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No. 278. ELEVENTH YEAH.
SKAUWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25. VM
PRICE. 10 CENT
PITTSni RO. Pa., Feb. 23. ? A race
riot is threatened at Pittsburg. Six
white girls were assaulted last nigh'
by negroes in different parts of the
city ami as a consequence feeling is
running high. Several negroes mix
been attacked and beaten by crowds
of angry white men. The police havt
arrested more than fifty negroes, wh<
arc suspccteil of complicity in tli>
crimes of Inst night.
KETCHIKAN IB
HAVE WIRELESS
(By United Presa.)
SKATTl.K. ? A wire loss telegraph
station is to be established at Ketchl
kan, Alaska. The station will be of
high enough power to take anil n?
celve oMUgri from stations down
the coast.
At present there are stations at
Cordova and Katalla. but of such low
power as to b?> almost unusable in
picking up from Washington stations.
These stations are used principally to
communicate with the ships which
pass there equipped with wireless.
By the establishment of this station
wireless messages can be received
from as far north as the Aleutian
islands.
Engineer Copper of the United
Wireles: company has gone to Ketch i
kan with three tons of material for
the ".tatiou.
RAIlifllS
TIME EXTENDED
(Cy Ui ited Press)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2."?? The cor
gression.il committee on territories
has recommended that the time limit
for the completion of the Alaska
Short Line railroad be extended three
years.
PLANNING BIG
LIGHI PLANT
Knglish capitalists, who request
that their names be not mentioned,
met their representatives front th<
north today, the conference taklm
place at the Hotel Vancouver.
The scheme on foot by these mei
is to remove the entire electric powvt
and light plant from Dawson City ti
th<j Sourdough coal mine, forty mile,
below Dawson, and to operate th<
machinery at the mine, supplyin
Dawson and a radius of one hundre*
miles with electric power, light am
telephones direct from the mines.
Besides mitigating the expense o
operation by eliminating the necessity
of shipping fuel upstream to Dawson
the new move will l> ? beneficial t<
that part of the country unit wili
greatly stimulate mining. Dredge
which are now being operated bj
steam will be in a position to be sup
plied with electricity and. as nunicr
ous dredges are being built each
year, the accessibility of electrb
power will be a boon to promoters.
It is estimated that there will be
fifty dredges in operation in a few
years, all inside of the circle to be
supplied by the new electric plant. -
Vancouver World.
Capt. P. D. Blodgett. owner of tin
Cook Inlet Transportation Co. ha
sold his steamers and his trading sta
tion at Seldovia to the Alaska Com
tuercial company for $30,000. lie will
retire from business.
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JAP BOYCOTT
IS REMOVED
(By United Press.)
TOKIO, Feb. 25.? The Japanese
weavers have removed the boycott
which they htul placed against the
A.-Y.-P. exposition and now large
numbers of them are expected to go
to Seattle during the fair. The re
moval ot the boycott came after long
and diplomatic negotiations on part
of the fair management.
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. Fob. 26.? Mackenr.i'
Bros., of Vancouver, have chartered
the steamer Leelanaw and will enter
the northern field April 1. The \ ?
sel will be dispatched to southeast rn
Alaska and thence westward, rallitu
at Cordova, Valdez, Seward and :ti
the oiH'niiiR of the Noino season will
Ko to Norton sound.
HEIET FEARS ASSASSINATION
(United Press Tel??qr.-ph-Cable Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Fob. jr..? There
has been Incessant bickering between
Francis Honey who is prosecuting I'a
rick Calhoun, the street car magnate
charged with bribery, and Henrj
Ach, counsel for the defence. Several
times both attorneys have been
squelched by the Judge by threats <>f
Imprisonment for contempt of court
Heney ts betng guarded closely l>;.
detectives and Burns. "the ^i> < ial
sieuth hired by the prosecution. late
there is a plot on foot to assasslnaU
Hcney.
JUDGE REiD :S
SERIOUSLY ILL
(By United Press.)
VALDKJC. Feb. 2-V Judge Silas II
Held of the Third judicial district of
Alaska is seriously ill with tonsiliti
at the hospital here. His condition
is such that there is little probability
ot' his returning to Fairbanks to hold
court in less than two weeks. Judge
Held has been in Valdez in regard
to the investigation by an official
from the department of Justice.
(By United Prees)
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash . Feb 25 ?
James Wickersham. Alaska's delegate
elect to congress, who is enroute
for Washington. I>. C., stopped off
here last night and was tendered a
banquet at the Commercial club.
More than one hundred former Alas
kans were present. The business ele
ment of Yakima was well represented
Mr. Wickersham made a speech de
scribing the resources of Alaska and
telling what the needs of the country
are.
A. G. Crosse left for Jiinenn yester
day.
01 RIVER ON
HE RAMPAGE
(By United Press.)
CINCINNATI, o. Feb 55 I
Ohio river is on a rampage ami Hi
water Is rising higher each hour. Th<
floods have overflown i !?? ? bank.s : i
miles around and are causing great
damage to property and live stoi K
There is danger thai Pittsburg v 11
he flooded and the high water may
do damage in Cincinnati.
i. is. We
IS TOMORROW
Tomorrow evening Camp Skagway
No. i. of the Arctic Brotherhood, will
give its eleventh annual dinner on th
anniversary of the founding of the
order. Judge LeFevrc will pr< side ;is
topstmaster and all present w ill !>?
called upon for informal toasts An
elaborate luncheon will be served
and music will be given by field's
orchestra. Monte Snow has chargi C
the musical program. A number of
A. H.'s are expected over from Maine
and the gathering tomorrow night
should be a large one. It is certain
that a pleasant evening will be spent
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SAN FRANCISCO. Fob 2-'. A <11*
niond necklace, valued at $.'.0,000. ???
stolen from Mies Jennie Crocker at
n masked hall last niprht at the St
Francis hotel. The police and private
detective* are working on the ca*e.
l.itt have not the slightest clue a* to
who took the Jewel*.
Miss Crocker I* the daughter of one
of the wealthiest and moat Influen
tial m??n tn San Franrlaro H?r
father in o?n?r of th? Crocker build
Inn and ah?> will Inherit million* of
(*olUnt
The thoft of th* n<?rkUro h*?
maiKHl ? rt<'? t ??n?*tlot! amine hich
lofl^ljr rlrrN in San franctaro and
many jx^oplf that th*
wrp tak^n l>x *otn?? ono wHI known
In society and not a proWalonal thl?f
FIGHT FROST
WITH STEAM
Despite tho moderation In the
weather the question of keeping tho
wntir mains free from Ice Is still a
serious one and the steam Uiawer ha*
been working night and day tho pant
week. A second steam thawer haa
i.lso been put on. The warm weather
t?Mnls to drive the frost lower.
Phil Snyder, chairman of the water
.ommlttee of the council, stated to
any that the mains were open with
the exception of on Sixth avenue and
i> the alley between Third and
Fourth off Broadway. The mains on
Fourth avenue were froxen almost
itlld yesterday, but were thawed out
and water is now running through
them.
Today ih>' steam thawers were
working at Sixth and Broadway and
'i the alley between Third and
Fourth near Main
MM CABLE IS REPAIRED
The break in the cable between Se
attle and Skagwav was repaired late
yeau-rday afternoon by the cable ten
der Hurnslde and Is now in good
working order. The Alaskan's T'nltod
Press dispatches are now coming by
cable Instead of overland The break
In the cable was about 170 miles
north of Seattle. The cause of the
break is not known.
SCHWAB AFTER
ALASKA MI
VALDKZ.? Chart** M Schwab. th?
ci-atooj truat pr<*ld??nt. I* n<*RotlatlnK
for the pnrrha??? of th* famoiw B*at
?on Ninon 7a oopp?*r mln?* of Ijitourh'*
i?land K*p??rU in th? omploy of
S?hwab the mln?* thin winter
and reported that thr* *w an Im
mense amount of of In light. A K
Hoataon. th* fl*n?r. w?nt to th*
atatmi a month a*o to confer with th?
Schwab poopli*. an<f h?> ?*p*cta to
complete the d?-al thla month. N'o
<1<-t Alln regarding th?? price are ulrwi
by H^ataon but It will certainly mn
into the million*. a* an offer of If..
uii.i .'?h> for the mtn? ?aa refuaed laat
?ummer
(By United Preaa.l
SEATTLE. F-b D McK?>fK
general agent In Seattle for the Pa
cific Coaat Steamship companr. ha*
reiilRned to (to Into private btialne**
and E C. Ward of San Kranclaco ha*
been appoints to take hla place
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CLOTHING
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A swell line of Gent'a Furnish
ing Good*. embracing all tbe
Late*t Noveltlen in Neckwear,
Handkerchief* and Hosiery.