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No. 851 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
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SKAUWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, I'M5
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TROOPS UNO
Athens, March 24—British troops
nave been landed on Gallipoli pen
11 mi la, and it is expected that «
joint land and sea engagement will
take place shortly in the Dardan
elles.
RATTLE RAGING
Petrograd, March 24—Advice*
were received in this city thia
morning stating that the fiercest
battle of the European war is
mow raging la the Carpathians.
Charlotte, N. C-, March *4—Mrs.
Jackson, widow of General "Stone
wall" Jackson, the confederate gen
eral in the American civil wj*r, who
was killed by his own men by mis
take at the battle of Chaneellor
ville on the evening of May 2d,
IS63, while returning from a re
lonnoissance of the federal position,
died here today.
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TO BE GUARDED
Washington, D. C., March 24—
Proceedings * have been ordered
against the Odenwald, the American
Hawaiian steamer that made an
attempt to leave San Juan harbor
yesterday without having ob
tained her clearance papers from
the customs officer and was
brought to a halt by a shot fired
across her bow from . 5-inch Max
im. All Pacific coast harbors are
to be henceforth closely guarded.
London, March 24—British Air
men today luiule a successful rait
on the (ieruuui torpedo shipyard*
near Antwerp.
The Russiaca are reported t(
have captured 2400 cannons ai
, Przemysl, Gallcla. Many prisoner:
1 were taken there, who were toi
j weak to crawl from the trenches,
: and had been eating moss anil
gnawing the leather straps on theii
equipment to keep themselves alive.
The Italian government is now
engagrtl in fortifying the Dodckana
I Ulunds.
OFFICIALS PUT
Indianapolis, March 24—Sheriff
: Shea of this county, Police Judge
'(Smith of this city, and three o£
' the defendants in the Terra Haute
I election fraud oases, were arresteJ
' hare today charged with tampering
! v ith witnesses.
Juneau, March 24—There were
seventeen nominations made for
toimcilmen, including all the me:n
beis of the present city council and
Emery Valentine, at a :aass meet
ing held here last night. Little
Interest is being shown so far in
the election save in the downtown
ciistrict, where the registration is
heavy.
It is strongly hinted th;.t the
death of John Salima, the Italian
whose body was found a short time
ago In this city, and upon which
the coroner's jury rendered a ver
dict of suicide, was caused by foul
means. Two of his countrymen, it
is reported, have left, Juneau for
San Francisco to take up with the
ciead man's relatives tbp matter of
an investigation.
We are now showing the Largest
Line of New
Spring and Summer
Wash Goods
ever shown in Skagway consist
ing of Plain and Figured Crepes,
Ratinas, French Ginghams- Mer
cerized Plisses, Peacales, Flaxons,
Etc. Ladies' and Misses' and •
Children's Ready Made Wash
Dresses at 75c to $2.25. The
newest things in 36-in silks at
75c per yard
If you want to see something that is
real nice come in and look the goods over
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
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Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 4!
KAISER CANCELS
CEtEBlTIGi
Berlin, March 24—The Kajs« t'
1 has or<lere<l the cancellation of
i the celebration on AuH 1st of the
! first centenary of Bismarck's biith,
1 <'ii the ground tliut It is an uu
fi.'table time for public rejoicing.
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: MEWDU
Washington, D. C., March 24—
American Co.isul Smith, who is now
at Tiflis, confirms the 'reports that
have reached here of uprisings in
Persia, and says th>t foreign mis
sionaries are in positive danger at
Uramiah.
j DKVIL JR'ST NEEDS BE
MONKEY IX THIS SHOP
University of Washington, March
j 24—Students in the department of
journalism who find the mastery o£
"the case" anything but easy listen
ed with some awe to Hugh G. Ball,
who was a visitor at the University
Daily office ou the campus last
i week. Ball was describing a "font"
o' typo in his newspaper shop. Tti?"
font covers th« entire side of an
uuusually large room, and the
compositors have to u.;< ladders to
roach all boxes of the case.
Of course, the answer is: Orien
tal. The newspaper is the Japan
.Herald, a morning d:*iiy in Yoko
hama, half of which ic piinted in
English and half in Japanese. The
Et>?'ish portion is sot up on a bat
tery of linotypes, but native printers
are employed to compose the Japan
! ese section, ^vhich comprises tele
j graphic news from, other countries.
Tana 16cai* news" ~* uua'o "local maft<?i
1 is supplied by a native editorial
j force, which also translates the Eng
I lish cable news.
The great number of characters
j in Japanese necessitates a very
' large case for each font of type,
of which there are several. A cer
I tain character was used lately for
! the first time in four years. The
j idiographs and variations of the
language call for separate fonts, and
provision must be made for the il-.
literate classes, who cannot read the
'anguage of the educated Japanese.
| METHODIST CONFERENCE
COXYEXES IX NEWARK
Newark, N. J., March 24—The
Newark conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church opened here to
day for a week's session at St.
Luke's Methodist church. Rev.
Theodore S. Henderson, is the
presiding bishop.
MINIMUM WAGE
FOR CTTY'S WORK
Portland, Ore., March 24—A city
ordinance went into effect today by
which city laborers, and laborers
employed by all contractors on muni.
cip.il work, will receive a minimum
wage of $3.00 for an eight hour day.
Oil Tuesday afternoon, March
23d, a few ladies of Ilaines met at
the Home of Mrs. Wiuierberger and
farmed a society to be known as
"The Woman's Social Club of
Hulnee." Mrs. Winterberger was
elected- president. The object of
l:he organization is to further the
[s\)H-it of sociability among all the
| women of that town, and for the
(subjects of interest for
mutual improvement. The subject
clicsen for its rirst meetmg i3,
"Alaska."
Dawson News, March 15: A letter
received in the mall Saturday from
Mayo states that a placer strike
hais been made on Johnson creek,
a^d u stampede, it • Is said has fol
lowed. The whole creek and its
tributaries are staked. 0. P. Thomp
son, tho discoverer, sank a shaft
eighteen feet to bedrock, drifted
forty feet towards the centers of
crwk bed, then ran tu-c cross-cuts
fr?m the main tunnel, one up
stream, each twenty ftet In length.
Th» whole of this tutiiiel work, is
said to be in pay gravel, and big
1 av at that. Thompson has foi^r
aud a half feet throughout tha
whole of his tunnels, it is said,
tnat will average at the l&west, two
au<3 a half cents to th<» pan, 'and
pome claim more. One dollar and
twanty cents is the highest pan so
f?j< reported.
'cluison creek is a- tributary of
JrflMfete.'i-- creek, and cornea
t'-e saflie range of mountains in
v.'irich Highet, one of the richest
creeks of the district, has its source.
STfRRIXG '10 DAYS
ARE REPRODUCED
Sp.u Francisco, March 24—San
Toaquin and Calaveras county will
reproduce the "rush of '49," today
nnd tomorrow, their respective coun
ty dedication days at the Panama
Pacific International exposition.
These two districts brought the Bret
Harte country again into the lime
light by the most spectacular demon-*
strations of the earl/ exposition
period.
A parade, divided into two parts
began at the Ferry building, one
showing the condition of the two
two counties in '49 and the other
illustrating the same country today.
The parade, indicative of the long
ago, was more than forty blocks
long and consisted of ox teams and
prairie schooners, burros 'ladened
with guns and grub and camp equip
ment, an old sfage-coach with Its
guard, and a party of Indians in the
Lackground, nnd a pony express in
operation. The second half of tue
1 arade showed the mining indust.-y
r.s it is carried on today.
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Seattle, March 21—The Chamber |
of Commerce of this city has just j
issued a warning to people hound j
for Alaska, who have hope of tb-!
tainlng employment from the gov
ernment la railroad construction !
work, that the time Is not yet ripe,- j
:id vices having been received from
Chairman Edas of the engineering j
:ommis8ion tha't several men will be j
itnt north next month to recruit la
bor in Alaska for the building of j
ho railroad, but that bona fide'
CREDULITY OF THE HEADER
IS TAXED TO UTMOST
O* course the newspapers are
supposed to garble 'he news more
3r less, but this account of the
quadruplets recently horn at Red
ling, this state, beats anything we
havo seen for awhile. It was lak
sn from tha Cblco Enterprise. Here
it Is:
Tfie first born was the heaviest
ind weighed 13% pounds, the last
weighing 13% pounds. The mother
is 60 years of age and weighs ,103
pounds. She has niiu> other chil
Irc-n living. The mother is <foing
well.—Colusa, (Cali-'.,) Herali,
March 13.
The story printed above in its en
irety would stretch tiho credulity of
he average reader to almost the
jreaklng point, but for t-he truth
i>f a portion of it,N the Daily Alas
fan is able tq vouch through the |
(iudncss of a Skagway lady, who
las just received a letter from a
'riend who lives close to where the
occurrence happened. The reported
iirth of quadruplets is true, but the
vight of the first one was only 2:*
)0unds and that of the fourth 1 'A
lOunds, Instead of 13% and 13'4
is above stated, and the mother i*
r.ly 4G ysars of fcge instead of IK).
-Ier weight is 105 pounds.
The letter goes on to say that
lie California legislature has ap
propriated $10,000 for the use of
he mother and her bairns, and
hat arrangements are being made
:o take them to the Panama-Pacif
c International exposition at San
Francisco.
PIES GO LIKE HOT CAKES
University of Washington, March
H—One thousand pies, of varied
tilling and consistency, were sold on |
:he campusN^£t Wednesday by the j
Preshman Girls' club lor the bene- j
"it of the freshmaii crew. No anti- I
dotes were furnished.
residents will be given the prefer
ence over all others. ''
Delegate James Wlckersliam will
leave Seattle for Junau tonight.
Last evening he was a dinner guest
of the Seattle Commercial clu)>, at
walch he made the statement thai
the Alaska fisheries were sadly la
need of greater protection. /
A hat, identified as belonging to
Capt. J. Edwardfc, a veteran Alaskan
miner, was found floating In Lake
Washington today and leads to the
belief that Edwards has committed
suicide by drowning In the lake.
PROBATIONARY DIVORCE
WAGED IX ILLINOIS
Springfield, 111., March 24—Pro
bationary divorce and the legi
timatizing of children born out of
wedlock are two striking objects
sought by hills introduced in the Il
linois legislature. and considered
MkWy to pass during tne present ge*
slon. j
Representative T. C. Buxton of
Decatur, has a bill to empower
courts to grant tentative divorces
which permit a married couple to
live apart for a year and return to
a married state any time during
that year. At the end of the year
if they decide to live apart per
manently they can secure a final
lecree from the courts.
Buxton's probationary divorce law
would" modify the law passed two
years ago forbidding the remarriage
of divorced couples or either of
Dem within a year after the de
cree and making such marriage an
act of adultery. .
Representative George U. Llp
schulch of Chicago, a physician,
and Representative John J. Gard
ner of Chicago, a clerk In the muni
cipal court, have bills to give chil
dren born out of wedlock the
right to apply to the courts any
time during its life for a decree
b'iving It the name ■{ the father
and conferring all rights that are ac
corded "legal" children. This in
cludes patrimony and support. The
bill would give the mother of the
child authority to act fcr it during
the first five years of Its life.
A radical abandonment act also
may be introduced, making abandon
ment an extraditable offense. Some
legislators are considering a bill
to make the amount a deserting
husband or father must pay for the
support of his wife or children,
variable based on the amount of his
income.
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