AloBkaniBt Library
No. 354. ELEVENTH YEAK.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS
BRITAIN'S BEST BRUISER
BEATEN BT BOSTON BLACK
(By United Press.)
LONDON. England. May 23? Last
night, before a large audience at the
National Athletic club, Sam Langford
the Boston negro, knocked out Ian
Hague, the heavyweight champion of
England in the fourth round. Lang
ford is now heavyweight champion of
England.
Hague was outclassed all through
the fight. He is a hard puncher. |
| showed gameness Jitul cnduranci', and
! is a natural fighter; but he lacked
the polish and science r . Ltuigford.
In the first two rounds Langt'ord felt
his man out. In the third he wont af
tre Hague savagely and knocked him
'all over the ring. I-angford hit his
man sis he willed. The Welsh uilner
succombed to a hard left to the jaw
early in the fourth round.
The purse was $9, COO.
BANTAMS FIGHT
FAST BATTLE
(By United Prew.)
LONDON, England. May J." ? Jimmy
Walsh of Boston and Digger Stanley
of London fought fifteen rounds to
a draw last night before the National
Athletic club for the bantam weight!
championship of England. The fight
preceded the Langford- Hague battle. I
Both men displayed great sciencc
and speed. The Englishman held his
cwn at all stages of the game. It!
was the fourth fight between the ban- j
tams. Neither man has decisively
beaten the other.
NIGHT SESSIONS FOR SENATE
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 24?;
The Senate will start holding sessions
a night today for the consideration
of the tariff bill.
KETCHELL 18
MEET O'BRIEN
(By United Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, May 23? Stanley
Kotchell and Philadelphia Jack O"
Brien have been matched to tight six
rounds before the National Athletic
club ou the night of June 9. Ketch
ell recently defeated O'Brien i:i a 10
round bout in New York, but Phila
delphia Jack is now in splendid con
dition and is confident he can turn
Ihe tables on Ketchell.
ROGERS LAID TO REST
(By United Press.)
FAIRHAVEN, Mass., May 24? Hen
ry H. Rogers was buried today. A
large number of people were at, tin
funeral. John I). Uockofclh-r and otli
er high officials of the Standard Oil 1
company were present.
(By United Press.)
ATLANTA. Ga. May 23? The fire-'
men on all the railroads in the south
went out on a strike today and de- 1
clare that they will remain out unless
all negro firemen an discharged. Ijii j
l>or Commissioner NVill of Washing
ton. D. C.. will arrive tomorrow and!
try to adjust the trouble with tliel
heads of the firemen's unions. No
trains are running in the south today.
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The
Summer
Wardrobe
Come spend an hour or two with us and revel in
the beautiful airy, HutFy, summery, fabrics and
trimmings now on display.
Linens, lawns batistes mulls and also the linest
silks and soft satins'in the correct shades and styles,
there is no lack of variety for your choosing. You
can replenish your suirmer wardrobe here and not
have any two a like, nor even with any degree of
similarity. Let us show them to you.
Other departments are equally able to supply your
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fusion and style ? approved accessories for every
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T ie Up-to-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishres
BANDITS STOLE $250,800
(By United Press.l
CHEYENNE, Wyo. May 2"> ? A sus
pect was arrested here last night
charged with having robbed the over
land limited train on the Union Paci
fic near Omaha last Saturday night.
Many bank notes were found on his,
person. |
The railroad mail officials estimate
that the robbers secured about $175,
000.
OMAHA, Neb. May 25? Tho Union
Pacific railroad has offered $24,000
reward for tho capture of tho men
who held up tho overland limited. It
i* believed here that the robbers se
cured nearly $250,000.
WHEAT RISING
LIKE BALLOON
(By United Press.)
CIIICA(JO, 111. May 25? May wheat
closed at. $1.3-1 a bushel yesterday and
the market was active at that price.
This is the highest mark ever reache
by wheat in the United States mar
kets.
r
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK. May 25? The estate I
ef Henry II. llogcrs, who was burled j
Saturday, is estimated at $100,000,000.
Mo owned large blocks of Standard
Oil stock.
TORRENIS TEAR
BIT
(By United Press.)
BUTTE, Mont. May 25? All traffic
o\er the Northern Pacific railroad be
tween But to and Dakota is paralyzed.
Heavy rains have been falling for the
past few days and miles of tracks
have been washed out by the swollen
mountain streams.
HE IS SORRY NOW
John Mickley, better known as
"Frenchy," was arrested at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon by Chief of Folic
Moore and brought before Judge Dra>
1 er charged with being drunk and dis
orderly. and indecent exposure. He
was assessed ?."0 and costs and In
i lieu of the cash will labor on the
streets.
COAL MINERS
GO ON SHE
(By United Press.)
I WINNIPEG, Man. May 25? Coal
? miners all over Canada are on a
(.strike and demand that all differences
between miners and operators be set
tled by arbitration. They want this
arbitration agreement to be in force
for three years.
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash. May 24 ? It is re
ported here that J. Pierpont Morgan,
and Simon Guggenheim will go to Al
aska In July on the Yucatan, which
J Is being fitted up as a palatial craft.
dROW^S THRONG
A.-Y.-P. GROUNDS
SEATTLE, Wash. May 24? There
were 16,000 paid admissions to the
grounds of the A.-Y.-P.-Exposition yes
terday. The grounds will be closed
Wednesday until the fair opens
I June 1.
POLICE AFTER I
TRAIN R08BERS
(By United Prees)
CHICAGO, 111. May 25? The police
believe that the men who robbed the
Union Pacific overland limited train
near Omaha last Saturday night are
io this city and that they can be ar
rested before night.
New
?
Just Received the First Lot of the -j.
? :
Season? They are Nice $
?
GANTY & FRANDSON
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TftFT ATTEMPTS TO TRIM
ESTIMATES FOR U. S. ARMY
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 25?
President Taft In following out his
plan of oconomy in all government;
expenditures has asked Congress to
. cut down the estimates for the sup
port and maLntalnance of the ariny
during 1909 to $38,382,000. The esti
mate allowed by Congress was $94,
382,000.
BOWLING TEAM
IS SELECTED
The women's team from tho Elks'
which will compete in the bowling
tournament at Whitehorse on Victoria
day has been chosen and consists of
the following ladies: Mrs. P. H. Gant.
(.apt.; Mrs. \V. C. Blanchard, Mrs.
J. D. Stinebaugh, Mrs. G. G. Miller.
Miss Pay Stinebaugh and Miss Olive
Sprlngsted, substitute.
The ladies are practicing diligently
[en the Elks' alleys and some good
scores have been made tho past week
They expect to give a good account of
thcmselevs next Saturday.
Subscribe for The Alaskan.
BISHOP SMS
t
Bishop I. 0. Stringer of the Yukon
diocese left Sunday on the Princess
Royal for Edmonton, Can., from
where, by way of the McKenzie river,
he expects to Journey north to Fort
McPherson, a distance of 2,000 miles.
From Fort McPherson he will journey
250 miles further north to Herschel
Island in the Arctic ocean.
After visiting Herschel Island, Bish
(V Stringer will return overland from
the Arctic ocean to Fort Yukon where
he expects to catch a late steamer
for Dawson and from there will re
turn to Whitehorse by stage route.
As the time draws near the indica
tions art; that the Victoria day cele
bration at Whitehorse next Saturday
>vil! !i. ? mil. of the miW successful
ever acid by our Canadian cousins.
Several hundred people will undoubt
edly go to Whitehorse from Skagway
and large delegations are expected
from Haines and Juneau, while the
train will be crowded by visitors from
along the White Pass route.
About $700 has been subscribed in
Whitehorse for prizes and beside the
bpseball games there will be Athletic
sports of all kinds with prizes hung
up worth competing for. Beside the
Skagway and Whitehorse teams, Ju
neau and Haines will probably be re
presented by baseball nines. Efforts
are now being made to persuade the
Juneau players to make the trip.
A rate of $G lias been made from
Juneau to Skagway ana - .. ?
Juneau and Douglasites are expected
up on the Georgia next Friday.
The train leuves Skagway at 5:30
o'clock Saturday morning. The first
section returns at 8 o'clock the same
night and the second section will
leavo sometime the next day.
Tickets are now being sold in Skag
way and can be purchased from W.
C. Blanchard, E. L. Miller, A. P.
Drapes, E. P. Dosch, P. A. Callarman,
E. J. Dohorty or Oscar Card.
Before
Purchasing
Your
Summer Suit
Come in and look over our
line. We have the Finest
Assortment in Town. Come
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