? ? ? ? ? ? ?
?0. m TENTH YEAR 8KAUWAY, ALA8KA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1# 1907 PEICE 10 CENTS
CALE FOR A
CLOSED SEASON
(By United Press.)
Washington, Dec. 18.? Delegate Caie
ta so io'srripw publi?hod in the Wash
ington Star declares himself to be in
taror of tbe proposition made by Secre
tary of Commerce and Labor Straus to
close the season for Qsbin? in Musba
and Wood rivers. There is uo
doubt that the proposition will prevail.
HUGHES WILL
NOT GET BUSY
(By United Preu.)
| Albany, Dec. 18.? Governor Hugbes,
s>r his friends who have talked to him
with a view of having bim take an ag
' xressive part in the attempt to secure
to New York the nomination for the
presidency, will not move a hand in the
business. The nomination will have to
come to bim unsought if It comes.
(By United Preaa.)
Char'ejioa. Deo. ll>.? Wireless re
vorra received hero from the navy are
to th? effect that all is moving b?-auti
fully, that the weather I* peofect and
the ?ea presenting the surface of a bil
Hard table. The fleet was, at the tlm
of the dispatch, off Cape H*tteras.
BRAVE ACT
OF CONDUCTOR
Weiser, Ida., Det\ W. Conductor
George Kenny, who h?s th? Oregon
Short Line run out o( here, last night
jumped from the platform of the sec
oaJ coach of his train Into the Weiser
river to rescue Ranchman Adolpb- Ls
denwell, 'who, while leaning from the
steps, was struck by a support of the
bid??e and fell over the trestle Into the
water. L<?denwall will die, aid It is
feared that Conductor Keonev has been
ieiurea internally.
LIST (IF LETTERS
Tackled for letters remaining in
Skagwsy Pa-toftlce, Dec. 17, 1u07:
Grant, Mr H X
Moore Mr. Jack Z
McDonald. Mr Horation
Sullivan. P G
Thomson, Robert
Taft, Pete, Esq
'BEHAVE ILL
UNDER FIRE
Tacoma, Dec. 18.? The Franklin pub
lie school, the largest school structur
in the city, was entirely destroyed at 3
o'clock. When the flames were discov
ered the building was filled with chll
dren, who wore attending their regular
classes, as the smoke began to fill thei
rooms a Are drill call was sounded, and
the scholars formed in line and
marched in order from the building
The loss will be about f 175,000, part of
which ii covered by insurance
Trunks at Cisyscn's
Silk Vest* at Clayton's,
Stetson and Dunlap Hats atClayson's.
Full Dress Shoes Kt Clayson's.
Sbe certainly would enjoy a Wool- <
t?x Oo?t from 'Behrends."
Art Squares, the good kind, b*sr as
sortments, at ?'Behrciuls."
L A. HARRISON CO.
LATEST BOOK SUGGESTIONS fOR XMAS Olf IS
Light Fiugered Gentry
Love is the Sum of it All '
Partners of Providence
Richard Carvel
When the Kings go forth
to Battle
The Heart Line
The Daughter of Ander
son Crow
Mame Linda
Helena's Path
The Treasure of Heaven
Where the Trail Divides
The Spinner in the Sun
Mark Twain's Christian
Science
The Shepherd of the Hills
The Weavers
Nedra
Jane Cable
Mother
The Brass Bowl
The Best Man
The White Cat
The Doctor
The Traitor
The Lion's Share
Her Son
Lo**e of Life
"Phunny" Books
Cozy Corner Confidences
Breezy
Ikey'H Letters to his Father
Beat It
Wise and Otherwise
Over the Nuts and Wine
Good Fellowship
Bath Robes and Bachelors
Pipe and Pouch
Diary of a ^Mouse
All By Wire
Smoke
Comedy of Life
Christmas Editions of
Evangeliae, Hiawatha, Out to
Old Aunt Mary's, An old Sweet
heart of Mine, and tbe Harrison
Fiiher Book.
[Scores Open Evenings ^ Ph^n^4and55i
JAS. MEEHAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Well Known Citizen Found Dead In Bed Where He
Had Lain Since Last Friday. Cause is Mystery.
Inquest to be Held.
| " ;
The body of James Meehan was found in bis home
this morning, under circumstances that leave little doubt
that hecommitted suicide.
Mr. Meehan h ad been missing from his work and a
bouttownsince last Friday. He had befcn engaged as fireman
at the Electric Light works aud, following his long absence,
Victor Sparks and Patrick Murray, two of his fellows at
the works, went to his homo on State street between
17th and 18th, this afternoon and found the door locked,
a copy of the Daily Alaskan of last Saturday was thrust
behind the door knob. This made them certain that
something was wrong. Going about the house they
succeeded in getting a view through the window and
there saw the body on the bed.
Thinking he was sick they broke the door open and j
what they saw caused them to make a run for the tele- j
phone where they summoned Chief of Police Sundeen, !
with the news of death? a tragedy of some sort.
??v j
Mr. Sundeen summoned Chris Shea, of the Police
committee of the council -both the Marshal and the Com
missioner beiug out of town atteiyiiug court at Juneau.
[Continued on Page 4.]
The r;ceat Democratic convention
held at Seattle refused to endorse the
administration of Mayor Moore. A
lanjenumber.of the delegates demanded
that the puagraph of endorsement be
stricken out. Friends of th* Moore
regime endeavored to placate those
hostile to the major, but it could not
be brouchtjabout, and finally when the
anti-Mcore men threatened to leave the
convention, the endorsement was
strickcn from the platform.
Boys' Suits and Overcoats at Clay
eon's.
Xraas Umberellas at Clayson's.
Fur Capes at Clayson's.
Full Drees Suits at Cleyson's.
KUR0PATK1N IS
GETTING EVEN
St. Petersburg, Dec. 18? While
giving testimony before the mill ary
inquiry board here yesterday, General
Kuropatklti testified that the defense of
Port Arthur fnr three months before the
fall 6f the fortress could have been taken
by ?>sault. Continuing his testimony,
he declared that so long had the defens
es been nep'ected that nothing could
have been done inside of a year to make
i hem sufficiently si roup to withstand a
siege the Japuoese wete prepared to
force on the Russians.
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Dec. 17,
1007, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n .41 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours.. 42 above
Min. " " " " ..30 above
Mean " " " " ..36 above
Barometer 19,78
Cloudy, south wiud.
. . .Chat Good Gidtf. ? ?
Another Consignment
Has Just Reached Us
Quality Is Excellent
Price 60c per Gallon
GANTY & FRANDSON
(By United Press.)
Yolande, Ala., Dec 18 ? The disaster
at the mines has bad added to it the
horror of flro. Fire i9 eating at the in
?erior of the mine and the pit mouth is
emitting clouds of smoke. Itescuo
work is made extremely difficult nnd
cUngerous. Forty*flve bodies have
b.en brought out ia addition to those
brought out yesterday. The miners
employed io trying to effect rescues are
performing heroic work. It is believed
there are a number still in the mine.
FOR BETTER
BANKING LAWS
(By United Prca?.)
Albany, Dec. 18.? Tbe committte of
Now York bankers in session here for
the purpose of securing some readjust
ment of the banking laws of tbe state
has made a report in which the disposi
Hon of b inkers to inaugurate & chain
of banns is declared to be fraught with
evil. The report attacks bank under
writing and recommends the passage of
a law requiring all banks to keep in re
serve not less than twenty-five per cent
of their deposits They would make the
concealment or misrepresentation of
the amount of deposits a misdemeanor.
Silk Mntlbrs at Clayson's.
Nay's Mufflers at Clayson's.
Fur caps at Clayson's.
J
(By United Press.)
Washington, Dec. 18. ? President of
the Senate Fairbanks has male an
nouncement of the chairmanships of
the senate standing committees. Sen
ator Guggenheim of Colorado is given
the auditing commit tee. This commit
tee has control of the expenses of the
senate. He is a member of the com
mittee on Pacific railroads.
FRENCH FLEET TO GO 10 CHIM SEA
Paris, Dec. W-The naval board has
announced that France will shortly
send a fleet to the far east, and ihat a
visit to China ports will be made by
the ships. The anti-foreign demonstra
tions which have been reported to the
government, in which the French have
been the most bitterly attacked, are
presumed to have been the foundation
for the trip of the fleet.
Xmes Neckwear at Clayson's.
Christmas Suspenders at Clajsoa's.
When we say this we mean ad
vance in your method of Xinas
buying. Buy something of service
to you.
Every article in our store is a
good and valuable Xmas present,
not a piece of shining tinsel that
glitters for a moment and is gone
but something of comfort and val
ue that will cause any gentleman
or youth to remember Xmas as a
time of good will, a season of good
ness, giveness and gladness.
Please call on us, old Santa
Glaus for grown up folks is here.
giayson * ?o. i
I Cbe One Price Clofbim-fourtb and Broadway!