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No. 98. TWELFTH YEAr! SKAOWAY, ALASKA, WEPNESIlAY, 8EPTKMBKR 21 liWW PRICE. 10 CENTS
Terrific Storm Sweeps Gulf
Coast Leaving Death and
Ruin In Its Wake.
(By Unlte4 Press..)
NEW ORLEANS, La. Sept. 22? As
the result of yesterday's hurricane
along the Gulf of Mexico It Is be
lieved that about 300 persons were
drowned and millions of dollars worth
of property was damaged in Louis
iana and Mississippi.
Scores of small craft were wrecked
along the coast, in many instances
the crews being drowned to a man.
A large section of the New Or
leans water front is Inundated owing
to the high water caused by the
storm.
The wires are down and working
badly and it is Impossible to get ac
curate details.
NEW VESSEL
IS PLANNED
Plans for a new passenger and
freight steamer for the Alaska Steam
sip compauy to cost $500,000 are be
ing p.repared by a marine architect
from the New York office of the com
pany. He will be engaged In the
preparation of plans and specification
for another month. Probably some
time this fall the contract for the ves
sel's construction will be awarded.
This will be the first of two of pos
sibly three new vessels for the Ala.sk
Steamship company to be constructed
within the next few years. They will
replace the Saratoga, the Ohio and the
Pennsylvania. The vessel now being
designed will be of steel and modern
throughout. She will be about 3">0
feet long and will have a speed of
at least 16 knots. She will have ac-J
commodations for about 240 cabin and
400 steerage passengers.
PRINCESS ROYAL IN PORT
The Princess Royal arrived in port
at 8 o'clock this morning with 18 pas
sengers and 303 tons of freight. The
Princess Royal will remain in port un
til 7 o'clock tomorrow evening.
ffl FOUND ON
60LDSTREAM
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i FAIRBANKS. ? Pans running from
; $1.50 to $2.50 were found yesterday b
! Gualley & Ness. Laymen on No 15
upper third tier, left limit of Gold
I stream. The strike ?xs the result of
: development work carried on at a
'much higher elevation on the hlll
j side than had been attempted before.
A mild stampede for lays on the
ground adjacent to 15 is now under
way.
The pay on Gold stream has been
fairly well located on the second and
I third tier, left limit, but at No. 15, a
! reef is developing as the work prog
, resses on bedrock, and it is thought
that there is a deep channel behind !?
In front of the reef, the channel te
about 100 feet deep, while on the reef
it is from 40 to CO feet in depth. It'
[ is not known how far along the stream
this reef runs but the new channel
looks as if it might connect with the
rich pay on engineer creek.
Mrs. WUlard Hlllery went to White
horse today to spend about a week
visiting with her parents.
The Woman's Guild of S. Saviour's
church will meet at the residence of
Mrs. Tad Hlllery at 2:30 o'clock to
morrow afternoon.
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CLARK GETS
FREE FEEDS
(By Unltad Preu.)
SEATTLE. Sept- 22? Gov. Clark of
Alaska dined today with the officials
of the A.-Y.-P. and tomorrow he will
be entertained by Capt. Jarvls. Sev
eral other banquets have been plan
ned for him.
TACOMA. Sept. 22? The Tacoma
Chamber of Commerce has Invited
Gov. Clark to a dinner to be held In
his honor tomorrow noon.
stateUrs
DEAD GOVERNOR
(By United Preu.)
ST. PAUL, Minn. Sept. 22? The fun
oral of Gov. John A. Johnson will be
held today and the burial will be to
morrow. The body will lie In state
at the capltol building. , ,
PEARY WANTS
NO BANQUETS
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(By United Press)
SIDNEY, N. S. Sept. 22? Comman
der Peary announced last night that
ht> did not care to be the guest of
honor at any more banquets until the
scientific world bad decided between
he and Cook as to who was really
the first to discover the north pole.
Pea^y left this mprnlng for Eagle
Harbor and will reach New York Fri
day.
TRY SUiolDE,
THEN MARRIED
NEW YORK.? Prank Williamson
and Florence L. Wood of Brooklyn,
were married today In a Brooklyn
hospital, where they are recovering
from bullet wounds Inflicted In a
suicide pact last Wednesday night.
Their nearly successful attempt at
death broughtvthe young couple to
their senses, and at the same time ,
won the consent of the girl's parents (
to Uwir iparrlage. % ,
Both Mr. krid Mrs Williamson are
blind -la ope eye as a result of the ,
shooting. ? Baltlhiore Sun. (
SWEDE 10 ? IWO
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Hundreds of men are rushing fromj
Fairbanks to the new discovery on
the Iditarod, a tributary of the In- 1
noko. Advices within the last week
say that five steamer loads have left
that camp and that people are also
rushing to the now diggings from
Nome. Arrivals on the Umatilla,
which reached port yesterday, say ,
that the new diggings In the Innoko j
wore reported early this spring, but
that lew paid attention to it on ac
count of the fact that the discover
ers were not profuse In telling about
It
Otter cr$eK Is the scene of the new
excitement, and the faci that the
ground Is shallow and the pay deep
baa excited all the old timers In the
northern country. ? Seattle P. I
(By United Prau.)
TACOMA. Sept. 22? Louise Glacker
of Tacoma sails today on the Victoria
for Nome where she will be married
to Frank Goodwin, superintendent of
the Alaska Road Commlslon.
The Dolphin sailed south at 2:30
o'clock this morning with 29 passen
gers.
MURDERER IS
ffl LIFE
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Sept. 22 ? Goo
Mathewson who killed Gus Lawless
at Florty Mile in March, 1908, was ooi?
victed today of murder in the first
degree, the Jury fixing the penalty
at life imprisonment.
Rev. Thomas Jenkins returned on
the Dolphin after a week's visit in
luneau.
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(By United Press.)
DENVER, Colo. Sept. 22? President
Taft was given a groat welcome on
his arrival In Denver at 2 o'clock ye?.
tcrday afternoon. Last night he
spoke here before a very large crowd.
He spoke on the corporation tax bill
which was passed by the last con
gress ^ the President's suggestion
which levies a 2 per cent tax upon
the earnings of all corporations. He '
said it wm a rood metuiure and that
It would greatly increaae the revenue
of the government.
Taft met Secreetary Rallinger In
Denver and they had a long ronaulta
tlon. Taft will d?>fer hi* promised
addrcM upon ronaervation until a lat
er date.
The presidential party will vlalt dif
ferent town* In Colorado today and ar
rive In Salt Lake Cljy Friday after
noon.
MIMIC BATTLE
15
The war game hold In August, in !
which sonic 14.000 militia, divided
Into an invading and a defensive ar
my. battled in mimic warfare for the!
possession of ISoston is disenswd wittf
two full pa^os of Illustrations In the
October Topular Mechanics. The ln
tadlng force, known as the Red Army
was composed of militiamen from
New York, New Jersey, and the Dis
trict of Columbia, while the defens
ive force known as the Blue Army,
ft as mainly composed of Massachu-'
setts militii.
SCALE PEAK?
(By United Press.)
TACOMA. Sept. 22? I)r. Willis Eve- 1
rett, a scientist well versed on Al- (
?skan affairs has been asked by j
friends of Commander Peary to give!
his opinion as to whether Dr. Cook!
really made the ascent of ML McKln
ley.
con cm
IS DESERTED
Thomas George, superintendent of
the mine at Gypsum and a well known
mining engineer, arrived on the Ruat
ler from Com?*t City. He say* 'that
thla camp la deserted and that sever
a) thousand dollars worth of machin
ery I* rusting away. A few year*
ago Comet City wa* hailed a* the
coming ramp of Alaska.
COMET IS SEEN
BY NAKED EYE
CHICAGO. Sept, 17 ? Ftor the first
time In seventy-four yar?. Halley'a
comet has been obwrved with the
naked eye. The observation was
made by Prof. S. V. Burnham of the
Yerkes observatory, at I<ak>- Genera
on Wednesday and Thursday nUhta.
Two photographs were aecured.
Mlas Crystal Snow today received
a postal card from Mlsa Emma Yule
from Toklo. Japan. Miss Yule Is
former principle of the Juneau school
She la now travelling In Japan.
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