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No. 14 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
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SKAGWAY ALASKA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
TRIBUTE TO
MAINE HEROES
Washington, Feb. 17—The nation
Saturday paid tribute to the men,
who sixteen years ago went down
in Havana harbor with the ill-fated
battleship Maino. President Wil
sou. the Cuban minister, members
of the army and navy committees of
the lloust and Senate, and surviv
ors of the disaster attended im
pressive ceiemonies in Arlington
cemetery.
Washington, Feb. 17—Seceding
m rubers of the Congressional Un
ion Sunday observed ihe birthday of
Susau B. Anthony, with a mass meet
ing at which the speakers were Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw, head of the Na
tional suffragette organization. Miss
Jane Adama, of Chicago and oth
ers.
W. C. T. U. TONIGHT.
The following program will be giv
en tonight at the Methodist Church,
the service being a memorial con
ducted by the local Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union.
Hymn, AMERICA.
Scripture reading ' ' i
P raver j" *
Hynm j £
Recitation, Fred Blanchard
Recitation, Floris Clark.
Selection by choir "How the For-1
signers Helped in the Campaign".
Reading, Miss Maloney. "The Stran
ger at Our Gate".
Reading, Miss LaLonde, "Francis
Willard."'
Short talk, L. H. Pedersen.
Collection for memorial fund.
Closing hymu. ^ j
EXPEKI.MENT STATION' IS
SENDING SEEDS TO PEOPLE
The officials of the experimental
station at Sitka, under the depart
ment of agriculture, are sending out
seeds to those desirous of securing
ihem. All kinds of vegetable seeds
raised successfully at the station
are included.
BOOKS FOUND
TO BE CORRECT
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 17—The
books of State Treasurer John J.
Kennedy, who committed suicide
yesterday in Buffalo, this state,
have been examined and found to
be absolutely correct.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17—The fu
neral of John J. Kennedy, state
treasurer, will take jilace here to
morrow
wants! m
FOR GOVERNOR
Wash'ugton, D. C., Feb. 17—It
is fumo'od here that commissioner
Camhietti is going to resign to be
come a candidate for the democratic
nominat'oa of <*ovoruor of Califor
nia in 1915.
THINKS SMALL FRUITS
THRIVE AT SITKA FARM
L. F. Anderson, the small fruit
expert with the U. S. department
of agriculture, who is at the gov
ernment experiment farm at Sitka,
is quite enthusiastic over the out
look for small fruit atthe station.
Anderson has made an investiga
tion of the soil and climatic condi
tions and feels assured that the
small fruits will flourish at the
farm. He also thinks that the
wild native fruits can be improved
and made valuable products,
not only in the vicinity of Sitka, but
along the entire coast of South
eastern Alaska.
NOTICE. ' !"•'
The regalar work meeting of the
Woman's Church Auxiliary of Skag
way will be held in the Presbyter
ian Annex tomorrow afternoon from
2:30 to 5.
Mrs. A. R. Hillery, Sec.
The Sk^Tway Volunteer Firemen's
dance on next Saturday night at the
Ellre ball, promises to be a very
enjoyable affair, the more especial
ly so as the ladies of 4he town are
to furiiish the refreshments which
will be served during the evening.
JUST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather Shoes
Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear—Blanket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7x0 and 8 x 10-3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE HINER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
'.The Up To Date Haberdasher "
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE*41 SKAGWAY
TWO YOUNG WO
MEN ARRESTED
St. Petersburg, Feb. 17—For sing
ing the Polish national anthem two
young women of Vilna (Russian Po
land), Baroness von Rosenberg, age
1t, and Mile. Kobilinskv, aged t?2,
today De-^an serving sentences of
one mouth and 20 days imprison
ment, respectively, in a fortress. It
was alleged at their trial that pa
pers of a "dangerou character"
had bee.i found in their possess
ion, but nothing was proved against
them of p. "revolutionary" nature
except they had led in the public
singing ot the Polish hymn in the
porch ot a Vilna church.
WILL VETO THE
BURNETT BILL
Washington, D. C., Feb. 17—It
is said here that President Wilson
will, veto the Burnett Immigration
bill if ;t is passed with the lit
eracy tea'..
El C-ntro, Mexico, Feb. 17—
Charles Gale, a British subject,
who waj well known in the gold
camps ot Alaska, wus tound murd
ered in a 6aloon in Mexicali, a
small Mexican settlement in Low
eer California, tarly this morning.
Diamouds and cash to the value of
$10,000, which Gale was known to
have had iu his possession, are
missing.
T SEE TO
Since Uc heavy fall of snow of
Saturday night and Sunday and the
subsequent thaw the sidewalks in
the outlying sectiou3 of the town
are in very bad shape for pedest
rians. Section 54 of the town or
diances provides for an abatement
of this condition, and says: "All
occupants, owners and agents of
property, abutting on streets which
are provided with sidewalks, shall
keep the sidewalks in front of
their respective properties clear of
fnow and ice."
A good many property owners ob
serve this ordinance but there are
others who pay no attention to it
whatever, and in consequence the
gffects of the good work done by
the l'ormer are almost entirely des
troyed by the neglect of the latter.
Pensacola, Florida, Feb. 17—
Lieutenant Murray of the United
States aviation corps, was instantly
killed here today when the machine
in which he was making a flight for
some unknown reason suddenly
plunged down 800 feet into the bay.
Wahsiagton, D. C., Feb. 17—Sec
retary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels when he was informed of Lieut
Murray's death expressed his re
grets and said that he almost be
lieved 1he tolls in human lives
which the science of progress ex
acts are too heavy for the benefits
that ara derived therefrom.
READYTORETIRE
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New York, Feb. 17—Packey
McFarlaiid annouucea here today
that he is ready to retire from the
ring.
WOMENSNUB
PANKHURSTITES
London, Feb. 17--A tremendous
demonstration in favor of votes for
women will take place tonight! at
the Albert Hall, under the auspic
es of the National Union of Wom
en's Suffrage Societies. Tickets
for nearly every one of the 10,000
seats were disposed of some days
ago, and the organizers of the
meeting are confident that it will
be one of the mos* enthusiastic
in the history of the Movement in
Great Britain.
Delegates from all the constitu
tional suffrage societies—of both
men and women—in the country wil
be present. The militants alone—
the Women's Social and Political
Union and the Women's Freedom
I League—were not invited, and par
ticular care was exercised that
i tickets did not fall into the hands
; of members of these organizations
I for fear of unpleasant interruptions.
Mrs. Millicent G. Fawcett, presi
jdent of Na'ional Union, will
j occupy the chair, and among the
I speakers will be Lord Lytton, Ar
i thur Henderson, M. P., the Bishop
of Kensington, and Miss Irene Van
brugh, one of England's leading ac
tresses. Resolutions will be sub
mitted demanding that a govern
ment measure for the enfranchise
ment of women be introduced in
Parliament in the present session,
and a collection will be taken to be
used to open a fund to be known
as the Women's Suffrage Mandate
fund, which will be used for cam
paign purposes throughout the coun
try. The National Union now has
a membership of 50,000 and is by
far tno largest and most influential
women's organization in Great Brit
ain.
MINCE PIE
made {ram Atmore's mince meat Is
equal to the very best bome-made.
Sold in bulk, at 25c rer lb. 5 lb.
for $1.00. Guaranteed to consist of
only pure ingredients and properly
seasoned.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
10 TIME TO
LAUNCH BOATS
Philadelphia, Feb. 17—In the in
vestigation which is foing on here
into the sinking ot the steamer
Monroe off Norfolk, Virginia, recent
ly, and thf- consequent loss of 41
lives, the officers testified that the
vessel sank so quickly after the
collision with the Nantucket that
it was found iimpossible to launch
the life boats.
TO SPEND LUES
IN TOE ARCTIC
s
Chicago, Feb. 17—Rev. Jas. Mc
Bride *aod wife of this city will
leave next month to spend the rest
of their lives as missionaries with
the natives of the Bering sea dis
trict.
THE llWflBST
HARBINGER
New York, Feb. 17—Harry N.
Hempstead, president of the New
York Giants, is prepaiing to leave
for Marliu, Texas, where the Nation
al League champions will train.
The New York leader will pick
up players at various cities along
his route to the training camp.
Hempstead expects to leturn to New
York in time to take part in the
reception to the White Sox and
Giant contingent which will arrive
here on March 6, from the tour of
the world.
THE BOA1S
The Spokane left Seattle last
night f-i' Skagway and is expected
to reach here some time next Sat
urday. ^
The Prncess Maquiuna is ex
pected here tomorrow evening, but
up to the time of go;ng to press
this afternoon she had not been re
ported.
Several friendly bouts with , the
gloves came off last night at the W.
P. A. club gymnasium.
LEAGUE MAG
NATES GATHER
Chicago, Feb. 17—With nothing
i to fight over for the first time in
| yeears, Three Eye league magnates
assembled in the Palmer house Sat
urday for the annual scheduled
meeting of the league. It was ex
pected that Wilson Behricg, of Dec
atur, official schedule maker for
the circuit, would be ""''eked to frame
the card and the indications were
that the Northern clubs would open
at the southern towns.
VARSITY TEAMS
IN THE SWIM
Nc-w York, Fob. 17—Yale swim
mers Saturday night met the water
athletes from Columbia in the loc
al tanks, in the first of a series
of intercollegiaie dual swimming
meets. Pennsylvania, Princeton,
Brown and the Naval Cadets will
compete iu the series. The inter
collegiate championships _ will bo
held March 6.
FOX FARMS ON LYNN
CANAL ABE PROSPERING
E. P. Walker, deputy game war
den, who returned on the Mariposa
from Haines and Skagway, says the
fox farms in the Chilkat valley and
at. Dyea are prospering. T. D.
Lahey, who has the best farm on
Lynn canal, situated in the Chilkat
valley, is making particularly good
; progress. There are 23 fine foxes
'on it, and they are seemingly con
j tented and making themselves at
I home. There are eight foxes on the
farm of E. H. Richter, at Dyea, ac
cording to Mr. Walker, and the
farm premises well.—Juneau Em
pire.
There were between twenty and
thirty passengers on this morn
ing's W. P. & Y. Route train.
Quite a number of Slavonians,
who have been occupying cabins in
Skagway for the tiast few weeks,
wen^out on the train this morning.
Some of them are goin^ to work on
the railroad between here and White
horse while others will likely be em
ployed at the coppre mines which
are being opened up in the White
horse mining district.
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