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THE DAILY
NVORNINg
ALASKAN.
VOL. II. NO. i7J
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAYI MORNING, APRIL 15, 1899
HI DAILY ALASKAN will Introduce T??<
lo nil Hit people wort!. <no*nn*. It><
er ry bome every morning. C iU|il <
'Number who read It dally ?>,VW ,
PRICE 10 CENTS
The Larqest and Finest Hotel in Alaska
TKE
H?TEL<
Kimi|<niii I'lau.
A Modern Improxmentt. Sample Rooms for Commercial Men.
BOKO ST BlT. BROAOWAY AND RUN* ALLS 'J;
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Uarg. _?.oloi"tabt? Roomi
,NO OMR MO BUNKS
f atrcrag* of R?'"
Idanta Sollaltad
Golden North Hotel
A Firs -Class hotel
Kates Reasonable
* I"hos. NV bitten. Manager.
HonJ Street, between Main anj State
4 ?mlarl* *pr?l?l Kl.nlln.. UlvrM
ELECTRIC UIOHTS
i? liar H rarjr
Portland flizpah House
V .. IMP MUX. A. I'. Mk.U?. I'KOPRIKTOKS,
<h?rir*rly ??i Mt Tabor, Ore.)
Cur 5th Av. Bet. Br uatlway and Site
Oppo%itr I II) Hull
Skagway, Alaska
Prices 25c and 50c
eJls. Kloctrlo Light uml
1 ? ' ' OUl Bella
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pr? ? ?
I ST. JAMES HOTEL |
Cor er Fourth Avenue and State
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?- Mutlorato
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: OCCIDENTAL HOTEL j
KuiM|ivan Plan]
ERNEST F- MILLER. Manager
.i; ; in Slcngwajr. Kloyantlv furnished.
? ?<>nt(oriublv heated . Ktne. lur^c
\i"LI.V-K .OXDIKE MlNEf.S Reti^onable Ternw
r ; m H s
F. F. CLARK. PROPRIETOR
an J Be-t appoint- !
Alaska. Cor. ]
hiiJ Fifth Av?
The Pacific Hotel
luropeaii - ?
I i\ \ M.i .. ^.reet. C. \V Klippel. .Manager.
v Most Comfortable
Rooms In the City
Kree Storage for liaqqaqe =?=
U. S. Hotel
(i. 0. UeQtlcy, I'rop.
Best Dollan-a-Day House in Skaguiay
N> ar 12 K. Ilepot. Bed" iV Meals ?*?
LODGING 25. BOARD PER MEAL 25<-PKRwEEK #5 0 '
HOTEL WieKSTROM
boanl anj Lojging per week $6 and Is. 70
Johnson avenue. Near oU Postottive. NO BAR See the High Flag Pole I
Rainier Hotel & Restaurant
)i2 BROADWAY* Frank Hall, Prop.
Exi rlleut : cent- AH the delicacies the market afford*. Best chefs
employed lUDilxiim ljr furnished rooms. Klectric light*, city water
and best accommodations in the city
SKAGWAY - ALASKA
Shoup Avenue House
. . .Shoup St. Near Broadway
H. E. AYERS. Proprietor
Recently renovated, enlarged and refurnished, Lineoleum coverv lobby
carpeted ?tuir\< a\?. el? mainly furnished room*, electric bclU. baths, etc
Pill Box Drug Store
Bond
? and ?
Broadwav
PRESCRIPTIONS? Experience 20 Years
t ctnOal Tekphonc SUtion. PrwtriptiOM FHkd ?nv Tim,. D?v or Night
KINDERGARTEN
Miss Stella Bloch
Ninth and Main St,
P. A. E. Boetzkes M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office : Sixth Ave. between Broadwav
and State? Over Peterson's store.
Hours, q to 10 a. m.? ; to 2 and 7 to 9 p. m
Dr. Jas. B. Wall
Graduate Dentist
Alloy, Amalgam, and
Cold Killings. Latest
methods.
All Work Guaranteed. Stato St.
E. R. PEOPLES
Undertaker and
Embalmer
Special attention given to bodies
for shipment.
Broadway, above Shoup Avenue.
Lovell and Jennings
ATTC >1 IN E YS-AT-LA W.
o? ?
Comer Sf.ite and Bon J ? ? Skaguay.
MAHLON F, HALL, M. D.
KELLY BLOCK. Broadway.
office Hours :
10 to 12 A. M.
2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M.
CHURCH & DAY,
LAWYERS
jank Building. Cor. State and 5th
SKAC.WAY.
C. W. TURNER.
LAWYER
OFFICE: Moore block (Second Floor.)
State Street, Skagway.
Krnt'rtt l'ock J. Karlo Brown
PECK Jc BROWN
Attorncyn-ut-Law
McKlnney St. Oppo?it? City Hall
Hkiuiwuy
G F PARKER
U. S. DEPUTY SURVEYOR
Citv anJ Country
Surveying Promptly
AttenJeJ to
Office BroaJway and nth Street.
J <1. Prlet Morton E. $tev?n*
PRICE & STEVENS
A'tcricys and Counsellors
Fifth Av?. Nrxl to CourthuuM
Everything New
Ladies' J
Dressmaking C> <-? -w r* --m +*
an J Notions DClZrtlClI
Tn (Tow Silks, Silk Undorvesto,
Hair Net#. I>oiiies, Ribbons,
Paper Napkin*, Carlson Currier
Kmbroldery, Sow inn anil Knit
ting silks, ' I !raily made under
skirts and whirl waists galore.
Point Ijvco Material#.
MRS. S E. SHORTHILL.
LAUMEISTER BROS.
LEADING BUTCHERS
Hollv Street, Skagway
Now employs the only scientific SAUS
AGE MAKER n town. Finest flavored
sausage of all kinds a specialty. Fresh
beef, pork and mutton rtceived on every
every steamer. Free deilvtry.
G. SCHNEIDER
Packer ^
Forwarder
Good* delivered to the Summit. U>K
Cahin and Atlin with promptness and
guaranteed j;?kh1 condition.
Otlilee- Hay Vtew Hotel.
The White Pass
Cigar Store
AUGUST Ullt, I 'KOI'
Sell the following brands < 'ijfant
QENER rtL ARTHUR
EL BELMONT
EL PALENQIA
HOFFMAN MOUSE
HOTEL BRUNSWICK
QALUHET BOUQUET
A SINCERIbAb
IMFORTEb
LA AFRKANA
Tobaccos ami Smokers' Supplies- Holly
Street near Broadw?.v. (
IMF GREAT IIEALFR
teir OXYGENOR KING
Conquer* Spin.il Menincitis,
Fevers, Catarrh, Paralysis,
Plueuresv and indeed all Di
seases not requiring surgical
operation. It'* Nature'# rem
edv and the Familv I Jo. tor
It is an effective blood I'uritie
2oo,ooo people have been cured
by Oxygen Treatmedt
J. D- MURPHY, Agent,
Hotel Astoria.
m 1
CLEARANCE
SALE.
Stokes
Bros.
General Merchandise
AT C0S1
HOLLY STREET, Bet. State and Main
We Carry
Everything
N. K. WILSON
Druggist
Liargest Stock |
^Physicians' Przscriptions [Jar2ful!y [orr.pundeil
Holly Ave, Near State.
City Brewery
I'll AM. A. sukt:, Prop
Manufacturer of
Steam and Lager Beer
Made of the Purest and BestiHupj and Milt
BEST BOTTLED BEER MADE IN ALASKA.
pecial attention given to FAMILY TRADF
Main Street, between Holly and Shoup.
II SH
HI Nl H
in Warm Pass, Twenty Miles
from Skagway.
IN AMERICAN TERRITORY
intldr Thirty nilr Until from lieitd
of l.yiin CbbaIi - U**' Pl??er?
h nd Itlrh frrr Milling Ore Dis
covered.
One of the Atlln district minor* who
has been in there for a long time and is
thoroughly familiar with the in* aud
outs of that section, was in Skagway
yesterday, reaching here after a tire
some walk over a very slushy trail.
This miner is an exceedingly clever
writer and sinks his identity under the
nom-de-plume of "I? No Hoo," fearing
j that some of his wrttings not always
j always complimentary to the powers
that I>e might cause him trouble; and,
as he is a typical and practical miner,
| weather beaten and hard listed, he feels
safe that his appearance will never give
him away. He made the startling an
nouncement of a now strike having
been made within twenty miles
of Skugwuy, both quartz and placer,
and expressed the fear that as soon as
the Canadians found it out they would
I at once move the boundary line to that
point and claim it as Uritish Columbia
territory. He said:
"About six weeks ago there wa* a
very im|H>rtunt discovery made of
I quartz and placer in the Warm Puss,
which is twenty miles from .Skugwuy as
! the crow Hies, It is to the east of the
White I'uss. You go up the east
ern part of the Skugwuy river till
you get to the top of the mountain,
drop over the glacier uud you are iu
1 Warm I'uss. 1 am afraid, however, that
the ever-grasping Canadians will claim
thut as their territory notwithstanding
our thirty marine miles limit, so
where do we miners, wiio toil to make
these discoveries, stand 'f If the rest of
the American miners felt as I do 1
would plant the American llag there
| and shoot the tirst man that attempted
to touch it. if this bouudury question
was only settled, we American miners
who understand our business would
know whut to do and keep clear of uny
thing touching (.'uutuliuu territory."
Speaking of the condition ol alTuirs
in the city of Atliu, he said;
"There are some buildings going lip
in Atlin City but business is coui|>ara
livcly dull. There is very little doiug
on the creeks, except on Spruce. There
are two prospect holes on I'ine creek,
one and a half miles abore Discovery,
one of which is own nineteen feel
through frozen ground all the wuy ami
without luviug struck a color or even
water. Another luun u little further
up on the opposite tide of the creek was
dowu six feet. After goiug through
four feet of frozen ground he came to u
bed of clay over which water was run
ning. Clav is a grout i obiter of gold
and they arc going to have trouble in
sluicing. There is only one wuy to lind
out if there is any gold in the clay aud
thut is to puddle it. If there is the
chances arc that it will pay the owners
to puddle it in tubs, the same as they
did in Ballarut years ugo.
"Iu Discovery, up on Surprise Luke,
there hus been a strike mudc iu the
Northwest territory just over the
boundury line, but whut it amounts to
1 can't tell.
"It seems to mo that there is going
to Ik; serious trouble this year over the
ituin|M autl tailing:*. The one hundred
foot claim!) are so small that if located
on the side of the hill you have 110 place
to dump except on your neighbor, and
that's not allowed by law. The proba
bilities are that the whole thing will
resolve itself into a hydraulic proposi
tion. In fact, there urc several com
panies now s taxing every claim that
they think has a doubtful title, and
when the time comes for working the
claims they will say to the American*;
'Now see here, you know, we jum|>cd
that claim and propose to contest it.
Better take something and surrender
quietly, because, you know, we are
sure to beat you.' In other words they
will play a big game of blulT aud the
blutr will go, because as a big coloura
tion they will have adantages over
single individuals, especially if they
have to go from thirty to forty feet to'
bed rock, as they have in some eases.
Another reason is that privat indivi
duals are pretty shy about lighting cor
porations.'"
The trail from Atlin is now very
sloppy and the same may be said of the
Too-chi an I the Taku Arm. The Atlin
river miming into the Taku Arm is
open to sueh a., extent that a detour of
some mile*- has to be made in order to
reach Taku City. The Kan Tail trail,
he says, is in good shape as far as
Golden Gate.
He reports quite a number of rob
buries along the trail, not only along
the Kan Tall but along the horse trail
from the Golden Gate to Taku City.
Men who had deposited a cache on the
snow alongside of the trail, have re
turued the next day to tind it all gone.
One mau in Atlin bad his tent cut open
one night and $200 worth of Bluff which
ho had hauled In over the trail by hand
tiled wax ?U lcn.
''From the Kan Tail to the ttiimmit,"
he Haid, "the trail in fairly good, but
from the Hummit down to Skagwuy It i?
in bad tthupe, the itnow being gone. I
met five pack trains but they had to
take the wagon road, an the canyon
trail lit now a thing of the pant."
oitiiuoM men uit?\?*Ei>.
><???? l or llrrJ ami C'oiumloloiicr
]|r(iulrr.
Roseberg, Ore., April 8.? News reached
here this afternoon that State Fish Com
missioner H. D. McGuire and State Sena
tor A. W. Reed, of Douglas county, were
drowned today in the Umpqua river.
This forenoon Senator Reed, McGuire and
W- F. HubbarJ, of Stone, Ore., started
down the North Umpqua in a small boat,
their objective point being the junction of
the North and South Umpqua. six miles
below Winchester. They left orders here
for a wagon to meet them on the road
about 4 o'clock p. in., anywhere above
their objective point. Liv.-ryman Barktr
went down four miles below Winchester,
where he met Hubbard, who stated that
they passed safely through one rapid, and
before they were aware of it thev were
close to another, and In their efforts to
avoid it an oarlock broke. The waves
were high and the boat was swamped.
McGuire struck out for shore' Hubbard
saw Reed on the overturned boat, but a
moment later both Reed and McGuire had
disappeared. A largi force of men left
here this afternoon to look for the bodies
l*ooU It <? |>ort?i from I'orr upliae.
J. Robinson. Jim Brackctt and party ar
rived from the Porcupine mining district
last night. Thev report much work being
done in that district and they themselves
prospected quite a litt'le. The best claim
in the country is No. i below discovery on
Porcupine creek, which ranges from $i to
54 to the pan. They bring news that
there is yet eight feet of snow in some
places, which makes it difficult to pros
pect. Mr. Bracket! had several small nug
gets that he found on a creek, the name of
'which he did not learn.
Illriifo lid in UK 980,000*
Capt. W. J- Bryant, United States in
spector of hulls, and C. C. Cherry, inspect
or of boilers, returned to Seattle from the
Quartermaster dry dock, where thev in
spected the steamship Uirigo, now under
go. ng repairs due to her late disaster in
Alaskan waters. "Her bottom for a dis
tance of fortv feet was stove in," said
Captain bryant last night. "The chief
damage, however, was done to her engines
and machinery.
?' r lie ship's hull was bent out oi shape,
making her machinery useless. I he total
cost of repairs and everything will be
about $20,000. The Dirigo will probablv
come off the dock the latter part of nex'
week."
I.ukiri on llae Corona*
.Sun Francisco, April 6.? The Pacific
< ou.il Steamship Company and the Pa
oille Coast Company have petitioned
United States District Judge De Haven
to limit the liabilities of the two com
panies for the loss of tlw cargo of the
steamship Corona otT the coast of Alaska
on January 23, 1S9S. The iietitioners
ask for an appraiser to fix the value of
the vessel and cargo at the time of the
wreck.
timlmuioii?Jef fries nmrli Wff.
Los Angeles, April 8.? A pnvate dis
patch .eceiyed here today says that the
boxng match between Robert Fitzsimmons
an J Jim Jeftries has been declared off. No
particulars as to the reason for the move
are given.
Philadelphia, April 8.? In an interview
tonight Martin Julian, manager tor Bob
Fitzsimmons, denied the story that the
Fitzsimmons- Jeffries tight had been de
clared off.
I >?*\% IMxr I Iff til llitf AktoclHlloii.
Denver, April 8.? The Colorado Athletic
Association, with a capital of fioo.ooo,
was incorporated today. It is the inten
tion of the association to bid for all impor
tant prize lights that may be arranged in
the future.
Councilman John Stanley leaves this
morning for Atlin, where he will immedi
ately begin operations on his claim on Pine
creek, near discovery.
Mr. Frank A. Brooks, manager of the
transportation companv between the Sum
mit an J Bennett, was in town yesterday
and reports business very active and the
weather all that could be desired
Mr, F. H. Griffith, who has been organ
ist at the Methodist Episcopal church for
some time past, left yesterday for Atlin
City. Mr Griffith did not not intend leav
ing until about June, but he leceived word
that some of his claims had been jumped
and decided to investigate at once.
The restaurant men of San Francisco
have organized for the purpose of test
ing the validity of the war revenue law
requiring the placing of a stump on
every bottle of wine sold to patrons.
1 lie latest style in hats at Klondik
I Trading Companv.
Water tight larigans, all sizes, Clayson
& Co., Fourth and State streets.
Passengers for Atlin? Regular govern
ment service .leaves, here -Tuesday morn
ing carrying passengers and mail. Fare
' >2J, operated ly Loomis & Grimes, Pac.
Clipper Line, Broadway & jrdAve. 1451m
IV SKI H
in it hi
To Connect With the White
Pass and Yukon Koad.
ROUTE FOR GOLD OUST.
Niiprrlnlfiidrnt J* A. Hllchte* off
ineCaiindlan Urrrloprarnl Com*
puny, tlapi Out bl* l.lnr of Oper
Superintendent J. A. Ritchie of the
Canadian Development Company, came
up from Victoria yesterdav on the Hum
boldt and will leave today for Dawson,
where he will assume general management
of the company's business in Alaska and
theNorthuest Territory. He Is accompa
nied by eight men who will take charge of
work in his office at Dawson and twenty
five mon will come through Skagway
April iQth on their way to the Hootalinqua
where they will man the boats of the
company at that place.
I reight for the company is coming up on
every boat and includes steamboat mate
rial and supplies. Mr. Ritchie brought up
on the Humboldt about too tons of ma
chinery and steamboat material which will
go over the White Pass & Yukon road to
Bennett today.
Mr. Ritchie said vesterday that he in
tends to make D3\vson the center of all
operations and will operate all boats from
there. It is his intention, if the travel
warrants it, to have a boat leave simulta
neouslv and drily from Dawson and Ben
nett.
The accommodations are to be strictly
fir>t class and special arrangements are to
be made for the handling of gold dust.
All the steamers are provided with the
stronger of vaults and the company will
guarantee the Sife arrival of the dust. A
special armed guard will accompany the
gold dust up the Yukon river and will also
guard the gold while it is being taken
down toSkagA'av on the White Pass &
Yukon railroad. Mr. Ritchie expects the
railroad to be completed to Bennett by the
time the river opens and special traffic
arrangements will be made with the rail
road company.
All of the banks in eastern Cinada have
ordered their branch houses in Dawson to
send out (lie gold by wavof Skagway.
Beside the greit danger from shipwreck on
the lower Yukon, which will be obviated
by sending out the gold by this route, there
is to be taken into consideration the great
saving of time, which, in the shipping of
gold, represents money.
Traffic arrangements were made with the
Canadian Pacific railroad that a through
ticket to Dawson might be issued in Lon
don. Tills will necessarily cause much
tourist travel. There are now several con
templated excursions coming over from
Engl md and these tourists can go to Daw
son bv wav of rskagway and then take an
Alaska Commercial Company steamer and
go out by wav of St. Michaels. Mr. Rit
chie will arrange for this with the Alaska
Commercial Companv as soon as he ar
rives in Dawson.
The companv is now building a large
warehouse at Bennett and has a well
equipped plant for building steel boats at
that point. At White Horse Rapids ar
rangements have been made with the
tramway company to handle the Canadian
Development Company's freight. Ihey
have two large corrugated iron warehouses
at White Horse for (he storage of freight
and have the only floating wharf at Daw
son. This wharf is 1 50 feet long and is
capable of accommodating 260 tons. All
along the river thev own their own ware
houses and wharves.
Just before Mr. Ititchie left Canada the
companv secured a contract from the Cana*
dian government to carrv the mail between
Victoria and Dawsoi. The mail service
will be at least three times a week, but
Mr. Ritchie hopes to have a boat leave
Bennett every day with the mail. The
mail will be taken from Skagwav to Ben
nett bv the White Pass & Yukon railroad.
In selecting their officers and men for the
northern service the managers of the com
panv have made it a point to secure the
most reliable and experienced material.
William Meed will act under Mr. Ritchie
as agent at Dawson, Mr. Hislop at Bennett
and Fred H. Worlock at Skagway. The
roll of masters includes Captains Holmes,
Coalfleet, Whalen, Gardner, bden, Moore
and Bragg, ali of Victoria, and Captains
Raabe, Shaver, Henscn, Murray, Turner,
Peavev and Dobler. These captains have
all had experience in Yukon river naviga
tion and are known to be trustworthy men.
Some of them were formerly in theemploy
of the Hudson Bay Companv on the lower
Yukon river
Mr. Ritchie will remain in Dawson until
he has everything in working order and
then will take a trip below to consult with
the directors of the companv about further
improvements.
t'lnr Mrlnif of Troul.
J. B. Walker and C. E. White went on
a fishing trip across the bay a few days ago
and returned with fifty of the finest
speckled brook trout ever seen. The
stream where these were caught is directly
across the bay and flows down the steep
defile between the two mountains. It is
rather difficult to get up, but the sport is
worth the labor and the intrepid angler
may rest assured of being rewarded by a
1 good string of fish,