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7 ' ? J 'T * t ? Thinly Daily Newspaper *ubl hod in Alaska. Ha Lj | ? Circulation than ny c'her Publication. FOURTH THE dailI 0JU,Ju j* JULY EDIT ALASKAN. Job Printers and Statl'^i r ?> Work Executed on Shor'Ktt Possible Notice. t v.d Blanks a Specialty I )L 1. NO. ISO. SKAGIT AY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1898 . P11ICE 10 CENTS The Liangest and Finest Hotel in Alaska THE Tgi R H?TEL. Kurop??an IMmii. VI Modern Improvements. Sample Ro-->m? for Commercinl Men. BONO ST. BET. BROADWAY ANO RUNNALLS y 1st. 1898' The DEWEY. Choice Wines, Liquors, Cigars. r S>;Hip and State Sts. Skagu.iv. Alaska. > j i m ? i ? ? ? " Burton W. Johnson. acking and Freighting. Skaguay tc Lake Bennett. Operattng one of the Best PaJ< Trains on the route. H:.nd!e contracts )f any sue and guarantee to deliver goods in first-class condition. kirn Cor. Hoore and Ivey Sts. For further address inquire at this office. Seinms? ^JfJakeiry. *r : ? Oldest and Next Established Restaurant ?nd Bakery in the city. Ice Cream: Wholesale or Retail. OPEN &dT AND NIQHT. C-r. Holly Avenue .-fhJ State. Skaguay, Alaska. nployment Office AliyS Reliable Help Furnished Employers on Short Notice. I keep a classified list of all those wanting work and ^ van till orders with the least possible delay. Leave orders at the Little Star Candy and Tobacco Store. dway : 'tween Bond and McKinney Streets. Skaguay. , Wat* n. Walter Cuckch, Not - [?ublic, Attorney-at-Law. W<? Want to Buy "PY,OT,i?*Tvf'T7 Bu-iaess and Residence vj Watson & Church. j?eal Estate And flines *fice? Cor. 5th Ave. and State St. W. L. GREEN. ? i HARDWARE. \A/ Jo 0.t02SLlc j.n.i 3Scta.il. IXslly St ?? HESG ;:B<s lLeffldnnngi PlhKOtogjrapInier For Views and Photos. ay arJ Dawson City. Baoadway, South of Bond. to the J! m j| FOR, LADIES AND GENTS* !?J ;5) l?2!)D BURNISHING GOODS and suppers otto schlessinqer, I ill lift To Ke in Skaguay Within a Week From Dawson. THE "OKA" TO BRING ITT lor Ihr Bank of Narlh A merle* L and Hank ?f ('?mmrrce-lnlereiU I UK Hudgrl of Nfwa I'roM J "I'll wager a new hat that f$,ooo,oq?i> will come through Skaguay within om week, and that over $20,000,000 will com* out altogether this summer." It waj. Norman McQuitey, of White Horse,- wh|, said this last evening In a company <> gentlemen In Skaguay. Mr. McCatilev had just arrived from White Horse, where he has been all spring operating the Whit^ Horse tramway. He has been in close touci with Kiondikers, and what he learned, ly did not learn for publication. This l> practically the same story that \\njcT Steele, of the mounted police told when hi came from Dawson a few davs ago* T * wash up had already begun, and some sort of estimate could be made. These are ! Pat Galvln's figures, when Pat was r, I talking for publication, when he was j more conservative. There are two gentlemen in the par'jg with Mr. McCauley, Dr. L. S. K. SugdM 1 and Frank Durham, who ic(> here s x weeks ago. Both these gentlemen* j been piloting boats through the l the two having piloted over Soo' I through. Mr. Dunham took the WMe : Irving through. All the gentleman ? 1 fa it w is impossible for anyone ft whether the Irving had struck, a r not in Five Fingers, as 110 lias b.-wi i get back from there since th ? 1 down. They sav the Ora, I !onv, the Bennett Lake and Klondike N t on company is to bring m j dust now in the vaults of ti N America, and the Bank <ijt .s is the dust 4 ? V.IV rn* ' Thtv 1 not think this K'T.J .iat will come this way by any nicai:' but this will be the first shipment onlyq The gentlemen bring out quite a budget of reliable news. Dr. Sugden it was who dressed the wounds of Fox, whose part ner, Mehan, was killed by Indians on the McClintock river about two months a^o, Dr. Sugden also went after the Indians and took them in to I'agish house. There were four of" the Indians, instead of two as has been supposed, belonging to the Stik tribe, and who have already confessed to having killed Mehan, and severely wound ed his partner Fox, and Fox has also iden tified them. They are now held prisoners at I'agish waiting for a judge to try them. For safety, they are all four chained to a large anvil and whenever they are allowed to go about, they carry this anvil between them. The Doctor thinks there is no question but what tiiev will be hanged, The gentlemen tell of some good strikes. One is a placer proposition on Fifty-Mi ie river, fifteen miles below Marsh lake. They have all got clai ms 011 the creek, and though no one has gone to bedrock, thev have found gold as big as a pea and got good colors trom the moss down to the bottom of a fifteen-foot shaft. Thompson and Price, the original discoverers, are the only men who have done any work on the creek, and they were driven out by the water. The gentlemen give more details of the quartz find at Tagish, four miles back srom the Post. There are thirteen claims in the district, the principal owners being Capt. Strickland, Capt. Campbell, W. Chamb ers and a man named Jex. The lead runs Pacific Hotel. Near McKlnney and Main Streets. Everything First-Class. Terms Reasonable. LADIES $7{ZI?7{K, Dressmaking, Furnishings, Corset covers, shirt waists, veilings, hosiery and belts, choice perfumes and totlet soaps a specialty. .r j.lg Qiur.(iflia, SfS^XK.. Broadway, Near Bond. John Stanley and Co, First Clas.-, Ilorse Shoeing and Wagon Work. l, i22 and is free milling. The claims have j all been bunched and bonded for f 150,000, , *20,000 of which lias been paid. McCauley's tram is capable of carrying 350 tons a day, and he has been doing all he could handle since the season opened. The bovs agree that over 7000 boats have j gone downthe river and sav the mounted police have a record now of over soo bilng wrecked. They say that the onlv boats lost were those which were piloted by their owners, who preferred to take the chances rather than pay the pilots $20, and trom that on up, according to the size and importance of the craft. There were fif teen registered pilots Indorsed by the police as being capable of running the rapids. It was on June 8tli that Prof. Lippey, the Seattle millionaire, his sister-in-law and a little boy attempted the rapids with out a pilot. The first sight of them after they came out of the canyon, the woman and child were flying through the water, mi&d up with parts of the outfit, the boat jwing a total wreck. Prof. Lippey lost Everything. The gentlemen are in Skaguay to make purchases and will return to White Horse oa Sunday. They will go on down the river to Dawson, to be gone two months. It lll.HOAI) l'F.O I'l.K li i:i. I*. Not Only lliiildliiff A ICiillrott d Out Set SkKKunr infill Wltli The World The railroad people are not only build ing a railroad at Skaguay but they are not backward in telling the world through the Sound papers that Skaguay is the rising star. Chief engineer Haw kins said In a letter written before he left Skaguay: "That more than one mile of traok had already been laid, and that then seven miles of roadbed was then ready for the ^ rails. In an Interview with a P. I. report er Mr. Hussey, Mr. Hawkin's representa tive said: We now have forty tons of powder at Skaguay and we expect to send twenty tons on the vessel Shirley, which , It Is ex pected, will leave Seattle next Wednes day. We shall also send 50 ton of rails on the same boat. The first locomotive to be sent to Skaguay will be sent on the Shir ley. The people of Skaguay made a re quest to have a locomotive there on July 4, so that they would be able to WAR SHIPS OF UNCLE SAM'S NAVY. Iowa?First-class Battle-ship; 11,410 tons displacement: speed, 16 knots; main battery, 18 guns; cost, $3,010,000. Massachusetts? First-class Battleship; 10,288 tons displacement, speed, 15 knots; main battery, 16 gtms: cost. $ J.njo.ooo. Indlana-Flrst-class ilattle-shlp; 10,288 tons displacement; speed, n.54 knots, main battery, 16 suns; cost. $3,020,000. Other ships of this class are the Oregon, 10.388 tons; Kearsarge, ti,5?5 tons; and Kentucky, 11,525 tons, (last two launched March 74, 1898.) Tek.is? Second-class Dattl hip; 6. 315 tons displacement; speed, 17 knots: main battery, 8 (runs; cost. f3. 500,000. Sister ship to the M?ln< . forltin? Double-turret Monitor; 6.060 tons; spec 1 ti 4 knots; 6 guns; cost, $3,178,046. MftnUin^moh? Double-turret Monitor: 3.990 ton:, speed, jo. 5 knots; 4 Kim v. cost. $3,173,046. ? Tmor? IJouble-tuiret Monitor: tons: speed, 13 knots; 4 (runs; cost, $1.178, 046. Other Mon It iv .i"v Amphltrlte and Monadnock (ioubli turret) and Monterey (barbette turret.) Nawtof:- ? ->r Cruiser; S.ai > tons: sp^ed, at knots, 18 (tuns, cost, $>.985,000. Samedass - (Pltryityyn. pr ' ikhn- d Cruiser; 9,371 tons; speed, 20 knots; so guns; Cost, $1,986,000, Same class v ? 11 Se? 7 rk. t^rnibla--'^ ? te.1 Cruiser: 7,375 t ns: speed, ?i.3 knots, 11 guns cost, $3,725.00. <r, ?p< Ws^Vrotei trd < r tlarr. 7.37s tons, speed 33.7 knots, 11 (runs, cost, $1,690,000. Jiw RrotcrteJ C ilstr, 4,vj8 tons, speed 19 knots, n (runs, cost, $1,248,000. J^KfrwcliciJH-l'r tected Cruiser, 4.098 tons, speed 19 * knots, 13 (runs, cost $1 438.000, ??E-Prnticted Cruiser, 3,730 tons, speed 18.3 knt>ts, 8 (runs, cost $1,017,500. ? BgotliuVi: -Pf an tej Ou'vr, 1 hi tuns. speed 19 knots pt guns, cost $i',roo,ooo. .?>???> ? il 1 ?) Protected Crufser vvo tons, speed ^f.10 knots. 14 (r^tns, cosf SSSgxoo. ? RileIi,'hr-Hf.ur?cJ Ciulser, "ed 19 knots. 1 1 (run*, coy $1,100,000. Othar ships s * t!^ ? an.KSV <t. . ?. Jk { Bfmmlrtr- partUJly ProtecteJ/e.*'jBfe 41J ten.*, speed "lo.oj . ?P-eunsr._tfo^f fi,}?5,ooi*'.jjB ? ???.-j^^rots, 4 ...sojj^H _ R; ?fyornP*nhlH'?9>}fCtedMral ?/f. tr. . >pt^d 15.6 VonUr 8 ruts, cost $017,000. ? A):y-JWl'i .**',? "" jf * 1 ? MMy ? Cruisrr, 1069 tons. speed 19.5 knots, to (runs, cost $613,500. * larblehead ? Cruiser 3,089 tons, speed 18.4 knots, 9 (runs, cost $674,000. Concord? Gunboat 1.710 tons, speed 16 8 I a >ts 6 (runs, cost $490 000. Yorkiown? Gunboat, 1. 710 tons speed 16 14 knots. 6 puns, cost $455,000. Other gunboats are l!<'nnin?:'(>n, 1 710 !? ns, Helena 1.193 tons, Nashville. 1.371 tons. Machlas 1. 177 tons, Petrel 893 tons. Bancroft. 839 tons, castine 1.117 tons. Anna- o'ls? Composite Gunboat. 1,000 tons speed 13 knots, 6 (runs, cost $331 000. Other com posite (runboats are Newport. Vicksburg Princeton, Marietta. Wheeling, Vesuvius? l>ynamite-gun Vessel. 939 tons, speed 31.4 knots j dynamite (runs. Cost $350 000. Katahdln? Harbor Defence Ram. 2.155 tons speed 17 knots cost $930 000. Dolphin--t>cspatch Boat. '.486 tons, speed 15.5 knots a (runs, coast $315,000. Porter? Torpedo Boat 180 tons, speed 37.5 knots cost $147 000. Erlckson?Torpedo Boat tao ton* speed 24 knots, 3 torpedo tubes, cost $11 3.500. rushing?Torpedo float 105 tons, speed 22.5 knots. 3 torpedo tubes, coil $3j.75o. ,!|.li.>i;--Sunk 111 Havana Harbor. February 15 !8o3. ' " - ; ? WE MAY SO T.M?. Senator Sherman must have been struck with the incongruity of extending home stead laws to Alaska as he travelled iniie after mile through Alaska's inland seas and saw the snow capped mountains ex tend as far as the eve can reach. If a man wants to exercise the right of homestead, which lie can do only once, it is a reason able supposition that lie will go to a recog nized farming community in that part of tiie United States devoted to agricultural pursuits, and not locate upon a precipitous gold bearing mountain or sand bar contain ing precious metal. We have had home stead laws given to us and we don't want them; that is we want other things more and we shall continue to labor under these dificulties until we have a spokesman at Washington who can teli committees just what we do require and what we can do without. The leaven is working for an Alaska delegate in Washington. All hail the news ! unite in holding a patriotic celebration on the occasion of running the first locomo tive on that Jay, but we were unable to I gratify their desire. ! "Mr. Hawkins also informs me in his | letter that plans for the construction of machine shops are now being prepared and that the drawings will now be ready in a 1 short time. We expect that some of the contracts for a part of thi. material for the machine shops will be placed in Seattle. We are having considerable dificulty in securing workmen. In fact it has been necessary to secure many extra men out side of Seattle and 140 men will arrive to morrow from San Francisco. They will | be sent to Skaguay on the Rosalie. Our representative in St. Paul, states that he has been verv successful in securing men there and that he will send a large party to Seattle very soon. None of the men who have beed sent from Seattle to Skaguay h?ve returned and they all seem to be well satisfied with the treatment they have received." pHICK A Kl'LI.ER. ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W. .McKlnnoy Direct, Nknguay, Ahuku STENOOKAPHKR IN OKRIOK. WALTER CHURCH I Attorney lit Law and Notary Public, Moo-o's UulUllnKt aoutli-eust corner of Kuu- j nulls And McKlnney Ave. O'DONNELL & WELDON. Attys-at-Law. Occidental Hotel liuilding. Dr e. l. niskern. Physician and Surgeon. Main Street, Corner of Oth or Holly ave. Dr. J. Richter, ? Offlcc: Cor. Broudwuy and Bond. FIRST BANK of SKAGUAY. Incorporated 1HD7 Transacts a Regular Banking Business. Exchange Bought and Sold. De posits Received. Officers : C. S. Moody - - pris. and Mtrr. Fred G. F. LAPbnotikro. - cashier. Bowling Alley. When yon want a little ex ercise or are looking for a little sport, remember that Skaguay has a bowling alley. A very popular amuse inent. IIOLLY AVENUE, NEAR MAIN ST. NIE5I1 COW'S MILK ?na CRE/Jfl* v? Ninth and Kunnalls Streets. Delivered twice each day to any part of , ??-- -X?.. -- Ti.i: - ^-4. .1? ? _Ja Roosevelt's Rough Riders Lose Fifteen Men?Many Are Wounded. SPANIARDS HAVE FLED. L*(t th? Bstlto MMaM itMurM ?aek |? The papers of th? 25th and s6th con tained no war news of a vital nature, though the advance line fighting toward Santiago indicates that there will be some hard fighting soon. The Associated Press sends the follow ing: Associated Press Dispatch Boat Dandv, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 26, to a. m.? The Initial fight of Col. Wood's Rough Riders and the troopers of the First and Tenth regular cavalry will be known in history as the battle of La Quasina. That It did not end in the complete slaughter of the invaders was not due. to any miscalcu lation in ihe plans of the Spanish, for as perfect an ambuscade as was ever fo-med in the br iln of an Apache Indian w? . pre pared, and Lieut. Col. Roosevelt ai.u his men walked squarelv into It. For u: hour an J a half they held their ground un lera perfect storm of bullets from the fro::' and sides, and thon Col. Wood, at the i:ght, ' and Col. Roosevelt, at the left, i J :i charge thiit turned the tide of battle iik. sent the enemy flyinjj over the hills t var.l Santiago. It is now definitely know 1 ia' fifteen men on the American side were killed, while sixty were wounded -r re ported to be missing. It is i 111 puss" t> calculate the Spanish losses, but it known tl.ev were far heavier tii..n Uii <?: tiie Americans, at least as rej;'arurt ^ tu. loss ? o{ l!r. Already ffjirty-jeyca fei ? Spanish solJiers have been found and tjur led; while ijwny others are undoubted^ Vi'i'ir in the tiik'!<, UHs'erl?MwU. wounJed were all removed. A special from Port Antonio si vs. I ik Merrimac does not block the Ma:Iwr or S mtiago. The cruiser Vesuvius, wiiil looking for trouble a few nights go. passed the Merrimac, went ?:p the i-l a: ? no I, made observations of the hari >r returned to t lie fleet. Captain ClwJwici. fears that Hobson and his brave K-;iovv> took tli? vessel too far into the harbor be fore sinking her. As the colli" r no'\- iie$. it is said a battleship could easily pass the Merrimac. A special from Playa del Este says: The American troops are now within four miles of Santiago. Two brigades of Gen eral Lawton's division, in command of Gen. Chaffee and Col. R. H. Hall, of th< Second Massachusetts volunteers, las; night and today moved forward past th ? village of Sevilla, where the Spaniard were expected to make a stand, j?nd oco ? pied the hills to the right and left. Tw -? miles beyond, far out in front of tl e American forces, and occupying the ro: Js leading to Santiago, Is a force of 1,5 >i Cubans under Gen. Carlos Gonzalez The entireiCuban army, under commai.U of Gen. Calixto Garcio, is massing for a co-operative attack on Santiago. There are no Spaniards in the entire country between Balquiri, where most of the American troops were ianded and S31 ? tiago. The retreat of the enemy, aft<r yesterday's battle, apparently became ;? route, which did not end until the forti fications around the city were reached. FOR THE TRAIL.? Compressed hay. 100 lb. bales, at Lilly Bros. 6-27ft Are Yoa Going To Dawson City? The Ben nett Lake and Klondike Transportation Company arc now operating the three large and commodious steamers NOR ri' AND FLORA From Bennett to Dawson. For Rates apply at Bennett office. F. M. RATTENhURY. Managing Director. j US, SCHADE. Billy* Rose. The Louvre CAFE' Hxth Aveuue, betwocu Uioadwuy unil 81a ?? FINE WINES & LIQUORS. Steam and Lager Beer on Draught 10 CENTS, STRAIGHT. Ill kinds of Cold Lunches and