A'neka Illet Library
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 26? S.
N. D. North, director of the Census
bureau, has resigned under pressure
and K. l>ana Durand. Deputy Conamls
sioner of Corporations, has been ap
pointed director of the Census bureau
There has long been considerable dis
satisfaction with the work of the
Census bureau and Director North
has been under fire for soni" time.
U. S. SAILORS
SHEET m
(By United Press.)
TACOMA, Wash. May 25? The Jap
anese training ships arrived here to
day and were welcomed by the four
United States cruisers in the harbor.
The Japause and American sailors
t?re being entertained in the city to
day. Saturday the two fleets will sail
for Seattle to attend the opening of
the A.-Y.-P.-Exposltion.
KING'S COLT
IS
(By United Prees)
EPSOM DOWN'S. England. May 26
Before an immense crowd this morn
ing, Minora, King Edward's colt, won
the English derby after a driving fin
ish. It is the third successive time,
that King Edward's stable has won
the derby.
LIKE A "PIPE"
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. May 26 ? The steamer
Yucatan, besides bringing Simon Gug
genheim and J. Pierpont Morgan to
Alaska, will probably be used by Prts
ldent Tat't for his visit to Alaskan
w:>ters.
JOHNSON IN
MEET KAUFMAN
(By United Prers.)
NEW YORK. May 2C? In at
Interview given out to the press
today .lack Johnson staled that
his reason for not sailing to England
j esterday was not that he feared t >
meet Sain Lamgford.'out that he ex !
pected to be matched with Al Kaui
man in a short time.
SULLIVAN IS
STILL CHAMP
(By United Press.)
SAN" FRANCISCO. Cal.. May 2t>?
Mike (Twin) Sullivan and Kyle Whit
ney. the negro, fought twenty round
to a draw last night for the welter
weight championship of the world.
Sullivan outboxed Whitney allj
through the fight, but the negro hail
the hardest punch and knocked Sul- i
I! van down In the nineteenth round
Sullivan retains the welter-weight till
HUMBOLDT DUE TOMORROW
The Humboldt is due tomorrow at'- j
ternoon and will sail tomorrow even
ing for Seattle. Tin- Humboldt will
arrive in Seattle in time for her pas
sengers to attend the opening cere
monies of the A.-Y.-P.-Exposition.
Agent Boughton announces that that
the $."0 round trip rate from Skagway |
to Seattle is now in force.
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ANOTHER CROOKED SENATOR
SEAT TO TIE SCRAP PILE
(By United Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, 111. May 26? Sitting
I in joint session this afternoon the llli
j :iois legislature 011 the ninety-fifth
; ballot elected William Lorimer of
Chicago to the United States Senate
to succeed Albert J. Hopkins.
Lorimer is a member of the nation
al House of Representatives, from the
sixth district of Illinois and has al
ways been prominent In state politics.
Hopkins is considered one of the
i iost corrupt of the United States
Senators. He has been mixed up in
many shady deals.
JOHNSON FEARS
SAM MOD
(By United Press)
NEW YORK May L'5 ? For some un
known reason Jack Johnson failed to
sail (01? London today, as ho was
scheduled to do. Tin* sporting writ
ers In the city are of the opinion that
Johnson is afraid to meet Langford In
London and did not sail for that rea
son.
RIVER REPORTS
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The steamer Victorian arrived atj
Dawson yesterday afternoon and the'
Yukon river is now clear from lower
I?clt:trge to Dawson. The river atj
Whitehorse is ."> inches above low
water mark. Lake LeBarge is still
solid and it is hard to estimate when
?Jie ice will go out. If the high water
and warm weather continues It Is pos
Bible that boats will be able to leave
by June
JAMES KENNEDY RETURNS
James Kennedy returned from Ju
neau on the Jefferson yesterday,
where he was called by the tragic
death of his brother last Thursday.
Mrs. Kennedy will remain in Juneau
for some time. The funeral of Ed
ward Kennedy was held last Sunday.
A,Y,P. 15 101
READY TO OPEN
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. May 2C ? Only six days
remain before the opening date of the!
Alaska-Yukon- Pacific exposition and
the exhibits are far from being in
place. It is hardly possible that the
exposition will be ill readiness June 1
The government exhibits are in read
iress.
"KIDS" 10 PUT
Tonus BEENS"
Promptly at 7 o'clock this evening
Tony Dortero's "Kids" will endeavor
to take another fall out of the "Has
EL ens" in a seven inning baseball
game. Capt. Yeomans was inter- 1
viewed today and stattd that the
"Has Beens" would surely win. Tonyj
Dortero is equally confident that his
"Kids" will be victors and has money
to place at S to 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Polk of De
troit Mich., spent yesterday afternoon
i-i Skagway, arriving from Seattle an
returning on the Jefferson. While in
Skagway they were luncheon guests
at the Pullen house. They were de
lighted with the trip to Skagway and
the town itself.
DESPONDENCY CAUSES SUICIDE
Rmil Flugstad, for ten years a res-!
id out of Juneau, despondent because
of his inability to quit drinking, com- 1
id i ted suicide in his cabin near Gold;
and Third streets, Juneau, at 5:30
Monday morning by shooting himself
through th<' heart with a .45 calibre,
revolver.
The body was discovered by Nick;
Uren, who was passing by and had
his attention attracted by the shots.
Flugstad fired three shots, evidently
testing the revolver with the first
two.
Flugstad was employed at the Grill
restauf.tnt. He had been drinking
heavily and friends say lie was addict
(d to the use of drugs. He was
about thirty years old. He had no
relatives in Alaska.
New
...Potatoes...
* Just Received the First Lot of the %
X Season? They are Nice ?
Iganty & frandson!
SITKA, May 22. ? Aaron Levy of Ju
neau lias filed petition for letters of
administration 011 the estate of Benja
min Levy, claiming as assets of the
esteate all of the property in Sitka
north of Lincoln street t.o the lake,
and west of Malishoffska river to the
Blarney Stone.
(Note. ? Benjamin Levy in 18C7 pur
chased from Olimpil Melloshkin and
wife on a warranty deed, all the
above described property, the deed bt-?
ing duly recorded. The grantors In
the dede were the sole survivors of
the old Sitka massacre. Levy died in
1882. Valuable Improvements hpve
been built on this land, the best part
of Sitka lying on it, and the Presby
! terian Board had been planning the
expenditure of $;0,000 on buildings
now standing on the laud. The pre
sent holders claim a cession from the
United States government, but it is
set up that the terms of the treaty
with Russia in 1867 divested the Un
ited States of all title to property at
that time held by the individual. The
ownership will probably have to be
determined by a Jury.) ? Juneau Tran
script.
FOE 10 LABOR,
SAYS MITCHELL
(By United Press.)
. NEW YORK. May 26? John Mitch
oil, hrtid of the National Federation
of Miners, today scathingly denounced
John Kirby. the newly elected prcyi
den of the National Manufacturer's
Association, as an anti-unionist and i
bitter foe to organized labor.
KBlHOHT
RATE REDUCED
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. May 20? The Alaska
Steamship company has slashed its
freight rates from Seattle to Nome
from $15 to $0 a ton. The rates were
cut for the purpose of stimulating
fade as the business lias not been
any too good.
PRICE OF MEAT ADVANCES
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, 111. May 20? 1 The prices
of dressed meats has advanced as a
result of the high price of wheat
caused by the Patten bull market.
TARIFF BILL
IS ATTACKED
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 26?
Senator Isador Raynor of Maryland
today made a sensational speech on
the tariff question during the course
of which he questioned the constitu
tionality of the proposed Payne tariff
bill on the ground that the proposed
duties are in many cases prohibitive.
EARTH QUAKES
FELT IN IKEST
(By United Pre??.)
CHICAGO, 111. May 2t> ? Earthquake
shocks were felt in Illinois, Wiscon
sin and Iowa this afternoon. The
earthquakes themselves were slight,
but they resulted in the starting of
many fires. There was considerable
alarm felt in some sections.
William Greenland, a well known
Fairbanks miner, arrived on the Jef
ferson and went inside this morning.
He was accompanied by A. W. Thomp
son, a brother-in-law of Harry Board
man. They were guests of the Pullen
house.
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