?he PmlijAlaslum
No. 57. TWELFTH YEAK.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4 li)0i)
PRICE, 10 CENTS
GREYHOUNDS OF THE OCEAN
LIE 1ST LEASH IN IHBOR
Long anil lean and lying low in the
water, like dark shadows, the first
five boats of the torpedo boat flo
tilla glided into the harbor at 7:40
iast night am', tied up at Moore's
wharf. The word that the destroyers!
were coming was noised about towu|
soou after they had passed Haines,!
I'nd several hundred people were on
?.he wbarvea o watch the vessels'
dock.
The flagship Perry, Hopkins, Whip
ple. Hull. Truxton and Paul Jones com
pose the floti."a. The boats, are tor
pedo boat destroyers and not torpedo
boats as was erroneously stated in the
dispatches recei.-ed here. The boats
l>re 200 ( et long. 23 feet beam, draw
S to 1- feet of water, and have two
tiiple expansion engines capable of
developing S.'?00 horse- power. The:
fastest boat lit ,hf fleet tan make v
little bet'er thin .-:2 milts an hour ri
der forced drar.fch;. The boats "aro
se ven 0 ;>ound gnus and two 3-inch
g.ins am' two torpedo tubes with 4
Whitehead Torpedoes.
The boats can cairy nearly 200 tons I
of coal in their bunkers and on deck
and use about to 45 tons a day.
according to the speed they are makin
Each engine L. in a seperate compart
ment and Independent of the other.
Four boilers generate the power. Th
ship* havt about 450 tonnage. Three
of ' ers and 73 mvn are on each ves
sel.
The boats are mere shells of steel
and their object in war time is to
hunt dow.i tud destroy the enemies"
torpedo boats a.i'J also to act as
'touts for the battl-ships and cruisets
On account o' their speed they can
catch torpedo boats and run away
:roui heavier ships. They must oper
ate near a bast* of supplies because o
their small . oa? carrying capacity. It
costs about J400.000 to construct a
torpedo boat destroyer.
The flotilla Ifft Seattle Monday,
July 20, and proceeded Jirectly to
S'.tka. From Skigway the boats will
riturn south, stopping at Haines. I
Douglas, Juneau and Ketchikan. The
cruise was for the purpose of making
i he officers of th? flotilla to some ex
U-nt familiar w.th the Alaskan waters.
The torpedo l>oats wore objects of
curiosity all day aid many people, in
cluding the tourists in town, visited
the flotilla today. The majority of the
crews had shore leave and spent the
day visiting in town.
The sailors are a line looking lot of
young men, most o-.' them being bronz
id and muscular from their active ou
door life. Both offiters and men thor
oughly enjoyed thi cruise north.
The boats and the officers are:
Perry, Lieut. E. B Lariiuore, fleet
commander, and E isigns Davis and
Symington; Paul Jones, Lieut. M. 10.
Davis and Ensigns Wright and Cas
sidv; Hopkins, Lieut. Kredcrlk and
Ensigns Lightle and Edwards; Whip
ple, Lieut. J. (J. Church and Ensigns
Shaw and Mayfield: Truxton, Ensign
Scudder in comma i 1, and Ensigns Mt?
Cormaek and Gross: Hull, Lieut. Mc
Coinmon. Ensigns Jones and Glllinor
and Dr. J. T. Duhrigg.
14 SUSPECTS
ARE ARRESTED
(By United Press.)
EVERET, Wash. Aug. 4? Fourteen
susjH'cts have been arrested by the
I ollce charged with having set the
t'res which came nearly causing tin
destruction of Everett Monday after
noon. There is no strong incriminat
ing evidence against any of tin- men.
COTTAGE CITY WELL LOADED
The Cottage City arrived in port
at o'clock this morning with 98 pas
sengers and 190 tons of freight, most
ly consigned to tin' interior. The Cot
tage City had a smooth and unevent
ful voyage. Rainy weather was en
countered most of the way up the
coast. The Cottage City sailed south
at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon this af
ternoon. Seventy of her passengers
i were round tripprs.
X Our New Fall Samp es of the
Famous
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ami we will assure you that there will not any j*
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immein
(By Unlt?d Prt*?)
NEW YORK. Aug. 4? Mrs. Mary
Castle, formerly an actress, but now
conducting a musical studio, shot and
wounded William Craig, a prominent
New York lawyer, as he stepp^ Into
tne elevator In the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel last night. Craig's wound Is
rot serious. Mre. Castle Is under ar-j
rest.
As the reason for her murderous* at
tempt, Mrs. Castle stated that Craig. I
who had long professed love for her,
was growing tired of her affections
end avoiding her.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Aug. 4?
Mrs. Castle, who made the attempt
to murder William Craig In New York
is well known in this city. She form
erly was a society leader In this city.
Her husband was an attorney who
wwit to Alaska some years ago. He
was heard from at Nome three years
ago. His present whereabouts is un
known.
TOM JOHNSON IS REPUDIATED
(By United
| CLEVELAND, Ohio. 4? At a special
referendum election held in this city
yesterday the voters overwhelmingly
repudiated the three-cent street car
fare measure which haB been the chid!
contention of Mayor Tom Johnson in
LIb municipal campaigns. Major John
son was much chagrined today at the
result of the election. It is possible
that it may result in his not being
a candidate for re-election as mayor.
(By United Pren.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug. 4? Th
State House of Representatives pas
sed a state wide prohibition law yes
terday. The bill is now before the
Senate and the liquor Interests are
making a desperat fight to prevent
its passage.
GAR COMPANIES
ARE PREPARING
|
(By United Pre??.)
CHICAGO, 111. Aug. 4? The street
oar companies are making preparation
for the strike which the officials feel
certain is coming as a result of the
demands of the carmen for a "closed
shop" policy by the car companies.
The companies are making arrange
ments to bring in hundreds of strike
breakers the moment the strike is
declared and headquarters for the
strike breakers are now being arrang
ed for.
THAW INSANE,
ALIENISTS SAY
(By United Press.)
WHITE PLAINS, N Y. Aug. 1?
Three prominent alienists swore on
the witness stand yes.erday that Mar
ry Thaw was insane and could not
possibly recover his sanity. It looks
as If Thaw will not be successful In
securing his release from the asylum.
ALASKAN TRIP
PLEASED HENEY
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. 4? Francis
J. Honey arrived In Seattle last night
and will remain here three days. He
is enthusiastic over his Alaskan trip
and says Alaska is a great country
and has, in his opinion, u wonderful
future. Mr. Heney will proceed direc
b to San Francisco and take charge
j! the Calhoun trial.
Subscribe for The Alaskan.
Go to the Paclc Train restaurant
for your Sunday French Dinner. The
very best of everything the market
affords. Ice cream served free with
our Sunday dinner. S. tf
Stop at the Caribou hotel when 1'
Carcross. Fine fishing and hunting
in the immediate vicinity. Overlooks
the beautiful shores of the lake. E
W. Gideon, prop.
| We carry tHe Best and Largest Stock
of
FRUIT JARS
JELLY GLASSES
JAR CAPS
Rubbers and Paraffine
?j* The berries are fine this year, put up all you can and
enjoy them next winter
GANTY & FRANDSON
TORPEDO DESTROYER PAUL
JONES CRASHED OH ROCKS
Carried off her course by tide rips,
the torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones
crashed into a hidden reef in Peril
.nralts (35 miles out from Sitka, be
tween Baranof and Chichagof Isl
ands) at 7 o'clock yesterday morning
while running at three-quarter speed.
The destroyer ran up on the rocks
with her bow high out of water.
1 lien the tide caught her and she
slipped back Into the water, free from
the rocks. The shock threw all the
i' en on board who were sleeping in
their bunks and hammocks to the
decks. Several were badly bruised.
"I thought we had struck another
boat," said one of the sailors today,
''and as soon as I could pick myself
i?ji I ran out on dock. It threw me
clear out of my berth when we srtuck,
As soon as we got out on deck we
rigged out the collision mats ? and be
lieve me. It ddin't take us very long."
The collision mats are made of por
ous material and fit over holes, swel
ling and preventing leakage. The
pumps of the Paul Jones were also
set to work.
The reef punched two good sized
boles In the hull Just forward of "mid
bhips on the starboard side and the
iropellor shaft was badly bent.
The Paul Jones limped into Lynn
Canal far behind the rest of the fleet.
She reached Skagway at ten o'clock
last night.
The Paul Jones will be taken to
drydock and repaired as soon as she
reaches Seattle. Temporary repairs
vill keep her from leaking 011 the trip
south.
Lieut. M. S. Davis was in command
a* the time of her accident. There
was no pilot on board and he was fol
lowing the wake of the leading boats.
The tide carried the wake in shore
and also swept the boat off her course
onto the reef.
ENGLISHMAN IS
TOURING WORLD
Mr. Muir Wilson of Sheffield, Eng-I
land, attorney and millionaire, arrived!
in Skagway this morning on the Prin
cess May and will leave tomorrow for
Whitehorse. After spending a few
days in Whitehorse, Mr. Wilson will
go down the river to St. Michaels
and Nome and then return to Seattle.
From there he will proceed to Austra
lia and New Zealand. He is making
a trip around the world. Mr. Wilson
was one of Joseph Chamberlain's lieu
tenants in the fight for tariff reform
which lie was waging in England. M r,
Wilson stood as the Chamberlain can
didate for Parliament from Sheffield,
and was beaten by a narrow margin.
The planks which Mr. Wilson declar
td himself in favor of were more
Dreadnaughts, free food stuffs and a
preferential tariff with the colonies,
the nationalization of railroads, state
ownership of coal mines and woman's
suffrage.
He predicts that within eighteen
months war will be declared between
Germany and England. He disclaims
alarmist sentiments, but says that a
death grapple for commercial suprem
acy is inevitable. He favors the state
ownership of coal mines for this rea
son.
"The coal fields at Westphalia and
East Prussia contain coal of such a
poor quality that it cannot be used
t< drive huge warships. What is re
quired is highly bituminous anthracite
It is a notorous fact, however, that
the German government has six coal
mines in South Wales and from Kntf
lnnd is exporting coal to be used for
the German fleet."
Mr. Wilson is the Servian consul at
Sheffield and he has been decorated
L.\ the late King Alexander, who was
assassinated, and by Peter the First,
tl.e present King. Mr. Wilson is a
very interesting conversationalist and
is thoroughly versed in European pol
it ics.
Capt. F. B. Turner of the steamer
Casca, who went below several weeks
ago on account of the illness of his
wife, returned today on the Princess
May and left for Whitehorse. Mrs.
Turner is recovered from her illness.
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Why Send Away
For
Your Clothing?
We have the Largest Stock
of
CLOTHING
In Alaska, and we Guar
antee every suit that leaves
our store. Come and look
them over.
A fine line of
Shoes and Hats
For Summer
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