No. :UG. TENTH YEAR.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH J 1, 1908.
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
BIG ORE BUNKERS TO BE BUILT
Superintendent Hahn Arrives and Sets Things in
Motion the Same Day. Crew at Work on the
Water Front. Line of Ore Carriers to- Follow
Completion of Bunkers. Railroad Extension.
Superintendent of the White Pas? &
Yukon V.I. Hahn arrived up on the
Jefferson last evening and with him ?
lar^e party of workmen and others with
maps, pl?ns and equipment for the im
mediate s art on the builrt.nu of the bi>;
ore buukers. And this morning the
I relitninary skirmishing was actively
uouer way, Tiewijsr the Kr*>und, ?s
seuibiins; the equipment, e c Mr
Uahn hu been a?ay some lut e time
bu*- los n ne ic getting acquaint- d wi h
ihe s tuatioa here.
The work on the bunkers is in charge
of J. J. Shirley. The buckets are to be
located just south of the railroad wharf
on the water's e 'ga. Rails are to be
extended across and beyond the little
point of land a few huudred feet south
of the i resent end of the tracks. The
bunkers to be installed are known as
the Hu'tt system, with trip c*rs and
chutes, first carrying the ore up, drop
ping it into the bunkers proper and
thence earn in? it In cars out over the
w.iter where it will be drooped into the
waiting ships The bunker* will have
? capacity of 2,500 tons. Their employ
menr, says Mr. Hahn, means the em*
ployment aho of a lino of ore carrying
ships, 2.500 to 4,000 un\ to ihls port.
As stated the work is alrea.ly under
way and wi-l] go forward as fast a poa
' sible.
On the other side the hill, the pre
paration For feeding the bunkers i* also
under way. Mr. Haln says the com
pany will, a little later, as the season
opens, employ abouUjOO men, here and
on the extension of tbe road. About
sixteen miles of rails are to be laid from
a point near Whltehorse to the group
of mines? the Valerie, Arctic Chief,
Grafter. Best Chance, War Eagle and
Copper King: which are to furnish tbe
ore. The steel for tbe rails hcs been
contacted for with the Illinois Steel
company. Engines and converitable
flat cars to the purpose have also been
ordered. The bridge ?ang is to be sent
out next week and tbe other crews just
ai soon as the frost Is out of the ground.
SGHMITZ GOES SCOT FREE
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Sau Francisco, Mar. 11 ? By unanimous vote the
supreme court of the state yesterday rendered a decisiou
which denies the appeal of tlie'state for rehearing in the
case of former major Schmitz, in the bribery and graft
cases. The decision is founded on declarations of defects
in the indictments.
Steps were immediately taken looking to his release,
which was effected last night after a bond in the sum of a
hundred and fifty thousand dollars was furnished. The
other charges of extortion which have not been tried were
dismissed.
Heney is out with affidavits published this morning
giving his reasons for prosecuting Ruef. He characterizes
Ruef as a "monumental liar" when he says he was
promised immunity in consideration for testifying as he
did. He declares in the affidavit that no such promise was
ever made.
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(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Christiana, Norway, Mar. 11 ? This morning while the
royal family was gathered in the breakfast hall of the
palace ten shots were fired in rapid sucession through the
windows, smashing the glass and creating a panic through
out the palace. The king and family escaped unhurt
although some of the shots ranged very close to the king
and others.
King Haakon is popular and has had little of that dread of
assassination that hangs over the lives of nearly every
monarch of the continent. His accessibility no doubt
suggested this murderous attempt by the crew of assassins
who are reported to have turned their hands against kings
without regard to character or conditions of their subjects.
The assault has created great excitement throughout
Scandinavia
HORSES ARE
ALL RIGHT
A queatloD has been raised with re
paid to the horses brought up on the
Jefferson yesterday for the White Pass.
On the way up the hordes developed a
cold, which caused a story to arrive
ahead of Lbera to tha effect that they
were afflicted with glanders, and It -vas
said that perhaps they would not be
allowed to land. However, 'he horses
were io charge of Dr. R. B Coutta, as
sistant superintendent > nd veterinary
surgeon of the White Pass' He had
clear bills all along the line. It is
definitely stated there is nothing jeri
ous the matter with them Dr. Coutts
is greatly incensed at the story which
has caused him some annoyance.
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SPRING FLURRY IN REAL ESTATE
That the people of Skagway believe
io the futuro of the town is made evi
dent by the stir in real estate. Prop
erly U changing hands after a fashion
not seen in mtny years. Following are
notes of purchases recorded within the
past few days:
Mrs. E. A. Sperry sold to Harold
HartJTigwn lot 7, block 6? being the
corner of 6th and Main on which is lo
cated the old Sperry iron building. Mr,
Hartwigsen intends to build a barn on
the property.
J. Craven sold to Thomas J Rtad the
north 7O feet of lota 1 anJ 2 of block 10
being the corner of 6tli and Main oppo
site the property referred to above, and
Mr. Ryan sold the property to Mrs.
Margaret H. McLellan,
Tho.:nas J. Greene and Bro. sold to
Andrew Frandsoji lots 7 and 8 of block
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67, being ihe corner of 9th and Alaska
streets. Mr. Frandson will build a home
htre for bis mother.
Aurora Bartbel sold to Perry M.
Hern lot 12 block 90, being the corner
of 14th and State street. There i9 a
handsome cottage on the property. Mr.
Hern is in the employ of Ganty &
Frandson.
Bridget Neville sold to John H. Han
son lot 11 block 121, being the corner of
16th and Broadway. There ia a cottage
here also, where Mr. Hanson, who was
married about a year ago, will make
his home.
Elihu Baker and wife sold to Carl A.
Larson lots 4 and 5, block 64, on 11th
street, opposite the hospital.
These transactions have taken place
within the last few days and every one
means Improvement.
RELEASE OF BIGELOW
A petition is being circulated here by i
Pbil Abrahams addressed (o President
Roosevelt, psking that W. A. Sisrelow,
well remembered here, and who is now
serving a sen enced of fifteen years in
the penitentiary, be pardoned. JBige
low was v resident of Haines before he
came here but he was a citizen of Skag
way, for sevnral of its early years.
He was a miner and trapper, a gen
uine frontiersman of whom those who
knew him have only the best to sty. It
is remembered how ho went over to
Tagish alone to bring in a woman who
in 1898 attempted lo reach Dawson and
failed and was in great distress. The
woman has since married ant) Is Mrs
Bjermrrk. i
Returning, be picked up a man who ]
was freez'tig in the trail ani, wrapping ,
him in his owu coat brought him to &
camp on the trail, and hurrying on, re
ported ihe man's condition here. A 1
party that went out in search arrived 1
too late, the man having frozen. <
Bigelow was convicted of robbery at <
Fairbanks, but he declares he is inno- <
cent of the charge, a victim of circum- i
stances, being unable on account of
lack ofj'unds to summon witnesses who
would have proven bis lnnocene?. The
petition is being: liberally signed.
HITCHCOCK
IS ON TRIAL
(By United Prate.)
New York, March, 11? The trial of
Raymond Hitchcock was begun this
morning. Hitchcock is the well Known
ictor who is charged with wronging
poung girls, and out of which charge
;rew the famous libel suit against the
Hearst papers, to avoid the result of
which Hearst was compelled to make a
?omplete retraction. He used the name
>f another man as associated with Hitch*
xtctc in bis wrong doing, and the other
man brought suit.
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