EEAMES W SWEEPING JAPANESE CITY
Hundreds Killed In Mexico By Quakes And Tidal Wave
(By United Press)
MEXICO CITY. Mexico. July 31?
Acapulco was partially destroyed by j
severe earthquakes yesterday morning
and the work of ruin was greatly In
creased by a tidal wave which swept
upon the city soon after the earth
tremors.
Reliable estimates place the loss of
life at 500. The news comes direct
from Acapulco, as the telegraph line
is now working intermittently.
Chilpancingo was also practically de
stroyed by the earthquakes. Lives
were lost in nearly all the cities alon
the western coast of Mexico and the
damage done to property will amount
to millions of dollars.
The scenes in the desolated cities
are terrible. Families are separated
and in many cases the survivors have
little food. Relief for the stricken
towns has been requested by Presi
dent Diaz who issued a call for aid
today.
The reports from Acapulco state
that few Americans or English were
killed. Immediately after the earth
quakes most of the foreign residents
left the low lying town and took to
the hills, expecting the wave. They
warned the Mexicans, but' the major
ity of them were heedless of the
peril th?* threatened them and refus
ed to leave the town. The tidal
wave caused the principal loss of life.
WASHINGTON, D. C. July .'{1? Ad
vices received from Mexico late this
afternoon state that the Pacific coast
of Mexico is still being shaken by
very vio!ent quakes.
AEROPLANE SOARS LI A BIRD
(By United P-ess.)
WASHINGTON'. D. C. July ai ? Ho
fore an immense crowd Orville Wright
w:th Lieut. Foulois as a passenger,
made a sucessful flight in his
aeroplane during an exhibition yes
t- rday aftern >-?n at Fort Mey.JS.
He flew for ten miles, making a five
mile straight away flight and return,
complying with the regulations made
by the army authorities and winning
the prize of $2,500 offered for the
aviator first making such a flight.
When Wright landed after his
fl'ght thousands of people crowded
around to shake his hand and the
throng was so dense and the people
so insistent that the police and sol
diers were forced to come to the res
cue and force the crowd back.
FLOODS RAGING
IN MANCHURIA
(By United Press.)
TOKIO, Japan. July 31? A terrible
flood is raging in the province of
Chang Chun. Manchuria. Hundreds
of people have been drowned and the
livers ar- still rising.
Co to the Harvest Moon Dance by
Skagway Band, August 6.
BBITT BEATEN
BY BRITISHER
(By United Press.}
LONDON, Eng. July 31? Johnny
Summers stopped Jimmy liritt of Am
erica in the ninth round of what was
to have been a fifty round fight for
the lightweight championship of Eng
land. The fight was fast and furious.
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KAUFMAN TOYS
WITH ROLLER
(By United Pre??.)
SEATTLE, Wash. July 31? Dr. B.
F. Roller was simply a novice com
pared to A1 Kaufman In their six
round boxing match last night at the
A.-Y.-P. arena. The burly California
blacksmith toyed with the Seattle dun
tist and probably could have won by
a knockout had he so desired.
Kaufman easily outboxcd Roller
and once or twice staggered the lo
cal man with hard blows. Kaufman
never followed up his advantage, how
ever, and It Is probable that an under
standing existed that there was to be
no knockout.
Sheriff Hodge did not attempt to
stop he figh.
SAILOOI
CLOSE CULL
Slipping from the rail on the up
per deck, one of the crew of the Jef
ferson fell between the boat and the
wharf just before the vessel left Skag
way late yesterday afternoon.
The man struck his head against
the piling on the wharf, cutting a
nasty wound and knocking him aense
less. He bounded back and struck
lis head another hard blow on the
side of the ship. He was stunned
and unconscious when he hit the wa
ter.
He fell on some floating boards and
and fortunately did not sink. A sling
was hastily lowered and the inan
hauled back on board the boat. As
the Jefferson sailed south shortly af
ter the accident the man's name nor
the extent of his injuries could not bo
learned.
Private dinners, suppers and lunch
eon parties are given personal atten
tion by the proprietors of the Pack
Train Restaurant. Special menus got
ten up on short notice for all occas
inos.
JACK O'BRIEN
BEATS FLYNN
J it.
(By United Press.)
DENVER, Colo. July 31 ? Jack O'
Brien outpointed Jim Flynn, the fight
ing fireman, by a wide margin In a
six round boxing bout held last night
In this city. Philadelphia Jack show
ed great form and was in and out like
a flash, Jabbing and stabbing Flynn
from every angle. Flynn could hardl.
land an effective blow.
O'Brien's blows carried little steam,
however, and Flynn was the fresher
at the end of the fight.
ATHLETES SET
NEW RECORDS
f ,
t .
NEW HAVEN, Conn, .hjly-24?
John Flanagan of the Irish-American
Athletic club of New York, broke the
world's record at throwing the 16
pound hammer here today, hurling it
a distance of 184 feet 4 inches.
MONESEN. Pa., July 24? Percy
Smallwood, of Wales, gave a remark
able exhibition of running here today.
He raced against three men for five
ulles, each of his opponents running
one and two-thirds miles. Smallwood
finished half a Rile In fin load. HI*
time being 24 minutes 16 second-'.
27 4-5 seconds i'aster than tne world's
professional five-mile record.
BUSINESS DULL HI NOME
John Sandstrom, a mining man who
left Nome, June 16th for Seattle, was
a visitor In Skagway yesterday, com
ing up on the St. Croix. Mr. Sand
ftrom returned to Juneau and will go
to Cordova, where he expects to lo
cate.
Mr. Sandstrom said that business
was dull in Nome this season. He
states that he expects the toal clean
up #or the year will not exceed $3,500,
000.
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GANTY & FRANDSON
(By United Press)
OSAKA, Japan. July 31 ? A terrific
fire is sweeping the city of Osaka.
Five thousand houses have already
been destroyed and the loss of life is
enormous.
Every effort is being made to sub
due the flames, and soldiers, sailors,
police and citizens are assisting the
firemen to fight the flames and to
rescue lives and property.
Under direction of army officers,
dynamite is being used to check the
progress of the flames and entire
blocks have been blown up.
Soldiers are being rushed in from
all the nearby garrisons to help fight
the fire and restore order.
The water in the big aquaducts that
supply the city is almost boiling hot.
Several of the big warehouses along
the water front) have burned.
The situation is desperate.
(Editor's Note) Osaka has a popula
tion of more than one million and is
one of the principal commercial cities
cf Japan. It is a great' manufacturing
center and the government mint and
arsenal are located there.
RIOTERS ARE TO BE EXECUTED
(By United Press.)
BARCELONA, Spain. July 31? Two
hundred rioters who were arrosted for
participating in the military riots of
last Tuesday, when crowds of enfur
iated people tried to prevent the
sending away of several regiments of
soldiers, have been tried by court
martial and condemned to death by
shooting.
Order is being restored botli in this
city and in Catalonia.
TORPEDO FLEE!
EXPECTED SOON
According to Purser Morgan of the
Jefferson, the torpedo flotilla consist
ing of eight torpedo boats which left
Seattle some days ago for a cruise
In Alaskan waters will be in Skagway
early next week. The Jefferson pas
sed the torpedo boats at Ketchikan
early Thursday morning.
The torpedo flotilla will go to Sit
ka and then stop at Skagway.
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HER REPORTS
The steamer ? Dawson passed Stew
art River at 8 o'clock this morning
bound up stream. The steamer White
horse arrived at Whltehorse at 4:l*>
o'clock yesterday afternoon with thir
teen passengers.
The Casca passed Selkirk at 2 o'
clock this morning and the Bonanza
King left Whltehorse with ISO tons
of freight.
J The Whltehorse will leave White
I horse tonight.
The Gleaner arrived at Caribou at
4:40 o'clock this morning with 8 pas
sengers. -
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