SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 191
FOURTEENTH YEAR
PRICE 10 CEN I S
FIFTEEN KILLED
POLITICAL HOT
ILLINOIS POLITICIANS
HAVE BATTLE ROYAL
S-,- , rt?ns of Commission Form cf
C: ernment Batt e With O^orem*
in -\CCK Islard, HI. Militia Pa'rcls
St ^ets.
Alaska N?*s bureau.)
Kl ? r>. ISLAND, 111.. March 2S?
.vs t ? result. of terrible rioting be
i?Of warring political parties fifteen
n . ,-re down last night. Pub
lic fooling is running very high.
Immediately the rioting staited C.o
i ? :i was a.-ked fi>r -roops and
th t- >L\ e militia was sent 10 this:
ty The streets are bein? patrol
ed. Orders have been b-sued f-r
e\ ery one to keep off of the streets.
Tiie riot was the outcome of :t
. an !';ii>r!i which has been bitterly'
i'ou- .; b> the exponents of the iom
u.;-.- on f rm of government and their
opponents.
Se\ oral poii' al meetings of lite
' .? i in disorderly fights, the
< :max of wbi.ii was the fi^ht last
klit. This was Ir Might on by the1
attempt cf the opponents of the com
Mission farm of government to break
i ;> a n.. ?-tin^ of th.-ir opponents.
IVt fights wore started during "he
i our-e of which weapons were whip
? ? . ! shooting bega.i. ?}'.
flu ar:;xal of the police and the
of the disorder fifteen men
* ere .-hot down and a number more
>t .? Injnred by the flying bullets.
\ nr..' ? r of arrests were made by'
- police and warrants are out for
? ~e> r, of the leaders of the politi
?il :? who it i-s claimed "re
;es.pon?:b1e for the disorders.
FAMOUS COFFEE
MERCHANT DEAD.
l-? Alaska News Uureau.)
NK.' YOKK, March 2S? As the
? esi: It of a severe cold which in turn
a-ie an attack of acute pneu
toui.i. John Arbuckle. millionaire
Migar n coffee nvT. hant die I here
this morning.
Ax buckle is t e best kno.vn thru'-'
-
':.c~ ? rer : ' e f.in.o - Arte.kle? cof
fee.
SENATE FAVORS KEEPING
OF VITAL STATISTICS
Se.iate Committee on Territories Re:-v
t mmends Bill For The Compulsory1
Keeping cf Record of Deaths,
Births And Marriages in Alaika.
I By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON*. D. C., March 28
Th e senatorial committor on Teori- 1
tories submittal a report this mora
in- favoring the action asked with re
gard to the keeping of vital statistics
in Alaska.
The bill which was reported favor
ably upon asks for the compulsory
keeping of the record of a'l death
births and marriages in Alaska.
JAILED FOR TWO
HUNDREDTH TIME.
iBy Alaska News Bureau.)
MORRISTOWN. N. J.. March 27
William Cook, s'xty-two years old.
is in jail here today for the 200tl.
time. He was first arrested wlier. |
he was seventeen. All the local .
churches and missions have tried to
reclaim him but without avail.
BEEF BARONS ARE
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO, 111., March 28? After ;
deliberating for eighteen hours the
jury in the case of the go vera men*
VS. the indicted meat packers return
ed a verdict o* "not guHty." Gov
eminent officials expressed then ?
selves as dissapointed at the deci -
inn as they had hoped to secure a
conviction.
REV BLACKWELL IN TOWN.
Rev. R. \V. Blackwell arrived on
fhe Curacao from Juneau this morn
ing and will remain here for a
couple of weeks. He will hold ser
vices In the Methodist church next
Sunday and will remain over, hid
ing service* on Easter Sunday.
CHOIR REHEARSAL.
There will be choir rehearsal to-j
morrow ( Friday ) evening at 7:3"
at M. E. church. Members are re-j
quested to be prompt.
The Humboldt arrived in Ketchikan
this morning and left at 11 a. m. '
She should arrive here sometime to
morrow. \ \
SOMETHING
SPECIAL
That is what it is ? this six
button shoe on the sensa
tional I'ussy last, and with
the domino edge, rope
st itched sole. You cant
heat it for style anJ all
around good looks.
There is snap and ginger in
every line of this pattern.
That is what has made it
one of the hi<?gest shoe hits
in t'le country among good
dressers.
Better come in. iust as quick
as you caa, an a let us try
on a pair of these ? we
know you will like them.
To Fit Your
FEET
and
PURSE
H. J. LYNCH
Hie lip-To-Date Haberdasher and Ladlaa Furnisher.
fill ON SHE
ALASKA PACKERS WANT
SUMMER GUARANTEE
Cannery Operators Refuse to Grant
$200 Minimum Summer Wage Guar
antee. 1510 P.ckers Refuse
Sigr. Csntracts.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SAN FRANCISCO, C I.. March 28?
A serious set ba k to a su aoe sfiil
Alaskan canning ea-.oa is lhre*<ened
by the strike of ftf.e n hu.i iiej Al
askan cannery eiupl yees wh > have
been refused tl.e minimum summer
wage which k has . cu ~U>ma-y to
guarantee them f ;? their seas n's
work. ^
Tho strikers are salmon 1*1 kers
Theso men arc pan! by the piece or
the number cf cans packed and in
the pae: have been guaranteed a
mini muni wage of J20U for t'i.? sea
soni.
This guarantee ha-; been wi hjrawn
for the coming season by the can
nery o|>erators in this city vij>. n the
announcement of which die i>a kers
have refused to sun contracts for
the summer's work in the Alaskan
canneries.
SUFFRAGETTE CLASS SMASH
ERS GET SIX month:-.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LONDON, March 28? One hundred
and twenty-six mili'a it suffragettes
have been sentenced to se: e terms'
varying from four to six nnnths in ,
the city Jail. The women were a
rested during a recent riot in the ex
citement of which a number of plair>
glass windows were shattered by the
suffragettes. The windows were
broken by the use of hatchets which
the women carried concealer! In the
folds of their dresses.
TURKS SLAUGHTER
ITALIAN TROOPS.
(By Alaska J\ews Bureau.)
LONDON, March 28? Advices re
ceived here from Tripo'i state that
a terrible battle has taken place at
Marsa Tobruk. T ie T irks are said
to have gained a --reat victory over
the Italian troops. Thirty-five hun
dred Italians are -ail t > have been
slain.
30,000 COTTON WORKERS
A^E LOCKED OUT.
(By Alaska New? I-ureau.)
| LOWELL, Mass., March 28? Thirty
thousand textile workers in the mills
here have be n si'itt out f ' owing a
demand made l y them f r an in
crease of wrt <-s similar to that
granted the t- xtile worki rs of Law
rence.
'STEPHENSON CLEARED OF
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION
By Vote cf 40 to 34 Wi?con?in Sen
ator is Exhcnorated From Nas'y
Charges. Resolution Barring From
Seriate Lost
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 28? j
Senator Issac Stephensc/n won the
first round hi the fight against htm
to expeil him from his scat In t*ie
Senate on the charge thai he was
ejected by the ccrrupt and LU. it use
of money.
V resolution proposed declaring
Stephenson to have been illegally
elected was Ion in the Senile by a
vote laist night.
WASHINGTON, D. C? Mavh 28?
By a vote of forty to thtrty-fcur Sen
ator Isaac .Stephenson of Wisconsin
was cleared of all charges of ccixiip
Uoo in respect to his e'ectioo to the
Senate.
Stephenson was char pod with the
bribing of three democratic members
of the joint state assembly of Wis
consin on the day that the senatorial
vote was taken.
ROOSEVELT CHARGES
WHOLESALE FRAUD.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO, 111.. March 28? In a
speech here la<=t night Theo. R'.obp- ?
vett made wholesale charges of fraud |
in the New York primary election in
which he was swept off of his fe '
by the Taft forces.
He declared that the results cf
the vote yesterday in the state of
New York docs not show the pre
ference of the Republicans for the
presidential nominee.
EXPLOSION ENTOMBS
EIGHTY-THREE COAL MINER?.
(By Alaska News Bureau.) j
WELSH, W. Va., March 27? An ex '
plosion occurred here at an early
hour this morning whic h has entomb- ;
ed 83 miners. There is Uttio hope'
that any of the men tn the mine sur
vived the force of the terrible ex
plosion which completely wrecked all
entries to the mine.
Rescue work is being pushed rap
idly but with small hope of recover
ing any of the entombed miners alive.
The mine rescue car of the Bureau of
Mines with a trained crew of helmet !
men has been dispatched to the seen"
of the accident.
FIND NO EVIDENCE
AGAINST SMELTER TRUST.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27?
Attorney General Wlckershatn will ad
vise the House in reply to tts re?olu
lion that he has no evidence of the
' "xistence of a "smelter trust."
The department of justice's Inves
| ligations, he eaH. have revea'eJ no
, indication of a combination. There
nre five large sme'ter companies
which seem to be in active compe
j tit ion.
T T T T
CANNED FRUIT
(PREFERRED STOCK )
This is the season for canned fruit. "Preferred Stock"
brand means the choicest goods and best methods of
canning. Purity and Quality absolutely guaranteed
STRAWBERRIES RASPBERRIES
PINEAPPLES BLACKBERRIES
GOOSBERRI E5 PEACH ES
LOGANBERRIES APRICOTS
PEARS PLUMS
CHERRIES
We also carry a full line of extra fancy
dried fruits
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
jk + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
TEODI WANTS
SECOND PRIMARY
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
DEMANDS ANOTHER ELECTION.
Governor Dix Has nj Power to Order
New Primary. Says Its up to
Courts And The State Le3'*latute- .
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. March 28? As a re
suit of the overwhelming defeat wtaic
they received ail the primary Tuesday
and the certainty that there has
been fraud In the ele^ti:*! the Roose
velt campaign committee t->day n?!<>
a demand ?o Governor Di* askin? for
a s*vond primary.
ALBANY, N Y, March 20? Go-.
ernor Dix in answer to the ?)e-nand
made of him by the Rooserelt fam
paijrn committee for a second Pr; '
man- declared that he wan net In a
posttinn to grant their request Hp
declared 'hat he did n-n have fix
power t> rail a second primary
"It le up to the cowrta" he de
clarcd "and the state leei*'at'rre
to whether a new primary sha'l be
granted
BOILERMAKERS TO MEET
IN CLEVELAND. OHIO.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW ORLEANS. March 27? The
American Boiler Manufa turer^ As
sociation to<Iav ?e!e,-ted Cleveland as
the plore of the next, annual mat
ing. All of the nffii-pro were re
elected
LATE REPORT GIVES
VICTORY TO REBELS.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
EL PASO. Tex.. March 27? AdvUes
have been received here to the ef
feet that the big battle whkh was
fought in the state of Chihuahua,
near Jimhie2, was won py the rebel
forces. Great lossees are said to
have been sustained by the federal
forces.
The Pacific Coast steam-hip Co s
Steamer City of S?o. t'e left Seattle
Tuesday Tiicht at nine o'clock She
Is due here on Sunday
CONGRESS CHANGES
HOMESTEAD LAWS
Time cf Resideree on Homeit?.*J Re
duced From Flvt to Ttire* Ye?s*f>
Hope to Cheek Tide of Immijrstlon
Into Can?da.
I By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, tT C.. Mar h 28?
The bill asking tnr ch*n*?>s in th*
homestead taws of the t'nitel 9UUo?
pa -?<',! the hone re tcrday by *
trig n.ajrrity
T ie bill provide* Ptc the reductis?
of the time reqntred to ea'n a
on homestead* In AmsricMt t^rrUory
from five yeans to three.
H H? hoped by this redact on in
the homestead retirement* that
tlx* flow of imm jrra'ton from the
States to Panama will *b? ch?cked
and that there will be a strm^sr de
mand for homestead* In thU crron
trr.
RESCUERS FIND MINERS
ARE ALL DEAO.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WELSH, W Va . March 1'poa
<a!nf-ig entrance to the coal ntfoe
hnre hnimet men from th?? Bureau of
Mines rescue <ar found that the en
tire shift coasting of ?ijfcty -threw
inin#Ts who wer?? working In 'he
mire at the time the explosion took
place w?ti- killed instantly It was
determined by minm* expert* that
the accident was due to the explo-inn
if ens in the mine
The city is the scene of utter des
olation as the result of the terrible
calamity which occurred on T'i?*sday
Almost every family In the cKy has
iost a member thrrwgh the accident
In some families er?*ry ma'e t>?fn:r
was wiped ont and the fami'W are
destitute
LOCATE ORE AT
BIG THING MINE.
A letter received here on the
train ia*t night from Carrros? stat
ed that the Ion* sought u-e vein has
been located on the Bi* Thin* mine
There Is great n?Jo4cin< ait Car cross
over the happy ending of a qwe-t
which has been pursued Ion* and at
a great expense The striking of
the ledge has been exp^ted all win
ter and the failure to ]or*f?. H had
a discouraging effect on the entire
community of Carcro=s Th? deveiop
ment of Big Thin* mine me*n* nwh
to that section of the country
Youii"
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the latest
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sured of current fash
ians in dependable
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