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No. 307 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAOrYVAY, ALASKA.
PRESIDENT WILSON TO COME
WEST BY THE OVERLAND ROUTE
Washington, D. C., Jan. SO—Ow
ing to the postponement of the
formal opening of the Panama can
al President Wilson will go to Sfiu
Francisco overland as soon as the
special session of coagres adjourns,
■ - king the northern route via Soat
tie.
The president in & speech la
< -s city last night before the Am
an Electric Railway association
. d the nation is just emergijg;
' I'm a vast maze of interrogation
1 . ir.ts, and when the mists of ous
ieu and distrust are fully clear
i from the minds of the people
prosperity of the country Is as
=.::ed. |
ml,,li. Ian. :iO—The Russians
•rtInvest Prussia. after a day's
ns, have captured and ore
occupying the town of Pill
The (iermaus have strong
~es northward of the Mazur
■akes.
ill 1
id
GUILTY Pill
Late arrivals at McCarthy from
f Ciiisana, state that appearance
•Moate Louis Schouborn, the storo
n eper who was murdered there
2'*. was killed outside his
and the body afterwards
ti.ugged inside. The deceased was
^r.own to have had considerable
... "aey and this has disappeared, the
murdered man's pockets having been
rifled. There are several men in
camp under suspicion, as well
as a band of Indians. The natives
were camped near the scene of the
crime, and are reported to have
did that a white man committed
murder. Shortly afterward they
I 'r cam? and Deputy Marshal Frank
Hoffman has gone In search of them
.".J will bring them back.
! FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
I /
HALTS EUROPEAN' IMPORTS
I
Washington, Jan. 29—Prevalancc
of the foot and mouth disease in
Europa and South America has
caused the department of agricul
ture to limit Importations of live
stock to ehlpments from Great Brit
ain, Ireland and the channel isles.
The department announced that
the disease had gained such a foot
ing in Italy, Prance Switzerland,
Germany and Russia that It had
been found Impossible to fight it by
American methods of slaughter and
disinfection because of the tremen
dous loss of stock this would in
volve
ITALY (MG
OUT RESERVES
Rome, Jan. 30—King Victor Em
anuel today issud© a Toyal decree
calling to their colors the soldiers
and field artillery of the first cate
gory; also the Alpine troops and the
soldiers of the third category.
THE DAYS fifiE
. MS
Every 24 hours no>v, the people
are getting a little more sunshine,
and from now until Junu 21st tha
nights will grow shorter by leaps
and bounds.
Following is a table giving the
length ol the days at points of
this latitude from now until tli<
21st of June:
January 31 6 45
February 8
H. M.
March 1
March 21
April 11
April 25
May 11 .
June 21
9 5
12 <y
14 35
15 42
17 15
21 54
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LOANED GENERAL
10 RUSSIANS
Berlin, Jan. 30—It is rumored
here that General Pa", of the
French army, has been loaned by
his government to the Russians to
niii in their military operations.
Cleveland, Jan. 30—An agree
ment was reached today between
the coal mine operators and min
ers ot Ohio to arbitrate their dif
ferences in the controversy or-sr
wages that has been going .-on be
tween them for some time.
Fifteen thousand coal miners in
the Ohio cool fields have been
oat on strike since last April.
j Because of an advance in charg
| es which Vico President R. W.
ilaxter says would approximately
| doable the cost o£ the sen-ice, th s
. Alaska Steamship company has
| thrown the gauntlet to the Marconi
i Wirelss Telegraph company, sa..-s
! the Seward Gateway, and in the
future will attempt to obey the gov
ernment l-.iws pertaining to safety at
sea with independently owned ap
j paratus and its own employes.
With apparaus and operator
J furnished by a private concern the
| \laska Steamship boats are being
: equipped, and the attempt of Mr.
Uaxter to beat the world's most pow
j orful concern at its own game will
[be watched with interest.
The Marconi company, with s'-a
I tiens on both coasts, has. had a
monopoly on wireless service be
tween shore stations and ships at
| sea, and no wireless company in this
country has succassfully met i'3
competition.
Vice President Baxter explains
tliat the vessels of the Alaska
Steamship company will work with
government stations of the United
States and Canada, and the Marconi
company, which he said would 1)0
compelled to receive and trans
mit messages from ships at sea.
"OVER 200" SCORES AT THK
ELKS' CLUB BOWLING ALLEYS
I The scores of 200 and over at
the Elks' club bowling alleys for
the week ended Friday, January
29th are as follows:
j Jas. Kennedy, 200, 210.
A. C. Blanchaid, 203.
O. Magee, 202.
W. C. Blanchard, 201.
O. Selmer, 200.
SWEET
CIDER
We have just tapped another barrel
and it is exceptionally good. Price
50c per Gallon
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
INTEPNATIONAL
lBUfiliF.Nl
The International Bowling tourn
j Lment was completed last nigh
with the following scores:
Treadwell, 2C25.
Juneau, 2373.
Skagway, 2433.
Wliitehorse, 23G4.
Dawson, 2335.
The final totals for the eighteei
! games are:
Treadwell, 15,477,
| Skagway, 14,871.
; Juneau, J.4,796.
Whitehorse, 14,744.
Dawson, 14,392.
The Treadwell *eam, winners o
the tournament, handed the othe
teams a "surprise package," as i
was not expected they would b<
serious contenders for first place
In the tournament ot last win'.ei
they finished deep down in the cei
lax, and their sudden reversal o;
form was unlooked for. Skagwav
Juneau, and Whitehorse had a clos<
race for second place, but las'
night's games gave Skagway U<
j coveted position. The local toan
1 had carefully figured It out (on pa
per) that they were good for aJ
!>;ii»t 2500 last niglit, but a "jinx"
in the shape of an unusual numbw
of splits could not be shaken off
1 f3i>ecially in the first and las)
J qam as.
IS BADLY HURT
WHILE HUNT!
A report has just reached Me
Cartfiy tuai a man employed by F. 'J
Hamshaw, In the Chtsana, nam(
unknown, received a badly fracture(
leg and internal injuries while oui
hunting recently.
The injured man and his partnai
left camp on a hunting trip, anc
while searching for game the form'
er fell over a cliff, striking in tJu
s»ide rock at the bottom. His part
ner hurried to the foot of the cli':
and found his companion helplss3
one leg being so badly fracture:
above the knee that the bones pro
truded through the flesh. Wrap
ping the wounded man in blanket*
' and leaving such provisions as thej
n.id, the other man started at one;
to get help to convey the woundec
man into camp. A relief partj
was at once made up whicl
brought the injured man to Hor*
feldt, where his hurts were attend
ed to. He was for two days with
out treatment, during which tim«
the wound became very painful, bu)
it is expected he will come out all
right. Owing to the blankets wltli
which he was wrapped, he did not
suffer from the interse cold dur
ing the absence of his companion.
THE STEAMSHIP GEORGIA
CHANGES SAILING HOUP
The Georgia will leave Skagwaj
for Juneau tomorrow night at 1
o'clock, instead of midnight, as here
tofore.
SENATOR SHIN Of ILLINOIS
IS AFTER POESIDENT WILSON
DIRECT LIKE BETWEEN
ALASKA AND SAX FRANCISCO
D. C. Jackling, the raining mag
nate of Southeastern Alaska, and
Henry T. Scott, of the Union Iron
works, San Francisco, have recently
subscribed for a large block of
stock la the Pacific Navigation
company, better known as the Ad
miral line, according to a late is
sue of the San Franciscc Examin
er. The intention of the company
is to increase its business immense
ly and for this reaon Jackling and
■ Scott have como In and been affiliat
' ed as directors. Beginning soon the
I company will put on steamers run
' ning direct from San Francisco to
Alaska each week. This fact has not
1 been published iu the Seattle paper*,
■ but the Examiner states that a
' verj- great growth in the business
» of the line Is assured by the trem
1 endous increase promised in the
■ trade to Alaska.
CHISAH IS
BADL1/ FROSTED
A. J. Simons, who conducts a
store at Chisana, arrived in Mc
Carthy from the placer camp a
few days ago with both hands and
1 feet badly frozen. His feet were in
I such shape that he is likely to lose
' some of his toes, while his liauds
will escape with a loss of skin only.
Simons got his feet wet, and because
of the cold did noT~stop to change
his socks.
IMPOSSIBLE ie
dig Aram
London, Jan. 30—Late advices
I from the scene of military opera
tions in the Carpathians state that
conditions are such In that re
gion that both armies, in tlio
effort to entrench themselves, have
found it Impossible to make anv
headway In the work on account of
j the eartli being so solidly frozen.
| ludlanapolis, Jan. 30—Senator L.
Y. Sherman of Illinois In a speech
i before the Indiana republican, edi
torial association here v last
said that a majority of the mem
bers of both, houses of congress ab
solutely and unquestionlngly. bow
in acquiescence to all measures ad
vocated by President Wilson, who,
Sherman claimed,, is simply a new
edition of Rip Van Winkle in his
: administrative policies.
He also vehemently denied the
! charge made in a recent public ad
dress by President Wilson that the
republican party had not had a new
idea in the past thirty years.
INSANE MAN IMAGINES HE
HAS BELL IX STOMACH
Deputy Marshal Charles Brown
arrived from Knik today with Roy
Hougliman who has been adjudged
insane in the court of Commissi on -
! er David at that town. The unfor
| tuuato man has a homestead out
side of Knik. He will be taken
' o.itslde by Mr. Brown on the next
' steamer to be placed in the asylum.
Houghman carried a gun In his pos
session in the belief that people
were plotting against him. He la
bored under the delusion that he
had an electric bell in his stomach
and that enemies of his, with the
aid of other electric bells were try
ing to connect with his so that
they could read his mind.—Seward
Gateway. <
Interior Weather
Skagway, cloudy, n. w. 39 above.
Whitehoree, clear, e. w. 8 abore.
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, n. w. zero,
HootalinQua, cloudy, calm, 2 be
low.
I Big Salmon, cloudy, calm, 2 bo
low.
Carmacks, cloudy, calm, 3 be
low.
I Yukon Crossing, cloudy, calm, 4
btlow.
Selkirk, cloudy, ea'm, 3 below.
Coffee Creek, cloudy, s. w. 5 be
low.
I Stewart River, cloudy, calm, 10
below.
Ogllvie, cloudy, calm, 10 below.
Dawsou, cloudy, calm, 10 below.
NOTICE
The Ladies Auxilliary will hold
Its next meeting on Wednesday,
February 3d, at 2:3J p. m., at the
home of Mrs. L. A. Harrison.
Who's Your Tailor?
J^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet- Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise to leave
your measure for your custom tail ^
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
Get tHe first choice of Ed V. Price
& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered when you want
them—at a price you'll like to pay.
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The Clothier