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No. 171. ELEVENTH YEAR.
8KAUWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1908
PRICE, 10 CENTS
JAPANESE CHILDREN SING AMERICA
(United Press Telegraph-Cade Service.)
Yokohama. Oct. IV ? The fleet arrived Sunday morn
ing at v> o'clock. The delay was caused by a tremendous
storm olF the island of Luzon. One man was washed from
the decks and considerable other damage resulted. The
tWt rode into the harbor through a dense fog and present
ed an appearance of having been badly battered by the
storm.
All day yesterday, gaily decorated boats of the little
Japanese surrounded the vessels of the tieet.
Today the program includes many striking features not
before seen and not to have been expected. A big recept
tion was tendered to the men and officers and shore leave
wa* general. The men swarmed through Yokohama. The
spirit of friendship was unbounded. ill the park, ten
thousand hildren were martialed to sing ''America" and
and did it in line form.
WEEK END AT !
PICE RUPERT
The Prince 11.: pert Ktupirc has a way
of it? own of statinsr cocdit'ocs in that
much discussed town thit is as interest,
irsc ?!> peculiar. It says:
The week euds with over -TOO acres ol
the townsite surveyed. The last street
on which lo:s were .staked is named
"fm.naauel.' A "model city" mu>t '
have good names: but is not "Imman- :
uel" rather too good a uatne for a street
in a town owned jointly by a railway
company and the conservative party of
British Columbia? No building opera
tions of import nice are under way, other
thin framing up tent-house roofs ami
sides for ih?- winter. The saw mill i?
in the hands of a receiver, and there
are ovjr a million feet of ?ood logs In
the mill poTi.!. So many children ar?
going to school that some cf theiu have
to stand up when "learning their lis
sons." The new school huiluing has
been commenced, auJ should been
closed by the end of next week. More
steamships arrived and departed during
the week than arrived and departed at
any other port on the coast north of
Vancouver. There were no breach* s|
of the peace, no arrests, no drunks, no
poor people asking for something to eat
or begg f?'' two-bits to set a drink.
The weather broke even- three and a
hall days being wf i and ttuee and a
lialf dry.
CONRAD CONCENTRATOR WILL
WORK ALL WINTER THROUGH
Herman W. Vance, manager of the
Conrad mining operations on Little
Wiudy Arit, reports to the Whiiohorse
Siar that the concentrator near the
Venus mice is being completed and
ready for operutLg, which work will
te inaugurated at once. The concen
trator will handle 100 tons of ore per
d:iy and the intention now is to keep it
going night and day all winter.
Mr. Vance says work is being
resumed, after two ve?rs Idleness, ut
the Big Thing group and will be con
tinued indefinitely. From forty to fifty
men will be employed.
A Port Townsend newspaper says:
"Casey" Mor?n, a Seattle newspaper
man. and J. A. Jesaup, of Port Town
send, drifted helpless for hours on the
Sound yesterday, the engine on their
launch failed to work. A fishing
schooner resc ed them after they had
been tossed about over a 15-mile course
in the straits of Juan de Fuca." Ca^ey
Moi'an is a well known Alaskan.
Fall and Winter Dress Goods
< >iir in h Kail ami W Inter Dress (mkhIs arc now
<<n display. They Include all Ike latest
novelties In heavy, medium and lltfht
wcnrlits for street and evmlnir wear. Look
iu win n pxsslntf. It Is a pleasure for us to
show (.'??oil'- We altsolulcly handle not hint:
Iml the Iwst. and our prices are right.
Tailored/ShirtWaists for Fall
I and Winter
In real Irish l.in**vi Hand Kmbroldered. botli
in three-iiuarter and full length slwve,
French liatKtc hi the most fashionable
shades. i t m * 1 ii< I i i i)s i In* cheveron effects.
I
? Serpentine Crepe Kimonas
Saxony Lounjriiik' PoIh s In the medium and
full walKhu: length.
Men's Fine Togs
lit thi* department we aim at nothing hut the
Uvst. >ee our $15 ami 82U > ults. Mind M
f you tills is not the reduced price. The ma
terial is right from the uilll to factory, and
from the factory direct to uv
Shoes
If yonai. looking for line drcs* or working
sIhm'n. i h? 'Johnson Murphy, the American
(.'?enlletnaii and George K. Keith are second
to none ootli In material and workmanship.
And thv Uauty i?f this Is we absolutely
guarantee and make irood any article pur
chased from us. Surely, that In Itself
nifuiiN square ucaiintr.
?
The Onlv -55" rice Haberdashers and Ladies Furnishings.
tyitc'b and Kennedy J
(By United Press.)
Washington, Oct. 19. ? I'he postortice
department has allowed tho rein
statement of Major Clum at Fairbanks.
This message does not state to what
Major Clum has been reinstated. The
natural Inference would bo that ho has
been reinstated as postmaster at Fair
banks but the bunch of Fairbanks peo
ple who are in town and to whom this
message was shown are of the opinion
that it refers to the inspectorship which
Major Clum held for so many years and
which he resigned to accept the po*t
mastership at Fairbanks. He resigned
the postmastership to become a candU
date for the delegateship and frankly
declared at tbat time that he did not
again desire the postmnstership. He
had, however, applied for the inspector
ship again as he wished to take Mrs.
Clum back to Washington. "There
was," said Mr. Byrne, at the Pullen
house today "a contest on between as
sistant postmaster L. S. Robe and Cy
Pepper for the postmastership."
Whether the department has seen fit to
disregard the wishes of the individuals
in the matter and reinstate Mr. Clum
as postmaster is not clear in tho me?s
age as it comes here.
(By United Press.)
Lisbon, Oct. 19.? Twenty-five were
killed and forty perhaps fatally injured
in a riot between che monarchists and
republicans at the primaries.
WHITE PISS WINTER SCHEDULE
WENT INTO EFFECT TOM*
The White Pass train left tbis morn
ing at 8:30, the inauguration of thu win
ter schedule. The return train left
Whitehorse at 8:15 and arrived at 3:"0.
This will be the order of things until
next spring? 8:.'M) for the train in the
morning.
1 There will be a business meeting ol
the band this evening at 8 o'clock sharp.
All members are requested to bring In
their uniforms. Jno. L. Wagner,
Lejidor and Mgr.
| The Alaskan office Is today celebrat
ing the birthday of its cashier. Miss
Kdna Black. The young lady is just
able to see above tho barricade behind
which she stands and which Is compos
( ed of boxes of oandy.
GRAND CAMP
OF THE A. B.
(By United Preaa.)
Seattle, Oct. 19? The Arctic Brother
hood, is making elaborate pinna for
the annual session of the grand cauip
which is to be held at Victoria, Novem
ber -1th.
HUSTLING OF
CANDIDATES
(By United Preaa.)
Denver, Oct. 19? Mr. Bryan spoke to
a great crowd here on Saturday.
Newark, X. J., Oct. 19 ? Mr. Taft is
to begin a lour of Ail the doubtful state* ,
ROOSEVELT TO
00 TO ENGLAND
(By United Pres' )
Iioiidon, Oct. 19.? After the African j
lioc hunt, Roosevelt will visit England
This information is conveyed in a letter
from him to friends here.
LITTLE WAR j
NEWS TODAY
(By United Prow.)
Cronstad, Oct. 19.? Two Ruisisn
battleships sailed today for Turkish
waters.
EARTHQUAKES
IN CALIFORNIA
(By United Press.)
San Francisco, Oct. 19. ? Lower Cali
fornia this morning was visited by sev
eral severe earthquake shocks. Thrte
in succession occurred at Hollister
There was little damage.
Mrs. Geo. Vosjel, of Haines, was
visiting in Skagway today.
Jos. Burke, the lumber merchant of
D wson, is here waiting for a boit
to take him to Seattle.
Swiff's
Premiums
Hams,
and Bacon
Just Received
Swift's
Boned
VK?:r" Rolled Ham
Also a Fresh Lot of
HEINZ SAUER KRAUT
Ganty & Frandson
MFL SHAW URGES A COMPROMISE
WARNS COUNCIL AGAINST ENTERING UPON A LAW SUIT AT THIS TIME IN FACE
OP THE CITY'S FINANGIAL CONDITION
At the final session of the Board of
Equalization lots A B and E of the
Skagway Bay association the assessor':!
valuation of $1,000 was too low. No
objection whs made to raising it to
$1,500. Bishop Rowe hospital was ex
ernptei' from taxation. Other slight
changes were made.
Mr. Shaw spoke on the P. & A. R. &
N. Co. persooal property assessment.
He believed that the company would be
willing to pay on the assessor's recom
mendation of $34,129, and thought the
interests of the town would be better
served by accepting this than by en
gaging in loug and expensive legal pro
ceedings at a time when the town could
ill alVord to do so. He reminded the
board that the assessment, as finally
fixed, was cot supported by any facts.
When the board fixed on this amount
thry did so as a kind of compromise.
The amounts prepared in the various
motions had varied from $75,000 to
$209,000, and it hardly seemed possible
that an asseesm nt fixed iu this manner
would be sustained by any court. The
burden of proof In these proceedings
would lay on the town and not on the
company.
He quoted a few law suits of which ho
had peraoual knowledge, to show the
length of time and the amount of money
required to push them to a not always
satisfactory conclusion.
He called attention to the fact that as
chairman of the Ways and Means com
mittee, he bad found it necessary at al
most every meeting to remind the coun
cil of the urgent need of the strictest
economy. In view of this it seemed an
inopportune time to begin an expensive
legal fight for a so-called "principle."
Mr. Shaw said that he had no hopes
of the board changing its position on
this assessment but wished to place him
self on record as being in favor of a
course which would be of some practical
benetit to the town. Messrs. Ashley
and Taylor felt the same way oc this
subject, but the remaining members
manifested no desire to reconsider said
assessment, so no action was taken.
At 9 o'clocli the opening bout of the
sparring exhibition will be "pulled off"
at Klks' hall this evening. The "main
event" will be called at 9:30.
Young Morris and Alex McNamee
constitute the main event. Both men
have a considerable record. They are
to Rive a 10 round exhibition. Morris
has fought several battles in Fairbanks
and in Goldfield. At Fairbanks he was
beaten by the Dutch Kid Id six rounds,
but he knocked out Young Quarter
marsh in three rounds there. He
knocked out Kid Watson in Goldfield in
six rounds. At St. Michael be knocked
out Kid Denverette in 15 rounds. Alex
McNamee was the heavyweight cham
pion of Halifax for two years. He ha"
a long list of victories to his credit. He
knocked out Prof. Hornbuckle at Van
couver in eight rounds and fought a 15
round draw with George Paris, instruc
tor of the Vancouver Athletic club.
(By United Prew.)
New York, Oct. 19? A letter receiv
?d at headquarters today from Mr.
Roosevelt states that the president
wishes It to be understood, although ho
is desirous to see Mr. Taft elected, that
that having been secured, he would
have nothing to do with the dictation
of his successor's policy, and ihat Mr.
Taft would choose his own course.
J. M. Carson counsel for the Guggen
helms atJDawson, is at the Pullen house
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