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N? Tt TWKLKTH YEAH. SKA0WAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY. JUNE 22. 19IW PRICE, 10 CENTS
GOULD WON'T
BE WITNESS
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, June 21. ? Announcing
that Howard Gould will not be placed
on the witness sjand, Delancy Nicoll.
attorney for Mr. Gould, rested the
case for the defense in the suit for
uivoree brought by Katherine Gould
against her husband. The announce
ment came as a complete surprise as
is has been generally supposed that
Howard Gould would testify in his
own behalf.
Clarence Shearn, attorney for Mrs.
Gould, at once started rebutal of the
damaging testimony adduced by the
defence concerning the habitual in
toxication of Mrs. Gould.
E0IT0RFR0M
BRAZIL HERE
Or. Jose Carlos Rodriques. editor
and proprietor of the Journal de Com
erico. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and one
o: the most prominent men of the
lirazillian republic, accompanied by
his niece. Miss Irence Lopez, was one
of the tourists on the Spokane.
Or. Rodriques has been a visitor
a' the A.-Y.-P. and stated that he
hoped the exposition would result in j
bringing Brazil in closer touch with \
ihe people of the western coast of |
the I'uited States. He also said I
that the construction of the Panama
canal would divide Brazil's trade with
both coasts of America.
The Journal de Comercio has the
Jirgest circulation of any paper in
South America. Dr. Rodriques speaks
Knglish fluently, having visited the
United States on several occasions.
Forty-six blue fox skins, which he
sold for $1,200 were the result of this
season's harvest reaped by Middleton
Island Smith, who derives his name
from Middleton island, of which he
is the sole occupant, and where he
raises i>otatoes and blue foxes.
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SIGHT-SEERS SAIL ON STEAMSHIP SPOKANE FROM
I ] SEATTLE TO SKAGWAY 1 J
promptly at 0:30 o'clock tills morn
ing the Spokane of the Pacific Coast
SS. Co. docked at SkaRway, seven
days out from Seattle, with 1"" round
Oil the trip up the coast the Spo
kane encountered fine weather. Stops
were made at Motlakatla, Ketchikan,
Sitka, the fishing grounds, Funter
ttle is lecturing on board the
Spokane this year and her talks upon
the history and geography were list
ened to with Interest by her an
foresight was always ready to as
sist in the pleasure and comfort of
the passengers.
The majority of the tourists are
trip tourists on
bo.irU' Cjpt. II. C
Thomas is in com
mand.
The White Pass
A Yuton biiekO'l a
special train i'own
o the w oarf at 7:.'<0
o'clock and about
150 of th>? tou-ists
made the trip to the
Summit, returoiut;
to Skagwfty shortly
after 11 o'clock.
The pleasure of the
'rio was somewhat
marred by the Uriial
Spokane bratul of
ehilly weather ?
STEAMSHIP SPOKANE OF THE PACIFIC COAST COMPANY WHICH ARRIVED IN PORT TODAY
WITH 180 ROUND TRIP TOURISTS ON BOARD.
frcui California with
the eastern and
middle western
states well repre
sented. The on!)
foreigners on board
are Dr. J. C. Rod
riques and niece of
Rio de Janeiro.
Brti/.ll. and S r
William Whiteright
Stuart, of Barcelo
na, Spain,
The Sp kane wil
leave lor the couth
at 4 o'clock this aft.
ernoon.
Frank Stuart, ?he
local Pacific Coast
rain and lowering clouds. Many of
?Ih> tourists, however, expressed their
appreciation of the beauties of the
ifip over the line.
bay and Muir glacier. Many of the i
passengers climbed the face of Mnirj
glacier.
Mrs. Alice Staples of Nome and
diences.
Mrs. Knight, the popular steward
ess, Is on the Spokane again tills
year and with her usual courtesy and
agent, was about the busiest man in
town today looking after the comfort
and entertainment of the visitors
from the Spokane.
(By United Press.)
NEW YOKK, June 21. ? Rumors to
Hit- effect that Edward Ilarriman had
died in Vienna, Austria, were drcu
lated about Wall street just b.'for*
the Stock Exchange closed today.
The report created a slump in th<
markets, particularly in the South
ern Pacific stoek. The report could
not be confirmed.
PR. KIMBALL ARRIVES
j Dr. E. E. Kimball of Ketchikan,
the well known coast optician, arrive)
on the Humboldt last night and will
remain in Skagway until August I.
I practicing his profession. Dr. Kim
ball is well known here, having made
annual trips to Skagway for a num
ber of years. He reports that busi
ness is rather dull at Ketchikan at
? lie present time, but that the people
(xpect an improvement later in thej
season.
FRESH ORDEAL
FOR CALHOUN
(By United Press.)
SAN* FRANCISCO, June 21. ? After
hearing armi/iu'Hts l?y Special Pros?
eulor Honey In favor of a new trial
all forenoon, Judge Lawler set June
:!S as the date for the opening of the
second trial of Patrick Calhoun on
a charge of bribery.
Albert Waldoff, a well known min
ing man from Bennett, died at I
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
White Pass hospital of heart failure,
complicated by other diseases. Wal
doff came to trte hospital five days |
ago from Bennett and was in bad |
shape. His vitality was at low ebb
.'ltd nothing could be done to prolong
his life.
Waldoff was 51 years of age and
has been in Alaska for a number of
years. He lias many friends at Ben
nett and Caribou. His old home is
at Ottawa, Can., and he has two
brothers at Stillwater, Minn. His
other relatives are not known.
The funeral arrangements will bo
announced later.
CABLE IS CUT
BY BURNS!
Tlie cable tender Burnslde cut the
Seattle-Skagway government cable
this morning in Frederick sound off
Cape Fanshaw south of Juneau, and !
consequently it is impossible to com- !
inunicatc with Seattle except by the |
overland Dominion wire. This ac-j
counts for the slim United Press re
port published in The Alaskan today.
Tlie Iturnside is cutting out and re
placing defective portions of the
cable. Communication may be restor
it at any time or may be interrupt
fd for several hours.
TRAVEL HAS
BEEN LIGHT
Up to the time of the sailing ofi
the Victorian for Dawson last night |
four of the big steamers had already I
left for Dawson since last Saturday
and the combined passenger lists
amounted to only about 520. Last I
year when an equal number of steam
ers had sailed for Dawson about l.ItOO
passengers had been carried away
from this place. The Victorian sail
ing last night carried only -10 or 50.
The steamers, aside from tlie
Casca which took a barge, carried
but little freight on their trips owing
to the low water at the head of the
lake, it being all they could do to
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DAWSON, June 1 ? .An accident oc
curred on lower Bonanza last night
by which Hugh McLaughlin, a miner,
narrowly escaped with his life. He
was engaged in blasting frozen muck
and the dynamite exploded prema
turely.
McLaughlin received the full force
of the explosion on the head, and
was picked up for dead. He recov
ered consciousness, however, and it
is now believed that he will survive
his Injuries, with little more loss than
one eye.
lie was in the employ of the Gug
genheims.
1). R. Griffith of the liquor firm of
.'?'rev & Griffith of Fairbanks, arrived
?n Skagway on the last Dolphin and
1< f* for the interior. Mr. Griffith left
Fairbanks May l.r? and went over the
trail to Valdez and thence to Seattle.
CHINK DESPOT
IS BANISHED
(By United Press.)
PEKIN, China, June 21. ? Yuan
Shin Ka, the former Chinese states
man and favorite of the empress.
\*ho was recently ordered to com
mit suicide within two months, has
succeeded in having the death de
cree modified to permanent banish
ment from China. He will be per
mitted to go abroad and spend the
remaining years of his life. He will
probably seek England as a refuge.
Yuan Shin Ka was very despotic
under the reign of the late empress
and is generally hated throughout
China.
Sir "\Villlam Whiteright Stuart of
Barcelona .Spain, was a passenger on
the Spokane. Sir William was born
and raised in New York and made a
fortune on the New York Stock Ex
change. Ho was knighted twelve
>cars ago by Queen Victoria of Eng
land.
He moved to Barcelona, Spain,
shortly afterwards and at the time of
I he outbreak between the Uuited
States and Spain he used all his in
fluence to prevent war. In recogni
t'on of this the Queen Regent, Mario
Theresa, conferred upon him the or
der of Isabella the Catholic.
Sir William is a bachelor and about
fifty-five years old. He is very
democratic in his manners. He has
travelled in practically every part ot"
the world and he stated today that
he considered the trip through the
inside passage the most beautiful on
tlie continent of America.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gruber and son
of Boise, Idaho, arrived in town on
the last Dolphin and will remain in
Skagway for several months as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Draper.
Mrs. Gruber is sister of Mrs.
Traper.
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