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No. 130. ELEVENTH YEAR.
SKAWWAY, ALASKA, .MONDAY, AUGUST 81, 190H
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
PUTS THE LID ?
DOWN TIGHT
(Bv United Press.)
Atlantic City, Aug. 31? Governor
Fort enforced the Sunday closing law
in this city yesterday by closing up all
tho resort*. The liii was put on .it mid
ni?ht Saturday and kept on until Sun
day at tho same time. Every pleasure
resort and place of business effected by
the law was c osed and had the elTect of
making it the quier?st Sunday experi
enced hero sinco A '?Untie City has be
came such a favorite resort.
HEAT KILLS
MILLIONAIRE
(By United Press.)
New York, Aug. 31? Frederick How
i't, a millionaire of this el'y. was over
come by the heat and died from the
effects.
GOV. JOHNSON
GREETS BRYAN
(By United Press.)
St. Pau', Aug- 31? William Jennings
Pry an w.ts greetrd by a large and en
thus'astic crowd headed bv Governor
Johnson upon his arrival here. Mr.
Bryan will make an address at the aud
itorium at the state fair grounds this
ev ning.
ROOSEVELT WILL GREET
OLYMPIC JTNELEHCS
Oyster 15 iy, Aug. 31? Upon the ar
rival of the < )!ymp!c athletic* here this
afternoon, they will be greeted by
President and given n grand reception.
Su' scribe for The Alaskan.
HAVE CAUGHT ?
LONE BANDIT
(By United Press.)
Uelena, Aug. 31? A man suspected
of being the lone bandit who held up
the tourists in the Yellowstone Nation
al Par'* has been arrested. No facts
have been given out. except that the
authorities claim to have absoluto proof
that they have their man.
BIG FIRE IN
NEW ORLEANS
(By United Press.)
New Orleans, Aug. 31? A disastrous
tire in the heart of the business sec ion
destroyed SI. OCO, 000 worth of property
before it could be controlled. The lire
started about 8 o'clock Sunday evening
and a'ded by a heavy wind got boyond
the control of the firemen and was only
subdued after hours of hard lighting.
LAUNCH BOREAS
IS TRIED 001
? ? < i
Yesterday afternoon, at hi?h tide,
iho new luunch "lJoreas," was launch
ed nod made her maiden trio arou' d
ihe harbor. The trial trip proved
very flattering to the builders, the
little craft showing a sf^ed of about 8?
miles an hour.
The bojt was built by the owners,
Messrs. F. A. Callarmnn, \Y. C. Blanch
ard, P. B. Graves and A. P. Drape*.
The length of the boat is 30 feet, with
6 feet 4 inch beam, and is equipp* d
with an S horse power De Mooy marine
engine.
Mr. Callarmsn states thst it is tl e
i' ten'iou of the owners to put a cabin
.on the "Boreas" next season, and with
this additional weight, giving her prop
erly distributed ballast, will iticreaso
her jpeed considerably.
f*L. a. HARRISON CO.
Headquarters
FOR
School Text Books
and School Supplies
Seotember Delineator and Patterns on
tap
Our Carpet Department
We Received on "Seattle" a "cracker- jack" liue of
W. & J. SLOAN E'S Carpets
We invite your inspection.
Stores Open Evenings
Phones 4 & 55
S. S. TRANSIT
ON THE HOCKS
0
(By United Pre*?.)
Juneau, Aug. 31? Tue Norwegian
steamer Transit, 2, 800, tons went on the
rocks at Surf inlet, on Princess Royal
island last night. All the crew were
saved by the ss Henrietta, and the
water-tight compartments saved the
vessel from going down,
The Transit is operated by the Mc
Kinzte Brothers, between Vancouver
and Prince Hup rt, and whs expected
to make the run to Skagway l iter in
the season. The amount of damage
sustained by the vessel is not stated.
ills
NEED GREASE
(By United Preit.)
Chicago, Aug. 31?' The financial com
mittee of both the republican and dem
ocratic presidential campaigns are up
against it for lack of funds. Both
claim that they need money and that
there is no reliof in sight.
BREAKS LONG -
FLIGHT RECORD
(By United Presa.)
Lemans, France, -Aug 31? In a trial
of the airship built l>y the Wright Bros
yesterday, the longest flight ever made
by any airship was made, and what
proved the most gratifyin ? part of the
test was the perfect control at all times
of the ship.
(By United Pre?s.)
Butte, Aug. 31? Operators were un
able to agree upon a scale of wages
with the miners, and as a result the
coal miDPS were shut dawn and 7,000
men are thrown out of employment.
Want ads in the Alaskin bring ro
suits. Everybody reads them
ONCE MORE
IN GUMP
(By United Preta.)
Toledo, 0? Aug. 31? The forty.second
national encampment of the grand i
army of the republic began here today. ! i
The oity is Id gala attire and every- 1
thing is being done to do honor to tin
men who fought for the stars atid stripes
in the early sixties.
WIRELESS- FOR
ALASKAN BOAIS
The experieuee of the Name fleet of <
vessels in the ice this spring impresied ?
the compauy with the necessity of in- '
stalling wireless on all of its vessels en- <
gaped in the northern trade. The fol
lowing roport is taken from a Seattle <
paper: <
The United Wireless Telegraph com- !
pany yesterday received a contract from
the Alaska Steamship company for the I
installation of wireless telegraph ap" '
paratus on the steamships Victoria and '
Yucatan. This commission is a direct
outcome of the recent misadventures of
the lirst Nome fleet from Seattle, tht
vessels of which were our of touch with
the world in the ice 11 >es of Bering sea.
If any of them had been equipped with
wireless the minds of the relatives and :
the four thousand passengers and crows
could have been set at rest, for practi
cally tbe whole titno the ships were in
the ice they were within easy distance
of communication with the government
wireless station at Nome.
The Alaska Steamship company re
ceived telegraphic Ingulry from all
parts of the country, the telephones
were constantly engaged in answering
relatives and friends of the passengers
living in Seattle and hundreds of people
daily made personal calls at the com
pan's office. As day by day pa;sed and j
the officials were compelled to repeat j
that no word had been received some of
the scenes enacted in the steamship
compauy 'b offico were heartrending and
tht officials"w?re tnanv times charprd
with concealing a disaster.
To prevent a recurrence of such ex
! periences the officials of the company
decided to install at once, .vireless in
struments on two of their vessels, ar;d
the equipment will he added to the
other steamships as soon as practicable
A number of pleasure seokers too*
advantage of the beautiful weather yes
terday and took the trip to Hurro creek.
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Go to Tony Dotero and try a Bull Dop
cigar. - lm
All the delicacies of the season at
the Pack Train restaurant.
"Paradies
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That is the name ol our new
SODA CRACKERS
Crisp- --Flaky Delicious
Cost no more than the other kind
GANTY & FRANDSON
(By United Pren.)
Toklo, Aug. 31-OIBclal announce- 1
nent was made hero today that the ex
>osiiion bad been postponed until |
191".
GETS HURT
Kugene Murphy, general manager ol
he Klondike Mines railway, met with
i painful accident Friday evening from
,he conssquencc* of which he is now
lonfined to big lied racked with pain,
u company with Teddy Heacock, Mr.
Murphy left the city Friday afternoon
or a fishing trip to Rock creek.
On arriving at the creek they pro*
seeded up stream, casting at every fav
jrable looking pool, having fairly good
uck And e.ijoying all kinds of ?port.
Mr. Murphy was shod with heavy boots ]
hat somewhat impeded graceful navi
gation and when he chanced to step on j
Lhe slippery side of a slanting boulder
liis feet went up in the air and he hit
the earth with a thud that left no miv
Luke as lo its intensity.
A wrcnch of pain followed ac attempt
lo rise and a moment later when he did
tret on bis feet, be reall/.ed instantly
something serious w?s the matter with
bis shoulder. With the assistance of
Mr. Heacick be hobbled back to a cab
in near the mouth of the creak where
the night was spent, suffering such ex
quisite tortures as only one can suffer
when possessed of a broken bone.
Sunday morning a start was made for
town, but owing to the bad roads and
the necessity of driving carefully the
city was not reached until 2 o'clock lo
the afternoon. Dr. Birrett was called
at onco and an examination showed the
collar bone to be broken. The fracture
was reduced. Mr. Murphy was put to
bed much against his will and there be
w.ll remain for a couple of weeks.?
Dawson World .
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GOES DOWN A1
SENS RIVER
(By Unfted Preaa.)
Prince Rupert, Aug. 31? Meagre ad
vlcei have been received that the
Caiidonia, operated by the Grand Trunk
line plying between Vancouver 4...1
Prince Rupert, ha* struck on the rocks
at Skena river and gone down.
CHICKENTHIEVES
LIVING ILL
Chicken thieves aro busy in the city
these dark nights and it behooves tho
owners of fowl to be on the alert and
put leeks on their hen house*. Seve'al
chicken fanciers report the loss of (owl*
frotn their coops Among whom nre
Charles Cartwright, who reports the
loss of U: J. H. Stinebaugh lost the
same amount and last niijht the thieves
got into the coop belonging to Mr*.
Ward of the Portland house and took
six liens.
FIRE HOSE AT
E
The school Is undergoing much need
ed icpairs in the shape of new water
mala. Tbe old 2i inch nupply msin has
been replaced bv a 4 inch main and a
H loch bose up has been put in on
each of the throe floors while three
reels of li inch fire ho to has been in
stalled.
Prof. Gavin has been drilling the
pupils in the use of the hose and he has
already instituted a series of fire drills
and tests.
Mr. Charlie Jones, who has, been ill
at hi* home for the past few days, is
able to be around again and attend to
i his duties.
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