liKilly completed late last night by
i!>e board of mediators. The major
.-sue. are now before President Wil
son and Huerta. The work, however,
will require months to settle sec
ondary questions, as among the
points undisposed of are the sel
ection of persons to complete the
w provisional government and the
manner in which the offices are to
THE m
I
n
iohorsi', Y. T. May 29—Just
r<tiv'd word that Taku Arm is
ice. People in Atlin are
1 supplies and for that j
:-::trt. the Gleaner out to- >
a id ru-;i her through. She will
rvtv.rr to her run again on regular
c e»l .le. 1 •» itig Caribou Monday
• seties to,: ty ilodged the sentries
i,l saiv-eiiod in breaking several
windows in Buckingham palace be-[
fore they could be stopped.
CUSTOKOHBE
S X N.
Co.'; lioKIin _3 on tt .• Lower Yu
kon by t'ue \\". P. Vv Y. R. company
t'blii i Ui.ued States customs of
?lc» at Whltehorse in order to na
comn.r>d:ite shippers to points down
the river into Uuitod States terri
; tory, "ind when Customs Inspector
| Pugh .was in Dennett ttie other day
he completed the necessary ar
i rangements for its installation.
On the Mariposa yesterday was
Customs Inspector F. W. Butters,
i formerly connected with tho customs
I off'ce at Nome, who is 011 his way
to Whltehorse today to take charge
fof the new office. He was accom
panied by Customs Inspector Van di
Wall, of the Skagway offico, who
is going over to assist him in get
ting things into working shape.
JOili IS
MEMORIAL MY
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 30th.
13 Memorial day, a national holi
day, and observed more closely by
ihir people of the United Slates
than any other holiday in the ;• o ■ r
.vith possibly the exception of ti:
Fourth of July. There are f»v. peo
ple who have lived In a '■ommunity
for any length of time who have I
not some loved one at rest in the
local cemetery—bound close to theia
•n memory eitber through the tics of
blood or frirndship.
It is therefore a pleasure, how-!
c\ti melancholy, to know that one'
day ot the year has been set aside
in which to do them reverence; a '
V.i ie when sweet scented flowers
'•re in bloom and with which their!
graves can be strewn In profusion.!
While a great many of the pco- j
pie c£ Skagway will attend the cel
ebration in Whitehorse tomorrow
those who remain will see that the
last resting places of those who
h;u e passed on receive every at
tention that loving hearts and
reverent hands cau bestuw.
MUGHSTOGK TO
come north
Seattle, May 29—Tho Alaska j
steamship company h is already con
tracted to ship much live stock to
Aiaska. Over COO head of iiotrs and
sheep are going 011 the boats of j
this company to the southwestern
par' of the territory, while several
hundred head of horses and cattle j
will be shipped to central western 1
laska.
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
Suits Hade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
W hen in Need of Goods in Our Line Come In
and Look Over Our Stock
No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
The Former Vessel Sinks In 19 Minutes
After Being Struck—But Few of the
Passengers and Crew, Numbering
1,200, are Saved.
Quebec, May 29—The steamer
Empress of Ireland, enroute to
I.iw pool, with passengers and crew
numbering 1200 on board, today
< ;li;led with the steamer Storstad,
.0.1 ded with coal, in a dense fog
3u miles east of Father point. The
'crmer sank In 10 minutes, with a
moat loss of life. Three hundred and
ity survivors were rescued by Rem
oc .ski government steamers sent
! .'in here. Many of the pas*engers
wore bound to the International con
ference of the Salvation army at
Lei. don.
Later—Search for more survivors
h::r been abandoned by the Stor
s.' .dt, she being deeply laden and
reporting by wireless that she is
b..dly iu want of assistance herself.
The Empress of Ireland, as soon
as she was struck, keeled over
'it:)vily and went down within 19
r.'mutes. Capt. Kendall was rescued
from the bridge of his own vessel
as she went down.
The Gulf is 40 miles wide where
tl e disaster occurred.
Of the party of 140 Salvationists
;who wero on board only 20 were
saved.
Rescue boats are bringing the
survivors to Rimouski,* many of
Ihem dressed only in their night
clothes,, some of theiu having died
since their rescue, from exposure.
Few of them can give any coherent
account of the disaster.
Montreal, May 29—Only 12 wome
of all those on board, were saved,
according to reports received here.
Rimouski, Mijy 29—The govern
ment boats La by and Evelyn re
turned to the scene of the disastc- -
and wireless reports from them
say that they have picked up 17
corpses in the vicinity of where the
Empress of Ireland went down. The
water being very calm, the bodior, i
were found floating upon the sui
face.
The collier Storstadt was bound
for Quebec at the time of the col
lison.
Ottawa, May 29—Government of
ficials, who were near the scene of
the wreck, report that over one
thousand people perished.
WRCTP1XE SECTION
LOOKING GOOD NOW
Supt. J. C. Hayes, ct the Alaska
road commission, who arrived last
l'Mu from Lynn canal ports brings
good reports from the Chllcat and
Por iipine sections. The government
ro id up the Chilcat valley is said to
!>o in fine condition. Mining men
;iro beginning the season's activit
tiis on Glacier creek. The snow on
Ponupiue is practically all gone.
Mining men are already sluicing on
hoiut ot" llio claims. The Glacier
crttk mining people are getting in
15 0 tons of hydraulic pipe for min
ing operations.
"i never saw the valley so beauti
ful as it is now," said Mr. Hayes.
"Strawberries are in blossom now
Ti.c roadside and fields are one
rioi of bloom and the atmosphere
is bi>rdeiied with the sweet per
fume of countless var'eties of wild
flowers."
HOME ECONOMICS GROWS
and enlarges its field
Seattle, May 29—A new course
Is to be offered iu the home econ
omics department of the University
of Washington next year. It will in
titule work in foods, nutrition, cloth
•>.g textiles, laundry, household
management, home decoration and
home nursing. The course will be I
for those students who have time ,
for one course only in the depart-,
ment, and will be a free elective,
w-tli no pre-requisites.
The aim of the home economies
department at Washington Is to
arrange the work so that every
woman registered in the university
may have an opportunity to get
some training in home economics.
The enrollment In home econ
omics at Washington has increased
from 84 to 330 In two years. In J
1911-12 there were S4 students i:i
the departmnet; the following year
1' 0, and this year 330. The sem-j
.iter courses offered number 37.,
The equipment of the department
is being added to continually. Fa< -
iuiies for laundry work and dyeing
have been installed lately, and a
course in these subjects is being
taught by Miss Gertrude Cruden.
Costume design, a new course tlii
iear, is being given by Mrs. Helen
i'alch Culver, a student of Arthur
Wesley Dow of New "York.
Mexico City, May 2S—Mutinous
soldier last night attacked
JIuerta's residence in the suburbs
| of this city.
Everything Perishable
In the way of vegeta
bles and fruits arrived
on the Humboldt, in
cluding Strawberries
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
STCJCV.AY, ALASKA.
Thtro were CC passengers out
on 1 tis morning's train for NVhitc
Lcrse, anrong thorn being the follow
iii • people who are going over to
take part in tlio celebration of the
King's birthday tomorrow and
many of tlicni as well to attend the
full dress ball that is to be given
there tonight: A. J. Baker, Henry
Ceeiv.au, Goo. \V. Dillon, W. H.
Case, G. A. Vine ir, T. ,T. Martell,
J. \";i 11 do Wall, A. C. Hlanchard, J.
llendy, Mr;-,, Martin Conway, Miss
Ca'berine Malcnc-y, Mrs. \. DeGruf,
Mrs. j. Weise, ?•!rs. A. M. Rous-j
.
Lovell C. Rou.soini, Mrs. F. M.
Webber, Mr. and Mrs, W. C. Blanch
Oeorjre Mag <•, Mr. and Mrs. w. Itat-i
son, Mrs. G. G. Miller, Sirs, W. J.
Mulvihii; d :..s Ve.-iia Mulvlhill.
whose nan:- s we tliJ net le srn, were j
Se.it»:i\ .. .. 2. —Horses and
othei equli'r.int and outfit for the
bon i 1 of enjiinec-s of the Alaska
r;ti!\.ay co:':!iii i... , bo shipped
on iho Dirigo v.l a & iled on tlie
be- disduu;-ed by the Dingo at
iilo crock v.i ..o •! peninsula,
and V. :uto:i C. l'cuion, associate
ward. Tiny v,..! no to K'lik and re
sume li e ! U'.i visional surveys
stir 'd in J i-11. Those surveys
were ; • 1: ri i ■ ■«.! it J :»12 to/ Warner
and "A . .>:.d by Dates in
1U12.
Ail a.«£i;.' ,U aro hired at the
i point from which the camps are es
tablished and released at the same
point at the end of the surveying
season. Several young men from Ju
ne:iu left on the Mariposa May 9
for Knik in anticipation of securing
work for the season.
Under the new system of mark
ing section corners with the town
ship and range as well as all the
section numbers and quarter cor
ners with the section numbers, no
difficulty is experienced by one uu
famillar with public lands systems
to correctly locate their holdings.
The aim of the department is to
cover the locations made by actual
bona fide settlers and homesteaders
as rapidly as possible. At present
there has been surveyed in the
Knik region approximately 140,000
acros of the best agricultural land,
which will be in the near future
open for filing.—Juneau Empire.
iEGKER TO DIE
New York, May 29—Becker was
today sentenced to die in the el
crtric chair oil July 6th.
iOifl KILLED
HI PAREDOKI
El Paso, May 29—Thirty five
women camp followers lost their
lives, together with 300 federal
soldiers, at the battle of Paredon
yesterday.
Fifty seven federal soldiers who
wore captured by the rebels at Par
c-.lou yesterday were executed when
t hey reiterated their loyalty to
Huerta.
AL.\s>KA COAL CLAIMS
ARE TO BE C3IVEX PATENT
Seattle, May 29—It is claimed
•i<>re from private advices received
that at leist 18 coal claims out of
CO belonging to T. P. McDonald, T.
£5. Lippy and Clark Davis, in the
iv.'.ta'la fields, are to be allowed
patents.
This is said to mean that the Cop
vx>i- River and Northwestern will
bu)ld a branch line to Katalla from
Cordova, just as soon as patents are
secured. The proposed branch lias
been surveyed and some rails laid,
leading outt of Katalla,
" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
"hard to fit;" others
just think they are.
But any man, of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We haye made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look over the line.
Spring iiats and Shoes
Now on Display
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier