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No. 279. ELEVENTH YEAK. SKAUWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2(5, 190;? PRICK, lft CENT
WILL INVESTIGATE ALASKAN ROADS
(Unltod Prens Telegraph-Cable Service.)
WASHINGTON. Fob. 26.? The ter
ri'orial committee of the senate will
report favorably that the war depart
men investigate the wagon roads of
Alaska next summer with a view to
ascertaining the necessity of building
new roads, the amount of money
needed and so forth.
I* is probablu Hint tho clause creat
ing a railroad commission In Alaska
will not be returned In tho bill. ?
The lighthouse inspector will make
a tour through Alaska this summer
and secure data concerning Improve
ments which may be asked from con
gress.
HEIO HONEST,
SAYS WHIR
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Feb. 26.? Special Agent
W iimer, who has boon hearing tho
charges against Judgo Silas H. Hold
at Valdoz and who just arrived in
(his city from the north, left today fc C
Washington, D.C., whore ho will niako
his report to the department of Jus
tice. Wilmer states that Judge Reid's
official acts are above suspicion but
that the actions of many of his
friends and political appointees are
open to criticism. Th<- actions of
two of Reid's appointees are now be
ing Investigated.
A. Bl GOER
IRIS EVENING
The eleventh annual dinner of the
Arctic Brotherhood will be given to
night at A. R. hall. Elaborate pre
parations have been made by those
in charge anil the affair is certain to
be one of th<- most enjoyable ever
held bv the A. B.'s. Judge LeFovre
will act as toast master, assisted by
II. H. Draper, Arctic Chief, and much
merriment is promised. There will bo
a musical program under tho arrange
ment of Monte Snow and there will
be other entertaining features. All
Arctic Brothers are cordially invited.
Subscribe for The Alaskan.
GAVE HIS LIFE
TO SAVE HORSE
ALLENTOWN. Pa. ? A fearless fin
man all his life, former Assistant
Fire Chie (Seorge y. Mlssimer was
killed today while savins nine horses
from bumiiiK stables.
Willie streams were being plied by
the engine companies Miss liner head
ed a party of courageous men who
r ished through the smoke to roscu ?
the horses, which were tied in their
stalls.
As Misslmer and Harry <!. Sheldon
were leading out the ninth horse the
walls fell. Mlssimer was buried be
neath the ruins. He was rescued, but
died on the way to the hospital.
haeldon's injuries are perhaps fatal.
LOVE LETTERS
NEW YORK. ? Wishing to show
?Miss Lillian Russell that the writing
of "Mash" notes is not a falling of
the men alone. Henry K. Dixey. the
adonis of the theatrical profession,
announced today that he is preparing
a book which will contain the hun
dreds of letters sent him by feminine
admirers during his lon^ stage career.
They now fill several trunks, but only
the most interesting will be published,
The title of the book is to be "I'll
solicited Manuscript."
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(United Press Teleqraph-Cable Service.)
WASHINGTON. Fob. 26.? At 4
(.'clock this morning after a session
lasting all night Representative Hum
phrey of Washington secured the
adoption of an amendment increasing
the appropriation for the protection
of Alaskan game from $.",000 to $10.
000. During the debate Itepresenta
tlvo Gaines of Tennessee, statoil that
Covertior Howratt had drafted the
bill.
? nomas Cale. tli*? Alaskan delegate,
who opposed tho increase in the ap
propriatlon, stated that Alaska would
be better off if Hoggatt roninin.vl
there and did his duty insten(i or lol>
bying at Washington.
WOMAN SHOOTS FAITHLESS
FlflKCE? THEN SUICIDES
NKW YORK Waiting for hours In
tlio cold with ? revolver hid In her
muff, Mrs. Martha Kricshon wreaked
vengeance today on the man she said
spurned her love and frustrated hei
life's plans when she shot down Wil
liam Schwaneiuann. a grocer. near lh?
latter's place of business.
After a chaw of novoral block* sh<
was arrested, taken to the police stu
lion, whore, left alone in a < ? H. :
swallowed strychnine which she hml
concealed In her stocking Tli" nn
conscious woman was rushed lo the
hospital, where Schwanenninn ??
taken. Both are reported to 1>- in ?
critical condition.
POLICE STOP
HD FIGHT
(By United Prees)
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.? It was nec
essary for the polio to stop the ton
round fight between Mugo Kelly and
Joe Thomas In tile fifth round last
night. Kelly was (???atiiiu Thomas all
over the ring ami the California man
was reeling and hardly conscious,
when a captain of police jumped into
the ring and sent the men to their
corners. Kelly made a fine showing
las night and he will probably be
matched ?o fight Stanley Ketchell
for the middleweight championship.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 25.? Caught
by the police in a raid made on a
game of poker being played in a room
of the Building Trades Council Jast
night, eight members of the painters'
union are today scurrying around to
prepare themselves for a stubborn
fight.
ENRAGED BULL
GORES FARMER
WASHING i U.S. I 'a Mojcan.l. r
Mathias Robinson, a farmer. wn f: -
tally gored in a desperate em-out'
with an infuriated bull earb '' '
morning.
Ills six-year-old daughter Ella, who
wltnotwd her father's fight with t h ?*
animal, and who endeavored t<? drivt
the animal away, was toss<?d ov> i i
fence and badly Injured.
CRM BEEF
LONDON? A Chicago firm has
boon awards! a contract to *nppl>
the Hritish army with cor nod boof for
a poriod of throo years. The first
delivery, between .100,000 and 1.000,
000 pounds, will bo made next July,
and further deliveries will be in ac
eordanee with the pfjulromonts of th<?
army. The moat will bo paeked in
Chicago under the supervision of
British army officers.
Order a box of Fancy Hood River
SPITZENBERG
O R
JONATHAN
A T
GANTY & FRANDSON
NEW YORK, F?-b. 13.? A perma
nent bipartlsian commission of tariff
exporta I* the only solntlon for the
tariff problem. according to Andrew
Carnegie, Jn an Interview hwc last
night. Ho d"?clares congrena la Inca
pable of determining a Jnat tariff
schedule, nnd that the body haa prov
en that fact to the satisfaction of
everyone concerned.
Mr. Carnegie wild:
"The difficulty with tariff eommls
slona or regulators composed of mem
bers of congress la that theae gentle
men are necessarily uninformed upon
the true condltlona of the varied In
dustries. Evidence given by Interested
parties cannot be depended upon a*
disinterested. Interested people form
distorted views, colored as these are
by their own Intereats. Thla la In
e\ (table. Such is human nature
They may not wish to deceive They
are themselvea deceived
"Congressmen hearing evidence on
t h. technical points of an industry
are not familiar with the language
They ttMoi nnder*tan<1 the bearin*
of the testimony ?1*en.
"The** ahotiM be a p?*m*n?nt ?taff
of able, dl*<ntere?te4 men. chanted
with ??iMrin* condition* in all manti
factoring countrle*.
"We are rapidly lonln* competition
In article* of ireneral con*nmptlon
i-pon which nation* hare hitherto de
pended to inanre r^**on*M<- price*
for the con*un?er Some of our mo*t
l'i portant Indnatrle* today are only
nominally compel It Ire ?nd In reality
*re mono pollen *o far ?? an nnder
?tandln* eti*ta a* to price* that will
prevail.
' The?o rlrtnal monopolies mum b?
controlled |n tome war or another
A unpreme Indnatrial rrmrt will have
to he created, *nd erentijally will
hare ?o pa*a npon price*. dl*r>il??
thla a* we mar Thia la eren a larger
qrMtlon than the tariff, but our
trotible with revlalona of the tariff
will be greatly overcome by a body of
e*pert?. keeping them?e|re* fully In
formed of all matter* pertaining to
the qne*tlon.
MILLIONS WILL
BE EXPENDED
SK VTTLE. ? Approximately l.'.nflfl,
'?0<i will bo spent during IW? ami an
??^unl nniount In 1?10 In the cnmple
tion of th<- Copper River A North
western anil the Copper River Rail
way lines from Cordova, on the const
??i' \lnskn to the Kennleott mine*. by
?f. P. Morgan ft Co.. tho Onwn
I ifns nnd other allied Interests. Morr*
? * or, engineers nnd practical mining
??xports will Im? sent further Into th*
Interior to determine definitely the
t ff; which wonlil result by the ox
ions Ion of the Morgan road from th?
??onfluonoo of tho Kotslna and Cop
jmt rivers Into the Tanana vail** and
thence 'nto (ho valley of tho Ynkon.
tomorrow is tho last day for th*
payment of taxes, the office of tho
town troannror will bo open botwoon
tho hours of 7 and R o'clock tonight
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(By UnH?d Pr???.)
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Shnihb. tV F.nirll?hm*n, **?11y ?!*
fontH PWrl Oorftndo, th# Italian. In
? la- ml I* nc* ran IW* ta*t nitht
Shrnbb ?*t ? hot p ?<-# from th? afftrt
?nd ?oon r?n th# Italian off hi* f"**
Th?> tlm? wan | hour and 2*
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(By UMtad Prw.)
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W?ir#. formerly ?n lnf1?*n'UI mftn
In 'h* romia^rrUI affair* of AUakft.
dlH h?T?> l??t nl?ht \\V?r? wft* p-n
nll#*? At th* tlm?* of hla ?WU?.
though at on* tlm* h* h?<1 * fortune
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