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Kmuvlinc Nearly Hall ot l*?minion
On a ?;?**? Marathon. K ?w?inu
Vo K?VmoMn??. Thi-nif l*"?n The
Muliiific Kim.
Bishop Stringer, who left here
last month. is making one of the
>.r?atoi Marathons in the history oi
Canadian travel Ho will encircle
nearly half of the lV>minion of Can
ada. and over approximately s .?????*
miles Ho hopes to he hack here
.n July or August Going from
l?,wson i o Whitehorse. he travels
?:%>?? the coast to Vancouver;
"ice by rail to Kdtnonton:
? 1>> i art to Athabasca l.and
'..c. ; hence by canoe and boat to
ht cuth of the Mackenzie rixer.
. d jvrhaj-s to thi 1-Nk; o 50; tie
cr.ts of the Ar>tio coast. thor.v
over the divide to the head of th?
Porcupine river, thence by i.hhh
<S>* ti the Porcupine to Fort Yukon,
and from that point hack to Paw
son by steamer Respect ing the
:irst section of the journey th<
'?Vhitehwsw Star of April ?$ says
The Right Reverend Bishop 1 O
>trinjrer. of the Yukon diocese. at
? ived on the state from Ha* so:
Tuesday and will leave today Jo
Carcrress. where he will remain fo"
'e* uays before proceeding to
t outbid-* and to Kdmontot . A!
:?ert*. from which place he will
- art for the far north. Athabasca
ding and Fort Macpherson. ne.r
? e mouth of the Mackenzie rive:,
t the Arctic ocean
This will be the second ; : tt. ? I''..- ?
;> Stnnger has undertaken t
azsruous journey now before
.?ut on the other occasion he ac- j
? ? mplished it safely and does not
? -.late to again attempt it He will
^e an Indian guide and much ot
f1 trip will be made in a car.o or.
r ?t>8 lakes of the al: o>;
kr.own country he will penetr.'e
territory is a \ast one at e
i< it hard of access, but !
0 no terrors for the v .
w ho is never happier '
?n tn-r forming ti?c dut i.s of 1. -
d responsibY . lerical ; o >
t o n.atter ho*- far he m..
?1 from the haunts o tl ? i1
His is the work of e\*
c the borders of that ?i\ii 7a: ion
The bishop expects to 11 turn
Fort M c pherson. sriki'L. th
YiiV.^r. somewhere near the nou'l
?? the Porcupine in time to cat'h
. of the lsTe boaI? tip for Hawson
in the fall
While at Carcross on the way out
? will visit the mis. ion t ere and
Ohoontla lndnn school
While he*r the bishop was the
cuest of Rev and Mrs Black well
DOUBLE SERVICE
HOUSE DRESSES
FAST COLORS
$2. 00 <6 $2.25
Kimonas
Negligees
Dressing Saques
In Silk
Crepe
and Cassimere
Prices from $1.50 to $12.50
H. J. LYNCH
TN? Li? T>C?U Haberdasher and Lac* lee Furnisher.
*1 \t?l.K H.\M?K1? THK\
I'HXSK KKItKI.
Two Hundred liebels At**
1 Acr*?w? iMinlrr by I wo
1 ?one It.inti'i'*, \\!h> Kndon vored
"!*?? l.a^Mi ^niiii' nl Them.
K.ibens. Texas, M a 1 - 2 Two To* j
.> r.-ttiRors. sighting a band of two
hundred Insurwtos, made a dash |
at ti^ra, anil w holt within rifle]
rati so of the rel>el troops, opene '? j
fire upon them. with the result thai '
? in ? i a?sovs on I'ttcio Samuel s'
domain wore driven Kick across
??.e border
MISSIONARY had hard
TRIP ON SEWARD TR AIL.
On The way to I iarod. but de
stined to remain in F*irlmnks tritil
July l, Or. S. Mall Yihjjij. <f 'he
lTesbyterian mission re u hod 1-air
li?nk>. early Tueslay motnin.. >a;s
the Fairbanks Times. I>r. Youns
was last "'i Fairlanks last .ltine. at
which time he 1 ft for Iditarod.
There he t etna : nei ail summer and
winter, not leaving unt I Inst minth,
when he startisl f r the c a-t over
the Seward trail. The trip was a
t..uch ivie. and it took 19 days of |
hard traveling to nepotia e the;
stretch to the cra-t over the new (
co\erntcer.t tra.l.
There were three d: di?s to cro-s.
and the sr.ow was oep i>n all of
h?s?. The total time lost on the]
:rtp was four days, dttri ; wli h'
: ? ?? t~aicl was in)|m- il>l?
i i"o''1o\a. where lie attend'
\ nk>'n lYosbytcn Ke\ Con ii
.?? o! ? ) delegate to the pn t .i 1 !
l>e hold in I.oH'svil ?\ |
!<t?k>, ltext month I nt'l hs re
. 1't Youti^ will ix'ttdmt tho s i-|
vices . *i the I'reshyterian chuuh het?\!
t and .Mrs Condit an- expected to j
rn from their visit in th S'aes '
, July 1
l>unnc all of last fall and winter.
!*r \mtnic was the only m nisU-r wi'h
in a radius of ?'*?> miles of ldi'-arnd.
and consequently the teriin s of the
veteran divine were very much :n de
mand. lie preached ro-u'arly at "
different places in the i amp and
maintained a fnv ri-ading nvim all
winter. The Kpiscopalians. hr> sail,
had built and paid for a ? >mplete
hospital in the lower ri\ r camp. The
Catholic church wa< unooinpi?d all
winter, because of the lack of a min
ister.
After loavinc here ir the summer,
it. is the intention of l?r Yonnjr to
eo downriver, stopping at Ruby city
and other camps on the way down.
Word was received by the last
mail that Mr A Greenfield, repre
sentative of the Remington type
writer Company, would arrive in
Skagway withiil the next few days
with a complete line of writing ma
chines manufactured b\ liis com
pany
THE YUKON FORGOT NOT
TO BREAK THIS YEAR
Ice Moved in Front of Dawson a*
10:03 in The Evening. Sundry Citi
zens Gather in Shekels of Others.
Many do Not.
Thursday, May !?. at 10 03 p. nv
There it is ? the time the i?e went
out hi Dan-son A. D. 1!M2.
The minute the cable tugged on
the X. C. whistle the whole town '
knew the news Prom every cabin 1
ami skyscraper the people poured out
and raced 'or the front.
All had 'o take a hv>k at the ma- ,
.iestii pageant. The show w?is ab
breviated, The ice ran 15 minu'es.
and then jammed lighter than ever,
with an uncrumiled wedpe lwlf n
mile Ions and nearly the width of
io river. recline acainst Moosehide
Muff. The ice al?ove heaved. and.
with a few convulsions, took on the
form of a lake of sherbet, an-d set
tled down to rest. Then the sages
who had won and the throng which
>-t filed up the street, excitedly ex
plaining how ft happened, says the
l^awson News.
The third minute decided the fate
of most of the pools Most, of the
skilled pool ar'hts wvnt in for the
minute stylo of spring Roods. Much!
U!l talk went the rounds as i:o who
irot the big money, and there Is a j
fcore or so of them. Hut there was i
not one man. woman or child In tow n
to be located who had lost Th? .
cleanup IhU spring was particularly J
lar^v' because of the lengthened s^a- '
s.>n. The 'alent had more time
Have Elliott, the s'.eam shovel man '
of the Treadgold works, got the ban- '
tier poke. His pools in town and on '
the creeks aggregating simethins
like $-.20>i He played the third
n.im;t<> straight. Charles Ca?*cls, cf
'he King Edward, had a dr<?m a !
f w ni-zlit- a - i that the third would J
1 the iuJs.ut- He went hunting for
t'.'vos l>i\ ? IMi >;t I.a.l most of j
n Char' ' '?< i his cTcat ilreani ,
i
stampede o* the t-:;js for the vtir
: jilai . and some got In oil
:rd place and played his hunch be !
'iv t'harl > could make the founds
' ! T<wti| s ??'?"<> to the good, a'ld j
- t\ ~ ii - too bad the Uo can't go out J
every day That is. It's too l?d f >r
Hill, but lucky for the others Ci iff
was playing the wrong hunch, and
thereby )o*t $2,000, that is. what
would have been $2,000 had he won
.1 r. Played ;>l all the way through,
rind was in such great luck ? he hard
ly could have gotten farther away
on the dial from the right mark Sev
eral who tried to win a few thous
and in lieu of bonuses that <lo not
come when jo<>s are < an^olVd got
several miles farther from the mark |
(Continued on rape 4.)
Mexican* Arc Playing
1'iisst Want* n I'orner.
Kscalon. Mex . May 22 - The fed
eral troops are now occupying this
city and their headquarters are in
the same building recently occupied i
by t?en Oroscos. the rebel rhief
Mrs. C. W. Hockett. who has
been visiting friends in Skaguay for
the past several days returred to
her home in Haines on the Peter
son this afternoon
I I 1 J. .? J. .L J. .L J- a
f^ + + + + + tt'i*,i-'i-TTTTT-rVTTTTT1.
j Minced ^ Olives *
4* *r
+ " +
"l Something New ?unexcelled +
+ for sandwiches , no butter re -
*r
+ quired , Sold in 20 c jars, J *
j. /or 50c. We a/so have a +
full line of fancy ripe olives *
v ?
+ in jars and cans , from 30 to +
4. +
+ 50 cents : : : : +
+ *
+ ? ? *
: P. H. GANTY, Grocer ?
+
* ++++++++++++++++++++++++
FEDERAL ROADS
UP IN SENATE
IM lll.lr I. ANUS fOMMITTKK
roM?r?Ti\(; thk hkakivi
A(IvikiiI<>? of Mnlsnii^kd ISiiiiIp Kf ir
That Sc< > . KWmt'* Uemminrml*
linn* W ill I'/tvor The Bering I1K*
or Plan on Arnmnl ??f IWng
Chpopcr I mlei taking.
Washington. l> <* . May 22 The
hearing of the committees on I ho
proposed federal owned railways in
Maska project Is now in progress
before the Senate
The public lands committer is
conducting the hearing, and it is
causing no small amount of interest
in the Senate.
Friends of the Matanuska and
Rering River coal fields are work
ing hard to secure the recommend
ftlons of the committee for their
respective localities, and are bring
ing nil the pressure they can to
bear to prove that one route is
.-uperlor to the other
Secretary of the Interior Fish?*r.
fppeared before the committee .and
it is feared that the Rerltig River
road will b?> most favorably receiv
ed as the Matanuska project would
i.iean a vast outlay of money, as
lompared ;o that of the former
(.km: ?iitii v' its
THK WH1TK PASS ItOI'TK
Gene Smith left on Monday's
train for Caribou, where he will
be employed on the Rig Thing
mine.
Gene Smith is one of Sk.ipway s
boys, having been employed on the
White Pass for the past 10 years
Mrs Smith will join her husband
the early part of June, and it Is
their Intention to go to housekeep
ing in the vicinity of the mines
Mr Smith will be in charge of
the compressor
Miss Klsie hillon. while on her
way to school yesterday, turned her
Mikle in such a manner as t<>
cause a sprain which will lay ber
lip for two weeks.
Private Dalley, Co K, 1 fit h Inf.
came up from Maines on the Pet
erson todav for the purpose of hav
ing some dentistry done Me re
turned this afternoon
\MATKIR AVIATOR FAI.KH
ON R Ht'NORKn FRRT TO DKATH
Xenla, Ohio, May 22? Fred Sou
tham, a well known amateur avia
tor fell to his death today while
Hiving an aerial exhibition. He fell
one hundred feet as he was alight
ing. having struck a wind eddy
whihc overturned his machine
OKTKOIT HA I.I, TOHSRRH
TAXKP too I'M NKS RACK
Philadelphia. Pa . May 22? As a
result of the conference held yes
terday by the baa* ball magnates
of the major leagues, which was
called by Pan Johnson, president of
the association .each one of the
l>etroit players was fined $1^0 for
failing to appear on the diamond
\Val?b And Kilbanc Fought '2
Fn?t l<miiHl? To a Draw
Poston, Mass . May 22 ? Jimmy
Walsh fought Johnny Kilbane 12
rounds In this city last night The
fight was a fast and furious one
from the drop of the hat. and was
(ieclared a draw, although the for
mer had a little the best of the
rontest
Would Make No Statement
Kit bet Public Or Private.
Poston. May 22? Clarence V T
Uicheson. who murdered his sweet
heart Avis Mnnell. and for which he
was electrocuted yesterday morning,
left no statement for publication,
nor did he make any statement prior
to his electrocution
\nt ItDtxIwin I? Still In
State of Single Hle?sednc?-<
|,<?s Ang.les. May 22 Although
Nat Goodwin was reported married
he most emphatically denied the
soft impenchment tpon I:m .?rrival
bere today
The Peterson made the round
trip from Fort Seward today
Th? Gasoline l.aunch Hegg made
the round trip from Haines today,
bringing up several passengers
Fred Hnidy. who was awarded
the contract for repairing the gov
"rnment dock at Ft Seward, was
a round tripper on the Hegg today
from Haines.
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