(Special to The Daily Alaskan)
WHITEHORSE. .Mar. 29? Yester
day morning two six-horse teams
started out from Whltehorse with
wagons loaded with supplies for the
new construction cauip on the Pueblo
mine ore spur. The supplies con
sisted of dynamite, tools and other
material to be used in the grading
and in the construction of the camp.
The grading camp will be located
near the Grafter mine and will be
known as Grafter Camp.
Today the camp equipment and the
camp staff are being hauled out to
the Grafter Camp wheret everything
will be put in readiness for the labor
ers who will be over on Wednesday's
train and will be taken to the camp
Wednesday night.
By Thursday morning active con
struction operations will be In full
swing and the work will be pushed
to completion with all possible rapid
ity. The first crews will consist of
about men and more will bo added
from time to time as the ground gets
in condition to permit more men to
he worked .
The construction of this spur and
the opening of the Pueblo mine
means a good sized payroll for White
horse this summer and it is believed |
here that the town is coming to one
of the most prosperous seasons she
has known for years.
Herman Kirmse is expected back to
town on the Humboldt.
W. P. Trainor left for Prince Rup- i
ert on the Princess May.
The Jefferson sailed from Seattle I
last nUht and is due in Skagway Fri
day.
\1 Henderson of the Whltehorse
shipyards was a visitor in Skagway 1
yesterday.
Capt O. J. N'ewcombe. commander
of the Northern Commercial company's
fleet, arrived in town on the Cottage,
accompanied by his daughter. Mrs. H.
B. Pinkerton of Dawson. Mr. New
combe's many friends will be pained
to learn that Mrs. N'ewcombe died
in Seattle March 7 from the effect
o* an operation. Capt. N'ewcombe
and Mrs. Pinkerton left for bawson
> ??stfrday morning. '
SAYS NATIVES
ARE DISEASED
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON. IV C. Mar. L'S? Sur
Ron Simpson of t!i ? revenue Cutter
Manning declares the natives of l'n
alaska. St. George and St. Paul Isl
ands are the victims <>f consumption
on account of the lack of pure water.
taft Talks
WITH CLARK
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(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON. I). C. Mar. 28?
President Tafi and Gov. Clark of Al
aska held a Ions conference today on
conditions in Alaska.
P. I. PUBLISHES
WHOLE LETTER
(By Alaska News 8ureau.)
SEATTLE. Mar. L'!!? The whole of '
the letter which Delegate Wickershain
wrote to \V. B. Hoggatt several years j
ago anent the home rule Situation in i
Alaska was published in the Post-In
telligencer today.
COL. EMS IS
CALLED Alt'
(By Alaska News Bureau)
NEW YORK. Mar. L'S? Col. Dudley
Evans, president of the Wells, Fargo
Express company for years, and who
spent most of his time on the Pa- \
ciflc coast, died today from the re
sult of an operation for gall stones.
Corsets
Royal
Worces
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Corsets
LYNCH & KENNEDY
The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
Late j
Spring
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(By Alaska News Bur?au.)
OAKEERITE, Austria. Mar. 28?
Two hundred and fifty of the most
prominent residents of this town were
burned to death last night. They
wore attending a dance in the village
inn when fire was suddenly discov
ered. The guests were panic stricken
mul the exits were soon blocked by
frightened people struggling for es
cape. Nearly every family In the
village is mourning the death of
some relative. "
10 SIDE T
E
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, IX C. Mar. 28? Un
doubtedly the conservation measure
which was advocated by President
Taft lit a special message to Con
gress will h?> side tracked in Congress
in l'avor of the presidential railroad
measure. The bill granting state
hood to Ari/.otia and New Mexico will
also have a hard time passing this
session.
IS CHARTERED
(By Alaska News Bureau. ^
SEATTLE. Mar. 28? The Riverside,
a big freight steamer, has been chart
ered at San Francisco by the Alaska
Steamship company for use on all
routes in the north.
LIST OF DEAD
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(By Alaska News Bureau.)
OAKEERITE. Austria. Mar. 29? Tho
list of dead in the fire at the public j
Inn here yesterday has reached -100.
It has been ascertained that the fire |
was caused by the explosion of a j
lamp.
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(By Alaska News Bureau)
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Mar. 28? The
sympathetic strike of the unions was .
called off today. The carmen are
still holding firm.
EIGHT SEMEN
WERE KILLED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CAVITE. P. I. Mar. 29? The eight
sailors who were killed Monday by
an exDloslon of a gun on the cruiser
Charleston were buried here today
with naval honors.
DEATH CLAIMS
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, I). C. Mar. 29? Mel I
villo Weston Fuller, chief justice of
the I'. S. Supreme court, died at
midnight from the effects of appo
plixy. Hi- died before he could be
placed in bed.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHEUBOTRG, France. Mar. 29? )
Gilford Plncliot quietly left the At
lantic liner on which he took pas
sage from New York at Plymouth, j
England. His present whereabouts]
Is unknown.
(By Alaska News Bureau*
JACKSON, Miss. Mar. 29? Charges
have been made that one thousand
dollars was paid a member of the
Mississippi lesu-iature toe cast his vote
for Mr. Percy as United States sen
ate
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SHIPMENTS OF ORE WILL
COMMENCE EARLY IN JULY
W. B. King, auditor for the White
Pass & Yukon, arrived in town on
the Princess May and will remain
In Skagway for about three weeks
before returning to Vancouver. Mr.
King's primary purpose in coming
to Skagway is to re-arrange his office
force, the re-arrangement being caus
ed by the resignation of A. P. Drapes,
chief clerk of the auditor. Incident
ally Mr. King came up to attend to
several matters relating to the con
struction of the spur track to the
Pueblo mine.
The additional four miles of track
to the Pueblo mine will be completed
by July 10, Mr. King stated yester
day, and the owners of the mine will
be prepared to ship not less than
200 tons of ore a day at that time.
Later this amount will be increased
tc not less than 500 tons a day,
and In all probability the tonnage
will total almost 1,000 tons dally. The
agreement that the White Pass has
with the mine owners, who are Spo
kane capitalists, sets May 1st. 1912,
as the date for the latter increase.
The new owners of the Pueblo
will arrive in Skagway the first week
in May with several foremen and the
nucleus of a crew. They will at
once commence the erection of the
loading bunkers and the necessary
buildings on tho property and be
ready to ship ore by July 1.
All the ore from the mine will be
shipped to the Tacoma Smelter, for
the present at least. The initial ship
ment of 6,000 tons a month means
that the Skagway bunkers will be in
operation daily, additional trainmen,
a larger force in tho shops, and the
placing of several ore carriers on the
Skagway-Tacoma run.
When the shipments from tho Pueb
lo are increased to 1,000 tons daily
it will necessitate more locomotives
and cars for the White Pass, an in
crease in both the train crews and
office force, and a larger population
for Skagway.
"It means an Increase all along the
line," was the way Mr. King stated
it, "and the shipment of ore is going
to be a big factor in the future of
Skagway."
Mr. King also announced yesterday
that the White Pass & Yukon would
put in effect April 1st a special tariff
on mining machinery which will
show considerable reductions over the
present schedules. This new tariff
will give reduced rates on mining
machinery to Caribou, Robinson, At
lln. Whitehorse and Dawson.
ENTERTAINMENT GREAT SUCCESS
The entertainment and dance given
at Elks' hall last night by the women
of the Catholic church was successful
in every particular and far exceeded
the hopes of its promoters. Socially j
it could not have been improved upon
and the Catholic women netted a
handsome sum of between $350 and
$400 as the result of their efforts, i
The hall was thronged with a merry |
crowd of dancers until an early hour ,
this morning.
The musical program was one of
the best heard In Skagway for many
months and was thoroughly appreciat
ed by the audience, as was testified I
to by the hearty applause that greet
ed every number, while several of
the artists were so Insistently ap
plauded that they were literally forc
ed to give encores.
Reed's orchestra rendered two de
lightful selections, Miss M. G. Hind
shaw played a pleasing piano solo, a
very difficult excerpt from Beethoven;
and Miss Madeline Hockett refceived
hearty applause for a piano solo
which she played. Mrs. A. W. Reed
gave two very amusing dialectic read
ings; and Master Earl Lathrop won
the hearts of the audience by his
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