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No. 165. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1909 PRICE, 10 ?ENTS
Two men were injured by an explo
slon of dynamite in the Venus mine
near Caribou late yesterday afternoon.
Neither of the men were seriously
hurt. Bert Taylor is one of tho in
jured men. Tho name of the other
cannot be learned.
About fifty pounds of dynamite is
said to have exploded.
SEATTLE SHYSTERS COPPED COIN
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. LH-c. 10? N. Lebevitz. an
Alaska minor, has secured a warrant
fharsiiiR Attorneys Cogswell and Caa
t v of Seattle with grand larceny. He
alleges that he paid them $8,000 to
locate some timber land for him.
They took the money but did not lo
cate the land.
MONEY LEADS
THE MINORITY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 10? Sen
ator Hernando Do Soto Money of .Mis
sissippi was elected Democratic lead
er in the Senate at a caucus of the
Democratic Senators held last night |
COOK RESliNG
III SANITARIUM
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WELLS. Me. Dec. 10 ? Dr. Cook Is
resting in a sanitarium near here.
He is said to be suffering from a
nervous break down.
sewaInow ;
IS LOCATED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Dec. 10 ? ' The statue of
William Henry Seward has been give
a permanent location in Volunteer
park.
DATE SET FOR
SECOND TRIAL
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10? The
date of the second trial of Patrick
Calhoun on a charge of bribery has
been set for Jan. 10.
L
DECIDE FATE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
OLYMPIA, Wash, Dec. 9? The stat
has rested in the trial of Otis Ham
il'on. former adjutant general of the
Washington National Guards, who is
accused of embezzlement.
Tlw defence made a motion that
the case be dismissed, alleging that
the evidence was insufficient to show
tha' any crime had been committed.
The judge over ruled the motion
and the trial will proceed.
Don't forget the A. B. benefit ball
n?xt Monday night. The bit; event of
the social season.
Dr. L. S. Keller left for Haines ou
the Georgia. He will return to Skag
wav on the first boat.
There is -
Wonderful
Showing
of Various
Styles here in
Suits and |
Overcoats .... $
From
$12.50 up
to $30.00 I
jKUtmor*-**
I LYNCH & KENNEDY!
T The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladie?.' Furnishers T
STEWART RIVER GAUNTRY " IS
GREAT FIELD FOR DREDGING
Dan A. Matheson, manager of the
Stewart River Gold Dredging company
which has 60 miles of dredging con
cessions on the Stewart and McQues
ten rivers and also 70 claims on the
latter stream, arrived In town Tues
day and will go south 011 the Jeffer
son. Mr. Matheson will visit Kansas
City and Winnipeg a.id return to the
Yukon about March.
While outside he will purchase a
big dredge with a nine-foot bucket
which will be worked on the McQues
ten river next summer.
"This summer we spent in prospect-;
ing," said Mr. Matheson. "and we arot
convinced that we have a wonderful
ly rich field for dredging. At the
very lowest values we can profitably
work our dredge and some of our
holdings are very rich.
"A dredge can operate at an ex
pense of not more than 15 cents a
cubic yard and we can average 5,000 '
yards a day on a straight 21 hour
run. At this time I don't core to
say how much our grounds will av
erage, but I can assure you that
there is a big profit in each yard we
handle. There are no boulders in our
concessions and it will be plain sail
ing.
" 'Gold, gold, gold, more gold, that
is the cry of the commercial world
today. And Alaska and the Yukon
offer the greatest possibilities of
gold production. The eyes of capital
ists the world over are turned on the
north and from now on I predict a
more rapid development of the coun
try. There are miles and miles of pay
ing dredger lands in the Yukon and
Alaska and I have no hesitancy In
predicting that within the next fifteen
years there will be at least fifty
dredges working on the Stewart and
McQuesten rivers alone. How many
there will be in the entire Yukon I
don't care to hazard a guess."
MOTHER CAMP TO ENTERTAIN
VISITING ARCTIC BROTHERS
"The latch-strlng of Camp Skagway
No. 1, Arctic Brotherhood will b<
hanging on the outside Saturday
night."
The brothers of the mother camp]
will give an old fashioned sour dough '
smoker for the twenty-two visiting
brothers who are now in Skagway ^
from Dawson and other camps, includ
ing some of the notable men of the
Yukon.
Arrangements for the smoker will
be perfected at a special meeting of
Camp Skagway toniglu. There will be
good things a-plenty to eat, drink
and smoke, and there will be a long
program of musical numbers, both
vocal and instrumental, toasts, stories
and good fellowship in general.
The smoker will not be strictly con
fined to A. B.'s and verbal invita
tions will be issued to "out sidera."
A hiyu skookum time is promised.
STAGE BRINGS !
?aBsjctsr ? ^ 'v 1
DAWSONITES
The White Pass stage from Dawson
arrived at Whitehorse at 7:30 last
night with the following passengers:
M. A. Pinska, William Taylor, W. R.
Thomas, G. I. C. Barton, Ben Volk
man, E. E. McCarthey, A. W. H.
Smith, Alf Watson, Tom Barton an<l
Mohammid Kahn.
Dr. Henry Young, member of the
Provincial parliament from Atlin, and
Capt. Bragg arrived on the train toda
Jack Chambers and William Symes
have been patrolling the town dur
ing the windy weather on the look
out for fires.
LEGAL LIGHT -
LOSES FAITH
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK.. Dec. 10? Henry Wack
personal attorney for Dr. Cook, has
resigned his post. It is believed that
Wack has lost confidence in Cook.
This action upon the part of hi3 at
torney. It Is believed, will force Cook
to take some action to establish the
truth o X his claims that he reached
the north pole.
Littlo Helen Hlllery, who has been
suffering from pneumonia, is greatly
Improved today. Her temperature is
lower and she rested easily last
night.
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Ml HO TO RESIGN
9
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
LONDON, Eng. Dec. 10 ? It is learned
from reliable authority that the Unit
ed States through Secretary of State
Konx has demanded the resignation
of President Zelaya of Nicaragua, to
take place not later than Dec. 31.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 10? The
Department of State denies that it
has requested the resignation of
President Zelaya.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Dec. 10? A
cable message received here from Cor
into, states that Zelayu has ordered
all Americans in Nicaragua to be put
to death.
CORINTO, Nicaragua. Dec. 10 ?
Pour American, war ships are anchor
ed in the harbor, cleared for action.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua. Dec. 10 ? It
Is believed here that President Ze
laya has promised President Taft to
rcr'gn within three weeks.
ANNUAL CARIBOU TREK NOW ON
DAWSON, Y. T. Nov. 9? Bill Stoner
who is leaving for the Thirty
mile road house on the Glacier
trail, which he will open for
the winter, reports that the car
ibou herd in that direction is mov
ing northward, and is far out. FV>r
a time it was within twenty miles of
Dawson, but is nov said to be forty
miles out.
It is estimated by Bill that there are
5,000 caribou in the herd. Stoner and
Billings, whose teams happen to be o
the West Dawson side, are planning to
haul the caribou to town. The Indian,
have been bringing In considerable of
late with dogs.
John Baker, who brought down a
supply of caribou from White river, e
tlmates that the herd west of Dawson
is not nearly a a large as some think.
He believes it cannot exceed 700. Carl
Faulkner got eight and says that each
was found a mile apart.
On the Sixty-mile river last year
the herd was weeks in crossing, and
those who watched them during all th
time said the total must have run Int
the hundreds of thousands, while some
thought half a million to a million
would not be putting it too strong. ?
Seattle P. I.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHERRY, 111. Dec. 10? The Invest- j
gallon of the causes of the recent
disaster In the St. Paul mine ended 1
today. The investigating board have [
no' yet issued a verdict.
HOUSE MEETS AND ADJOURNS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 10? The :
House of Representatives went into
brief session today and adjourned un- 1
til Tuesday. '
SWITCHMEN GO
BACK 10 WORK
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
BUTTE, Mont. Dee. 10? The strik
ing switchmen at Butte have called off
the strike and returned to work.
A. B. SPECIAL MEETIN6 JT 7.30 P. Id.
There will be a special meeting to
night at 7:30 of Camp Skagway No. 1,
Arctic Brotherhood for the purpose of
making arrangements to entertain
visiting brothers within our gates.
F. S. CLIFF, V. A. C.
F. J. ROSENBERG, A. R.
Dec. 10, 1909.
These are the
CLOTHES
That Give Us
Standing
We ?hall continue to sell de
pendable garments because
they are the only sort that give .
a store'real'standing. We be
lieve in dependable merchaiv
disc 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
(WILL CM CLOTHIER I