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tairo, Feb. 10—According to ad
vices just received from the scent
of conflict along the Suez canal It
is learned that the repulse of the
Turks at Tusun and Serapeum was
on>i>!ete. At one point where the
<ar?al was attacked fifty Turks were
killed and the remainder of the at
tucking party captured. At anoth
er i« int where 400 Turks undertool
t<» bjild a bridge under fire of the
'5-itj>h scarcely a man escaped.
Hume, Feb. 10—Turks, to the
itnl.er of !H),000, and 2,000 Bed
• lins me encamped at Caico, near
i t Said, at El Moya, 22 miles
••list « f the salt lakes, and at Bir
M.-thwnk, It miles east of Suez.
Vh'le crrkssittg the Sluai Peninsula
' hey were forced to abandon all
•' ir ;;0 centimeter cannons with
ich they started, owing to the
"li-ulties of transportation.
s'his is the Turkish expedi
•u»ry army which was recently
s t to inva<le Egypt.
ucntrta, Feb. 10—An entire
Zeppelin crew was drowned four
< t>s jigo in the North Sea when
it> airship fell into the water and
tnk during a storm.
Rotterdam, Feb. 10—The German
cruisers Derflinger and Seydlitz.
which were in the late sea fight
\v;tl the British patrol fleet near
now in dock at Hamburg.
Heligoland, in the North Sea, are
The Kaiser visited them yesterdaj
to see the amount of damage they
had sustained in the battle and
a'tcr a thorough inspection ordered
tiie-n to be made ready for sea with
in six weeks.
Fifteen hundred men are now at
• work oil tins cruisers, but it is
thought at least teu weeks will be
requited to repair the Seydletz.
15 EXEGUtED
Pretoria, Feb. 10—It was report
ed here today that Colonel Maritz,
leader of the Boer rebels iu South
Africa, had been executed by the
Germans for treachery.
AMONG TUSKS1
| Mitlyne, Feb. 10—Several Eng
lish and French aeroplanes today
while passing over the ancient pr»>
vince of Thrace, in Turkey, drop
ped down bombs. Several bombs
were also dropped into the fort
at Adrian ople.
Laredo, Mexico, Feb. 10—General
Carnuusa h;is re-captured the city
of Mouterey, according to advices
received here recently. No details
o' the affair are given In. the dis
patches.
IN mi MIKE
Nanaimo, B. C.. Feb. 10—Twen
ty-one miners wera drowned here
today -when the lower level of the
Wellington coal mine was accident
ly flooded.
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The Parent-Teacner association
met in regular session, Friday ev
ening, Feb. 6th, in the assembly
room at the school house. Con
sidering the object, this associa
tion has In view, tlio attendance is
not so large as could be wished. It
is gratifying, however, to notice
that the faithful thirty or forty
who are usually in attendance are
a good sample of Skagway's most
intelligent citizens.
An interesting exhibit of some of
the work done iu the different
rooms decorated the •nail and desks
ot one side of the assembly room.
In addition to this. Mrs. Relnerts
domestic science clws had a fine
lot of cooking aprons on exhibit.
These aprons were made by the
girls of the class tnd are to bs
used by them during the rook-in?
lessons.
The boys' manual training room
was open for Inspection, and those
who took time to lcok it over
found the boys' work most inter
esting. Both the domeetic science
dep't and the manual training dep t.
have been handicapped for lack of
pioper equipment. At a previous
mbeting of the Parent-Teacher asso
ciation, the secretary had been in
structed by a vote of the meeting
to prefer a request in writing to the
school board, setting forth the needs
of these two departments and ask
ing for the funds to equip them.
At this last meeting, the secretary
reported a communication from the
clerk of the school Iccrd which,
v.bile not freeing, to nny Bpeclfic
amount promised tha* the board
v.-eald take the r.nUt: up and
furnish needful material.
Miss Keenan re.) or tod that the
bulbs given to the different rooms
by W. C. Blanchard, chairman of
tiib horticulture dep't, br.d passed
through their season of roo' growth
in the dark and were now develop
ing their foliage and flower growth
in the sunny windows of the school
rooms, watched over by an In
tel ested school.
Mrs. Pedersen, chairman of the
Mothers' department, had a most in
teresting report. The next meet
ing of that department will be on
February 19th, at 3 SO p. m. in
the assembly room at the school
house. An attractive and instruc
tive program has been prepared
some of the features of which will
be a paper by Miss Patterson on
scientific baby culture A talk, not
scientific, on the same subject by
Mrs. Pedersen. An opportunity
for every woman to express her
views, and last, but not least, mu
sic by Mrs. Weldoa Warren.
Miss Maloney has kindly offer
ed to turn her room Into a nursery
for the little ones that might oth
erwise prevent their mother's at
tendance at this meeting.
The report of the special com
mittee appointed by the chair to go
into the proposition of giving priz
es to the school children in cer
tain lines of work, led to quite an
animated discussion. It developed
from Mrs. Van de Wall's report,
that there was an idea prevalent in
town that the school was going
back to the once common, but now
nearly obsolete custom of giving
New York, Feb. 10—Passengers
arriving in this city today on the
Cunard liner Orduna report thait the
steamer flew the American flag for
an entire day on January 81st,
while passing through the Irish
Sea.
prizes to the pupils. It was explain
ed that the question of prizes lay
in. the jurisdiction of the Parent
Teachcr association, and not of
tho school. It might look forward
to a children's exhibit at the An
nual Horticultural Fair. It has seem
ed to be the sentiment of the as
sociation that it should have for
its object the creating of an inter
est among the children in the
growing of vegetables and flowers;
in sowing, cooking, carpentering or
any subject agreed uron.
It was voted that the executive
committee of the Parent-Teacher
association and tho special prize
coiamittee take the matter up and
work out the plan conjointly.
After a short recess, Mlas Mof
fat entertained the company with a
very good paper, which discussed
the value of good reading for (the
child. Having specialized in Eng
lish literature, and having taught
the subject In high school, Miss
Moffat had a rich field of Informa
tion to draw upon. She pointed out
the fact recognized by all groat ed
ucators and students of child nature,
that a child's reading should be of
the kind which makes for the best
development of his mind along na
tural lines. The fable and the
fairy tale belong to the Santa
Clans age, childhood, she said. Then
comes the age that requires more
violent action In its heroes, and to
this age belong naturally the
No"3e tales and the stories from
Orfcek -and Roman mythology; Rob
in Hood and His Merrie Men; and
the strong literary stories of the
Old Testament. Later as the mind
develops there la finu material in
the lives of the great men and wo
men of history.
Give him. Miss Moffat said, the
best in literature and give it to
him at the right age. Cultivate
his taste for good literature and by
so doing keep him from the demor
alizing Influences of the dime
novel and yellow journal class of
reading.
An interested discussion followed
the reading of Miss Moffat's paper
and a suggestion that the teach
ers compile, and have printed in
our daily paper a list of some of
the best books for children was
cordially welcomed by the audience.
Prof. Selmer and Mrs. W. C.
Blanchard played so well that they
were forced to respond to an en
core.
Mrs. Suffecool being absent, Mrs.
Rousseau in a very entertaining
way read the next chapter in the
story of "Miss Minerva and Wm.
Green Hill."
The association then adjourned
to meet again the first Friday in
March.
H. Brogan will be a passenger
out on the Princess Maqulna tonight
on his way to Chicago
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LOCAL BRIEFS
The City of Seattle is due to
arrive in Skagway at nine o'clock
tomorrow morning.
The Peterson came iii today with
quite a number of enlisted men from
Fort W .H. Seward cn board.
Howard Fraser, electrician of
the Yukon Gold company of DawBon,
is here on his way to the interior.
He came up on the Maquina.
C. A. Mowry, superintendent of
the Pueblo mine at Whitehorse,
will leave for Seattle on the Prin
cess Maquina this evening.
Henry Mllvain, of the Walker
Dredge company of the Canadian
Fortymile district, is here on his
way back, having arrived on the
Princess Maquina this morr.ing.
S. Smith of Atliii is at the Gold
en North, having nrrlved yesterday
from the Interior ou his way out
side. He will leave on the Ma
quina for Victoria, . C.
Mrs. Dixon of Skagway, who lives
on Tenth street, west of Alaska,
will leave for tho outside, accom- j
panied by her little son, on the Ma
quina for Victoria, B. C.
Max Gutfeld received a carload of
Lake Bennett ice yesterday after
noon and was engaged today in un
loading and placing ii in his ice
house.
Thos. Kirkland, well-known min
ing operator of A'tlin, B. C., came
in on the train yesterday and will
leave for the outside on the Prin
cess Maquina this evening. He is
stopping at the Golden North.
L. E. Buell, Juneau representative
of Armour & Co., left on the Pet
erson this afternoon for Haines af
ter several days spent visiting Skag
way customers. Before leaving for
the capital city he will return here
and remain a week.
L. B. Davis, Wh.'tehorse laundry
man, who has beeu on a visit to a
brother in Michigan for the past
several weeks, arrived on the
Princess Maquina this morning on
his return. He reports having had
a glorious time while outside and
In order to continue it when he
gets home brought back with him
a high-powered Overland automo
bile which it is his intention to
6peed over the fine roads of the
interior next summer.
London, Feb. 10—-Advices receiv
ed here state that SO,000 Germans
have been, killed within the post
week along the Borz\ymow battle
line in Poland.
Tt is reported that the Germans
are now withdrawing some of their
forces from in front of Warsaw to
defend their line at Marur lakes.
The news has also been received
in this city that the Austrians are
forcing the Russians to evacuajte
the Buckowina province.
There is no truth, according to
the Admiralty, in the reported re
cent sinklug of a British dread
naught off the Irish canst.
St. Petersburg, Feb. lO—Tb§
mountain sides in the Carpathians,
according to advices received here,
are strewn thickly with the dead
of both the German.' and Austrian
armies.
The Russians in (he Carpathians
are reported to have been heavily
re-inforced within the past 34 hours.
FOR FIRSTlE
fl »IEK
London, Feb. 10—For the first
time in 200 years the British gov
ernment has requested the House at
Commons t<> authorize thq issuance
of a blank check as an appropria
tion for military and naval purpos
es.
The arrival at Liverpool of the
transatlantic liner LusiIonia fly
int; the United States flag, has been
iriven much space in the columns
v-f the English papers, the Incident
being regarded as of great impoj"
tance. , | > I' f
Interior Weather
Skagway, snow, calm, 33 above.
Whitehorse, clear, s. w. 20 above.
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, s. w. 10
above. !
Hootalinqua, cloudy, calm, 20
above.
Big Salmon, snow, calm, 4 above.
Carmacks, cloudy, calm, zerro.
Yukon Crossing, cloudy, n. w.—.
Selkirk, snow, n. w.—.
Coffee Creek, snow, calm, 5 be
low. ' i 'J
Stewart River, cloudy, calm,—•
Ogilvie, snow, calm, , zero.
Dawson, snow, calm, 5 below.
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