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THE DAILY ALASKAN
VOL. II. NO. ISI
SKAQWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1899
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PRICE 10 * ENTS
The Larq?8t and Finest Hotel in Alaska
TME
H?TEL<
European Plan.
All Modern Improvements. Sample Room* for Commercial Men.
Patronage c! Kcalnea H??
Ueola Selleited
Golden North Hotel
A Firs -Class Hotel
Kates Reasonable
X Thos. Whltten. Manager. Bond Street, between Main and State |
llcrnf rcmUrla
rir?l*?l?H
? U1CTRIC blQHTS
I* Ik* Wf?rjr
Portland Hizpah House
Mr. and Mrs. a. P. Mead. Proprietors,
(Fonwrljr of Ml. Tabor, Ore.)
Cor. 5th A*. Bet. Broadway and State
oppo.lt. I'lir Hall
Skagway, Alaska
Prices 25c and 50c
Steam Heited
Electric Lighted
First-Class Bar
and Club Rooms
The Astoria
European Plan Only ?
Roc n i4 Elttjanlly Fumithtd .4. H. DA VIS, If onager
Finest Hotel in Alaska. Rates: From $i upwards. Skagway
Everything First-Cia.-w
Electric Light and
fall Bella
TFV'TuTP
ST. JAMES HOTEL 1
The Only Fire Proof
Building in Alaalca
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL
[Europ?*n Plan]
ERNEST F. MILLER, Manager
Be? appointed hotel in Slcagway. Elegantly furnUhed.
Electric Light*. Comfortably heated. Fine, large
warm lobby.
Headquarter* for ATLIN-KLONDIKB MINERS Reasonable Term*
Well Heated and Fir?t H 1 1 H 1/ 1 1 II HH HAITI Ljrfte,t anJ Be?t appoint
Class Accommodations n WHHIIk H [ fd hotel in Alaska. Cor.
For 171 Guests. UUIUllinill/ IIUILL Broadway and Fifth Ave
F. F. CLARK.1 PROPRIETOR
PACIFIC HOTEL
Fifth avenue Near Main Street. C W. Klippel. Manager.
Raths iwt cowF?<p\di*B
L)cl III.. KjO?T^S iH cijy
U.S. HOTEL
* R6STHURHN1
O-irTcC Dpd r\"rr\/ Th? only Second Class Hotel In
I s? 1 %Cf\ L/i^T ski|(*?v. Next door to R R depot
E. GOVRLEY, Prrop,
LODGING J$< BOARD PER MEAL a*- PERwEEK $5-0 |
HOTEL WICKSTROM
Board and Lodging per week 56 and Is. 70
Johnson avenue. Near old Postoffice. NO BAR See the High Flag Pole
Rainier Hotel & Restaurant
ju BROADWAY. Frank Hall. Prop.
Eicslleot Meals 31 cents. All the delicacies the market affords. Beet chefs
employed. Handsomely furnished rooms. Electric lights, city water
and best accommodations in the city
SKAGWAY - ALASKA
G. A. ANDERSON.
Largest Stock in skagway
HARDWARE
Shelf Go ds, Stove*. Tin and G anlteware, Paints- Oils, Glass,
Sash and Doors. Prospectors'outfits a Spec is tv. Tents. Can
vas, Rita, Guns and Ammunition.
G F- PARKER
U. S. DEPUTY SURVEYOR
Citv and Country
Surveying Promptly
Attended to
Office Broadway and 12th Street.
J. G. Prlc* Morton E. Sttvtni
PRICE & STEVENS
A'toeneya and Counsellors
Filth Aw, Next to Courthouse
Notarv and steu- Ska* way.
ographer In Oflka Alaska t
Lovell and Jennings
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Corner State and Bond ? ? Skagway. ;
MAHLON P. HALL, M. 0.
KELLY BLOCK. Broadway.
Office Hocrs :
10 to 12 A. M.
2 to Sand 7 to 9 P. M.
CHWUCM ?? ???
CHURCH & DaY,
LAWYERS
dank Building. Cor. State and 5th
SKAGWAY.
C. W. TURNER.
LAWYER
office: Mooro block (S?oond Floor.)
State Street, Skajjway.
P. A. E. Boetzkes M. D.
Physician and Scroeon.
OFFICE : Sixth Ave. between Broadwav
and State? Over Peterson's store.
Hours, 9 to 10 a. m.? 1 to 1 and 7 to g p. m
Dr. Laycock Barker
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Clayton Block.
Office hours : 10 to 12 a. m
2 to 5 p. ni
7 to 9 p. m
FIRST BANK
OF skagway
Inc?rp*ratr4 IIM
Transacts a Regular Banking Business.
Exchange Bought and Sold. De
posits Received.
Offlnn t
C. S Mooot ? Pr??. ?nJ M|t.
S. W. AlIMMCH ? Vict Pr??.
ORIGINAL
Fipst and ^
hast Chance
^ Saloon
Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
I SIB K
ii in Din
J. A. Cates and Geo. Clancy
Reach Skagway.
FIFTEEN DAYS ON TRAIL]
Patird tinny- on Ihf llond
Going In -Llvtrmorr'i ftirnm
Med Was u rullurr-l'oiidllloii
of Work on Creek*.
What an exhllerating enjoyment it must
be to drive behind one's own spanking
team from Dawson and pull up at your
own front door in Skagway before an ad
miring crowd ? Talk about your old Eng
lish coaching days, with the rumbling
coach and the brassy, cracked horn, and a
twenty-mile spin through the frosted air,
and the gaping group of lazy yokels, wohl
That was good enough for the days of
Dickens and the Yub.il Bills, and the cheap
romance of a few years ago. But wh.it is
it to the romance of todav ? for Ala-ka is
chockful of romance. No Iron horse will
ever wipe out the romance of these mar
vellous rides through the frosty air of an
Arctic winter, of nearly nine hundred
miles, belli id a "prancing" team, half
wolves and halt dogs, with a contingency
of howling wolves behind you.
Yes, half dogs and half wolves. The
team that whiled around the comer of
Main street Into Holly street yesterday af
ternoon, at a brisk pace although there
was n? snow on the ground, and followed
by a gathering crowd, pulled up in front
of Clancy's, was li ilf dog and half wolt.
One anim il was actually from a dog d.im
and a wild wolf sire, and another frjm one
of the half-breeds again brrd to a wild
wolf, and in appearance and general char
acteristics entirelv wolf. When Captain
Bokner was at Circle City the year btfore
last he managed 10 secure from an Indian
an entire lit er of five wolf cubs, and these
were domesticated and have been trained
as a dog (earn to be shown at the Paris
Exposition next vear.
The team that excited such a scurry on
Hollv street was George Clancy's home
coming. The three other anim.tls are huge
huskies. It is probably the finest turnout
that ever made the trip from the interior.
J. A. Cate?. their prcud pr^prleto' and
driver, is a man w ho can now afford to
toot his own four-in-hand in the Bois de
Boulogne. He is a steamboat owner of
Vancouver, and has sold his rich claims in
Dawson because, a? lie tersely outs It: "I
hive had enough of bacon and beans to
last me." He bought the team at Porcu
pine, a thousand miles or so beyond Daw
son, for Jisoo from a man who was broke.
At Dawson he was offered all sorts ot
money for thrm.
He br aught out with him, in addition to
Mr. Clancv, Captain McLane, manager ot
the Klondike-Yukon Steamship Company,
of which Mr., Domville, the member of
parliament, Is president.
Mr. Catessaid they had been 15 days
coming out, but it was possible to have
made anv sort of time The trail was
very good, except where the horses had
Who esale
nd Retail
N. K. WILS0N
Druggist
Largest Stock
^Physicians' Prescriptions Carefully [ompounded
Holly Ave, Near State.
City Brewery
i-HAI. A. MAKE, Prop
Manufacturers of
Steam and Lager Beer
Made of the Purest and Best Hops and Malt
BEST BOTTLED BEER MADE IN ALASKA.
Special attention given to FAMILY TRADF
Main Street, between Holly and Shoup.
F. 6. LauJJTence Jeuieler
?DIAMONDS
WATCHES
CLOCKS tf
JEWELRY
Official
Watch In
spector for
White Piw?
and
Yukon Ry
Broadway
Skagway
knocked it up mid roughened it. The first
ot these horses used on the trail to pack
reached Dawson three davs before thev
left. They met them everyday after that.
Any dead horses ? Wfll, ves, he remem
I bered seeing one or two. All thev met
were more or less worn out, according to
the distance. When thev got to Dawson
they would not be horses, but merelv
frames. They could never be built up into
useful animals It was useless to attempt
to go In with horses. It thev arrived alive
thev were worthless. Yes. Al Bartlett
was miking a mint with his 63 mules and
horses; but then he took them down on a
barge, and thev I inded fat ind strong.
The p< inciple claims Mr. Cites lias sold
are No. 20, on Hunker, and a bench on
French hill. Gold Run, he said. Is turn
ing out very goad, as also is Eureka, and
these two will be verv important creeks
Sulphur he declared to be bitter than It Is
reported to be. Bonanza is now all
benches clean down to No. 8; below, and
these benches are worth all kind > of money
?as valuable as the creek claims? and
most of tliem were being worked.
He met the Li verm ore steam slod and
the Berry p.irtv on Wednesday at Tagish.
The sled was all packed up and the party
was pushing along with dogs. Such a
sled might work on smooth ice, but there
was no such ice on the trail, the horses
having chopped it up. This shows that
the Berrys must have spent some time at
Bennett tinkering and experimenting with
the ste.im sled, although thev were in
such .1 rush to relieve Brother H;nry.
Two divs out of Diwson P.it Gilvin
and Joe BranJt were met; four divs out
Joe Birrelt, Bill M.PIiee anj som; ladies.
Jack Cjrr got there the d iv bifore they
left.
Jim Gibson, who went in with Frank
CI iikv last sumu-r. lus a I iv oa a cl ilm
belonging to Sieti.'J Bras., of Spokane,
and savs it is runnlrg $24 to the pan.
G.wge Clancy his s;:ureJ a valuobl.*
benc'i claim 01 H nwr, anJ other claims.
II "Hi I" II
HI K an
Liqnors in Bond Will Now
be Held Here.
IN BONDED WAREHOUSE
Part of Canadian t'uiloma Offi
cial* In Connection With llond*
i it u Privileges*
There are no new developments in the
"holJup"at the summit perpetrated by
the Canadian officials on an American offi
cer last Wednesday when acting as convoy
for liquors going to Log Cabin. Cjptain
Cirtwright vesterdiv admitted having re
ceived Instructions to "stop" all convovs
at the summit, but refused to give til
source of Ills authority.
Deputy Collector Andrews has given
orders to put all Canadian liqu ors in the
government bonded warehouse that may
arrive at this port and will keep them
there until he receives an answer to his re
port covering the numerous outrages to
which the American officers have been
subjected at the summit In the last few
months.
The arbitrary action at the summit in
connection with convovs brings another
piece of Canadian Joe Martinism to which
Ame'icansare subjected, namely their re
fusing to extend "To Am;rlcans the sam
Poiutirg or cash deposit privilege that is
extended to Canadians passing through
American te'ritorv. This applies specially
to American goods passing tltrongh Cana
dian territory to the lower Yukon or below
E igleClty. In all such cases the Cana
diuns have arbitrarilv demanded and col
lec'td Jut v.
This is in direct violation to the privil
e cts provided bv the circular known as
the Canadian regulations relating to bond
ing goods of the United States through
Canada from anv point in Alaska via
Chilkoot or White Pass through to Circle
Citv. This law is specific and among
other things says that:
"If the goods when entered in transitu
for exportation, are not delivered to be tor
warded bv a bonded carritr or convoy,
the duty thereon is to be deposited with
the customs officer at Lake Tagishj sub
ject to a refund of same at the port of Fort
Cudahv when the goods pass outward
thereat."
This is the gist of the law which Is re
ciprocal and is being carried out to the
letter by the United States customs offi
cials but which the Canadians customs
officials insist on violating day in and day
out.
B. F. Drinkle and P. A. Morris, two
miners with goods on their wav to the
lower Yukon, were the latest victims of
this pettifogging Canadian one-sided
system. These two men have made and
signed the following statement dated Log
Cabin March 15, 1899, covering the facts
in their case;
"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN?
"This is to certify that we, the under
signed. have made application before Col
lector Peele to bond our goods trom this
point through Canadian territory to For
Cudahv. also that if a bond would not be
acceptable that we would put the money
in his hands to cover the estimated amount
of duty, providing It would be refunded to
us when our goods a|)9uld have been trans
ported through Canadian territory.
"Notwithstanding that the law tayt w?
have that privilege, the collector in*iste>i
that we must pav our duty before p isslng.
"B. F. Dlnkie.
"P. A. Morris.
Cheney's Boston store? Shoes.
The newest things In gentlemen's collars,
cuffs and ties are to br had at Kaufman
Bros.
JKW CI. I'll IIOl'IK.
To He Krrclrd lllglil oil by the
Arctic Brotherhood.
The Arctic Brotherhood had to call an
other special meeting last night for the
Initiation of members, Captain Cart
wright, M. J. Henev and others having
remained in town specially for this pur
pose. The question was where to get a
hall, and Mr. Sinclair kindlv lent Victoria
hall for the purpose. The gentlemen Initi
ated with the many pompous ceremonies
of the ritual were; Captain E. C. Cart
wright, E. C. Hawkins, M. J. Heney, A.
O. Williams, W. C. Robinson, Duncan
H. McDonald and J . G. Price.
Ciptain Johnston, of the Clipper Line,
at the customary banquet following tilt
rites, said the brotherhood was doing such
a large business that it needed a house of
its own, and he then and there offered a
building site, which was accepted with
hearty cheers and songs. The lot is on
Second avenue west, right opposite the
railroad depot. There Is plenty of money
in the treasury, so building will be begun
as soon as the plans can be made.
Kaufman Bros, have added an exclusive
line of millinery on their second floor.
Watch their Easter display.
Shoes at Cheney's Boston store.
WUCHC auitat.mim i ?ii,i;i>.
Tlirr Wrrr Worth.
General Traffic Manager L. H, Gray of
the White Pass and Yukon R llroad, now
in Seattle, writing under d?te of March 16
regarding the libellous statements and cir
culars aent out by the strikers from Skag
way to the various working agencies and
newspapers in the south says:
"The newspapers and the public in the
cities down here refuse to take any stock
in their malicious statements. In fact it is
giving us a wonderful amount of free ad
vertising, as it is my experience tha* the
public has always refused to take [any
stock In stories gotten up by labor agita
tors.
"The editors of the principal p.xers
have written strong editorials in our fivor
on this subject and th? result is tluithr
people are calling at our various offices
congratulating us on taking the stand we
nave in the matter.
"I will leave for ikagway In about .one
week."
Hard Trip for Nick Man.
A. G. McMichael, who came in on last
night's train from the summit, had a hard
trip of it out from Dawson. Not because
the trail was bad but because he himself
was bad, to use the vernacular for sick
ness. The doctor at Dawson told him
that he had better get out of the country
as soon as h* could, and he followed the
advice on foot- He said last night; "It
took me thirty-five days to get here.
Some days I had to make thirty-two miles
between stations. Then I wouM have to
lay up. I have still l.ooo miles to travel
before I shall see the light in the window,
but the rest Is a pic-nlc. My home is in
Detroit, Mich."
Mr. McMichael had been In the Interior
just a year and had acquired several good
claims.
Simmer* Due In Port.
Steamers are due to arrive in port at
Skagway as follows:
Alki Sunday, March 26
City of Seattle Mondav, March 27
Rosalie Thursday March 30
Topeka Friday, March )t
Humboldt Thursday. April 2
Farullon Saturday, April 4
L'urada Sunday. April 5
Cottage Citv Sundiv, April 5
Utopia Mondav, April 6
Wanted? Woman for light Jiousework:
three in familv. Inquire Fashion sjIoom.
?45''
All wool dress suits medium price, at
Clayson & Co.
ForSale? Three good teams, harness,
wagons and sleigh, all in good working
order. Hay, oau, lumber and shingles.
Also evaporated potatoes and onions.
Address C. N. Craemar, Dyea. Parties
desirous of purchasing apply immedi
ately. 144-50
To be "up with the times," read the
Seattle Daily Times. Seven editions
daily. The latest on each steamer.
Cheney's Boston store ? Shoes.
See the blue and white ware at Allen's,
Broadway.
Outfitters find Rex Brand the most econ
omical to buy.
Cheney's Boston store? Shoes,
Business Property For Sale? Lot )2 feet
front, store building 20x28 feet, four living
rooms and wood house. All papered and
painted inside and out. Good sidewalks,
well of splendid water 18 feet deep. Cen
trally located. A snap for somebody. In
quire at Manhattan Grocerv, Twelfth and
State streets. i)*tf
The finest line of clothing and gents fur
nishing goods ever brought to Skagway
ust received by the Klondike Trading
Company, comer State and Third streets.
Everest Is selling out to close out busi
ness Come and get pricfs
Rice for Dog feed, 4 ct* ? lb at Lilly
ro?
Embargo on Building Re
moved ny Commissioner.
SCARCITY OF LUMBER
Population ol Allln City UcmM
lug nl Ihr llulp of rif?r ? Dnf?
nrvrral l.nrgr Hold* lioluf t'p.
F. VV. Lillie, who is running the Atlin
small parcel and m.ill express, with a fast
team ot dogs, got in on Wednesday even
ing, having left Atl n Citv late on Mon
day Higher He reported gre.it activity on
Hie beautiful townsite sloping dawn 'o the
lake. Gold Commissioner Graham has
est.thli hej his headgu 'iters there and also
the office of the mining recorder. He had
no swner landed there than lie took off the
embargo as to building, and immediately
there was a feverish rush for lumber, and
the air was thick with nails and the
sounds of saws and hammers. It has
been g.-owing thickr ever since. This is
Hie picturesque language of Mr. Lillie.
On his way out Mr Lillie met a whole
line of people going in, anj lie does not
overestimate it when he savs that there
must be fifty a day urivlng with their
outfits. Every one on arrival is bustling
for lumber, for nearly all are b und for
Atlin City to go lut i business. Two saw
mills are at work, but tliev cannot nearly
supply the dem md. But RoisetH, of Van
couver, has got all his material in now for
?' large mill, and that will soon be in oper
ation.
The auction sale ot lots will not take
place before May i, as the plat prepared is
only just now being sent to Victoria for
approval. A number of people are com
ing from Glenora and Teslin. Frank Cal
breith arrived a few days ago from Tele
graph creek. Ch arlie Wright cot in from
leslin lake recently. He will probably be
here tomorrow, on his way home for a va
cation nnj to purchase supplies,
Mr. Ra-e, of the Alaska Mining & Mill
ing Co., Ins reached Atlin with 25 tons of
stuff. He had a store at Glenora last year.
I he Merchints' Bink of Halifax has
been doing busines- for three weeks. The
officials of the Bank of British North
America have arrived by this time; the
Canadian Bank of Commerce has a build
ing nearly completed This will make
three banks.
Several new hotels started up during the
Past week. I. H. Russell, of Kamloops.
opened his hotel Saturday, and he has also
a brewery plant on the ground.
Mr. McDanalj, formerly of the Clar
ence hotel, Victoria has bought a squat
'ers right for a hotel site and begun to
build.
Oleson & Co. will open the Internation
al this evening with a grind dedication
ball.
Havwood 4 Byron have started the
Kootenay hotel.
Bums & McDoug ill have opened a big
butcher shop- This is Oominick Burns,
who has been butchering in Diwson, a son
of P. Burns, who supplies all the meat for
the Kootenavs and vast adjacent territory.
McLellan & .vuFeflv, of Vancouver,
have opened a brunch hardware store.
The Parsons Produce Co., of Vancou
ver, have taken in a ver\ large supply of
general groceries.
George Rice's large hotel, at the corner
of First and Discovery streets, is going up
rapidly.
Jack Barrett, ot Log Cibln. has bought
a squatter's right site for a hotel on Dis
covery stieet, and will build as :oon as he
can get lumber.
Quite a number of squatter right lots
have changed hands recently, the price
ranging from $100 to 540c.
There i, more stuff at Log Cabin than
was ever seen there berore. You cannot
set within two yards of the custom house
for goods, piled skv high,
The l.nlcsl ftwiudlc.
A new kind of swindling has been re
ported from two or three interior towns,
the sharper operating in the following way:
He goes int > a store and claims to have the
same name as the proprietor, and Is afraid
that things will get mixed up, as he is go
ing into business in the same town. In
case of goods being delivered there by mis
>ake, will the merchant please take charge
of them until he comes for them. The
stranger then goes 10 a wholeviler and or
ders a big bill of goods, usually jewelry.
The go ids are sent. The sharper come*
along and takes them away. As the good
natured merchant has received the goods
and allowed them to pass from hit hands,
he has to pav tor them.
The swellest lot of silk waists ever
brought to Alaska are now on exhibition
at Kaufman Bros.
Chenev's Boston store? Shoes.
Wanted? Furniture, bedding etc. Ap
ply this office. 150154
?S3 Mi; ward.
I will give above reward tor return of
pocket book lost on trail between White
Pass and Skagwav, containing money and
papers. Leave at Alaskan office.
DICK MILLER.
Chenev's Boston store? Shoes.
Dewey restaurant at the cor, of Seventh
nd State streets.