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THE DAILY ALASKA/
CITY OFFICIAL. PHPER
TENTH YEAR UKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY APRIL 18 1907 PRICE 10 CENTS
fl^kSin,?bcr tho .N?m? -
1 asative Rromo Qraiune ^4? /;???,? & one%.ft,_
Cwos a CoW in One Day, Crip in 2 Daw^* ^?/TTn/%00 tot. 35*
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L.A.HarrisonCo
Second Shipment of
Gage Hats
on sale
Tuesday Afternoon
A neater line never
before shown in
Skagway
Stores crnen Evenings - Phone's 4 and 5o j
Did you e^er,
s m o k.e tlie
E!
Arabe
Cigar?
]SO! Where
? Can* I Gel
Them.- Fro it
TONY DORTERO Sole Agent for Alaska
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Before buying j
Your spring suit |
Take a Look at Our
Famous Line of
Hart
Schaffner
& Marx and
David Adler
& Son
READY-TO-WEAR
SUITS- ALL OF
THE BEST DRES
SED MEN WEAR
THEM- The quaUty
fit, style and price
Must Be Right MP |
before the suit leaves Solfc&atf j
this store
giayson & go.
Cb? One Price ?Iotbicrs-fourth and Broadway
MUCH 0F MEXICO DEVASTATED
Hundreds of towns for 500 miles up and down coast
ol great Southern republic destroyed?Loss of life
known to exceed 600? Property loss immense
NOF FOR HIM
Former Governor of New
York Refuses Case
'(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
I Ne* York April 18? It Is reported
ttiat former Governor Black, of Troy,
I N. Y., ha* t>eea offered the manage
! meat of the defense of Harry Thaw,
j Gov. Bla_'k refuse ! the offer. He said
: not for all the millions represented In
the Thaw estate would he do the work
required of an attorney In such a case.
(Special Dispatch to Daily "Alaskan)
City of Mexico, April 18? Every
town south and west of this city io the
direction of Colima volcano and m far
south asOmetepec. covering a territory
; extending 5OO miles up and down the
Pacific coast of Mexloo, is either
destroyed or badly damaged. It Is im
possible to estimate the number of the
I dead but It is known to be fullv 600. '
In many sections of the country great
volumes of steam are issuing from the
traping rents in the earth. Other
shocks are feared <ind the people every
were aie '.n a state of panic.
The less of property will run Into
vast sums of money. Thousands of
people who were rich or well-to-do
have beers made poor. In many sec
tiona of the country the people are
suffering for lack of food. Famire
stalks over the entire country south
and west of here to the Pacific ocean.
GiJLF OF MEXICO
A BOILIVG SFA
Galveston, Tex.. April 18? Word has |
been received here that the lower part j
of the Gulf of Mexico last Sunday was
a boiJlDU sea of geysers. The geysers '
spouted the water 300 feet into the air.
Those who witnessed the phenomenon
were astounded and many believed Jthe
last da>s were at h<nd. No similar
condition was ever experienced on the
gulf before.
FOR JONES
Extern Washington Con
gres-mau for 8 mi tor
(Special Dispatch to Daily <Uaskxo.)
S;attle, April 18? At a banquet
given hat night at the Rainier c ub, a
boom was sprung for Co (jrpsstn 10
Wesley L. Jon* s fo" United States s n
ato.* to succeed Senator Ank<-ny Mr.
Jones was present but he refused to
commit himself on the subj ct at all.
Chile Is In Throes of Horror
DOLPHIN Oit
EARLY TONIGHT
A cablegram received early this ;
morning by K.A. Carroiii agent for the
Alaska Steamship Company, says the
Dolphin will be due to arrive in port
this evening at 7 o'clock. She will have
four days' mail for Sjkagway.
(Special Dispatch) to Daily Alaskan) '
Valparaiso, April 18 ? All Southern j
Chile is in the throes of a terrible vol- 1
canic horror. Great s' reams -,f molten
lava are Sowing down the sides of
several volcanoes which are bridling
tire and ushes high into the air. The j
lava has set fire to the forests and the j
flames extend for hundreds of miles
between the Andes and the coast.
People by the thousands and cattle 'are
fleeing for their lives. In many sections
of the country people are taKlng to the
9ea.
One of the peculiar phases of the
fltfht from the racing: fites is the fact
that wild animais of various kinds in
many instances have have joined
people and domestic animals, and flown .
with them. Fear of the greater!
dinger destroyed all minor fears.
MASONS WILL
ATTEND CHURCH
The Skr.gway lodge of Masons will
attend services at the Methodist church
next Sunday in a body. An invitation
wao extended to them byUheRev. J.
W. Glenk to attend his church next
Sunday evening and it was accepted.
GETS CASH I
Holds Up Clerk for
?25,000
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan; '
St. Paul, Mian., April 18? A baudit |
with a gun held up the head clerk of
the Northern Pacific Express Com
pany';. oiiice here last night and com
, pelled him to open the safe. He
secured *25,000 and cscaDtd. The
robbery took place at 10 o'clock last
night.
Whtto Pm? Stag ? Liaves
Wbltehorse, April 18? A stage left
%bis morning for Dawson with nine
passengers and a small quantity of
freight.
Vote ! Vote ! Vote !
3 For hones'. y and regulation. Long
l rears' established 1 ! ! Cream Rve is it.
MORE BOATS
1'. C. S. S. Co. Will Increase
Its Fleet
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
| Seattle, April )8 ? The Pacific Coast
' Steamship Company announced this
morning that it will increase its fleet of
i Alaskan vessels in June, giving a more
fi cqnect service to every port at which
I It calls. The schedule ha* not been ar
ranged yet but that will be done at an
I eaily date.
Elk*' Mretlnr
There will be a regular meeting of
Skagway Lodge No. 431, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, at their
hall, Thursday, April 18, at 8 p. m.
All visiting Elks are invited to at
tend.
M. S. Whittier,
Secretary.
to
tovm
Of
Good
;
Start the [day right by
drinking some of oui cele
brated coffee /or breakfast.
Gold Leaf 45c per pound.
Hills "EverfrssV packed
in Vacum tins 45c per lb.
These are our leading
brands, and never fail to
please.
GANTY & FRANDSON
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
SOCIAL ON TONIGHT
The Christian E .leavor society will
gl^e a "Lijbt R< fieihDiiinis" sool?l at
the parsonage of the Pr s'l.vierian
church this evening. All the memliers
of the organization and their frii-iiilB
are requested to be present. I
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and mellow: At the Seattle, the house
of old honest goods and reputation !
TRCADWtLL MINER
FEEDS BIRDS CASH
Seattle, April 18? John Conway, a
miner who arrived on one of the laat
boats to come from Alaska, was arrest
ed yesterday while feeding cash to
birds on Second avenue. Brooding
over the Treadwell mining troublej
made him insane.
To know what means comfort In
Skaffway is to stay at the Fifth Avenue
hotel? a modern hostelry in every way.
VOUR STAIONERY WANTS May not be many,
I ? ? ? m?a? ?? a? BCT what Y0C MAY
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Writing Tablets, Enve op?s (plain and fancy), Peni Pen
Holders, Pencils (j>aln and copying), Pencil Sharpeners,
Erasers, Inks, Ink Wt-lls. Fountain Pens, Memorandum
Receipt and Currency Books, Ledgers, Day and Casn Books.
Blotters, Rulers, etc.
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Seattla Tho Oldest Bank in Washington
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