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No. 12* SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1914 - PRICE 10 CENTS
TO ADVERTISE
C. D Walker's fame as a floricul
turist lias traveled far beyond tlie
confines of Alaska and it was only
a week or so ago th:it a party in I
Switilo, who wished some extra]
uuo varieties of pansy sets, sent I
an order to htm to forward five j
dozen to that city.
Out. of this Mr. Walker has evolv- ■
od a new and novel scheme for J
advertising Skagwuy which, in view
of the largo number of tourists and
others ho will travel on the C. P.
It. t'.o. mship Princess Alice this
suiamer, gives promise of proving
Mghly tffective if carried out :is
outlined.
He has prepared a zinc box 1«> ,
:'"et long, 2 feet wide and 12 inches
deep, v. hich is covered on the out
side by home-made rustic woodwork
o: native timber and raised about
" feet above the ground by four i
corner posts of the same material
'1 lie woodwork it is his iiitentiou to
\ mish, while in the zinc box he
11 place soil adapted for the pur
ose a ad plaut the whole space I
'•ut in j.ansies, Df which he has a '
:reat r.uany varieties, and which
*>r tfize and gorgeousness of varie
. 'd coloring cannot be excelled in
place where these flowers are
gcown.
The scheme is to secure the pri- !
-Te of placing this box of pansies
■ a board the Princess Alice, which
will arrive here on her first voyage
Jul;. 1st, aud is the mostcommod
.1 magnificeutly equipped ves
sel that has ever been placed on I
le Northern run, the box to re- j
'■ on board until the end of the
\ ursi- a season in the latter part
•t" August.
As Mr. Walker cannot very well
Jrd to do this work individually
it r.iigV: be well for the business ■
•"iieu of town to donate a small sum
a t-> carry out the project, as it
would fcf a suggestive remembrancer
f :he town that would be carried
in t". - inds of the travelers long
* v had returned from whence
M. Kalish, vice president and ]
m! manager of the Humboldt
Steamship Co. came in today on 1
:hat vessel.
R. i Hugg, representing Palm-1
• r's perfumes, is in town. He has
Jjeen to all the towns to the West- !
• i d is greatly impressed with
what he has seen of Alaska and j
predicts a great future for it. I
Seattle, June 27—In the eight
oared 'varsity race here yesterday
Columbia won in nineteen minutes,
twenty-seven and four-fifth seconds;
Pennsylvania was second in 11»: 4 I:
Cornell third in 19:4-1 and one
fifth; Syracuse, fourth; Wash lug
ton, fifth; Wisconsin, sixth.
A false start was made 'at the
opening of the race and each crew
was ordered back to i>Iaeo again.
They fiually got away at 0:57.
Thero was no joy in Seattle last
night.
Poughkeepsie, June 2ti—Cornell
yesterday won the junior eight
oared race of two miles by one and
one-half lengths. Columbia, Syra
cuse ai:d Pennsylvania came in in
the order named.
The Freshman race was won by
Cornell by seven lengths. Syracuse.
Pennsylxania, Columbia and Wis
consin in the order named.
N'eitber Connibur nor Ralph Horr.
coach and manager of the Washing
tun crew, have anything io say.
JOHN F. PUSH
ON II ME
Collector of Customs John P.
Push, accompanied by his wife,
daughter and mother, arrived «»ti
the Georgia last night from Junei i
and lett on the train this mornin
for the interior.
The ladies will only go as far as
Dawson, while Mr. Push will visit
lower Yukon river points as well .1
St. Michaels and Nome, after which
he will proceed to Seattle via 1
ing Sea.
The trip will consume from two
to three mouths.
SENATOR TANNER'S RECOVERY
FROM HEART WKA KVKSS
Territorial Senator J. M. Tanner
had a sudden attack of heart
weakness on Thursday night which
necessitated the attendance of a
physician. Dr. Gabie was called in
and today reports Senator Tanner
in a greatly improved condition
and able to be around, although
confined to his home.
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» PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
SOUVENIRS OF 1
EARLY DAYS
In the front windows of the Board
of Trade billiard parlors, Harry Fla
herty, the proprietor, Is exhibiting
.some very interesting newspaper j
.souvenirs of the early days of Skag-;
way and the interior.
One is a copy of the Skiguay
News dated April 4th 1898, which
gives an account of the disaster
'.hat occurred in that year on the
Chilkoot Pass, between the Scales
and Sheep Camp, iu which 70 peo-'
pie los'. their lives in a snowalide.
There is also a clipping from some
paper under date of 1898, giving an
account of the loss of the steam
er Clara Nevada, which myateriously
disappeared In Pyramid harbor oue
night with every soul on board ex
cept the purser, whose body was
picked up some time afterward.
A copy of Vol. 1, No. 1, of the
Skaguay News, dated Oct, 15th,
1897, which gives an oceouut of
the projected construction of a
tramway over the summit.
Copies of the Daily Alaskan of
dates of Aug. 17th and 18th, 1901,
in which appear accounts of the
wreck of the C. P. R. steamship
islander, by which accident 4 2 lives
were lost.
A copy of the Klondike News of i
April 1st, 1S98, an illustrated edi
tion of 32 pages, wherein the bio
graphies of all the prominent men
at that time in the Klondike, to
gether with their pictures, were
published. The front page is taken
up with the inscription, "Output for I
1^9S, $40,000,000," an engraving
oi" George Carmack, the discoverer
of gold iu the Klondike, and a
photograph of two gold nuggets, one
of which was taken from No. 8 on I
El Dorado, by Chas. La lib, and was
valued at $315, and the other from
■No. ;f«. El Dorado, its weight being
35 ounces and its value $520.
A copy of the Seattle Times of i
Sept. 7th, 1901, with an account of!
tlie shooting of President McKinley. I
A copy of the San Francisco Call
of Feb. 16th 1S98, giving an accouu
of the sinking of the Maine in
Havana harbor, together with a
picturo of Capt. Chas. D. Sigsbee,
the commanding officer, and an il
lustration of the gathering of the
Atlantic fleet at Key West, prior to
its departure tot Cuba.
YOl'XG LADIES WHO ARE
ENTERED IN THE CXXVTEST
Below we give the names of the
young ladies who have bo Jar been
tntered in the Goddess of Liberty
contest for the Fourth of July cel
ebration, and the number of votes
cast for each:
Henrietta Rousseau, 16.
Louise Liddicoat, 1,
Nellie Fiynn, 2.
Martha Friedenthal, 2.
Delia Rapuzzi, 1.
Salem, Mass., June 27—There
are over 18,000 people homeless
from the disastrous fire which oc
curred here yesterday. Over 4,500
of them are In the breadline today.
Oyster Bay, June 27—Friends of
Colonel Roosevelt believe that he
will run for governor of New York.
Caesari and Ganlty, the two moil
arrested last week In Dawson 011
suspicion of being implicated in tlio
murder of Dominiclo Melis at White
horse 41,8t FebVuary, are 011 their
way ufr the river on the steamer
Casca, hi charge of members of the
>f. W. M. P., and are expected in
Whitehorse tonight.
They will be confined in . the
barracks there until they have had
their preliminary hearing, which
will proUably be early in the coming
week.
It is reported in Whitehorse that
Oanley has made a confession, but
the rumor has not been confirmed.
ILL LEAVE ON
TWEHTV-FOUBTH
Capt. Chas. C. Allen or tlie
Thirtieth Infantry at Ft. W. H. Sew
ard, was in town today, having
come up on the Peterson this morn
ing.
Captain Allen when asked in
reference to the time of the trans
ference of the troops now In Ft.
W. H. Reward to tho outside said
that the only information that had
been received was that the trans
port Buford, on which tin* meu.are
to leave will first have to go to
Nome and take on board the sol
diers there, after which it will come
to Lynn Canal, probably reaching
here on the 24th of next month.
THE STEAMSHIP .IKKEi:i:s<>\
GOT HEKE AT U::U» A. M.
The Jefferson got in at 11:30
this inoruing with the following
passengers, 17 of whom were round
trip tourists, 150 sacks of mail and
4 6 tons of cargo: Mrs. .T. II. IJiuot,
Mrs. G. A. Prikey, Miss Oripp, Mi.-s
C. Mathnev, J. D. Buck, Mrs. 'Puck
and child, Lillian S. Ruddick, Mrs.
J. Stankus, w. H. Mondham, Mrs.
Mendham, G. Nelson, P. Spostrom,
Miss Foskett, Mrs. Cedargreeu, Mrs.
P. Nelson, F. P. Short, 11. Gerof
fiky, Maud B. Curtis. The vessel is
announced to sail at 5:30 p. m. via
Sitka for Seattle.
THE BOATS
The Spokane left Seattle on time
and is due to reach Skagway on
next Tuesday.
The Humboldt got in at 2:oll to
day with 20 regular passengers, 15
tourists and 85 tons of cargo. She
will sail at C o'clock tonight.
The Georgia got in yesterday
clternoon on her regular run be
tween Skagway and Juneau and left
on her return .at an early hour
this morning.
The Lindsay, Portland freighter,
got in last night at 11 o'clock and
saikd at 9:45 this morning. She
brought 22 tons of cargo.
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I P. H. GANTY, GROCER
Butte, June 27—Murder charges
ire to be lodged against those who
wore implicated in the dynamiting
jof the union miners' headquarters,
I here yesterday.
iSOLOTE REST
New York, June 27—It has been
learned here that Colonel Roose
velt lias been ordered by his physi
cian to take four months' absolute
'•est.
lie is suffering from enlargement
jof the spleen and loss of vitality.
'AX AERO HOSPITAL
FOR "BAD" HEARTS
A sanitarium 2,000 feet in the air
and anchored to the earth by a
cable is scheduled to open above
Cleveland, Ohio, next month. No
patients but those affected with
weak hearts will be accepted for
treatment. Tiio sanitarium will as
cend from the earth each evening
and will descend the next morning.
Dr. Rudolph ileym, Jr., of 2327
E. 55th street, will be the aerial
physician and Leo Stevens, of New
York, v. ill bo the pilot. Dr. Heym's
theory :s thai persons whose hearts
are affected l bo cured by sleep
ing at a high altitude in the rurified
atmosphere.
I)r. lleym is in New York now
with veils arranging for the aero
naut to bring tiis balloon to Cleve
land, where tho sanitarium will be
opened.
SCINTILLATIONS FROM
THE WH1TEHOI5SE STAR
George Brown of Carmacks, who
Lame no on a lato steamer, went to
ilobiusc n on Wednesday where he
liurchuisfcd two fine llolstien cows
'.roni ('has. McConnell which he has
shipped to his home. Mr. Brown
has been engaged in farming at
earmarks as a sort oL' side issue
during the past year and has met
most gratifying success. Last year
he planted four sacks of potatoes
and in the fall harvested forly one
sacks cf as fine '"spuds" as were
ever seen in the Yukon. Mr. Brown
now proposes adding dairying to
his ranch industries.
PROGRAM WILL
GO THROUGH
Washington, June 27—Prominent
senators, including Williams, say
that the administration's trust pro
gram will be put through at this
session of congress it it takes all
summer.
Li AND ORDER
ORGANIZATION
Juneau, June 27—A law and
order league was organized here last
night by the election of officers and
five directors, the purpose of which
is "To secure for all equal pro
tection under the law; to protect
citizens, and especially workingmen,;
from the abuse and misuse of pow
<-r by those in authority, and to
jvreveut the hand-picking of juries."
L
ATE SKAGIT
Miss Bella Stein, who lived with
her parents in Skagway from 1897
until 1902, was married in Seattle
on June 15th, at the home of her
aunt, to Harry Rosenberg of San
Francisco.
After leaving hero Miss Stein
went outside, where she remained
for three years. In 1905 she went
lo Fairbanks and resided with her
father there until after the big fire,
when Mr. Stein was burned out.
She the;i went out to live with her
aunt, and has made her home in
Seattle since. She has but recently
passed her 18th birthday.
The bridegroom is proprietor
of a wholesale liquor store in Sail
Francisco, and the newlyweds 'will
make their home In that city. After
tho wedding, the couple left
l'or the East, expecting to spend
some time In New York.
Capt. Chas. C. Allen and Lieut.
Edward3 of Ft. W. H. Seward and H.
P. M. Birkinbine, Commissioner J
J. Kennedy and Miss Jeaunette
Weitzman of Haines came up to
Skagway on the Peterson this morn
ing.
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