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- WAR MUNITIONS
\\ ls'ninpcon, 1). C.. May 9—Xo ef
fort will be made by the United
State* t» stop the landing of the
war munitions for Huer:a at Puerto,
which are reported to be due there,
c>u German ships.
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TOO GOVERNOR
i
Sa:i Francisco. May :l—Commis
sioner General of Immigration Cam
lett , has announced himself as a
ndi! •. or democratic nomination
:'or governor of California.
WILL ANNOUNCE
THE BREAKUP
The flag of the X. C. company has
been placed on the ice on the Yu
kon river and attached to the
■.vhistle at the X. C. heating plant,
nd is in position to announce the
going of the ice. The fl;;g is in
line with tiie north side of King
street. A rope Extends from the flag
• o the 'whistle. The moment the
e s'arts tae line will tighten, and
; • v'ustle will blow. An electrical
i is established between
stle and the clock in the
- i" office, and the moment the
oifit .1 time of the going
T1IK BOATS
T o -I.irlnosa is due I ere some
niorrow night.
T: o City of Seattle is due in
Skagway at b a. m. tomorrow.
The Petersou ar/ved from ft. \V.
H S ward and IIuir.es at her usual
our this morning.
Tiie next C. P. R. boot to arrive
• i o will be the Princcss Sophia,
hi', h will for the next tw.-> voyages
i'iie vessel w ill reach Skagway on
Washington, D. C., May 9—High
tension marks both the Mexican
situation and the diplomatic side
of the government here.
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GO 10 IDEXICi
Galveston,. May 9—The fourth
and sixth brigads are ready to em
bark tor Mexico.
Washington, D. C., Mav a—The
joint resolution house and senate
bill restoring to the public domain
the Chugach National forest was to
day reported favorably by the sen
ate committee on territories.
New York, May 9—A jury has
been eiupaunelled for th> second
trial of Lieut. Becker
Mr. Goebel, an old t:uic resident
of Whitehorse, but who has boen
absent from there for about IS
months, passed through 'his morn
ing on his way back.
J. H. Irving, of the J. fl. Irving
Co. Incorporated, merchant tailors
of Seattle, was an arrival here on
the Jefferson this morning. Mr.
Irving has been In Juneau tor sev
eral weeks, where he is putting in
a branch of his Seattle business,
which he expects to havrr ready by
next week. He will retu.u to Ju
neau on the next southward sailing
of the Humboldt
Gentlemen: Our
Spring and Summer
Suits
Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats. Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
Suits Hade to Your Heasure
At $18 and Up
When in Need of Good» in Our Line Come In
and Look OveT 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
ATTEMPT HI SUICIDE WILL
LIKELY PROVE SUCCESSFUL
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George Zavoriti Cuts His Own Throat And
Slashes Himself Across Abdomen With
Razor at W. P. Hospital—Is In a Dying
Condition
This afternoon at :*bout one
o'clock George Zavoritl; or us he
is called around Skagway, where
i e has lived for a number of years,
and is well known, "George, the
Grei^k," went into the bathroom of
ilie W. P. hospital and after get
ting into the tub drew a razor
across his throat aud then slashed
aiaiseif across the abdomen, making
a irightful wound from which, when
lie was discovered, his entrails
were falling- out.
Zavoritl, after committing the
deed cried out in his agony and
Ueo. Stevens, a brakeman on the
W. P. & Y. R., who had just pass
ed out of the door of tile bathroom
when the former entered, heard
the Ci*y and rustled in to find Zav
oriti in the condition above des
cribed.
l)rs. Gabie and Brawsmd were at
l'KHSONAL.
George Black returned on the i
Jefferson this morning from a few
days' visit to Juneau.
Mrs 11. D. Kirmse and two lit
tle sons arrived home on the Jef
ferson ..iter having spent the wintor
; iu Souud cities.
Xels Fortiue, an old time road
liouse man and miner on the creeks
near Dawson p.issed tliroiich on his
v ;y to the interior this morning.
Supt. C. A. Mowrey, of the Pue
l/.o com er mine near Whitehorse,
arriveu fiuui June.iu on the Jeffer
son this morning with 25 miners,
whom he is taking over. They left
on the train at S:30 o'clock. When
.these men are placed at work the
' mine force will number ever one
hundred and fifty.
. Jack Morris, son of the head
, plumber at Ft. \V. 11. Seward, and
! Cliauncey Combs, son of J. W.
: Combs, the Haines sawmill man,
(were up taking in the sights In
j»kagw.:y today. While here they paid
tlio Daily Alaskan a pleasant visit.
They returned home 011 the Peter
son this afternoon.
Yesterday in speaking of the con
templated change in the W. P. & Y.
Route working force we referred to
13. B. Barteau as ticket agent at
Whitehorse, whereas Mr. Barteau
is: the local agent of the company
there, under whose directions the
res* of the office employees work,
and he will fill the same position
at his new post at Tanana.
Capt. W. C. Barker, the em
ploy of the X. C. company for the
| past 11 years, 12 years of which
| were spent in Dawson ae local
! agent of that company, is here on
I his way to the luterior. Under the
! new arrangement caused by the
purchase of the N. N. company by
onco summoned and reached the
hospital in a short time, but ac
cording to reports at the hour
of going to press .♦.here are no hopes
for the misguided rutin's recovery.
Zavoriti is a hard rock miner.3;}
years of age, and has lived in Alas
ka for the past 7 years, coming hero
from Lithorikin, Greece, where his
father, his only known relative is
still living. He worked at Carcross
last winter and came over to Skag
way on Sunday's train. He was not
feeling well, and being n member of
the W. P. hospital association,
went to the hospital for care and
treatment, where he has since been.
He has always been industrious
and frugal and no cause can be
assigned by his friends for his
rasr act.
He is a member in good stand
ing of Skagway Aerie N'o 25, P. O.
K. i*
tho W. P. & V. Route it is likely
Capt. Barker will be transferred to
some point down the river from j
Dawson.
Mrs. W. A. Puckett, wife of tlie j
Whitehorse hardware linerchant,
accompanied by her daughter, Miss
Deo, and her neice Mis3 Op:il Clip
per, of Auburn, Wash., .arrived on
the Jefferson this morning on her
way home. Mrss. Puckctt and her
daughter went out last August and
have spent the greater part of tlie a'
time since then in Olney, Illinois,
with relatives, where Miss Deo went
through a course at the
Olney business college. They,
also spent a short time in
Kentucky, and while there
paid a visit to the famous Mam
moth Cave. On their way home they
camo through California, stopping
over for short visits in Sail Diego.
Los Angeles and San Frvjicisco and
in Washingtou state at Tacoma. and
Seattle. They were accompanied
north from Seattle by Mrs. Puck-1
ett's neice, who will vis', 'vith tbein
at Whitehorse for the summer
months.
THE BOATS
The Humboldt is due here some- i
time today.
The Jefferson got in at 1:30 this'
morning with the following passen-]
gers and a small amount of freight:
C. E. Pyke, wife and little son, Mrs. j
H. D. Kirmse and two little sons, j
J. C. Johnson, M. B. Kelly and wife, I
E. J. Josie. F. A. Anderson, J. |
Smith and wife, F J. Gilman, Ida I
A. Graves, Mrs. H. Boatz. J. Startus, I
W. C. Barker, C. T, Surridge, Harry !
Mokrey and wife, Alex Moser, Mrs.
W. A. Puckett, Miss Deo Puckett, 1
Miss Opal Clipper, Ethel Peterson.
There were also several people
from Juneau, whose names were not
listed. The vessel left for the south
at 2:40 a. m.
Quality Candy
We have just opened another
consignment of the ■pleudid "John
ston" line of package chocolates.
This candy is the most popular in
Skagway, due to the splendid qual
ity of the goods and originality of
the package. Sold froui 50c to
$1 00 according to size.
F. ii. GANTY, GROCER
8KAGWAY, ALASKA.
Wash-higton, D. C-, May 9—Tho
second Sunday in May will hereafter
be observed as National Mother's
Day.
New York, May 9—The bolls
hero will Toll during r.!io sailors
funeral at Brooklyn on ".omliy.
LOCAL BfUEFS.
There were 4 5 interior bound
passengers ou tlie train which went
out this rfiornlug.
T!ie regular mised train from
ttyu.eliorse today will have ten car
loads, or about J■>0 ton--, of I'ue
l)lo miiie copper ere 0:1 board for
the Skagway bankers.
The tin-o of tlio baseball game
. Ft. w. 1 r.
Seward t> ;ins It 3 beeu postponed
noon, why 1 the I ■ tersou will make
a special trip to bring ilie players
■lp to SL.:gw y. The Skagway brass
band v .11 be i.i .ittondaiice at the
ball park at 3 o'clock tomorrow
and will furnish music for the
occasion.
The opening g'. me lor the sea
ion was played yetcrday afternoon
on the Skaajwav te:; is ccurt. Tiiose
who took part s iy I hat the court
have any inrcntioa of joining the
club are invited to take part in the
games. Ap 'ieatioi.a l'or raembership
1 he soi-retayr.
Th following people were reg
istered at liie Golden North this
morning: (\ A. 5Io*vri.y. Frank
Graves, .T. 1J. Irving, T. V.-ehan, W.
C. Barker, .M. 1$. is-eily and v ife, F.
A. Am!ei> . , 1;. .T. Josio ;-"d J. C.
Johnson.
C. E. P> kc, v.-l'o several years
ago acted as cas!i'< r at the wharf,
accompanied by his wife ;'nd their
liitle son Clarence, came up on
the Jefferson. Mr. Pyke is in the
employ of the V\". r. & Y. lloute
company.
Seattle, May 9—Colonel Richard
son, of the Alaska road commission,
is here on his way north, but it is
understood that there will be no
trail work done during the coming
summer. , ,
Vera Cruz, May 9—Private Parks,
orderly for Lieutenant Col. Taggart,
has disappeared inside the Mexi
can lines and it is rumored that
he has been executed near Tejuera.
iiE
LL COMPLETED
Washington, D. C., May 9—Plans
have been completed by the War
Department for the burial of Vera
Cruz dead at Brooklyn. Tomorrow
the bodies will bo removed to the
Battery. Ou Monday will be funeral
procession, with chants by school
j children and a memorial address by
i President Wilson.
MiCAl
I IS NOW OPEN
Panama, May 9—Torpedo boats
, can now go through the Panama
| canal at any time, savs Colonel
Ooethals.
At the Nugget Moving Picture
I show tonight the feature of the
; evening will be the two reel Viti
grah of '"Wild Beasts at Large;
or. When the Circus Menagerie
i Broke Loose." The exhibition of these
reels In Ketchikan and Juneau
I created a sensation, and the places
| where they were shown were crowd
ed nightly. Don't fail to see them
I tonight.
" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
"hard to fit;" others
just think they are.
But any man, of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We have made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look over the line.
"Spnng Hats and Shoes
Now on Display
WILL CLAY SON—Clothier