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No. H57. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS
JOHNSON WILL
MEET KAUFMAN
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. May 27?
Jack Johnson, who claims the heavy
? fight championship of the world.
..o wired the fighting managers of
this city that he will meet Kauffman
in either July or August for $10,000,
lie winner to take all. but in the,
e?ent of a draw, the contest going
for nothing.
boniToses
THE CHILDREN
(By United Press.)
PARIS. France, ? May 27 ? The
"ourt of appeals has handed down a
decision giving the children of An
na Gould to her, and dispossessing
lur erstwhile spouse. Count Boni de:
Castellane. of any rights in the issue.
This completes the legal victory of
'tie daughter of the Gould family.
FOREST FIRES
DESTROY TOWN
(By United Press.)
DETROIT. Mich.. May 27? Forest
f.res which have been raging in var
ious parts of Michigan have created
Much damage and the town of Dal
ton has been entirely wiped out by
the flames which surrounded the
place despite the efforts of the citi
W. C. Blanchard, Alex Blanchard.
George Blanchard. Monte Snow. Mrs.
\V. C. Blanchard, Mrs. P. H. Ganty. |
Mrs. Stinebaugh and Miss Stinebaugh
1< ft for W'hitehorse this morning, i
i he bowlers from Skagwa.v will prac-j
tice on the W'hitehorse alleys and ,
prepare for the contests tomorrow.
(By United Press.)
DEC ATI' H. ijl. May 27? After wan
dering iirouiul Alaska for several
; ears, during the last two of which
he had been declared leg.-lly dead by
the authorities who were unable to
ge any trace of his whereabouts,
Henry McEvey, a resident formerly
t this city, returned, proved his ideiC
liy, and will receive $.1,000 which was
le* him from his father's estate.
SHOVEL SGI
(By United Press)
ATLANTA. Oa.. May JS? The fire-!
men on the southern rail roads wli.i
struck before the negro firemen wer ?
not discharged, have agreed to re
turn to work until their troubles ar
arbitrated. This will relieve the rail
road tie up.
SEATTLE PRICES ADVANCING
Notwithstanding the strenuous d ?
leals of Seattle papers to the effe< t
that restaurant and hotel rates are t >
be advanced during the fair, there h
1 1 rect evld^nci in this city t<> th ?
ccntrary in the person of a gentb'ma.i
who states thai he has already bee i
notified that his rent in Seattle wi.l
be raised on June 1st. In conjunction
v "r?i the recent raise in meat prices
te Chicago markets, and the al
nady soaring price of wheat, high* r
V ices may be looked for in all brain tat
ts of foods this summer, not only
I. Seattle, on account of the fair,
bi t also iu Alaska as a reflex of tie
coming Sound situation. Up to dat
tl ere have been no local changes, br.t
n competent authority here gives it
as his opinion that it is merely a ma -
ter of time until residents of Skagway;
may be expected to pay more dearly
for the various articles they consuiif
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The
Summer
Wardrobe
Come spent! an hour or two with us and revel in
the beautiful airy, Huffy, summery, fabrics and
trimmings now on display.
Linens, lawns batistes mulls aijd also the finest
silks and soft satins'iu the correct shades and styles,
there is no lack of variety for your choosing. You
can replenish your summer wardrobe here and not
have anj two a like, nor even with any degree of
similarity. Let us show them to you.
Other departments are equally able to supply your
wants- Dainty trimmings, laces and nets in pro
fusion and style ? approved accessories for every
custume.
Cvncl) and Kennedy
T Up-to-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishres $
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"ALL ABOARD FOR WHITEHORSE"
Whitehorse will be the center of
attraction tomorrow and when the
special excursion train leaves Skag
way for across the line at 5:30 o'
clock in the morning It will probab
ly carry about '100 persons.
The Georgia left Juneau this niorn-l
ing with "fifty live ones" and the!
' Douglas baseball team 011 board. At
least fifty people are expected from
Haines and the Fort Seward baseball
team will come up 011 the Peterson
with a number of officers and soldiers
J from the fort.
Many tickets have been sold in
Skat way and there will probably bo
a record breaking attendance fromj
this town if the weather continues]
fine.
The people of Whitehorse will .spar
no pains to entertain the visitors. |
Baseball, bowling, athletic contests,
c'ancing and a general good time will |
be the order of the day.
The special train leaves sharp at|
.ri-30 o'clock tomorrow morning and
arrives at Whitehorse at 11 o'clock.
The first section will return at 7 o'-|
clock the same evening and the sec
tion will leave at 8 o'clock the fol-|
lowing morning.
WILL OBSERVE 1
MEMORIAL DA?
May 30th falling on Sunday, the
Celebration of Memorial Hay will be
observed on .Monday, under the auspi
I CPs of the G. A. R. assisted by the
j \V. C. T. U. All Interested are re
( I lies ted to meet at the post office at
1:30 ]>. in. and join the procession to
the cemetery and any one donating
flcwers will please send them there.
The Hand have volunteered to go
and the Officers from the Post have
been invited to come and bring a
tiring squad.
At the cemetery there will be a
-hort address by the Rev. Thomas
.'eiikins, some patriotic songs with
closing prayer by Rev. Geo. K. Good.
The celebration of Memorial Day
ii 'ving been arranged for Monday,
May ::ist. 1 would respectfully request
the merchants of Skagway to ob
si rve the same by the closing of
their places of business on the after
roon thus permitting those who wish
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to attend the exercises at the cent
e'.ery.
Howard Ashley,
Mayor.
S.kagwa.v, May L'8, 1909.
GRAND OLD WOMAN
CELEBRATES BIRTH
(By United Press.)
BOSTON. Mass.. May 28? Mrs Ju
lia Ward Howe, author of the "Battle
Hjmn of the Republic," hale and
ii< arty, and surrounded by her chil
dren and grand children, celebrated
her ninetieth birthday yesterday.
LOCALS PLAY I
NEXT WEEK
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The game which was to have been
played last night between the "Kids"
and the "Has Beens" has been post
poned to some date next week on
account of the ball grounds being
used by the White Pass club at pre
s?-nt in practicing for the events at
Whitehorse 011 Saturday. Meantime,
the others have located a practicing
ground at the corner of Second ave
nue and Main street where they will
; into shape every night from now
on except Sundays.
The interest of the "Has Beens"
A ill be looked after by Messrs.
( raves, Yeotnans, and Kindell, and
these gentlemen declare that while
j the rule as 'o the eligibility of age
eliminates anyone below li>, except
doctors, the latter will be allowed toj
join simply because their servlcin
may be needed on the field of bat
tle at. any time. The "Kids" won
(tie last game by 14 to 13, but their
ane'ent opponents swear by all
?/jaf ? s holy ? and some that isn't ?
that their scalps will revert to the
proper owners next time.
BAND MEETING GALLED
E. J. Kingsbury requests all mem
bers of the Skagway band to meet
in uniform at 8:00 o'clock tonight at
F* Minen'8 hall for the purpose of go
ing to the wharf and meeting the
oolegations from Haines and Juneau
who arrive on the Georgia.
A. L. Berdoe left for Whitehorse
tills morning in his private car.
Joseph Mason, Oscar Barryinan, Mr
and Mrs. Fred Weber and Miss Ethel
Van de Wall left for Whitehorse this
morning.
Advice reaches us that a shipment
:?! the very choicest ]>otted plants wll
Strive for us May 2!t. Place your or
ders at once if you want any.
Jardlniers to harmonize with the
plants. Grant's Grocery
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HARD BUTTLE
IS ASSURED
(By United Prest.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 28? I
Hauling Nelson and "Fighting Dick",
iiyland are both trained to the min
ute for their forty five round fight;
f< r 'lie lightweight championship of;
the world which takes place tomor
row afternoon at Coftrotli's pavillion.
Nelson is a ten to four favorite, but I
ilvl nd has many backers who think |
he can take the Dane's measure.
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., May 28? Jam?s J.
Corbett today announced that he had
changed his mind and would not
fight Jack Johnson. Jim Jeffries
slicks to his statement that he will
light the big negro after tho latter
tights Kotchell.
FIRING SQUAD WILL COME
Upon the invitation of George Ho-j
i/ard, Col. Reynolds of the 22nd Inft.
wired this morning that he would j
send up a firing squad of soldiers |
oil Monday to fire a salute over the
graves of the men in the Skagway
( t metery who served in the Civil
War.
Mark L. Sullivan, the Fairbanks at
torney who left here Monday for the
interior after coining cut by way of
Vuldez, in a letter to the editor states
that many small boats are leaving
from the foot of Lake LeBarge. Mr.
Sullivan left for Dawson i-'i a small
boat Tuesday.
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There will be no issue of The
Alaskan tomorrow because of the
Victoria day celebration at White
horse.
White Pass excursion tickets must
l'e purchascl from the committee be
fore C o'clock Friday evening.
HASKELL IS
RE-INDICTED
(By United Press.)
TULSA, Okla., May 28? The feder
al grand jury today returned indict
ments against Gov. Charles N. Has
kell and five others, charging them
with fraud in securing public lands
in Muskogee. The former indict
iuen.U returned against Haskell were
quashed.
S. SHIELD
FEELS BETTER
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash., May 28? Sam
Donnifield, president of the First Na
tional bank of Fairbanks, who for sev
eral months has been in a Seattle
hospital suffering from an attack of
mental abberation, has been dischar
ged and will g > to the home of his
sister to recuperate.
COMING PROM FORI SEWARD
Col. Reynolds, Capt. Simonds, Capt.
Wo'fe, Capt. Hutton and Lieut. Doane
and ladies from Fort Seward have tel
egraphed to E. L. Miller that they
?v ill arrive on the Peterson and go to
Whitehorse.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. will
go "o the old cemetery on Saturday
ti clean up the grounds in prepara
tion for Memorial exercises to be
held Monday under the auspices of
the G. A. R. and W. C. T. U. Ev
erybody in Skagway is Invited to
take part in the general clean up.
Those who can, are requested to
bring their lunch and to be on the
grounds at nine o'clock or as nearly
so as possible.
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The White Pass and Yukon Ry.
ticket office will be open Friday until
ti p. m. for the sale of excursion
tickets.
Get your Sunday dinner at the
BOARD OF TRADE restaurant. The
best the market affords.
Before
Purch a si n g
Your
Summer Suit
I Come in and look over our
line. We have the Finest
i Assortment in Town. Come
in and get our prices.
Also the Finest Line
SHOES
HATS,
UNDERWEAR
See our Window Display
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