IK FRANCE
DESPERATE ROBBERS
TERRORIZE VILLAGE
La*e<t Depredations Chantilly.
Held up Tou'irig Car After Shoot
.rg Cn.-uWeur, Rob Bank in
8rc.i|j O^y E*c*ping in Auto.
li'.y A l.iska Nm Durcau.)
PARIS. Mar. li 2<? The entire ?'?
. hirer;, of th.- police ami de*c< me
:epur;:i . : t of Uie Freoih 'government
has !?e>-n sot in notion in an attempt
to t .re a band of bold auto ban
< Us who have been maWny dt>
;>reda'k>ns on autoists in ibis coutitrv
;n the last few weeks.
\ ording to reports reoe*v?J, the
I '?t s. m?* of their deprvdailoas was
?i *'hartiUy. a small town to the
r <rth of thl? city. \ dispat-h r?ceiv
! from that city says a larce pri
vate motor m.r was held up there
? i i the occupants were robbed of
:'>? ? valuables by the bandits aft ??r
' hey had <;^ot and fctllod th* chauf
feur
T'-.e 1 v T i un;- *:a'ely hurr'e'
from thi - e- .. of 'he hold-up leaving
pants c. . .e toarim* car *n
a di--M a-' l terrri-Sz'- 1 cond'tfor..
Th?> Nlr, "Its etiter.-d the town of
Char- l!y and in hroa ! day): ht e' ' r
?d th? cH y K-uik a-d d-'nanded th >
fntds fp-vm the van IN <;afhertnr tip
>t fTipy nia.ie f :? :r es arv. X ?>
?r*? ? i.f t'.m has b - fo>int? The
are ' elple^s t^ > on.'n* rhi >'e.
*
~OV HR NAMED AS
ASSISTANT FISHERIES ' G'T.
y V .ska New -- ' art*':.)
' >1. . \ i .TON. I>. C. March .
Taft today ;iuated W r I
c' tii-hip in as ;i -ant C?*n
i ( f t! u A -Han Salm n
TAP- ADMINISTRATION VEANS
CO^T'Nl ATlCN OP PR IVILEDGES.
( :ti Alaska Rurtau.)
PORTLAND. Mo. March .'6 1 i a
*;*-?? h horo Saturday night K<> so
??-U a;a.~i asserted that tho- Tnft
theory of (WvMtiirfi t nionnt a oon
' <v>, of :>*t :|pdces
TYPHOON RAGING OFF
SHORE OF AUSTRALIA
Scotch Shipping Interests Notified of
Terrible Damage Done by Hurri.
c-.ne. Many SM^ Are Reported
to Have Gene Ashore.
(By Alaska New Bureau.)
PERTH, March 26 ? Advlcef rec<4v?
ed here by the shipping Invests say
that a typhoon Is rosin* off the Aus
tralian coast.
It is reported that the damage to
hipping has be>en very gre&*. A
! number of ?hip9 are said to have
1 _ono ashore.
GOV. DEENEN CALLS
SPECIAL LEGISLATION.
? By Alaska News Bureau. I
CHICAGO. 111.. March 26? Gover
? :ior Charles Deonen will ca'l a speo;:il
1 gislature tomorrow for the purpose
of enacting thirteen laws, the chit i
of which being the presidential pri
, tr.arv law.
MEAT PACKERS TRIAL
GOES TO JURY TONIGHT.
(Ry Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO. 111.. March 26? The cn e
! of the Government vs. the Meat
Packers Combine will go to the jury
tonirht Arguments are being com
plete this afternoon by attorneys
fOT the government.
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
BOTH CLAIM INDIANA.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
vi'IANAPOUS,. Ind.^. March 26
T .? state republican convention -
ng held today. Both Taft a !
it >-? velt claim control of the con
vontion.
LA FOLLETTE POSTPONES
VISIT TO COAST.
(By Alack* News liuread. )
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 2fi?
The proposed via it of S^mtrr L?
Follette to the Pacific Coast has
'?eon deferred for a month durin.e
wh h time ho will be busy in 'bis
< ity.
Managers of the LAPolleUe cam
p . a announce that LAPollette wi 1
\ ; the coast some time In April.
R
D
Cnn OUR
spring GOODS
Have commenced to arrive
We Will Have
Shipments on Every Boat
New Spring Millinery
Will be Displayed
Tuesday Morning
March Twelve
Come Early and M ake Your
Selections
H. J. LYNCH
Th? Up To Dat? Habar dasher and Lar'lea Furnisher.
REBEL REPORTS
DISCREDITED
MEXICO CITY REFUSES
TO BELIEVE TRUTH
Rebels Carry All Before T?iem tr\
Three Day# Bat'le In Chihuahua.
Federal General Suicides After De
feat of Command.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
MEXICO CITY, March 2S? tireat.
doubt is being expressed here over;
the trut-h of the reports received yce- ?
terday to th<? effe t that the rebels i
w ere carrying everything before them I
near .limine* in Uie state of Ohihua. '
hua.
A dispatch from the s<> ie of the
fighting says that farmer Mini t(?r of
War, Hetas, who was in command of
a large troop of federal soldiers, met ,
with a decisive defeat and the Tors?|
of a number of men.
The report also ftnt??s that af'er
his defeat Helas took his own life.
LESTER DEFEATS
CYCLONE THOMPSON.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SYDNEY. Australia, March 2fi?
Rerershig his defeat suffered n moot
ago kt the hands of Cyclone .Jo!in my
Thompson, Jack Letter, protege of
Tommy Burns, outpointed Thompson
in their twenty round battle here
Saturday afWrnocn and was given
the decision nt the t-n ; of the 2^th
round.
SAN FRANCISCO, Caf. March 2*
? FVar:kie Klaus wo *a*n <55' y* <!*? 's
ion over .lack Dillon in their twenty
round scrap here Saturday nlyht.
WHITEHORSE SURVEYOR
RETURNS FROM THE EAST. ^
H. C. Dickson. 1). L. S., of White-,
horse, arrived oci the May Saturday!
and Is spending a few days hi town. |
He has just returned from an ex
tended business tour of Ka..torn Can
ada and the United States.
Amongst the cities visited by Mr.
Dickson were Ot'ana, Montreal, Tor
1 onto, Sault St, Mario, St Paul, Spo
kane and Seattle.
In company with his br<>t^er T. A.
Dickson who came over from WhKe
hwse on the Friday train, he will I
| leave for Whitehor.se tomorrow.
LITTLETON STUMPING
FOR OSCAR UNDERWOOD.1
(IJy Alaska News Bureau.)
ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 26?
Congressman Littleton last night
spoke here boosting Oscar T'nder
wood, democratic leader In the
House, for the democratic nomination
for the presidency. He declared that
Underwood was the best candidate in
the fie'd today for the nomination.
PRICE OF COTTON
GOODS GOING UP
Boston Wholesalers of Textile Fab-1
rlcs Declare Consumer Must, Pay
Coit of Cotton Workers Strike
Just Ended.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
BOSTON, Maes., March 26? Owe ;
more the textilo mills which havej
been idle for a number of woeka due
to the cotton workers strike, have
begun to turn out the textile fab
ric*.
Dealers hi the cotton mill's pro
ducts in this city declare that all
ready there Is an increase In the
price of the coUon poods turned out
from the mills since the beginning of
work, which they declare is evidence
of the fact that the consumers of the
I?roducts of the mills will have to pay
the cost of the long strike and the
five per cent increase in wages which
was granted the strikers by the op
erators.
Wholesale houses here look for a
still further advance in the cost of i
cotton Roods, in the n*ar future
RUEF HAS LAST PLING
RETURNING TO PRISON.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1!0? By
way of a fiaal flmg, before being
reincarcerated in San Quentin Prison,
Abraham Ruef, former political boss
of San Francisco, under a 14-year
sentence for bribery, entertained a
party of friends Thursday night at a
roadhouse near San Rafael. As the
result of the party, Deputy sheriff
William O'Kane, who had Ruef in
change, has been suspended tempor- '
arily.
O'Kane was instructed to remove :
Kuef to tho prison in the convict's '
bus. but instea 1 permitted the former \
bo.?s to use an automobile. The din
ner part}, which was attended by two
women and a San Francisco physician
lasted until nearly midnight and Ruef
was several hours life In arriving ut ;
the penitentiary. The deputy sheriff
explained that a pun' lured tire had |
'?aused the delay.
DR. L. S. KELLER WILL
ARRIVE ON SPOKANE.!
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE, March 26? Dr. L. S.
Keller arrived here oil the Governor
last ni^ht from Los .VngeU?s. accom
panied by Mrs. Keller. He w+fl re
main here until A.pril L'rxi when he
will sail north on the Spokane.
HUMBOLDT BRINGS MANY
PASSENGERS FOR INTERIOR.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE, March 26 ? ' The Hum
boldt sailed last night for Skagway
and way ports in Southeastern Alas
ka wtth a full passenger list of trav
elers for 'he interior of Alaska and
the Yukon.
The Curacao arrived in Wrangell
1 this morning at 10 o'clocft and will
' leave there a' 2 p. m. She will ar
I rive here at 1 o'clock tomorrow.
?f V t t -i* V 1* f T T T -r T V T T T T T t
; CANNED FRUITl
" """ " ' " 11 ? ? " 1 ? ? ? ? ?? ? ?? ?
X (PREFERRED STOCK) t
. ^
*** This is the season for canned fruit. "Preferred Stock" .
brand meann the choicest goods and best methods of ^
+ canning. Purity and Quality absolutely guaranteed +
+ 5TRAWBEKRIES RASPBERRIES
* PINEAPPLES BLACKBERRIES +
+ OOOSBERRIES PEACHES +
+ LOGANBERRIES ? APRICOTS *
J PEARS PLUMS +
+ CHERRIES *
4* +
+ We also carry a full line of extra fancy +
+ dried fruits +
t P. H. GANTY, Grocer I
? + + + + + + + + + + + + + ,i,,5, + + + + 4, + 4'J,+
STEPHENSON
10 BE TRIED
WISCONSIN SENATOR
MUST ANSWER CHARGES
Will be Giver Trial by Debate.
Charged With Corrupt U&e of
Mcney In Securing Election to
Senate in 1309.
(By Alaska News Bt?r?au.p
WASHINGTON', D. C., March 2??
Following the investigation of the
charges relative to the elecM&n tf
Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wis
consin, by the Senate Comir.t'tee on
Priviledges anil Ele: tions, the 'ora
nrittee recommend in their report
that the Senator be given a trial
by debate.
Senator 3'ephenson is charged with
the corrupt use of money to gain J
his election to the Senate, to which 1
he was eWt?d in 1909. The specific:
charge against him is thart on March i
4th, 1909. Senator Stephenson bribed!
Mr. Farrel!, Mr Ramsey anil Mr
Towne, three democrats members of'
the Joint assembly of the legislative
houses of the state of Wisconsin. to !
absent themselves from the assembly,
with the result that he. Senator
Stephenson received ?. majority of
the votes cas* for th* Sena'orphlp
from that rtr.te.
Stephenson utterly de~:e<? the char*.
e? that are made against him.
TERRIBLY BURNT WHILE
CLEANING KID GLOVES.
RIDGEHELD. Wa h . March 20?
Mtss Cdit-h Dit"..-r mei with an ac
cident Thursday evening while wash
ing a pair of ki I glove* in gaotfne.
She had th?> gloves on her han 1? and
while they were saturate! with cas
olln? she went to assist her yonogtr
*iM&r in lighting a lamp The gloves
immediately took fire ard before the
blaze could be extinguished her
hands were terribly burned. A physf
cian was railed and dressed the burn
ed hands and arms but declines to
state what the result of the Injuries
may be. Miss Dittmer has been em
ployed as a clerk in the Rl.1cef.eld
Mercantile store.
The Georgia left .Itineau this morn
: Ing at 8 o'clock and is due to arrive
her" early this e veT.in*.
PIONEER OF SPOKANE
PASSES A WAV 9UOOENLY
John Brcwne, O ne of Tour J?r? ef
Waehingtcr Clt y Dies of Heart
Failure. Prominent Banker And
Capitalist.
(By Alaska New* Bureau. I
SPOKANE, March 2K? The
dty i? In mourning over ttiw ?udd??n
death of John Brown*, orw of the
founders and pioneers of thW cJ'y.
Th? death of Mr. Browne is a en"?'
"?hork. h?? having be?*n hi good
health tip o the present time Den'h
was due to heart failure
Mr Browne has always b*en a
promio?r?t business man of this city.
Hp was a banker and capitalist
FALSE AL*RM SAVES
FAMILY FROM DEATH.
(By Alaska. News Bareau.)
SPRINOPIELD, O.. Mar'b 25? B*.
cause an alarm rjork was s?< at the
wrong hour, the family of Harry
Barrett was saved from betas
asphyxiated last night The little
daughter of Mr Barrett turnM the
key of the gas alov At midnight
the alarm clock aroused Mr. Barrett,
who was partly suffocated. but wa?
able to stagger to the stove and
close the valve. The members of 'be
family are 111. but will recover
CARRIES BULLET IN
BRAIN THIRTY YEARS.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
BELL-EFONTAINE. O. March 2*
? George Foughtjr carried a bullet in
his brain thirty years. Toe fart was
disclosed today when a poet mortem
"lamination was held Fough'y
died of p^ifu mor?ia ye?t<?-day, Thirty
>"eors ago he wae shvt through the
h<=4Ul H?? recovered, although sjr
soons wpre never able to Jocate tJu*
bullet. The ball bad pa^aeil en
tirely through Fbughtys brain an 1
was found embedded In the back of
the skull.
GOVERNOR OF SAMOA
IS ASSASSINATED.
(By Alaska News Bureau.*
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 2?? Ad
vices to this city state that. Prtnre
Ruppreck. German governor of 'h?
Islands of Samoa in the mid- Pacific,
has been assess! nat#wl. T?KaJls of tile
tragedy are meager.
You'!!
Need
Togs
To make yourself pre
sentable on Easter.
Stroll into this store
and riffont in one of
the latest
H. S. & M. SUITS
One is absolutely as
sured of current fash
ians in dependable
merchandise
Watch our windows
Foar-Butlon Sov/tfy Sack
No. 78*
Slantbif Lowtr Ptekm
For New Spring Goods
WILL CLAYSON~aSL
Die Home of The
HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX
CLOTHING