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No. 64 FIFTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1912 ****** 10 rKN Is
CABLE PULLS
MAN OVERBOARD
I. IKK l.ttsT l\ ftOOMBXT
ON TMK KORTYMII.K
Kmtp'< fVrn llrtvik* l.o-vo, \n?i ,
Kill i? Over i
>?l<> Vn.l Un>w nrtl.
Ka^le, June l? Arrivals from
the upper Kortjinile bring mord
that Monday morning. Juno It.
? !ule KoBp't iv.bV ferrj at Steele
creek crMsinf, on the Forty mil*
river, * as bringing some horses
across the stream the guy line
of the ferry parted.
The ferry m as released and drift
ed down stream
Bill Tiiuoney, the steersman on
the ferr>. * as pulled over the side,
and mas drowned
The mail earner, tleorcv Randall,
and horsws were s.-oed by smim
ming ashore
The mater in the Forty mile is al
flood height
rort)?il>\, June 1>? The s. v>* ]
used as Kemp's ferry at Steele
creek, mhich broke loose. mas I
caught here
The ladies aid of the M?hodist
church mill give their big entertain
ment in the Skating Rink hall Fri
day. June IS. to which ereryone is
invited Admission is free. After
the program the young ladirs mill
serve all kinds of dainties, lee
cream and cake, 23 cents; coffee,
vake and sandwiches. 55 cents;
lemonade. 5 cents; home made can
dy of all kinds in tv:e sweets de
partment
IVosramnte.
. . . . Miss Kirm^e I
Miss Blackm r-ll
. Klizabeth Hopj>er
. . Prof ^'Imc
Floris Clark
John Hopper
Mr* H IV Kirmj*>
Viss Rlackwe'l
. . . .Vivian Talbot
MM.ii Rixnx H? ON
<ii\vT KW?M NORTH
Seattle. June tT ? A shipment of,
in cold dust, representing
a pan of the spring f Wnup from j
Yukon and Alaska, mas received |
here on the steamer Humboldt
l ianc Solo
Recitation .
Vocal Solo
Violin So'o
Recitation
P;aro Solo
Vocal Solo
Recitation
P.ano Solo .
MONEY SKXT 001X>5iKl.
TO ORKAX1EK XKV PARTY
Km* Mail Krinp> Man* flecks to
he Inn) For l*efra\ inc K\pw?ws
?{ Running
Oyster Ray, June 2T ? With the
arrival of each mail. Colonel Roose
velt is in receipt of many cheeks
from friends to be used for the ,
purpose of defraying the expenses
of the new party.
>,-With this demonstration which
Colonel Roosevelt looks upon as be- -
ins of a WT substantial nature, he j
states that the new party will short- j
ly start trouble for the old parties.
PRINCESS SOPHIA M \KK>
VO\ \<>K TWO TO Y^
The Canadian Pacific Ry eont-j
|van> 's ne* Steamship Sophia fin
ished the first half of her voyagv
to Alaska when she docked at
Moore's wharf last night at "iSf
She had 54 pass* ngers and 1M0.
tons of freight.
The arriving time of the ship
was delayed about ten hours owing
to the fac. thSt her passenger list
was composed mostly of tourists,!
and the slay* in the various ports
of call were prolonged in order
to allow- the passengers a greater
opportunity of visiting the places
of interest for which each and
every town in Southeastern Alaska
is noted
H. W Rrodie and wife were'
among the passengers, and arej
booked for the round trip Mr.
Rrodie is the general passenger
agent of the Western division and
the R C. coast service Miss,
Thompson, Mr Brodie's 'private sec
retary. is nlso in the party.
W H Fairbanks. s? rintendet t
e the X C. company ot Dawson,
is also on the passenger list of
the Sophia, and continued on to
Whitehorse on this morning's trai' .
e?.ron?\p to Dawson.
Cheena was represent <-d on the!
passenger list of the new Canadian
ship by Mr. and Mrs K. Griffin, i
while D. Cadrow, the Rampart !
House merchant represented tho
"Farthest North" on the passenger
list.
The Sophia will sail south at " !
o'clock tonight, with about 35 pas
sengers
Miss Murphy, who has been j
teaching school in Whitehorse for
the past two years, will arrive on j
tonight's train, enroule to Aan-j
couver. She w-ill sail south on the
Princess Sophia.
? lll*BSB4RaCiin
Celebrate
Independence Day
IN A NEW GOWN
A BIG LINE
SILKS, MESS ALINES
SATINS & SILK POPLINS
As well as White and Wash
Goods
Prices from 15c
to $1.50 per yard
H . J . LYNCH
T>? UfhTo-0?t? NabardMher and LacMaa Furnl?h?r.
ARROGATES 1*X1T Kl'l.K
FOR STATK l?KI.KUATIOXS
Itrj'Mi Ami Op'niwn Will \\ t Itc
^ilitv |Mnt lot in. ItiyAH
1 tattle Halt W on For IVngPfiwIvw,1
Armory Pudding, Baltimore, Juno
27 ? With the convention hall crowd
ed to suffocation by the delegates,
to the Democratic National conven
tion and the audience who were
present to root for their favorites,
the convention was called to order
at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon.
By a vote of five hundred and
sixty-five and one half to four hun
dred and ninety-one and one half,
the convention abrogated the unit
rule by which some state delegation*
were bound to cast their votes as a
unit. This ?.i8 hailed as a victory
for Woodrow \Vilson. and the dem
onstration lasted thirty-three min
utes
Alaska voted in favor of the abro
gation of the rule.
All contests were settled accord
ing to the settlements already made
by the National committee
Bryan's motion. ]>ro\lding that
the question of platform be taken
up after the nominations was car
ried viva voce.
l>aly was named as chairman of
the new IVmocratic National com-'
mittee for Alaska.
William Jennings Bryan, togeth- 1
er with Senator Ogorman were se
lected to write the entire platform,
and they becan their labors at 11
o'clock, assuring the chairman that
they would have it ready to report
back 'o the committee by seven
o'clock tonight, and that it would
be reported to the convention at to
morrow morning's session.
I'pon a report submitted by the
minority of the credentials commit
tee. and after considerable debate,
a reconsideration of the vote was
taken, and resulted in favor of the
majority again winning.
Bryan says that the battle for
the Progressives is half won, and
that they will win the other half
at tomorrow's session.
Harmon has announced that hej
has not withdrawn from the race
\1? WOl.t. AST FAVOR1TK
11 V TK\ TO SKVKN
l.os Angeles, June 27 ? The bet- j
ting on the Wolgast- Rivers fight, ?
which will take place in this city'
on July 4. is ten to seven in favor |
of Wolgast
The Steamship I>olphin w ill ar- j
rive in this port at 9: SO o'clock to-,
night, with a fair passenger list and
60 tons of freight
Rev Rl.aokwell and daughter ar
rived in Skagwav on the launch
Boreas from Junean and will re-j
main in town for the next few days;
as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. K. i
J. I-tddicoat. |
? ? ? ? ? j. j. j. j. j. j
\K\V STKAM KVUINK Ft)R
. Kl/OMHKK UY. (X)MPANY
With Dougan Barry at the throt
tle, and Charlie Adams handling
the black diamonds, Engine No. 4,1
of the Klondike Mines Railroad eotr
l-any, will pull out from Skagway
tor Whftehorse some time tonight.
This engine, built for the Klon- '
<!ike Mines Railroad company by
the Baldwin lxxximotlve Works, is
of the latest type, and will compare
in slie to some of the heavy en
gines in use on the big roads of the
States, the only difference being in
the guage which Is made to eon
form with the rails of the company,
which is commonly termed "nar
row" guage. ?
After arriving In Skagway the
engine was taken to the White Pass
shops, and there assembled, and
for the past few days, the new
piece of rolling dtock has been run
about the yards to get a little
limbered up Fpon It* arrival at
Whitehorse, It will be run onto a
barge, and taken to Pawson where
it will be run onto the rails of the
company.
With the departure of engine No
4, Skagway will lose temporarily
two of her old timers, as Kddle
Barry and Charlie Adams will be
with the K M Ry company for
the next two months
NOI.hlTOR tJKNKRAI, HKSltiNS
FROM DKPT. OK JI'HTKTC
Washington. June 27- Frederick
l^ehman, solicitor general of the
United States I>epartment of Justice,
handed in his resignation at a late
hour yesterday afternoon. The rea
son for his resignation is not known
Attorney General Wlckersham ac
cepted the resignation this morn
ing.
Ill AD OF NOMK I.KJHTFRACJK
OIMPAXY I'ASSKS %WAY
Nome, Alaska, June 27 - John J
Sesnon, a prominent and old time
resident of this city, died yesterday
trom a complication of disease*
Mr. Sesnon wa.s Interested In the
Sesnon Lighterage company
l.\ FOU.KTTK RKFISKS
TO JOIN ROOSKVKIjT
Washington, June 27 ? When
;-eeri this morning by friends of the
Progressive party movement. Sen
ator 1/iFollette stated that he
would not join with Theodore Roose
velt in the organisation of the new
party
W ho Know* Wni. Kreetnan?
A communication has been receiv-l
ed requesting information regarding |
William Freeman, who is believed i
to have come to this section in the
early days.
He was a prospector, and believ
ed to have been near I.ake Bennett
at one time. He is of English des
cent, and had served in the Eng
lish army. Information should be
sent to Mary K. OKeefe. 2107
Clement Street, San Francisco, Cal
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FOR SALADS
Fresh Deep Sea Crabs ? Preferred stock 30c per tin
Lobsters ? Preferred stock - j- 40c per tin
Chinook Spring Salmon ? Preferred Stock
Small flat tins 20 c, 3 for 50c
Baratara Shrimps ? dry pack ? 2 sizes - 20c & 35c
EVERY CAN GUARANTEED tobe MEW PACK
: P. H. GANTY, Grocer J
+ +
SHERIDAN FAS!
IK ICE FLOES
1U(J ARMY TRANSPORT l\
l>A\<iKI{ OK BKiVft (HI'HHKD
Officer* Will Make Effoit to Dear
Passage Through KIH<I? of If*
by of Hjwmllf.
Nome, Alaska, June 27 ? The!
Transport Sheridan with nearly;
1,000 troops on board had been
caught In the Ice flow about on*
hundred and fifty miles sooth of
here, and It Is Impossible to get to
her assistance she Is In continuous
communication with the wireless ?ta
tlon here, and the commander of
the vessel states that every effort
to intricate his ship from the
ice fields have proved futile
I?ate this afternoon a message
was picked up stating that an at
tempt would be made to clear a
passage for the ship through the
Ice by the use of dynamite, * small
supply of which Is on board the res
sel
ma vs Honnv i.kaiw
TO RARK mwtnKRV
San Francisco, June 27 ? The?-!
dore Kytka has less money than J
Pierpont Morgan, but feels certain
he can Ret more value for ft. Kytka
is a handwriting expert, and his
hobby is indelible Ink. He says
that while Carnegie is spending mil
lions for libraries, not a book In
them will be legible 200 years from
now. Whenever he runs across an
old book that is still sharp and
black, he analyzes the in)..
In running across the shelves of
a second-hand dealer the other day,
he came across a particularly well
preserved copy of "Fox's Book of
Martyrs, 1760 " It cost him $9 to ]
own the book. Shortly afterward
he saw that Morgan had paid $10,
000 for a first edition oj the same
work.
Yesterday he took his copy toj
his friend. Thomas Burns, cashier
of the Sub-Treasury, and an au- .'
thority on old books. Without a]
word Burns pushed him out a stack
of $20 gold pieces Kytka refused
The book is worth whatever price
the fancy of a wealthy collector may
set on It. I
IN'TI-TRCST CAMGB I*
\i.AMK.t to ?o mm
Attorney (.en??nil limrwn MWrki
Attnnw^ to Appeal In
dlctment C?(W.
Seattle, June 27 ? None of the
Alaska anti-trust case* in which sev
eral transportation companies and
their officer* are charged with
conspiracy in restraint of trade in
violation of the Sherman law, will
he tried this summer, according to
word received from Washington yes
terday Attorney General George
W. Wickersham has Instructed ITnlt
?d States District Attorney John
Rnstgard, at Juneau, Alaska, to
appeal from the decision of Judge
Thomas R l.yons in dismissing the
personal IndictmenU against Charles
I B. Peabody, formerly an officer of
[the Alaska Steamship Company;
Geo H Hl|t bee, of San Francisco,
vlec president of the Pacific Coast
Company; C E Wynn Johnson, K
R Blllinghnrst, W H Nansen, W
B King and F B Wurfbacher, and
the rases aitainst the defendant cor
porations will also go orer until
! ne*t Fall
PIT* RKI^TKD (HH'AWI
PMTPIIRM I P TO DF.M*
Washington. Jane 27 ? Sen Im
Follette returned yesterday after
noon from Baltimore, and when
approached by newspaper men for
an Interview as to the nature of his
conference had with Bryan, he re
fused to talk.
I It Is known that he presented the
1 platform which had been rejected
1 by the committee on platform at
! Chicago to the Baltimore commit
tee. but would not state as to
whether It had been accepted or
i not
KKPI bi.h anm i.fadim; i>
MiltTH DAKOTA PRIM A RIB*
Grand Forks, N* Dak , June 27
? I,. B. Hatina. the republican nom
inee for governor of this state. Is
leading George Jones the Demo
cratic candidate. In the primary
election which was held yesterday
Former t'. ?- Senator Dies.
Washington. June 27 ? Former
it*. S Senator Biggins died at his
home in this city yesterday from *
: complication of diseases
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OF
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aiso
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