rHE DAILY TBAT ALASKAN
OFPICIKL CITY PHPER
No IKI rKNTII YK W; SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY JULY . HI 1907 PRICE 10 CENTS
WANTED
DIVORCE
But Husband Ends It
All With The
Gun
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Tulsa, t. T., July 31-J. D. Stack
house. a prominent ^cattleman. today
shot ana killed his wife on the main
street of Tulsa. As sooa ?s he had
satisfied hims.'lf that his wife was (lead
Stackhouse turned the weapon upon
h'mself and blew out liis brains. The
ciuse of the killings is said to be due to
Mrs. Stackhousj apply iug for a divorce, i
To It
Kecitals ou the Duplex day and night .
at the Seattle. Its the sweetest rtiusic
in the city.
WOMAN BETRAYS N. P.1
TRAIN ROBBER I
Alleered murderer beats mistress and woman
informs Police that man robbed North
Coast Limited and killed engineer
(Special Dispatob to Daily Alaskan)
Kmte, July 31? George Tower was
arrested here today charged with being
one of the tuen who held up the North
Coast Limited train at Welch station
on the night of April 21 and in attempt
ing to ?ob the express car, shot and
killed Engineer Frank Clow and after
I wards shot and dancerously wounded
l Fireman Jerry Sullivan. The man was
betrayed to tjje i>olice by Minnie Saint
Clair, the woman with whom he had
beeu living, after the piir had quarrel
ed and Tower had beaten her. Five
thousand dollars reward had been offer
ed by the railroad for the bandits cap
ture.
The Fifth Avenue hotel has uo^imiie j
accomodations. Steam bent and every
thing modern.
Received, choicc pottfil plants on
Dolphin at Northern Grocery.
Now Six l'o Tan
San Francisco, July 31 ? (Noon) The
Brltt-Nelson fight will begin at nine
o'ulrck tonight. A record crowd is ex
pected. The betting has again changed
ami is non~ six to ten in favor of Nelson.
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|L, A. Harrison Coj
"We lire working to completion of
our store, our latest addition is a
complete line ot fancy and piain
china- glassware, graniteware*
tinware, and an endless variety of
the ' little things" used in the
kitcken by the thrifty housewives.
WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION
Hotel sizes in cooking utensils a
specialty
I ^ tores cnen Evenings - Phone's 4 and 55^
One Thing VVe Destinctly Aim at^j
in This Business
Is that every man who
knows lis or rea<l onr
ads. will know that
thi* is the store for
quality in clothing.
We would rather be
kaown as the right
place for good stuff
than as a place where
you get low prices.
It is always easy to
quote prices but it is
what the prices buy
that counts.
We sell
Hart Schaffner &
Man and David
Adlcr & Sons
Clothing and we want
you to know it. We
caunot give you any
better evidence of our
standard qualities than
that they are the best
made.
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Copyright !90> by
Hart Sch,('rrvr {j*
A BABY ?
i SUICIDE
Chided For Crying
Little Tot Blows
Head Off
Council liluffs, July 31? Because her
sister chided her yesterday about crying
over the loss of her doll, Augella Ne
pher. a child agen seven years, secured
her lather's sbot j;un and, placing the
muzzle tn hrr mouth, blew oil the top
| of her head.
NEWS Of
IDE BOATS
?
Princess May Leaves
Tonight Spokane
Due Tomorrow
Whitehorse, July 31? The Dawson
arrived at 4:15 p. |ru. The Canadian
passed Selkirk at 1 a m.
Down stream? The Victorian leaves
at 11 p. m. The Dawsoa leaves at 10 a.
m. The Casca was at Tantalus at 3 a.
m. The ilonanza King was at Tantalus
at 5 a. m.
Next Sailing? The Selkirk today.
ThePrinoMa Huy
The Princess May arrived this morn
ii iih 41 pis-eni;ers and will leave
ruidoight.
Thi Spokano
The Spokane with 120 tourists aboard
will reach the city in the morning. A
' -ptci 1 tr.'iin will be ruu to the summit j
(or t'-ie parly.
ELL1CIT LOVE CAUSES
" TWO SUCIDES
Actress hounded by wealthy Ohicago'an's
agen ts suicides- Witness then kills himself
rather than appear at inquest
Colorado Springs, July 31? During
the investigation by the police into the
manner of the death of Laura Mathews,
the actress who killed herself .in her
room in the Antlers hotel yes'.erdiy, It
developed that her deed had been com
mitted because she had been hounded
by agents of a wealthy Chicago man for
several weeks. The woman ha l been
the man's mistress for so-uetime and
had letters which he desired to get
from her possession before he married
a young woman to whom ho was
engaged. Richard Burbank, a Wash
ington, D. C. man, who was acquainlcd
with the facts of the case, and who
registered at the Antlers hotel Sunday,
was summoned by the police yesterday
to appear this morning end testify.
Late last night he retired to his room
and shortly afterwards the muffled re
port of a shot startled the guests of the
hotel. Upon investigation it was found
that Burbank had shot himself. He
left a note saying that he killed himself
because he feared he wouid become en
tangled in the affair.
SPEEDS
NO MORE
Autoist Going Forty
Miles An Hour In
stantly Killed
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Chicago, July 31? Yesterday, while
going at the rate of forty miles an hour
!? the automobile in which he was
entertaining three friends, the car
ikidded and Archie Temple, son of the
Micbi^au lumber millionaire, was
against the curbing ami in
.itantly killed. The other occupants of
the car were badly injured.
JAPS SEW WARN
ING TO SEAEIEE
Seattle, July 31? The local Chamber
of Commerce has received a warning
from the Japanese Chamber of Com
merce that mistreatment of Japaucse
must ccase in this city. More diplo
matic complications aro expected to
follow.
Thought Them Foollah.
Walter W. Smith, a retired attorney
of Portland, Ore., arrived in the city
today on the Princess May, and is a
guest at the Pullen house. Mr. Smith
is on a pleasure trip and will visit many
of the different towns of the teriitory.
While talking to The Alaskan today ,
Mr. Smith said he had been close to
Skagway twenty years ago. When
the boat on which he was a passenger ,
at that time stopped at Chilkat, two!
men with picks and shovels got off and
stated that they were goiug mining,
"Every one laughed at the men," said
Mr. Smith and thought they were fool
ish in coming to Alaska for gold.
"The resu'ts today certainly prove that
the laugh at that time should have
been on us."
Wanted
Raspberry
Pickers
For further information enquire at our
OFFICE
QANTY & FRANDSON
BOILER
EXPLODES
Fast Train Wrecked
By Peculiar Acci
dent
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Milan, Tenn., July 31? While jroinp
at a high rate of spoeil near here today,
the boiler of the Limited passenger due
here at 11 a. in., exploded and killed
both men on the engine. Tne explos
ion a'so injured several persons who
were on a train on a siding waiting for
the Limited train to pass.
FLOODING OF VESSEL
CAUSES PAAIIC
Seattle, July 31? While the steamer
Santa Clara was off Flattery yesterday,
water flooded the decks and a panic
among the passengers resulted. A num
ber of women and children were badly
injured by being crushed and a Mrs.
Wilson, from Los Angeles, went In
sane.
NONCE
| Being unable to get all of my pre
scription work returned from Seattle by
Aug. IsL I will be compelled to remain
at Skagway for a few days yet, I shall
theref re continuj to fit glasses during
the balance of this week. I take this
opportunity of thanking my many cus
tomers for their patronage and trust I
have merited their confidence. Any
who have been skep.icai as to the qual
ity of my work I will refer to ray cus
tomers here. My references are every
CUSTOMER I HAVE HAD I.N' ALASKA.
You can have their address if you wish.
DR. E. E. KIMBALL
Rye Specialist.
ART TRYING
POWERS
Former Secretary Of
Kentucky Again
In Court
(Special Dispatch' to Daily Alaskan)
Georgetown. Ky., July 31 ? For the
fourth time Caleb Power?, formerly re
publican secretary of the state of Ken
tucky, was placed on trial for the assas
sination of Governor William Goebel
here today. The evidence which con
victed Powers on his former trial was
based on testimony given by Henry
Youtsey, who claimed he had been paid
by Powers to kill Gaeble. Powers
sweetheart, a stenographer, who had
formerly been employed by him, also
gave damaging evidence against him.
scimr
DEFIANT
Will Not Recognize
Men Appointed
Yesterday
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
San Francisco, July 31? Eugene
Schmitz still insists that be is the
mayor of San Francisco and will not
recognize the supervisors that were ap
pointed yesterday in place of the alder
men who had been accused of grafting
and who resigned under agreement that
tney would not be prosecuted. Several
cases of smallpox have developed in the
jail where Schmitz is confined and he is
under a strict quarantine and can see
no one.
FOREST TIHtS RAGING
IN WASHINGTON
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.]
Seattle, July :U? Forest fires are re
ported- fro n a! 1 sections in the slate of
Washington and millions' of feet of
valuable timber are being destroyed.
Japanese Wedding
Frank Tokijiro OKitsu and Masae
Okitau, both of this city, were married
last evening by Judge I?e Fevre. The
bride is the daughter of K. Ukitsu, the
Main street tailor and the groom has
for some time past been employed in
the jeweiry store of J. Ikuta in this city.
The Fifth Avenue hotjl is the big
gest and best appointed hostelry in all
the north
LOS f:? A cimera, which was likely
left in some store during the past week.
Lsave in this office and receive reward.