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No. H TWELFTH YEAK.
iSKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY JUNE 17. 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS
PRIM UW DECUED VOID
(By United Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, III., June 16.?' Th"
supreme court of Illinois today hand
,??1 down a decision declaring that
tuo primary election law was uncon-l
stitutlonal and an illegal method of j
nominating state aud national offi
cers.
A special session of the legislature
i?iay bo called. Albert Hopkins, who
was defeated for the United States
Senate by William Lorlmer, may
again be a candidate for the Senate
under the ruling of the sifprenie
court.
TWENTY KILLED B! WIND
(By United Press)
JOPLIX, Mo.. June 71? Aa the re-j
swept tiio towns of Purdy and
which swept the towns of Purdy and
Vonnett last night, twenty persons
are dead and a number arc suffering
from injuries caused by the wrecking
ct buildings. Both the towns are
practically wrecked, and the property
loss at this time cannot be com
puted.
STEAMER HUNS
ON THE SHORE
(By United Press.)
BROOKLYN. X. Y.. Jun ; 15.? With
more than -00 passengers aboard the
liner Teutonic went ashore this noon
t.- ar tho .New Brighton ligl'thous".
The Teutonic went off h* ?? ? ourse i:i
a fog. Soiue of the pasc??D.\crs >v< "??
in a panic, but the officers and crew
soon restored order, it is b-lio\vd
that tie' Teutonic can be floated a'
high tide tonight without damage.
"HAS BEENS" 10
TACKLE "KIDS"
The muchly walloped "Has Boons" i
will tackle Tony Dortero's "Kids"
again this evening at the baseball j
grounds and big doings are slated to
come off. Prof. Gavin and Editor |
Liggett have allied themselves with
the "Has Beons"will do tho battery
stunt. Just what effect this will
have on the result is problematical.
The odds favor tho "Kids" ten t<>
three.
1LEFT I
Major Wilds I'. Richardson. head
cf the Alaska Koad Commission, loft
today 011 the Cottage City, aflor a
week's visit in Skagway, for Seat
lie. After a short stay in Seattle
Major Richardson will return to tl'?
west coast of Alaska and remain
there all summer supi rintendiug the
load eoiistriiction.
Major Richardson stated la.-i night
tnat the principal work to be ilon>
this summer would be on the sum
mer wagon road from Valdez to Fair
banks. This road will be almost com
pleted by fall and will bo in ?ootl j
shape early next year.
"We expect it to be a bis factor
is. the development of Alaska." said j
Major Richardson, "as it will inak<
transportation into Fairbanks cheaper
and allow the prospector to work at
less expense, la this way it wilij
open up the adjacent region a
thereby help the development of;
tvery part of Alaska."
Coming by Ketchikan, a steamship
whistled and awoke the people out
cf a sweet slumber at - o'clock in ,
the morning. The Miner says they
were very mad. j
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SUM SOU 10 HIVE
LIVE COMM. CLUB
Movement To Exploit And
Boose The Town Is Heart
ily Endorsed At Good
Sized Gathering
In response to a call for the pur-j
l?oso of organizing a Commercial
Club In Skagway, more than thirty
business men and citizens gathered:
in the town hall last night and ef
fected a preliminary organization
which promises to give, Skagway a
wide-awake business body.
Xo actual organization was com
pleted last night, but a committee
consisting of V. I. llahn, II. II. Dra
per and \\\ \V. Liggett, was appoint
ed to interview the merchants, busi
ness men and citizens of the to'vn
for tin- purpose of securing members
and the promise of actual attendance
at the meetings. * This committee
will canvass the town and report at
a meeting which will probably be
held early next week. Already a
majority of the business men niul
merchants have promised to join the I
club and a large number of wage
earners and sallied men have an
i.ounccd their intention of coming in.
Mayor Ashley was elected tempo
rary chairman of the meeting. He
suited that the meeting hud been
called for the purpose of organizing
a club which would exclusively de
vote itself to upbuilding and exploit
ing the commercial enterprises of
l ho town.
E. J. Shaw stated that Skagway
needed a commercial body and that
the merchants and businss men
should forget their personal differ
ences, if any existed, and get out
and work for the good of the town.
Ho staled that he would be ulad to
contribute to the financial support
of the club and was hartily in favor I
(<f it.
C. Ilunner said that Skagway
needed some concerted effort along
the Hill's proposed and that such ef
forts would bring results if the right
men wore selected to head the club
and the people of the town supported
them.
? II. Bowman stated that the success
of the undertaking depended upon
the amount of Interest taken in it.
A commercial club could help the
town in many ways if it were proper
ly supported.
II. II. Draper was of the opinion
?hat the proposed organization would
| bo of great benefit to the material
interests of Skagway. He said that
r.s secretary of the old Chamber of
Commerce he received advertising
literature from cities all over the
United StaU>s and that Skagway had
! r.one to return. He felt that Skag
way could be advertised to advan
tage at a slight cost. He urged all
the people of the town to get to
gether and work with a single pur
! pose in boosting Skagway. Ho was
sure it would bring results.
\V. W. Houghton stated that the
merchants and business men should
contribute enough money to get a
good man secretary to carry on the
work of advertising and exploitation.
Great good could be accomplished In
this way. He strongly endorsed the
movement
W. W. Liggett told of the muni
cipal advertising that was being car
tied on by several big cities in the
United SUites and thought that
Skagway could follow this example
to good advantage on a smaller
scale. He said the cost would be
slight and that the returns would be
certain to justify the expense.
Those present at the meeting were:
W. Uritt, E. L. Miller. James McDon
ald, Dr. Gable, W. W. Boughton,
Mayor Ashley, H. Bowman, R. .J
Shaw, James Nettles, P. E. Kern,
Perry Heme, Dan McKay. Emil Kor-i
ach, C. C. Runner, Tony Dortero, |
Peter Madsen, George Woodburn, C.
ITockett, J. J. Ward, Fred Fonzo, J.
|p\ Greene, V. I. Hahn, B. A. Kindell,
B. J. Doherty, Ernest Dosch, George
Miller, W. Grant, W. MeHrlen, Tom
O'Connell, H. H. Draper, G. Hoshart,
Dan Cathcart, George Dillon and \V.
W. Liggett,
thosTpowell
FOR THE SECOND
(By United Pres3.)
i WASHINGTON. D. C., June 17.?
! The Senate confirmed the appoint
I ment of Thomas Powell for the mar
| shalship of the Second judicial div
1 islon of Alaska.
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BRYAN CULLS THE TARIFF
MAKERS BOLD BRIGANDS
(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, 111., June 16.? William
Jr.nnlngs Bryan stated this afternoon
that the proposed tariff legislation
being enacted by Congress was the
boldest piece of brigandage ever at
tempted. He accused the Republi
cans of breaking faith with the peo
ple by repudiating their campaign
promises of revision and scored the
Democratic congressmen who voted
with the Republicans.
SEATTLE, Wash. ? The finest ex-|
ample of exploitation by means of!
the panorama is exemplified in the
exhibit of the territory of Alaska at
the A.-Y.-P. exposition. The enor
mous painting has been executed un
der the direction of the United States
government and is the work of
Messrs. Gates and Morango of New
York. The scenes and local color
ing occupied more than a year in
gathering.
The panorama is 150x40 feet in
dimensions, and its perspective and
general coloring are startllngly per
fect. It shows mining operations j
being conducted in all its branches, j
and the sgenes of hydraulic and'
placcr gold workings, fishing, lumber
ing, hunting and agriculture and
every instructive feature of the ter
ritory are brought close at hand.
The foreground leading to the edge
of the painting is made up of real
earth and rocks, and where this
gives way to the canvass, a diminu
tive miner's cabin is built. The
lighting effects are skillfully arrang
ed, and fourteen cluster arc lights
show the panorama to the best ad
vantage. These are controlled by
mechanism so arranged, that the four
effects of dawn, noon, sunset and
i ght are produced. Each of these
periods are of five minutes' duration,
and the passing of early morn into
midday, then to twilight and this fol
loowed by the wonderous coloring of
far northern midnight, is beautiful
and charming in tlxe extreme.
(By United Pre??.)
SEATTLE, Wash., June 17.? In or
der to determine as to the feasibil
ity for installing acetylene gas buoys
in the inside passage to Alaskan
ports, I)r. Prichett of the U. S. Light- 1
house board, left Seattle yesterday
morning aboard the lighthouse tender
Manzunita. I)r. l'ritchett has as his
I guests, Jacob Furth, president of the
i Seattle Electric company, and
! Charles Stone of the firm of Stone
i & Webster. The Question of utiliz
FRENCHMEN
ARE SHOCKED
(By United Press)
PARIS, France, June 17.? Severe
earthquake shocks occurred at an
early hour this morning, according to
odvices received here, at Toulon, Mar
llles and other cities in that dis
trict, causing considerable damage.
The amount of damage as yet can
not be learned, as the advices are
! very meagre.
ing stored illuminating gas for the
, purpose will be throughly investi
gated, and if practicable, will be used
. in place of the acetylene.
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