QUARREL RESULTS FATALLY
DONG LAS. Dec. 31—Mike Difino.
an Italian miner, who has serve.!
several sentences in the United
States jail here for selling liquor
to Indians, was shot and instanliy
killed in front of the Owl Restau
rant, Douglass at 2:30 o’clock this
afternoon. Nick Farkelli, also an
Italian, and a miner, is under ar
rest. charged with murder. He
was taken to Juneau by deputy
mashals late this afternoon.
The motive is said to have been
revenge. A cording to reports, the
men were friends while at work tn
the Perseverance mire, but that
Fe rice lii quit his work several
months ago. and met Difina a few
days ago, that he gave him a wage
check. and told him to take SI?
out of it. and to return the balance
to him after he had cashed ft.
Difino is said to have planned to
go to Skagway. and an unused
steamship ticket was found in h!s
pocket. It is said that Farce Tie
shot hint because he had failed to
return the balance after he had
cashed the check
Of five shots fired at Difino. two
struck him. death ensuing instant
ly. Ore shot hit him. in the right
side the other just over the left
breast. Tree shots went wild.
Charles Gabbie. a carpenter, who
witnessed the shooting, led the chase
after the murder, which wound up
in the rear of Hubbard’s Book Store
where the fugitive was found in
hiding. He had attempted to hide
'-is mackinaw coat, containing a
half-box of cartridges. His revolv
er. 3 SS-calibre Iver-Johnson. was
also found nearby. Far!cello told
an Empire reporter he had been !n
Juneau four months, and that he
came from. Seattle.—Juneau Em
pire.
Br.ng in your bit of news. Tee
Progressive-Miner is always glad
to receive and print news items.
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Job printing neatly and prompt
done at the Progressive-Miner.
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You make your own prices at
Heckman's sale—just divide by
twc. Adv. tf.
AT THE HOTELS
AT THE STEDMAN
Jas. O'Donnell and wife.
AT THE RE VILLA
K_ Knudson.
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BENEFIT FOR BILL MORGAN
■ ■ Next Wednesday and Thursday
the Dream Theater will run bene
fit shows for William ,B:i: i Mor
gan. who lost everything in a fire
on Penrocs Island when his cabin
burned to tr.e ground. Bill has
maOe his home i nthis vicinity for
the past twenty years and we!!
knows by both young and old.
He has been connected with Hub
hard & Williams Co., until a few
months ago. He had his winter sup
p’y of provisions on hand when the
fine destroyed everything.
A special bill has been arranged
at the show and every one should
rum out for the worthy cause.
VISITING JUNEAU
R. W. Smith of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Co's., engineering de
partment. and who is supervising
the improvements of the Ketchikan
Wharf, was a passenger for Juneau
on the Jefferson New Year's for
week's visit in the capital city.
Mrs. James Hart, assisted by
her daughter Edna, gave a party
New Years Eve in honor of the
new game warden. Mr. Niekett.
The evening was joyfully spent by
playing games and dancing and at
12 o’clock a delicious lunch was
served.
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"PIKE POLE NAVIGATOR
GETS INTO TROUBLE
When the excursion to Metla
kahtia planned by the basketball
team fell through due to the fact
that two of the star players were
ill. and thus incapacitated, the
school teachers from the native vil
lage who had spent the Christinas
vacation in our city were left
stranded: in a spirit of galantrv.
Jack Reunsefe.il stepped forth and
very liberally offered his "Will 0
Wisp" of the seas, the Sapphire as
the means of conveyence to Metla-!
kahtla. Right from the start. Jack
crowded on all possible speed in a
frantic effort to leave Foord and his
Vega, behind, but Foord refused to
be shaken, and when he tied up at
the dock at Metlakahtla. Jack and
his “look me up on one side and
tow me on the other" were nowhere
to be seen. An hour later on his
return trip. Foord came upon the
Sapphire in dire need of some
body to start the engine and quiet j
the fears of the “Schood Mans"
who by this time were beginning to!
despair of ever seeing their homes
again. Mr. Foord obligingly made
the necessary repairs and pointing j
out the genera! direction to the:
“Pike Pole Navigator," he left him
and came into town. The rest of
the voyage to Metlakahtla was un
eventful and after discharging his
precious cargo, started for home.;
via Georges Inlet, where he was to
pick up his chief advisor. Stanley
Adams. The Sapphire was brought
to a stop some two hundred yards
from shore, and in 140 fathoms of
water, and after ordering his little
twelve year old brother to heave
out twelve feet of anchor chain, j
he wen- to the stem of the boat
to board his skiff. But behold, the
skiff wasn’t there but was float
ing on the high sea somewhere in
the vicinity of Capt Chacon, or
thereabouts. A boatwas pat out
-rom shore ar.d the fearless navl
s-ator finally set foot on terra
firm a. Meanwhile the Sapphire
started to drift. Later when he
returned, and found that his boat j
was missing, he secured help and;
found it drifting liesurely towards
Bold Island, Now, George swears
that the next time Jack goes out
he will either have to have his
boa; out of water or allow his ten
year-old- kid brother or some othei
responsible party in charge of the
ship.
DECLARES DARDANELLES
NEVER NEAR CAPTI RE
BERLIN. Dec. 30—“Turkey has
. n abundance of food and other ma
terials of all kinds which they can
; apply to Germany if Germany
needs them." said Dr. Nazim Bey.
secretary of the Young Turks com
mute and o Tie at' Turkey’s most
prominent men. in a statement to
the Associated Press on his arriv
al in Berlin today. “It is only a
Question of transportation.
“There is no lack of anything in
Turkey. For example, we *ave
"0,000.000 kilograms of cotton which
Germany can have the moment she
solves the transportation problem,
not to speak of 10.000,000 kilograms
of reserve supplies in the shape of
mattresses and other articles In
Turkish homes.
"The same is true of copper. Of
this we have at least 40.000.000
kilograms which Germany can have
at any time."
Because of the abundance of
necessaries and of the progress of
military affairs to this time. Dr.
Nazin Bey predicts eventual vic
tory for the centra! powers.
“Such success will mean inde
pendence of Turkey for the first
time," he continued. “There is im
measurably less of peace propa
ganda in Turkey today than any
where else. We reckon that the
present conflict will last from one
to two years mote, but we are real
ly indifferent "as to the duration
of the war.”
KING OF ITALY WOUNDED
BERLIN, Jan. ?•—*A report that
King Victor Emmanual of Italy has
been ’.rounded by an Austrian;
grenade and is in a hospital, was
eiven out today by the Overland j
News agency, which describes the (
report, as a “sensational rumor."
The news agency adds:
“There is a general dislike of the •
war in Italy and it is said that if
only the right man were at the head j
' -he government it would make
reace rn spite of the London agree
ment."
Another sensational rumor is
that a person who is an intimate
friend of the king has been shot
for maintaining relations with the
enemy.
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SPECIALS FOR
WEDNESDAY ONLY
3 lb can steel eat coffee .80
lib of good rice .25
4 Rolls toilet paper .25
4 Tb dried peaches .25
4 Pkgs. best corn or gloss starch .25
Lare can Happy Home
Pineapple .20
Solid pack Happy Home
Tomatoes .15
2 Pint bottles gnarranteed
Catsup .25
3 Old Cleanser .25
Best Patent FTour per sack $1-50
Alpine iMlk equal to
any per case $3-50
E. E. Sparhawk
AT THE GENERAL ELECTION
HELD DEC. 28 FOR THE
ENSUING YEAR
At the general election held Dec
comber 28th at which members of
the council who are to supervise
the affairs of the community of
Metlakatla, the following were cho
sen out of a list of twenty-six
candidates:
Alfred Atkinson Mayor
Edward Marsden, Secretary
Charles Brendible, Treasurer
FOR COUNCIL MEN
Andrew Usher. Thomas Hambury
Joseph Yerney, Adolphus Calvert
Eli Tait, Jacob Scott. Samuel Au
riol, Charles Brendible. Jacob Bol
ton, Alfred Baines, Silas Booth and
Simon Dolton.
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RUSSIA TO TIGHTEN HER
GRIP ON PRUSSIA
LONDON, Jan. 4—A Tetrograd
correspondent of the Times in a re
port of recent date, says:
‘To a full sitting of the budget
committee of the duma today M:n
ister of Foreign Affairs Sazonoff
made a long statement on the pol
itical situation, in the course of
which he said that the relations
with Greece following the entente
allies* fortification of Saloniki were
well defined."
He continued:
“The occupants of Hamadan and
Kum enables us to prevent the Ger
mans causing trouble in Persia. In
the future it behoves Russia to a
dopt a firm attitude in regard to1
Persia.
“Prof. Milukoff put a question a
bout peace rumors. - to which M.
Sozonoff replied that they had no!
foundation and reaffirmed the un-;
shakable determination of the Rus
sian government to carry the- war
to a successful issue.
"The budget committee after
wards adopted resolutions affirm-1
ing that Russia could not think of
peace while the power of the Ger
-an forces remained unbroken. The
resolutions urged the government
in addition to military operations
to take direct measures to extend
the government influence in Persia.’’
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LETTER MAILED IN 1860
JUST DELIVERED BY U. S.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 24—A let
ter written by the Rev. Samuel
Ward, of Neoga. 111., November 6,
I860, the day he cast a ballot for
“Good Abe Lincoln” was received
through the mails here to-day by
Professor W. D. Ward of Occidental
College, a son of H. C. Ward of
Zaneville, Ohio, the man to whom
it was addressed. Where the let
ter went after it was mailed is a
mystery.
The next postmark after that of
Neoga in 1880 is that of College
Station, New York. August 2?.
1910. The letter reached Zanevill
last October, and after search had
been made for the addressee, was
forwarded here to Professor Ward,
’who lacks three days of being as
old as the letter.
Todies collars, laces. errduok’.e'
ie- remnants half price a* Heck
mans. Adv. tf.
WOMEN LAWYERS
FORM LEAGUE
CHICAGO, Jan, 4—Thirty women
'awyors of Chicago have formed the
Public Defenders’ League for Girls,
for the purpose of preventing any
«?irl from being sent to jail or pris
on for a first offense.
Members of the league will aid:
Chief Justice Olson of the munici
pal court to create a special girl’s!
court and appoint a woman ns
judge. The women attorneys have
agreed to give one day a month to
the proposed special court, defend
ing young women offenders free.
At the GRAND
TONIGHT
“Willie and the Parisians”
A hand painted comedy in one reel
“The Price Paid”
A political drama in two parts with Robert
Frazier and Edna Payne
King Baggot in his own production
“The One Best Bet”
And a Comedy
CHANGE OF PROGRAM WEDNESDAY
CANNON’S BAKERY
4ND GROCERY
Butter, 35 cents per lb.
EGGS 35 cents a Dozen
The fact that I am
shipping in Six hundred ,
dozen a week, should
recommend the eggs.
But if you are in doubt
as totlie quality, stop
in and I will break a
few for you.
Send in your furs and get the
best market price for them
from P. J. Gilmore. adv.
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YS patronage during the past year, and we are glad to announce ||
that our holiday business this year far exceeded our expecta
sf tions. This only goes further to prove that our customers are
g our friends, and we take this opportunity to wish them all a g
££ Bright and Prosperous New Year £3
| RYUS SAYS §
0 That good teeth is the key to good health, and he recommends £2
Q Peredixo Tooth Paste Q
g 25c THE TUBE p
g Our Selection of New Years Cards is Complete 15
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EXTRA 10 PER CENT OFF on everything in our Jewelry sjf
Department except Diamonds. This in addition to our spec- Si
r» ial sale prices I2
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t» I _ Every piece of Torchon and Valenciennes lace and inserting, in the stock, is thrown into
cj LdCvo thjs sa]6i some new and pretty patterns. None reserved. All offered at Yt Marked Price
\ * ~ ~ ~ . Every piece of Embroidery, embroidery-inserting, flouncing, and all over (widths varying
« 1 Embroideries from one-half to twelve inches) Including corset cover embroidery, will be cleaned out at
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_ j. . _ _ t This line comprises the balance of new. and up-to-the-minute, collar sets, Joboas, Gimps,
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