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No. ?:t. TWBLKTH YEAH. SKAUWAY, ALASKA. MPS HAY. AUHl'ST ii. 1(HW I'KICE, 1" CKXTS
FOREST FIHES STILL NEE
(By United Prtn.)
SPOKANE, Wash. Aur. 23? The
Oo'ur d'Alene fires art* now under
control, although the forests arc still
*mouKU>rinj; in many places.
Forest fires aiv still rasing around
L
Grand Forks. R. C.. and other north
ern points.
No trace has bwn found of Everlll
Harriman, son of the' railroad mas
nate. It is belVe>ml that ho crossed
the mountains and escaped from the
flames. ^
FOOD ADULTERATORS ARE
SEEM WILEY'S SCALP
(By United Press)
DENVER. Colo. Aug. 23? The an
nual convention of the state food
commissioners will convene In this
city tomorrow. The manufacturers of
adulterated (roods who have been hit
hard by the national pure food laws
will make an effort to have resolu
tions passed scoring Dr. H. \V. Wiley,
chief of the 1". S. Bureau of Chemis
try. who has been a leader in
the fight against the sale of adulter
ated fool*. '
MORGAN BUYS
BI6 RAILROAD
(By United PretO
St. PAUL. Minn. Aug. 23? The Chi
cago & Great Western railroad has
been purchased by agents acting for
J. Pierpont Morgan and syndicate for
a consideration of $12,000,000. The
purchase was made at th* forclosure
sale. ^
JACK JOHNSON
IS TRAINING
(By United Press)
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug. 21? Jack
Johnson arrived here last night ami
today started light training for his
proposed fight with Jim Jeffries. J oh
son has evidently been taking life
easy, as he is fat and In poor condi
tion. Johnson is very talkative and
asserts that Jeffrtes is afraid of him
and will never meet him in the ring.
BIG DAMAGES
AGE AWARDED'
(By United P-ess.)
BOSTON, Mass. Aug. 23 ? The fam
ous suit commenced twenty-five years
ago by the Western Union Telegraph
company against the American Tele
phone company for the purpose of se
curing certaiu subsidary stocks was
ended today when a decision was
handed down- by the court awarding |
the Western Union stock worth about
*.1,000,000.
RIVEDJEPODTS
The Casca passed Rig Salmon at [
5 a. m. today, the Selkirk passed OgiK
vie at 7 a. m. today and the White
horse passed Coffee Creek at 9 p. m.
yesterday, all bound up stream.
The Dawson passed Yukon Crossing
at 7:30 a. m. today and the Bonanza
1 King passed Ogilvie at "> p. m. today.
| bound down stream.
The Case* will sail from White-'
| horse tonight.
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Bt/r NEW GOODS
At the Store that started with new
goodgs, and has added new goods each
i
I
+
You can find nothing but
New Seasonable Goods
at
LYNCH & KENNEDY
The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers T
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GLOOMY BUS O'BRIEN ATTACKS
UNPREPARED MAN W1
BRASS KNUCKLES
(Special to The Dally Alaskan)
JUNEAU, Aug. 23? Wearing a pair
of brass knuckles, A. H. O'Brien, ed
llor o f the Juneau Record, walked up
lo Kd Russell, editor of the Juneau
Dispatch, In Frei man's cigar atore
Saturday night and knocked htin dowfl
with a vicious and unexpected blow.
O'Brien was accompanied by Henry
Shattuck, clerk of the district court,
and C. M. Summers, president of the
First National Bank of Juneau.
As Russell unsteadily arose to his
feet after being floored. O'Brien at
tacked him again, while Shattuck ami
Summers prevented the bystanders
from interfering. Acting Town Mar
shal Harris attempted to separate
O'Brien and Russell, but Shattuck
snatched his club away and forcibly
testralned him.
Although stunned and bleeding. Run
sell put up a game fight and was
worsting O'Brien, when the crowd
which had collected finally broke in
to the store and separated the me?
Russell has a cut over his left eye
an Inch long.
O'Brien wu arrested and released
upon $200 cash ball which was torn
l?hed by Summers.
As aoon as tho municipal judge re
turns to Juneau the town officiate In
tend to have O'Brien, Shattuck and
Summers* arrested on a charge of as
sault and interference with an officer
and prosecuted to the full extent of
the law.
O'Brien's assault upon Russell was
caused toy an editorial assailing O'
Brien which appeared In the Dispatch
Saturday afternoon. The three Jun
eau papers hare been at outs for
some time because of a printing con
tract which Clerk of the Court Shat
tuck awarded to O'Brien without cal
ling tor bids.
Summers, who weighs more than 200
pounds, has always been noted tor
his bullying propensities. Last fall
he attacked R. L. Colby, an employee!
o: The Dispatch. Colby, who is a
small man, drew a revolver and wound
ed Summers. This spring Summers
met Colby and gave him a hard beat
ing.
(By United Preaa.)
MONTEREY. Mexico. Aug. 23? A
disastrous fire broke out in Monterey
yesterday and destroyed a large ?ec
tlon of the city beMTo It wa* extln
Kulshed. Tho property Kxw will *
mount to $1,000,000. No live* have
boon report txl lost. j
I. G. PRIDE
Richard C. McBride, Premier of
British Columbia. Dr. Henry R. Youn.
minister of education and member of
the provincial parliament from the At
lln-Comox district, and L. McRae.
secretary to the premier, arrived in
Skagwa.v Saturday on the City of Se
attle from Prince Rupert and left for
Atlin. After a abort vlalt in Atlln
Premier McBrlde will return to Vic
toria, B. C.
BOOTH OPERATED UPON
(By United PretO
LONDON, Rug. Aug. 23? General
William Balllngton Booth, commander;
In chW of the Salvation Army, sub
mitted to an operation on his eye* to- 1
day in the hope that It will save his
failing eye sight.
F. J. HENEY IS
IN ELIGIBLE
(By United Press.)
NEWPORT, Oro. Auk. 23? FYancis
J. Heney, who Is In this city today,
state*] that he would not be eligible
as a candidate for district attorney
at San Francisco this year on the
Democratic ticket because for the
past two years he has been affiliated
with the Republican party. Heney
will be forced to retire from the race
unless a special petition is presented
by a sufficient number of voters.
Then Heney can run as an Independ
ent candidate.
JEFFERSON DELAYED
The Jefferson passed Ketchikan at
10 o'clock yesterday morning and is
not expected to arrive in Sfcagway un
til early tomorrow norning.
y We carry the Best and LargestJStock j;
? [ of
FRUIT JARS
JELLY GLASSES
JAR CAPS
Rubbers and Paraffine
?f The berries are fine this year, put up all you can and
enjoy them next winter
GANTY & FRANDSON
?1 I H 1M1-I-H-H-M -1! M ??' I"I"I !??> M-M-M
(By United Tre?0
SCHORNV1LLK, l?a. Aug. 23? Ton
strlkorR w?T(> kl11o<1 laat night a* a
roault of an encounter between a molt
of atrllcora anil a company of* atato
militia. The militia wore guarding
the plant of tho Proaaod Stool Car [
company, A mob of several htwdred
Mr1k>?rn advnnr?-<l upon the plant .Yn<t
rnftoad to ?U?perne. Th? aoMler*
fired with fatal reanlt*. TIh? mob
th?n iK-kttprod. There la ureal Indi
cation iftnonr the atrlKeni and threat*
of dynamiting have been freely made.
BURSTING BALLOON 8ALKS
PERILOOS PURSUIT OF POLE
I
(By United Pr??.)
LONDON, Eng. Aug 21? A dtopatch
from Hatnm??rfc?t. Spltzcnberg, aUt?w
that the dirigible balloon. In which
Walter Well man and aeveral com pan
Ion* loft In to dtacover the north pole,
exploded thirty-two mil** from Ham
morfMt, the starting point.
HAMMERFEST, SplUonlMT*. Au?.
23 ? Walter Wollman and the oth^ra
o' his party oarapetl Injury wb??n
thrtr balloon oxplod?>d Saturday, but
Un> cxpfdllton baa b??r. abandoned
for this y??ar. Tho balloon fat a com
pl?*te wrwlt
GREAT FUTURE
IS PREDICTED
NEW YORK. Auk. 16? Two Phltt j
delphta papers this morning comment
extensively on the future of Alaska
The Ledger says that within the past :
forty years more than two hundred
million dollars has come offl of Alask
and that the possibilities of the
country have but yet been scratclwil
over. The name paper poos on to
say that President Taft should visit
Alaska because "It Is well worth
presidential Inspection and will give
intimate knowledge of a country that
will one day be the greatest in Uh
union." .
BFRGER WANTS FIGHT BIOS
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Aug. 21?.
Sam Berger. manager for Jim Jeffries
arrived in the city last night and ts
seeking bids for the proposed fl*ht|
between Jeffries and Johnson. It Ik
thought that Jim Coffroth will put
-on the fight a'thsl Col ma arena.
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TOURISTS ME
ENTHUSIASTIC
Mr. and Mri. J. P. Row of Hits*
baric. Pa., returned from Atlln, U. C ,
Saturday, where th--y hav.? bo??n via
I'inc the various polols of Interest
about the creeks with Mr. and Mr*.
Gessbach of Albany, N. V.; Mr. and
Mr*. Thomas of Cleveland. O.I and
Mr*. Gard and Mini WlUon of Col
umbus. O.
All of the party are dellchted with
the trip and had only- praise for the
beantiful scenery of Atlln. Mr. Ross
stated that he had never before view
ed such scenery. He alao spok? of
the uniform crairtejty ahown to tour
ists both by residents of the country
and the White Paapi A Yukon official*.
WHITELAW REIDJ.IKES JOB
(By United Preta.)
LONDON. En*. An*. 22? Whltelaw
Reid, United States ambassador to
England, today positively denied the
rumored report that he Intended to
realgn.
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