?he S*ait <?tl ashan
y.. . fx>, RTEKSTH VF.AU " 8KABWAY ALA XV *MDAT, MA1MI * ** ?** 10
SUFFERS FROM
COI1L STRIKE
DISTRESS ?N fiNGLAND
UNPRECEDENTED IN HI8T0?>
R*iN??y fervic* Gneatry Ct?rtailr?
Mar MA FHIed Wi* ???
by Fual Scanty. Co?(J WMtNr l?
<t ?? D'rtreta.
tRy Wv?ka Nf?t BtfMii.t
LONDON. Mar<h 33? Tm,1* ce*
itiOor.? la uii city !>?** t*? t?tri
My hjmh* by the coaj strike !**?
-eaa is Ns^nik* evidert on all
Oca ?Jue {o the srtrvity of coat
ombi-v.] with tho attaadaat riw is
rrve of -Sat commodity. It tfcre*U?m
to Kvosir BTipr*o*dented It the strtlw
k*? m rod. Ra U ivr ^prrto thro
oat the te cr*atlr cim+W
-? ? to the Mffrtty of fL>J AU iMtts
an# ftiil of kite boa*? whioJi tTf un
able to ?on.? Wharves are Wcoie
ox cou>#tcd
A4d*xl to the inartiUty of mdusrty
and the lack of f?f( c">ndtr?oas bao*
tuade worse by a lowering oj
the i?rnrwTiUire The Ja*t N?w days
hatv been ?*tr>pfl?eh ootd
CONGRESS TO LOOK
INTO 'ND1AN AFFA5RS.
(Br Ai^U N?wt Barwu.)
VABONi TON, I). C-. Mar. fc 22?
Vnother co:.? r- -.- .oua. invalidation is
piaaood a> the ti* uit of an a r*> -
meat jwMartav ??{ ti.v house ooaiu.
tee ?a 4a terror department expert 13
?irf* to exasuce into the afMra o!
-ha J.-tfiaa office daring th? Bfttap
volt airi Taft mdeiiaistimtiouv A wb
occur. tee witi be ?ont to Ariao: a
Okla i ta &ad other fr'ates til the
went I) get intormattoc first fca~d
on tfc- or* rations otf the Indian of
fer \ t ' ..?ree that aa officii <tf
the It, an off** permit tod ;t*oxi<at
->( V- . jom. to set iato the tattaa reo
peration *fB be lBlMtl|filwl The p) ?
<ron*-:t spends nearly $19#, *A* a
year to MPffvas the lkj??r t-a*T:c
atnon* the IbJUjw.
A r.t-w catmery will be bci't thirty
mita from Wran^ll at Bcrnette In
let on the vnt coaat of Etottn Island
by Mesars. Hafl and Giraderson
Washington, (aswryiMft Coeetroct
k>:i r l V benm at once.
"V"
EPPERSON BRINGS
MANY PASSENGERS
Ci$??ty-f?ve Ps*i?r?ier? Arrly* For Th
Verier. Barney McGm Returns
From Emerald Isle. Ca I vma.u
LHvt Pc r Washington
The steamer arrived In
& art this morning at five o'clock Af
ter a <H-li;rt?tful trip ncrth. She w*.
i>oo).'?l??t decayed ??i reaching tbk
port due to a detour which *?*.? ix? ?
<*s^?ry to (Wiver freight to the K**=
*an cannery, near Ketchikan.
T&e Jefferson brought a I^r^e mik
Mtr of jiA^sengers for the luMe.
Thetv vere seveoljr-flv* first c)*>s
>as-?eT?ge<rs and nine ^"ond class men
Vmoagst those well known In thi
>art of Alaska and the Yukon wa*
barney J. VrG?, prorrirtor of the
; OmmnW Hotel of Whiteborse who
1 :* returning from a piltrrima.-e to
? the "Old Sod" via New York a >3
i iH?k*go
* C. E. Wfnne-Johnson and Ira Br.in
'! son were passensers on live Jefferson
at far north as Juneau where they
1 ! will answer to the indktroents Te
j turned against them by the cranJ
Jury la the transportation case*.
The Jefferson got away at nine
o'clock with a few passengers for the
sonth. Amongst these were Mr. a d
Mrs. Fred Calkrman. who are leat
ing the city after a reaWence here
| of eleven years. They wiU po Im
mediately to Pasco. \Ya?h, where
Mr. Callannan expects to become In
??Trsted in the Pasco Prc-r?>?? a
weekly publication in that city.
Another passenger to leave this
mnrria* was Harry Ke'ton who If
railed east to his old home in Mass
achnsetts by the Illness of bis moth j
jar.
?ANY TRAVELERS VIEW
BEAUTIES OF SKAGWAY.
An unexpected reprieve wa? given
taa ;>ass*Mi^er? on the morning train
t.rou being wb.sked from the beaut j
Mii city of Skagway. the last Amen |
can city which a number of thenil
w ill see for maniy months a; *1 tlie> <
acre given an extra hour in wli'cli
to view the Gateway to Alaska and
. The Yukon.
This unexpected pleasure to the
traveler* w as due to the delay caus
ed in unloading freight from the Jef
ferson and reloading of it on the tra !?
that it might not be del?T?sl here un j
til Monday.
The Princess May arrived in Ket
chikan this morning at 7:30 and is
! due to arrive here *at noon tomorrow
OUR
SPRING GOODS
Have commenced to arrive
We Will Have
Shipments on Every Boat
New Spring Millinery
Will be Displayed
Tuesday Morning
March Twelve
Come Early and MaAe Your
Selections
H. J. LYNCH
T>?? Up-To-D?t? Ha ani La^ita Furnlah?r.
POSTPONE BiG
OPENING fit
ST. tOUIS COLD WEATHER
DISAPPOINTS FANS
CV?cir j G*me Betwwn St. Louis
Mfjcr League Team# Postponed.
Ground Prcj?n. Playeis Pw l?
' iwnr
((By Alaska New s Bureau.)
ST. IXH'te. Mo., March Base
I ball fan* arc terribly dUapporr.led
1 <?ver INe Announcement that the open
in,; game of the aesaon vhich to
| be played tomorrow betwwn the St.
Louis Nationals and the American*
ha* beon postponed bee*"!"* of the
a Id weather.
The emtio whi?h scheduled to
j be playel yesterday was to be the
firm ga*ne of the season to h?? pay
ed in this city. It wa_? to mark the
opening of a serie* b^twn the two
major leagnes
The postponement of the sattvp* is
said to be doe to th?? frmen condition
i >f the groom!, the marva .-en i<nt fear- 1
jjn? that tho placer* would ran big;
"isks of iojurtou Utetuseite'. Thoj
! rarr.< ? will be p'aved a* ?ODtt as the j
! weAih?r warms up and the ro rn's j
j iiv ia * softened condition.
'
DEDUCTION WADE IX
RATES TO PORTLAND.
,
No Uttte inter est is boim? aro;ssei
. uuon^st the Elks of this c<ty and
iuneau over a prospective exursion
iO ti*? Grand Lodge which wti coa
. one in Portland July 10 Co the 154 b.
; it is thought that the ?fcftgwajr ac i
: iuncau 5o<Ves may comcinr In one
delegation to Ui? G rttnd I/oi^e, they
oeln*: <h? onjy E!k oldges la Alaska, i
tr goLvg tosethcr it is hoped to make j
a better showing atnon -it tbe brrd j
>f tbe AntlereJ Tribe Vho win a hnrj
n tbe Rone Qty
.Vn advantage to be Rasned wUl bej
?he matter of a ivhKHton of rat?s
The .*!aska Steamship Co. nrwioun-e
that they will make a ra'o of a faro
I : nd a ha!f for tbe round trip to Se
! "vttle during the convpnt'on. From
?^attk> there aft be run an ex
cursion by the O. R. and N. Ra'I
vmy to Portland, a rate being male
of $7.50 for the round trip. The en
tire cost of transportation from thi*
city to Portland and retvrn will there
fore lie $52. 50
DOLPHIN TO RETURN
TO NORTHERN RUN.I
The next steamer of the A'aska
Steamship ltne which will arrive In
I port will be tbe steamer Dolphin
j which ha? been undergoing numerous
jiepair* which win aid much to the
| oonrfort of travelers upon her. Sb*
| is scheduled to arrive here on the
I >d of next month.
; The arrival of the Oo'pNn will b?
welcomed a* a familiar rim of ro
I turn-ins summer by the resident* of
: Skacway who have watched hrr 'Otne
' and to for over twelve years
' tflLL search for
LOST PLACER MIME
Fred Eckert And Wife Lsavs For
Headwater? of The Big Salmon.
Will Prospect, Hunt. And Trap For
Two Year*,
A second attempt to pcitetrae the
*lMs surrounding the foeaawaters of
?tie It ik Salmon River In the Yukon!
a ill be marie by the party consisting ;
>t Mr. KYed Eckert and wife, ami j
! their throe dog team, which cam*
to Erie* on their first attempt at
wishing over the summit last wee*.
Thte por ion c t the journey, the
.?limb to th? summit will be avoided
today by taking the train ? to the
-itmtmH from whewe they *11
!t*l down onto lAke Den
r-u. and on to Whiteliorne. They will
rontinoo on the Pawscn trail to Lake
j IWtarge when they will crow to
the Livings ton creek trail op which
they wHI continue for a n?ml?T of
mUe?. Here they will leaTe the
Lhln-*ton and will ocos* the summit
Into the rsHey of the Wg Salmon.
Onoe in the vsJ:ey of the Bi* Sal
mon Mr. Eckert declared th?*y will
bp at home He has a fine cabin
on one of the mcrt favorable looking
creeks In the va'ley. His <ache there
contains sufficient food for a year
or mm>. Combined with this stock
he says that the country there la
teeming with all kinds of game.
Moose and caribou abound h> the dis
trict and the broad valley Is filled
with many lakes Into which the re
turning geese ami duck* come In
laree flocks.
"Part of the tiime 1 shall spend In
trapping," said Mr. Eckert, "having
previously carried In a Rood line of
traps. I expect to get a number of
eood furs. The district hag not been
trapped for a number of years and T
h^pe to fet one of those black fox."
It Is in the rofcrtln* Hne that Mr.
EcV-ert expects to make a big stake
He has locate upon a creek which
'run a.1 indlta.ioM will yield a bar
est of the yellow me'al. h was on
creek that t?j? bo.l'rs of two
p<? tor* were f und by the mount
sd police after they had succumbed
:o the ravages of $ ur-,y nvany years
1 !?. In the few remnant* of clothes
eft on the remains when found,
?-ore the fruits of their toll and prl
atioa. a poke of tie precious yellow
rwtal. in the seanh for which they
jare their life. D azed on a nearby
r^e was the legend, ''Found Ooki
iere '98." The names on the tree
vere InJfccernab'e.
On his previous trip to the creek.
Mr. Eckert carried a small boihr in
with which he will sink to bed
-ock In the frosen frround. which var
es In depth from nothing to twenty
feet.
Ask^d how Joag he expoct^d to re
main in the country Mr. Eckert stat
ed that he had provisions enocgh for
'wo years with the game that they
might get about them. "A great
'leal will depend on how Mrs. Eck
ert likes the country and t*kes to
the life of the prospector, this being
her first atW>tript at roughing It,"
he said
Miss P'-mice T>ahHne was a passen
ger on the train this morning to lx>*
Cabin where siie will vl?it her moth
er. She will return on this pvenlm's
train.
*?? ?'? ?*' ?-*? Y ?** + *J* ?{? ?"? ??? f *J? M? aja h?
i CANNED FRUIT:
(PREFERRED STOCK) J
This is the seas m f rcannnd fruit. "Preferred Stock'' ,
Hr
brand means the choicest goods and Ijest methods of
canning. Parity and Quality absolutely gnaranleed .jJ
STRAWBERRIES RASPBERRIES . *
PINEAPPLES BLACKBERRIES *
QOOSBERRIES PEACHES +
LOGANBERRIES APRICOTS +
PEARS PLUMS +
CHERRIES +
+
We also car r\ a full line of extra fancy +
T dried fruits +
: P. H. GANTY, Grocer t
i+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 4, + + ,l, + + + + l>+#
POLICE CATCH !
DIAMOND THIEF
DANIEL GALLAGHER IS
ARRESTED IN 3T. LOUIS
Thcught to b? Per^tfaUir of Famous ,
Maiden Orvmmcnd Diamond ROfc- '
bcry on Tfansatla tic Steamer Last
Year.
( fty Alaska News Bureau.)
ST. I<OI IS, Mo.. Marrfe 12? It
ihoii^ht that a aoluii n ha* been
found for th* mjraterk** Uatocmd roll ;
bery which occurred on one of tfce
big transatlantic stea'i ?*ts last year
whem Mrs. Maiden DmtHMrf, New
York society matron, reported the
loss of h??r famous Jewe's with the
assertion that they had been aU?>;i
on ship board.
Daniel Col lasher who ha* l.'een Tin
der ?urv?Hlano<? ever sine* the j* wel
robbery t x>k place wa i arrested her*
last nUht. Gal'aeher who was a
pawner on the sh'p when the Drum
mond jewels va'ueri a: $12,'.. 000 were
missed has b ?eu washed by dstec- '
Urea and pro red hh own ondoln* ?
Nut nijtht wl?en he endeavored to !
dispose of the Jewel* ?> hlcb the po
lice of both continents have been
on the look-out for. *tn<> th? theft
took place.
Oalburher declare that the Jewels
were given h!m by another man to
dtopov of.
MORTGAGE FORCLOSED
ON TRAIL PROPERTY.
At 1 1 o'clock a. m. yesterday lot $.
in block twenty -s.'x of the town of i
Ska, way, on which Is located the'
Trail building, the Gross Moving Pic
ture Show and th?> Lynch store was
sold to J. M. Tanner, the h '^hest
bidder, by Deputy Marshal Fred Po*i- I
to. on the st?ps of the court hoLS?.
.The tale mae'c by order of the dis
trict court, was for the purpose of i
satisfying a judgement of $t?Otl.78. (
held by Mrs. J. F. Anderson, former
ly Mrs. Catherine Cathrart of this
city, airainst Fred Patten. Ros*> Pat
ten, Chris Shea. He>n Shea, J. B.
Caro. the Olympla Browin* Company
and J. B. Caro ami Company.
Mr. Tanner In hi Win* on the prop
erty stated that he was biddto*; for
the plaintiff in the action. The prop
erty w?it to Mr. Tanner for IS775.
Mr. J. F Anderson was the only bid
der a*alnst Tanner.
REPUBLICAN SOLDIERS
GET BACK PAY.
Two Month* Pay Quiet* <fc>liie'"?
Mere Premier ?? Socn as Possi
ble. Violent Demonstrations Cesza.
R ecorstnietlon to Begin.
fftjr AlMka News Bureau.)
WNKINV;. March 22? It hi hoped
her# that the rioting and pfflagia*
which Imw been Indulged li? by U*e
R"j>nbli<-*n soldiery will <*?Me with
! he payment to them of two month*
hack w*>c?i which Ik all that the ne*
govevnment fr *b'e to r*y at the
present time The froope hare
agreed to re**e their vlo!e*it demon
otratkm* providing that they are
given this much re<*ompense for rmr
vices.
It la hoped by the official* of the
rw>w government - thsr ijHorders
'hroughont (he realm will be stopped
nhortly and the work of reconstruct
ing the empire will he he*tin tmmed
lately
FRENCH MINERS STRIKE
FOR TWO DAYS ONLY.
< By Alaska News Boreau.)
PARIS, March 22 ? The FTeiv.h
miner* be*an a 24 -hour air ike yes
terday. It Is intended merely as a
demonstration and the meo will re
turn to work tomorrow. Tbey want
an elght-hour day, a minimmn wag*
and a defhilte gi*rante?? of a daily
pension when they cease wof% at the
age of 40. ?
The. greater number of the men
remained away from work. Regi
ments in all Mie mining dtetricta
were confined to barracks. b*K no
disturbance is reported.
GRAND FORKS STRONG
FOR LA FOLLETTE.
(By Alaska News Bureau./
GRANT) PORKS. N Dak.. March
22 ? The results of the primary he'd
here for presidential preference (five
La Toilette a majority over Taft and
Roosevelt of between eleven and
twelve thousand.
STORK REAPPEARS.
The stork which appeared in the
Johnston home yee>rday loitered
about the city nntil this mocnin*
when It paid a visit to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McBrien leaving
them a little daughter. The Btt!e
girl was born at II o'nJoefr this morn
ing. Both Mrs. McBrien and the
babe are reported to be doing nW"e!y.
The Enormous Demand
for Good Clothes
made to order by our
famous Chicago tailors.
Ed. V. Price & Co.
has been created by the
3 Unfailing Quality of
the Clothes Themselves
Three-Button Novelty
IIL. acd W tke patronage of men
who know a good thing when they see it.
If you want a Spring suit that is guaran
teed to give complete satisfaction in fit,
style, woolens and workmanship, don t delay
having us take your measure.
WILL WON, IDE CLOTHIER