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No. 314. ELEVENTH YEAR.
sKAinVAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY APRIL 8. 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS
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iff LIVES BE IDST
(United Pre?? Telegraph Cable Service.)
CHICAGO. 111. April 8? Th.> wide
spread tornadoes which swept the
middle west ami Mlssisslpp' yesterday
resulted In many lives being lost.
Klftht persons woro killed at Detroit
Mich., ten were kllltM In Aberdeen
and Jackson, Miss. .and scores were
killed in the smaller towns of Indiana
that wore storm swept. Many wer
injured at Chicago and Toledo.
A severe blizzard is racing in Mich
Iran this morning and Cleveland. Ohio,
Is cut off from all communication.
"BOLLS" BOOST
WHEAT m OP
(By United Pres3.)
CHICAGO. 111. April 7? The closing
quotations* of May wheat on llic Chi
cago stork exchange were $1.26 yes
terday. There is great activity In the
market even with wheat at this figure
There Is a strong "bull" movement.
SOL OUT AFTER
MAYOR'S SCULP
(By United Press.)
SAN KKANCISCO. Cal. April 7
KtH^ill petitions have been issued d
inanUiiiK the resignation of Mayor
Taylor of this cltv on the ground that
many of the signatures on his so
t ailed "Labor petition" asking him
to accept the niayorallty nomination
were false.
INDItNA EDITOR IS OFFERED
GOVERNORSHIP BF PORTO RICO
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 7?
Charles Landls. a prominent editor of
Indiana, was today offered the gov
ernorship of Porto Itico by President
Taft.
BIG PURSE FOB
LONG RUNNERS
(By United Press.)
BUFFALO. N. Y. April S? Styves
the Frenchman, who won the Mara
thon race hold here Saturday in hiu'Ii
fast time. hi\s been matched with \l
trcd Shrubb. The Englishman.
CHICAGO. 111. April S? Asymllcat
here has offered a purse of S'sM'
for the winner of a Marathon race
the contestants to be Styves, Ijoiik
boat and Doraiulo.
(By United Press.)
St. LOI' IS, Mo.. April 7- John Mil
burn, the chief counsel for the Stan
dard Oil Co.. began his argument
for the defense in the case lieln^
tried before the circuit federal court
here, asking the Oil trust to show
cause why it shall not be dissolve!
for violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
Milburn stated that great preludict
had been aroused against the tsian
dard Oil company. I It* said that ii
had us?il fair methods and was really
of great benefit to the material inter
eats of the United States.
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CASTRO PUIS
J REVOLUTION
(By United Press.)
PORT OK FRANCE, MARTINIQUE
April 8 ? Ex-President Clpriana Oas
tro, who was deposed from power In j
V? nztieln, landed hero today and will
iiii.ke his residence here.
It is thought that Castro intends to
land In Venzuela and start a revolu
tion against Coinez. who deposed him
FU! TON GETS
APPOINTMENT
(By United Press.) # ;
WASHINGTON, 1>. C. April 7 Pre*
ident Tnft has offered to make forme
l". S. Senator Charles Pillion of Ore
gon envoy extraordinary and minister
pl(>nipotentlury to China.
Pillion was seeking an appointment
to the federal bench in Oregon since
h< was defeat<ti liy Charles Chamber
lain as U. S. Senator.
BOAT IS Sill
BY COLLISION
(By United Press.)
LONDON, Rug. April S? The Brit
ish torpedo bosit Hlaekwater was sunk
today in a collision off Dungenes. j
head with the steamer Hero. The|
crew of tin- torpedo boat were rcxcueij
The accident was caused by a thick
fog and the misunderstanding of sig
nals.
T. ROOSEVELT
VIEWS ROINS
(By United Prees)
NAPLRS, Italy. April ti ? Theodore
Uoosevelt sailed from Naples at mid
i.iKht and this afternoon is touring
the ruin:, of Messina accompanied b>
KIiik Emanuel and Queen Helena.
The kalian government at first re
fused to allow Roosevelt to visit the
ruins. Later this decision was cluing
ed.
HHMGME SWEPT TOLEDO
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
TOLKfX >, O \pril 7 \ terrific bur
ticane swept Toledo and tin1 surround
iiiK country today and did thousands
o? dollars worth of damage to proper
tv while about a score of people were
lis" WIN I
ELECTION
(By United Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, lint April T? The
prohibitionists of Indiana were given
a severe set back at the local option
i lections held over the state yester
day. The local option bills were de
ft uted all along the line and it is a
decided victory for the "Wets."
MADISON, Wis. April 7? The pro
hibitionists won most of the local op
tion elections yesterday. Local op
tion will help the prohibition cause j
in Wisconsin.
John Morrisey was before the town
magistrate today charged with in
decent exposure and upon pleading j
guilty was fined ten dollars and costs. |
Not having the "filthy lucre" where
with to pay bis fine, he will serve It
out in the town bastile.
Injured. No deaths arc reported.
Signboards wore blown down, win
dows were broken and telegraph lines
were destroyed. The storm in th<
worst known in Toledo for many
veors.
A. T. P. STAMP
15 APPROVED
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, 1>. C. April 8?1
Frank Hitchcock, postmaster general,
lias approved of the special A.-Y.-P.
< xposition stamp. The stamp lias a
fur seal standing by a cake of ice
framed by the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
circle.
BASEBALL GAME SUNDAY
Tlie "Muleskinners" hereby chal
lenge the "Wharfra'ts" to a game of
baseball to be played Sunday, April
1 1, the losers to pay for a supper. j
(Signed) Men Culbertsoi',
Capt. of "Muleskinners."
Lieut. Jeanet, officer in charge
ol the government wireless telegraph
arrived on the Humboldt.
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the genuine Columbia River Chinook. T
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HUNDREDS OF FISHERMEN
m nil mm
(United Pre*s Telegraph-Cable Service.)
St. PETERSBURG, Russia. Apr. 7? j
Reports have been reeleved here to- j
day from Ulna stating Hint fifteen
hundred Russian fishermen were driv
en to s<%a today on an Ice floe, that !
broke loose from the shore without j
any warning.
When out in the open ocean the
lee floeR were rapidly pounded to
pieces by the waves. It Is said that,
only .17 fishermen escaped with their
lives.
TIL WAVE
SWEEPS ISLE
(By United Press.)
Tahiti, Society Islands. April 8 ? |
The coast lino ol? this island was j
swept by a tidal wave today. .Much1
damage was done, but only a few
lives were lost.
BISHOPSOORES
IHE BACHELORS
KANSAS CITY. Mo..? To the I nch
"?lor. In- who "enjoys single blessed
iioks," is to come much woe and sor
row here and hereafter, according to
Uishop Ilobert Mclntyre, of Denver,
in a lecture on "buttoned up" people
at the Independence avenue Method
ist. church.
The bishop believes that the bach
elor is sinning against God and is de
feating the Divine Will.
"Man cannot set himself ngainst
Cod's will nnd come out of the battle i
unscathed. The loveless bachelor has
boasted of his 'buttoned-up' happl-l
ness but he will sorrow for it all. Wo
unto him I say, but let him beware
of the life to come. He is guilty of
black sin."
R. W. Jennings came north as far ^
i's .Juneau on the Humboldt.
TOMMY BURNS
WONT BE BACK
(By United Pre??.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal April 5 ? In
a letter U> a sporting writer In this
city Tommy Hums, who lost the heav
yweight championship of the world
to Jack Johnson at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, Christmas day. writes that he
will never return to the United States
He says he will make /.ist-'.in hs
future home.
MIMICMDNARGF)
WILL ABDICATE
L.AFAYKTTR, Ind. ? Christinas Is
land. in the Pacific ocean near Singa
pore, will find a n*?w king, for Its
present ruler, John Davis Murray, a
Purdue university graduate, was mar
ried recently in London to a woman
who prefers civilized domesticity to
savage royalty. Murray will therefore
abdicate. Ills college friends have
recleved this information today.
Murray as manager of a company
interested on Christmas Island, had
been made king of the islanders, so
that he should have sufficient author
ity over the natives.
Arthur and Alfred Correau arrived
on the Humboldt bound for Dawson.
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