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No. 35 TWELFTH YKAK. SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY !), 190!) PRICE, 10 CENTS
HIGH WATER
IS REGEEDING
(By United Press.)
KANSAS, CITY. Mo.. July 9.? The
floods are receeding today and unless
rain starts again It is thought that
there will be no more danger from
high water. The Kaw river is lower
and the Missouri river is also receed
lng.
Anticipating that the priee of cop
per will be considerably advanced
over its present quotations by 1910,
S. W. Eccles. president of the Copper
River & Northwestern railway, last
evening made the announcement that
next winter rock men will be
employed in order to hasten the con
struction of the line to the Honanza
mines.
"We want to get our line complet
ed as quickly as possible," said Mr.
Eccles at the Butler hotel last even
ing. "and to that end we will have
five boats on the Copper river by
August t, supplying the various
camps to be established by Mr. Hene ?
along the river. It will cost a great
deal to do the winter work, but we
want to complete our line. We want
? to be ready to build branch lines to
the various properties which have
been struck along the Copper river |
and its tributaries. And in this mat
ter let me say that our road will
build to any producing property. We
have copper mines, but we are also
after tonnage.
"During the summer we will send
up vast quantities of rails, supplies,
powder and other railway essentials,
and these will be distributed along
the river. The boats will also de
liver ties, so that when the spring
conies we hope to have the grade
ready for the rails and ties.
"We have 3,000 men at work at
present, and if we can make the room
for them they will be kept at work
all next winter.
"We have the grade stakes set
and will be ready to build the branch
BE
(By United Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July !>.?
"Jack" Blackburn, the well-known
negro pugilist, was placed on trial in
the criminal court here today charged
with the murder of Alonzo Polk, also
colored, who was shot during a quar
rel on January 14 last.
The quarrel was the result of dif
ferences existing between Blackburn's
white wife and Polk's wife. During
the affray Mrs. Polk was also shot,
it is alleged, by Blackburn * and ser
iously injured.
The commonwealth is pressing for
a verdict of murder in the first de
gree, while the defense claims that
the shooting was done in self-defense.
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(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, July 'J. ? Major General
Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the
U. S. army, will leave on the steamer
Ohio tomorrow for Seward, Alaska.
I Prom Seward he will double back to
Port William Seward and then leave
i for tiie interior of Alaska, going to
tin- Tanana and down the river to
Nome, lie will inspect every fori )
in Alaska.
DATE SET FOR TRIAL
(By United Press.)
! SAX FRANCISCO. July ?.?.?Over
ruling the motion fur a change of
venue made by the attorneys of Pat
rick Calhoun, Judge l.awler this after
noon set the date of the second trial
of Calhoun for July I'.).
line to the Bering lake coal fields
i once it is known the government will
give title to the applicants for the
coal lands. It seems odd that this
great field is withheld from entry,
for Alaska uses 2.*>0,n00 tons of coal ]
I annually, and we import our coal,
| which, delivered at Cordova, costs us!
a ton. And yet we have coal
enough to supply the entire Pacific
within a few miles of our terminals."
?Seattle P.-I.
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SEME PISSES TIFF Bill
(By United Preu.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 9.?
The tariff bill passed tlio Senate by
a vote of 45 to 34 at 11 o'clock last
night.
There was great Interest taken in
the balloting and the galleries were
thronged.
The bill will now be presented to
President Taft. If he signs the bill
it la a law. If he vetoes it, the bill
will bo returned to Congress for con
sideration.
HARVARD PROF
FAVORS FLIRI
| BOSTON, Mass. ? Professor George
Herbert Palmer, of Harvard, C" years
' old, lias come forward with the state
I ment that a little flirting, properly
conducted, of course, is not only ad
visable, but even imperative for the
average college boys and girls.
"Flirting is the surest road toward
the proper knowledge of social life,"
says the professor.
"I think the girls of Radcllffe and
tiie boys of Harvard dfvote too much
of their time to study. They ac
tually bury themselves in their books,
and the result is that when they get
through college they don't know a
thing about social life.
[ "They should mingle a little frivol
ity with their studies ? iu other words
they should flirt a little."
CUSHMAN'S FUNERAL TUESDAY
(By United Press.)
TACO.M A, Wash., July 9.? The fun
I eral of Congressman Francis W.
! Cushman will be 1ield next Tuesday
J afternoon. The body will arrive in
I Tacoma from Washington, O. C.. late
Sunday evening.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ID PICNIC
The Presbyterian Sabbath school
will hold Its annual picnic at Seha
fer's Park next Tuesday. July 13, if
the leather is not good the picnic
will be held on the first pleasant
day following. This place has been
selected, first, because of the grounds
which are fine; and second, because
of its nearness to town. Everyone
can go. Parents are urged to attend
with their children.
Why not make it one of the best
picnics the school has ever held?
1 his can be done only by the parents
attending and helping the superin
tendent and teachers to care for the
children and help to provide amuse
ments for them. Rev. George E. Good.
The Cottage City is due tomorrow.
DUTCH WW
FEELS QUAKES
Earthquake disturbances in the vi
cinity of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, are
reported by passngcrs arriving this
afternoon on the steamship St. Croix.
At noon Saturday, June 1ft, a slight
shock was noticed. It was not severe
enough to cause any commotion
aboard ship and many thought the
shaking of the vessel was due to
some other cause. A tew minutes
later, however, an unmistakable shoe
of longer duration was observed.
Dishes were rattled and articles sus
pended from the walls were swung.
Inquiries made on shore later
brought out the fact that the shock
had been more distinctly felt than on
the ship. Natives were given a bad
scare and even some of the white
people were caused alarm. At the
Dutch Harbor living quarters of the
North American Commercial company
dishes were rattled so violently that
those in the house ran out for fear
of worse shocks.
This earthquake is the first of any
consideration reported from Dutch
Harbor for a year, and the residents
of the section state the long lapse
was unusual, as they had grown ac
customed to an occasional shaking
up in former years.
The earthquake disturbances are
usually accompanied by increased ac
tivities in the live volcanoes of Ml.
Makushin, the "Alaska JunKfrnu,"
whose mammoth crater bowls are the
marvel of scientists who have scaled
the lofty peak. Such was the case
at the time of the earthquake last
week, heavy cauliflower clouds of
ash-laden smoke ominously rising
from the several active craters. ? Se
attle P.-I.
TUFT STARTS FOR CAPITOL
(By United Press.)
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 9.? The
ter-centennial celebration of the dis
covery of Lake Champlain came to
an end last night and President Taft
left 011 the 11 o'clock train for Wash
ington, D. C.
Hot and Cold Baths at White Pass
Hotel, Whltehorse, Y. T.
Call Bells and Best Service at
White Pass Hotel, Whltehorse, Y. T.
Stop at the Caribou hotel when in
Carcross. Fine fishing and hunting
in the immediate vicinity. Overlooks
the beautiful shores of the lake. E.
W. Gideon, prop.
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ALASKA TOWNS
HAVE WRANGLE
CORDOVA, July 2. ? Valdez people
are up in arms against Cordova.
They claim this place tried to kidnap
them for the Fourth by chartering
the Portland, which had been en
gaged to run a Fourth of July excur
sion to Seward. The excursion was
called off by the Seattle office, but
the Portland was forced to return to
Cordova anyway for repairs, owing
to a boomstick breaking while here.
Valdez people threaten to boycott any
who get off at Cordova. 'The Cham
ber of Commerce offered the west
ward people 0 free transportation to
Cordova and a trip to the glaciers on
the railroad because of the trouble.
Indignation meetings were held at
Seward and Valdez, and protests
were cabled to the Alaska Coast
company.
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FALLS NAMED
Hereafter the water falls which
dash down from Upper Lake Dewey
by Kern Castle will be officially des
ignated as "Wickersham Falls".
Tills suggestion was made by Mrs.
Alice Staples, lecturer on the steam
er Spokane, and Peter E. Kern heart
ily concurred in the suggestion. No
other work of nature about Skagwayj
bears the name of Alaska's delegate
and the naming of "Wickersham
Falls" will meet the approval of all.
DYING FATHER WAN1S SON
Information concerning Charles Sin
nott, who is supposed to have resid
ed in Skagway in the last few years,
is earnestly desired by his father,
William Sinnott of Hdina, Knox Co.,
Mo. Mr. Sinnott is not expected to
live long and wants to see his son
before he dies.
FLOODS STOP
000-000 CARS
(By United Press.)
DENVER Col., July 9 ? Cloudbursts
have caused fresh floods and the
railroad traffic running out of this
city Is at a stand still. Hundreds of
visitors and tourists are in the city,
unable to get a train that will take
them away.
COLONEL WEDS SOUL MATE
(By United Press.)
DETROIT, Mich., July 7.? Col.
Tucker of the U. S. army, who was
recently divorced from his wife, mar
ried Mrs. Myrtle 1'latt, his affinity,
today. She was his nurse when he
was ill in the Philippines.
FRENCH MARQUIS SHUFFLES OFF
(By United Press)
PARIS, France, July 9.? Marquis
Galltfet, general in the French army
and former minister of war, was
stricken with appoplexy today and
died.
WRANOELL, Alaska. ? For some
years there has been talk of putting
in a system of water works, which
has always ended in talk, but the
citizens are now assured that their
hope will bo realized, and that moun
tain water will be running Into town
by October or November of this year.
The funds have been assured and to
day a force of men began clearing
the way for a pipe line. The water
will be piped into town a distance of
two miles, from a clear mountain
stream.
The Humboldt is due tomorrow
from Seattle.
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