The daily morning Alaskan., May 27, 1899, Image 1

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ALASKAN.
VOL. II. NO. 2lo
SKAQWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY IY10RNINQ, MAY 27, 1899
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The Pacific Hotel
fifth avenue Ne-i- Main Street. C W. Kllppel. Manager.
D0f Uc w Most Comfortable
Del L IIS Rooms In the City
1IK*I? N?:.t?UV?BLK. SKAOVAV, .tl.tUKt.
Rainier Hotel c& Restaurant
)ii BUOADWAY. H rank Hall. Prop.
Kx* rllrut Molt S3 cent*. AH the delicacies the market afford* BmI cheN '
Qplovol Handsomely furnished room*. Electric lights, city water
?nil be*t * rommodatmns in the city
SKAGWAY ? ALASKA
NfcM' HOME ss^y&srss
Broadway.
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MERCHANTS
BANK OF
HALIFAX.
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HALIFAX. N- S.
t E KKMNY, pre*. D. H. DCNCAN, Gen. Mgr.
Paid up Capital $1,500,000.
Rest $1,250,000.
A (.carnal Uamcing Business Transacted. Gold Dust Purchased.
Bills of Exchange Bought and Sold, Correspondents in New
Yorlc, Boston. Chicago. San Francisco and Seattle.
F. L. MURRAY, Manager Bennett Branch.
Gold Scales.
all kinds all prices
Including an exceptionally tine line
of the celebrated Henry Troemner
tcale. All sizes from loz to 100 oz.
W. L. OREEN,
Heavy and Sheet Hardware, Tin and
lirmniteware. Miners' Supplies.
Fine Line of Dishes Just Received.
Agents for Buckeye Force Purape.
Holly Street, Bet. Main and State.
Washington News Stand
Miss Mary Barry,
| Successor to Mr*. Pillman.)
Choice Stock of Fresh Fruits, Candies and
Nuts. Best Brands of Cigars and To
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
? ? ronizing 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
High-Grade Novelties
in Suits?__^^^^.
The most exclusive and select line of
Ladies' Tailor Made Suits from New
York City's most extensive and up
to-date manufacturers controll by us
only.
Summer Capes ....
A lovely assortment in Summer!
Capes, both Cloth and Silks.
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, half price.
Embroidery Silk, 8 skeins for 25c.
Twi fltn DrowiKii.
According to the Bennett Sun word '
reached L>g Cabin last Sunday of the
drowning of two men, names unknown,
on Otter lake, bv going through the ice. I
The mail carrier from Atlln had great dlfti
culty In getting to Log Cabin, having
broken through in many piacns. A hat
bel >nging to one of the victims was found
on (he Ice and ? round hole, the shape of a
man's body, a little further awav where
the other poor fellow went down. Thev
were seen at a distance by other?, then all
at once disappeared.
?ark m ike ? re ? Hull.
James Carroll & Co., the Bond street
merchants, had men and teams at work
yesterday conveying goods from the ware
house on State street, opposite the Klon
dike Trading Company's building, tothe
building on Bond street adjoining their
own p'?ce of business, forme-i v occupied
bv the Skagwav Light anJ Water Com
pany. Last winter, when there was no
fire protection, H. M^ver, the manager,
preferred to store his goods outside the fire
limit, but as the city water is now on and
as he owns the building on Bond street he
will use it as a warehouse. As soon as he
can advise the home company that there
is fire protection in Skagway he expects a
large shipment of goods.
The fire plug at the comer of Fifth ave
nue and State street was thawed out yes
terday afternoon with steam from Manager
Eastman's Porcupine boiler. This hvdrant
was the last to freeze and is among the
last to be thawed out. The hvdrant at
State and Sixth avenue was also thawed
out vesterdav afternoon. The hvdrant at
the corner ot Sixth avenue and Main street
thawed itself out about 12 o'clock Thurs
day night, and flooded the lower parts of
the street. between Main and State on
Sixth avenue. All the hydrants in the
business part of the town are now open
land several streams could be thrown 011
] any fire within the fire district.
The latest style in hats at Klondike
' Trading Company.
I Children's shoes at Klondike Trading
| Company.
DAWSON AND ATLIN
CANADIAN DEVELOPMENT CO.
ii (Limited. I
; J H. MAITLAND KERSEY. . ? ? Managing Director.
STEAMSHIPS:
I; Australian. Victorian. Columbian.
:: Canadian. Anglian. Zealandian.
1 1 Tasmanian.
' ' Through Ticket* and Bills of l.adintr from Slcanwav or Bennett to
; : DAWSON and ATLIN.
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; I Daily Servce on Lakes
1 1 and Upper Yukon
; For Rates and Reser
vations apply to
! 1 KRED H. WORLOCK, Gen. Agt.
: 214 BROADWAY. SKAGWAY. ALASKA.
i to Dawson
days
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OB IKS Ml
Good Reports From Miners
at Work.
SINKING TO BEDROCK
Kd Ward and U. U. I.rniom Claim la
Hati Uood Pat Dir. ? ? lour Uold
lhal Will l*ar *ln?lr ?????? to
Ibe Cubic Yard.? Othara al Work
Proaperllug.
Burro or Minnie or Clark creek, which
ever name It may finally be christened
with, across the bay from Skagwav, prom
ises to furnish a livelv mining camp,
placer and quartz, If only one-halt the re
ports sent out from there can be relied upon
as facts- The center of attraction just now
appears to be in discovery claim, located
three and a half miles from the mouth of
the creek, and owned by G. G. Lemons
and Ed Ward. These two men have
camped on the claim for the summer,
evidently determined to find out just what
the claim is worth. Mr. Lemons was in
town yesterday and reported progress on
the work. He says that they luve al
ready sunk three holes on the claim; one
feet deep, another 4X feet and the
third about 3 feet deep. Bedrock has not
vet been reached in the gtf-foot hole, but
*n assay cf the gravel gave as a result
flour gold that will run 90 cent to the
square yard. It is claimed bv experts
that 2; cents to the yard will pay the
working so that 90 cents is considered
"good dirt."
In the second hole, located In another
pait of the claim, they found flake gold In
quantity to justify an estimate of from
$1.7 j to ti per square yard. The third
hole Is not down deey enough to say much
for beyond the fact that they found small
pieces of gold-bearing quartz.
The men have been hard at -vork on
sluice boxes and already have fifty-live
feet of them ready for work, with a dump
box designed by Mr. Lemons who has
added an attachment for the catching and
throwing out the coarser gravel.
The energetic efforts making by Lemons
and Ward In developing their claim h is in
duced others to follow their example and
several parties are said to have starts
pro pecting. A claim a short distance
from discovery is being worked by two
Norwegians who are reported to have
found coarse gold in hard pan, which in
creases the labor and cost of taking It out.
as thev have been compell d to use powder
to blow it out.
There is a fear that th* lack of water
will render it imiossible to work this
creek in summer, though tf found to be
rich enough it will be good all winter dig
gings.
Several parties who have staked below
discovery are contemplating commencing
operatl ns in order to determine the value
of their holdings
Good quartz is also reported as having
been found in there.
.M'DOMAI.D 4 h i:i:k.
H) draullr H? lilnrry to Mr Irul
In There.
The ownrr? of claims in McDonald creek
while doing very little talking have kept
steadily at work preparing for the coming
summer's work. Andv Spence, who is at
the head of a company owning a large
group of claims on that creek, was In Ben
nett this last week hiring men to assist in
installing a hydraulic plant on the proper
ty. He left Bennett for McDonald creek
last Tuesday night with a full complement
of men,
McDonald creek was first noticed in the
DAILY ALASKAN and a full hlstorv ot ll
and its prospects then given. Thecteek is
about twentv miles below Bennett.
Mr. Spence says there Is no doubt what
ever about the richness of the digging
Hoiiom Kxiravaf auxa t'ainpanr.
Considering the limited stage room at
Fircmen'fchail last evening, the two enter
tainments given bv the Boston Extravi
ganza Comedv Companv were remarkably
successful and furnished a fund of amuse
ment for all who attended and that sent
everybody home feeling the better for a
hearty langh. The companv embraces a
number of verv clever people who make up
an interesting evening's program. Frank
Clancy has secured them for this evening,
at his theater, and all the stars will appear
in new songs, dances and specialities
Don't miss It, The last opportunity of
seeing them.
For Bargain*
Go to H. C. Smithsons, on Third street,
between Broadwav and State. 8xio tents,
>5 50. Leather top rubber packs, boots
and shoes, and general outfitting. Two
wjgons, SI5 -ach. 5-)-im
All fire companies are requested to meet,
with equipments, in front of the Cltv hall,
at 1 p.m. May jo, to particlpte In memori
al services.
CHIEF FLEMING.
j Clover seed for sale by Lilly Bros. 5-3-1 m
I Singer sewing machine -wholesale cost,
H. A. Bauer.
Mill H
m m is
A Discovery that Promises
Rich Results.
EAST SIDE OF THE TOWN
Well Defined Porpbry ?>> kr Han
nlnf Pnrullel With Hallroad, In
which Uolt l? Vlelblr to the Na
ked Kye.-H. II. Brown, in llld
I omaloi k Miner, Alio nekri ?
Dlarovery.
A discovery of rich gold-bearing quartz
has been made on the side of the hill east
of Skagwav which. If a' I reports of it are
true, will make Skagwav a lively mining
camp within a very short time.
For several weeks a party has been
camping in the Moore tract waiting for the
snow to melt so that they might get Into
the gold fields of the Porcupine district.
This party came from Evetett, Wish.,
and consists of H. Leaman, G H. May,
W. H. Jones and A. A, Kirn. While
waiting for the opening of navigation they
have been cutting wood and selling it to
meet expenses.
During their rambles ov:r the surround
ing hills east of Skagway, they discovered
a well-defined porphyry dvke running
parallel with the railroad, but for awhile
considered the rock as worthless u.. til they
showed some of it to R: H. Brown, an old
Comstock miner of Virginia City of forty
years' standing. Mr. Brown's experienced
eye at once recognized its value and un
hesitatingly he pronounced it a lich dis
covery of free-bearing rock.
Mr. Brown, by the way, has tor over
six months been at work on this same
side hill, digging into the face of the cliff
in search of what he was certain he would
eventually find. He has been th; butt of
ridicule to everybody in town, but when he
struck a fine fissure vein he felt satisfied to
let them laugh at him all thev wanted.
This vein of Mr. Brown's in no way af
fects the vtin struck by Messrs. Leaman
Si Co., which runs north and south while
Brown's runs east . nJ west and will cross
cut the former ledge somewhere near the
?outh cropping.
Mr. Browr. J. J. Walter and ConraJ
Aubel have become members of the com
pany and so far the vein has been traced
for nearly a mile. The company has lo
cated about 4000 feet of the ledge.
Where the blanket appears the ledge is
about t2 feet thick and increases in places
to 20 feet. In some places along the cliff
It stands out above the granite and trap
wall }5 feet.
In some places the gold can be seen
with the naked eye, and under a glass the ;
rock seems thict Iv peppered with the vel- 1
low metal.
By a strange coincidence all the men in 1
the combination are Methodists, so thev
have called the mines the Wesley mines. '
Discoveiv is called the ",'ohn Weslev,"
No. 2 Is the "Charles Weslev," while No. !
5 Is "Susanna Wealev."
Further developments will be eagerly |
looked for.
AI.KX AMM.H UHKV DK?U.
A airainBrr III ftkac w?j- Dim MiJ
drtily of llrarl lull, ire.
Alexander Grey died from natural causes
yesterday afternoon in the St. James hotel.
He was in the bar of the hotel about 4
o'clock, and complaining of feeling bad,
went Into one of the rooms back of the bar
and laid down. About 8 o'clock in the
evening a friend of his named P. Mac
Mahon found him dead. Judge Sehlbrede
was notified and summoned the following
jury: C. W. Everest, H. L. Mever, H.
E. Battin, C. H. Swlt/er. J. P. McClellen
and R. H. Wvnn, who, on the testimony
of Dr. Niskern, found that the man had
died of natural causes. The body was
taken to the morgue and will probably be
burled In Skagwav by his friends.
He was a man about 44 years of age, a
stranger In town, and had formerly been
employed as bartender in New Westmin
ster, B. C., of which city he was a native.
The Dominion telegraph line has now
completed the circuit as far as Tagish,
which point was reached las! Saturday.
This places Skagwav and Bennett in tele
graphic communication with many points
down the lakes. The company is con
structing the line at the rate of five miles
Br day, and it is expected it will reach
awson the last ot October. ?
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Largest glass of beer at Bowery. ?-g-6t
SUM IS
10 11 (11)
Effort's at Combine Said to
Have Failed.
FLEET OF SCOWS BUILT
Kraull of Ulcamera ratline Kirlltr
to Announce I rtlfbi H?in 10 Ike
Yukon? Captain Hallo? Quoiti
Fill* Dollar! lor Paaeaug ara an?l
It would appear from report! that are
coming out from Be inett that the several
steamboat companies h tve made a mistake
In not earlier announcing their freight rates.
The result of this delay has been that a
large fleet of scows has been milt that will
takedown the Yukon the bulk of the
fr.-ight and pas?engers as soon as n viga
tion opens.
The foregoing information was brought
In bv a gentlemen who reached Skagway
last evening from White Horse Rapids and
who, owing to the soft condition of the
trail, had great difficulty In getting
through, breaking thro.igh the ice several
times and losing one horse as the result
of it.
This gentleman left Bennett yesterday
morning at 8 o'clock, got to Log Cabin at
noon for lunch, reached the summit at 4
o'clock and made Skagway bv 7 in the
evening. He recounts this for the benefit
of the croakers who are claiming that the
trail between the summit an Bennett was
impassable.
From the condition of the Ice on Lak*
Bennett, which is becoming very rotten, he
believes that boats will get away bttween
the 2d and 5th of June. It snowed all of
Thursday night, but disappeared bv to
yesterday morning, leaving the v.either
milder in consequence.
Speaking of the coming ste.imboit traffic
this gentleman said that the attempt to
establish rates to Diwson between the
steamboat men had evidently failed. He
had it from Captain Bailev. of the S. S.
Bailey, that the ;aptain is not cutting rates
but th it he had established rates. He is
now quoting $50 to Dawson, exclusive of
berths and meals for passengers and a j
cent rate tor freight. His boat will be
launched tomorrow (Sunday) and he will
be ready to sail the moment the lakes open.
It is reported that the Clifford Slfton
will follow suit in regird to rates.
Alec McDonald will not use the steamers
but has had seven scows built to take
down his men and freight. The Parsons
Produce Company also has had several
scows constructed fur their goods.
Both the tramways at the White Horse
Rapids are in good shape for business.
The Hepburn tram has been extended to
ward Bennett fully a mile and has now a
first-class landing. It Is also being ex
tended ai the other end to where the Dom
ville and other boats are tied up.
Three buoys have been put down to
mark the channel at Cariboo Crossing and
the government Is now at work removing
rocks from the channel on this side of
Taglsh.
The DAILY ALASKAN will be advised
at least twenty-four hours before the first
steamer sails after the Ice breaks.
If URPTION TO f MO>*. UPPT.
To Ho Olr? II Im la V. n. I'. A.
Hall Tonight.
The board of directors of the Y. M. C.
A., assisted bv the ladles' auxiliary, will
tender a public reception to Prof. T. S.
Lippv and Rev. Mr. Randall this evening
at the Y. M. C. A. rooms. The reception
will be of an informal character and toast*
and brief addresses, followed bv the serv
ing of light refreshments, will be the order
of the evening.
The occasion will be one of a congrat
ulatory character as a fitting close to th?
successful canvass that h is been conduct
ed within the last few days. In which Mr.
Lippv did valiant work.
I is expected that the canvass will be
completed by that time, and the people of
Skagwa > can all join In or. this occasion
and share In the good feeling The result
[ of this canvass places t e Y. M. C. A. of
Skagway on a sure footing tor the coming
twelve months and will enable them to do
better work than tliev have been able to
do in the past.
The reception will be of a public char
acter and all friends of the association are
. invited. Reception from 8 to to.
Support Home Industry? The Pioneer
I cigar factory of Skagway, wholesale d
1 gar and smokers' supplies, tf
N. K. WILSON
-Y-n..., ppuggist
bargest Stock |
^Physicians' Prescriptions garefully [ompunded
Holly Ave. Near State.