PRICE 10 CENTS
UP AND DOING
Cordova, Alaska, May 7—The
business men here last night re
organized the chamber of commerce
and pledged themselve* to raise
$4 i.io per « eek for six months. They
will secure a paid secretary to boost
the town.
It is expected that icj floes will
soon carry out part of the Chena
timber bridge, which will inter
rupt railroad traffic between Chi
a and Keunecott a couple of
weeks.
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s'.1. ington, 1). C., Ma> 7—D. A.
i v. . s today appointed paek
• for the Alaski" engineer)
ion, which will have its f
Seward instead of
..Ivz, as ..t first reported.
I0\U !!ILi
W ILL
•t May 7—It is report
a has notified
i 1 sivrs that America in
-1* and asking them
i .(.• ill take in case
iij UMJi
MEXICO CITY
n. r>. C., May 7—Charge
(' A;': ires s "inshitessy arrived here
irorn M-.auo t. y toda>, and it is
terviev. w;'h Si re'ary of State
'tor getting here,
appointment to meet
Presitl _• \1 '-or: tomorrow.
L
London, May 7—Tht* House of
Lords today rejected w' man suf
frage by a vote of 104 to GO.
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Triuidad, Colo., May 7 -Mine ioni
pany officials today notified their
guards tha,t they must surrender
their arms to the authorities.
CREW PICKED 0?
Boston, May 7—The British steam
er Columbian, according to advices
received here today, has been burn
ed at sea, the crew bth.g picked
up by the steamer Manhr.itan.
1WB EMI
Seattle, May 7—President H. F.
Alexander, of the Paeiiic-Navu t
tion company, has invited "200 rep
resentative business men of Seattle.
Tacoma and Portland to \isit Alas
ka as his guests, and already many
of them have accepted. The exiur
sionists will take passago on the
Admiral Sampson, sailing from
Seattle, May loth. Gov. J. F. A
Strong, of Alaska, and Gov. Krnest
Lister, of Washington, will be
amoug the guests.
Juneau, May 7—Herbert Howard,
of Seattle, who Is at the Alaskan |
hotel, received a lette' Saturday
from F. S. Harmon, of Tacoma, |
head of the F. S. Harmon and com
pany, the furniture manufacturers,
that he was leaving xvlth an excur ,
sion of business men it. t would j
leave Tacoma for Alaska, May 5th I
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
kain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
Suits Hade to Your Pleasure
At $18 and Up
\\ 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 ETENINGS
H. J. LYNCH
The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
HE SITKA FIRE
BUMS RECORDS
Priceless volumes and manu
scripts bearing on the early his
j tory of Alaska, and many valuable
oil paintings, says the Juneau Em
pi re, of May 4th, were destroyed
with the burning of the historic
government warehouse in Sitka, on
April 25, according to Rev. Father
George Serguis Kostrometlnoff, who
is now in Juneau and a truest of the
Oi cidental hotel.
"These volumes were gathered
together," said Father Kostromet
inoff, "by tha Rev. Father Anthony,
who was commissioned do the
work by Gov. John G. Tlrady. For
two years he searched over St.
Petersburg, Kief, Moscow and other
places, collecting rare books deal
ing with the early occupation of Al
aska by the Russians and gathered
also many valuable manuscripts
•vhich had not yet been placed in
print. Tie entire collection was
stored in the government ware
house, and a large portion of it was
left there from the time that Gov. H
B. Hoggat moved the capital from
Sitka to Juneau. There are no du
plicates of the burned documents
and the loss is therefore irretriev
:■ bit ■.
int* p;iuui"5» »\ nr ims
works of art, some of which were
0:1 t>xliibiiioii at the Alaska Yukon
exposition, in Seattle, in 1909.
These, too, are a total loss."
Much of the history collected oy
Rev. Father Anthony, had been
translated from the Russian into
English by Wabakoff, rntl Father
Kosiro etinoff catalogued it all.
The warehouse that was destroy
ed through the careless flinging of
:t lighted liKar, has itself a very
interesting history. It was built in
1^52, during tile administration of
Gov. A .olph Etolin. With the trans
fer of Maska to the United States,
hi 1S07, it continued to serve in
'.he same capacity It was a large
two-story structure aud has been
one of the show places for tour
ists. It was built of hewn logs.
Arrhibishop Platou head of the
Greek church. In .America, has been
recalled to become Arctibishop of
Kisiu neff in Basaraihia, Southern
Russia, near the Persian border.
Uishop Alexander of New York,
has b - ,i placed in temporary charge
of the church's affairs in America.
Ilev. Father George Sergius Kos
trometiuoff, of the Greek Catholic
Church in Sitka, has be3n called to
New York, where he will be in con
ference with Bishop Alexander over
church affairs in Alaska.
Father Kosirimetinoff, arrived in
Juneau on the his', trip of the Geor
gia, and will take passage on the
Spokane for the south, enroute to
New York. He hopes to return about
fhe last of June.
Speaking of his journey Father
Kostrometinoff said: "I have been
called to New York on account of
the change in the administration of
church affairs in America. The re
call of Archibishop Platon has plac
ed the burden temporarily on
Bishop Alexander, who contemplat
ed coming to Alaska this year. In
fact arrangements had been made
for him to meet a revenue cutter at
Unalaska in June. This journey will
SURVEY WORK
WILL START SOO!
According to Information received
this morning the preliminary sur
vey of the government wagon roail
between Skagway and 'lie summit
of the White Pass is »c lie pro
ceeded with immediately. In answv ;
to an inquiry, which Phil. Abra- j
hams sent to Gov. Strong at Wash
ington, D. C., yesterday, asking as !
to whether the preliminary work
was to be done this season or not,
the latter replied as follows:
Washington, D. C., May 7th, lul-l.
Phil. Abrahams,
Skagway, Alaska.
The Alaska Road Commission ha
been instructed to begin survey of
the wagon road immediately. Col.
Richardson, head of t'ua Alaska
Road Commission shoula now be in
Seattle on his way to Alasl'a.
STRONG, Governor.
E. J. Shaw, of the Alaska S. S.
Co., informed a Daily Alaskan rep
resentative this morning that Lieut.
Edgerton, of the Road commission,
who had been to the westward since
early in April, was on the Alameda
the other day going southward, an.1
that that gentleman had told him
he was on his way to Seattle to
meet Col. Richardson, and that they
would both return north cii the next
sailing of the Alameda.
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FILES ARTICLES'
Juneau, May 7—The T.iku Hail- j
way and Navigation company, a j
Washington State corpora ion, H
urday, filed articles of incorpor. -
tion with Territorial Secretary
E. Davidson. Willis H. Herr. Pra ik '
S. Bayley and Worrall \VL >11, ill
of Seattle, are the iuorporators. 1
The capital stock Is nanH'u as
00. The object is to build a ruilwa
from Taku Iulet to tho Canadian
boundary line to connect with th>'
Atlin Railway company's proposed
line. W. S. Baylcss of t':e firm of I
Shackleford & Bay loss, Junt.iu, i
named Alaska agent.
Portland, Oregon, May 7—The '
Prohibition state convention today I
nominated W. S. Uren ar a candi- j
date for governor of Oregon. Ho al-0
heads the republican state ticket 1
for governor.
of necessity have to be abandoned
by him. I have been called to mee'
him in conference in New York."
Mrs. Geo Mageo and her mother I
Mrs. E. F. McBrien of Skagway
were registered Monday at the Al- j
nskan hotel In Juneau.
Quality Candy
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We have just opened another
consignment of the spleudid "John
ston" line ol package chocolates.
This cantiv ia the most popular in
Skagway, due to the spleudid qual
ity of the goods and originality of
the package. Sold frou 50c to
$1.00 according to size.
P. fi. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
London, 31 y 7 Prince Albert
or Tcek w.i; todiy appointed gov
erncr general of Canada.
New York, May 7—Caestor Dur
raving maniac.
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in a%r nr
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Washington, D. C., .''i tv 7—The
first conference cf i •; ait'llators lie
Iween 111-j UnS'-'d St :.i!d ilex-'
Ontario, on tho 18lh.
nnssirr '; stm
%r
5 5 n
St. Paul,
friend.-1, ivtiiM d io ag
Mayoralty race.
1—X\" >. Powers,!
Keller, although
to do so by his
liter the
TUK COATS
!;;i9 U- ■ reported
at Keti I.ifcan »n I . il! reach here
aonietinie tom< t(\v nit' -
«rdayj
or early
...»re Sat
tlic
The frclaUUr Seward,
iiska S. S. company v.-ill leave
Seattle tomorrow, with a cargo of 1
coal nii'l live for Skagway; '
SEEKING SAFETY
IN VERA CRUZ
Vera Cruz, May 7—Hundreds of
.Mexicans, having become convinced
that their lives would bo in danger
if they remained quietlv in the
capital city until Zapata or Villa
reached there, are arriving here
seeking protection und .r the Stars
and Stripes.
They give the Huerta adminis
tration a fortnight, at the outside,
to survive.
Philadelphia, May 7—An order
for 100,000 three inch shrapnell
shells was placed today with the
Frankfort arsenal. America is pre
paring for war in case peace plans
fall.
M'ADGOmSON
WEDDING TODAY
Washington, D. C., May 7—The
AlcAdoo-Wilsou wedding, which will
take place today, will be a simple,
private affair.
Later.
The wedding will take place at
six o'clock tonight, the Rev. Beach,
or Princeton, officiating.
Washington, D. C., May 7—Ad
vices just received here state that
a rebel aviator yeterday dropped
bombs into Mazatlan, killing three
1 ecple and wounding eight,
Mayor Jas Kennedy was seen
troing down Broadway this morning
with a wheelbarrow load of tackle
and bait, so we infer that he is
out on a fishing trip today.
" Hard to Fit"
Rome 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 oyer the line.
E -ing Oats and Shoes
Now on Display
X CLAY SON—Clothier