No. 18:' TENTH YEAR
SKAItWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1907
PRICE 10 CENTS
ill FIGHTS SNAKE ISO
FEET yP IN THE 1
Trenton, N, J , Sept. .'J? While John ^
Hu'eliiu-on, a Master at the quarries of |
the county workhouse, twelve miles
above this city, was working yrsterday
he was attached t>v a huge pilot snake,
which had crawled from a rock fissure
At the time ho was on a r?pe ladder
!')0 feet from the lop of the qumie?.
Nearly a hundred of the prisoners ?nd
Hutcbiusoi'a fellow workmen watched
his tix'ht with the suake, unable tootTer
any help. Hutchinson had a stick of
dvnamite in his free hand: he could not
drop the dy ok mile because of the pris
oners at the quarry's bottom. As
quickly ;i> ho dared on the swinging
ladder, ho put the dynamite in his
coat pocket ami drew From it a siuall
steel drill. With this he struck ?t the
snake, which hissiug fleroely, was al
ready c'ose to his head. The ladder
swung under his action and the blow
missed. The snake struck iu his turn,
but as quickly Hutchinson struck too.
lie hit the snake's head, dazing it.
Again the drill decended until the snake
slowly uncoiling from the rope, fell
dead in the pit below. The snake was
five feet, seven and throe-quarter inch
es loop.
L. A. HARRISON CO.
GAGE MILLINERY
OPENING
OF FALL HATS
IRIMMiNGS AND ffMMfS
lOESIUV \\ 2 O'CLOCK
Sale of Swisses, Batistes and Dimities
will continue thro the balance ot week
Stores open Evenings Phones 4 and 55
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One Thing VVe Distinctly Aim at
in This Business
Is that every man who
know* us or reads our
ads. will know that
this is the store for
quality in clothing.
We would rather be
kuown 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 &
Marx and David
Adler S Sons
Clothing and we want
you to know it. We
cannot give you any
better evidence of our
standard qualities than
that they are the best
ni ade.
-VSSF
Copyright 390) bf
Harr Srhafri? Marx
Qayson $ go. j
Che One Price ?lotbiers-fourlb and Broadway!
WHAT IT COSTS 10 LIVE
IN THE DAWSON TOWNS
C. C. Cole, American cffnunl at Daw -
sou, Alaska, hut prepared an interest
infc, anil in one seuse attractive, table
showing wages mil salaries paid In the
Yukon country. Mechanics, be says,
get *10 for a ten bour dav, and
common laborers rarely less than 95 a
dav. Clerks worii iiig in stores gei from
{150 u J.'IOO a mouth, and wages for
every kind of work Is high In pro
pjrtion.
If this should make you feel like
pulling up etakes and making tracks
for the Yukon, wait until some other
figures given out by Mr. Cole are cited,
Uojiding bouse keepers charge on an
average of 9 100 a month for board aod
lodgine, and a single square meal at a
BRIDGE OVER STREET IN PHILADELPHIA
IS DESTROYED BY THE FRIENDS
OF ONION WORKMEN
'I'lii' Daily Alaskan Cable.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3-The Baltimore
& Ohio bridge which was in course of
construction over Cory street was,
wrecked by a bomb last nleht shortly
after midnight. The bridge was being1 j
built by the company and with non- .
union lalwr. and it is alleged the work
of distinction was the a t of un on j
sympathizers.
[Lim BOOT
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ANOTHER MEMBER OF ROOSEVELT CABI
NET WILL ENTER RACE FOR REPOB
Tln> Daily Alaskan Cable.
Pari*. Sept. *i -In the Matin this
afternoon Haul Morton predicts that
Klihue Hoot will shortly announce him
self as a candidate and asserts that
there is no stronger or belter man.
restaurant cannot he had for le? than
f '.l Kegs are sold at $2 a iluzea. coal Is
$20 a ton am) milk is 35 cent* a quart.
The ouiy comparatively low price is on
beef and butter, each of which sell at
50 conks a round.
It seems, therefore, that wages In
the Vukon goo? just about high enough
to enable a man to lire modestly?
certainly no better than here at borne
on much less. Such figures as Mr.
Cote'* tune all the romance out of a trip
to Alaska, ard many imp?tuO'.:? "yiffutl.s
and dissai :i d in *n who hid about
made up their mi <ds to go to Alaska to
pet rich ?udt1*n'jr, will change the:t
minds about it and -'av where they
are. ? United .Vine Wjrkers' Journal.
LAST LEYTE
OUTLAW GONE
PULAJANISM THAI ONCE FLOURISHED IN
PHILIPPINES HAS BEEN ERADICATED j
- SOLDIERS ARE WITHDRAWN
Washington. Sep*. 3 l'ulajunism has
been eradicated in the island of Leyte
for the first time, it is skid, since the
American occupation, accord np 'o *d
vices received at the war department,
and peaceful conditions now prevail
there.
It is said there is but one chieftain,
Felipe Ydor, with three followers, still
at larpe. Co'onel Smith, Major Bell
and all the American troops bare with
drawn from the fle'd service In the
province. KfTorls are being imde to
have the people return to their barrio<.
and to this end officers are assuring
them that the trouble is over.
The Daily Alaskan t^blo.
Oyster llay, Sept. ,1- President Hoose
velt will surt his trip on September 30
and will end on October 5. He will
make addresses in Missouri, ttlluois,
Iowa aud Tennessee.
= Our =
Ro$* Brand
Butter
Has Stood The Test? It is the best
that money can buy
GANTY & FRANDSON
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
BUYS IRE WARSHIPS
Glasgow, Sept. ;l -It hH just leaked
out here (hat the order recently given
by the J-ipanese government to the
Fairfield Shipbuilding company for an
18, 000-ton battleship, which will be one
of the most formidable warship- afloat,
I* but the forerunner of a big order
which includes three other warship*
and two battleships of the Dreadnaught
In speaking of the Haines country
which be vlsitid last week, Mayo-l'oo
wav sail) to The Al?>.?a yesterday.
"I mink lhat loo much credit cannot be
(riven to the U. S. I load Com minion
for th? road work llicy hare born doing
in the vicinity of Haines. AI' of the
work that has been completed it of the
best character possible. The rosi** are
wide and hare been built to s ?y. The
adrent of the Itoad Commiwion into
ibis part of the country is certainly
a fortunate thing for this section of
Alaska."
CABLE STOPPED
Owing to the fact that the cable
operated but a portion of the day, The
Alaskan is forced to go to prep* this
afternoon with only a partial rejort of
the telegraph new* of the day. The
cable will be working at 9 o'clock
tonight, and tomorrow The Alaskan
will contain Its usual full report,
Word has just been received thai
Miss AdeJa Verne and Mrs. Walter
Warreu Drt-ssfcr will arrive in lime to
give a concert here on Thursday even
ing next. Ticket* will lie placed or.
sale for reserved seats at Britt's dreg
store tomorrow morning ai 9 o'clock.
The concert will be helJ Thursday
evening at 9 o'rloc* in Elks' hall and
will be under the direction of the K'ks"
lodge of this city. P. H. Ganty ha?
kindly offered toa'iow Miss Verne the
use of hi? piano, and she will thus be
certain of hiving an excellent irstrn
uient for her coming performance.
Ijpe.
Great wcrcey is V?inp mam'aln?i m
to the of tb<> rw?*i?, but natal
ft:vhlt?>c!? f?roiliar with furh <t.ir.?rt
predioi the o?w online* of dettroctloa
will follow along about the ??m? !io??
aa tbow of the Preadntufht. The
slraeglh of her armor and the etteol
of the armament hare cot h*en mad*
public.
ELECTION MAY
BE SURPRISE
Thr l??ily t la-kirn C?Me.
Lincoln Neb . Sept. 3 -The flrat elec
tion under the primary 1** p?a*ec! it
tli" )a?t legislature will be held in tbia
citj tomorrow, In Tie* of the tangled
condition of party lire* ?od the ?tren|fth
that Is expected lo develop fronr the In
dependent Trie, mar.y politic*) ror
prlaes are expected.
HIE NEWS
OF THE BOATS
Whlu hotae, Sept. .1? (*p atream -
The White ho tr yesterday. The I>aw
eon arrived at a m. The ? ana. Han
*u at Ynkoo < "mating a'. 4 a m The
Prospector was at Yitkon (rowing at 4
a. m. Tbe Cura was at Se'ktrk at 10
a. m.
Down dream The Virtoriaa ??? at
Tantalu* at ? a, m The Selkirk wa? at
Stewart at " .TO a m. The Whiteh.>r??
Next ?ai ine Tbe Oawaon tonight.
The fara-lim Tbiiraday.
1 B T0W8HT
There will be * meeting of the A.
R i tonight, at which three rh-^ehacoi*
will be tattm - are of A!! aoonjough*
who can poaeMy attend are earnestly
WASTKO - Four men to work oo
ih* atreeu Oty work and * >(K to
be paid ia forty t'r.u an hoar Apply
loO. W. 1)1 II urn. S'r^et C<wlwlliu?r,
SWa?'war, ^laaki. IM 4t
PliowoCtty Tr???f?r
For yoor . 0*1. wood and general ha?l
ing. ("hone 90. Hoafhtou1* et*?r
?tore.
qbmington
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gaitty $t Trandson
Agents for SKagway
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