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SIXTEENTH YEAR SKAttWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1913 PRICE 10 CENT r
Olyiupla, April 17 ? The supreme
court of Washington has r<m<lore<l
gary rase "ranting the bequest of
M J. Heney to "Rotary Bill" Slmp
??ii. formerly of Skagwny, Alaska.
'?( the attorney for Mr. Heney trans
posing thv Initials of H. H. Simp
or -. 9 lie was best kno^Ai in Alaska
Pass railway, which was construct
ed by Mr. Heney, was adduced as
ovldenco that ho was tho Simpson
Intended as the benoflcltiry of tho
ilc ceased railway builder.
The man who contested tho will
wpo named R. H. Simpson, and
seems to havo based his claims (or
. a chare In the dead man's estate
rom tho (act that his Initials hap
:>eced to bo tho same as the ones In
bequest. The caso has been
fought along to the supremo court,
vhere yesterday a doclslon was glv
' n In favor of the Skagway Simp
Mr. Simpson, (Rotary Bill) is now
? ngaged In ranching In Nevada.
KKI.: MKXIC.W PARTY
\VOl I.I? DICTATE TERMS
N'cw Orl i us. April 17 ? Advices
u a w 'ivetl hero to tho ef
SUA?. \AV*S HKALTH CAUSES
HKFICTT IX HOSPITAL
Aakociatloa riU attest. 'l'i? Associa
tion. 1 1 ij managed and coutro!
led b ei iloycu of the Whit? Tass
Ac Yukon Koutc. /ocentljr balanced
ly to Skagwar's pnro air and sun
Ther- was a mixed feeling amonj:
; ho Trustees. of Joy over the commun
! IIEIXDEEK MEAT WILL
SOOX SCl'PMNT BKKF
Yukon peoplo arc becoming tutor
ost' J in the Alaska system of stock
ing the country with reindeer, and
an attempt is to be made to socuro
jcmo of the meat producing animals
to add to tho supply of tho north.
A Dawt>on report says:
Charles B. Mock, formor keeper of
the pound for the city, who has Just
taken over the DuBoll ranch, has
written to the News stating that If
the government will Introduce reln
?i'-er Into the torrltory he will volun
tecr to tako car. 5 of somo of the ani
mals, and to help out the movement
In .1 substantial way. Ho writes:
"I should like to make this propo
Ion: This government do as that
in Alaska, that Is, furnish a limited
number of rolndeor for threo years.
??nd require thoso taking the animal
to return the original number In
thr?Hs years, thus giving the Increase
to tho peoplo taking the animals to
keep. This will holp tho industry,
an<l furnish Yukon with flue herd
and establish an Industry that prom
ises much. I will furnish $500 to
assist in tho movement and to show
that 1 mean business in Introducing
the reindeer Into this territory. Now
let the goxernment also put up some
Bishop Stringer, who took up the
nutter recently in Ottawa, stated yo
tcruav that he also would be pleased
to soc tho government make a move
in tho matter here at once
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The Leading toadies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagwoy
WlLO Ml 0 THE WOODS
MURDERS 11 MORE MEH
Tucoma, April 17 ? Two moro vic
tims have found death at the hands
of Outlaw Tornow, who for tho punt
year or moro has succeeded in a
voidlno arrest while committing nura
ere us murders throughout the hill
and wooded districts of Washington.
Yesterday tho bodies of Louis
Blair and Charles __Lathrop wero
found In tho woods lu tho north
cast part of Chehalls county, both
of them shot to death by the mys
terious and shrewd outlaw. The
men left a few days ago 011 a hunt
ing trip and whonthey did not ro
'?:rn a .arty was sent In search of
thm. Tracing their trails up
through the wilderness, the old
woodsmen succeeded In locating thei
last camp, and a short distance from
it found the dead bodies of the men.
\*ord was Immediately sont to Cho
lines and a posse formed to make
another attempt to capture tho in
famous outlaw
It 'a believed by many that Torno
Is Insane IIo has beon ioou running
In tbo woods In a r.udo condition.
Camps and cabins in tho forests
'iavo boon robbed by him, and often
times his trusty rlflo has produced
a cold blooded murdor, leaving
nothln but n doad body with a bul
let hole In n vital spot to tell of
the tragedy.
Tho latest doublo murder has
uroused the whole country, and a
demand will bo mado upon Gover
nor Lister to call out tho state
troops to scour tho woods until the
assassin Is found. Lurid stories are
tell of tho unearthly and mystor
loc actions of the strango man Tor
.iow. Imagination Is running wild,
and ho is described as being a sort
of wild man of the woods and supor
-,'tition P'.acps him In many plnces at
tho samij timo. Scarcely a depreda
tion can bo commlttod of nny nature
that Is not Immediately credited to
h<s demoniac powers.
FBI EXPERT
COMING HERE
El Legarto, Arlr., April 17 ? Pro
fessor Watson, the eminent horti
culturist, lias Just aunounccd the sue
cessful propagation of a new species
of fruit, which he sayh Is peculiarly
-nit i'<l for the cold regions of the
north Pacific. Upon tho Alligator
pear he has grafted tho Icelandic
crab-apple, the fruit resulting from
the union of the scion nnd stock be
ing large, pearlike and succulent,
tha skin somewhat thick and glosSy
in appearance. Proffessor Watson
says that the graft obtains its food
elements from tho original stock,
forming a product of high food valu
which will grow readily in tho north
Tho Proffessor will make his first
experiment In raising the new fruit
for commercial purposos, In some of
the coast valleys of Alaska, his pres
ent choico being favorablo to Skag
way, on account of the well known
equability aud mildness of tho cli
mate at that city. Tho professor
was one of a tourist party that vis
ited Skagway last season and was
struck at that tlmo with tho Idoal
agricultural possibilities of the soil
and cllmato . He chose for his pos
sible future experiments a plot of
ground lying along tho south fork
of tho Skagway river, contiguous to
tho railway, and from his romom
brancc of tho placo ho will socuro It
for his experimental farm if possl
"Row, How, Row" the biggest
hit of the season, at the Orcheatra
Duioe.
LONGEST TUNNEL IN WOW-I)
PLANNED BY C. P. ItY.
Wlunlpeg, Man., April 17 ? The
Canadian Pacific railway has decid
ed on a second tunnel in the west
oar mountains. This tunnol will be
sixteen miles long, being nearly tour
miles longer than the famous Slm
ploti In tho Alps and nearly twice
u long as the Lothburg tunnel op
oned last year. Tho now tunnel Will
be throu. U tho famous Kicking
Horso pass of tho Rocky mountains.
Th- eastern portal will bo In Alber
tn and tho western portal In British
Columbia. Careful computations In
dicate that tho vrork will cost $14,
000,000 and will occupy seven years
to complete This Is based on tho
data secured from construction re
cords of five large Alpine tunnels.
The tunnel, lllce that of the Selkirk
rnnge t' rough Rogers' Pass, will re
duce tho trackago by flvo miles and
^111 do away with many miles of da
KCrous snow-sheds. Grades will be
reduced from two and a half per
c?ut to less than one por cont.
Improvements now under way and
proposed will mako tho C. P. R
main lino shortor than any other
transcontinental lino in America by
threo hundred miles. Grades and
c ivcs wl.l bo better than on any
AiViorlcan road, and tho company
Icks to develop tho western outlet
to tho Orient. Complete electrifi
cation of the Rocky Mountains divi
sion has practically been decided up
on This will mean a saving of two
i birds in the cost of fuel.
SUFFRAGETTES MAKE
ROYALTY MOVE OUT
London, April 17? Owing to the
suffrageito outragos, and tholr threat
?nud attack on mombers of the royal
family, the royal palace at Edin
burgh has even been closed.
The Orchestra has helped you
man" times. Turn nbout Is fair play.
CHICK
FOOD
A L B E It S
PROGRESSIVE"
NOW IN 8 T O O K.
10.) pound Suck $4.00.
50 pouod lots $2.25.
Smnll lota . . S cents pur pound.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
FOREST FIRES 11
IN BLACK HILLS COUNTRY
Doadwood, April 17 ? Tlio Black
lillls In tho vicinity of this city are
vorltable mountains of flro, which Is
spreading ovor n vast area. The1
spring has boon dry making the '
tr-cs and brush llko tinder, so that
when a forost flro broke out yostor- :
iUy during a hoavy wind It rapidly j
spror ? in all directions.
Moro than a thousand mon hav*
tone out to fight tho flames, which
are roaring and crackling ut rico
ho.-so speed through tho woods,
illner.s and woodsmen's cabins havo
been burned by tho scores and it Is
feared many lives aro lost.
C< >N"V KHSATIOX CRANE
HEADED FOR RUSSIA
Washington, April 17 ? It is an
nounced this morning that Charles
Crano of Chicago is to rccolvo the
appointment of ambassador to Rus
sia. Crane was appointed envoy to
China in 1909 but roslgnod without
serving, owing to tho fact that ho
wajt indiscreet enough to do some
prematuro talking which was consid
ered undiplomatic.
SIX SENTENCE SERMONS.
What In not Rood for the
swarm Is not good for the bee.
?Marcus Aurvllus.
The brave twin carves out bis
fortune, and every mun Is tbe
sou of bis own works. -Cervan
tes.
Then to side with Truth Ik noble
when wc share her wretched
erust.
Ere here cause bring fame and
pro tit mid 'tis pros|x>rous to
be Just;
Then It is the brave man choose*,
while the coward stands
aside.
Doubting In his abject spirit tyi
his Lord is cruel (led
-Lowell.
Nothing Is so dear and so pre
cious as time. ? Itabelaiii.
The bravest are the tenderest;
The loving are the daring.
? Cayard Taylor.
Whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest
whatsoever things are Just, what
soever things are pure, whatso
ever things are lovely, whatso
ever things are of good report,
if there he any virtue and if
there be any praise, think on
these things.? St. Paul.
TEN DAYS PEACE
IN THE BALKANS
London, April 17 ? A ton day*
truco has bon declared In t!i?
Balkan war for tho purpoio of at
tempting to arrange terms of p?ac?
M'CAIITHY MAKES FLV.V.V
QUIT IX THE SIXTH
McCarthy was successful la?t
night In securing a popular declsliu
ever Jim Plynn, in a six round go.
EARLY KLONDIKER
DIES IN DAWSON
Dawson, April 8 ? William O.
Smith, one of the best known old
time claim owners of tho camp, died
at his homo near tho Ogllvlo bridge
at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon af
lor a hemorrhage of tho lungs which
seized him n few minutes before.
Mr. Smith was born in Browns
burg, Indiana, 60 yoars ago th?
twenty-thlid of last July. In th?
eighties Mr. Smith moved to Colora
do, and was married there, and for
years lived In Denver and other Col
orado clti s. He and Mrs. smkh
came nort.lt In tho rush of '98, and
crossed th? Chllkoot trail during the
winter. They were at Sheep Camp
WJcn the famous slide occurred, and
camped ..o noar they heard the roar
of the slldo. Mrs. Smith lost a
ouBln in tho slide. On arrival
heio Mr. Smith acquired claims on
lowor Bonanza und lived at Bonanza
springs until last spring. He held
many quartz Interests near Dawson,
and was the neavlcst holder In th#
Mclnnca.
As a. man prows older, he takes better
care of his clothes, and he is a
lot batter satisfied with them.
The service of this store is not
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man of any age can be well-fitted,
and conservatively dressed in these fine
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to see them.
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