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MASKED ROBBERS HOLD UP
STREET GAR AT SEATTLE
(By AIM** Now* Bureau)
SEATTLE Vprii ' Three masked
ubber* held up an Alki point street
ear ?hortir bWorv midnight when the
ar on a trwllc over the tide
flaiv TU?- car ?as loaded the the
atre goers who were returning home.
The robbers w > Mt through the car
and compelled the i-eople to surrendcfl
their valuables at the point of a gun.
The robbers escaped with loot valued
at several thousand dollars.
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(By Alaska N*wm Bureau)
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Li FAVORED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. 1>. C. April 9? Be
of Alaska holil liens for labor perform
ed. the bill endorsed by the adminis- ]
tration has been favorably reported j
In the House by the committee on j
SENATORS IN
A FIST FIGHT
The Cottage City arrived in port
and If tons i?f freight and sailed
south at !>:20 p. m. with 22 passen
gers. Coming up the coast the Cot
tar- slopped at Killisnoo. SitUoh bay,
and ShaKan. with passengers and
freight and also went into Funter bay
with some cannery machinery, inclml
of the Senate. The belligerents were
C0TTH6EIS IN DUD OUT
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(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LOUISVILLE. Ky. April 9? Henry
Watterson in the Courier-Journal pre
dicts that Theodore Roosevelt will be
the next presidential nominee of the
Republican party. Mr. Watterson
states that the Republicans will be
compelled, to select Roosveelt to keep
the party from being defeated. ,
BARROWS IS
GOING HOME
Ernest Barrows, who for the last
Three years has been night watchman
at Moore's wharf and who has been
in Alaska ami the Yukon for thirteen
years, has resigned his position and
w'i sail south on the City of Seattle,
t>:i route for Brighton, England, where
he is going to visit his aged father,
a retired merchant, whom he has not
seen for years.
.Mr. Barrows was formerly a mem
ber of the Royal Northwest Mounted
Police in the Yukon and served on
the force with credit He is consid
ered one of the most faithful ein
ployees of the Moore's Wharf com
!>any.
After visiting with his parents in
England, Mr. Barrows may go to Cal
cutta and pay a visit to his brother,
who is director of one of Thomas
Lipton's tea plantations.
Mr. Barrows says he will return to
Alaska.
CITY OF SEATTLE TOMORROW
The City of Seattle was at Wran
gell at 10 this morning and Capt.
White wired Prank Stuart that the
vessel will be at Skagway at 10 p. m.
tomorrow. The Seattle has 17 pas
sengers and 60 tons of freight for
Skagway.
Arthur Lord, one of the head offi
cials of the Northern Navigation com
pany arrived in Skagway on the Cot
tage City and left for Dawson this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilchen of
VYhitehorse arrived in town Thursday
and sailed south on the May. Mr.
Gilchen has been granted a three
months' vacation and he and Mrs.
Gilchen will visit their old home in
Montreal. Mr. Gilchen's sister died
in Montreal April 1 and they are
going home to attend the burial in
the family lot in the Montreal cem
etery.
M. A. Pinska. the well known Daw
son merchant, who has large mining
interests in the Klondike, arrived in
town on the Cottage City and left for
Dawson this morning. Mr. Pinska is
interested in the quartz development
work at Dawson and says that the
prospects seem to indicate a new
lease of life and prosperity for the
Klondike metropolis.
k P. DRAPES
LEAVES 101
A. P. Drapes, formerly chief clerk
in the auditor's office of the White
Pass, and who has resided in Skag
way and Whitehorse for the past ten
years, left on the Princess May for
Minneapolis, Minn., where he is go
ing to be associated in business with
his uncle, Alexander Preston, a
wealthy real estate man.
Mr. Drapes came north ten years
ago from Dublin, Ireland, and was
stationed at Whitehorse with the ri
ver division of the White Pass. Lat
tr he came to Skagway and entered
the auditor's office. Mr. Drapes has
always been prominent In the social
affairs of Skagway. He was one of
the directors of the White Pass Ath
letic club, and a Mason, havingi twice
been worshipful master of the local
lodge and serving as secretary until
recently.
Mr. Drapes leaves many friends in
Skagway and Whitehorse who will sin
cerely regret his departure.
MAY BRINGS MANY PASSENGERS
The Princess May docked at Skag
way at 3 this morning with 65 pas
sengers and 70 tons of freight and
sailed for Vancouver at 9:30 a. m.
with 19 passengers. The May was
delayed in reaching port by muggy
weather down the canal.
Dr. Connolly and wife and children
of Atlin arrived in town on yester
day's train and sailed south on the
Princess May.
M. A. Hartnett, who is represent
ing J. A. FVjlger & company of San
Francisco, arrived in town from
Haines today and will leave for
Wrangell on the City of Seattle. Mr.
Hartnett has just returned from a trip
to the Westward.
W. L. Phelps of Whitehorse, the
well known attorney and member of
the Yukon Council , arrived in Skag
way Thursday and sailed for Van
couver on the May to meet his wife
and child. Mr. Phelps attended the
j Elk's ball Thursday night.
Rev. Owen Jon-'H3 of Seattle ar
rived on the Cottage City to assume
ihe pastorship of the Skagway Pres
byterian church. Rev. Jones will
preach his first sermon in Skagway
tomorrow. Rev. Jones for the presen
: is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
I Draper.
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Sam Vulovitch of Dawson, who was
sentenced to serve eleven years in
the penitentiary at New Westminster
for stabbing a woman of the under
world at Dawson some four months
ago, arrived in town yesterday after
noon under the custody of Sergeant
Joy and Constable McVicker of the
Mounted Police.
Vulovitch was wearing stripes and
heavily ironed, as he made thei threat
he would kill his captors if he could.
He was lodged last night in the Fed
eral jail.
Vulovitch is a Slav. He worked
on the construction of the White Pas
spur some two years ago.
John Ahlert, a well known Dawson
merchant, who went outside last De
cember, returned on the May and
left for Dawson this morning.
George DeLion, manager of the
French Mining syndicate in the Klon
dike, arrived in town on the May
and left for the inside this morning.
Mrs. Walter Owen and children of
Atlin arrived in town last night and
sailed south on the May. Mrs. Owen
is the wife of the chief of police at
Atlin.
Miss Maude Haslett left for Vancou
ver on the Princess May. Miss Has
lett is going to Colfax, Wash., where
she will make her home with an
unck. *
Dr. P. F. Scharschmidt, superin-,
tendent of the river division of the
White Pass & Yukon, arrived in town
-Thursday and returned to Whitehorse
today.
Father Rivet, a Catholic priest of
Prince Rupert, arrived in town on
the Princess May and left for White
horse this morning, where he will be
stationed for some time.
Mrs. G. B. Edwards of Whitehorse
was one of the Whitehorse arrivals
Thursday. Mrs. Edwards attended the
Elks ball Thursday night and return
ed to Whitehorse today.
Mr. and Mrs. William Benson and
little daughter Elizabeth, left for Sha
kan on the Cottage City. Mr. Benson
who is a missionary, has been, attend
ing the Presbytery and visiting his
father Jack Benson.
Come in or phone orders for Glbsoi
Rye and Val Blatz Beer; delivered to
your home by The Mascot
LACK or COAL
? HURTS ALASKA
(By Alaska New* Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 9?
Late yesterday afternoon Alfred
Brooks of the Alaskan geological sur
vey appeared as a witness In the
Balllnger investigation and stated
that the lack of coal was driving
many residents out of Alaska. He
said he believed the Alaskan coal de
posits should be developed.
EAGLES DANCE TONIGHT
Skagway Aerie No. 25, F. O E.,
will give a masquerade ball tonight
at Eagles hall. Prizes will be of
fered tor the best sustained, most
original and most comical characters.
Refreshments will be served and a
long and delightful dance program
will be rendered.
GUTS FOR BOOKS ARE HERE
The cuts which are to be used in
illustrating the booklets to be print
ed by ..he Commercial club to adver
tise Skagway were received today by
Sec. E. L. Miller. The composition
work on the book is completed and
the printing will start at once.
Athelston Day, assarey for the Can
adian Bank of Commerce at Dawson,
arrived on the May and left for Daw
son this morning.
' } -*?
Harold Newton, an engineer em
ployed by the Yukon Gold company,
arrived on the May and left for Daw
son this morning.
Sam Guyot, who represents Fischer
Brothers of Seattle, arrived on the
Cottage City and will remain in town
until the next boat.
"Billy" S co use, one of the best
known miners in the Klondike, was a
passenger on the May and left for
Dawson this morning.
Charles Bryant, manager of the
Pacific Cold Storage company at Daw
son, arrived on the May and left for
Dawson this morning.
John G. Heid, the well known Ju
neau attorney, arrived in town on
'he Cottage City and will be here sev
eral days on legal business.
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