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No. 207. TWELFTH YEAR. SKAHWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 81, 1910 PRICE, 10 CENTS
SEC. BflLlIB DECLARES
ALASKA IS PRIZE PACKAGE
(By Alaska News Bureau)
PROVIDRNCE. R. I. Jan. 31?
S^t-akiHK before the Providence Con
servation club last Saturday nij?ht,
Richard A. Ballinger. Secretary of the
Interior, stated that Alaska was a
prize package to the United States
: and that the vast undvelopod resourc
ca of the country were as yet under
estimated. He declared that the re
sources of Alaska would he conserved
for the common good. but that conser
vation would be tempered with com
i iion sense.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 31?
Secretary of War Dickinson today
denied the request of Delegate Wick
ersham of Alaska that Major W. P.
Richardson, chairman of the Alaska
road commission, tie ordered away
from the capital on duty.
Secretary- Dickinson says if Dele
sate Wlckersham can support his
statement that Major Richardson is
lobbying in behalf of the Guggen
helm Interests he will order an invest
igation to bo held.
ASK HENEY 10
BE GOVERNOR
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SAN FRANCISCO. an.J 31? Ru
dolph Sprecklea is back of a move
ment to have Francis J. Heney be
come a candidate (or the nomination
of governor of California.
(By Alaska New* Bureau.)
SEATTLE. Jan. 31? Robert Guggen
heim, the son of Daniel Guggenheim,
who has been residing in Seattle for
about two years, has been called to
New York and will probably be kept
there.
Young Guggenheim is said to b>'
about $25,000 short in his accounts
The shortage consists of overdrafts
on banks. His relatives will probably
settle the shortage.
Robert Guggenheim was generally ;
considered a "high roller' and was ar
ressted a number of times by the pol- 1
ice for "scorching" in his racing
auto.
WAY ERECT fl I
BIG SMELTER
Instead of the thump of stamp mills |
there will be black smoke pouring ;
from the stacks of the smelters at
Berner's Bay when the mines are op
ened and placed on a producing basis.
Local mining men are convinced that J
the Berner's Bay mines are not mil
ling but concentrating ores. This has
suggested a process of concentrating
and then treating with cyanide proc
esses. To do this a cyanide plant
will have to be erected. From tests ,
made of the ores it has been ascer
tained that the values when the ore
is milled. Is lost in the slimes. ? Juneau
Dispatch.
L. E. Buell, F?rank Davis. R. C Mil
ler and Sam Guyot. who have been
in Skagwa.v on business, left for J u
neau on the Jefferson.
I LADIES' SUITS, SKIRTS ;:
AND COATS
33 OFF
( While They Last )
4
J These are all La Vogue Styles and
Must Be Correct
LYNCH & KENNEDY
Jjj The Up-To-Date Haberdashers and Ladies' Furnishers
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WOULD SI COAL FOR NAVY
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, 1). C. Jan. 31?
j Polcsate Wlckersham of Alaska today
introduced a bill In Confess treatlnR
a coal reservation of lf?,000 acres, the
coal to be used for thobeneflt of the
1'nited Stau-s navy.
WHOLESALE ASSASSINATION
! IS PLANNED er KOREANS
TOKIO. Jan. 31? Double* police
activity was ordered today following
the receipt of news that five Korean
assassins have arrived In Tokio with
the sworn purpose of murdering
Prince Yamagata, Premier Katsura,
Foreign Minister Koniura, Resident
General Sone and General Hasegawa.
Each assassin has been assigned
a victim and the government Is con
vinced that a wholesale assassination
has been planned as a grand coup by
the Korean revolutionary party.
A large body of special detectives
was set to work today to trace the
Koreans and the marked men have
been surrounded by guards. They will
be protected and go about In pub
lic today only under heavy guard, or
until the supposed assassins have been
run down.
The plot was exposed through a
confession obtained from a member
of die revolutionary party In Seoul.
Korea.
At a secret meeting of the revolu
tionists at which the assassination of
Prince Ito was celebrated as a great
victory for the Koreans the daring
plot was formed.
SIMM'S SmKE IS SEITLED
(Bv Alaska News Bureau)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Jan. 31? As
a result of the last conference held
between the striking .swin-lim. n ami
the employers, the switchmen have
agreed to return to work. Feb. 7. A
wage scale satisfactory to both sides
lias been agreed upon. ~
WHERE IS THE
SS. FARALLON?
("apt. Davis, pilot on the Jefferson,
stated while in skagway that as yet
nothing had been heard of the Far
allon. Capt. Davis said the Parallon
left Seldovia for Kodiak. She should
have arrived in Kodiak fourteen
hours after she left Seldovia.
J The Portland left Kodiak four days
I after the Farallon left Seldovia and
; up to that time the Farallon had not
I been reported. The weather was
j very rough at the time.
' Capt. Davis thinks that the Faral
lon was either lost or else beat up
to Dutch Harbor, in which cas*- she
would not have been reported.
Mrs. George E. Good and son left
on the Jefferson. They will go to
Indiana. Rev. Good will accompany
his wife and son as far as Juneau, re
: turning by the first boat.
The Ladles of the Macabees will
hold their annual installation exercis- j
es tomorrow evening at the hall on I
Fifth Avenue. The installation exer- 1
clses will be followed by a banquet |
at the Golden North hotel.
JEFFRIES IS
IN SEATTLE
(By Alaska News Bureau)
SEATTLE. Jan. 31? James J. Jef
fries arrived i it Seattle last night and
will show here for a week at a local
playhouse. He was w loomed by a
big throng at the King Street depot.
Jeffries looks to be in good condition.
He is not fat and is fast on his feet.
Jack Gleason, one of the promoters
of the Johnson-Jeffries fight will ar
rive here this week to discuss with
Jeffries as to where the fight shall
be held. Tex Hickard wants to hold
the fight in Salt Lake City, but Glea
son and Jeffries prefer to have the
battle come off at San Francisco.
Chief of Police Moore left for Ju
neau on the Jefferson. Mr. Moore
will testify before the grand jury as
a witness in the Boardman case.
The Amur sailed south early Satur
day evening with thirteen passengers
| The commissariat department of the
i Amur caused a bread shortage in
I Skagway by buying all the available
| "staff of life" that could be command
ered.
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MARMALADE
Jas. Keiller & Sons Dundee Marmalade is
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4 known all over the world for its
?!? Purity and Excellence
WE HAVE IT
1-lb. Jars 35c., 3 for $1.00 4-lb. Tins 90c
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APACHES LOOT AND MURDER;
FLOOD IS NOW SUBSIDING
(By Alaska News Bureau)
PARIS, Prance. Jan. 31 ? A vast
area of land Is still submerged by the
floods, although the water is now fall
ing at a rate of five Inches a day.
The damage done by the flood is ap
palling in its immensity.
Last night lawlessness and disorder
reigned in Paris.
The "Apaches" went about in gangs
and under the cover of the darkness
and confusion looted and murdered
in every quarter. The police did all
they could to prevent disorder and
several pitched battles occurred be
tween the police and tli looters.
DEVELOPMENTS ARE ALARMING
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jun. 31?
Louis Glavls completed his testimony
in the Ballinger Investigation Saturday
night. Today he is being cross-ex
amlned.
Late Saturday Ulavis testified that
Secretary Balllnger had instructed
him not to pursue the investigation
into the claims of Congressman Mc
liachlan of California, who has claims
in the Green group in Alaska. The
developments are causing alatm to
those who caused the investigation.
LI. SHACKLETON
TO W AGAIN
(By Alaska News Bureau)
MERLIN, Jan 20 ? 'Lieutenant Shack
leton has announced that ho will
head another expedition to the Ant
arctic in quest of the south pole. On
his previous expedition he got within
111 miles of the pole. Shackleton has
not announced when he will start,
but probably in good time to race
with Peary and others who plan a
similar trip.
BIG lOi
GREETS JEFF
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
TACOMA. Jan. Five thousand
people were on hand to greet James
J. Jeffries when he arrived in the de
pot last night from the east.
Mrs. P. W. Snyder is in a very
serious condition today. She is lowei
today than she has been since her
illness commenced.
DAWSON IN
LOSES JOD
DAWSON. Y. T. Jan. 22? Herbert B.
M. Brown, quartz recorder for the
| Dawson district, has received notifica
tion from the Deputy Minister of the
Interior that he will be dismissed
thirty days hence, for having actei
, as agent for A. A. Knorr, a mining
organizer.
Brown assisted Knorr in raising
several thousand dollars for a stam
pede now under way from Dawson
to the Peel river district, where
j Knorr struck quartz which he claimed
was fabulously rich. Brown circulat
ed letters over his name as secretary
! to Knorr. Department rules strictly
forbid any employe in such positions
owning or acting as agent for any
miner or mining concern. It is un
derstood that several rival stamped
ers are racing several hundred miles
through the wilderness hoping to be
the first to strike the Knorr find.
Many prominent Klondikers are inter
ested in the stampede.
J. Simonds and J. Graff, the mov
ing picture showmen, left for Juneau
on the Jefferson. From there they
will proceed to the Westward.
The Collegian Clothes Store
Certainly Offers Its Customers
Exceptional Values. They must
be constantly on the alert for
? Bargains, for they are Always
? Able To Undersell All Other
? Stores
?
n Come In And Get Our Prices Before
a You Buy
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