No. 235. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, l'JOM PRICE, 10 CENTS
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.? Francis
Heney, the San Francisco graft prose
cutor. today In a personal interview
with Roosevelt strongly objected to
the appointment of Powells, the Port
land politician, as United States mar
shal for the second Judicial district
of Alaska. Powells" appointment Is
being urged by Gov. Hoggatt.
Heney said that Powells had a bad
record and was somewhat Implicated
in the land fraud scandals at Port
land.
Representative Cale Is opposing
Powells appointment and favors Dau
Sutherland of Fairbanks.
Delegat Elect Wlckersham Is also
opposed to Powells.
PACIFIC COAST
CO. SOLO?
(8y United Press.)
SB \TT1 E. J*o. 5? It is rumored by
railroad and steimibo>t men that, the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4c St. Paul rail
road has purchased the Paciflo Coast j
Steamship Co. The Chicago and Mil
waukee will have its rails laid ioto j
Seat'le by July.
frank Stuart, local agent for the '
Pacific Cojsi Co , states th t ho has |
heard uotbing of ths rumored s.io.
JACK LONDON IS
(By United Press.)
SAN FtANCISCO, J>?n. 5- Jack
f.ocd >o, thi< author, who started on a
voy?ge around the wor d about a y-^r
ago in a am >11 sailing boat, has aban
doned the trip on account of sickness.
Eis fiieods state he is seriously ill.
Tomorrow is the Feast of the Epip
hany in the Episcopal church. Thore
will be Holy Eucharist at 10 o'clock
in the morning and a prayer service
and an address at 8 o'clock in the
evening.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, L). C. Jito. 5? I'resi
dent lloo.-evolt totl:iv sijroed the bll
appropriates ffcv.OOO to the Kalian
earthquake sufferers. The bill was
p^eil by the senate ibis rfiernoon.
NEW YORK, J .in. 5-The steams
H tmburg lrf todity for I aly ladri
with provisions and c'othes for the It
alian eirtt'q'Jake sufferers.
Thomas P. McGlashan of Caribou, is
at the White Pass hospital rrcovorinp
from an amputation performed oq his
thumb by L?r. G^bie yesterday.
Mr. McGlashoi's thumb and hard
were b.dly crushed yesterday by being
caught in the cuK-<vheel of the ice-uio
tor he is buildiDg at Windy Arm. He
was brought to Skyway yesterday a'
temoon.
Unless Mood poisonincr sets i*\ Be <*i )
return to his home in a few days.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E.
church will meet Wednesday January
6 at the home of Mrs. Coding at
2:30 P. M.
Begins To-day
T
S 20 per cent. Discount on
? all Goods During
I This Sale
:0LD WEATHER WEAR
As the squirrel who stores his winter supply
of food in the season of plenty, so have we
f p epared for the demand for warmer clothing
that will be cieated bp winter's chilling wind
Every nook and corner of our store-room is occupied
by some article that will be wanted before the spring
Underwear and hosiery, woolen, silk and cotton
dress goods, blaukets, comfortables, flannels, out
ing and canton, every line brought from a plenti
ful market at lowest prices. Your m>uey will go
farthest and buy more from
Lynch and Kennedy
The Up-to-DateHaberdashers and Ladies' Furnishings
The Ladies Home Journal Patterns 10 and 15 cents
CITY COUNCIL
HELD MEETING
The Skagway city council held its
regular January meeting last night at
the city hall. Mayor Shea, City Clerk
Doherty, Chief of Police Dillon,
Street Commissioner Page and Coun
cilmen Nye, Clark. Shaw and Sny
der were present.
The school board presented its re
port showing the average dally at
tendance for December was 98. The
salaries, bills, etc., for the month
were $963.65. An appropriation of
5525 was allowed by the council.
The report of the city treasurer
showed that $1,908.21 is uow availa
ble in the treasury. The balance on
hand November 30 was $4,466.60, the
monthly receipts $628.45 and warrants]
aggregating $2,289.40 were paid. Out
standing warrants totalling $897.44
were also paid. The detailed receipts
were as follows: Water rents, $286.
65; police fines, $93.80; poll tax, $31
aud back taxes constituted the re
maining sum.
Councilman Snyder Introduced a
resolution ratifying the action of
Mayor Shea in employing John R.
Winn, as an attorney to represent
the city In fighting the restraining
order brought by the Pacific and Arc
tic Railroad and Navigation company
to nrevent the city of Skagway from
collecting $760 in assessed taxes.
A motion was made to suspend the
rules and pass the resolution without
three readings. Mr. Shaw voted
against this and as it is necessary
to have five votes to suspend the
rules the motion was lost.
The regular salaries and bills for
December were allowed. The council
refused to allow a bill presented by
the White Pass & Yukon railroad for
$63 for repairing the city water pump
in 1904. The bill was referred for
Investigation.
Clerk Doherty was requested to
write the school board and ask them
to take better care of the school
buildings. The water pipes Ui the
school building were frozen recently,
due to neglect. It was alleged.
EI DISASTER
AT BELLINGHl
(By United Press.)
BELL1NGHAM. Wash., Jan. 5.?
The Puget Sound shingle mills, the
largest in the world, were totally de
stroyed by fire last night. Oue man
was burned to death. The property
loss is about $300,000.
PINS 10 FALL
TONIGHT
The fourth aeries in the bowling
tournament between the Elks' teams
of Skagway and the bowlers of the
North Star Athletic club of White
horse will bo played this afternoon
and evening at Elks' nlleys. The
Whltehorse bowlers with a contingent
of rooters arrived on this afternoon's
train.
The women's teams will start bowl
ing at 4 o'clock and the men's games
will start at about 8 o'clock this even
Ing. Skagway is 258 pins ahead In
the nine games already played and
the local players expect to Increase
this majority. Refreshments will be
served and a danco will follow the
j bowling.
The personal of the Skagway teams
is as follows:^ Men's team, Will Clay
sou. capt.; George Blanchard, Alex
Blanchard, Monte Snow, James Rock.
Women's team, Mrs. J. D. Stlnebaugh
Mrs. G. G. Miller, Mrs. L. S. Keller,
Mrs. Will Clayson and Miss Fay
Stlnebaugh.
The Whltehorse teams are com
posed as follows: Men's team: Barra
ger, Hall, Gilchen, Hume, Fisher and
Lucler. Women's team: Mrs. T. Mc
Rae, Mrs. George Armstrong, Mrs. E.
J. White, Mrs. F. Flckhardt and Mrs.
G. D. Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Gillis, Mrs. Harry
Glllean, Col. and Mrs. P. D. McMillan
Mrs. Fred Wheeler, Miss Gillis, John
Raymond, W. La Fontaine and Strol
ler White accompanied the teams.
The ladies expect to remain In
Skagway 3ever2l e?ays.
BOXERSARE
AFTER BLOOD
(By United Press.)
CANTON, China, Jan. 4.? The Chi
nese "Boxer" societies have again
risen against the foreigners and are
very threatening. An United States
gunboat arrived today to protect the
foreign legations.
Emil Korach and Charles Hockett '
have a wager which will be decided
tonight. Mr. Korach bei i: .i II
Clayson of Skagway would ha . a
larger score than Barrager of \Vl.ii >
horse at the end of the fii-l ton
games In the International bowling
tournament. Nine games have been
played and Mr. Clayson Is 34 pins
behind. The tenth game will be play
ed tonight. There is great Interest
In the outcome of the wager.
Preferred Stock Canned Goods
r*ck?4 Wbirivir the B?it &ri Qrt mn
i r.m: janc/i-jJ tar Si a
Preferred Stock Corn on the Cob,
ready to heat and seive, comes to
your table with the garden flavor
perfectly preserved ? the way you
used to get it from the home garden.
including Com on the Cob, which is plucked in the
morning and canned the same day ? in Maine because
the sweetest and tenderest?com in the world grows in
the vegetable gardens of Maine.
Two ears to the tin, or eight ears to the tin, for your
convenience ? plump, sweet, delicious.
The United States Government is a large buyer of
Preferred Stock Canned Goods, for use at the Army
Posts in the Northwest
Etyoy variety and quality ? PREFERRED STOCK ?
from your Grocer
V Hint * LEVIS. WboIuiWQroori. PORTLAND, OREO OW. U.S.A.
GANTY & FRANDS0N
SUPREME COURT DECISION
SUSTAINS STANDARD OIL
(By United Proe?.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.? The
United States supremo court late
yesterday denied the petition of the
federal government for a rehearing in
the case against the Standard Oil
company . for accepting rebates from
the Chicago & Alton railroad. This
was the case In which Judge Landla
fined the Standard Oil Co. $29,240,000.
The fine was set aside by the fed
eral court of appeals.
HENEf AFTER
"HIGHER UPS"
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.? The
irlal. of Patrick Calhoun, president of
the United Railroads, who Is charged
with b/lbing city supervisors in the
Schmldtz administration, will bo com
menced as soon as Prosecutor Honey
returns from the east.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.? Tho bu
reau of education of the interior de
partment. within the present week,
expects to have concluded plans
whereby it will establish in Seattle
a branch of the bureau, which will
have direct charge of operations in
Alaska among the natives as well as
part of the administrative affairs of
the reindeer herds in the north, whlc
they supervise.
Large sums of money, such as sal
aries and purchasing funds, will be
handled by this branch through Seat
tle banks, and supplies for northern
missions will be shipped from Seattle.
The bureau now has over 14,000
reindeer in Alaska, which are of var
ious uses to the schools and settle
ments, and this huge herd will be un
der the supervision of the Seattle of
fice.
WORLD'S RECORD
LOWERED
(By United Press.)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa.
Jan. 2. ? R. E. Walker, the South Af
rican made 100 yards In 9 2-5 seconds.
This equals the time made In England
last August, and It is one-fifth of a
second less than the previous record
mado by Daniel J. Kelly, at Spokane,
Wash., June 23, 1906.
Walker won the final in the 100
metre dash at the London Olympic
games.
cobbHed
! DOWN er COURT
I
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6.? The cir
cuit court of appeals today denied
the writ of mandamus asked by Attor
ney J. H. Cobb of Juneau to compel
Judge Gunnison to abate the 14
months suspension recently imposed
upon Cobb for contempt of court.
The circuit court held that Cobb's re
dress lay in applying for a writ of
error.
William B. King, D.D., G.E., of the
B. P. O. E. for Alaska, left on the
Rustler for Juneau where he will pay
an official visit to the Juneau lodge
of Elks, No. 420. The Juneau Elks
are royal entertainers and "Bill" will
get a warm reception.
r neunc '
We have ' just received
a new line of suits for
I Winter trade, that are
excellent in quality and
very moderately priced,
$15.00 to $22.50, come
in and look them over.
See window display.
ICLAYSON & QLSSSL
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