will run from llllamna
to Yanak, a distance of about 369
miles.
BAD BLIZZARDS ARE HEADED
TOWARDS MIDDLE WEST
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
CHICAGO. Feb. 9.? Accordinp: to
the weather reports and predictions
of the United States weather observa
tories, the entire mlddlewest will be
swept by one of the worst blizzards
ever known. The blizzard is now in
Montana and the eastern Dakotas and
coming east. The temperature Is
very cold and the snow is falling
thickly. Trains are stalled In every
direction.
FULTON URGES
APPROPRIATION
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON*. Feb. 9.? Senator
Fulton of Oregon in a speech made
in the senate today urged that con
gress appropriate 11,000.000 for the
construction of roads in Alaska. He
said that roads were needed for the
development of the country and that
they would pay for themselves in a
short time. His speech was listened
to attentively.
BAMS
IN SEATTLE
(By United Press.)
SEATTi^r;, Feb. 9.? E. O. Graves,
a banker and capitalist, died here this
afternoon of Bright's disease after a
lingering illness. He was accounted
one of the wealthiest men of the city.
FLEET KING
GOOD PROGRESS
(By United Press.)
HAMPTON ROADS. Va.. Feb. !>.?
A wireless message was received her
today from the United ^States battle
ship fleet. The fleet is progressing
splendidly with no mishaps of any na
ture. The fleet expects to establish a
record for battleship-* crossing the
(By United Fress.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.? The com
mittee on public lands of the House
01 Representatives will report favora
bly upon the bill giving school teach
ers in Alaska the powers of peace of
ficers for the purpose of improving
the public morals. They can now
make arrests.
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at prices as low as other stores make on inferior
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qnality.
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Every line shown must come up to the standard.
We sell and recommeud the Ladies Home Journal
Patterns because they have proved by actual service
that they are superior to any other pattern made, but
they cost no more, 10c and 15c.
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(K MO IS BED R
HIS) Bill S:
England's Monarch Re
turns W arm Salutation
and then Queens Join
Osculation Game A
mid Royal Flushes
(United Press Teleqraph-Cable Service.)
BERLIN. Feb. 9.? When King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandria paid a
visit of state to Kaiser Wllhelm and
Kalserlne Victoria today the welcome!
exchanged were moat effusive. The
Kaiser stepped forward and grasping
King Ed war;' in Ills arms kissed him
on both cheeks. King Edward re
sponded in kind.
Then the Kaiser kissed Queen Al
exandria while King Edward kissed
the wife of the Kaiser. They were
no stage kisses, eltheF. After the
kissing was completed the English
royal couple retired to prepare for th
great banquet which will be given in
their honor at the palace tonight.
Most of the Berlin newspapers
state that King Edward's visit will
cement closet the friendship between
England and Germany; while other
of the socialist papers comment upon
the incident sarcastically and say that
the friendship of the two monarchs
is largely pretense.
"FUG BOB" EVANS URGES
STRONG FLEE! FOB PACIFIC :
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(l.'nlfrt Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. ??. ? In a
public lecture delivered liere tonight
Robley I). Evans, rear admiral of the
United States navy and usually
known as "Fighting Bob," stated em
phatically that the United States
should keep a biR fleet in the Pacific
ocean. Ue intimated that this would
be the best way to prevent trouble
with Japan and openly stated that it
was foolhardy not to have a strong
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squadron on the Pacific coast
g. S. MEMS mil
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
GIBRALTER. Fob. 9.? The United
States battleship Georgia collided
with another battleship in the fleet
while racing through a fog in the
Atlantic ocean today, according to a
wireless report received nere mie mis |
afternoon. Both battleships nre re
turning to Glbralter. The message
does not state the extent of the in
juries or whether any lives were lost.
The government launch Peterson
did not come up from Fort Seward
yesterday. The sea was so rough
that It was not thought worth the
risk to make the trip.
J. E. Lilly. Dawson wholesale mer
chant, was a passenger on the White
Star steamship Republic when she
collided off the Nantucket lightship
with the steamship Florida.
HEINZE
SAUER
KRAUT
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GANTV & FRANDSON
(Unit-- Pre?t Ttlesraph-CabU 8?rvle?.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.? President
Roosevelt sent a special message to
congress today transmitting the re
port of the country life commission. :
The mo* Mr* and report recommended
hotter rural achoots and bettor road*
and aakod for an appropriation of
f25,OOC to be naed by the conim'wlon
In studying betterment* for farmer*.
ii en is sin ?
FOR COST IF (MM
(United PreM T?leflr?ph-C?bU ??rvlc?.)
SEATTLE. Feb. 9.? Judgement *M
given against John Corson yesterday
In the suit brought by a local collec
tion agency to collect 114,200 for dl?
honored draft* drawn during th? po
litic*! campaign In A Ink* by Coraon
on Capt. Johnson. F. 0. Manl?y and
Albert McDonald. Mr. Coraon did not
fight the case.
"A strike which was made or the
head of the Salchackwt. river this fall
lias caused a large number of men to
kave Fairbanks and stampede to the
new district," said P. S. McFarlane,
i business man of Fairbanks, last
tvenlng at the Butler hotel. Mr
McFarlane came down on the Yucatar
"A1 Hllty, who has made barrels of ,
money on Cleary creeg, got report*
from the men whom he had sent Into ,
:he Salchacket country and he went ,
n there himself," said Mr. McFarlane ,
Then he came out and sent In more
?uppllea. I
"The Salchacket and Woodchopper
:ieck head up together and as there
s fairly good pay on the latter ,
;trcam, which empties Into the Yu
kon, It may be that this will prove
that the whole country from the Yu
ton to the Tanana has good dig
gings." ? Seattle P.-I.
The Princess May will leave Van- ! '
'ouver tonight and should arrive
lere next Saturday. 'i
GIRL WEARIED,
SHE SUICIDES
CHICAGO.? A remarkable Irtlff
mi left by Miss Alice Law, 2<> rear*
eld. a graduate of Pardno Unlrerslty
and an editor employed by a local
publlahlng firm, who committed nut
clde by asphyxiation The letter fol
lows:
Te Al: Whom It Dora Not Concern:
I am ending my life becanae I am
*1th an acnte dlalnrltnatlon to
live. and ( bellere I ha\ ?? an absolute
i licbt to end my life If I wiab The
Druggie la too bard. There la too
much work, too much monotony, too
much weariness and not enough art.
mualc, recreation and rest.
I am to chanr* it. I am In my
riRht mind. My reaaonlng powers are
kr Rood aa ever. I go because I
want to. The chief reason la becauae
I am too near starved.
The committee of tbe Rika' lodge
who are working on the program for
the Lincoln celebration frlday will
be ready to announce the program to
morrow. The program will conatat of
music, recitation* and orations.
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We have just received
a new line of suits for
Winter trade, that are
excellent in quality and
very moderately priced,
$15.00 to $22.50, come
in and look them over.
See window display.
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