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No. 240. TWELFTH YEAR. " SKAUWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY. MARCH 11, 1910 PRICE, 10 CENTS
MAIL SUCKS
ARE HIFLED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
DETROIT Mar. 11? Eighteen thou
sand dollars in currency was stolen
from the mail car of a train between
Windsor and Toronto late yesterday
afternoon. While several employees
;>re under suspicion the police havei
no tangible clue.
PEARYMUST
SHOW PROOF
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
Washington, d. c. Mar. u? By
a unanimous vote today the House
decided not to honor Commander
Kobert Peary until he furnishes ab
solute proof that he discovered the
north pole.
DON'TWORRY
ABOUT HATS
The ladies of Skagwav are indeed
fortunate.
The question of the Easter Hat
need not cause them a moment's worry
for fate has been kind in sending to
Skagwav a young lady fresh from the
great millinery emporiums of the east
and with her she brought all the lat
est styles in the way of frames, flow
ers and ribbons.
In another column Is the announce
ment of the Millinery opening of the
firm of Grant and Wright, and when
interviewed by a representative of tha
Daily Alaskan. Mrs. Grant stated '
that for the next sixty days the lad
ies of Skagwav could get the most 1
up-to-date millinery to be obtainable,
and that with the assistance of Miss
Wright the hats furnished the ladles
of Skagway would be equal in every
respect, if not superior to those to be I
had at any of the big stores In the
cities of the Pacific coast, and the (
\ allies are most flattering. '
STRIKERS AT
MASS MEETING
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 11? Defying
the orders of the police, 10.000 strik
ers held n mass meeting yesterday
afternoon in the National league ball
park. The meetings was orderly and
the police did not attempt to disperse
the gathering.
The business tnen of the city ore
alarmed over the prospective spread
of the strike.
CUNNINGHAM
TELLS STORY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CLEVELAND. Mar. 11 ? Clarence
Cunningham appeared today for the
first time as a witness in the coal
claims hearing. He related the cir
cumstances relative to the discovery
of the coal claims which he attempt
ed to have patented. Mr. Cunnlugha
will be on the stand all day.
J. P. MOW
MUCH ALIVE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Mar. 11 ? It was rum
ored about the city today that J. Pier
pont Morgan had dropped dead in
Florence, Italy. Reports from Flor
ence brand the rumor as false.
COCHRANE GIVEN PLUM
(By Alaska N?w? Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 11?
Hugh Cochrane has been appointed ,
deputy collector of customs at Valdez ,
Late
Spring
Styles
Royal
Worces
ter
Corsets
Wr
Bon
Ton
Corsets
LYNCH & KENNEDY
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fill in SHHBI
(By Alaska Newt Bureau)
SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 11? The
worst earthquake shocks since the
San Francisco disaster In 1906 were
folt all over the state just before
midnight. Considerable damage has
been done and a repetition of the
slioeks is feared. No lives were
lost.
GARFIELD SAYS THAT BONO
ISSUE IS USELESS EXPENSE
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 11?
James Garfield, former Secretary of
the Interior, startled the Halllnger In
vestigating committee yesterday by
testifying that the $30,000,000 bond Is
sue recommended by President Taft
to carry on the irrigation work In the
west Is absolutely unnecessary. Gar
field Implied that Dallinger was re
sponsible for this proposed measure.
Garfield stated that when he was
Secretary of the Interior he had many
clashes with Dallinger regarding the
coal lands cases.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 11? Af
ter coudcmning the irrigation bonds
Issue and denying that he and Bal
linger had any definite arrangements
regarding the Alaskan coal lands
cases, James Garfield completed his
testimony today in the IJalllnger in
vestigation.
Chief Engineer Davis of the recla
niation bureau is oji the stand today.
GRAFTERS ARE
FACING III
(By Alaska N?ws Bureau.)
COUNCIL CITY, la. Mar. 11? The
trial of J. C. Maybray and his thirteen
associates, who are charged with pro
moting fake foot races, fights and j
wrestling matches, commenced today.
All the men have pleaded not guilty.
Maybray and his associates, number
lng some of the best known profes
sional athletes in the country, had a
systematic scheme of fleecing sport j
followers. They worked in all part*
parts of the country and are said to
have realized $600,000 in less than j
four ye^rs.
Thomas Cale, ex-delegate to Con
gress from Alaska. Hans Apsch of
Ketchikan and John Meenach of El
lamar are said to have been fleeced
for several thousands of dollars
apiece on a fake wrestling match.
Joe Carrol, a well known Seattle
wrestler and former manager of Dr.
Roller, is one of tho gang.
T.
IS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
KHARTOUM. Soudan. Mar. 11? Th
Roosevelt party has been delayed and
will not arrive here until Monday.
PARSONS WILL
PREACH HERE
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist church met last Wednes
day with Mrs. Godlng, a large number
o* ladies being present. It was de
cided to give the missionary ten and
social after the entertainment Satur
day evening, and committees were ap
pointed to carry out the plan.
Services are to be conducted inontl
ly In the Methodist church hereafter,
and the pastor will spend about one
fourth of his time here. Rev. John
Parsons has charge of *he work of
the Methodist church in Juneau and
Douglas .also, as well as oversight of
the work throughout Alaska. The
Holy Communion will be administer
ed after the sermon next Sunday mor
ning. At the evening service there
Is to be an address on "The Real St.
Patrick," and "Our Lord's Last Days
in Jerusalem," a lenten study, will
be traced with a stercoptlcon.
hissesIreet :
JAMES PATTEN
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
MANCHESTER. Mar. 11? .lames
Patten,' the big operator, was hissed
from the floors of the Cotton Ex
change this afternoon. i
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The Pecan is one of the hardest and
most difficult nuts to shell properly.
We can now supply your wants with
Ju
| Excellent SHELLED Pecans
very fresh and of fine flavor
PRICE 90c per POUND.
GANTY & FRANDSON
D. Bonin, for eleven years the pro
prietor of the McDonald hotel at Daw
son and who recently sold his busi
ness, arrived In town yesterday ac- j
companled by his wife and daughter I
and will sail south on the first boat, i
Mr. Bonin intends to locato at Cal
gary.
"Things have been quiet at Dawson
this winter", said Mr. Bonin today,
"but they all cxpect a good season
this year. I am not leaving the north
because I have lost faith in the town,
but I have been north now for thirteen
years and that's enough for ine."
bankeTtakes :
HIS 01 LIFE
(By Alaska New* Bureau)
LOS ANGELES. Mar. 11? Frederick
Arnold, connected with the Portland
Safety Deposit company, blew out
his brains in a local hotel yesterday
afternoon. No cause for the suicide
is known.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 11? Rei*'
resentatlve James B. Perkins of the
Thirty-second district of New York
died yesterday from chronic kidney
trouble. He was 63 years old and ha
been in Congress for eight years. He
was a Republican.
The Icy Breeze club will tender a I
farewell dance to Alex Drapes Mon
day night at A. B. Hall.
C. N. Pring will arrive on the
next boat and thoroughly overhaul
and repair the big orchestrion in the
Pack Train.
SENATOR ROOT
PICKS LEADER
(By Alaska Mows Bureau.)
ALBANY, N. Y. Mar. 11? Discard
ing the advice of Gov. Hughes, Sen
ator Root and the Republican leaders
of the state after an all night session
have selected George Cobb as presi
dent pro tem of the New York Sen
! ate.
KNOX TO SELL
AUTOMOBILES
(By Alaska News Bureau)
PROVIDENCE. Mar. 11? Philander
Knox, jr., who left school and was
secretly married, thus Incurring the
severe displeasure of his father, will
start work next Monday as an automo
bile salesman.
ABATTOIR IS
TO BE MOVED
Tho Fry-Bruhn abattoir on Fifth
avenue at the ball park approach will
be moved to the rear of the present
Fry-Bruhn meat shop In the near
future. J. J. Daly, manager of the
Prye-Bruhn company, made this state
ment yesterday.
As yet Mr. Daly is undecided whe
ther to have the building moved over
to its new location on rollers or to
have it torn down and rebuilt. He
will dccide this matter before he
leaves town.
When the building is on the new
location the cold storage plant will
be operated by electricity. At the
present time it is run by water power.
The Band boys are making prepar
ations for the annual dance which will
be given St. Patrick's night at the
White Pass club.
Clothes That
Tailors
Can't Make
Tailors can't make clothing
such as we are showing unless
they charge three times our
price. When you stop to con
sider that our garments contain
the Highest Class of Workman
ship and the Fiuest of Mater
ials
We ar? ready to exhibit
All the Latest Styles
A FINE LINE OF SHOES
AND SHIRTS JUST
ARRIVED
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