No. :tl9
TENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 1908
PRICE 10 CENT8
Death In Horrible form
Twelve Men Smothered In Molten Metal
?Scores Of Others Fearfully Burned
?Explosion Of Steel Furnace In Pitts
burg.
(By Unltsd Pr#?' 1
Los Angeles, Feb 12? Thfc ten round
go pulied off before ? big crowd here
last night between Jack Twin Sullivan
and Jim Flvnn, resulted in ? general
disgust and no decision. It was a life
less affair and Altogether a poor exhi
bition. The errors were about evenly
distributed.
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Pittsburg. Feb. 1*2 ? Early this morning an explosion
took place in one of the great steel plants of this city result
ing in the almost instant death of twelve men and the hor
ible injury of a score of other workmen. A crucible filled
with molten metal, from some cause as yet not ascertained,
exploded, throwing hundreds of tons of metal in great red
sheets throughout the mill, where hundreds of men were
employed. Several scoies were at work in the immediate
vicinity of the crucible, and these the molten metal fell
upon and euveloped like a blanket. The scene was horri
ble, the shrieks of the men rose above the roar of the ex
plosion. The employes of the mill who were not caught
ran panic-stricken, while ;he red streams of steel seemed to
pursue them like lava from a volcano.
Quickly those who were unharmed returned to the aid
of their fellows, while the army of employes from neigh
boring mills joined them. The horror of the scene and the
fearful smell of burning human flesh overcame many strong
men.
IN ANSWER TO MR. WHITTIER
Daily Alaskan: In regard to the ar
ticle in yesterdi^'s Alaskau quoting
Mr. Whittier with regard to the post
ulate ship contest, I w?nt to say that I
too know that the matter of appoint
n'snt Is before the proper autbori les
for decision; but if the Seattle P-t.
wants to know the sentiment of the
Skagway people as ex ores^ed in a
square vo'e I see no objection to them
haviug it. The P.-I. has done a great
deil for Alaska. As to i'l-'^ellng my
opponent wishes to aro'd why didn't
he thin * of this sevp*al weeks ago?
It's a poor 'xcuse; parbaps better than
none. Th?? r*?<l r nson cannot now be
Kivec, but we"ll know all about It be- I
fore loos. A. ?. Kindall.
FAMILYJARS
MAUD LOOSE
(By United Pr?M.)
Washington, Feb. 12? Maud Ashford
; is out with ao announcement that she
bat brolcoo her marriage engagement
| with Senator Davis because of the pro
[ nouoced opposition of his family.
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VALENTINES
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ic to $1.25
Valentine Post Cards
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L-W. BILL III 1
(United Prets Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Washington, Feb. 12 ? It developes that the bill pro
viding for the seven hundred thousand dollar appropriation
for the A-Y-P exposition was not sent to the committee on
industrial arts and expositions where it properly belongs
but to the Ways and Means committee of the house.
Friends of the bill declare this to be clearly an attempt to
bury it. However they are to make heoric endeavors to de
feat the scheme if seheme it was. The Ways and Means
committee is composed of the hard headed and most ex
perienced members of the house having small reputation
for sentiment or expositions.
PIRIC BUILDINGS IT JUHEMj
(Unite- Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Washington, Feb. 12 ? Bills have been introduced in
the house which provide for the erection of two public
buildings at Juneau, one for the office of the governor and
another to house the federal court and other officers. The
first provides an appropriation of $175,000 and the second
$200,000. The need of these buildings is being impressed
upon the congress through the voice of the representatives
from Washington as well as Cale and governor Hoggatt.
It is reasonably certain that some provision will be made
for the district offiicers at Juneau this session.
OPERATOR DIES
AT HIS POST
H*lmz, the telegraph operator at
Burn*' lake, on the Dominion govern
ment line connecting Dawson with the
outer world, was found dead In hie bed
Jan. 29, says the Dawson News.
Heart disease was the eause of the
death. The will of the dt ceased was
found on the table in his cabin.
No further details of the lonely end
of the oian has been received here. It
is prejutned that he had felt the trou
bio coming on or had experienced an
attack or two of heart trouble, and
after the first experience bad written
his will, feeling that likely another at
tack might carry him away.
The death of Mr. Heimz recalls the
fate of several' of the other faithful
men holding down posts in the long
strctch of wilderness between Yukon
and Ashcroft.
i"G-OLD MEDAL FLOUR"
We now carry this celebrated brand of East
ern hard wheat flour. Washburn, Crosby
^?Milling Cos,fproduct at
$2.50 per sack
GANTY & FRANDSON |
hbihw ? ? iwi?i? i 1
(By United Preu.)
Chicago, Feb. 12.? The jury in the
oaseof Flora McDonald, tried for the
murder of Walter Guerin, today re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
The case was one of (he most sensa
tional ever tried in Chicago because of
the prominence of the parties to it.
Mike McDonald, the gambler boss of
the city, was supposed to have be?n un
aware of the relations of his wife with
the young lawyer (Guerin) when his
wife was arrested for shooting him in
his office at midday. McDonald was
then in the full flood of power and
health. He declared an intention of
standing by his wife in the extremity
wnich threatened to rob ber of her rea
son. Ea has since died as a result of
the affair, it is said. The trial brought
out facts that indicated that McDonald
knew of the intention of hla wife to
shoot Guerin and abetted her. Tht
?erdict results from sympathy for the
woman, the defense of shattered rea
son.
FORMER LEFT
III IRE POLE
(By United Pre**.)
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 12. ? The elec
tion for delegates to the state conven
tion for the naming of delegate to the
national convention left Foraker out of
it entirely. Twenty-two districts dele
gates were elected and four deleeates
at-large, and every one of them are Taft
men. Thers was no opposition devel
oped.
ARCHAEOLOGY
IN ALASKA
(By United Pre??.)
Seattle, Feb. 12? Prof. Kdgar L
Hewett, director of American archaeol
ogy for the Archaeological Institute of
America, who has been lecturing on
the coait, is making an effort to interest.
Seattle people in archaeological work
in Alaska, a field uncovered by system
atic effort, but *hich he feels confident
would result in the discovery of definite
data as to the early migrations from
Asia to this continent and the origin of
the American aborigines. Before leav
ing Seattle he will endeavor to form the
nucleus of a fund which will accomplish
this purpose.
PORCUPINE DIET
III KATALLA
(By United Preo.)
Seattle, Wash., Fob. 12.? For 00 days
just prior to a week a?o the Alaska
town of Katalla was without fresh
meati or vegetables, and men were
daily tent into the country to hunt por
cupines. Porcupine meat waaHbe only
sepply that could be obtained until the
steamship Portland put into Katalla
roadstead on her way south from Val
dez and managed to land a supply of
fresb meats that she had been carrying
for 30 days. A part of the Portland's
cargo of fresh meats had to be landed
and sold at Juneau on the way north
because it was no longer feasible to
carry it aboard the ship.
CAHMEST
DRAMATIC ART
(By United Pre*.)
Ottawa Tia Ashcrof, Feb. 12? Up to
the present no less than thirteen ama
teur dramatic companies have entered
for the governor-general's competition,
which is to be held here commencing
February 2^th. The contest is to be
held on similar lines to those of last
year, which proved so great a success.
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Dances
Card Parties or
Other Social
Functions?
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Dinner Coat
Nine out of every ten
of the
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Suits
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We always have a line of sizes
on hand or we will take
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And we will Guarantee a fit,
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