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969 Lives Lost, 418 Saved—Captain of Each Steamer
Blames The Other and Says Thai His Own Vessel
Was Not Under Headway At The Time
R.i louski, June 1—According to
the latest advices there were 969
l.vcs lost when the Empress oi
li-fluad. the C. P. K. liner, went
own h-.ro Friday after colliding
collier Storstudt, and 41S
- iveu. The search for other bodies
t. Kendall of the Empress of
1 at the coroner's inquest to
lay ij tht blame for the disaster
i'Oii v'.ipt. Anderson of the Danish
impress of Ireland was not under
headway when she was struck by
th» Storstadt, which loomed out of
the fog and crashed into iter not
withstanding signals were bei»!;
blown by her ull the time.
Quebcc, June 1—Plans are al
ready uuder way for the raising ot
tL'e Empress of Ireland, which had
m board $1,000,000 in silver bul
lion when she went down.
Montreal, June 1—The S'orstai'.t (
arrived here today. Capt. Anderson
bl-'ines Captain K3ndall of the Em
].'es3 of Ireland for the collision
and wants public judgment suspend
i'.l until both sides of the controver
sy have been heard. He claims
tl.e Storstadt was not under way
wlien the vessels collided and says
•:?:at he remained at the scene to
pick up all the survivors it was pos
sulc to discover, notwithstanding
his own disabled and precarious
conditio^ at the time.
Afi.-r the arrival of the train
trcru W orse yesterday after
>all game was played on
t* lu ;1 , >uiuls between a team
f Skagw.iv and Ft. W. H.
ard pi :.^rs utid the C. W. Young
l'/ tl: ■ former by a score of S to 4.
e two :.i oideuts during the
*; :«e 1 wi.ioh it was found nec
i-i.ir. io iall for the services of
■ N<>d ankle by one of the
V. . 1! Seward players and the
otljiv was the first baseman of the
Juue.iu ti-im who yas hit in the eye
hot foul right off the bat.
w Irs. izabeth Blanchard at
••duesday.
J M. ■ iRi, a young man who
ft to come up to Skag
•• ;«y h Let;a employed as assistant
■' har :• ou l'ier D at the Seattle
rrived on the City of Seat
■ ard ay and will be in the
of th-> Pacific C'oast steam
Co. tiiis summer as assistant
tc V,ent V. A. Peterson. This is
M- i'.tlham's first visit to the
Ni 'It,
WIFE MAY Sl'K FOK
SEPARATE ALLOWANCE
United States District Judgf Rob
ert \Y. Jennings yesterday made a
ruling iu which lie held that i.: A'.
nsk.i. notwithstanding the absence uf
a statute covering the case, abtw
•U'ued wife may sue her husba !
for separate maintenance.
In makiug the decision, Judge
: Jennings held that the common law
which makes a husband re.-ponsifr.
for his wife's debts, and the author
j itj^nherent in a court of equity
gl\iug it "jurisdiction for the se
curing of right or the prevention of
wrong where there is 110 other plain,
sp.cdy, and adequate remedj'' aii>!,
, als o jurisdiction where necessary
"co prevent a multiplicity of suit*;'
Si/es it authority to entereain a
suit in Alaska by a wife for separate
i maintenance.
In a case where a husband has
siiven notice to merchants, for in
stance, that he will not he respon
ible for his wife's debts or wh»'r".
f^r other reasons, merchants refuse
| to give credit to a wife, or, if giv
ing credit, where each merchant
would have to maintain a separate
sr'» against the husband to secure
payment of his account, ttie court
holds that a suit for separate main
tenance by the wife is a logical and
letal way to secure a right, prevent
a wrong and avoid a multiplicity" of
suits.
The ruling was made on a de
murrer to the jurisdiction of the
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Hats, Shoes
Rain Coats, Furnishing Goods, Etc.
Are Now On Display
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At $18 and Up
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If You Do Not Buy
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
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The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKaGWAY
| et urt in a suit initiated by Tinn
khlotlian, of Ketchikan, through
(.'narles H. Cosgrove, of that place,
!ier attorney, against her husband,
William F. Schlothan. The demurrer
v.as over-ruled.
Tiie court, also, as basis for the
0 cision, holds that it Is the policy
(f iho law to discourage divorces,
la:ul, if in case of abandonment a
'fc's only relief should be held to
1 through alimony, he would be en
couraged to sue for divorce in
• :der to give the court jurisdiction.
The court also holds that "it
auld be a mockery to allow the
j v. :fe to maintain an action for sep
• -raif maintenance and, at the same
, i; ue deny her the means of procur
| in^ it," and therefore, that she
I b:i3 a right to ask for attorney's
I 'ces as well as separate malnten
j a".< —Juneau Empire.
WOMKN KXJOY BEAUTY
OK THE IX LAX I) PASSAGE
.Mr;,. George B. Wilson, New Vork
'Hss Elizabeth Graham aiid Miss
■tildred Graham, So. Bethlehem, Pa.
were round trip passengers on the
C'.'ty of Seattle yesterday.
This party of three women made
the trip to Los Angless, via the
•southern route, and as their return
east was via the Great Northern,
way of Seattle, whea they
reached the latter city, and having
J-eard of the wonders of the Alas
kan trip, decided to "do" Alaska.
They will make the "".rip to the Yel
'owstone National Pa.rk on the re
torn to the east.
In speaking to a representative
o'. this paper, Mrs. Wilson Btated
.-hat they were perfectly surprised at
the grandeur' of the trip, the
scenery was far beyond their ex
pectations, and their ouly regret was
that they were unable to make a
more lengthy visit in tho north,
extending their trip into the in
terior.
The Georgia came in at a late
hour Friday night with 66 excur
£i< nists from Juneau 011 board. She
railed on her return immediately
atter the passengers had been land
ed.
GELEBRATIO
GREAT USE
In the matter of attendance the
celebration of the King's birthday
ct Whltehorse last Saturday wag far
ahead o£ anything that has taken
place in that town upon a like oc
casion for a number of years. With
lUe exception of the increased num
ber that participated this great an
nual event was along the lines by
which the people of Whltehorse havo
aihieved an enviablo reputation
throughout the north, viz., a scrupti'i
ouly clean and -handsomely decor
ated town, a long li3t of substan
tial prizes to be competed l'or and
the glad hand of welcome extended
to the stranger within her gales.
On the regular train on the morn
ing of the 29th there was a fairly
good crowd of people from Skagwny
end other nearby Alaskan towns
and villages who took advantage of
the- opportunity afforded them to 10
over to Whitehorse in advance of the
excursion train.
At 5:30, on tho morning of the*
30th of May, the day appointed for
the celebration, eight coaches load
ed to their capacity, left for the
Canadian town, where they arrivi !
al out 12 o'clock, tile lateness of
the hour of reaching there bavin :
been caused through a hot box o:i
one of the locomotive \. heels.
Everything went off as' schedul
ed by the sports comni'itee. On
the evening of the 29th there was j
i full dress ball given in the X- |
3. A. club hall, a large number of
visitors as well as townspeople Le
int? present.
On tile morning of (lie ilvth
eral of the eveuts on the long li
o' sports were pulled oft' prior to
the arrival of the excursionists. Al
ter the excursion train got in, anil
the peoplo on board had eiten, the
main eveut of the day, the baseball
contest, started in with four ti uii.
entered. viz., Whiteborsc, Skagv. '
Ft. W. H. Seward and C. \V. Young's
Tigers of Juueau. The first I n
was between Whitehorse and Ft. W
II. Seward, in which the solditvs did
uo very brilliant playing, but in
which, nevertheless, they put it ov< r
on the former by a seoro of It to
C. Then came the Skagway and Ju
neau teams, and if anyone ever i
had a doubt as to the result they
■vere speedily enlightened, for the
Tigers had what is spoken of in vul
gar parlanco as "A Puddin." Then
came the final contest between the
two winning teams, and tile way
thoe Juneau boys did hand it out |
to the soldiers was a caution.
The Juueau team 'was awarded j
the first prize of $125 and tho Ft
W, H. Seward team the second of
$75.
Tho ball game was finished about
<5 o'clock in the evening and a tier
ward the remainder of tho events
were pulled off 011 Front street.
In the evenintr an informal daino
took place at the N. S. A. club, at I
which standing room was at a prem
ium and where those who actively
participated had either to exert
themselves vigorously or else be out
of the running altogether.
A part of the excursion crowd
c.ime over on the train in the even
ing after the celebration was over
and a few remained thero until to
Everything Perishable
In tlie way of vegeta
bles and fruits arrived
on the Humboldt, in
cluding Strawberries
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
|da>, but the majority wero on tbo
train which pulled out of Whitehorsej
Simriay morning at S o'clock, and
readied Skagway at 2 o'clock In
the afternoon.
Those who attended the celebra
tion had every attention and court
esy shown them by the people of
Wliiteliorse and would bare had a
time of unalloyed pleasure had it
nut been fcr the spell of beastly
weather ■' t was cneountere-1 and
which a"i> to be t;ie normal
coudiuon ov -r tl.i re w'ie.icver a
celebration is announced to take
place. A raw, cold wind blew all
day .and Ihor.e who witnessed the
taceball game had to muffle up in
their furs and overcoats in order to
bo ablo to stay to the end.
isuj friai itio Ord'-i- of IMoueerP,
asua railroad bill and the trencher-1
«U3 manner i:i v;UI-!i ta> used the j
iiaitii of t' } people of Alaska to de-1
I'c.it ' iic railro. .! measure—in which
Jiu \tt-. or, • . y v.- e Mill rely un
j»«Si upon ili.j - . j'.iiiis 'Uai there
in it, Lut ihe
up a^ain, an
rentes of i:.o rt .i'ition lia\e been
•inI. to the int ; r lotl;,e and tlio
tore rc •;
Dan 1).: !!, is after Ho
den, and v 1 .liaiii ,ie hint to meet
liim be. -re 11:0 pe-. ,e of Faii banks
i.i debate lao daj ho arrives in
Fairbanks li t Dan as iy expose Uo
don's work a' June n,—Fairbanks
>:v-U;\y.U' .h'i.oi's
jur -j drawn for
IKlzetkv , . J. HoM Crags.
C'ti. . H. Ewing,
Lviicli, .loan K 1 ,;e"it,re t'. Bur
—K. .1. S'a i'.v, Jos. |
iie:'chart, K.ani; Cox. James Kenne
<)v, Fred I':-.;- :er and X. H, llellen
i--j w, Combs., I
■
I'roi:. Tiv. tiivell —Im.orpe Stevens.:
The Marii'i t v.ill be in from!
tt '■ Wi-uv!ii'd :L jfl o'clock.
Faucis Rotch, Jr., pilot, P. R.
Breeze engineer, both of Seattle,
and Ed. J. Norton, of Butte, Mon
tana, crew of - the government
Ic-unch, Midnight Sun, and the ad
vance guard of tho "Alaska Engin
eering Commission," arrived here
Sunday evening on the City of Seat
tle and went over on the train this
morning to Wliitehor3e 011 their way
down the river to Dawson, where
the launch was put upon the ways
last fall at the close of navigation.
The Midnight Sun was built for
i.he Alaska Boundary survey and
was operated in 1911-12 on the Por
fupino and old Crow rivers, on the
Lower Yukon. During the smallpox
scare at Rampart in 1911-12 the
beat and its crew played active
parts. Tho launch is 60 feet long,
11 foot beam and is furnished power
by a 35 h. p. "Doak" engine, one
o£ lhe best finest heavy duty, 4
>yiiader engines in tho world. This
engine, of which Engineer Breeze
ins the Alaskan agency, has been
r.:u steadily upon the Midnight Sun
for three years without a stop, and
is today one of the best on the
Pacific coast.
After leaving the ways at Dawson
i!:c launch will go to Fairbanks
•vul lay in supplies, and from there
i!p the Nenana river as far as pos
sible, whero the 'goods will be
iv.clied. During the summer she will
operate in connection with the sur
vey oa the Tanana river.
Thos. Riggs, Jr., a member of the
u-mmission, will leave Seattle on
the 3d of this month for Fairbanks,
via. Skagwav, accompanied by 40
men, mostly all of whom were
;-<.uibers of the \old Boundary sur
• oy parties. The headquarters of the
•i!c,lneering commission will be in
Fairbanks daring the coming sum
mer.
The Pulleu House has already re
'■'•ived a wire from Seattle for res
en ations for this party upon its ar
rival in Skagway.
PERSONAL
Capt. Thos. Jloore and Purser
>!;•Dowell, of the ore boat Cordova,
we-re callers at the Daily Alaskan
olTico this morning.
Capt. Alexander of the Engineer
Mining Co., after his arrival at Car
c.-o;-s a few days ago, had a return
i.i the malady from which he was
ruffering while confined la a Chic
ago hospital recently. "While lie is
very weak from the effects of the
dittase it is not thought that any
vtr/ serious consequences will re
sult. i
" 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.
Spring I2ats and Shoes
Now on Display
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier