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AUSTRALIA WANTS A NAVY
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The movement for a native navy
grows in strength In Australia. The
British admiralty has now given its
general approval to the scheme of
the Australian commonwealth for the
formation of a flotilla of six torpedo
boat destroyers, nine submarines and
two depot ships as the nucleus of an
Australian navy
The idea -of building up a local
navy in Australia, says the Manito
ba Free Press, in lieu of the custom
ary annual contribution to the im
perial forces was given u great im
petus by the recent visit ol the Am
erican battleship fleet, and it Is be
lieved that parliament will vote
readily the $6,250,000 required for
th?s construction of the suggested
flotilla. The officers and men will
total 1,200, and will be provided by
the imperial navy. But they will be
paid by the commonwealth, which
will retain administrative control of
the flotilla.
In the dispatch approving this
scheme, the lords of the admiralty
explalu the abseuce of a strong na
val contingent in Australian waters
aud say they consider that the se
curity of th* empire, of which Aus
tralia is an important part, from
over-sea attack can be best secured
by the distribution of the Imperial
navy as the strategic necessities of
the moment dictate. But at the sain
tlmo they recognize that under cer
tain contingencies a local flotilla
defence. They recognize also the
might be of great assistance in such
importance of fostering, from a po
litical standpoint, the feeling of se
curity in th?* inhabitants of the coast
towns.
The Canadian navy, which now ex
ists In embryo, will also d*v?>iop
steadily and will be a factor in the
defence of the empire in another
decade
Ill THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Io ibe election of 1904 there were
470 votes io the electoral college of
which Mr. Roosevelt received 336 and
Mr. Parke 140, Mr. Roosevelt's major
ity bain/ 190. Since then Oklahoma
has been admitted to the sisterhood
and the franchise with 7 votes in the
college making a total of 483. Of these
Mr. Taft receives 329 and Mr. Bryan
154, giving Mr. Taft a majority of 175.
Mr. Roosevelt stood in the electoral
college 21 vo'.es better than wtll Mr.
Taft. Of these the seven, of Oklahoma
Is the added quantity since the Roose
velt election. Placln* them on the
same basis the difference is just 14.
Maryland gave Roosevelt 1 and Parker
7 of her 3, while she gives them all to
Taft, and Colorado gives her 5, Nebras
ka her 8 and Nevada 3? all of
which went to Roosevelt? to Bryan.
Mr. Roosevelt nearly split the
country at Mssonand Dixoti's line,
while Taft breaks over that line to
bring Maryland away aod the three
western states with democratic lean
ings line up with Bryan.
CENTER SHOT JIT SKA6WAY
Standing on the Douglas wharf the
spn where Victor Spatilding and his
associates made a splendid discovery of
gold-bearing quartz is plainly visible
with the naked eye. There la nothing
remarkable about this except that It
Illustrates how little of this country ua*
been really prospected. And the men
who make prospecting a business are
very few. Douglas Island has, maybe,
tea or a dozen, aod Juneau poa.iblj as
many more. As compared with the
vast extent of couitryyet unexplored,
they are but a handful]. One of the
great needs of this section is men who
will take their pick and shovel and
go out into the hills seeking for the
treasures that lie buried there. ? Dong
las News.
That Maryland and Missouri should
line up with tho republican candidate
is most cheering, as looking to the
time when the solid south will cease
to vote like a machine. Mr. Taft
went over to Kentucky and made a
run through other of the southern
states? the first time since the war
that a presidential candidate had the
time or inclination to Invade the
south during a campaign. He may
have had hopes of Kentucky but It
Is rather likely that tho rest of It
was done on a sentimental basis
purely ? that the south, as he said,
should be treated in a presidential
campaign as if It was a part of the
United States.
There is nothing particularly modeei.
about Judge Raid's retinue of Oklaho
ma followers. One of them, Mr. Geeks,
we believe is the name-, now United
States commissioner at Valdez, had
scarcely got his first whiff from the
glacier, than hearing that Unl^d
States Marshal Perry was in danger of
losing he official head, he Immediately
applied for the place. Modest Mr.
Beek?, or Beaks, Is It?? Katnlla Her
ald.
HAS WENT
A young uhld who came down froa> j
Nome with tbefall rush started in to en
joy the Seattle spirit with money obtain
ed by cashing; worthless checks. Strange
to say the man's name is Goit.? Doug
las Island news.
6000 BYE. JOHN
John Corson, the defeated candidate
for delegate, who has been at Nome
slnie the election, was a passenger for
the Sound on odo of the last boats from
the north. ? Exchange.
The Miner says: "The outlook for
Keichion is bad. A doctor, an under
taker and a gravestone maker were
seen in earnest oonsultation this morn
ing, flanked by a couple of attorneys.
However we will save all we can from
the wreck."
Mr. Bryan says he "never did have
his heart set on holding office." This
1m good to know at this time.
A PRAYER.
i me but courage, Lord!
U x uk not that thou smooth the ap
pointed p?U>:
I ask not any Joys the years afford.
I ask not eveu thy averted wrath.
LKT me but learn to smile?
Let me face lightly any blow that
(alia:
Bear bravely with my bondage all the
whOa
Xr.i hug my freedom within prison
walls.
f|\HU8 when the end draws nesu:
With Ufted head let me the potion
quaff.
And so as one who never learned to fear
Pass on to meet thy Judgment with a
laugh.
? Kllen Glasgow.
mi iTHhe
TAKU RIVER
Peter Schramen left Seattle for the
Klondike in 1897, but was unable to
get through and wintered at Juneau.
During the wiuter he made a num
ber of prospecting trips up the Taku
river on the Canadian side of the
line. He struck copper and gold
quartz in several places, and so good
did it look that he made several
locations, doing the assessment in a
small way in the summer time and
working for wages In the winter. He
tried to Interest capital, but he was
unable, and he went to Dawson. A
few years ago he removed to Fair
banks and then started a trading post
at Shaw river on the Tanana. In the
meantime he had always kept up as
sessment work on the claims on the
Taku. This summer he received word
from the men In his employ that they
had struck the richest kind of ore
and for him to dispose of everything
and come out. Mr. Schramen, when
seen at the Butler yesterday, said
that he had cleared up about $20,000
on his trading and mining enterprises
in the Tanana. After all his years
of labor and faith in the Taku
quartz he was at last rewarded. ?
P.I. I
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i" CLEAR SKY, CHINOOK WIND
i
The reiuli of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Ntv. 5,
1908, la aa follows
Temperature time observat'n.40 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours.-! 2 above
Mln. ? " " " .33 above
Mean " " " " 38 above
Barometer 29 44
Cloudy, strong south wind.
INTERIOR WEATHER
Whiteborse, 20 above; HootaJlnqua,
17 above; Big Salmon, 15 above; Yukon
Crossing, 6 above; Selkirk, zero;
Coffee Creek, 10 below; Stewart, 12 be
low; OfcUvie, 6 below; Dawson, 2 below.
ABSENT MINDED HUBBY
A minister's wife, a doctor's wife
and a traveling man's wife met one
day recently and were talking about
the forgetfulness of their husbands.
The minister's wife thought her
husband was the most forgetful man
living because he would go to church [
and forget his notes and no one
could make out what he was trying |
to preach about.
The doctor's wife thought her hus- 1
baud was the most forgetful, for he I
would often start out to see a pa
tient and forget his medicine case|
and, therefore, travel miles for noth
ing.
"Well," said the traveling man's
wife, "my husband beats that. He
came home the other day and putted
me on the cheek and said, 'I be
lieve 1 have seen you before, little j
girl. What is your name?" "
TO KILL THE DANDRUFF GERM.
(a f far Oaly Possible Way of Hawing;
An Effective Cure,
If vei! r*e a woman or a man wltn lux
uriant * lossy hair, you may bo sure nol
th' . ".ir dandruff to amount to anything.
In nc.irly every case where women and
men havo thin brittle hair, they owe It
to dandruff. There are hundreds of prep
arations that "claim" to cure dandruff,
but not one but Newbro's Herplclde tolls
you that dandruff Is the result of a genn
burrowing Into the scalp, and that per
manent cure of dandruff and Its conse
quent falling and baldness, can only b?
bnu by killing the germ; and there Is nc
other pieparallon that will destroy that
perm hut NVwbro's Herplclde. "Deslro*
the arid you remove the effect.'
8ol?l by leading druggists. Send 10c. in
?tamps for simple to The Herplcld* Co ,
Detroit Miuh.
Two sizes? 50 centa and $1.00.
Wm. Britt, Special agent, Skagway
Want ids in the Alaskan bring rev
suit*. Everybody reads then.
Whole Body Raw with Eczema ?
Life was Intolerable? Was Even
Incased in Plaster? Discharged
from Hospitals as Hopeless.
SUFFERED 14 YEARS
CURED BY CUT1CURA
" From the age of three months until
flftoen years old, my son Owen's life
was made intoler
able by eczema in
its worst form. He
was all right until
a red rasn broke
out on his fore
head, but we were
not alarmed at first.
Very soon, however,
the rash began to
spread over his head
and shoulders, and
it caused him great
discomfort. I took
him to a doctor and tried half a dozen
other treatments, all with the same
result: no improvement at all. The
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part of his body was quite raw.
We had to strap him down in bed, for
he used to tear himself dreadfully in
his sleep. The agony be went through
is quite beyond words. No one thought
we would rear him. The regimental
doctor, a very clever man. pronounced
the cane hopeless; at least, no said the
only ho|>e was that he mipht, if lie
lived long enough, outgrow it to some
extent. We had him in hospitals four
times and lie was pronounced one of
the worst cases, if not the worst, ever
admitted. From each he was dis
charged as incurable; in fact ho got
worse under the successive treatments.
At one hospital they incased him in
.plaster, and this seemed to aggravate
the soreness terribly. He looked so
badly that no one liked to go near him
and "hus life was a burden to him. \Ve
kept trying remedy after remedy, but
we had got almost past hoping for a
cure. Six months ago we purchased
a set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Resolvent Pills and persevered with
them. The result was truly marvelous
and to-day be is perfectly cured, his skin
not having a blemish on it anywhere.
Mrs. Lily Hedge, 51, Vaughan Road,
Coldharbour Lane, Camblewell Green,
Eng.. Jan. 12, 1007."
Send to nearest depot for free Cuti
cura Book on Treatmentof Skin Diseases.
Cuticura Remedies are aold Utroucboottbe world.
Depots- London. 27. Cb*ncrhou??8q.: Paris. 5, Rua
<Je U I'lli: Australia. R Towns i Co. Sydney:
K. Africa. LeDnoo, Lid.. Capetown, etc.; U.S.A..
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When you -write, use one of our
They are warranted. Let us show
you our
We also carry a full line of writing
material, such as pens, pencils,
paper and tablets.
WM. BRUT
The Druggist
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tcnakee, Sitka and Way port*
SAILS
November 0, 12, 18, 24, 30.
December 5, 11, 17. 23. 29.
WILLIS NO WELL, Mcr.,.TuDeau
W. W. BOCOHTON, Agent
Bro&dwav and Fifth Ave. pbone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
Carrying
Passengers aud Mail
Will leave Skagway Daily
at 9 a. m. for Haines
Returning, Leaves Haines for
Skagway at 2 p. in.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trit) $2.50
BEER
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
C0MPKNY
Seattle Wash
Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LTNTF
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
S utile, nud other Wuget Sound Ports
CARRYING U.S. MAI1 .
Steamers of Thit Company Leave
City of SeattLe Oct. 30 Nov. !0 ? 22 Dec. 3
Humboldt - NOv. 4 - 15 - 27
Connecting with the Company'd Steam rs at Seattle for San Francisco,
Southern California, Eurkka (Humboldt Bay) and Mexico
?tsr Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notloe.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Sccond and Broadway, Skatfway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Pansenger Agent,
112 Market Street, Saa Franolsoo, Cm
1
Canadian Pacific Railway
( B. C. COAST SERVICE )
FALL SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS FROM SKAOWAY
Subject lo change without notice "
PRINCESS
BEATRICE
PRINCESS
riAY Uli
[ 11 ?6
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tiokota to any part of the world and all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mall and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamers
Jefferson November 12
Dolphin November 6
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
TheWhitePass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLK No. 18.
(Daily Exoept Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound
1st olasB.
8 30 a. m.
10 CO p. m.
11 00 "
11 30 "
1 3) p, m.
3 45
Leaves
Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Horsk
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. fi. Bounf
1st clais
3 20 p. m*
1 45 "
12 42 "
12 10 "
10 25 a. dd.
8 15 "
Passengers must be at depots In time to have Baggage Inspected and
oheoked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will bo checked free with eaoh full fare tlokei
\nd 75 pounds with eaoh half fare ticket
)
Through Line. From
Skagway to Atiin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and Intermediate Yukon River Points.
The new placer cam p? In the Alsek and Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season, whenlnavlpatlon is closed, dally trains will continue running between
Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Lins between Whim Horse and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
Intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabulously rich quaitz camp
of the Windy Aria District, take our dally trains to Caribou.
For Information relative to passenger, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Compaty, or to:
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Vancouver, B. C.
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen, Agent
Vancouver, B. 0, and Skatruay, Alaska RVsptinv, A'flfka