DISASTROUS FLOODS DEVASTATE
TIE CENTRAL NUT OF TEXAS
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 4—The heavy j
rains of the pats few (toys have j
flooded the whole of ceutral Texas [
and carried death and ds'-tructioa J
throughout that section of country ■ J
The death list so far reported'
reaches thirteen and a large num
ber of people are missing. It is
estimated that fifteen thousand
families have ben rendered home
less.
Waco, Dec. 4—The streets of
this city are inundated today.
WARNS HEAVY OUTFITS TO
XOT \ ENTl ltE ON H I
4
Billy Williams, the Dawson mat
who left that place about the mid
ille of last aiouth with ruail for the
Chisana, telegraphed the following
to the Dawson News ou his arriv
al at the mouth of White River:
White River, Nov. 20—After leav
ing Stewart City at T a. m., 1 ar
rived here at 4:3o p. m. yesterday
after a very hard trip. The new ic<
is overflowing and there are mato
open places. I used sand bars anc
islands most of the way.
Advise all heavy freighters to kee
off the ice until it is reported oi
known to be safe. The overflow.
make the ice very treacherous anc
unsafe for even light loads.
Good accommodations can be hac
at this place. Plenty of supplies an
here for present needs. I'robablv 40
tons o:' feed and 60 to 70 tons oi
provisions are stored here. 1 leavt
for Doujek at 7 a. m., although tht
trail is reported in bad conditio!'
for 14 miles from the mouth. The
mail delivery is certain with m\
pony leader.
BILLY WILLIAMS.
UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL COACH
DEFENDS THE «AMfc
Chiimmpaign, 111 , Dee. 4—Brutal
ity, a charge always and oft.ee
brought against football, has beer
answered by Robert C. Zuppke
coach of the Illinois I niversity foot
ball squad. "Mature men who hav<
outgrown the life impulses of youtl
ought not to judge the game fron
their mature point of view" saic
Zuppke. "They should recall theti
early impulses and use them as a
standard of decision. At 20 the
physical vitality of the motor typ«
of young men needs to express it
self in action. That expression, wit!
iu proper limits, should be encour
! aged. Football is a game for the
young and its ideals are on that
level. It is merely a helpful inci
dent in college life and should be
J considered of secondary importance
always. Football is a game of the
I soil and near the soil. And while
' Its ideals are medieval, they are of
'the deep rooted elemental spirit
1 that every healthv bodied man
i should possess.
IO\V\ FARMERS TO FIGHT
AGAINST CHINCH BIG VEST
Ames, Jowa, Dec. 4—With the
j Thanksgiving holiday over, Gover
■ uor Hodges and the State Board
of Agriculture, today renewed their
appeals for the farmers to burn
the winter quarters of the chinch
j bug, the bugs to be included.
The last two weeks of Novein
( ber and the first two weeks of De
I cember were set aside by the State
I Executive for a crusade against the
| pest and the officials today called
j attention to the fact that half of
I that time was gone and yet many
| bugs lived. According to experts
Kansas suffered $3,000,000 damage
to her crops last year from chinch
bugs alone. The bugs hybernate in
, stubble and bunches of dead grass.
CHAMI'LAIN AND ERIE
CANALS ARE CLOSED
Albany, X. Y., Dec. 4—By order
of Spperintcndent Peck, of the De
partment of Public Works, the can
als of the state have been closed.
Canal officials have issued no thru
clearance on the Erie Canal since
November 21, and none on the
I Champlain canal since November 2a.
Order your Bread, Cakes, Dough
nuts, Pies, Salads, etc. tomorrow
for Saturday delivery. The New
k Idea Bakery. 2d and Main. Phone
19- or ask "Toodles."
OUR NEW FALL LINE OP
Ladies' and Misses'
La Vogue Coats,
Suits and Skirts
ARE NOW BEING SHOWN
AS WELL AS
Fall Millinery
^ ramiK&.TmsrSKJfSF**' >"T. :
SEE OUR
WINDOW
DISPLAY
STYLES THE LATEST
PRICES ARE RIGHT
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
a
HEIiE IS A SAMPLE.
HOW DOES IT SLIT YOU?
While the business men of Skag
way are placidly resting on their
oars and taking 110 steps to ad
vertise this Toute as the only safe
and feasible one to the interior,
they are getting some free public
ity from other Aluskuu sourcos,
which if not promptly refuted will
cause more injury and a greater
financial loss to them in a few
weeks than a whole season's adver
tising campaign would cost. Here
is a sample:
White I'ass May Close Down.
Cordova, Dec. 2—Foreman Kee
nan at the railway shops has had
various applications during the past
few days for positions. And they al
came from Skagway and from the
men employed by the White Pass
& Yukon. A wire received by liim
today states that it is the inten
tion to close down the shops for
the next three months, commencing
presumably on December 1st. If this
be correst it would indicate that the
White Pass railroad intended to
close down for the winter months,
as it would be almost an impossi
bility to operate the road with the
shops closed.
The above dispatch has the doubt
ful merit of half truth, ^but the
inferences drawn from the closing
down of the shops for a short per
iod are wholly at variance with the
real situation as it is today.
While it is true that announce
ment was made a couple of weeks
ago that the railrond shops would
be closed for three months, aud
most of tho workmen laid off, the
W. P. & Y. Route company has
already re-considered its ill-advised
attempt at retrenchment, ordered
the shops re-opened and a larger
force of mechanics placed therein
and more section hands set to work
on the road-bed betweon here and
Whitehorse ihan have been employ
ed by the road at any one time for
the past two years.
In regard to transportation of
freight from coast points to the in
terior there is 110 comparison be
tween the amounts handled by the
C. R. & N. W., which has its tide
water terminal at Cordova, and
those handled by the W. P. & Y. Ry
The greatest tonnage ever billed out
at one time by the Copper River
road was nineteei: tons, while a
fifty ton shipment that passed thru
here the other ady has not been
mentioned before simply for the rea
son that it was considered too small
to deserve special notice.
FOR THK EMANCIPATION*
OF MOSLEM WOMEN I
Cairo, Dec. 4—A strong move
ment has been started In Egypt for
the emancipation of Moslem women.
The leaders in the reform are young
Egyptians who have studied in the
universities of England and other
European countries and who consid
er that the seclusion of the Mos
lem women of Egypt behind 'veils'
has been tae chief factor in keep
ing them in their present backward
state.
25 cents in trade to the first
person finding out why "Toodles"
is wearing the "smile that won't
come off" today.
CLIMBERS TROUNCE HAS
BEENS IN FIERCE BATTLE
By a score of 18 to 1G, in a
fieroely battled and bitterly con
tested basketball game, the Climb
era outplayed the Hasbeens last
night at the White Pass Club in
Skagway. Kossuth, the mainstay of
the Hasbeens, was kept well cov
ered bv the Climbers, who prevent
ed the usual- high scoring of the
Hasbeens' captain. With the excep
tion of the feature o* penalties im
posed for fouling, the game was
from the standpoint of the specta
tors the bi-8t and most exciting
contest of the season.
The score was tied at 7 to 7
at the end of the first half. During
the first part of the second half
the Hasbeens got the lead, but to
wards the end of the game the
Climbers gained the ascendancy by
goals from fouls thrown by Ask
and a goal from the field by Bled
soe.
The line-up:
Climbers.
Kartzmark, right forward
Bledso left forward
Ask, Center
Sparks, right guard
C. Rapuzzi, (Capt.) left guard
Hasbeens.
Quiulan, Dillon, Black, rt. forward
Huntley, left forward
Helser, Center
Kossuth (Capt) Right guard
L. Rapuzzi, left guard
Score: End of first half, _Climb
ers 7, Hasbeens 7; End of second
half, Climbers 18, Hasbeens 16.
Goals from field: Kossuth 6, Bled
soe 2, Ask, C. Rapuzzi, Kartz
mark.
Goals from fouls: Ask 8, Kos
suth, Helstr.
Umpire: Henry Bernhofer.
COL. AND MRS. ROOSEVELT
ASSIST CHORUS GIRLS
New YorK, Dec. 4—Gladys Wad
dell and J«.an Shore, chorus girls
under 20, signed a contract to
dauce in a Rio Janeiro music hall.
Th^y went south on the steamer
Van Dyck which carried Col. and
.Mrs. Roosevelt.
The Colonel told the girls that
Rio Janeiro was no place for them
and raised a purse to send them
back to New York. The Brazilian
manager had them arrested, but a
card to the American consul from
Mrs. Roosevelt got them out.
They came back to New York
and told the story to all the news
popers. Both now have good en
gagements.
GOOD SKATING ICE NOW
COVERS LAKE DEWEY
Clyde Talbot and Corlet Babbage
took a stroll up to Lake Dewey to
dav aifJ report that the ice is about
three inches in thickness, and in
one place, for a distance of at least
300 feet, entirely clear of snow.
They found no airholes and the ice
is perfectly smooth and in fine
shape for skating.
KeHur Brothers have secured the
exclusive right to sell in Skagway
and vicinity ■•he goods published by
"The Crafters" of Kansas City, Mis
souri. A full line of holiday goods
•will be on exhibition soon at Kel
ler Brothers' Drug Store.
FOR
Preferred Stock Canned Goods. Plum Pudding
Atmore's Mince Meat Figs and Dates
Layer Raisins Hills Bros. Coffee.
Extra Fancy Howl River Spitzenberg Apples.
Malaga Grape* Oranges
r""^£ Celery Bananas
^ *"7 Cranberries Head lettuce
"^.Cauliflower Tomatoes
V, vj Pineapples Popcorn
And Nuts of all Kinds.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
DAWSON y. LODGE WILL SEND
UNIQUE IIIM10 GOV.-GEN.
Dawson, Dec. 4—His Royal High
ness, tho Duke of Connaught, gov
ernor general of Canada; Her Royal
Highness, the Duchess of Connaught
and Princess Patricia will be in
vited by Camp Dawson No. 4 of the
Arctic Brotherhood, on behalf of the
territory, to visit the Yukon during
the coming summer. A magnificent
illuminated invitation has been se
cured here by the brotherhood, and
will be forwarded in a few days by
express, for presentation at Rid
eau Hall, Ottawa. It is suitable
to grace any palace, and doubtless
will attract much attention to the
Yukon as well as, perhaps, evoke a
favorable reply from their royal
highnesses. In fact, it has been in
timated through reliable sources
that the duke plans to visit Yukon
this year.
( The invitation is in the form of a
large illuminated Yukon lantern,
made of tanned Yukon moose and
caribou hides, and fittingly finished
in pyrographic art. It is of trian
gular form with hollow center, and
stands four feet high, with extrav
agant flowing slashings of white car
ibou skin, appended to which is the
scroll contaiining the invitation. In
each broad panel of the sides ia In
serted Yukon views, including those
of the northern lights, game and
mining, w'.iich show up to great ad
vantages when the whole is sspended
with an electric globe in the center,
thus rendering the best effects from
the transparency. One of the burn
e 'esigns on the side shows a gold
pan, and from this is spilling actual
Klondike nuggets, glued to the
sketch. No doubt the souvenir
will bo highly prized.
LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS
ASKED FOli ALASKA
Washington, Dec. 4—Among the
Alaska appropriations asked from
congress ar3: Testing coal for naval
purposes, $75,000; aids to naviga
tion, $60,000; lighthouse depot, $40
000; salaries and expenses territor
ial government, $87,000, and contin
gent expenses, $9,000, legislatur
$47,900; Sitka national monument
$1,500; Chugach reserve, $16,000;
mine inspection, $4,000; game pro
tection, $20,000; suppression liquoi
traffic among natives, $15,000, ed
ucation of natives, $200,000; med
ical relief to natives, $125,000; pro
tection seal and fisheries, $110,000;
care of insane, $77,000, and pro
tection reindeer, $8,000.
THE BOATS.
The Spokane arrived at 9 o'clock
last night and sailed south an hour
and a half later with the following
passengers:
G. Kanada, R. M. Becker, A. J
Swanson, Mrs. M. Whalen, John
Quinlan, G. A. R. Lewiston, V. I
Hahn, and .T. C. Dolan, for Seattle,
O. T. Cover, for Victoria; Mrs. C.
Olsen and daughter, for Tacoma;
J. Moulton, L. E. Bueil, M. Fergu
son and E. Shyman, for Junaeu,
The Northwestern is now in Ju
neau and is expected in Skagway
at four o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
HUERTA STILL REFUSES
TO ACCEDE TO DEMANDS
Mexico City, Dec. 4—President
Huerta reiterate e his determina
tion to not pay any attention to the
demands of the United Statea.
Juarez, Dec. 4—General Villa to
day passed through Ahumada en
route to Chihuahua.
WHITMAN SAYS MANY PO
LICE OFFICIALS BE INDICTED
New York, Dec. 4—District At
torney Whitman today claimed that
many high police officials will be
indicted within a week as a result
of the confessions of wire-tappers
and fortune tellers in the investi
gation which is now being had of
municipal affairs.
TO GIVE WARNING OF
LOCATION OF ICEBERGS
Washington, Dec 4—Between now
and April 1st scores of little ves
sels in the revenue cutter service
will patrol the waters along the At
lantic coast to give warning to ocean
going vessels of the location of ice
bergs.
CRAB MEAT COCK TAILS
at
The Pack Train Restaurant
Service a la carte.
The Home of
HART SCHAFFNER
& MARX
Clothes
Twenty-fhte dollars isn't much
money to spend for a suit
of clothes; when you come to know what
first-class quality of materials and tailoring,
and what restfulness of mind as to style
that price commands, you'll almost think it
isn't enough to pay.
Young men especially want smart
style; and Hart Schaffner & Marx have
the style problem so perfectly worked out,
we advise any man to *put his money, 2nd
himself into one of their $25 suits.
We have clothes at $18
and $20 and at $30, $40
WILL CLAYSON