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No. *? TWELFTH YEAK.
8KAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY, 2 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS
TOMORROW 1 EAGLE
WILL LOW SM
All the preparations for the Fourth
of July celebration have been com
pleted, and if tomorrow dawns bright
.uid warm, as the weather seems to
?udicate it will, the celebration prom
ises to be one of the most success
ful ever held in Skagway.
The Georgia will leave Juneau to
i.ight with the Douglas baseball team
and a crowd of rooters on board. A
number of people are also expected
up from Haines and Fort Seward.
The Georgia is scheduled to arrive
in Skagway at !' : 30 tomorrow morn
ing.
The excursion train from White
horse will leave early in the morning
,;nd is due in Skagway at II o'clock.
At least 130 people are expected from
Whitehorse and points along the line.
1 he Whitehorse band and baseball
team will be on board.
About twenty people from White- 1
horse arrived or. the train this after
noon. among them being the men
.snd women bowlers who will bow 1
the Klks' teams to niKlit for the !
Whitehorse trophy. The women's
bowling sanies will start at 6:30 this
evening and the men will bowl at 8 1
?? c'ock.
The dance at Klks' hall in honor
cf the visitors from Whitehorse will
start at 9 o'clock. Reed's orchestra
v ill furnish the music and an enjoy
able dance is expected. The ballot- 1
ing in the Goddess of Liberty contest
v ill be finished at the dance tonight.
The motor boat race will be the
first event tomorrow, it will start
it 9 o'clock in the morning from
Moore's wharf. The boats will race to
I.'urro creek and return for a hand
Mime silver cup. Right boats are en
t< red and the rivalry is keen. There
lias been considerable betting on this
l\ent.
At 10 o'clock the juvenile athletic,
rotit?-sts will take place at the ball
p:.rk.
At 12:30 the first baseball game
a ill commence.
Immediately after the first game
is finished the 100 yards dash and
fat men's race will be pulled off in
side the base ball park. The 10 mile
Marathon race for the purse will
then be started and while this race
is being run the high jump, broad '
J. nip. shot put anil ."0 yard dash will
bt pulled off within the running
track and directly in front of the
, and stand.
The second baseball game will start
at 3:30 p. in.
The half mile run and relay race
[ between four men teams will follo\v
the second ball game and the final
game for the prize of $200 will then
; be played by the baseball teams.
The 1.000 foot running track has
been put in good shape and a number
icf athletes from outside towns are
1 entered in the different events.
At 7 o'clock tiie host* race will bo
pulled off on Fourth avenue, the fin
| h being directly in front of the
v liite Pass club. Two teams from
>kagway and one from Whitehors'-'
arc entered in this event for the $">0
prize.
Tiie mountain climbing race to the
?? p of Mt. Dewey and return for a
I rize of $20 will start at S o'clock
and at !> o'clock the grand Fourth of
July ball will be given at the White
! ass club.
Promptly at 1 1 o'clock the e will
be a beautiful display of fire works
fi~m the top of Mt. Dewey and at
midnight the first of '.he mountain
climbers are expected to return.
Sunday afternoon t'.ier:; will be a
baseball game between Tony J.Vt te
ro's "El Arabes" and son..' other ju
venile team.
The Skagway and Whitehorse
bands will be present tomorrow and
enliven the day with music. All the
stores in lower town will be deco
rated and the committee on decora
tions have draped the grand stand
in bunting and will string flags across
Broadway at several points.
Taken all in all tin- celebration
of tiie fourth wil! be one of tiie
most memorable ever held in Skag
way.
BRITISH STEAMER SEIZEO
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, July I. ? United
States customs officers seized the
Uritish steamer Ethel today acting
on the belief that the vessel is a
filibuster.
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ANOTHER EXCURSION BOAT 10
BE PLACED OK SKAGWAY RUN
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. July 1.? The steamer St.
Croix owned by Schubach & Hamilton
will be withdrawn from the Nome
run and will carry excursions to
Southeastern Alaska. The tourist
iraffic north will assume phenominal
proportions this year.
CYCLONE SWEEPS NORTH DAKOTA
(By United Press)
GRAND FORKS, N. L>., July 1.?
Early this morning a tornado swept
through Leeds, Brlnsmado, York,
Knox and other small towns adja
cent and from the fragmentary re
ports received it is believed that
many people have been killed.
Relief trains have been dispatched
from Grand Forks and Fargo and
Gov. Burke has called upon the other
towns in the state for aid In helping
fhe people who have been made
homeless.
The storm, which was accompanied
by ball, did great damage to the
wheat fields in the northern part of
the state.
10 WILL WIN ?
' Who will in the Goddess of Lib-i
erty contest? That's the all absorb- 1
ing question of the hour.
At noon today Miss Carrie Benson,
the popular Skagway girl, was still
leading by a comfortable margin.
But there was a suspicious quietness
in the voting this morning which
looks as if large numbers of votes
would be registered just before the
polls close.
The railroad boys at Bennett are
determined to land the honor for Miss
Sophia Rull and have placed a large
amount of money in Skagway to be
spent at the last moment.
The polls close at it o'clock, but
the voting will be continued at mid
night at the dance given at Elks'
hall. The winner will be announced
before the dance closes.
The standing of the contestants
today is as follows:
.Miss Carrie Benson 235
.Miss Sophia C. Rull 210
Miss Koxy Martin 13!)
Miss Katie Wright 27
Miss Minnie Wolff 10
Miss Olive Spriug8ted B>
Miss Fay Stlnebaugh 9
Miss Mildred Ward 5
Miss Lillian Doran 3
Tickets are on sale at Boughton's,
Britt's, Vienna Bakery, Tony Por
tero's, Draper's, Kirmse's, Clayson's
and Kappuzzi's.
A special dispatch from Juneau
states that the Taylor Stock com
pany made a big hit in Juneau with
their performance last night The
thespians will arrive on the City of]
Seattle and present plays in Skag
way on Monday and Tuesday nights, j
RIVER JPBRIS
The steamer Selkirk arrived at
Whltehorse at 11:45 o'clock yesterday
n.orning with 10 passengers ami will
leave for Dawson tonight.
The steamer Whltehorse passed
Stewart river at 8 o'clock last night
and the Casca arrived at Big Salmon
at 1 o'clock this morning, bo'n bound
upstream.
The Dawson, bound down stream,
passed Coffee Creek at 8 o'clock this
morning.
SALOONS ARE'.HARD HIT
(By United Press.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 1.? The
Tennessee liquor law which provides
that no Intoxicating liquors can be
sold within four miles of any school
house became effective today and as
a result many saloons must go out of
business throughout the state.
TRAIN ROBBERS ELUSIVE
(By United Press.)
VANCOUVKK, B. C., July 1.? The
train robbers who shot and killed
Constable Decker of Ashcroft last
Monday night have eluded all posses
sent in pursuit, and it Is believed they
are hiding in the mountans.
Chris C. Shea returned from Juneau
en the Dolphin yesterday and left
last night, on the same boat for Ju
i eau.
The Pack Train Restaurant is the
only first class restaurant in Skag
vay. Open all night. Prompt ser
\ice. 3t
lio to the Pack train restaurant
for your Sunday French Dinner. The
very best of everything the market t
affords. Ice creani served free with
cur Sunday dinner. S. tf
Stop at tho Caribou hotel when in
Carcross. Fine fishing and hunting
in tho immediate vicinity. Overlooks
tho beautiful shores of the lake. E.
W. Gideon, prop.
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ENGLISH WOMEN HE
FIBKELY WITH PDLKE
(By UnTted Press.)
LONDON, Eng., July 1. ? Thousands
of women suffragists engaged in a
fierce riot with the police last night
while making an effort to storm the
House of Commons.
Several hundred women were ar
rested and many of them were seri
ously injured, being bruised and
trampled in the crush. Hund'eds of
men sympathised witli the suffra
gettes and battled with the police.
Rocks, were thrown and several mem
bers of the police were knocked un
conscious.
Windows in the House of Commons
were broken by missies and the en
tire district was n an uproar for sev
eral hours.
TIFT DECLARES HIMSELF
(By United Press.)
NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 1.? At
a dinner given at Yale college last
night President Taft made the prin
cipal speech. He stated that the.
wishes of the great mass of the
people in the United States were for
a reduction in the present tariff sched
ules. He said the Republican party
must heed the wishes of the people
or suffer the consequences.
It is believed that President Taft's
speech signifies that he will veto the
Payne tariff bill if it passed by Con
in-oss in its present form.
GEOLOGIST IS
COMING NORTH
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, July 1.? Alfred Brooks
u.ilod from Seattle on the steamer
Northwestern today for Cordova on
his twelfth annual geological survey
of Alaska. Mr. Brooks and party will
proceed up the Copper river from
Cordova and make a brief visit to
I no Nizina district and then proceed
overland to Fairbanks. Later lie will
survey the Berner bay and Eagle
river districts near Juneau.
In addltioir to the regular services
iu the morning there will be a patri
otic exrclse at the Presbyterian !
church next Sunday evening at 8
o'clock. There will patriotic songs
and special sermon for the occasion. |
A volunteer choir will sing. All are
invited to attend.
MRS. DOLLAR .
WELL NAMED
(By United Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.? Stan
icy R. Dollar, the well known coast
? teaniship man, has filed a divorce
suit against his wife on the grounds
t) at he is unable to pay her bills.
His complaint alleges that Mrs. Dol
lar is extravagant beyond reason and
spends money with reckless prodigal
ity. Mr. Dollar states that he lias at
tempted to reason with her but that
si.e refuses to heed him and runs
large bills of which he is unaware
i ntil called upon for payment.
The motor boat race will start at
!) a. m. from Moore's wharf and all
contestants are notified to be at the
float with their ooats on time. All
boats must be operated by the owner.
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