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No. 253. TWELFTH YEAR.
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY,
BIG DOINGS
ON THE W
There were "doings" on the Princ
? ?-? Maj' yesterday when Capt. James
McLeod Rave a "sourdough dinner
and blowout" tn honor of the promi
nent Yukoners who were on board.
The menu, which was arranged es
pecially (or the occasion,* had such
delecacies as "Malamute Stew, a la
A. B." "Ice Worm Salad," Baked
l>og Salmon. Skookum '9S peas. Corn |
on the Left Limit, Eldorado bed rock
cheese, and other edibles seldom seen
on the bill of fare south of 53.
After dinner several toasts
were drank to the King (Ed. not
Bill) and the President and with
Jeff Davison, the Dawson "wood man
as toastmaster. the following toasts
were responded to: The Royal North
west Police. Major Z. T. Wood; Trans
portation or anything else. W. B.
"Bill" King: Commerce. Howard Turn
vr; The Press. A. W. H. Smith:
Dredges, E. E. McCarthy; Gushers.
Dan Matheaon; Character stuff. Prod
At wood; Notions. "Jake" Hirschberg;
Allonette, Aime Dugas; Ice Worm
Juice. Jimmy Brownlee: Finding
Boundaries. Bert Parker; Deep water
Capt. McLeod: Prince Rupert. M. J.
Fitzgerald: The Chief Engineer. John
McGraw; Jollying as a Fine Art.
"Old" Ironsides; The Steward. Ed
ward Rowland: The Wireless, W. R.
Keller: and the C. P. R.. F. F. W.
Low'e.
The other guests present were: R.
S. Steves. Frank Stvees, W. K. Cur
rie. J. Williams. F. J. Patton, William
Varnst>n. Philo Johnson and Mes
dames Matheson and Lowle and Miss
Khoda Swlnehart of Selkirk.
COTTAGE IN AND OUT
The Cottar City arrived in port
at 11:20 last night with 36 passen
gers and TO tons of freight and sail
ed south at t? this morning with eight
passengers.
notice.
There will be a special meeting of
White Pass Lodge No. 113 F. and A.
M.. at the Masonic Hall Tuesday even
ing, March 20th in the nature of a
farewell to A. P. Drapes. Work in
M. M. Degree. 1
Robert Lindsay, superintendent, an
Howard Turner, auditor of the North
ern Commercial company were pas
sengers on the Princess May anil will
leave for Dawson tomorrow. Both
Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Turner expect
to see a prosperous season at Dawson
this summer.
"It depends largely upon the quartz
development." said Mr. Turner today.
"There are two properties being devel
oped at Dawson and so far the Indi
cations are very favorable. When
definite values have been found it is
certain to stimulate great quartz ac
tivity In and around Dawson, for
there are many persons who are
awaiting the outcome of the develop
ment in the two Dawson properties I
and if the results are favorable they j
will get busy.
"There are also large areas of low :
grade dirt In the Yukon that can be j
worked at a profit with modern ma
chinery. Treadgold has large project j
under way which will help upbuild tli i
country."
Hoth Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Turner <
stated that they expected the Iditarod I
tc prove a good camp, although at '
the present time the reports are con
tradictory. If the Iditarod pans out
well it will stimulate trade at Skag
way and Dawson and all through the
interior.
PRINCESS MAY IN PORT
The Princess May reached port at
0:20 this morning with ?!'? passengers
and IS tons of freight. The May will
sail south soon after the train arrives
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. \V. Lowle and
infant son returned on the Princess
May after a visit of several weeks
spent with relatives ami friends in
Victoria.
R. R. McDonald, who has been as
sistant agent fcr the Pacific Coast
Steamship company for the last ten
months, left for Portland, Ore, on the
Cottage City. Mr. McDonald has
been transferred to Portland. Mr.
McDonald leav many friends In
Skagwav to regret his departure. Ar
other assistant agent is expected on
one of the next boats.
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(By Alaska N'?ws Bureau)
MANILA, P. I. Mar. 28? Advices j
have been received hero by wireless !
stilting a gun exploded on the U.
S. cruiser Charleston during target
practice and that eight seamen were
killed or wounded.
I ELK'S HALL THE MECCA TONIGHT
All the preparations have been made
for the Catholic carnival to be held
tonight at Klk's hall and the affair
promises to be one of *he most en
joyable social events in the history
o* Skagway.
Starting at at 8:30 o'clock there
will be a musical program, varied by
several other numbers, which will oc
cupy about one hour. Following this
the floor will be cleared and a dance ,
will follow. Between dances tl?.
drawings on the many prizes will be
announced.
The advance sale of tickets has
been very large and there are many
prominent Yukoners in town who will
probably attend.
The committee in charge wishes to i
announce that all unsold tickets must
be returned to the committee before
the entertainment commences.
The program follows:
1 Overture ? Pirates of Penzance
? Reed's Orchestra
2 Vocal Solo ? A Rose in Heaven
? Mr M. A. Snow |
o Piano Solo ? Selected
? Miss Madeline Hockott |
4 Vocal Soio ? Selected
?Mrs. D. M. Westcott |
5 Dialect Reading
? Mrs. A. \V. Reed
6 Violin Duet ? Traum der Senner
In ? An Idyle
? Messrs. Mclntyre and Selmer|
7 Vocal Solo ? Angus MacDonald
? Mr. W. C. Blanchard |
8 Piu..j Solo ? Excerpt from Op. 13,
Beethoven ? .Miss M. O. Hindshaw
!' Vocal Solo ? The Message
?Miss C. n. Snow
!0 Highland Fling
? Master Karl Lathrop
11 Selection ? Dance of the Songbirds
? Reed's Orchestra
Accompanists: Mrs. W. J. Rlckard.
Miss M. G. Hindshaw and Charlie
Runner.
TICKET IS NOMINATED BT
TAX PAYERS II CONVENTION
The Tax Payers party held a well
attended meeting Saturday evening
at Firemen's hall, nominated seven
candidates for the council and two
candidates for the school board. adop2
ed a platform, selected the chairman
of the central committee for the en
suing year and adjourned after speech!
es were made by Phil Abrams and J.
M. Tanner.
J. M. Tanner called the meeting to
order. He briefly stated the purpose
of the convention and called for nom
inations for a chairman and secretary
Phil Abrams nominated Dr. Bra wand
for chairman and J. M. Tanner nom
inated George Dcdman for Secretary.
Both men wore unanimously elected.
Dr. Brawand named Phil Abrams,
J. M. Tanner and Fred Krlich as mem
bers of a platform committee. They
retired and after a short consulta
tion reported the following platform, j
which was unanimously adopted:
Mr. Chairman; ?
We your committee on platform
beg to report as follows:
That the tax payers party in nom
inating convention assembled, urges
the electors of Skagway to nominate
such men for municipal councllmen
and members of the School Board,
who will give us a fair and impartial
administration.
To give us such administration as
will insure the financial prosperity of
the town.
To make such necessary improve
ments In the town as is just and fair
to all of the resident property owners.
To extend the water mains to dif
ferent parts of tho town as has been
heretofore promised.
To increase the funds in the city
treasury by economizing in the Police
and Fire Warden and Street Commis
sioner departments.
To decrease the expenditures of op
erating the Public School by a less
number of employees through the of
fices of tho School directors.
Respectfully submitted,
Committee.
DR. Brawand then called for nomi
nations for eounciimen and the follow
ing nominations were made:
?I. M. Tanner, William Brltt, Dr
Brawand, Ceorge Dedman, C. C. Run
ner. \V. S. Sparks, (Mr. Sparks de- 1
( lined) P. \V. Snyder and W. J. Bled- j
soe. Mr. Abrams moved nominations:
be closed.
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(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 28? At
torney Vertrees, representing Secre
tary Ballinger, commenced his open
ing arguments for the defense today.
Me bitterly scored both Pinchot and
Giavis and asserted their testimony
was colored by personal prejudice j
against Sec. Ballinger.
The committee adjourned this after
noon until next Friday.
UP III GRAFT
(By Alaska News Bureau)
PITTSBURG. Mar. 2C? The investi
gation into the bribery charges made
against members of the city council
has shown that several of the leading
banks are Involved ill the graft. A
sensation is promised for Monday, as
the grand jury has demanded the
names of the men who paid the brib' >
to the councilmen.
ASSASSIN IS EXECUTED
(By Alaska News Bureau)
HARBIN, Manchuria. Mar. 26? In
dian Angan, the assassin of Prince
I to. was executed today.
The chairman then called for nom
inations for the school board and
the names of C. \V. Ask and Fred
Doree were placed in nomination.
The nominations were then closed.
Mr. Tanner then nominated Dr. Dr:n
wand as chairman of th'e central com
mittee and he was unanimously chos
en.
Mr. Tanner and Mr. Abranis made
a few remarks at the conclusion of
which the meeting adjourned.
New, clean and comfortable beds
for 50 cents and up at the Dominion
Hotel. tf
CHOI GALL
OH HUNGER
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON, I). C. Mar. 28? Tho
Balliu^er Invi : ligation committee af
ter an executive session behind closed
doors decided not to allow Attorney
Rrandels to call .Mr. Balllnger as a
witness lor the prosecution.
The testimony of John Steele and
Stephen Birch, the Guggenheim
agents who appeared before the com
mittee Saturday, went far to clear
Balllnger, as both witnesses testified
the option.s which the Guggenheims
held on the Cunningham claims were
invalid.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. I). C. Mar. 28? The
investigation of the Cunningham coal
claims ha ? practically ended. A de
cision will be made today as to whe
ther it is advisable to call more wit
nesses.
FOR IRE CITY
The City of Seattle will resume tho
Skagway run about April 7. At the
present tiiu * the vessel is dry docked
at Seattle and is undergoing a thor
ough overhauling.
Capt. C. J. O'Brien, who has been
master cf the City of Seattle for sev
i ral year.;, has resigned and Capt.
Charli .! White will be master of the
Pacific Coast boat this season.
Capt. White has been with the Pa
cific Coast company for four years.
Last summer he had charge of the
Tampico and was later assistant
superintendent of the company. Capt.
White was a passenger on the Cot
tage City this trip.
SBIDiaEBBaHHE8aESBS3i3anEQ
Just Received The
Spring and Summer Samples Of
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The Finest Lot of Samples That Has Ever Come
To Skagway
Come and Look Them Over
WILL Ml. CLOllER
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