?he {Daily Alaskan
No. S2,. ELEVENTH YEAH. SKA8WAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, APRIL 19.W PKICE, 10 CENTS
TUBS HIT Fn
TO MTE HIS THRONE
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey April
iO? Abdul Hamid the second. Sultan
??i Turkoy, today abdicated his throne
ami leaving his palace wont aboard
i. warship that is authored off the
city.
His eldest son may bo accepted as
?irs successor.
The "Young Turks" ami the Mac
(?Ionian troops would not bo natis
fud with anything less than the ab
dication of Abdul Hainld.
The main army of the rebels has
not entered Constantinople yet.
Today the Turkish parliament Is
discussing whether to surrender Con
stantinople to the "Young Turks." |
SEWARD HEAD
REPLACES ICE
(leorge K. lloos. secretary of tho
Commercial Club, recieved the fol
lowing telegram from Senator Piles
> .storJuy :
"Postoffu ?? department informs me
they have soon criticism in public
press indicating that tho design for
the postoffice stamp commemorating
the exposition is unsatisfactory to the
? xposition people. Following is de
scription of the proposed stamp: It
is rectangular in form and and of the
s .me size as that issued to commem
orate the founding of Jamestown. Pan
els at top and bottom contain rospe< t
Ively the words "l". S. Postage." 'Two
Cents." The larger part of a circle
iests in the lower panel and incloses
a ribbon bearing the inscription 'Al
aska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, l
The circle frames the picture of a
seal standing on a cake of Ice. On
each side of the stamp is an elip.se
containing th? Arabic numeral
with a laurel branch as background.
\\ e might prevail upon the depart
ment to substitute the head of Sew
ard 'n place of the seal. The depart
ment says the space is too
small for a mining or sim
ilar design. and is inclined
to drop the present plan if the
d'-sign is unsatisfactory. Take this u
with the exposition officials and let
me know."
UTAH IS
WIRED IS TflFT
As requested l>> Ih'k'KUti' .lame
Wickers ham. todav Mayor Ashley sent
the following invitation to President
Y?ft to \ ist Alaska this suiuilier'
To Tilt- President
of tin- United States.
\\ ashinutoa. 1). C.
Tin- people of Skat; way earnestly)
invite Votir Kxcellu.- y to v it-'t Alaska
this sit minor, come in contact with
ourpeople and personally observe oui
vast undeveloped ri sources, so that)
we Din \ have In benefit of you.
wise judgement for needed legista
tion.
If. Ashley, Mayor.
SENATE DISCUSSING TIRIFF
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 20 ? Th<
Senate this afternoon sent l>:?ck Hit
ceusus bill to the conference coin
mittee for reconsideration. The Sen
at< is still engaged in a discussion
of the tariff bll.
Mr. Boos replied to Senator Pile?
a; follows:
"After consulting with Mr. Xadeat
and other exposition officials, we liav
decided that your Seward surest iot
?s nuite satisfactory, but cut out tin
j ii e." ? Seattle P. I.
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Summer
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Summer Display of all the
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and Summer Dress Goods
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The Up-to- Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishres .]
From this date our Store will be open evenings <j
T T T T T T t t -! M M,! ! T M f*
SIM AFTER
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 20- j
1'roposals were today opened by the j
Department of the Interior Tor the
c;>re of the Alaskan Insane patients
lor the next four years.
The Sitka Hot Springs Sanitarium,
represented by Jauies Wickersham
bid $2.*. per month per capita. The i
Crystal Springs Sanitarium of Port
land ,0r. bid $27.50 per capita per
month.
Wlckershatn urged that the Sitka
l.vopoBition be accepted as it would
save the government the extra ex
ptnse of transportation in send
ing patients from Alaska to Oregon.
The awards have not yet been
it ade.
JEFFRIES WILL
FIGHT JOHNSON
(By United Press.)
NRW YOKK. April iO ? .lames J.
Jeffries, former heavyweight champ- 1
ion of the world, announced today
that lie would re-enter ilie prize rlnK
and fight Jack Johnson if the l>in
ivgro succeeded in healing Stanley
Keiehell in their coming fight in Oc
ti.ber. Jeffries said he would he,
i ? adv to fight Johnson within ten
' onths. lie claims to In- confident I
of defeating the negro.
TWO JURORS ARE SECURED
(By United Press.)
i FU'SHIXa L. I. April I'D? Nearly
li irty jury talesmen have been eJcant
. ied yesterday and today. So far hut
two jurors have been accepted. j
PATTEN RAIDS
WHEAT MARKET
(By United Prees)
CHICAGO, III. April 20? James
ratten, the spectacular speculator,
raided the wheat pit this afternoon
with his brokers and drove the price
if May and July wheat to $1.-3 a
bushel, at which figure he and his
associates purchased thousands of
bushels from these who were forced
to unload.
BEARS MAKE COUNTER-RAID
CHICAGO. III. April -'0? (Later
dispatch) ? Just before the wheat mar
lii-t closed the "bears," backed by
the Armour interests it is believed.
: aided Patten and forced the, price of
wheat down.
it is believed that Patten lost
heavily.
COUNCIL HELO BUSY SESSION
The town council licltl a harmonj
ions ami busy session last night. The
t iiiincilnien made good their post-elec
, t't.ii pledges by unanimously passing:
resolution whereby a committee, con
sisting of .Messrs: liowman, Ulan-,
(hard and Taylor, was appointed to
thoroughly investigate the conduct of
| the town trustee and report at an
! early date. A resolution was also
passed offering Trustee Houghton the
town hall for an office free of charge.
Mr. Itiauchard, chairman of the
ways and means committee, reported
that Hie estimated expenses of the
I town up to July 1st., when the sal
con licenses will be available, would
li- $i;.S.".6.00, including the deficit of
left by tin- old council, lie
xta'ed that a loan of $.">.000 should be
j negotiated to cover these expenses.
1 The council gave the ways audi
and means committee power to act;
] i's it sees fit.
The board tif education submitted
j a budget showing that the schools
would require $7,200 for their main
finance during the next year. This
was laid oil the table. The school
board was allowed $050. oo for the
April expenses.
Mr. Grashal, chairman of the water
works committee, asked the council
what action he should take regarding
the thawing out of frozen water pipes
of water consumers. This was left
to the discretion of the committee
v.ith the recommendation to thaw
cut the city mains wherever they are
frozen.
Mr. Grashal was elected to repre
sent the council on the water <>i, the
water coinmiccion.
1? was resolved to enforce the ordi
nance prohibiting the riding of bi
cycles 011 the sidewalks.
The fire department was allowed
$10G for the last two fires.
The compensation of the night
watchman was fixed at $.*i0 a month.
Under a suspension of rules the
council will meet the first and third
Mondays of every month.
The council 'hen adjourned until
the firs' Monday in May.
$u^r Cured 1
Smoked Salmon;
We have just received a shipment of ;j
the geuuine Columbia River Chinook, j
This is a real delicacy and is unequalled J
for luncheons. Price 30c per pound. ;i
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GANTY & FRANDSONi
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(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
SEATTLE, Wash. April 20? After
lfng and careful deliberation the cor
oner's jury which held the inquest
j o er Mrs. Vandla Kalem, returned a
i*crdict yesterday afternoon stating
:.hat slie had met her death by sui
cide.
John and Henry Kaleni were at
nee liberated by the police. The
rrosecuting attorney would not Indict
them for murder unless the coroner's
jury found that she had been
murdered.
II. S. WARSHIPS
ORDERED EAST
(By United Pres3.)
WASHINGTON. I). C. April 20? The
battleships North Carolina and Mon
tana have been ordered to proceed at I
r-iee to Alexandretta, Turkey, to pro-!
let l the American residents there.]
ilotli battleships are now at Newl
fluantanaino. Cuba.
BALKY ENGINE
QUEERED TRIP
11. L. Faulkner and E. P. Pond
who left here on Thursday for Eagle
River in the Eagle River Mining Co.'s
hunch had an experience en route
vhich qualifies them for membership
| in tii?' Jump Spark Club. While near
Point Lena the engines refused to
work and they were left helpless to
manage as best they could. After
| working nearly all night trying to get
j the engine started without success J
the launch Thelma, Capt. Ole Orsen.j
{ came along and picked them up, tow- 1
ing them to Eagle River. Faulkner
[ had fallen overboard in his efforts j
t get the engine started and was I
Marly frozen when the Thelma ar-j
rived. ? Juneau Dispatch.
DISPUTE OVER
NEGATE S1IT
t
(By United Press.)
OTTAWA, Can. April UU ? The ques
tion of the jurisdiction of Hecate
Straits has become an active issue
between the Dominion government
and the United States. The Domin
ion claims the exclusive fishing
rights in the straits and wants all
United Sta-tes fishermen denied entry
to the waters.
STAMP MILL ON
CHICAGOFF IS.
| The five stamp mill and electric
power plant for the Mills & DeGroff
I mines on Chlcagoff Island, will be
! shipped on the steamer Northland a
bout May 1st. The company are at
present buLldlng u number of houses
and preparing the site for the mill
and power plant. There are also a
number of other properties being
opened upon Chlcagoff and the com
ing season will be the most active
in mining progress ever seen on that
Island. Bernard Hirst who is inter
ested in valuable quartz properties
en Chicagoff, will put a large force
ci men at work 011 May 15th to open
up the prospects.? Juneau Dispatch.
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