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REBELS TAKE VERA CRUZ
CAPTURE BATTLESHIPS
Mexico City, Oct. IT -General Fe
lix 1 ?iax h.i< raise. i the banner of
the revolutionists. He is :? nephew
of ev president l?ia* and has .cather
? i| a larce following.
Vera t"ru*. tVt. 17 ? The rebels
lod.x entei ed the citv and captured
the arsenal and the entire Harrison
of federal soldiers and completed
their victoiv by taking two |t?n
boats which had been stationed In
the harbor for tl?e protection of the
city. It Is believed that they wore
helped by the soldiers of the ad
ministration who are revolting to
the rebels. The taking of \ era
Orui is the most important victory
jet secured by the revolutionary
party, beause it gives them battle
ships with which to ravage the
* oast towns.
BECKER CALLED
X,., York. Ou 7- Mom bora of
household of Baldy Rose who
have bivn kI\Ii?k tholr testimony for
i ho past t*o days, assort that the
M<its of the jtruft eollectors were
irequent And that Becker had said
that he h?;>ed to Rive Baldy a pen
; .on for tha. kUlins of Rosenthal.
HI4. 1W? WZ \ MINK
II \n t U)SKI) ?*?\t V
Men who camp from the interior
last night stale to the Cordova
\laskan that orders were receive!
I <>m Steve.i Rlrch. manager of th
i\.ni '<eott Mines Company, to close
the Ronanta mine for the
?resent. It is understood that this
< s done -esterday and that sose
of the men have pone to work for
t! e railroad company. The latter
i ?>ed ill the men they can now se
? ure as the colder weather and
et-up in 'he rain make it possible
lo do effective work in the way of
repairing the damage that has beea
done to the roadbed. A few men
* '-re secured from the westward,
while a wire was sent to Seattle on
Monday for 250 men.
Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Ferrill are
in the city from Fairbanks going to
."he outside Mr Ferrill is of the
Minilv of Ferrills who were in the
dry goods business in Skagway in
the early days.
TH KICK'S N ? ? 1?.\HK\KSS
POK JI'I.V KIKKWOKKS
Fairbanks Oct. 17 It is the in
tention of the Fairbanks Commer
cial club to aid in the work of cele
brating New Year's eve In Fair
banks in an appropriate manner,
liecause of the fact that it Is im
possible to set off fire-works during
the Fourth of Jrtly. as it does not
ret dark enough, the club derided
and set them off on New Year's eve
'luring the proposed celebration.
The last boat brought the fire
jrorks front San Francisco It is
the intention and desire of the club
to arrange a general celebration on
New Year's eve and celebrate it in
'he Mine manner as Is done in
-onte of the outside cities.
There are a large number of
Klondykers in Skagwav hound for
I lie outside. Among the number
ire H. M. Jones, of the Itawson
Hardware company, and Mrs. Jones,
for Vancouver; George Nelson and
wife; Robert Mllvain. the Forty
mile dred?? man; Mr. and Mrs. T.
\V F. Smith, Harry Flnkiert, the
trader and Gold Run claim owner,
for San Francisco; Guy I.ewington,
mining engineer for the X. A T &
T Co.. who goes to Chicago and San
Francisco, and Mrs. Lewington and
little girl; Mrs Jam?i Hall, wife of
the sourdough who owned No. IT
Kldorado; Charles Rirchler, purser
of the Susie; Miss McKinstry .sten
ographer for the Yukon Gold, for
ht-r home in Seattle; Ole Tysted.
of Quartz; Fete Mullln, for Frince
Rupert, and G. J. Busch, route
agent for the Wells Fargo
The Fantheon Saloon is offered
or sale or rent.
OUR
NEW
FALL
SUITS
&
COATS
FOR LADIES
NOW ON DISPLAY
1 . ^ogiIe
DENOTES STYLE
A.N J QUALITY
OUR NEW
FALL MILLINERY
NOW ON DISPLAY
H. J. LYNCH
ROOSEVELT TELLS NURSE
II HE FEELS "BULLY"
Chicago, Oct. 17 ? Colonel Roose
velt slept well last night and Is con
siderably refreshed this morning
Mrs. Roosevelt arrived and has been
in constant attendance at his bed
side. The wounded man says he
feels some pain where the ball en
i ered his side, but otherwise he is
?bully."
The bullet will doubtless be ex
traded today and then it will onlj
>>e a matter of a few days until the
?trenuoua leader of the Progressives
,vill be out of the hospital and tell
(My the people all the good things
that will come with hi* election.
Chicago, Oct. 17 ? Politicians of
tin Progressive party nay that the
effo i of the shooting of Roosevelt
will materially Influence votes in
Ma favor The sentiment of sym
I'.it hj la strong, and the shooting
cant* at a psychological moment
whi'i many were wavering in their'
inclinations between Roosevelt and ?
Wilson His bravery In continuing
hia speech after being shot has a
wakened both approbation and sym
pathy which will solidify those sen
timents favorable to him.
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FIGHT DEPUTIES
SloaBrttoat Spring*. Col , Oct. 17 J
News has just arrived in this;
< ity of a battle between a number I
of the escaped convicts from the
Hawiins ponitentiarv and a posse of
deputies which have been in pur
suit of them for the past three days
It is said the convicts arc secret-!
c-d in cornfield about eiftht miles!
'rorn here and are well supplied
with rifles some of which they took;
trom the prison guards The depu- j
ties are giving battle and have sent
ior aid in order to surround the
lield to prevent an escape of the|
t. leu under the cover of darkness
MIST A UK IS FINNY TO
I : V Kit VON K HIT I.K KK\ IlK
Judge H. n I.eFevre, candidate
| tor the senate 011 the progressive
ticket was put to considerable in
'ronvenietire, not to mention the
joshing he received about town lot '
! night, when he decided to change
tiis rooms from a private house on
'he hill, to the Occidental hotel.
; Judge l.eF"vre ordered hia baggage,
paign documents and literature, sent
to the Occidental, and so they were
But here is where trouble with a
?lg T loomed up. Through some
'Misunderstanding the luggage was
?laced aboard the City of Seattle
tnd is now on its way to Seattle
With the Juneau-Wrangell cable out
<>f commission. Judge l.eFevre's per
sonal belongings are evidently due
for a tour to l*uget Sound, as he
has no means of communication to
either Wrangell or Ketchikan,
where the Seattle could be inter
cepted. .Tttneau Dispatch
The White Pass club gave a dance
last night which filled the hall. A
very enjoyable time was had to
which many of the passengers from
the north participated.
NAT IS SOME
' I
ti.ni Die*?,. Oct. 17 Charle*|
Doughty started suit here today j
against Nat (Soodwln In which he de
mands the sum of twenty-five thou
sand dollars from the popular actor j
for the alienation of his wife's af
fections She was known on the
stupe as Margaret Moreland
ltnm FMM?
l\ M>\KI.Y
Passenger* arriving from Daw
son last n. kIu brought down the
news of finding of the partly de
om posed remain# of E. E. Collin*,
i trapper, In a cabin on the north
ork of tho .McMillan river, a trlbu
'nr> of the Pelly river, several day*
'?cn by William Alcroft. Joseph J
<lreene, and William Hlckllng, of
Dawson arrived by canoe from the
l< Mlllan, and brought the news of
the finding of the body. Alcroft
a. s in th<? party with Oreene and
ilickling, and while hunting located
ih<- remains in a cabin where the
man had died, evidently after a pro
longed lllness.alone
Paper* found in the cabin indicate
that Collins is from Strntton. Colo.
An unsealed letter was found ad
dressed to Ills mother, Mra. 8. E.
Collins, Str.itton, Colo. The Daw
son News printed an Inquiry laat
week from Stratton from R. G. W.
Collins, contractor and builder, box
151, Stratton, Kitcaraon county,
Colorado, making Inquiries for a
missing man who went up the Pel
Iv last year The Inquirer failed to
say in his letter whom he wanted to
locate or what were the relations
of the two, but It Is presumed the
missing man was the son of the In
quirer. Tln> writer stated he was
74 years old, and hut for his age
would start at once to look for the
missing one.
WE HIVE JIIST TIPPED THE EIRST MURE I. Of THE SEASON
IT'S GOOD
SI. PER GIL
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
THERE 15 SOUND OP
WRATH IN BELGIUM
Brussels, Oct. 17 Defalcations
of nearly six million dollar* which
Involves twenty-fonr bunks in th*
principal rillM of llflifium and a
lio?t of Investor* has Juat been
unearthed. The flmiil-NtiMi rail
way ia Included In the (riant *t#a1
and the *?neral m.inaeer ha* dis
appeared.
False certificates and juggling of
hook* toK?*th??r with rnlnona ap^u
latlon and gambling la ahown in b?
quite pn?T;?l Baron C1?arl?a d*
Hra^tmi)*, minister of RallwaVa,
Pn*ta an?l 7>l?*raphe. la h^tn* tf
vereljr wor?d for not mailing ?ii
InT^tiitatloi. of the condition of th*
railroad In time to prevent the dl?
imter Thotiaanda of amall litre t
lora will Iw thrtr sarin**
VISIT OF nKPI'Tl *HKsHU, . *
ItKCAM^ Ol.l? (-RIMK
John H. Kohlnsnn and wife of
Kagle arrived tn Skagway on Tne*
dftjr'a train, enroute for the atatc*
where they will upend the winter |
Mr. Hoblnaon la one of the "old
timer*" having gotu- Into the In
terior over the Ohilcoot trail In
'?7. For sereral yean past he ha*
heen deputy t'nlted State* marshal
in the Fourth Division, with head
quarter* at Knglp, and he waa the
man who brought out Bird when
he waa recaptured after breaking
jail from Anvlk and taken to Sltk*
where he waa tried for the murder
and hung.
Mr. RoMnaon haa resigned hla
poaitlon aa marshal and will return
in the spring to the Fairbanka dia
trlrt where he will take up mining
Me carrle* with him hla credential*
aa delegate from Camp Ragle to the
Grand Camp of the Arctic Brother
hood which will he held In North
Vancouver on November II, 13 and
14
ON WITH THK FltiHT
Nt\S WIIXUM JKSMSfiH
Indianapolis, Oct IT William
Jennings Bryan speaking to a large
audience today, deplored the shoot
ing of Roosevelt, hut said that If
should not deter people from con
tinuing their opposjtlon to the Pro
gressive*
Incoming passengers from the
north ?:iy that two more boat* will
arrive in Whltehorse In time for
about three hundred people to come
down Monday.
TROOPS SEN!
10 STRIKE OISL
Kljr. Oct IT? OI?ll *?r I* on In
the copper dWriflii of X??d? The
men on atrike hare attacked the
uriilM who are arrlrin* 10 tafc*
thetr place* and the governor waa
npimiM to yeaterday ToiI*t k?
l<elle?ed the condition* repaired the
presence of the militia and two mm
panie* were ordered to the arene
Oovernor fMdle wild that he woald
l>l?re sufficient troopa in the dis
trict to maintain order. bat he
hoped for an immediate Battlement
of the diapnte
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TO T.U.K M?R T*rT
Cortland. Ort 17 Socretarie*
Kno* and Klaher started e**t today
They will do the rest of their talk
ing for th? Taft campairn M?i'
wh?r> in the eaat. wkm they ar?
not buay lookln* after the hminea*
of the *oT?rnm?nt
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Boelon, Ort 17- Htatorle old
Fannel Hall, the cradle of liberty
and the birthplace of American pol
itic*. waa iHMd today noon for a re
ception (tl*en the Red So* who won
the world'* rhampionahip at boae
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