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No. 204. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SltAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 37, 1908
PRICE, 10 CENTS
JOHN D. IS
WISING UP
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK. Nov. 27.? John D.
Rockefeller has an article in the De
cember number of World's Work in
which he declares it is better to give
Hum to receive.
STATUE OF
SHERIDAN
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Roose
velt was the principal speaker at the
unveiling of the statue of General
Sheridan in this city. He lauded the
general for his military shrewdness.
CANNON CANT
PREVENT IT
(By United Press.1)
WASHINGTON, Nov 25? i Speaker
Caoooo says he believes the tariff will
be revised at the special session of
coogret* called for the purpose. He
does not commit himself as to whether
or not he favors It
NASHVILLE. Nov. ?7.? Mr. Bryan
has 133.000 and Taft 1 18.000 in Un
official c. iC of th?> vot?- of Tonnes
S??'
FRANKFORT. Nov L'7 K.-n
. lucky 's official count giws l;>!i
L'Sa.OoO and Bryan ^44
LOST? Oa railroad track, parcel of
clothing. Returj to this office for
reward.
PLAN REVOLT
.IN INDIA
United Press)
LONDON, Nov. 23. ? Reinforce
ments are being rushed to India,
where a serious revolt is planned and
which was only recently discovered.
T^jrds Mlnto and Kitchener were to
have been murdered and the Kovern
inent overthrown. The revolt is led
by Hindus.
GUNBOATGOES
10 Clll
%
(By United Press.)
MANILA. Nov. 27? Orders have
been received from Washington to
send a gun boat to Shanghai for th<*
protection of American Interests and
Americans One of the fleet will be
ordered away at once.
IDIVIi
FEASTS
iu upit<- of the siignt shortage of
<
turkeys In the local market every
man. woman and child in Skagway
had a first class Thanksgiving feast
yesterday and not a charity dinner in
the town either That's quite a
speech in a few words. .Many fami
lies took advantage of the attractive
bills of fare provided at the Pnllen
house, the Fifth Avenue and the
Pack Train to "dine out" and avoid
tin* work of preparing the annual
feast on their own account. There
fore the tables at these re.scrts wer<
crowded, there being a heavy reser
vation of seals at ?-;!< li in advance
At the Fifth ,Vvenu>* the Skookums
gave their opening reception last
evening.
For Your Dinner Table
Thanksgiving1 Day
1 Beautiful
Cloths, Napkins, Doilies
Lunch and Tray Cloths
*
The Onlv -?ne- rice Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishings.
t Lynch and Kennedy
SHIP TIES
FIRE HI SEA
(By United Pres?.)
MALTA. Nov. 25.? The big ocean I
lln<>r Sardinia enroute from Liverpool
to eastern points took fire this morn
ing from spontaneous combustion.
With 200 passengers aboard and a
large crew, the flames spread rapid
ly and swept the decks. Many
jumped overboard. A gale was
blowing and rescues were Impossible.
The steamer was beached and tugs
sent to the assistance of the passen
gers. Many were caught In the burn
Uig hull. The number of deaths will
vbe large but at this time it is un
known. The steamer was totally de
stroyed.
(By United Press.)
CLEVELAND. O.. Nov. 27.? The
mother of Herman Billtk, the man
sentcuced to be hanged next month
at Chicago under a conviction for
for the murder of the Vzral family ?
five persons ? with poison, died at
her home thi<> mimins uf u Broken
heart. She received a letter from her
son yesterday in which ho declares
again to her that he is innocent and
also adding that he had no hope of
escape from his fat?* as all appeal
for a stay of sentence had been de;
nied
BOATS ANO MAIL
The P. C. SS Tamplco will be here
in the early morning ? C o'clock ? with
mail. She was at Haines this after
noon but had H00 tons for the fort
there to discharge. She has l? tons
for this place. While she will bring
mail for this port she will not carry
it away. The Humboldt was report
ed at Wrangell this morning and will
arrive at Juneau this evening. She
will be here tomorrow. She will
carry mail both ways.
'flie White Pass stage left this
morning from Whitehorse with no
passengers but ir>:i pounds of mail.
Thanksgiving church services wore
generally well attended yesterday.
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A boy baby was born to Mrs. Carl
Falk at the White Pass hospital yes
terday morning at S:35. All's well.
HE MURDERED
15. 6URHESS
(By United Press.)
LA PORTE, Nov. 27. ? 1 The Jury In
the case of Lamphere, tried on
charges of murder and arson result
ing in the death of Mrs. Gunnc-ss
and tier three children, today' return
ed a verdfA of guilty of arson. He
was promptly sentenced on two
counts to a term of twenty years In
the penitentiary.
Lamphere was in the employ of
the woman Gunness, who Is alleged
to have carried on a system of mur
der and robbery at her farm near
this city causing half a dozen known
deaths and suspected of many others.
Lamphere is thought to have mur
dered her and then fired the house
to conceal the crime.
Mrs. Ulmer killed the goose that
was preparing to lay the golden egg.
She dld'nt know it. however, until
the well disposed fowl was dead and
done for. In its dissection yesterday
preliminary to Thanksgiving feast
at the Callerman establishment a
nugget was found in Its craw. This
sort of thing has added to the space
man's string on many a newspaper
and in various sections of the coun
try but here we have it an actual
fa?i in Skagway. It Is proof that
the cold is here if a goose can find
it. is'nt It?
This goose was raised by Bill .Mat
thews and had been roaming about
the beach In search of provender.
The nuggett is worth about 25 cents
and Mrs. Ulmer is to nave a pin
made of It.
(By United Press.)
BERLIN, Nov. 27. ? Kaiser William
is suffering a physical break down.
He Is in dread of a revolt of his peo
ple on account of his indiscreet utter
ances in foreign 7 newspapers and
anent foreign affairs of the empire.
He is greatly changed since being
subject to the severe criticism of the i
past few weeks.
Mrs. L. S. Keller Is confined to her
home by illness.
? ? ?
Bill Leslie returned to Haines this
morning on the Hegg.
MANKSGIVING DIMM
sioofsnoNS
Camembert, Roqufort. Froniage de Brie
Imported Cheese
Queen Olives, Pickels, Relishes'
Malaga Grapes, Oranges, Apples, Banans
Cranberries, Celery
GANTY & FRANDSON
STEAMER SUNK
FOUR DROWNED
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.? The freigh
ter Georgic this morning ran into and
sank the passenger steamer Finance.
The Finance had a crowd of passen
gers aboard but energetic measures
were employed and what threatened
to be a wholesale loss of llfet was
limited to four deaths.
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 27? Dorando
won the Marathon race yesterday
from Hayes, the winner of the race
in the Olympics games at London,
last summer. He passed the line
sixty yards in the lead. He led all
the way. His time was 2 hours and
44 minutes and 22 and 2-5 seconds.
Hayes' time was 2 hours 45 minutes.
THANKSGIVING
SCRAPS
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 27.? Ketch
ell won over Papke yesterday In the
'eleventh round. The referee counted
Papke out. The fight was Ketchell'a
from the beginning.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27.? Freddie
Welsh got "the decision over Abe At
tell in the fifteenth round yesterday.
There will be work In P. C. at Ma
sonic hall tonight.
? ,* ?
E. Erickson arrived out from Daw
son yesterday.
WOULD LYNCH
THE MURDERER
(By United Press.)
NASHVILLE, Nov. 25.? Fearing
lynching Robin Cooper, the slayer
of former Senator Carmack hes been
removed from the hospital to a cell
In the Jail with his father.
(By United Press.)
VANCOUVER, Nov. 27.? The
freighter Northland, plying between
Ketchikan and Seattle, went ashore
near Active Pas9 this morning. Sh?
la leaking badly. She will be floated.
ANOTHER SHOT
IT ROYALTY
(By United Press.)
LONDON, Nov. 27.? The dowager
onipr^ai" nf Rusa^ T/tt" XJ fcUlca
yesterday while on her way home
from a visit to Copenhagen. An as
sassin fired at her in her car on the
railroad. The shot went wild and
killed a policeman. The would-be as
sassin escaped. Th? detaVa are with
held through Ujie strict censorship
and only the bare fact 1b known.
Dick Turner returned to Haines
this morning wearing the horns that
were grafted on him at the regular
session last evening.
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The argument in the injunction
proceedings between tho W. P. & Y.
and the Home Power company was
on before Judge Gunnison this after
noon. Judge John G. Held represent
ing the petitioner and Judge E. W.
Winn the respondent.
Good
Clothes
Cheap
.When we say cheap we
mean from 815 to $30
We carry a full stock of
Adler & Sons
and
Hart, Scbaffner and
Marx
SUITS
and
OVERCOATS
Drop in and see what a
swell suit we can sell you
for about ?20.00
en & co.neScivL |