No. 27. ELEVENTH YEAR.
8KAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 190K.
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
To Top of Mount Dewey
Mr. P. E. Kern W ill go Below on Next
Steamer to Buy the Equipment for
The Skagway Scenic Cable Co. to be
Installed this Summer to Carry Pas
sengers to Upper Lake Dewey. Pic
turesque Plans for Summer Resort.
Mr. P. K Kern is rushiuif ahead
with his wprK of selling stock in the
ueriel c?ble line to Mount Dewey. At
four o'clock this morning an idea struck
him and be sot up and hastened across
the Hat to see Mr. Nye to purchase a
coil of eld cable that he knew the
latter bad s ored away. He caid $190
acd then enlisted Nye for $500 worth of
stock in the Skagway Scenic Cable
company? as the company is named.
Mr. Kem p'aced the coil of cable ou the
sidewalk in front of his place and it wa.->
worth all kinds of money to him today
as advertising of the Net that be is in
eirnest. He says the cable is jot
worth a cent in any other retard.
When be installs the plant it will be
fresh from the f ctory, sound and new
In every respect. There are just an
even 100 p op'e interested now.
Mr. Keru is ROiny below on the next
boat tJ buy the plant, lie expects
to rush the ent- rprise and he carrying
people as far as the second bench this
summer. Mr. Kero says the second
bench of the mountain will b* made
the most beautiful summer resort in
Alaska. There is a like there that is
to be planted with carp at once. There
is a forest of beautiful trees there
and the country is to be parked.
A cafe will be bulit on the lake where
visitors may lounge and enjoy them
selves and wher tflas^es may be had
through which the visitor may scan tbo
magnificent prospect to ba had from
thla height. Mr. Kera says there ia a
wide stretch of country oo the second
Oench and that with the Improvements
contemplated Skajfway will have a sum
mer resort wkhln ten minutes of Broad
way that will be unique on the coast.
Mr. Kern will satisfy himself by
reaching the upper bench th'a year but
it is his intention ultimately to carry
passengers to the top of the peak. Mr.
Kern Is certainly going about the inter
prise with energy.
COLORADO IS
FOR TAFT
(By United Press.)
Pueblo, April Colorado has,
through its state republican convention
instructed its delegation forTaft.
JAMESTOWN ?X.
OAS A FIRE
(By United Presa.)
Norfolk, April 30 ? A fire of unknown
origio destroyed several of the budd
ings of the Jamestown exposition.
L. A. HARRISON CO.
Just Received a Fourth
Shipment of
HATS
Correct thing for street
wear
Stores Open Evenings Phones 4 & 55
(By United Pre?s.)
New Haven, Bprll 29? The deleRa
tion to the Denver con ve"?tion from tbi?
state will go uninstructed.
PERSIA HAS
HER TROUBLES
(By United Proas.)
Teheran, Pefsla, April 30? This dis
trict bos suffered from the raids, in
numbers, of the neighboring Kurds.
The slaughter o: the rapacious invad
ers bas been feariul, thousands of peas
ants having been put to death.
ONLY TWO
BATTLESHIPS
(By United Press.)
Washington, April 30? The presi
dent's last message, considered by con
gress yesterday, attracted scant atten
tion. K
The bill for four battleships recon
sidered by the senate failed to pass oj
the second fial. The bill for the two
battleships stands confirmed in Its pass
age and both democrats and republi
cans seem pleased with the result.
LECTURE MOT BV C. L ANDREWS. UDDER AUSPICES OF ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
Al the last meeting of the Arctic
Brotherhood the matter of entertain
ment in Skagway was discussed. Tae
opinion was expressed that there was" a
dearth of and a cry for intellectual en
tertainment in she city. It was voted
that the Arctic Brotherhood should un
dertake) to supply this want. A com
mittee was appointed to that end. This
committee only this morning d.scovered
in the city Mr. C. L. Andrews, who is
well known here as a man who has
made a study of the physical and eatur
al features of Alaska and who is able to
tell of his researches iu au interesting
way.
Mr. Andrews has just returned from
a tour of the coast where be has been
lecturing on the glaciers, fiords, birds
and bjasts of Alaska ? the
lecture being illustrated by stereopticon
si Idee from photographs taken by him
self. Among^thers he lectured before
lbs Sierra Club, of California, the Uni
versity of California and the Orogon
Agricultural College.
Mr. Andrewi is enthusiastic over
the scenic wonders of Alaska. Ho save
we have the most wonderful stretch of
Islands and tljordi In the world; that
we have far greater glaciers than has
Switzerland and that the wonder* of this
coast have only to be made known to the
world to cjII here geologists from every
country.
Mr. Andrews, it will be remembered,
made a visit to Muir glacier following
the great break caused by the earth
quake of 1899 and when the excursion
steamers were barred out by the ice.
H? went in a sm ill boat and with Mr.
Case, took photographs. The results of
the trip were printed in the National
Geographic Magazine. Mr. Andrews
also made the ascent of Mount St. Elius
In company with the duke of Abruzzl
and is probably the oest posted man on
physical Alaska in the district.
As he leives tomorrow for the Inter
ior, he had to be enlisted to night or
not at all and has consented to give his
lecture, which will be illustrated,
There will also be preliminary music
al numbers by Miss Sprlngsted, Messrs
Snow, Drapei and Ask. Thore should
be a large turn out.
Rev. Mr. Good will speak at Penlal
mission tonight.
fRANCO-AMERICAN
GAME PA ItS
Excellent for Sandwiches
Grouse Wild Duck
Chicken Liver, Etc.
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GANTY & FRANDSON
(Unitji Pr?M Talegraph-Cablc 8?rvlc?.)
Seattle, April 30 ? The Morgan-Guggenheim interests
are holding their annual meeting in this city. It has been
announced that they will build two large steamers to cost
$500,000 each to be put on a run between this city and Cor
dova. The representatives of the interests here say they
will spend all the earnings of the company in the north on
this coast. The company has declared a dividend of $400,
000.
(United PreM Telograph-Ctbl* 8orvle?.)
San Francisco, April 30? Bishop Harris, an oriental
missionary, was today smuggled ashore from a trans-Pacific
steamer just'arrived. He was disguised as a cooley. It
was deemed necessary to take this precaution because of the
threats against his life made by Koreans in this city who
were thought to be watching the wharves with intent to as
sassinate him.
DEMOCRATS ELECT DELEGATES
In response to the call for a conven
tion of local democrats, there was a '
considerable gathering at the city hall
1 st evening. Mr. E. J. Shaw, as;
member of the Skagwav democratic
territorial committee, called the meet
ing to order and explained its purpose.
Phil Abrahams wait chosen chairman
and E. J. Doherty. secretary. W, W.
. Casey made a little talk on the utility
of organization and declared his belief
that this was a national Bryan or dem
ocratic year.
I The business of the meeting, to elect
I five d<?egates to the district convention
i to be held at Juneau, May 18, was then
I taken up, and the following were elect
i ed: R. A. Carroll, J. M. Tanner, E. J.
j Sh? w, F. B. Wurzbacher and C. C.
Runner.
There was offered a resolution to In
struct. the delegates for territorial gov
ernment. Phil Abrahams argued in its
favor and E. J. Shaw and J. M. Tanner
against. Shaw said if the delegates
were so instructed he would not go.
The resolution was turned down.
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# The P. C. S. S. City of Seattle is #
$ is reported from Ketchikan and $
9 is not expected to arrive here be- 0
0 fore Saturday morning- &
Don't fall to attend the ball to be
given by the Elks at their hall on Fri
day night, May 1st.
Foi' a good smoke, call (or the Ball
Dog ciffar at Tony Dotero'?. 1 m
Bust meals In Whltehorae at Com
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