\ . ol'RTKKNTH YKAR >K \<i\VAY, ALASKA. THLltSDAY. K1CBUAKY 15. U12 PRICE 1? CKSTS
SUN VAT 2t(i
WILL RESIGN
P*E*!ES WAN *ltL
SUCCEED TO PRESIDENCY
N.w o E'tctfo P"*sic?nt *i I fc'afce
V* For Ei.^nenccd Stattssman.
Rt e' * be uiven Starv ?g Mi'*
I){1?. T*rrit e FUwr
ery H "tgtfma.
...-U N.*?s itweao-i
JvXN t ?> >NO!Sl O. C*' . Feb. I-?
> W . ? - r -ed b^rej^tale that Fre>
;?> i s?n > at Sea ? Ul rw-iir? ti?e
, j i faxor of Pretaier Yuan
- ?i K*:. it. .?? Hid to h* tk? wl
l sj?*r.< ;r. th> Empire
I; s <v>nce4?d by the Rebels that
?
U?5 Noer l*?e n am *tav of the Royal
'"arj:!v i> the only man * ho cut bria
a.--: tty <v.* of the ehaoUo oojhlitww
? *t toe *? Cm - la at the present
t ma
*i effort- ? l b# r.ia?5t? tf>
1 f-vlo* :hc rebe>" <>t\ <hie to the
? ow<wUirattoii of the J?oil and de
? . i bv t e ."?? ? -al flool* ?-heTr
x k.-? k < Nw i.rokori and have
be^n Already m5Wow ;
r.pp Tejtor -4 to be <v. th? r<*ipe <tf
*-**r?-a?KM
ACE TRANSFERS T*0
COTS? GCOO PW-CE
Th<> C?i*r?? VflO t- mMi w Jjcst
? os UV x*T!?w ntf Trn fi Aw *c<i
v >??'?>* tt r*4. "WKmri-s to Ft.V
Pl.t ?*? Uv at ?<? Rot*.
! ? Th J*T '?IW^y conhls rT twf
t. ' ?r>:? v of t**o- X on nh.'h
Vaj arri>. i tti t*v-?
ELKS VEETIWO T'.)N?C-H*
>
1 "K?_ n (? r -x *1 f ? 1 ?>*rp
\Uit S v
tv?rd?*J!y la^iW.
T ' ? > ?* UN- ?oCv??d *r?T I>">d.o?
F K. l * U:mar.. Sees t?r> j
RICH strike made
IN BLACKSMITH SHOP
Five Pcc-d* cf Or* Pana 65 Cents.
Or* F-\>m Dolly B Claim on East
Fcr*. B?j Stamped to View Sam
ple.
The discovery of * fab?Kw? quan
tity of free poW In a specimen cf
rock <aid to have come from tbe
xnimw rvvlh- B oJaim on the East
\?rk of the Skasway river is causitu:
o little amount of excitement in
town today.
The f * d was maile by J. C. Nc
>?i. *-ho examined a quantity of
- ' k which bad been placed in his
vee for the purpose of burning K
1 pon cleaning out his force this
ins MrTirten examined the rock
1 ajv-n nreAkinx it up was amaze 1
> f. i that it was filled with the
; nt Five pcmnds of i*e
?>. were granulated and the mass
as panned with the rwuJl tual ?>?"?
:? in fix* ?old was recovered.
Iwti 'telelt a search was siar;e .
- find from whence came the rich
?ertman It is claims that the
?e. inn was brou?bt to the shop br
\rthw Wilson and was from the Doi-1
y B cla m on the Ea?t FYvk of the
Skajrway river.
Tbe pan of qpld has been on ex
Ntion Jn the office <*f Phil Abra
\n? and has caused a bic stampede
' ^icht seeYs to that place.
BACHELORS BALL IS
A HUGE SUCCESS
> 111 1 .< . et? t * I 111 t*>t ih.1.1 ??
.* Ill U?
??>L> vh s(>ar>i? *?ha pi*\A-,t>.
..>< ...iiiiui toe eieiUaig aiia mi.
i-i ?. tae h?ur ai winch the
A s orvx-fi i. voted Use "Ua>-bt
r?. t tor ent^tAlaiaK m a deluh>;>
v and it to hoped that tn;s ui.. 1
? >?. i*e th- r ?aj.t auemp; at enterU.
. during the remaining social se-i
* bail roorc: presented a t
.. i appearance, decorated in a re*;
! . reen color effect. Following o?.t
ie Valentine snccestlor. a hup<
ie?rt. prerced by an arrow from
i!p>d"? dart, was suspended from the
r of the room. A hure Valen
biirt on the wall, portraying a
? lc. ? y" of l?>ap Year, drawn Ir
?\ - by Vlcter Sparks, made quit*
;?e hit of the even h?t
The Bachelors desire to thank the j
? wa| puh'ic for their cenerous sup
>vt and gtipr riaBj are they prate
?i to the lalH-s who tssl?M them
r. the way of cakes and sandwiches
.Me WEEK MORE..
33.1 per cent, off
Our Grand Clearance Sale has been
such a tremendous succes during
the past week that we have decid
ed to give one week more of the
BIG SALE
ONE-THIRD OFF
Sale Goses Saturday Evening
February 17th, 1912
H. J. LYNCH
Th# Up To-D?*? H?b?r: and Furnf*h?r.
INDICTS STUFF
IN WORKERS
*
INDICTED MEN ALL
RELEASED ON BAIL
Virtually Entir* Staff of Official# Are
Caught in Grand Jury Net. Forty
one Are Arrested. Arraigned on
M*rch 12th.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind . Feb. la? W
"iially the entire official staff of the
International Association of Rridge
ind Structural Iron Workers have
*>een arrested oo indict ments re
?urned by the grand Jury here.
Forty-cine officials of the VnJon
have b^'ii arre*ted. including Presi- 1
! m Ryan. All of the men indicted
??ve released on bond. They will
;>e arraigned before fedenwl Judge An- ,
iorson here on March 12th.
DIG DEFICIT
IN TREASURY
WASHINGTON, P. C.. Feb. ?? The
fiiit of the Federal treasury for
he current fiscal year has risen to
J At the close of January
,? y?ar ago the excess of disburne
over receipts was only $10,137,
The treasury trtthered up during
K-y $ ?2.462,000. The month's ex
-? < of the National Government
v..r reached J-.tfi2.00n * deficit
t' e month of $!H5">,ooo. The total
Ian. in the general fund when the
opened yesterday was $12.
a month aA> it WM $12fi.926.
The working balance In the tre f
it the cJr?c of January was $?.">.
M t. a gainst $71,415,000 at the
1 of I'eoenib^r The total amount
t cold coin and bullion held in Wust
the I lited States for the re.lemp
: 'n of notes and certificate* on Jan
:ary .11 was tl.02S.Cl2.000. The c+i
r year clo?ed with $1,010.!?;>6.000
f >???> Tho ?-on?trurtion of
!'e l^nanm Canal called $2,291,000;
of the treasury during January.
i!P? ember disbursement* in that
onn< itk>n were $".1 23.000 Work on
ihe canal tip to ('ate during the fis
al year has oo<=t $20.<t<MVrtOO. Therr
ire 7 National banks, according to
'he Controller of the Cunyncy, The
?otal amount of the National bank
Tenia! -on outstanding 1? $741 .4?4.O<>0
?
WALLACE GRANT RETURNS
Wallace Grant, son of Mrs. A. L
Grant. and former resident of Ska*
way. was a p.v?senrrr on the May ia?
nJ^ht. He has. jitst retirmed fr^m an
ex'endet trip through the eist Mr
Gra^t expects to leave for Pawson In
a few days.
Mrs Pavts and daughter Edna,
wrre arrivals on the May and will
leave for their home in Whitehorse
on th* morning train.
EL PASO HAILS KERN
AS MONTE CRISTO RETUR NEC
SVnaway Merchant And Pioneer Re
turn* to Former Home to Find
Himself a Millionaire Twice Over.
Hailing Pet?r Kern, a former well
known Skagway plotter and busing
man. as "the pioneer and Monte Crls
'o of Kl Paso, Texas," the El Puo !
Morning Times devotes an entir? 1
t?Pe to the wonierfnl story of the j
Itfe of our oW townsman and 'he rU- 1
'?<wl?S of the fortTjr? thni whfth he!
has passed.
i-.kp Hip a .i Winkle he noes to!
-o.k j is fortune in the northern ice'
fields and returni. to Kl Paso to find I
? imseJ* a millionaire twice ov?-,"
?hc Times.
The article tells of the early efforts ?
4nd success with which they wers'
rowned when a? a young man. pen-f
aitss. but thrifty, Kern first came to;
B1 Paso In the fall of -81. He open j
d a Jewlery shop and prospered in
ie small town then construct^ of(
?ie red adobe ,?f the soithorn conn
"T. He Invested heavily in lands
surrounding the town With a crash,
in the dull days of 93. Kern's vts
ions of success treat by the board
and placing his then valuetoaa prwp
< "l.v in the haji.js of trustees, for Uie
t >te< tf?->n of his creditors, he left El
Paso n penniless man as he had
' ome ard wK out Ifor parts unknown
The early days of the Alaska rush
'!>.i nd Kern like thousands of others
n the fnrimv-t flUiks nish|n)t tf)oy
knew not where He settled In
way and opened up a jewelery
store meeting with gtrat stjccw*
' P?n vkltlrc El r**o in later
v ??".rs Kern was surprised to find
that his property had l*y.n cared for
by the trustees and that he was a
mV'Honairr
He settle hi* business Interests in!
?>kat* -.y and returned to th Teias j
|0%*' wh1rh fr"m a mere
? rentier town to a modern rtty. His!
hief asset th^re consktrd of a
Tiare mile of land loeatH on
'op Of * nie>a *hlch he is now
ransforwing it),0 K h^antlful addition
h< e*pe?'s t(, become the aris
torratv district of the ctty
ll the center of hi* tract is an 1
i?ni -nence called <>a? cat upon
Kern has pl?ned to build a
1 -^tle Kern, the second As Castle
Kern. on the slopes of Mount Dewey
watches over the vnJley of the <W
?ay Hver and unsixcads a grand
panorama to the gw,. of the visitor
<'?'le unlV?ld many
' ' :tlfnl to the eyes of ,hp
' ;"-^r Speakln, of the situation of
the Times saj-s
Below their very feet, the visitors <
? ( ^tlo Korn will have t?,#
-lonous vista lr, a|| ,he southwest
m Its heights to the south lies I
the modern city of E| t-^o,
eicht transcontinental r?J!ro?d, ron-1
v.rre aero,, the Klo Grande the'
ancient Hty of M Norte, an, I
csthedmi of Guadair.pe. whose dome,
ike Mrr^lch belfry t*w*r h?, fscM
the sun since IMS: behind this the
a?o del Norte mountain range on
wh<*e summit each autumn the des
rndants of the Arl,ecs bulk) their
"*<^d flm, to H*ht the path of the
Mpccted return of Kmperi,* Monte I
""ma; over one hundred m?Vs to
o west and northwest are visible
? p -ak* above the horiton. of Tres
Hermanans. the no,Mas and Cook's
j. + + + + + + + + + + ++ + + + ^ + + *t, + ,5* + +
X Syrups of Highest Quality
This week we are showing our complete line of table
Syrups, pocking Molasses, ot<\, which includes nil the lead
ing brands on the market, and aro positively guaranteed a*
represented
Yankee Hills, pure Maple A Cane, quarts.
" " " " " " i gallons.
1 "
14 pints
" gallons
quarts
pints
quarts
quarts
10 lb tins
5 lb tins
i gallons
quarts
5 lb tins
Towles Log Cabin
,? ?. <? ??v <?
Pure Maple *
Old style
Breakfast Belle, Honey flavor
White Clover Cane flavor
White Rose
Pure Missouri Sorghum
Karo Corn Syrup
Hi riilnrlr
prlro th1?w<*k
Kolkiw*
40
65
1.25
35
1.50
K
35
45
40
75
45
GO
35
45
onlj- to
85
55
1.05
25
I 30
55
25
40
30
65
35
50
30
40
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
SECRETARY WILL
INVESTIGATE PROGRESS
Congress to Defer Aeticn cn Canal
Af.pr^riaticn Until Secretary of
Interior Mekes E*.'Tiination of Pro
jrets.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C . Feb. 15 ? K
vras announced this morning tbat Sec
retary Ftshrr would leave iraniwt i&to. j
ly f r a trip to the Canal Zone for
the purjK>s?' of making a personal In
\e?tl atio;i of the proares* of the
aiV Mr wf.I makf> & hurry up trip
stayire there but a few day* when
!*? will return an-l make a report to
Prc*He?t Taft.
McMANIGAL PLEASED
WITH GOVERNMENT PROBE.
( ily Alaska News Bureau i
LOS ANGELES, C*l.. Feb. l.V-Or
tie McManlgal who re^ntly returned
.mm lirilanapoMs. where he appear
ed before the grand jury in the
jf star witness for the state, express,
"d himself as well pleased with the
r -suits of the InvesMcation and h?
tllctraenta of t're off!' 'ate of the In
ternational Iron Workers.
He said that he was zlaij that the
ffr-Ta'.s had been arrested anH that
he would appear arflinM them at ?,
thrVr trial.
Mrs I.. H. Harrison was a pa.!<?en
:or on the J?ff**S3n yesterday for
.lunetu. v hf-re she mill rAroain for
at>out fen day.-:.
,?>*k mountains and the Black ranee.
? nth ami In full view are the flute
t!?e ptnacles of the lofty Or*an momi
?ainn. and to t!?*- ea?t and southeast
the pea k ? of Sierra Biarra, the Quk
man and I>avis and Ea.le mountain*,
in the hazy distance, far to the aouth.
in old Mejk-o. appear th? hifth aum
rrit* of the Candeiar > and Rancheria
Tiour.ta'ns. f -rmrr acet cn of the ter
rible battles with tho Apaches; ktofc-i
ini north fcr a hundred mite*. atretch
es the fertile valley of the Rio
'irande clear tr? the foot of Elephant
Butte dam. and lieiow, to the south
east. the lower valley; both as fertile!
M the valley of the Vtte "
CRIMINALS GET AWAY
WITH DARING CRIME
Secure $25,000 in Currency From Mes
sengers in The Heart of Financial
District cf New Yor*. Assault Mes
sengers In Taxi Cab.
(Dy Alaaka New* Bureau.)
/ >BW YORK, Feb 15? A feat **l
>? m iMfeded In tfct- darin* diaplay
<-ti to<.? i,.ane her tcday In th?? heart
ed took p'.ac* here today in th? he?rt
i f flic .-iiisinrss V' ? on of ?he city
ir.r a three men entered a taxicab,
ovf-r powered two me*oen*?r?, and
???ap^l with |25.'KK?.
Th robbery took place in the
?i?arf of the financial district. The
,r - Rrf-ri>. carrying th? money In a
?t'-rhrl were unaware of any Intent
f rnm. until three men swiftly en
'ered ?b? cab ?nd overpowered them
.-?? th.?y could realize th?-lr danger.
p.i" r* by on the sidewalks were
j*iro *>' ar unusual rommctlon
!i?? r- ! until the robber* had left
'-h the let and th*? alarm wa? tflr
by tiie itnured m?wnrprs who
? >?' !;?>? p pttftnltmf.
For .larms, the crime <w*e^d* any
;b!>ii* fvir rt'orded In criminal an
nals. *
OATS MUST BE FRESH
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO, Feb. IS? Oats, which
a>?? been subjected to a renovation
process, commonly known a* "suV
phnrteed," today came under the ban
of the eoremment pure food ozports
snd mr^acva weTe re^eivH by local
board of tradp officials informing
them that "snlpharinn" is h"ld und?r
the law to be adulteration.
Sailers of ?urh oat*. Pr?>sidenf
Frank Bunch w*i Informed, would
' o in danger of prosecution even if
?hay had coaipN'M with ?tate r??u
?at Ion*.
Incorporated in the r*jWn* was a
deci*<?n that badly <Vtma??d rraln
may be eonsMered a* fltthy or putrid
ind so may not be sold for homan
animal frwd
OARROW TRIAL IS
POSTPONED A WEEK.
(By Alaeka New* Bureau, i
M)S ANOBIJCB, Cal . Feb IS? Clar
once r>arrow. indicted labor attomev.
w(M arra1*n*d today No action was
taken in hi* c**??. If beinc *?f for
trial on th? J3rd.
Vmnngat th* paa*en*ers to arrive
on thn May wero flcotty Morriaon of
WhWehoiTo. C. H. IMvl* Of f>?wsnn
and father Rivet i* Whltehorae
Shoes for
Men
Women
and
I Children
We have a large Stock on hand
Also A Large Assortment of
Men's Shoes
The Best That The Market
Afford*
Also
Rubbers and Arctics
of all kinds
W* NORTHERN \
WILL CLAYSON-aSL
Hie Home of The
HART. SCHAFFNER AND MARX
CLOTHING *