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No. :U7. ELEVENTH YEAH. SKAWWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1909 PRICE, 10 CENT8
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REPUBLICANS FEAR INSURGENTS
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 17?
From now until the end of the special
session the Senate will convene at
lo o'clock In the morning to discuss
I he tariff bill.
The Republciun party leaders fear
that the "Insurgents" will unite with
the Democrats to defeat many of the
measures proposed by the Payne bill.
A number of Democrats have been
won over by the Republicans, which
will offset the "Insurgent" movement.
SHOT HUSBAND
JO FREE WIFE
(By United Press.)
TACO.MA. Wash. May 17? Charles
NYwcombe and Mrs Martin K. Val
shug wore arrested by the police late|
Saturday night charged with the mur
der of M. K. Valshug. who was shot
;*.ud killed late Friday night while
walking home with his wife.
Xewcombe has confessed that he
shot Valshug so that Mrs. Valshug
would be free to marry him. New-j
combe says tha' he and Mrs. Valshug
have been intimate for years. New
combe is a married man.
HMRDENED
II NEW TRIAL
(By United Press.)
FLUSHING, L. I. May 17? The1
motion of ("apt. Peter llains for a
new trial based on the allegation that
th>- jury w;is no* properly guarded,
was denied today. Capt. Mains ap
piared unmoved and announc?>d that
I ? would appeal to the supreme court.
KING ED. HAS SOME FUN
PARIS.? King Edward, who is at
?'.isent in this city incognito, eluded
the reporters hist night ami attended
a music hall performance. He en
te.ed tlie stage door. and. passing
1 1' rough the green room, occupied a
curtained box. The "turns" were of
ie usual Parisian variety.
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The steamship Corwin. ('apt. West.!
left Seattle. May 10th for Nome. The
Corwin carried -00 passengers and a
heavy cargo. Including vegetables. :
eg?s and fresh meats. She will stop j
at Dutch llarbor on the way up. The
Corwin will probablv have to do coil
viderable Icebucking before reachiu;1
Nome.
TflFI GOES 10
VISIT SOUTH
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON. 1). C. May 17?
President Taft will leave toinorrov
night for Petersburg. Vn.. where le
will* unveil a shaft at the Port Ma
hone monument. Krt>:n there he will
ro to Charlottesville. North Carolina.
U cflebrate tin- anniversary of tie
Meckh-uberg declaration of independ
ence for Carolina.
CHURCH WILL REFORM
NKW YORK. Trinily Church cor
poration. attacked on account of the
condition of its fenement house-., will
tear down half a dozen of them anil
erect a $.">00,000 business block.
The Ladies Aid society of the Pres
byterian church met last rhursda>
afternoon at the home of Mrs. 1- . II.
Wurzbacher. After a short business
meeting a literary entertainment j
was given and refreshments served.
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(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
SPOKANE, WASH. May 17? The
Croat Northern fast mail train, west
bound, was held up at 1 o'clock yes
tt i day morning about 50 miles east
of here by a gang of masked bandits
who secured about $20,000.
The robbers flagged the train with
a rod lantern, held up the train crow
with guns. uncoupled the engine and
mail car from the train and took
them down the track about half a
mllo and blew open the mail oar and
rifled the Interior.
They then reversed the engine and
turned it loose. The engine and mail
car backed down the track and crash
C('? into Die waiting train. Twenty
people were injut jd by the accident.
The railroad detectives believe 'that
the robbery was committed by the
"Red" McDonald gang. A posse is
| out In pursuit of the robbers.
STAMPEDE TO NEW QUARTZ 10
(?rent excltrnu ir prevails In the?
village of Knik over the discovery, 011
tlie Barthoif brothers' <iuartz mine,
of an ore chute of exceptional rich
ress. The vein where the cluite oc
curs is about eighteen inches in width
and the quartz is literally alive with
jiolu. Samples of the rich rock shown
ia Knik have caused a small sized
stampede to Willow, a tributary of
the Susitna river, iu which region
the property is located. It is about
forty miles from Knik. by way of an
eiil Indian trail While considerable
prospecting has been done on the
lower reaches of Willow creek, the
r< gion above timber line was seem
ingly overlooked, until two years ago, i
despite tho fact that rich float
specimens can be found all along the
creek tributaries. News of the strike
has reached Suhrise, Ilope, Seldovia 1
Tyonic and other little settlements
on Cook inlot and the stampeders I
enroute will be followed by others. !
During the past winter tlirco miner
? Shafer, Larson and Stewart ? had a ;
contract to run a 100-foot tunnel on ,
the vein, and in their work they en
countered the rich showing. They i
are emphatic in the statement the .
property has Indications pointing to |
a mine of great value. ? Seward Gate- ,
way.
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(By United Press.)
FLUSHING, L. I. May 17? Capt.
Peter Ilains was tliis morning 8Pn
tfiiccd to serve from 8 to 1C years]
in tlio state penitentiary at hard labo
foi the murder of William Minis.
JEFFERSON TRAVELLED LIGHf
The .Jefferson arrived at fi o'clock
Saturday evening with 41 passengers
and ."I tons of freight :i^<l left at 7:
30 o'clock I'. M. with eleven pas
s? ugers. Shi' had a smooth trip up
the coast.
HUMBOLDT IS LATE
The Humbold. will not arrive in
Skagway until 1' o'clock tomorrow
morning according to a dispatch re
icived late this afternoon by W. \V.
Hough ton. local agent.
TflFI GIVEN
GOLDEN KEY .
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(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON IX C. May 17?
At 10 o'clock this morning Richard
HalUngor, secretary of the Interior,
presented President Taft with a gold
en telegraph key made out of the Car ,
mack nuggets, the first gold found ,
in the Klondike. Taft will open the ,
A.-Y.-P. exposition with the key on (
June 1st.
BEATRICE IN AND OUT
The Princess Beatrice arrived from
Vancouver at G : 30 o'clock this morn
ing with 57 passengejs and 112 tons
of freight. She left at 2 : :t0 o'clock
this aft rnoon with 11 passengers.
Skagway, Alaska, May 1 7 .*09.
Everybody cordially invited to at
tend the dance at A. It. Hall next
j Wednesday evening at !? p. ni. Coine
| and have a good time.
The Committee.
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EARTH QUAKES SHAKE WINNIPEG
(By United Prees)
WINNIPEG, Man. May 17 Late?
Saturday niRht quite severe earth
quake shocks were felt In this city
and throughout western Canada. The
earthquake shocks were very severe
in parts of Winnipeg. Patients at the
Rcprina hospital were hurled from
their beds.
PAPKE REGIS
LOST LAURELS
(By United Press.)
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal. May 15?
I' illy Papke of Spring Valley, III.,
knocked out Hugo Kelly, the Italian
fighter in the first round of what
was to have been a forty-five round
tight for the middleweight champion
ship of the world at the Mission
street arena this afternoon.
The men came together Immediate
ly after the bell sounded and after a
lively inixup went into a clinch. As
they broke away Papke shot a vic
ious right to the jaw and Kelly went
lo the mat. He staggered to his
feet at the count of eight and Papke
floored him again for the count with
mother right to the jaw.
There was a large crowd present.
Papke was favored in the betting ten
eight.
This was the fourth fight between
i'apke and Kelly. Each man had won
4 decision and one battle was a draw.
I'apke now claims the middleweight
championship as Ketchell can no long
t make 158 pounds.
PLAGUE AT ECUADOR
GUAYAQUIL. EQUADOR.? During
April seventy-seven new cases of bu
bonic plague were rei)orted in this
pity, with twenty-three deaths. There
ivere seventy-five new cases of yellow
lever, of which forty -<two were fatal.
CAPTAIN WIS SMUGGLER
NEW YORK.? Maurice Uornier, se
cond captain of the French liner Lai
S.'voie, today was found guilty of
smuggling $:t,000 worth of laces and
diamonds.
ARE WORKING
OK NEW TRAIL
James H. Watson ("Doc") of the
Alaska Road Commission, with a crew
o; seven men, is now at work on the
proposed trail froiu tliis city to Tagle
River. To make the trail feasible, it
will be necessary to build a number
of bridges, and the surveys for these
will be the first thing undertaken.
The party is making their start 'rom
the beach line below the cemetary.
It is expected to have a good, sub
stantial trail built which can be wid
ened, when the necessity arises, Into
a wagon road. ? Juneau Transcript
Wilford R. Hoggatt, Governor of
Alaska, arrived In Skagway from Jun
eauon the Jefferson Saturday evening
for the purpose of investigating cer
tain matters pertaining to the town
tiusteeship. A large number of prop
ptrty holders of Skagway visited Gov.
Iloggat' yesterday afternoon at the
Fifth Avenue hotel and stated thoir
cases to him.
Gov. Hoggatt stated today that he
had investigated the matter thorough
ly and that he was certain the mat
ter of obtaining patents would be com
pleted in an expeditious and econom
ical manner.
Gov. Hoggatt will leave tonight on
the Humboldt for Juneau. Ho
stated today that he will go to Seat
tle on the next Jefferson and attend
the opening exercises of the A.-Y.-P,
fair.
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