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RAS BEES ILL
(By Al*s?a News Bureau.)
STRIKERS ARE
TO
(By Alaska New* SureauJ
8'E C85IK HIKtSS MIES
(By Aiatka New* Bureau.)
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LYNCH & KtNENDY
TKt Up-T?-DaSe Haberdashers Mad Latiies Furnishers
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 18? Ac
cording to the return* of the Onsut
bureau the population of Alaska June
The native population Is about 30,
000, which gives Alaska a white popu
lation. of approximately 60,000.
The census of 1900 gave Alaska a
population of 63,592, Including both
uaMves atvl whites.
(By Alaska Ntws Bureau.)
REDDING, Coon. April 18? The
physUtaiu have abandoned all hop*- !
of saving the life of Samuel Clem
ens (Mark Twain) and the old writer,
well aware that the end is near. Is
aw.ii ting death, self possessed, smil
sis and philosophical
Mir LICKS
JIM STEWART
(By Alaska Newt Bureau.)
PARIS, France. April 18 ? Sam Mc
V. y, he California negro, gave Jim
Stewart of New York such a beating
in their flgbt Satin-day night at the
Cirque de Paris that Stewart quit in
the isth round. The fight was sched
to 50 twenty rounds.
BANDITS HOLD UP ill TRAIN
(By Alaska Ntvts Bureau)
BENK3A. Cal. April 18? The Chint
Japaa mail on the east bouud South
ern Pacific mail train was held up by
several masked bandits this morning
several miles east of here. The mail
and express cars were rifled and a
sack of registered mall waa stolen.
The value of the registered mail is
not known.
TEDDY CHEERED
W THOUSANDS
(By Alaska Naws Buraau.)
BUDAPEST, Hungary. April 18 ?
Theodore Roosevelt arrived here this
morning and was greeted by a cheer
ing throng of thousands of people.
JEFF A L
(By Alaska News Buraau.)
NEW YORK. April IS ? Billy De
laaey. former manager of Jim Jeffries
and James J. Corbett, stated today
that he believes Jack Johnson will
tief eat Jeffries.
"Jeff has been out of the ring too
long," said Dei&ney. "and the best
man in the world can't come back
ifter he has been in retirement for
six years. Johnson is a dangerous
customer and as much as I hate to
think k 1 am forced to believe that
the colored man is going to be the
winner in the Fourth of July fight "
A COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEETING
The Ssagway Commercial club will
neet Tuesday at 8 p. m. at the town
hall for the purpose of discussing the
best means of distributing the 10,000
advertising booklets which are uow
being printed by The Alaskan and to
dispose of several other matters
which have come up since the last
laeetlng.
Sec. Miller has two communications
from Delegate Wickersham in regard
to the Skagway-Haines mail- service
and the Geological survey for the
Skagwaj district which will be of in
terest to the club members.
PRINCESS Mi) AT MIDNISHT
The Princess May left Wrangell at
2 this morning and is expected in
Skagway about midnight. The May
has 47 passengers and tlO tons of
freight. The May will load 108 tons
of ore from the big Tiling mine and
consequently will not sail south much
before 9 tomorrow morning.
The Humboldt was scheduled to
sail from Seattle Saturday night for
Skagw ay.
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THE WALL ID WILL RETIRE
(By Alaska News Bureau)
PROVIDENCE, R. I. April 18? Sen
ator Nelson W. Aldrlch announced to- '
day that under no circumstances will
he be a candidate for re-election to
the United States Senate. Senator
Aldrich's term, expires March 3, 1911.
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY ENORMOUS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW ORLEANS, La. April 18? It
is estimated that the property loss
caused by the tornado which swept
the gulf states Saturday will amount
to two billion dollars. Thousands of
acres of fruit trees have been destroy
ed and hundreds and hundreds of
dwellings have been wrecked.
.It is impossible to get an accurate
estimate of the death list.
FORTY III TO
START TUESDAY
Tomorrow forty additional men will
be put to work on the construction
of the White Pass spur to the Pueblo
mine, which will make the construc
tion crew number 80 men. Men are
coming from Haines and Juneau and
a number will be recruited from Skag
way and Whitehorse.
As soon as the weather conditions
permit another 100 men will be put
on the crew and the work will be
pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
V. I. Hahn will go to Whitehorse
tomorrow to look over the work.
SANTA ANA 8BIN8S LUMBER
The freighter Santa Ana of the Alas-!
lea Steamship company arrived in poitf
10 p. m. Saturday with 115,000 feet of
lumber on board for the White Pass
& Yukon and the-Moore's Wharf com
pany. The Santa Ana discharged her
cargo and sailed south yesterday af- 1
ternoon.
P. E. Kern left El Paso for New
York city April 7 to visit his daugh
ter and sisters. Mr. Kern expects to
return to Skagway sometime in May.
MANY MOOSE
NEAR SEWARD
SEWARD, March 30 ? Hunters and
guides report that the moose on Ke
nai peninsula were never before so
plentiful as this season. On one trip
from Sunrise to Kenai, on Cook In
let, A1 Grierson counted 300 of these
fine game animals. Grouse and Ptar
migan are also very plentiful. Moun
tain sheep are becoming depleted.
COUNCIL WILL MEET TONIGHT
Tht, town council will hold its reg
ular weekly meeting tonight at 8 o'
clock at the town hall. No business
of especial importance is scheduled
?o come before the meeting.
BIO THING SHIPPING ORE
On. hundred and eight tons of ore
from the Big Thing mine were brought
to Skagway from Caribou last week
and will be shipped south on the
Princess May to the Ladysmith Smelt
er.
Jeff Butler, Dominion customs col
lector at the summit, came over on
Saturday's train and returned to
White Pass today.
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