THE DAILY ALASKAN
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TENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY AUGUST 15 1907 PRICE 10 CENTS
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT INTERFERE IN STRIKE
LOCAL LONGSHOREMEN REFUSE
10 UNLOAD THE DOLPHIN
Trouble was experienced during the
day by the Dolphin which reached port
at nu early hour this morning. Satur
day night, just before the ship left Se
attle, a fight started among members
o! the crew and the Sscond Mate order
ed the men to go on the dock and fight
the matter out. Superintendent Coch
ran, of the Alaftka Steamship Company
was on the boat and heard the Mate
order. He calied him up and alter
telling him that he should not have
sent the -lien to rizht on the dock when
*omen and children were there, dis
jcharj?td him. This angered the crew
I ami a number of them struck and re
i fused to- come north with the vessel.
: When the boat got Into Alaskan
! waters a number of Indians were
: picked up and put to work. The long
shoremen here heard that a strike was
: on and refused to work with the Indi
ans and the result was that the vessel
could not be unloaded. The crew will
make an attempt to get the vessel un
loaded some time this afternoon anil the
j boat will likely get away about nine
[o'clock tonight.
L A. HARRISON CO.
Q. D. Justrite Corsets
If yuu waut to make tlie most of the
natural beauty and symmetry of your
figure, try a Q. D. Corset. Guar
anteed to t and wear satisfactorily.
$1 50 $2-50 $3.50 $5-50 $6-50
Mexican Hemstitched Linen
Scarfs and Squares with neat
drawn work borders. Others
stamped with neat designs
Sizes 18x54 30x30 and 45x
45 inches New Draperies
Art Burlaps and Ticking's
and Hungarian Denims and
Silkolines
Stores open Evenings Phones 4 and 55
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One Thing We Destinctly Aim at
in This Business
Is that every man who
knows us or read our
ads. will know that
this is the store for
quality in clothing.
We would rather be
known as the right
place for good stuff
than as a place where
you get low prices.
It is always easy to
quote prices but it is
what the prices buy
that counts.
We sell
Hart Scftaffner &
Marx and David
Adler & Sons
Clothing anil we want
you to know it. We
cannot give you any
better evidence of our
standard qualities than
that they are the best
made.
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_H*rt Schatfn." t? -Mux_
?iay$on $ ?o. |
CIk One Price glotbim-fourtb and Broadwav
(Special Dispatch to Daily .Kloskan.)
New York, Aug. lf>. ? The Associate'! Press is sending
a partial report to eastern papers with strikebreakers but
only a portion of the usual business is being handled andj
even this cannot be continued as the strikebreakers are
showing signs of dissatisfaction. A few items manage to
leak through to the western papers.
Oyster Hay, Aug. lf>. ? In response to numerous ap-j
peals from the business interest- of the country President
Roosevelt has announced t hat he will not interfere in the1
telegraphers strike. He asserts (hat h^lias no authority to j
meddle in the affair.
CANADIAN MEN 0011
Toronto, Can., Aug. 15. ? All the operators on the]
Great Western system of telegraphs in this country have
struck in sympathy with the- operators of the United States.
oTfer ten dollars a day
Seattle, Aug. 15. ? Both the Postal and the Western
Union companies are offering ten dollars a day to operators
to handle the business in this city, but can find no men to
serve them.
GOVERNMENT MEN GONE OUT
Washington, Aug. 15. ? All the Government telegraph
ers have gone out and nothing is doing in Washington
government telegraph offices.
TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND OUT
Chicago, Aug. 15. ? Reports from the entire United
States show that at midnight last night twenty-one thous
and telegraph operators had gone out on strike.
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)!
i Washington, Aug. 15? In his speech j
at Columbia last night, Secretary!
Taft outlined the policy of the admin
istration on the trust question, llei
discussed all Important matters and j
stated the President's intentions nn all
o( them. He also announced his can
didncy for the nomination as Presi
dent.
The New York World thinks last
night's "perch ends the question of
Rooseve.t's running anil believes that
the candidates will be Taft and Bryan.
Secretary Taft will sail from Seattle
for the Philippines on the lOLh of Sept
ember,
MRS EDDY IS
DECLARED SANE
ATTEMPT TO HAVE HEAD OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE CHURCH PRONOUNCED
INSANE BY COURT FAILS
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Concorad, Aug., 15? Tlie alienists ap
pointed to examine Mrs. Edil.tr, head of
the Christain Scientist church, have
made a ivport that she is sane and is
the {'(Msessor of a rao;t nimble wit
This will likely end the litigation look -
ing towards the appointment of a re
ceiver of Mrs. Eddv's property which
has been sought by her son.
IS STILL HELD
REPORT OF HIS RELEASE
SOU'S FOLLOWERS
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Tangier, Aug. 15? The report sent
out that Haisuli had released Said Mac
Lcan lacks confirmation and is gener
ally believed here to be untrue. The
M oi< and French are still fighting
around Casi Hlanca and Spanish and
1'rench troips are in the country pui
suiug the followers of Kuisuli.
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
New York, Aug. 15? With the open
ing of the Stock Exchange this morn
ing a hammering of all stocks began.
The lowest point that has been reached
In six years prevafleil all day. The pit
of the exchange and the sidewalks
along Wall and Broad streets were
lined with brokers and members of the
exchange and great excitemeGt pre
vailed. The Rockefeller interests were
again hit, hard but fought steadily to
prevent becoming shoved under.
FAVORS PARCEL POST AND
A POSTAL SAWS SYSTEM
(Special Dispatch co Daily Alaskan.)
Washington, Aug. 16? In his report
just issued Postmaster G.-neral Von
Meyers urges congress to piss a law i
providing for renewal of the postal
notes; domestic parcel post, which shall
include packages up to ten pounds: a
postal savings bank system ai d two cent
foreign postage.
Owing to the lodge meeting last night,
no contest was held in the English bil
liard tournament, at the Board of Trade
The 9atne parties scheduled to play last
Qight will play this evening.
The Fifth Avenue hotel hasunlimited
accomodations. Steam he.n and every
thing modern.
CHICKENS FOR ALASKA
One thousand chickens were sent to
Alaska for the estub'iihing of a chicken
farm iD the far north. The chickens
were takeD on the steamship Montara,
which left last evening for Nome.
The Fifih Avenue hotel is the big.
gest and best appointed hostelry in all
the north
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REMINGTON
TYPEWRITER
0aniy $ Trandson
Jlgettts for Skagway
STANDARD
?F THE W0RLD