TERRIFIC BLAST
KILLS PERHAPS 20.
New York, Dee. 2!).—Twelve dead and
eight missing and injured, is the result
of a terrific boiler explosion which to
tally wrecked the power house of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford rail
way. Scores of other buildings were
wrecked and street ears demolished.
Edith Cosman, secretary, and Jack
It van, general manager, both of the Cos
mopolitan magazine, are among the
dead. Fire destroyed the ruins of the
power house.
Tenderloin Holdup.
New York, Dec. 29.—A “tenderloin”
gambling house was held up last night
in true wild-western style, and big loot
secured, but nobody killed.
Barbers’ Revenge.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—The barbers of this
city have signed an agreement to charge
men who shave themselves 50 cents for
a shave whenever they appear in the
local barber shops.
Cats to Kill Gophers.
Sharon, Pa., Dec. 29.—One thousand
cats will be prepared here for the Oka
nogan country, Washington, to be tried
out in the effort to exterminate the go
phers which infest that region.
Student Strikebreakers.
Winnipeg, Dec. 29.—While the street
car employes were on strike, the stu
dents of the public schools operated the
cars. The strikers used no violence in
protest.
Johnson to Fight.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—Jack Johnson will
box Geo. Lyton, a well-known clubman,
here New Year’s eve, for charity’s sake. !
Frisco or New Orleans.
Washington, Dec. 29.—The vote on
whether San Francisco or New Orleans
shall hold the Panama exposition, in
1915, will be taken in congress about
Jan. 15.
First-class job work at the News.
FREE
EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU
(The News has started a free employ
ment bureau in connection with its want
ads. Any man from any place in Alas
ka can place an ad in this column and it
will cost him only 25c an issue to cover
composition. If he gets no work the ad
won’t cost him a cent. Everybody who
has odd jobs to be done will help a
worthy cause by applying at The News.)
CALLING CARDS—Have them printed
at the News office. You will be great
ly pleased at the work we do. Don’t
delay hut have them printed at once.
SHOES REPAIRED—Half-soles, $1.75:
half-soles and heels, $2.25. Leave or
ders at News office.
MIDDLE-AGED MAN, sober, industri
ous, with small capital, wants to make
acquaintance of young or middle-.\ged
lady who is domestic and economical.
Object matrimony. Correspondence
confidential. Addresss A. M. care of
News. Leave letters in post office.
CLOTHES PRESSED, $2.00 a suit;
clothes cleaned, prices reasonable.
Leave orders at News.
SALMON, king and silver, for sale by
the pound or ton, at Melozi river road
house. .Ed. O. Lint, prop.
LOCATION NOTICES —You can get
them at the News office.
FOR SALE—Two cabins on Second av.,
one well furnished. Part cash, rest
on time. Apply News.
FOUND—The best place in Alaska to do
your job printing. The News.
WILLING, capable man wants work of
any kind. Will do odd jobs at reason
able price. Apply at News.
SCAVENGER WORK—Done promptly,
prices reasonable. Ad. II. L., News."
BUY" your wood of Burnyeat & Dehn.
It pays to use a high-grade wood.
STRONG man will saw and chop wood
by the cord. Apply News.
New Blacksmith
in Town!
ALL KINDS REPAIRING.
Horseshoeing a Specialty.
SPADMEO SMITH’S old shop,
. DAimtu, rear yukon saloon
W. H. CARNEY
H. W. SHELDON
Largest Roadhouse on the Yukon
Mountain Roadhouse
AND TRADING POST
MOUTH OF GRANT CREEK
Good Dog Houses.
Stables for Horses.
Furnished Cabin.
Do your own cooking
THE GRAND
NOW OPEN
FOR BUSINESS.
Completely Remodeled. Modern Throughout.
< RATES $1 TO $2.
| Our new DINING ROOM will soon be open. Watch the date.
j CHARLES CHANQUIST, Prop.
Northern Commercial Co.
STAGE LINE
CARRYING U. S. MAIL, PASSENGERS & EXPRESS
CONNECTIONS THROUGH TO CORDOVA.
For rates apply to JULES MARION, first door below N. C. Store
!
WOOD $6 CORD
In 16-ft. Lengths of
Five-Cord Lots. ;
$6.50 in lesser lots
We also have sawed wood of any length, birch or spruce
We are the largest wood dealers in Tanana.
Therefore we can demand the best the market
affords. You reap the benefit of our buying.
Leave Orders at Blacksmith Shop.
BURNYEAT & DEHN
.5
Claude Graham-White, while flying
at Dover, fell from a medium height.
His machine was wrecked and he was
bruised.
Adjutant General Lauck, of California
declares the Pacific coast would be easy
prey for an enemy.
In spite of the Christmas cheer thou
sands apply for free lodging in Chicago.
Dr. Wiley will soon wed Anna Kelton,
the woman suffragette.
The $8,000,000 residence of former
Senator Clark, Montana, has been com
pleted.
Anibal Cruz, minister from Chili, is
dead at Washington from heart failure.
The U. S. Senate judiciary committee
will discuss the subject of direct election
of senators when the senate convenes in
January.
Ihe Portugese constitutional assembly
will be convened in April.
The fight of the imperial senate to es
tablish a constitutional cabinet in China
is renewed.
The result of the prosecution by Gov.
Harmon, Ohio, against the mob which
lynched the state prohibition detective
Carl Etherington, of the anti-saloon
league, last July, is Montello Wathla,
a negro whom the grand jury has indict
ed for manslaughter.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
road rechanges its local officers in Seat
tle, and the new officials are instructed
to go after all the Alaska business in
sight. It is rumored the road will also
place steamers on the Alaska run.
The jurors who heard the case of Chas.
Erbstein, charged with attempting to
bribe the jurors in the Lee Brown case,
disagreed.
Favorable reports were ordered in
Washington on the nomination of Judge
Murane and George Walker of Alaska.
The Faulkner appointment is still pend
ing.
The report of the committee investi
gating the alleged grafts of Seattle is
filed. It finds Chief of Police Wappen
stein entirely unfit, and urges his dis
missal and that of two other officials.
Jack Hmmewell Harry Stockman
The
Malamute Express
TANANA TO FAIRBANKS
Once a Week
Freight.
Fastest Time.
Passengers.
Kalland’s
F3W.V3Z* rrry' m n i !■■■ iim i ■!
Roadhouse
30 Miles Below
T A N A N A
Everything of the Best
Musher’s Sleds
BASKET AND YUKON.
All Paraphernalia Goes With Them.
All Kinds of Repairing.
Sffiws Office. T. F. MURPHY
.LB.
First-class Shaving,
AND HAIR CUTTING
TONSORIAL ?
Parlors
MASSAGE
HAIR TONICS
Confectionery Store in Connection
HOME-MADE CANDIES.
MRS. GILMORE, - Prop.
Only bath tubs in town at the Gibbon
Barber Shop. Open day and night.