BUSINESS MEN OF SKAGWAV
AWAKENING 10 THE SITUATION
J. M. Keller, of the Daily Alas
kai who returned on Friday from
S^s^le, brought word that extraor
dinary efforts are being put forth
by the Alask-in towns to the west
ward. more especially Cordvoa, to
turu the tide of travel to the Cliia
ana gold fields, which is now set
ting in, and is expected to reach
vast proportions earl} i the new
year, in their direitio md over
the trails leading fron' m to the
interior.
Several of these town have sent
meu to Seattle. and are paying
tfieta salaries nvd expenses for "he
sole purpose of advertisr the ad
vantages which they clai to have
over the Skagway-Whitei i>-e route
and their arguments are -o plaus
11)15 and backed up with eh seem
ing truthfulness that the> are hav
ing a very perceptible «. ect, and
ui >.y of those who had contemplat
ed going in via Skagway, have, ac
coia.i'g to Mr. Keller, been chang
to from their origiual intention
• by the speci.-us reasons advanced,
and will so in over the westward
i trails unless something is not im
mediately done to convince them
ftJu.t the truth in regard to hte ad
| vantages of this route . have been
w< nderfully distorted and msirepre
' seated by these paid emissaries.
Mr. Keller since his return, has
: taken up the matter with several
| oT the prominent business men of
SKagway, who are begiuuing to
| realize that if they are to
(secure any of the advantages
to te derived from the interior trav
el tl.-ey will have to get out and
hustle for it. An informal meeting
held this afternoon at the office
of Phil Abrahams and the nucleus
.in organized campaign of publt
i i"y formed which it is expected will
e\p- cd to embrace the entire busi
ness portion of the town.
it is expected by tomorrow that
tlr.fr will have reached such a
st.ij.e that some definite steps may
b<; t-keti in this direction.
WILL TKV TO SAFK(il AlU)
THK Pl'BLU* HKALTH
Washington. Nov. 24—Some of
these cold nights, .Mr. Man, when
you take your wife and the bairns
to the movies, you're going to g'-'t
an unexpected treat in the educa
tional line. Uncle Sam wants to
show you just how he's trying to
safeguard your health, and has
shown throughout the country a ser
ies of movie pictures depicting the
m« rubers of the Public Health and
Ma'ine Hospital Sen-ice s' . f at
work in their laboratories here
thev devise the best methods ' ex- .
terminating and preventing d;
Your Uncle Samuel has a .01 of
interesting lines of work in th . 011
nectlon and it exteuds all t' way
from wiping out plague-beuri "its
of the California water frou and ;
to fighting the dread infan
tile paralysis which thus fai h^s
baffled scientists in their s -eh ;
for a successful cure.
35c tor a hom9 cooked in
quick, clean service Where At!
m» New Home Restaurant, fth
Avenue, half » minute from B d
•a.'
THK COMING VEAU WUX
SEE (illEAT CHANGES
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 24—Satis
:iod that the coming year will mark
the greatest improvement and prog
r. ss in the work of b&ttering this
roaurty's rivers and harbors, since
Hit organization of their associa
f:on, members of the Atlantic Deep
er Waterways convention left for
tiuir homos Friday. A steamship
trip on the St. John's river was on
tiie informal orogram that day. Th
trip was takea mainly that the del
ires could see the improvmeents
alo :g the city's waterfront, the nu
nous manufacturing establlsh
t ts and the entrauce to the Flor
ida East Coast canal now open
no the St. John's river to Miami,
Fit. "Made in Jacksonville" cigars,
t>:.i.ges, bananas and other eatables
grown in the South were some of
the souvenirs given to those who
to<-k the trip.
NOTICE.
Anyone desiring Thanksgiving din
no. served at the Golden North
l otel must give notice to tne man
agement not later than 12 o'clock,
noon, Wednesday, Nov. 26th.
Foreman <.V- Dcdnuut. (d
OUR NEW FALL LINE OF
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and Skirls
ARE NOW BEING SHOWN
AS WELL AS
Fall Millinery
SE1 OUR
WINDOW
DISPLAY
STYLES THE LATEST
PRICES ARE RIGHT ,
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
DIRTY TOWN'S CAUSED
BY D1HTY PEOPLE
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 24—"Dir
ty people and Dirty Towns" is a sub
ject handled without gloves by Dr.
J N. Hurty, State Health Commis
sioner. ' "The reason we have so
many dirty towns is because there
are so many dirty people", said Dr.
Hurty. "Shall the dirty people be
compelled by law to be clean? No,
indeed, not unless their dirtiness
threatens the health and comfort of
others. The Scripture says:- "He
who is filthy let him be filthy still",
of course, what is the use to do
otherwise. Compelling he who is
filthy to be cleau in person and
premises will not make- him clean
in mind and soul. He'll be filthy
11. We must teach cleanliness to
the unclean. Then if they become
clean and stay clean, it is because
cleanliness is their nature. "The
town is a mirror. It reflects the
people. A man who is clean In
mind will be clean in person. He
will have a clean front-yard and a
clean back-yard. A littered door
yard and a dilapidated house reflect
reason we cannot make a silk purse
.i littered and dilapida'od mind. The
out of a sow's ear is because it is
a sow's ear. It is not silk.- A nat
urally dirty man cannot be made a
clean man. Dirty towns will ex
ist as long as the dirty people ex
ist. We must start our future cit
izens right by giving more time to
instructing young school children til
evil results of the crime of dirt."
I'lIK WHITE HOUSE
IX GAI.A ATTIRE
Washington, Nov. 24—Wedding
quests are commencing to arrive and
the Whit© House is in gala attire.
The nuptial ceremony was formally
rehearsed today.
DATE OF OPENING PANAMA
CANAL IS UNCERTAIN
Washington, Nov. 24—Col. Goe
ihels in charge of the Panama Can
al work, in his annual report, just
received here, says the date of op
ening of the Canal depends up
on control being obtained over
the treacherous" slides that are now
occurring in the Culebra cut.
TASTE FOR BAG TIME
IS FAST DYING Ol'T
Cleveland, O., Nov. 24—That the
taste for "ragtime" is dying out is
ihe belief of the managers of the
municipal popular concerts, follow
in" the record breaking attendance
at the initial concert of the season
some days ago and at ensueing con
certs. The "Pop" concerts are as
distinctly a Cleveland Institution as
they are an institution in Boston.
Tht city has contracts with a large
orchestra, composed of Cleveland
musicians. They played in the park
last summer and entertained thous
ands—but not with "ragtime" They
played mostly classic selections with
a few "popular" pieces mixed in.
But that was a free concert.
Just arrived. A fresh shipment
of . Augustine-Kyers Box Candy at
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
KELLER BROS. DRUG CO
iKTS FIFTEEN YEARS
FOB KILLING STEPFATHE
Mount Holly, N. J. Nov. 24—
When Thomas Baker was arraigned
before Supreme Court Justice iWll
lard P. Voorehees to answer an In
dictment charging him with the mur
der of his stepfather, Hudgon Web
er, of Borton's Landing he enter
ed a plea of non vult contendere an
was sentenced to hard labor in the
State prison for not less than fif
teen years and not more than thirty
years.
Baker's mother, who Is blind was
the wife of Weber, and last July 4
he struck her in the face and
Drought blood.
Baker, wild with anger, borrowed
a shotgun from a neighbor and shot
his stepfather dead.
MAKES PRISONERS FORGET
THAT THEY ARE CAGED
Colmbus, 0., Nov. 24—Prison re
form has been advocated by Warden
Thomas of the Ohio penitentiary ev
er since he took office and more
deeds than words have marked his
advocacy of a question which is now
being agitated. I Thomas was pre
haps the first prison warden to give
his charges real outdoor exercise of
the kind that made them forget
that they were practically nothing
more thau caged creatures. He or
g nized the "Penitentiary Baseball
League" and every week, all sum
mer long, one tfame was staged in
the prison yards, and all inmates
"in good standing" were permitted
to bo just fans.
RESOLUTION AGAINST THE
WHIPPING OF CONVICT
Washington, Nov. 24—Barebac
whipping of two Deleware convicts
at New Castle on'Nov. S brought a
resolution from Congressman Evans
of Montana, proposing that Attorne
General McReynolds brings injunr
lion proceedings against the State
of Delaware, to enforce the con
stitutional prohibition against "cruel
and inhuman punishments."
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 24—The
two convicts who received 20 lashes
at the workhouse whipping post are
Negroes. They were convicted of en
tering the house of a farmer and
Inciting a boy who discovered them.
The whipping post, as an institu
liou of punishment in Delaware, is
a relic of Colonial days. Formerly
the pillory also was used, but It
was abandoned about ten years ago.
COOKED FOOD SALE.
A Cooked Food Sale, undre the
auspices of Hie Ladies Aid Society
of the Methodist-church, will be hel
at the store of L. A. Harrison Co.,
commencing at 3:30 p. m. Wednes
daj Nov. 2Cth. Articles and prices
,iro as follows:
Layer Cakes, each $1.00
Miuce Meat Pies, each -35
Pumpkin Pies, each *35
Apple Pies each -25
\V. P. A. CLUB DANCE.
On Thanksgiving Eve, (Wednes
lay, Nov 26th) Mil W. P. A. Club
trill give a barn dance in their hall
an 4th street. Admission $1.00. La
iies free. Nov. 22-t.
FOR
Preferred Stock Canned Goods. I'ltnn Padding
Atmore's Mini© Meat Figs and Dates
Layer Raisins Hills Bros. Coffee,
v* Extra Fancy Hood River Spitzenberg Apples.
Malaga Grapes Oranges
Celery u llananas
( ranberrics Head Lettuce
Cauliflower Tomatoes
Pineapples Popcorn
And Nuts of all Kinds.
Leave it to us and your dinner will bo a success. Quality tells.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT SECURES
LOAN OF BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER
Shanghai, Nov. 24—In preparatio
for the arrival of Capt Harold
Christian, of the British navy, who
has been loaned to China for a per
iod of three years, Chinese govern
ment experts today are looking over
Nimrod Sound near here in search o
a site for a new naval college. The
government haa naval training
schools at Tiontsln, Nanking and
Canton, established under the mon
archy, but the proposed college will
b- much more comprehensive and
modern. The Minister of the Navy
hopes to develop It, with Captain
Christian's aid, Into a national in
stitution. The training schools at
Nanking, Canton and Tientsin will
not be discontinued for the prefl
©nt, and they may be retained per
manently as feeders to the propos
ed college. Correlative with the
naval college and the training
school courses, will be actual ser
vice at sea. A number of up-to-date
training ships for this purpose will
be added from time to time to those
<iow in use.
Captain Christian is one of the
best known officers not of admiral
ty rank in the British Navy. He
is commander of the Hannibal. He
wiil be assisted as director of the
naval college by several instruct
ors in various naval branches. They,
too, will be drafted from the Brit
ish Navy and are expected to leave
shortly with Captain Christian.
RAILROAD SAFETY DEVICE
INVENTED BY ELECTRICIAN
Cleveland, O., Nor. 24—Seven
years ago Carl Buhl, then nineteen,
witnessed a railroad wreck. An en
gineer of a switch engine had ask
ed a tower man whether a certain
passenger train had passed that
point. He was informed It had and
pulled his englno onto the track. A
few minutes later, the engineer was
dead, a passenger train was wrecked
and several other lives were lost in
the coliiison. The tower man had
made a "Mistake. Today Carl Buhl,
electric ian and inventor, has perfect
ed what he believes to be the one
complete, most important railroad
signalling and safety device In exist
ence. His invention, 1 he claims,
flashes danger signals before tho
engineer's eyes right in the engine
cab—hci.'ce fog or other bad weathe
conditions will not interfere with th
engineer getting all signals.
An ingenious contact device is the
key to the invention. In explaining
his device Buhl shows a miniature
locomotive on a miniature track. A
white li lt burns in the engineer's
cab as long as the track Is clear for
three "blocks" ahead. Another tral
cn the track within that distance
causes a contact which, shows a green
light in the cab. Within three bloct
of any break in the rails the contact
flashes a red light in the cab. If fo
some reason the lights should not
work, a bell rings automatically.
perhaps the most valuable part of
the invention is seen when the en
gineer dies or falls unconscious at
his post. If such is the case, and the
reti or green light shows the brakes
are automatically thrown on when
the train enters the last block.
Buhl V s worked for seven years on
the invention and lis seeking rec
ognition from tho railroads. He is
considering placing his invention be
fore the members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Bonded WbisKeys—Gibson, Moun
V>.rnon and Belmont. The best of
Beer—Blue Ribbon, Budwelser and
Pine Ranier, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67. 1*,
LITTLE BROWN CITIZENS
REJECTED BUT "COME BACK"
Three Filipino musicians yesterday
went into the Arctic billiard hall to
snjoy a game of pool. Their request
lo play was denied, the manager of
the vlace telling them."brown mea
were not allowed to frequent the
Arctic."
Burning with indignation the re
jected patronB went o the federal
court house where they'interviewed
Deputy District Attorney H. H. Fol
Bom and United States Marshal H.
L>. Faulkner, In excellent English
the spokesman'of the trio told Judge
Folsom of the occurrence, and ask
sd If it were the custom of Juneau
merchants to reject the patronage
»f citizens of the United Statee.
Judge Folsom assured the little
brown men they I were entitled to
ill the rights and privileges of cit
izens and told them to "try again."
The Filipinos went on their way
rejoicing. When they told the pro
prietor what the federal official had
said to. them, they were allowed to
play rotation or fifteen-ball pool as
long as they desired.—Juneau Dis
patch. 1
EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
SPEAKS BEFORE UNIVERSITY
Santiago, Chile, Nov. 24—Ex-Pres
dent Theodore Roosevelt, In speak
ing before the students of the San
tiago University last night said that
the judges lacked sympathy for the
masses and that the conducting of
government affairs must eventually
be restored Into the hands of the
people. '
GOMPERS RE-ELECTED
TO THE PRESIDENCY
Seattle, Nov. 24—At :the Satur
iay's session of the Federation of
Labor convention Samuel Gompera
svap unanimously re-elected presi
lent, Frank I Morrison re-elected
secretary and John B. Lemon, treas
urer. The convention adjourned late
in the afternoon. 1
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