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No. 15U. TWELFTH YEAR. 8KAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1909 PRICE, 10 CENTS
WAR 13 THREATENED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 2? Sec
rotary of State Knox today severed
diplomatic relations with Nicaragua
and sent the minister from Nicaragua
bis passports embodied in a scathing
rebuke. War will be declared against
Nicaragua unless President ZeJaya
speedily conies to terms.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 2? It is
believed that Congress will undoubted
ly declare war upon Nicaragua next
Monday.
COOK SEEKS
SECLUSION
(By Alaska News 8ureau.)
NEW YORK. Dec. 2? Dr. Freder
ick Cook, the polar explorer, is said
to be taking treatment at Muldoon's
"physical culture" sanitarium to re
gain his health. Friends deny that
Dr. Cook has broken down, but it Is
rumored on reliable authority that he
is suffering from a severe attack of
nervous prostration.
SEVERE BLOW
Harry Wurzbacher was accidentally
knocked in the head while playing to
day aud the blow was so severe that
he was compelled to be absent from
school this afternoon. He was temp
orarily unconscious.
Miss Cora Benson returned from
Juneau on the Jefferson.
T. J. Standish left for Seattle on
the Jefferson to be gone about a
month.
Fred Rosenberg was a passenger
on the Jefferson. He will spend his
vacation in Seattle and Portland.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. will
meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'
clock at the home of Mrs. Good.
You are welcome at the Mascot.
Warm and comfortable. Latest mu
sic, finest records, delicious refresh
ments. tf
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 2? Both
Secretary Rallinger and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham are evading the
issue regarding the question raised
regarding the hitter's exhoiieration of
the charges made against Ballinger
by Louis Glavls in connection with
the Alaska coal land cases.
FIERCE FIRE AT
PRINCE RUPERT
Arrivals from Vancouver on the
Princess May state that last Tuesday
morning a disastrous fire destroyed
the electric light, heat and power
plant at Prince Rupert. The plant was
situated on McBride and Sixth Ave
nue.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Guthrie loft for
the south on the Jefferson.
Richard Kennedy and J. \V. Burn
ham, the Rainy Hollow mining men,
left for Seattle on the Jefferson.
H. B. Berdoe, fuel agent for the
B Y. N. company at Whltchorse,
sailed for Seattle on the Jefferson.
Enjoy the latest musical composi
tions played with the skill of Pader
ewski at tho Mascot. tf.
M. Markwell of Victoria, B. C., ar
rived In Skagwav on the Princess
May and is a guest of the Pullen
house.
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There is
Wonderful
Showing
of Various
Styles here in
Suits and
Overcoats ....
From |
$12.50 up
to $30.00
(LYNCH & KENNEDY I
T The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
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(By Alaska News Bureau.)
COCHRAN, Ga. Dec. 2? Because
the automobile driven by Henry Bootbl
frightened his team of mules, John
Harvard, a negro preacher, shot and
killed Booth yesterday afternoon.
Last night Harvard was captured
and burned alive by an Infuriated
mob. Harvard was tied to a stake
and oil and combustibles heaped
about him.
Booth was a prominent business
man and very popular here.
The authorities are endeavoring to
learn the identity of the ring leaders
of the mob.
ALASKA NEWS
HAS FIELD
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Dec. 2? The National
Press association has retired from the
Alaskan field and the Alaska News
bureau is now furnishing news to
all the Alaskan afternoon papers
with the exception of the Gold Dig
ger of Nome and the Daily News of
Fairbanks.
That Dr. Franklin C. Norman re
cently died hi Arizona Is the Informa
tion received by A. M. VValllck in a
letter from H. B. Runnells of Puyal
lup. The letter did not state any of
tho particulars of Dr. Norman's death
Dr. Norman was White Pass sur
geon In Skagway for three years. He
left here about a year ago.
IDITAROD LOOKS LIKE WINNER
A representative of the Fairbanks
Times sends that paper the following
account of conditions in the Idltarod
after the freezeup: "The close of the
season of navigation and the freezoup
makes It possible to estimate with
some degree of accuracy the number
of people in the camp. Counting the i
stampeders at the nearest points on
the river, who will make their way ,
here over the trail very soon, the
uuraber will be between 1,200 and
l.r.oo. Conditions and prospects still
warrant a camp of this size. On dis
covery there is a uniform paystreak
of four foot dirt running five cents
to the pan. It is all -shallow, from
12 to 14 feet in depth. Excellent
prospects are being opened up on
Slate creek, and there Is groat ac
tivity there. Like the rest of the
country it wants prospecting, and the
work so far has been necessarily
been slow. Lots of cabins nr-' going
up on Otter and In the neighborhood.
The whole country is staked from on
end to the other. Everybody Is satis
fled that he came, and everybody is
sure that the country will be a win
ner."
PRINCESS KIT III 'PORT i
The Princess May arrived in port
at 8 o'clock this morning with 11 pas
sengers and 75 tons of freight. The
May will sail south at 4 o'clock to
morrow afternoon.
Oscar Berryman returned on the
.leffersoo after a six weeks vacation
spent in San Francisco and Seattle.
R. B. E snout of tho Arctic Trading
company of Whltehorse arrived on thJ|
Princess May this morning and will
return to Whltehorse tomorrow.
Hank McPhee, the Carcross mer
chant, arrived on the Princess May
and will leave for Carcross tomor
row morning. Mr. McPhee has just
returned from Seattle, where he ac
companied his wife, who will spend
tho winter there with her parents.
Tjefferson in and' out
The Jefferson arrived in port at
10 o'clock last night with 12 passen
gers and 54 tons of freight and sailed
south at 2 o'clock this morning with
29 passengers.
Miss Hazel Gould, a slate.- of Mrs.!
Fred Ftckhardt, arrived on the Jef-J
ferson last night from Seattle and
will spend the winter in Skagway
with Mrs. Fred Fickhardt.
William A. Michaells left on the
Jefferson for the Jim River valley to
; be gone for an Indefinite period. Mr.
: Michaells is an old s-iardou^: and
| one of the pionee.-s cr A'lin.
Miss Pearl Hompos, who has been
o' the Simpson hospital at Juneau
for several weeks returned on the
Jefferson and will remain In Skng
way until after the holidays.
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WAIT
f GANTY & FRANDSONj
FIGHTERS TO
GET FORTUNE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
HOBOKEN, N. J. Dec. 2? Tex Rick
ard, who promoted the Gans-Nelson
fight at Goldflelds, has been awarded
the contract to stage the Jeffries
Johnson fight. Rlckard offered a
guaranteed purse of $100,000 and two
thirds of the profits of the moving
pictures. The fight will take place
In San Francisco not later than July
4th., 1910.
STRIKE TIES
UP TRAFFIC
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Dec. 2? The switch
men's strike on the railroads running
from St. Paul to Seattle has complete
ly paralyzed the freight traffic and
but few passenger trains are moving.
EAGLES PICK
Skagway Aerie No. 26, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, held its regular an
nual election last night at Eagles
hall and the following officers were
selected to serve for the ensuing year;|
Elmer Wheeler, Worthy President,
Thomas McDonald, Worthy Vice Pre
sident; Andrew Streed, Chaplain; P.
E. Kern was re-elected Treasurer; J.
M. Keller was re-elected Secretary;
D. Sky, Outside Guard; Hubert Hay
ward, Inside Guard; L. Muehlenberg,
Henry Friedcnthal and John Bender,
Trustees.
After the election rubstantlal re
freshments were served and all pre
sent enjoyed thems ,'lr-.'s i.n'il a lat?
Uc r.
IWILL GLRYSOH clothier J
DR. MOORE IS
COMING BACK
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Dec. 2? Dr. I. H. Moore,
a "pioneer of Skagway and afterwards
physician for five years at Treadwell,
now a property owner at Seattlp, has
announced his Intention of leaving for
the Iditarod gold fields early In Jan
uary. Many other old time Alaskans
are planning to go to the new dig
gings this winter.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 2? The indepen
dent telephone companies have united
and will fight the gigantic combine
formed by the Bell interests.
SEYMM
A CLOSE GALL
William Seymour fell from the coal
bunkers at the railroad shops last
night while assisting in loading coal
on a tender and suffered several se
vere contusions. He is now at the
White Pass hospital. His Injuries
are not serious.
HOLIDAY TRADE BEGINNING
Every boat that, reaches port is
bringing large consignments of spe
cial Christmas goods for the holiday
trade and our advertisers are mak
ing some very attractive displays in
their windows. In the near future
announcement of some of the holiday
bargains will be made through the
advertising columns of The Alaskan.
These are the
CLOTHES
That Give Us
Standing
We shall continue to sell de
pendable garments bccause
they are the only sort that give
a store'real standing. We be
lieve in dependable merchan
dise and we will sell nothing
else. Let us show you the new
fall and winter styles in Suits
and Overcoats
A Fine Line of Christmas
Ties and Suspenders
Smoking Jackets and
Sweaters