The daily morning Alaskan., May 16, 1899, Image 1

About The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904

Image provided by: Alaska State Library Historical Collections

                
4tl. . 1 IC
X * ^Ujrn .?
J
? KMM ( I Ml I I %TlO>2
"r ?!??>? open to in
4 I ?r**r . irwulatioa th?n <
F*r*??
THE
flyORNl Nq
DAILY ALASKAN
mi Oaily Alaskan will Introduce yon
? lu nil till prople wort!. snowing. In
?v i y home every morning. C Oil/)
Number who read It dally i>,WUV
VOL. II. NO. 2oo
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1899
PRICE 10 CENTS
: :rfrr :t?IUtVUUUUUUUv^^
: Tl'?e Largest And Finest Hotel in Alaska.
t T;H!E
H?TEL<
KoropMii HInu.
Al /oiltrn Improvements. Sample Roomt for Commercial Men.
ft: ::::::::::: :
*5
Z In'}. .. ofoMabla Rooma Fatrcraga cl Euairaa Dat
? NO BAR- NO BUNKS tdanta Soiialtad
t
? Golden North Hotel
T. A Firsi-Clj>s hotel
Kates Reasonable
Thos. W bitten. Manager. BonJ Street, between Main anJ V te
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL
Kiiropoun Plan]
ERNEST F MILLER. Manager
- iiu:. ! in Skagw.i>. Klctraotly furuiahetl.
Kl.s-rri. I.i.'tit.-. I'omfortalily hcaUtl. Hue, laiy?*
Aarm lobby.
Uci tv. \ '.I.N KLONIUKK MINKRS 1 1, .laonable Terui*
Klci'tric l.i/.i ?nii
,r .? Hm?W- tvj^ ? , . B*1U
, ? - -m". ??? ' ? ? **^1
| ' ST. JAMliJS HOTEL {
Cor er Fo irth Avenue and S^a'e
>aauiM.WM
??'?? Nfiuler
"i < >ti . \ Firv i*r?>c ~#iw
it . 1<( ; r. / ill Alaska wr Moderate
ttinfw ? %pr? I % l (rii tl?n ?el? rn i
1 1 -? In? ?? i hr Weary
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Portlan I flizpah Mouse
Mr \o .IKS..V f. Mkad. Propriet>?ks
?? a -rl> 01 M Tabor. Or?.?
Cur Mh Av. Bet. Broadwat and t*te
<?l>po%u? (It) Hall
Pnces 25c to 50c Skagway, A'aska
The Pacific Hotel
l .tth jvrniie Ne.ir Mjin ?tr?*t. C. W Klippel. Manager.
Most Comfortable
Oct L 11^ 7$: Rooms In the City
IIK1H Kl IMIMHI ft* Mill!, A LA ft HA.
Rainier Hotel <& Restaurant
1 1 2 BROADWAY. Krank Hall, Prop.
Kxcelirnt Meal* 35 mils. A the d#llcftcie? the market affords I test chefs
employ eil Ilamlvxnelv funmhed ror.nia. Electric light*, city water
and Ust a< ??omiuodationa in the city
SKAGWAY - ALASKA
LOlXilNli iv BO AkD Ftk MkAL 251- l-tKutlK >5.0
HOTEL WICKSTR0M
B irj anj Lodging per week 16 ami ff.70
J.ihn< aveti r, Near ,.|J Pojtoftke. NO BaR See the High Flat Pole
The MONDAMIN. . . ,
?IaNSEN >v TENNANT. Props.
The M<*?t > ru Hotel in Alanku.
clric I. ed. Svperior to any Hotel North of Seattle.
Wc H.at-j .1: j Krst niini/nnnn hit Ljrgwt #njBe<t appoint
Cb- A., inn; K| I WK H UK 1 1 H i ^ hotel in Alaska. Cor.
K,:i7,G^N UUimimilU MUILL Broadway and Fifth Ave
F. F. CLARK, PROPRIETOR
MERCHANTS | h??
BANK OF I head orricE
HALIFAX.
HALIFAX. N. S.
I. E. KENNY, Pl*i.. D. H. DUNCAN, (M. Mgr.
Paid up Capital $1,500,000.
Rest $1,250,000.
A General Ban mug Business Transacted. tiold Dual Purchased.
Bills of Exchange Bought and Sold. Correspondents in New
York. B ->tou, Chicago. San Krancisco and Seattle.
F. L. MURRAY, Manager Bennett Branch.
Freight to
Dawson !
Before Making arrangements to
ship your goods down the Yukon
please give us a call. We guaran
tee you will save money by pat
y ?? ? ronizifig our scow to Dawson.
Scows, Boats, all kinds of
Lumber, Stoves, Ranges and
Hardware for sale.
Y. Y. T. Company,
Lake Bennett, B. C.
. M. KING, Manager
J. 5. Graham
Has just received a line of Striped Mer
cerized and Italian cloth Petticoats
Prices $1.75 $2.00 and $3.00
Also Silk Moreen Petticoats in all the late
colorings
Ladies Silk Petticoats, accordeon pleated
ruffled effects, extra quality, all colors.
A line of elegant Cloth Skirts in Serges,
Broadcloths and Alpacas.
The latest effects in full circular, corded
and Rutfled Skirts
The Orizaba from Seattle came in yes
terday afternoon with thirty passengers
ind thirty tons of freight. She had a very
pleasant trip up as far as Juneau, where
ihe encountered a heavy rain storm. She
brought up a very large mail Following
is her cabin passenger list for Skagway:
F. M. Brown. M. J. Qulnn and wife. B.
Nelson. J. M. Jacobson, J. C. Ollard, O.
Smith. R. Bartlett, Mrs. H, H. Hart, W.
Burgias and wife, J. A. McCormack, J.
Collins, F. Edwards; C. H. Howard and
eighteen second class.
The steamer left again for Seattle at 9
o'clock last night.
Wood far nali,
Persons wanting good dry wood can
have it delivered on short notice by leav
'ng orders at this office or at scow Djax,
foot of State street.
RANDbLL & SNYDER.
Hotel For Saie? Completely furnished,
greatest bargain ever offered. Parties go
ing to the mines and must sell. Call at
this office. l67tf
Have vou seen the new line of rugs, por
tieres and lace curtains just opened at the
Klondike Trading Company, corner Third
and State streets.
For correct neckwear go to the Klondike
Trading Company.
Water tight larigans, all sizes, Clayson
& Co., Fourth and State streets.
A d'spatch trom Vancouver Barracks,
Wash., under date of Mar 9 says that
Company L. Twenty-fourth Infantry, col- '
ored. consisting of 106 enlisted men, under 1
command of Capt. H. W. Hovev. which 1
j arrived at Vancouver Barracks from the 1
1 Presidio, San Francisco, are under orders to
go to Dvea and Fort Wrangel, Alaska, and
relieve Companies B and H, Fourteenth In- '
fantrv, under command ol Capt. R. T.
Yeatman, which are ordered to Manilo. The
troops, however, are ordered to remain at ;
Vancouver post until the return of the de
tachment of Company ?. Twentv-fourih 1
> infantry, now doing dutv in connection '
with the Wardner, Ida., riots.
Ml It
Bill Not lo be W ondrrrtl ??.
The people of Skagwav pass all other
grocery stores to go to the wholesale gro
cery of Gordon & Co., on Broadway at the
foot of Holly, just to save money and get
fresh goods. Call and be convinced.
Outfitting a specialty, 5-|-im
Bonbons and chocolates just from Boston. 1
Lownev's name on every piece. Kelly & j
Co. I
Llllv Bros, have just shipped five car '
loads of hay, feed and provisions to the I
Log Cabin and Bennett, where they can |
be purchased, Canadian dutv paid.
Guitar lessons given by Mrs. Nellie I
White. Butte hotel. Terms reasonable. |
5-I4-IW
DAWSOKI AND AILIN
Canadian Development Co.,
(Limited.)
H. MAITLAND KEHSKY, - ? - Managing Director.
S. S. ?'Australia." S. S. "Victorian." S. S. "Columbian."
8. S. "< auadian." 8. 8. "Anglian." 8. S. Zealandian."
S. S. "Tattraanian."
Through Ticket* and Bills of I. ailing from Skagwav or Bennett to
DAWSON and ATLIN.
Daily Servce on Lakes
and Upper Yukon
For Rates and Reser
vations apply to
FRED H. WCRLOCK. Gen. Agt.
214 BROADWAY.
SKAGWAY ALASKA.
Bennett
to Dawson
i inn i
To Be Given the Merchants
of Skagway.
COL. FRY IS THE AGENT
count ol the line Mbowing nade
I) the llo> h I Theater.
Col, Curl Kleinschmidt. of Montana,
and Jubgr L). L. Frv, of Seattle, are
among the notable passengers who arrived
on the Cltv of Seattle last Saturday- They
are on their way to Dawson City where
Col. Kleinschmidt last year succeeded In
securing interest* In thlrtv-one claims on
some of the best creeks in the Klondike dis
trict. He has since disposed of a half in
terest In them to Judge l:rve at a good fig
ure and thev are now on their way to be
present at the spring cleanup. They con
template extensive improvements and de
velopment on their properties during the
coming season.
Col. Kleinschmidt is one of the best
known mining experts in the west, being
a graduate of the famous school of mining
at Freyburg, Germany. He has been In
terested or consulted in nearly all the large
mining deals made in Montana. Idaho,
Washington and British Columbia during
the past thirty years. Last year Col.
Kleinschmidt outfitted and took into the
Klondike eight men who were exceedingly
successful in securing valuable properties
f >r the colonel. Just now he is engaged
In completing his crowning effort--the or
ganization of a *25,000,000 company on
which his brother, Hon. Rhinehardt Klein
schmidt, a millionaire miner of Montana,
Is also interested This com) any is partly
composed of l.ondon capitalists and will
acquire the valuable claims now owned by
Col. KleinschmMt and Judge Frv.
Judgt Fry was chief of the bureau ot
publicity and promotion for the state of
Washington at the World's Fair and Is
o?e ol (lie best kiiown real estate and min
ing men in the west. He is general mana
ger for the Pacific coast of the Fort Wayne
Insurance Company, a concern which has
been doing business since 1850. The chief
interest of the people of Skagway in the
visit of Judge Frv at this time lies in the
fact that he has been authorized bv the
company to write 1 50,000 of insurance In
Skagway. Judge Frv states that thii
authority was granted chiefly on account
of the fine showing made bv the Skagway
fire department at recent fires, especially at
the burning of the Royal theater.
He also called attention to the splendid
water svstem and stated that while the
rate of 10 per cent seemed high to some. It
was, as a matter of fact, no higher than
that paid in several sections of the city of
Seattle. This, in spite of the fact that
Seattle has one of the best fire departments
In the world. The Fort Wavne Insurance
Company thus becomes the pioneer com
pany to operate in Skagwav.
1 hev expect to leave for Dawson as
navigation opens, which will be in about <
two weeks
Mtw nil. I I IHI IMSTHU r.
Ulilfllral Pirallrl.
A dispatch from the war department in
Washington under date of May q to the ?
P.-l. savs that Assistant Secretary Meikel
lohn has issued an or.ter creating the mili
ary district of North Alaska, which is to ;
include all that portion of territory north of I
the sixty-first parallel. This district is ;
placed in command of Captain P. H. Ray. i
He will have command of all the troops of
that district- The new station at Pyramid !
Harbor recently established o i account of
lifficulties which have grown up along the
boundary line, is to be in command of
Major J.M.Thompson of the Twenty,
fourth Infantry. This portion of Alaska
Is not within the boundary of the Northern
district.
The war department has now established
six different military stations in Alaska,
ind has quite a large force in that territory
The troops now In Alaska in addition to
those to be sent to Pyramid Harbor are:
Dyea, Company D, Fourteenth infantry,
>ne officor and thirty-eight men; Fort
Wrsngel, Company H, Fourteenth Infan
try, one officer and forty-eight men; Circle
Cltv, Battery A, Third artillery, and de
tachment of the Eighteenth infantry, one
jfficer and seventy-seven men; Fort St.
Michael, one detachment Third artillerv,
two officers and seventy-seven men; Ram
part Cltv, detachment of Third artillery,
one officer and fifty men.
The finest lot of pack and work animals,
harness, sleds, pack saddles, and all equip,
ment compfi te for business, ever offered in
this market. Enquire of Perrv Hinkle,
Burkhard hotel.
Freighter* going to Log Cabin can
save money and trouble by placing or
ders with 9everence A Speer, for do
livery at Log Cabin, duty paid. Ask
for prices.
Drill steel and miners' tools at W. L.
Green's.
NO IRE INT
HI COMMISSION
Hopes of Reconvening the
Body Abandoned.
WHAT WILL CoME NEXT ?
Officials Thoroughly Dlic ou rug od
HI the Tlme*tonaumlii| Mainnrr
III Which Various Proposition*
Put I'orwark Arr Hnndlrd Murk
i aid for III llrlwarN l.oudon
Mild Ottawa.
The following important dispatch irom
Washington City, under date of May 9,
reached Seattle just before Ihe stejmer Ori
zaba sailed for Skagwav. This throws oft
the settlement of the boundary question
further than ever:
All hope of reconvening the joint Amer
ican-Canadian commission in August has
been abandoned. The conference adjourned
after having made good headway, as it
was thought at the time, to avoid the
drafting of an agreement, owing to an un
expected and insurmountable obstacle in
the shape of the lumber and boundary
questions. The joint conference adjourned
to meet in August, with the understanding
that in the meantime the governments of
Ihe two countries would test public senti
ment. It was also hoped that some of the
difficulties that had presented themselves
in the way of the conclusion of the work
of the conference might in the interim be
removed by diplomatic negotiations
If has now been demonstrated, however,
that the temper of neither side has vielded
sufficients to warrant the expectation of
any successful result attending the recon
vening of the commission.
It is said our officials are thoroughly dis
couraged at the time-consuming manner In
which various propositions that have been
put forward are bandied back and forth
between London and oitaw.i.
mn.HKH THUKI, Ul'Cl'TKD.
la Oprurd.
T. A. Davis arrived on tlic Clrv of
Seattle yesterday morning on li is way to
Dawson, where he goes to represent the
P. I. This is Mr. Dav s' second year in
I Dawson as representative of the P.-l. He
' says that their servi e will be more com
pit t? this year than ever before, including
a thorough service to Atlin district, with
agencies at Log Cabin, Bennett, Fort Sel
kirk and Dawson, as well as on all the
creeks in the different mining districts ad
jacent to Dawson. A special design of
shipping bags and tags will be used in the
sorvice this season.
; Mr- Davis states that headquarters for
; the distribution of the P.-l. for the entire
1 Yukon district will be at Skagway, the
j same as last year. The P.-l. recognizes
Skagway is the leading commercial port
for the various mining districts of Alaska
and the Northwest Territory, and as the
P.-l. desires t. keep thoroughly abreast of
the times it mal.es this point, the center of
all its operations.
"In two week's time," said Mr. Davis,
"travel to the north will beirin quite heavi
ly, the prevailing opinion in Seattle being
that navigation on the lakes would not be
gin until June 1st and many are delaying
their departure until that time. Skagway
has received a wonderful amount of adver
tising in Seattle and throughout the eaei
during the past few months. A great por
tion ol the credit for this belongs to the
White Pass & Yukon railway, among the
latest being special articles in the Scientific
American and Cosmopolitan. A greater
part of the coming . rgonauts are destined
for Dawson, while the travel tor Atlin will
probablv be light.
"As soon as navigation opens probably
ninety per cent of the travel from Dawson
and the interior outward bound will be by
way of Skagwav. In a recent conversation
with H. Maitland Kersey, mrtnaging direc
tor of the Canadian Development Com
pany, he stated that his company had al
rrady closed contracts with the '.wo banks
In Dawson to bring out by way of Skag
way during the coming summer thei' pur
chases of gold du*t.
"This, together with the individual
amounts sent out this way, probablv
means that 80 prr cent of the gold dust
produced ir. the Klondike district during
the past winter will pass through Skag
way within the next ninety day?. This
alone should insure good times among the
retail merchants of skagwav during the
entire summer."
1 Hi IS ID
If 111 Of ?
Building Commit fee About
so Decided.
GRANIi'E THE MATERIAL
ranging for at Uala Oaf Whin
Urtund I* Broken for Hullding
>oird Hrr4?H?i'omlN( I'rom Hi
low la liki Pari In Irrrlrti.
Quietly, hut persistently, the soliciting
committee of the college has one on with
its work, and, with rare exceptions, they
have been met with open handed generos
itv. The exceptions to this rule are so
rare that it is scarcely worth naming.
The committee has not vet been to half of
the people who are interested in the future
of Skagway.
1 lie second thousand-dollar line will be
reached, the committee teel confident, be
fore the breaking of ground. This is very
gratifying news to many families in Alas
ka that have children to educate.
The cnmmit'ee of arrangements expects
to make a gala dav when ground Is brok
en for the building. It is Intended to in*
vile all the civic societies of the city to
participate in these services. Short ad
dresses will be mad: by representative
men of the varied interests of Skagway.
Or. E. M. Randall, of Seattle, one of the
most popular orators of the Pacific coast,
will deliver jn educational address, which
will be a rare treat for the citizens.
For several davs the question of build
ing material has been under consideration
and it has been abiut determined to build
with granite. This will make (lie build
ing ronsiderably more expensive, but it is
believed the citizens will be willing to add
a little to their subscriptions for the sake
of buiiding in this way. It certainly will
be suggestive of greater permanence, not
onlv for the college but the city as well.
Dr. Randall and Mr, Lippv, the super
intendent or president of Pacific coast Y.
M. C. A. work, including California, Or
egon, Washington and Alaska, left Seattle
on the Humboldt yesterday, and will reach
Skagway about Friday, the 19th. The
djte for the services will be announced as
soon as the trustees can arrange the pro
gram. Skagway is to be congratulated on
the prospect of securing an institution ot
learning where the children and young
people can secure as good educational an
vant ges as in any city in the states.
* inluablr .tlliilng Book.
Captain K. H. Stretch, perhaps one of
; the best posted mining engineers in the
northwest and now connected with the
engineering department of the White Pass
& Yukon railroad in this city, is in re
ceipt of advance copies of a bo<.k which he
wrote for the benefit of miners and pros
pectors, entitled "Prospecting, Locating
and Valuing Mines." A glance through
the volume left here by Captain Stretch
shows it to be a most valuable book, es
pecially for beginners. It is a practical
treatise for the use of prospectors, investors
.rid mining men generally; it gives an ac
count of the principal minerals and coun
; try rocks, ore deposits, locations and pat
| cnts, the early development of mines,
earthy mineral products, coal, gold gravels
and gravel mining, together with meas
j ureinent of water and artesian wells. B?
| sides all this valuable information, which
| is fully Indexed, it contains also fifteen
: plates illustrating various stratas. It has
? number of useful tables, good books of
reference, etc., which should make It of in
calculab'e value to the miner or prospector.
It contal.is )79 pages, with a number of
blank pages at the back for making notes
and Is of a size handv rorthe pocket. The
book is pu: lished by the Scientific Pub
lishing Company of New York and Lon
don.
i.ood llcbalr Toulghi.
I Special arrangements have been made
for the joint meeting of theY. M.C. A.
Debating Club and Llterarv Society to
night in the Y. M. C. A. rooms. A good
musical programme has been selected,
which will be assisted bv a gramaphone.
In the debate Walter Church will take
the alternative and Rev. Davis will defend
the negative of the following question:
"Resolved, 1 hat existing conditions are
more condusive to man's happiness than
those of a century ago." This question
embraces a great held of thought and there
will probablv be some good speeches from
the house.
N. K. WILSON
""'?Druggist
Largest Stock j
J^P^ysicians' Prescriptions garafully [ompunded
Holly Ave, Near State.