The daily morning Alaskan., May 24, 1899, Image 1

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THE DAILY ALASKAN.
VOL. II. NO. 2o7
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. NVEDNESIMY MORNING, MAY 24, 1899
lo all iht people wort!. ?no<rin?. lo
?t ry borne every mornlnf. C Q||A
Number whored It d*lly
PRICE 10 CENTS
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The longest And Finest Hotel in Alaska.
THE
HOTEL.
European I'lau.
A /odern Improvements. Sample Room* for Commercial Men.
BONO ST bet. ssoadway *nd *T? r?
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L.r; . -ofo-tebt. Rooms p.trersg. of Bcsln.s R.s
1*0 ?AR-|?0 BUNK* Meats ?ollelled
XI
olden North Hotel
A First-Class Hotel
Kates Reasonable
rh<? \\ hi*. en. Manager. h ,ij Street, between Main anJ S" te
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OCCIDENTAL HOTEL j
(t uvwau Ptauj ?
ERNEST F "? LLER, Manager
lint aupoint.sl hotel in *"k?w vat Kle^uuth fu : ,?hed.
Kleetric l.itfhx fom'i lbtj heated. I .i?r. larife
warm lol>(>\ .
U?a<:t|uart?r* fur ATLl -MIHKE M!XKi>? Uea?uu.i <) Ttnnt
ST. JAMES HOTEL
The OoN K re ?*r.H? Vi[\J
H. hi Alu^ i ^ Moderate
1\T * \ A * II ,Vf r* Fifth Avenue, Formerly
i\ L A HUJVI fc M>- Kinney Street, near
Broadway.
RESTAURANT "k*
Lodging House
nusu utRNMorrcR
The Pacific Hotel
? - |: n roprnia Finn. ? - - ?
t ilth avenue Near Main >tr*et. C. \V Klippel. Manager.
W Most Comfortable
Rooms In the City
IIKIS HMMhlNI K. HK U.I At, II. %*K I.
Rainier Hotel Restaurant
|t2 HKOAUWAY. Hrank Hall, Prop.
Kicelleut Meals 33 Crnls .x ' the delicacies the market affords Bent chefs
employed Handsomely furnished roenw. Klectrie lights, city water
and best ao-ouunodations in the city
SKAGWAY . ALASKA
MERCHANTS
BANK OF
HALIFAX.
ihnu nroKH?Kt ri:u i?m?
HKAD OFFICE
HALIFAX. N. S.
I k. KKSXY. PW.
D. H. nrNCAN*. o?n- Mgr
Paid up Capital $1,500,000.
Rest $1,250,000.
V Oeot- ml tiuoiciut' TruoMtcted. viglil Dust Purvhased.
Kills uf Exchange Bought and Sold. Correspondent * In New
York. Boston. < biiago. >an Francisco and Seattle.
F. L- MURRAY, Manager Bennett Branch.
Hammocks Hammocks
at W. L. GREEN'S
HARDWARE AND MINERS SUPPLIES.
NEW LINE OF DISHES JUST RECEIVED.
Holly St" bet. Main and State, - Skagway.
Washington News Stand
Miss Mary Barry,
(Successor to Mr*. Pill man.)
Choice Stock of Fresh Fruits, Candies and
Nuts. Best Brands of Cigars and To
i baccos. Headquarters for all the latest
Magazines and Periodicals.
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 ^ roni-zing our scows 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
TRIMMED MILLINERY!
An elegant line in pattern hats and
from our own workroom. Every
hat has an individuality of its own
Our millinery is admired and bought
by style-loving women.
LADIES' BELTS? Novelties in Ladies'
Belts in Leather, Seal and Silk.
FARRAR & CLEVELAND,
Closing out sale
of Notions ....
Beginning Wednesday. May 24.
Ladies' Kid Gloves reduced from $2 to $1.25
Hooks and Eyes, 4 cards for 5c.
Crochet Cotton 10c spool now 6 for 25c.
Corduroy skirt binding 3 yds 25c now 6 for 25c
Belding sewing silk 4 spools for 25c.
Laces, Doylies and Jet Trimmings.
Embroidery Silk. 8 skeins for 25c.
*lmi| < I m I in % ( urrrordfd.
James M. Quilter, formerly U. S. dep
utv marshal in Seattle, who Is prospecting
in the Porcupine country, writing to .1 J
friend in Skagwav from Camp Walker,
says that the country is staked off in every
1 direction, He says:
"There was a crowd in here during the
winter whose prospecting outfits consisteJ
of an ax to cut a smooth surface on a tree
| and a pencil to write a I cation notice; and :
I it was simply a race from one creek to an
other without prospecting or even sticking
I a pick in the ground. According to ' he
Ixal laws adopted in this district thev !
have until September 1 to do their assess
ment work, but I am fullv satisfied that
I there will be hundreds of claims that will
never be represented, nor could thev be
: found by the owners. After that time
there will be lots of ground to stake off."
? ood.
Buy your wood of Randell & Snyder, at
j scow Djax, or leave order at Ihis office.
Opening day a: the Scenic, 316 Broad
way, May 16. . 5"H'f
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Ilrrnrntloii lln) *?rvlr#?.
The Skagway Veteran Club is prepir
ing an elaborate programme for Decoration
Dav, next Wednesday, May 10, anj, If
carried out as intended, will be a solemn
occasion. A procession of military and
civic organizations, including citizens, will
form in front of the Citv hall at i:)o p.
in., and after a procession through the
streets, will visit the cemetery and dec
orate and have services over the graves of
the veterans. A program of exercises will
be rendered in the evening in some hall not
vet selected.
Bar supplies at Green's.
Heaters ot all kinds at Vinings.
Brownell's store ? Mincr'a tooU.
Cook stoves at cost. H. A. Bauer.
Crockery and glassware at Green's.
French tissue paper. Kelly & Co. 16-jt
Cloride of lime, 2*c per lb, H. A. Bauer.
Clover seed for sale by Lilly Bros.5*}-im
Singer sewing machine -wholesale cost,
H. A. Bauer.
DAWSOKI AND ATLIN
CANADIAN DEVELOPMENT CO.
(Limited.)
H. MAITLAND KERSEY, ... Managing Director.
STEAMSHIPS:
Australian.
Canadian.
Victorian.
Anglian.
Tasmanian.
Columbian.
Zealandian.
I ' 1 Through Tickets and Bills of Midini; from Skagmty or Bennett to
] I ; DAWSON and ATLIN.
, , : Daily Servce on Lakes
1 ? | and U pper Y ukon
I;; For Rates and Reser
:: vations apply to
I ; ; FRED H. WORLOCK, Gen. Agt.
O 214 BROADWAY. SKAGWAY. ALASKA.
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J:i Bennett /4n i; ^
i| to Dawson
I Bill!
"Kvasive Gabble" Answered
by Facts and Figures.
A CLEAR STATEMENT
Prraent Through Kales lo Utwion
Todd) Icluallf ?!* a Ton lll(b>
? r from Hrlow than from ftkag
Mrajr ? No l.oM'rr H?l?i I han
from Ikaiwar IMrn l.
The party who is writing the articles in
the obscene nheet regarding the White
Pass & Yukon road discriminating against
Skagwav merchants bv quoting less rates
trom Puget Sound and British Columbia
ports to Dawson and Atiin, evidently has
not taken time or cared to ascertain when
the >100, #155 and $i)6perton rates would
become effective.
In order to show the Skagway public
and merchants how extremely stupid such
gabble appears when fostered by malice
and revenge, a few words of explanation
relative to these through rates will be in
order.
Early in May a traffic agreement was en
tered into in Seattle between the White
Pass & Yukon route and steamers, naming
a though rate of >160. 5i 55 and >136 per
ton on various kinds of merchandise from
Puget Sound and British Columbia ports
to Dawson and the same only to be in ef
fect when the White Pass & Yukon route
tracks shall have been in complete opera
tion through to Lake Bennett. Shippers
at Puget Sound and British Columbia ports
understand this, and there is not one case
on tecord where any contract has been
made for immediate shipment naming
lower rates than a combination of locals on
Skagwav.
The railroad company's officials make
the positive assurance that no shippers can
get lower rates from Puget Sound and Brit
ish Columbia ports than from Sk .way di
rect; in fact, the present through rates to
day aie exactly (12 higher per ton from
telow than from Skagway, and If any
one doubts this they can have tt fully ex
plained bv the railway company's agents.
These through rates advertised below
are being quoted with the distinct under
standing that shipments will not move un
til the tracks are In complete working order
to Lake Bennett- Shipper* generally un
ders'and this, and if the over-zealous
writer for tht obscene sheet had taken the
time to lock into the matter before jump
ing at a rash conclusion he would have re
frained from making a statement to which
there is absolutely nothing but "evasive
gabble."
The railroad several weeks ago issued a
tariff naming rates in effect between Skag
wav and Lake Bennett when the tracks
shall be completed to that point, which
will be aboui Julv t, and there is not one
rate in it that discriminates against Skag
way.
SKll.WAY II A It II I II 1 1 II I uui:n.
r. Jmiiu found luariialblr In
Krnltle.
P. Jensen, the Holly-street barber, who
went to Seattle on the last trip of the Citv
of Seattle, evidently fell into the hands of
the Philistines, according to the following
account in the P.-I.ot May 17:
P. Jensen, a well dressed young man,
was found lying insensible in the entrance
hallway if the Eureka house, on Second
avenue south, last night at midnight by
Officer McDonald. Dr. H. S. Hill was
called and with the aid of officers Hamil
ton and Mcdonald succeeded in getting the
man out ot danger, although for a time It
was thought that he would never recover
consciousness. The phvsician and the
police are of the opinion that the man was
drugged and probably robbed, and that
some opiate was used.
A search of the man's pockets revealed
no money, though his jewelry and a gold
filled watch had not been disturbed. Lit
ters and papers were found indicating that
the man's nam.- was Jensen and that he
was a recent arrival from Skagwav. The
police were unable to find anyone who had
seen Jensen during the day.
At an early hour this morning Jensen had
not regained consciousness, but was out of
danger.
Mlramrr* Wur In Port.
The following steamers are scheduled to
arrive on the dates named:
Rosalie
Danube
Cutch
Al-ki
Humboldt
Dirlgo
Orizaba
Laurada
Tees
City of Seattle
Amur
Cottage Citv.. .
Farallon
Alpha
....Tuesday, May 2}
Tuesday, May 23
. Wednesdiv, May 24
. . Thursday, May 25
Monday, May 29
Tuesday, May jo
.. .Tuesdav, May 30
Wednesday, May 31
.Wednesday. May 31
Friday, June 2
Friday, June 2
Sunday, June 4
Monday. June 5
Monday, June 5
New line ot picture frame moldings soon
to arrive at Peoples.
It is a curious thing how a rumor grows.
The rumor got started in some ola wav
that Vining s is the best place to get At. In
outfit*.
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More Evidence of that Ob
scene Sheet's Work.
HOW DO YOU LIKE II?
Thl* Tlinr II U the Portland Ore.
gonlau Whlrli Quolet J-'roin lhal
Blackguard Rhcel, showing
How Sitae waylte* Are lameiil
I ii I Ihc Hull! ol Their Town.
Here is another sample of the knifrng
process the Skagway merchants have been
subjected to at the hands of that obscene
sheet. This time it is the Portland Ore
gonian which in its issue of Mav I) copies
in part the boost given to Dvea and Its
tram bv this blackmailing sheet. The ear
marks will be recognized in the language:
"In the meantime the tew business men
left in Dvea are doing a land office busi
ness," etc.
"Owing to the dangerous condition of
the Skagway trail it cannot be used bv
man, beast or the railroad and as a result
all the freight and passenger travel to Allin
and the Yukcn Is now going in bvthe way
of Dyea and the Chilkuot pass. It seems
as though the overhead tramwav was
more suitable for the mountain passes of
Alaska than the old-fashined railroads.
In the meantime the few business men left
in Dvea are doing a I ind office business
and the Skagwayite; are busilv engaged
in telling how it happened."
How do the citizens of Skagway like
this kind of advertising from the hands of
a toad that thev are nursing in their
midst?
In a subsequent issue of the Oregonian,
dated Mav 16, an interview Is published
with Mr. Matlock, who endeavors t ? undo
the evil penetrated by that lying sheet,
and in which he tells the truth of the con
dition of affairs in Skagway and of its
promising future. The poison, however,
was instilled in the minds of the people
who read the Oregoniaiyjf the ijth, and
all of these could not have reau Mr. .Mat
lock's interview
Will the citizens of Skagway quietly
submit to being ruined in this wav?
MM ICE
A. Harmon Is Drowned In
Otter Lake.
LAST SUNDAY EVENING
Hon lo Mrliirn lo Atlin? While
Sal* ailing lor the Ice lo Harden lie
Attempted lo Tell II and Hrnlte
Through.
Word was received yesterday by Mr.
Frank, of Frank's grocery, that A. Har
mon. who left here with his son for the
Atlin country last Wednesday, had been
drowned while trying to cross Otter lake.
Mr. Harman had interests in the Atlin
district and came out a week ago last Fri
day to obtain supplies and also to take in
his son, who was then in Skagway. He
purchased a stock of goods and accom
panied by his son lett tor Atlin Citv Wed
nesday, May 17. When he arrived at
Otter lake the ice was found to be very
soft and so he decided to wait until night
hoping for the ice to freeze harder.
He camped at the side of the lake and
while his son was preparing supper went
out to try the Ice. He was very deat and
could not hear the ice crack, and he advan
ced so far that when the ice let him
through he was too tar out to be rescued.
His body will probably not be recovered
until the ice goes out
He came to thi? country from Chicago
last summer, and had some very good
claims in the Atiln country.
He was a man of about fifty vears of age
and leaves a wife and son In Atlin Citv.
Children's shoes at Klondike Trading
Company.
For first-class dress suits go to Clay
son's.
I III ID II
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Every One Interested in To
night's Entertainment.
APPEALS TO EVERYBODY
A lllg I ii nd Expected With Which
la t'urnleh ? Ward for Women
lu Ulaliop Howe la oiplla I- Ulan |r
Movefile* lo be Presented al To
?illlii'i Dance and Social.
I his evening the entertainment and ball
in behalf of a "woman's hospital ward"
In connection with the Bishop Rowe hos
pital will take place in the Firemen's hall,
ana without doubt will be one of the most
noted and ever to be remembered event
which has yet taken place in Skagway.
The object is one which at once appeals to
every big-hearted woman and of such
there are iranv here.
There are hospitals for men, yet, strange
to say, no one ever though of the wants
of the opposite sex until recently, when
several cases occurred showing the great
1 necessity for such, where a woman could
receive proper tare and nursing.
And so it originated with the ladies
themselves, but the moment the idea was
mentioned? to use a homel v expression, it
took like "wild tire"? and spread as quick
ly. Wives and daughters, husbands and
sons of all denominations entered into the
project, and tonight tne entertainment
takes place in the hall, which has been
beautifully decorjted for the occasion by
many willing and glad hands. The up
stairs hall will be used for a ballroom,
where dancing mav be indulged in to ex
cellent music. Dowstairs has been fitted
up as a perfect bower, and only needs its
fair occupants in their fancy costumes to
complete the pic ure, and the throng of
visitors who will promenade and p.:rtake
of the good things offered them. All the
while music will be rendered by artists of
no mean order.
There will be an overture bv the orches
tra; a horn solo bv a ladv, who will at
once be recognized by h r manv admiring
friends, but who probably never knew
that, in addition to her charming voice,
she has also other musical talent. An em
inent flutist will delight the audience, and
the visitors will be enraptured with banjo
selections by a lady whose first public ap
pearance in Skagway will be hailed with
pleasure. A grand march will be rendered
by a ladv pianist well known for her abil
ity, whilst the ladies' mandolin quartette
will carry the audiei.ee back to old Venice
with their delightful "gondolean" music.
You will also listen to the loveliest little
"Coon"' songs ever heard bv a gentleman
who probablv may not at first be recog
, nlzed as one whose voice they have heard
elsewhere.
Everybody seems to vie with each other
, to make the aftair the success it certainly
merits, and Mr. Mitchell, of the Lobby
theater has placed his fine band at the dis
posal of the cummittee, and it will plav
several selections outdoors in tront of the
building, commencing about 8 o'clock.
The tickets are h each and admit two
persons, entitling them to participate in
| the concert and ball and other amusements
Children's tickets are 25 cents each.
It is to be added' 1 hat the proposed ward
for women is purely non-sectarian and will
belong to no particular religion or body,
' and this therefore should appeal to all
! classes for their hearty support.
?lack front Ulacl?r Bar.
J. Cruise. D. Madison and D. Dilford,
who have been prospecting in the Glacier
Bay country, returned Monday afternoon
and do not think much of the district's
mineral wealth. The country Is up by the
Mulr glacier, and while there have been
reports of rich finds there, these gentlemen
did not find anything that would warrant
any excitement. There is now too much
water In the soil to work placer daimsand
as yet no quartz has been found.
>ollc?.
All fire companies are requested to meet,
with equipments, in front of the City hall,
at t p.m. May )0, to partlcipte In memori
al services.
CHIEF FLEMING.
The latest style in hats at Klendik*
Trading Company.
The Pacific Coast Company will run
lighters once a week to Haines Mission.
For rates apply at the office of the company
Miners outfits put up on short notice
, Best goods at cheapest prices. Klondike
I Trading Co.? Sylvester's.
N. K. WILSON
"""?Druggist
Largest Stock |
^Physicians' Prescriptions garefully (7ompunded
Holly Ave, Near State.