PRICE 10 CENTS
Word comes from • YVhitehorse
that tho various committees having
tlie celebration of the King's birth-!
dav in charge have their work well
la hand and will have everythln in;
rtadiness for a fitting observance'
of the day when the time arrives '
for it.
in anticipation of three games ot ;
baseball 0:1 the afternoon of May 1
:i>th, the Athletic club grounds
have been placed in first class
shape. So far as we know now there I
are likely to be ball teams from 1
Juneau, Douglas, Ft. W. H. Seward
and Skagwav outer the lists for the
1 wo i-urses which are offered.
On the night of Friday, May 29th,
ere will be a grand ball in the
North Star Athletic club hall, for ■
"■vhieh music will be furnished by !
t'.e Skagw.iy orchestra. On Satur
day right another d;uice, in honor,'
of vis.tros to Whit choree, will be
The Sports committee has arrang- j
>. a the following program of events
e order lu which they will.
1 m —Childen's games and
Main Street. Purses.
11 t) a at.—Arrival of excursion
One hour for luucheon.
1-. i r in—First b.isebail game :
P.ise running after first baseball1
me. Prize. 33.00
F. h" :.:.g on baseball grounds
•.u.iiediatelj after game. Prize,!
i >n Frunt Street.
*>.;>•> p. m.—Ruaniug Broad Jump;
0:4 "• p. n;—Running Hop Ste
. . Jump Prize, |5.i>0
7 t> —Running High Jump. :
7 15 p. m.—Oue Hundred Yard I
Dash. Prizes. $10.00. $3.00
7:30 p. m.—220 Yard Race.
Prizes. $1" 00, $5.00.
7-4;. p. in.—Half Mile Relay
Ra'-t if r tour men) Prize, $20.00
.mts must be residents of
rt*-5|vt - towns they represent.
..'.an must run 220 yards.
POV.'LIXG—t Two men teams)
.s $10.00. $5.00.
Entries for this event must be
w-.le with the secretary not later'
:u 3 p. m. Saturday, May 30.
Grand ball at X. S. A. A. hall at
OFFICIALS
Officer of he day.—Robert Lowe. 1
' Official starter.—Prank Wilson.
Judges.—G. W. Wilson and C. A.
Gain.
Music by the 30th Regiment
band U. S. I., Fort William H. Sew
trd.
NOTE—In all events (execpt
baseball) for which two prizes are
given there must be at least three j
entries or no second prize will be'
awarded.
S. COULTER, Secretary Sport
Committee.
1
ATHLETES IE!
Denver, Colo., May 23 The Uockjf]
mountain intercollegiate trai-k nice:
is to be held here this afternoon j
at Union Park. More than l<*0 al '
letes from Colorado college. Col-1
orado University, tho state school
mines, and the State Agricultural
college, are scheduled to compete
The meet Is open to Wyoming. New
Mexico and Utah schools.
TT(
Toronto, Canada, May 23—With a
jreat crowd present the annual j
Meeting of the Ontario Jockey club j
:pened today. During the meeting
will be run the King's Plate, esti
mated to be worth 56,000; the Stan
ey Produce Stake with $2,50o acid
sd; the Breeder's Stake with $2,'.'0"
ldded and the Maple Leaf St'^kc
arith $2,000 added.
Washington, May 23—Navy ofli-;
cials today recalled that exactly |
sixteen years ago the battleship j
Oregon reached Jupiter Inlet, Flor-!
ida, after her remarkable "dash" ;
around the Horn from San Francisc
to take her place In the fleet that [
was to sink the Spanish battelships
in the Spanish-American war. The!
Oregon steamed from San Francisco
Bav on March 9, 18!>S.
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 Over Our Stock
' No Hard Feelings and No Harm Done
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STORE OPEN EVENINGS
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►HONE 41 SKAGWAY '
WILL BE SEALED
M 100 YEARS
New York, May 23—Copies of
famous historical letters, the offi
cial program of today's celebration
.i:ul a history of the lower section
of ttroaihray were sealed iu a
bronze casket today and turned over
'o the New York Historical Society
to be kept unopened until May 23,
2011 by the Lowor Wall street
Uusinoea Moit's Association. The
association invited President Wil
son to attend the historical celebra
tion 'odny autl to so.il the papers
which will be opened 100 years
hcnce.
HERE WITH
Hlli BRIDE
Opt. James Alexander, of the
Ku.maoer mine, in the Atlin dis
iviet, who has been spending the
•* ir.tci outside, arrived In Skagway
iM t«.'c Princess May Saturday, ac
cvmp.miod by his bride, whom he |
married in Chicago recently.
Cupt. Alexander denies the truth I
of the story recently published in
the L'aily Alaskan, which was cllp
t>» d from the Chicago Examiner, in ;
which it was stated that the |
couple were married after a sensa
tional elopement from the St. Luke i
hrspit i!, of which institution, before |
her marriage, Mrs. Alexander was
n nurse and Cupt. Alexander a [
uf.'.leut.
Capt. Alexander says that the
story of the elopement of himself
ind Mrs. Alexander was a jokecircu
laird in the Windy Olty by Col.
J. H Conrad, an old mining friend
of his, and had absolutely no
foundation in fact as he and his
wife were married In the orthodox
fashion, with no extra thrills or em
■K'ilishments.
Capt. and Mrs. Alexander left
cn the train this morning for Car
cross, where they will remain for
some time, awaiting the complete
recovery of the former, who is
siiil very weak from the effects of
his 1 itc severe illness.
C;.pt. Alexander says that it is
not his intention to work the En
Sinict mine very extensively this
seasi n, :i d in consequence uc will
only employ a limited number of |
Columbus, Ohio, May 25—The an
nual Big Six track meet among the
Ohio colleges was held this aft©rr.ooi\,
with a greater number of entries
than ever before. Preliminaries in
sovcral of the events were run Fri
day and Saturday on the Ohio field.
Ohio etate is generally conceded
first place In the Big Six, but other
coaches predicted that tho men under
Coach Castlemail will not roll up as
high a score as last year. A number
of stars who probably will scatter
tho points are entered from small
er schools, and these men aro ex
pected to win a number of places
that last yeax went to the Ohio
State team.
The C. S. U. team expects to
take first place in tile pole vault,
the shot put, tho hammer throw,
the discus and the long distance
eventa. Tho state relay team is
also expected by Coach Castleman
to win that event. Mimmi, Denni
son, Wesleyan, Oberliu and Cincin
nati teams aro expected to spring
some surprises, and several records
are threatened.
BAIL M
YESIEHf
Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
the Peterson came in with the base
ball team from Ft. W. II. Seward
and shortly after three o'clock the
game between it and the AY. P.
Athletic club was called.
Although the day was bad, a
strong south wind blowing, with oc
casional spits of rain, both teams
put up a fairly good game, the
soldier boys winning by a score ot'
5 to 4.
The line up of the teams was as
follows:
Ft. W. H. Seward:
Johnson, r. I.
Franklin, c. f.
Sheldon, 1st base.
Duval, p.
Corcoran, 3d base.
Mage, 2d base.
Watt, c.
Jones, s. s.
Mudd, 1. f.
Substitute, Cain.
W. P. Athletic Club:
Crepeau, r. f.
Bledsoe, c. f.
Blanchard, 1st base.
Frost, p.
Rapuzzl, 3d base.
McKenzie, 2d base.
Richards, c.
Stanley, s. s.
Peterson, 1. f.
The ball grounds are not in very
<ocd shape, several of the fielders,
ow.lng to its roughness, stumbling
and falling, and in consequence mis
sing what would ordinarily have
teen sure outs. The sensational
plav of the day was made by Peter
son, who fell while going after a
high fly, but who refused to let go
of the ball, thus putting the batter
out, although he was suffering
from a badly sprained ankle which
he had received earlier in the
game.
Mrs. Al. Heuderson, wife of the
foreman of the B. Y. X, shipyards
at Whitehorse, arrived on the Prin
cess May Saturday and left on the
train for home this morning. Mi's.
Henderson spent the winter in Vic
toria, B. C.
Now is the time to set out early
cabbage.—See Walker for plants
at A. B. Greenhouse cor. Oth. ami
Main St. C. O. WALKER, proprietor.
P. O. Box 105. 5-23-2t.
Quality Candy
gR^ffuKgyaHBTOaa—B—BH—B—MB—B
We have juit opened another
consignment ol the splendid "John
ston" Una of package chocolates.
This candy Is the most popular la
Skagway, due to the splendid qual
ity of the goods and originality of
the package. Soli froia eOu to
$1.00 according: to size.
P. fi. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
Atlln, B. C., May 24, 1914—The
business section of Atlin was des
troyed by fire at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. The following buildings
aud contents are a total loss, no
Insurance: E. L. Pillman, Mrs. D.
II. McDonald, Macintosh & Dickson,
groceries; Jules Eggert, jeweler; J.
B. Kershaw, hardware; Overseas
club; T. A. James, drugs and dry
goods; Kootenay hotel, Vancouver
hotel, Grand hotel, Postoffice and
Dominion telegraph office, Prof.
Read photographer, and a large
number o£ residences. Th© fire was
caused by boiling tar on a stove in
Pillmnn's storo. Tbe'flames spread
rapidly and practically nothing was
saved. The total loss was about
$100,000. .
T. A. James had a drug store on 1
ono side of the street and a dry
goods and notions store on the
other. Both were burned. In fact,
everv retail store in towu burned.
Louis Schultz has T wholesale stock
and meat market outside of the
burned district. The hotels burn
ed were conducted:—Kootenay, J.
RoxLorough; Vancouver, Mrs. R
Ouulap; Grand hotel, vacant.
Colorado Spr . vs, May —Folk
ilar.iL an opp-i-air P'a5"i the el
'-•c'lfn of a Queen 01' the May,
aud oilier features made up the
program oC tho annual May festival
of Colorado college held here to
day. The festival took placo in
Monument \ alloy p;*vie, between Col
orado Springs and Colorado City.
Xew York, May 23—Thirty-one
years ago tod a: Hrooklyn bridge,
for a long time 'he greatest struc
ture that spanned any river, was
opened to • rafii.. The only celebra
tion was i:;e flyiut U flairs from
the Manhatt 11 and Brooklyn ends.
la its thirty-one years the groat
suspension bridge had earned close
to $24,000,000 In tolls for the city,
according to estimates based on the
earning of $23,224,572.31 up to
one year ago. The greatest source
of revenue is from street cars. An.
average of about 4,000, at a revenue
c 1 ten cents a car, pass over the
bridge every day.
U.S. HOTEL AIEK
E
Boulogne, May 23—The two hun
dred members of the American
Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Asso
ciation who have been touring the
principal cities of Europe since
April 14, today were banqueted
here by local business men. The
American tourists planned to sail
tomorrow tor New York.
THE TEACHERS
FOR NEXT HEM
In the public school of Skagway
next year only one of the present
corps of teachers will continue, Miss
Grace Reiner, the principal, and
Mies Adelo LaLonde, in the inter
mediate department, having both
tendered their resignations, which
were accepted by the school board.
At the annual election of teach
ers by the school board at its ses
sion on the 3d of March three teach
er were selected as follows: Prin
cipal, Miss Margaret Keenan of Em
melt, Idaho, formerly superintend
ent of schools at Holllster, Idaho;
I intermediate grades, Miss Agnes C.
j Moffatt of Marble, Minn., assistant
j principal of the high school at
that place; primary and second
Eludes, Miss Catherine Maloney, who
J has filled that position in the school
! here for the past year in a very
! satisfactory manner indeed; and on
j the 19th of May an additional teach
er, to take chare of the 3d and 4th
grades, In the person of Miss Mina
Sowerby, graduate of the University
, of Washington, who has a state
I X or man diploma and has been en
| gaged in cadet work in the public
schools of Seattle.
In the Portland Oregonian of May
27tii there appears a cut of the
members of the University baseball
; tc-rn, of which a former Skagway
i boy, Hans Bernhofer, is the star
. pitcher. Bernhofer, when in Skag
i wuy, was pitcher on the home team.
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" Hard to Fit"
Some men are called
k,hard to fit;" others
just think they are.
But any man, of
whatever figure, can
be fitted in clothes
here. We haye made
special preparations
for men of odd and
unusual sizes; stout
men, very large men,
tall men. Drop in and
look oyer the line.
Spring fiats and Shoes
Now on Display
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier