EXPRESS RATES
ARE REDUCED
Washington. Feb. R —Sweeping
express rate reduction ordered in
to effect by 'be In-erst ate Com
merce Commission tli'ergh a blan
ket decree, but twice postponed,
went into effect the tirst of Feb
ruary. The original oi».er was made
ot'fiitivo Oc v»ber 15. 1. c:. The ex
press comi nles filed ie* tariffs
January 10. In ma:iy i lances the
■
rates were. Kve:i w.th tais reduc
tion uiaay are higher than parcel
iCHllOT F
hiilit
.1 urv In Second Triai lleiuler \ er
ilic*. • i .M'lnk'r hi First IJegrce
—sentence Nit Vet l*ri»nounc«l.
N'ev. York. Feb. tf—Hans Schmidt,
who has been on tiiial charged
\.ith tlie :iu:der of A::im Atnueller
in the c.-'.minal court of this city.
»■ is 1. s: r.'.-ht fount! guilty us charg
ed
This is the sconJ trial of'
?>.hmidt and h? his iuade a hard
fight ugrJcst conviction. The d^
i use tried to frovo that ti;o ao
i>ised ui;. was insane. but a!;«?'iis'.s
csii:'u'd o the conrtary. s-'ifencc
has not Ik on pronounced, but it is
,uv_a;:;ed that 'he presiding jud«e
v'.l >«> ,- the deu'h sentenc to
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A M Ki :U*A.\ 1>KM« ».\ STUATIOX
Mex'co, Feb. 6—If was learned ]
today 'hat the s'udcuts of the var
ious Uttivf-!Bitit s fn thi3 city were
formulating pla >s for a • "blic dem
onstrution against U.» American
residents rtsidiig within the city
limits
Don't forget that there will be
a game basketball .u the Ath
letic '-lub : ''.isht between the- l.ious
pos 1 , oung Indies of Skag
way, members of the club
•tre <<"■ ivited to witness the.
contest.
Indianapolis, Itid., Feb. 6—A new
wage agreement to prevent any
suspension of work on April 1, up
on which date the present contract
between operators and miners in
Ohio, lndiatla and Western Pennsyl
vania expires, was the important
matter discussed here at a confer
ence of miners and oprators. The
operators reiterated statements mad
previously that if other states fol
low the example of Ohio in the
passing of laws similar to the Ohio
anti-screen law, it * ill put theui
out of business.
By thy Ohio law n»i:.ers are paid
oa a rua-of-the-mine basis.
The present contract between the
miners .nd the operators express
ly states that unless there has
been a month of disagreement over
the wage question, the agreeme.it
t-an'iot be terminated b> a strike or
walkout. ^
Operators declared that the con
ference was called in bad faith in
order that the disagreement will
have continued for a month by April
1 . The miners hot'y denied the
charge.
Washington, Feb. 6-A chap who
l.iio"s all ;>bout trimming down rock
:id jik'kin" the fossils therefrom—
other words :i paleontologist—go;
Uncle Sum's service as the result
o.' a civil service examination helJ
yesterday for th? posiiiion of'assis:
ant preparator 'a paleouologist for |
the national museum. The name .
Of the successful one has not as |
yet been made public.
I'WLK SAM ASKED TO
lil'V HOMKS FOR DIPLOMATS
Washington, Feb. 6—The pur
chase of three new homes for Amer
ican dii loraats abroad was recom
mended in the diplomatic appropria
tion bill which was reported Feb
ruary 1. This step in the direction
of acquiring embassies instead of
renting them will look toward fur
nishing places at Mexico City. To
kio, Japan, and Berne. Switzerland.
J MSI A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 anu 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather Shoes
Lar^e Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear===Blanket Lin 2d
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7 x q and 8 x 10=3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE H1NER WITH THE EX=
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
fi. J. LYNCH
jThe Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
Rep. Mann Makes Strong Pleas—Other
Congressmen Roast Morgan-Gug
genheim Syndicate—House Leaders
Confident Bill Will Pass Feb. 11-18
Washington, Feb. G—Representa
.,» James R. .Maun of Illinois, yes
icrilay afternoon made a strong
speech 011 the floor of ihe House of
U.'liresentatives in favor of the pass
age of the Alaska Ilailroad bill.
During the day's session, other
members of the house roasted the
.Morgan Guggenheim Syndicate,
claiming that they were in a large
measure, responsible for the lack
in attention to the Alaska situation,
and therefore responsible for the re
tarded development of the territory,
llouse leaders today expressed
themselves as confident that when
tlie vote is counted, tile government
owned railroad will be favored, de
sp!'e the denunciation of Chairman
Kliis, of the Public Lands Commis
sion and others, that the Guggen
heim Interests favored rather than
opposed the government railroad to
develop their vast properties and
that the bill was a "grab", foster
ed by the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, and the Northwestern Com
mercial bodies. It was declared
today that tlie bill will be passed
February 11 or 18, according to the
present plans.
Lilie, Coloraine, .Mass., Fob. 6—
•Mrs. Addie A. Upton, is toilay rejoic
iug over the fact ih.it she has won
a bitter fight with the government,
by being permitted to resign her job
here as postmistress.
Some mouths ago All's. Upton
eat in .itv resignation to Pcstmas
t r General Burleson. Siie had no
hie.i b ;t that it wouM be immediate
ly accepted. Ilut Burleson refus
ed to accept the resignation.
Tiieu began a l'ight by Mrs. Up- j
ton to b^ permitted to fire herself, j
She- had the help in Congress of j
Representative TreaJuay of Mass
achusetts. Even then it took her •
six months to win. During that
period oi' warfare the government j
made a desperato effort to get one
lo succeed .Mrs. Upton Hut in no :
nook or cranny of 'he Great Bay
Si ate could one be t'ouud who would
ti.kv> over* the responsibilities and
small emoluments of the Line
postoffice. Tlie great government
of the United Stales, licked to a |
tazzle by .Mrs. I'pton, decided to
abolish 'ho postoffice. After today
Line po..'.office will net be.
•it i:y indicts VX
I.it i:\SKI) MQLOli SKI.IiEIC
Juneau, Feb. C—Kitty Brown,;
one of 1 i.o defendants against whom j
a secret indictment was returned, is :
under arrtst on the charge of sell-i
ing liquor without a license. This
prosecution is a result of the1
grand jury's purpose to cause the j
abatement of the practice of selling
liquor without license in the re
stricted district. It recommended in
its final report that the prosecutions
continue until the practice is stop
ped.
MINCE PIE
made from Atmore's iiiinco ment is
to the very best home-made.
Sold in bulk, at 25c per lb. 5 lb.
for $1.00. Guaranteed to consist of
only pure ingredients and properly
seasoned.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
8KAG%VAY, ALASKA.
li. S. KILLS (ILL
MILITARY m
Washington, Jan. 28—The mili
tary spy, as far as t"'e United States
is concerned, has been relegated to
tho discard. The secret Service a
gents employed by Treasury Dept.
tlie secret agents and investigators
employed by the Department of Jus
iice and the postoffice and State
Departments, and men of the same
iv.uk employed by tho Departments
of Labor and Commerce on white
slave work, labor investigations,
and to ferret out customs frauds,
of course, are still on the payrolls.
But the old spy system in vogue
w!th the War Department, and so
much written about in song and
story, is a relic of the past, accord
ing to officials of this branch of
the government.
This fact, which undoubtedly will I
prove lisconcerting to the novelists
and romantic writers, came out
when estimates of tin War Depart
ment recently published for 1014,
railed to carry an appropriation for
"military spies''. Battle scarred
war gent-rals and nujors, upon be
ing questioned regardin- this omis
sion several days ago, furnished the
further interesting fact that during
1913 not a single "military spy" wn
employed as such.
I'ROMIVKXT seattm; mekwia
St'CCTMBS TO l'ARALYSI:i
Seattle, Feb. G—.lulius Redel
[ sheimer, who was stricken with par
alysis last Sunday, died at his home
in this city at an early hour this
morning.
Mr. Redelsheimer was the sen
ior partner ot the firm of J. Redel
; sheimer &■ Co., large clothing deal
ers, with a store on the corner of
First and Columbia, this city.
SIRE AID SOS
Cleveland, O., Feb. C—Robert E.
Ltewis, general secretary of the
Central Y. M. C. A. announced that
close to 500 mayors of various cit
ies throughout the United States |
and several governors had written i
heartily endorsing th.i "Father and |
Son Movement" designed to bring j
fathers and sons iuto closer rela-1
tionship.
The committee promoting the
movement here recently wrote the
mayors of five hundred cities and
tiie governors of all the states urg
ing them to join in pushing the
movement. Mayor Daker in his
proclamation outlined the object
statin°- that it was the purpose of
the promoters to urge fathers and
sons to begin a new fellowship and
a new comradship, and to learn to
enjoy each other in recreation and
In counsel.
REOPEN "HP
LINE" GASES
Washington, Feb. 6—Reopening cfl
the "tap line cases" for further
hearing and argument on the funda
mental questions involv d was made
today by the Interstata Commerce
Commission, as the result of clos
ing decisions of the Commerce
Court against the Commission's pre
vious ruling. The case involves the
right of railroads and industrial cor
porations to maintain "tap lines" to
factories, and in times past has
been used as a convenient method
of granting rebates to shippers. The
court held that the Interstate Com
merce Commission had sufficient
power to regulate any rebating
practices.
WKSTKICX STOCK BRLEDEKS
AT NEW YORK MEETING
Rochester. N. Y., Feb. 6—'Rep-j
resentatives of several Western'
breeders' associations today attend- !
ed the opening sessions of the an
nual convention of the New York
State Breeders' Association which
will continue through tomorrow.
Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
who is President of the Empire State
Association, was expected to pre
side.
ALCOHOL TAX
Rome, Feb. 6—As one means of
paying back the $200,000,000 extend
e' in the conquest of Tripoli and
Cyrenaica the Italian government to
day increased the revenue on alco
hal from $54 to $66 a barrel. It is
the heaviest tax now imposed in the
world on spirits.
New Cr.'eans, Feb. 6—Through
wirelebs advices which it as picked up
iu this cicy yesterday it was learn
ed thai the Mexican rebel forces
were planning to attack Huerta's
.'orces bv sea. FoUoiv'ng the pub
licity sriven the above the informa
tion has eaked out thai three deal
ers ol marine craft tf this city
have given options on various crafts
to thj representatives of the rebel
forces.
Ver. "ruz, Feb. 6—The Mexican
gunboa» Zaragoza which has been in
this port maintaining a supposed pa
trol against the importation of
arms by the rebel forccs has been
ordered to sail for Naw Orleans at
once I. !s believed that she is be
ing sent for a supply o' arms and
arumuui.ioii for the lluerta govern
ment
Port Ajprince, Feb. 6—Detach
ments of American German marines
wera landed here today, thus
strengthening ihe force already
stationed aere. It is believed that
disorders are feared, and that
the landing of the additional blue
jackets are as a precautionary meas
ure.
BRYAN WOULD HOLD
UP ASIATIC MATTER
Wash'ugton, Feb. 6— Congressman
J. W. Bryan, Representative from
the sta"- <"f Washington at large,
today asked the House committee to
I"ave,tl'e question of the Asiatic
i xclus on matter i;> ribeyance for
tile ti'nc bein.g
The Skagway Band will have
practice tonight at the W. P. A.
club. The practice is for the pur
pose of going over a few dance
numbers which will be played at the
Eagles' Masquerade at the W. P.
A. C.. tomorrow night.
Headquarters For
Smart Overcoats
You will find your over
coat here in a variety of
fabrics
Beautiful Weaves,
Scotch Tweeds, Chin
chillas—all made up,
A Large line of O'Donnell Shoes,'for Men
„ . J
Uti and Dunn Shoes for Women
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier