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So. 89 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, MAY 19, 1913 PRICE 10 CRMS
if BE BIG
FREIGHT IM
Ti asportation t'ompnnlcw on the
\lcrt ? Seattle Paper Predict* A
< liaiiKi* I" IfcwUnjc ??* ?
Neither Hast Issued Tariff Locnl
I). Itul Knives Are Slushing.
Tho SNttl? Times sot-ma to think
the White ram will smash things
generally on tho lower river run In
the comlny Yukon rate war, and
siys it will set thousands of tons of
(n ight which heretofore has gono
via St. .Vehael. Tho N. N. friends
here say (heir company will be In
gi- iu? is over. Officials of tho two
companies stationed here are saying
ed but there arc sign.-; everywhere
story appeared in the issue of April
I'o.-t of >.'itr;. at Fairbanks. Seattle's
interior that has been held by San
(lie upper Yukon can enter Falr
opoUxcl b San Francisco merchant*
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I'. YAI.I.; P \\ IIX
ci:n?or pictures
here are scheduled for a reformation
n Not that '.ley .ire below the stand
the club would <o-oi>crate with the,
-voiuen of other cities to elevate the ,
a-ovlng picture shows. Tho club
will support the library and the rent
FIRE DESTROYS
OLD HOTEL
KaiuouM Whitehorw Hixrtolry Burns.
Sirs. It. Kelso> , FruprMor, Bnil
ly I nj u-'tMl ( iu. soli no Kvploslun
Starts Blnze.
Whltohorse, May 19 ? At about
3:30 o'clock Saturday evening Are
brokw out In the Dominion Hotel In
DiU city, aud before the flanu i
could bo subdued, the entire build
Ins was destroyed.
y'or a time It looked as though the
flumes would sweep the entire sec
tion of the city In which the hotel
was located, but the fire department
succeeded In confining the flames
t - the hotel building and a small
shack situated just north of the ho
Mrs. R. Kelsey, the proprietor of
i he I)ouiiulon Hotel, sustained se
v.ie bums on hor arms and body
wi'ile attempting to savo some of
her personal effects.
The fire was started by an ex
plosion of gasollno which was being
used for cleanin g clothes by a
conplo of roomers. They succeed- !
ci I in making their escapo from the |
turning building, without Injury.
The Domionlon Hotel was built In
laoi, and was a 3-story log and
:rumo structuro. owned by Henry J.
Arp. The loss will bo about $5,000.
,11'KY BKIUKR IS POUJfD
(ll'ILTY BY JURY
Now York, May 19? Attorney An
hat, who has boon on trial in this
^hvnrtcnnm'lTy mif WIS? Ittt? oi
attempting to ?,ain the liberty of
lUrry Thaw by bribing one of the
sion Investigation, wis found guilty
of tho charge as preferred, and he
^ in be .i<?ntcnced tomorrow. Atty.
Anhut trlvd to buy Juror Russell.
B\si: BAM. MKKTINO.
Phere will be a meeting of the
base bull Jans Tuesday night. May
20, at the White Pass club at 8.30.
All players and those Interested in |
? h<- great American game are cor- ,
rtUMy invited to be present, as
plans for tho coming season's gamos
arc to be made.
If there were
better ones made
we would have
them.
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED
THE\
< Anwiicm
i&mt&man
SHOE
H. J. Lynch
, The Leading 1 adics Furnisher and Haberdaaher of Skagway
BOB GOOD IS
SHOT III LEG
rromlncnt Trapper ami <>ulrip of
CnrcfoHs District. Sustains I'nJu
til Accident While Hunting Near
Robinson.
t arcroBs, Y. . T., May 1)? R. I.
Good, one of the prominent pioneer
trappers mid guides or thin section
of the .North, whllj out hunting
yesterday, near Robinson, was ac
el.lently shot In tho leg.
The accident happened uhout noo:
and the wounded man was put on a
passing t. ulii and taken to White
horse where he was placod In the
ho. p'tal. While the wound Is very
painful It Is not liclloved to lie
serious.
'iOYKHXOK OKOKIM AURKST
OF MXK SOCIALISTS
Charleslf.n, W. Vn., May 19? Act- 1
lilt; ndcr the ordors of Governor j
Hatfield, detectlvos this morning ar
rested nh?e socialists who are bo
iti? held as military prisoner* un
der charts of stirring up trouble
among the miners. j
JAP LEADERS
URGE PATIENCE
\>.k Followers to Await Final Ac
lion of Americans 1 losing Faith
On ?luilirc Itcing Done to Feljow |
Countrymen.
'1 okio, May 19? -That they have
faith in the American peoplo Is the
only reason for the Japanese rfr
uising to take immedoate steps in
protest of tho pnssago of the Anti
alien land act. Tho leaders of the
Japanese In this city aro using the
.trgumont that Justice will be cc
corded the Japs now residing in
California, and asking them to be
patient and await the final out
coma of th?i passago of tho act.
NAVAL UVHICKR SAYS
COUDOVA HAIUM)U IS I1K8T
Washington, May 19 ? Lieut. Com
modore Cox, one of tho members of
tho Ali.ska Railroad commission,
appeared beforo tho Senate commit
tee Saturday afternoon, nnd told
them that in his opinion the best
harbor for both eommerclul and nav
al purposes was that of Cordova.
Mrs. George Howe Is Wife of
President's Favorite Nephew
MltS GEORGE HOWE Is the wife of Prriiiilciit Wilson's favorlt*
nephew. Or Howe. The president thinks u lot of her. and be hai
given her the use of tils home In Princeton, which he recently vacated
when be went to Washington. Mrs. Howe will likely move to Wash
ington herself before long, and she Is apt to become very popular because of
her dramatic and artistic attainments. She was a southern belle when she
wedded Dr. Howe, who was brought up by President Wilson
? Don't? ? :
?i
be mislead by CHEAP qual- 4
ity mail order catalogs -t
Money spent with us for groceries is
a good investment. * 4
The quality of our goods is the high
est and the prices very low. ]
Quality Considered we invite ]
comparison with any place.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer ;
FOUR DREDGES
EATING GRAVEL
I'llHt Quintet of
dike Company's
(Jet Busy ? Two
Move Shortly.
< 'iiniMliun Klon
Machine Diggers
I.cvlntlmiis Will
Dnw.son, M:?- 8 ? Four of the Yu
kon Gold company's drodg<y on I5ou
unxa hue started for tho season,
and the others will got under way
juhi us soon as old Sol consents to
smile niont ardently and to till the
Klondike with enough of tlio aque
ous flood to supply the required
electrical Juice. Tho dredges at
work are: No. 3 and No. 6. In the
seventies; No. 2, In tho fifties, and
No. 6, on 1", all below discovery on
Bonanza. Tho other boats ure a
1I0UI 111 IIIG pJUUH, llliiu^ Liu; iv?
from tho surface, and getting ready
to plow when the energy cotnos.
The Canadian Klondike company's
No. 2 dredge, which was the first
to start this yonr. Is grinding stcad
11*. ai.d No. 3, which has never
lifted a bucket of dirt since being
completed, will be started next Wed
nesday. The gear has been hook
ed up and has been turned over
and found to v/ork like a clock.
S'o. 4, a duplicate of No. 3, also
btund new, will bo ready to start
shortly. Both these dredges could
have stalled some time ago had
thero been plenty of wator in the
river to provide un abundance of
power. It Is understood the water
at the mouth of tho Klondike Is
ten Inches lowo.- than two weeks
ago.
Tho Yukon Gold's hydraulic
cumps ore ready for tho water.
George Coffo.v. superintendent of the
branch. Is aronnd during the day
trying to hypnotize the suir, and at
night Is praying to the gods and
unking medicine before the totem
pole deities, but seems to hnvo lost
\ .lis pull with the powers. However,
George 3nys ho can come back, and
that he will make the snow go away
ih!s year the same its he always has
dine, and that he will have enough
Mater to spare some for McCarthy's
cruisers, and nayle's battleships,
ami a few "drill's" In the bottle for
Skipper I'ros. Ganly put his priv
ate laiiiich "'AVgi" -'In the water
jesterday i.nd in a trial run about
the l>ay found the little ship to be
as speedy If not Juct a llttlo more
so than l.'St fall. Capt. Ganty ex
pects to make the trip to Sullivan
Island sometime during the week.
.Inpim Will at Oucc !<>? Xotlrliil it ml
ICt-ply >luilc to IVoleM.
.incr.Wiiento, .May 19 ? Governor
Johnson .limned tho Webb Alien lan-l
bill this afternoon. The law vl'.l
Ko into effect August 17, 1913.
Secretary of State and I'roildont
Wilson were ? at once notifie'l that
tho Kovornor had signed the bill.
Washington, May 19*? Upon b'i.tK
advised o! Governor Johnson's ac
tion in slpting the alien lant) act,
SecVetary of State Bryan staled
a reply to .Japan's protest would
immediately be written and sent to
the Japanese ambassador.
Wll-Ii SCATTKlt ASHKS TO
l-'Ol IS WINDS OF HKAVHX
Bail Francisco, May 1 9 -The nslt
??? of Clnclnnatim I lei lie Miller, or
Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Si
erras, as lie was more familiarly
known, arc to be scattered to tlie
f'lui wliu's of Heaven, according ;.o
. lie codlcal of Ills will.
The ceremony will take place at
the home of the famous author and
poet noxt Sunday from the top of
the pyre he had erected at the
lll:;hts, his homo at Diniond, Cal.
iikditixd i?l.\ \s TUII'
to ALASKA'S SI.AI, ISLANDS
Washington, May 10 ? Tentative
iirranRcianlts are now under way for
a trip of Inspection by Secretary of
Comnie .? William Redfield. The
Itlnery of the trip Includes the Can
adian immigration stations :i!oiik
the bord-'r of the Dominion, a trip
to Alaska, and nil Inspection of the
Prlbllofi' Islands.
CA LIFOICN I AN'S WONT INI . It
fi:i:k with i.i:<;isi.\iti:i:
I San F.'anclaco, May 19 The A
aiutlc Exclusion leaRiie has defeat
ed the petition for a vote by 'refer
endum, on the Webb alien land bill,
| wh'ch was circulated throughout
this city during the past several
days.
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