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No. *44. ELEVENTH YEAK.
sKA(i WAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 13. 190D PRICE, 10 CENTS
EPIDEMIC OF FEVER IN SPOKANE
(By United Press.)
SPOKANE. Wash. May Vi? An epi-j
domic of scarlet fever has broken
out in this city and the schools, the
aters and all places of public amuse
I
| ments have been closed. It is dif
ficult to estimate the number of case*
of the disease in the city, but a num
ber of deaths have occurred In the
past 24 hours.
PARISIANS DO
WITHOUT ill
(By United Press.)
PARIS France. May 13? The mail
service in Paris is completely tied up
and it is extremely difficult to com
municate by telegraph or telephone!
on account of the strik?*s of the mail
clerks. the postmen, and tli?- wire op
erator's unions.
Other unions have refused to so
cut on a sympathetic strike and the
authorities fear that this will cause
rioting and disorder.
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FI60T HUBBY
KOKO.MO. Ind..? "And. judge if
yon will let us. we will fight it right
out here with our fists, in (his court
room. I ain't afraid of hint."
Thus did Mrs. Morris Walters be
seech Judge Cooper of the city court
yesterday to permit her and* her hus
band to settle their family differences.
The court declined.
DOGS REPLACE HORSES
Horse stag?-s between Atiin and
Oarcross have made their last trip of
the season. The ice is still good on
tne lakes, but travel is difficult on
the portage between Atlin Lake and
Takn Arm. Dog teams will be placed
on the route for transportation of
mail and passengers until the final
'?i?<ak up of the ice occurs.
CHANGE GOIH
FOR CORONET
NEW YORK. May 10? Another
American heiress exchanged million
of good money for a foreign title,
when at noon today Nora Iselin.
daughter of the famous banker and
yachtsman of that name became th
Countess of Colloredo- Matisf lold. I li
bride brought her husband a dowry of
COTTAGE CITY LAID OFF
The Cottage City has been laid of
of the Skagway run for an indefin
ite period to bo thoroughly overhauled
and renovated at the Seattle ship
yards.
It Is not known just when she wil
make her next trip north.
AMERICAN WOMAN WINS
LONDON.? Mrs Carrie Cliaptna.'
Catt. of New York, was today elected
president of the Women's Internatioi
:-l Suffrage Alliance.
ATLIN MAN IS KILLED
Word was received in Skagway yes
terday that S. S. I'lunib, a we! I
known Atliu mining man. was ace;
d? ntally killed at Cordova. The cabl ?
message gave no particulars as to
how lie met his death. Mr. I'lum!
was one of the old timers at Atliu
He is survived by a wife and two
i hildren.
Bishop P. O. Stringer of the Yukoi
ulocese arrived on the City of Seattb
yesterday and left for Whitehorsc to
day.
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TIFT MS 10 KIT
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(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, I). C. May 13?
President Tiift today requested Dele
Kate James Wickersham of Alaska to
prepare as soon as possible a com
plete Itinerary of the trip to Alaska
that Taft will make this summer.
The presidential party will visit Ket
cliikan, Juneau Douglas, Treadwell
Skagway, Sitka Valdez, Seward, Cor
dova, Fairbanks and Nome.
President Taft lias expressed ? de
sire to visit the interior of Alaska so
ihat he may familiarize himself with
the conditions and resources of the
country.
MILLIONAIRE
TO TESTIFY
(By United Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. May 13?
Rudolph Spreckles will testify for the
prosecution in the trial of Patrick
t alhoun Friday. The exact nature of
his testimony is not known, but it is
presumed that on account of his bus
iness relations lie lias some positive
knowledge of the methods employed
b> Calhoun.
COURT WILL DECIDE
STATUS OF ROOSTER
TERRE MATTE. Ind.? Firmly hold
inn i" his belief that a rooster is not
an animal. IHackford White, who was
arrested for cruelty to animals, re
used to plead guilty in the city court
yesterday. Me did not deny the cruel*
ty , but maintained that as the Bible
says animals were made one day and
fowls another day he was not guilty
ot the offense charged. Me engaged
an attorney to fi^lit the caso along
that line.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Woods of Juneau
arrived on the City of Seattle and
1< ft for Fairbanks this morning.
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The engagement of Miss Edna Ij.
Moorehouse, and George W. Woodfuff
has been announced In the Seattle
papers. Miss Moorehouse and Mr.
Woodruff were both former residents
of Skagway and Mr. Woodruff's bro
ther was a former mayor of Skagway.
Mr. Woodruff is now at Eagle, Alaska,
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M. McLaren, a mining man from
Ihe Forty Mile country, arrived in
Skagway Tuesday evening and went
south yesterday on the City of Seattle
Mr. McLaren will visit at Vancouver
and Victoria and then intends to mak
a visit to Scotland.
Me says that there will be consid
erate activity in the Forty Mile dis
trict this year, but that miners are
hindered by a lack of water power.
ALL ALASKA v tf
Winter travel on the Vald ex-Fair
banks trail is practically at an end.
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An effort is being made to close
Cordova business houses on Sunday.
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Cordova Camp No. 2;"> of the Arctic
Brotherhood will shortly be instituted
j at Cordova.
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I A body of high grade ore 40 feet !
wide has been struck In the lower i
i tunnel of the Beatson copper mine.
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| The Pacific Steamship company
| w ill this season operate a through
line of steamers between San Fran
cisco and Nome.
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| In the past year over a score of 1
| women and children at Nome have
been either killed or torn and ter- i
I ribly mutilated by inalamute dogs.
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Very rich ore has been struck on
i the Lucky Boy copper claim of 'the
McCarthy estate on Nugget creek, in
| the Copper river country. The ore is
bornite and glance.
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j Officers and the Arab Patrol of!
Nile Temple, order of the Mystic
Shrine will make a 4.000 mile pilgrim
age to Nome in July to aid i u es
| cortlng a class of 100 noviates from
all Northwestern Alaska in the trip
over the burning sands of Sltrlnedom,
J says tiie Seattle P.-l.
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The -work of building the lighthouse,
I at Cape Hlnchinbrook, so long prom
ised by the United States government
and awaited by shipping men. will
I soon be in full swing. The contract
is held by the Standard Building Co.,
? of Seattle. Cape Hlnchinbrook is lo
cated on' an Island of the same name
at the entrance to Prince William
| scund. It was at this point that the
steamer Oregon was lost several
i years ago.
j Judge J. P. Malony of Juneau, one
j of the most prominent members of
the Alaskan bar, arrived on, the City
j of Seattle yesterday and left for the
J Ibis morning. Judge Malony is go
ing to Fairbanks on legal business.
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JAPANESE POACHERS BOUND
OVER TO TOE GRAND JURY
(By United Press.)
SITKA, Alaska. May 13? U. S. Mar
shal Slioup and assistant U. S. Attor
ney Barnhill arrived here on the Gcor<
eiu yesterday and at once held a pre
liminary hearing in the cases of the
thirty Japanese who were recently
captured poaching seals.
A number of natives testified to
having seen the Japanese kill seals
within the three mile limit and the
entire crew were bound over to await
l he action of the grand Jury. They
will be held in Sitka until a revenue
cutter arrives and then taken to Ju
neau to await trial
GOOD EXHIBIT
AT THEM. P.!
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash. May 1 3 ? The Al
aska women's exhibit is being instal
led at the A.-Y.-P.-E. and Mrs. Mary
Hart, who Is in charge of the women's
exhibit from Alaska, says that it is
a splendid exhibit and far exceeds the
exhibit at the St. Louis exposition.
Every town n Alaska is represented.
ip lis
AT JUNEAU
J. W. Bagley, of the U. S. Oeolog-|
ical Survey, accompanied by the fol- J
lowing party of surveyors and assist
".nts, arrived in the city this morning
It. E. Johnson, C. B. Bagley, John
Hansen and S. Bryan. The Bagley
party will secure a launch here and I
will spend their time in the Eagle j
River district until Oct. 1st. They
will then visit Berners Bay and re
turning to this city will take up the
work done in the basin, Joining the
work done by U. S. Geological Sur
veyor Peters. The principal work of
the party will be in the making of
maps of the surrounding country. ?
Juneau Dispatch.
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TAFT 115 10
REDUCE WEIGHT
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON D. C. May 13? Pres
ldcnt Taft with Walter Travis, for
mer international champion, defeated
General .Edwards and Oden Hors
thurst playing golf yesterday. Taft
made a good score.
gunnisoTis .
INDIUSED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10.? An al
ternative writ of mandamus was today
planted against Judge Gunnison of
Juneau on ex parte motion of plaintiff
i:: the case of Thorndyke et al vs.
the Alaska Perseverance Gold Mining
Company.
Judge H. B. LePevre left on the
City of Seattle for Juneau where he
to transact some official business.
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R. MacKay, one of Atlin's best
known miners, arrived in Skagway
Tuesday evening and will go to
Prince Rupert on the Princess Bea
trice. Mr. MacKay intends to pros
pect in the country back of Prince
Rupert. Mr. MacKay is famous in
the Atlin district as an expert per
former on the Highland pipes.
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