DEATH COMES
SUDDENLY TO
H. H DRAPER
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liOU'fc-SlTHKKLAND .\KKAIK
If there were
better ones made
we would have
them.
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED
THEv
c4nwiican
H. J. Lynch
1 it- i radiog I ndict Furnithrr and Haberdasher of Skagway
(MURDERS AND RIOT IN
CALIFORNIA HOP FIELDS
Sacramento, A'uk 4-- Civil war ti-4
broken out In the hop fields of Cal
trlel Attorney Maxwell hua been shot
dead along with (our other* who eu
gaged lu the rioting. It lit believed '
that a doten people will die an a re
sult of the wounds Inflicted.
A few days ago the hop picker*
district*. but the itcene of the uiost
violent disorder* centered around th
village of Wheatvllle ou Dig Salt
? lough In Freano county. Rioting
lets of the Infuriated mob.
Nows of the killing wiia Immediate
ly wired to Governor Johnson who
ruiihed several companies of state
militia to the scene of the conflict,
and the enttro district will be put un
der military control until conditions
becomo normal.
* The ranchers claim that the I. W.
W. is responsible for (lie serious
disturbance, as it was through the
preaching and leadership of membe 4
of that body which caused the mon
to go out ou their murderous strike.
Wheatland, Aug. 4 ? Six compan
ies ol militia have arrived and mar
tial law has been declared. Tho
principal reason for the big strike Is
a lack of drinking water, the men
claiming that vile water and an in
sufficient supply has beeu furnished
them until they could no longer
fttaud. the strain. They also demand
EXPRESS RATES
CO DOM WITH
II FELL SWF
I Vt.l.K: I'KKl'AHl.VJ
kou m<; umuv-ovt
Baltimore. Aug 4 ? The Eaglt*
aro gathering Tor the fifteenth an
nual itraitU uerle of the ortler.
which <-ou Id !><? promt-mot waa the
of all witneaaaa which could be obtain
S attorney at Junutu, Alaska, wiu>
instructed by the department to pre
par j the caae for presentation before
.nid Insisted not only on the proaeii
tatlon of the rami before tho feUoral
grand jury but the prosecution of
Joftph Mac Donald rollowiiiic his In
Washington, Aug. 4 Keeu Inter
?it is being manifested uiuong the
members of congress ami officials
Britain Is contemplating the con
struction of a naval base on the
Bermuda Islands. Thore sit-ins to
be no need of a British naval base
there unless It be to prepare against
the possibility of a coming conflict
with the United States which seems
Improbable. .
JOSM'll M \CDOX \LI? tt II. I.
lUCTt'KN IX > MKXUX)
Juiu.tu, Auk. 4 ? Joseph MacDon
ald and family booked passage to
Seattle on the steamship Alameda
Mrs. MucDonald aud daughter
Kathleen may remain In Portland or
In the oast until tho Mexican trouble
abated. Miss MucDonald will re
turn to Boston whore she attends
Joseph MucDonald and son Jos
cph MacDonald, Jr., will proceed ut
once to Guanajuato, Mexico, where
they operate a silver mine employing
eight thousand men.
srKKllAtiKTTKS sTAItT
(JOINU TO CHDRCHl
I.ouduu, Au<. 4? A crowd of suf-|
frugeUea pruclloally took posse
sion of St. Paul's cathoderal yeater-1
day whoro they lntone<l u chant for |
Mrs. Pankhurat.
ON FRUIT BY THE BOX
Following our usual custom, wo will maka specially attractive
price* on all fruits by the bo* during the canning season.
JELLY GLASSES
FRUIT JARS
JAR RUBBERS
And are prepared to takn care of your orders satisfactorily
P. H. GANTY. Grocer
SKAIJWAY RTAMPKDKIW PRE
l'AHK FOR OOLD Kl'SH
Skagway will lone about twenty
people within the next (lay or two,
about a dozen of whom will ko this
afternoon If they can obtain pannage
on the Mariposa, which now scents
Improbable on account of Its crowd
ed condition. In caso of failure to
secure berths on that boat, they
will go to Whitehorse and there
tuke the Kluano trull, which from
all that can at present be learned Is
the preferublo route.
Among those lined up to stampede
are Geo. Harnett, Chas. Peterson,
Chas. Kapuzzi, Rert. McKluzle, Wm.
Hunting, Teddy Tyler, Wayne Sut
ton. Dell Cowan. Walter Drummond.
Jack Kckert, H. Prledenthal nnd
John Woods. Mr. Prledenthal has
wired for Dick Lahey of Halneti to
come nnd if that gentloiuan arrives
they will go 'u via Kluane. Others
aro catching the fever, including the
editor of the Alaskan.
SI'IiZKR IjOKKS FIRST
HOP XI) OP POLITICAL PICiHT
Albany, Aug. 4 ? Attorney General
Carmody rendered a decision yester
day in which he declured that the
New York legislature was acting leg
all) when It took u recess and pass
ed n resolution for the appointment
of a committee for probing tho cam
paign expense charges against Gov
ernor Sulzer. Mr. Sulxer thus loses
In his first fight against the com
mittee, whom he claimed had 110 leg
al authority to Inquire into his pol
itical affairs.
\V.\I? SKlitKTAItV 1MY1XC!
\ ISIT IX) THK COAST
'
Seattle, Auk 4? Secretary of War]
L. M. OarrlBon will arrlvo In the el'y
tonight. Ho wtll be entertained by
the count military anil the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce.
FMill VKKS Kl'ICMSH Fl \
FOlt KKKN/IKI) FLOCK
Vancouver, Au g 4 ? Joe llay ley
fought a draw with Frenchy Valse '
yesterday. They went fifteen roums
and entertained a largo gatherlug of
sports.
Jchii. O. Carey, M. H. Marston,
Mrs. K Balling. Miss It. 0. Balling,1
Leroy Toiler and Anna Wright were'
Incoming Skagway passengers on the
Jefferson Sunday.
I New Westminister. Aug. 4 ? Brlt
; i':h Columblu canneries Saturday an
; ncuuced u reduction in the price to
I >>e paid the fishermen for their take.
, l rorn twenty-five to flfterti cents
per thousand. The fishermen
struck this morning and not a seine
is working on the Frazer rivor, or on
the coast. Four thousand fishermen
are affected by the.strlke.
IE! BUSINESS
Mexico City, Aug. 4 ? President
Huerta of the Mexicun republic In
stil- .1 n statement Saturday that he
will not tolerate interference io Mex
ican affairs from any government.
He Hays that he has everything In
smooth working order with the ex
ception of occasional outbursts of
unorgauiied bandits, and that pro
tection has always been given for
eigners.
Coupled with the statement, ho
says that the rumor of his Intending
to resign, Is without fouudation. He
will stay on the job.
San Frauclsco ? iSeueral Dlai has
given out the Information that he
will sail for Japau on the elghteeu
th of this mouth.
Miss Oorthea Johnson, a notice of
Skagway and daughter of Theodore
Johnson, at one time a resident of
Skagwav, where he was employed by
A. A. Anderson after the latter
moved his hardware up from Juneau
was the queen of the Festival of the
Midnight Sun at Fairbanks last
month. She has been a resident of
Fairbanks for the lest several years
where her father is associated with
E. R. Peoples, also formerly of
Skagway, in the general merchan
dise business.
THE CRY OF THE TIMES
IS FOR
RUBBER SOLED
FOOTWEAR
WE HAVE THEM
We also have- a^large line of
O'DONNELL SHOES
FOR MEN
Drop in and look, them 'over
CLA YSON