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^ > k frj +% ?r? i ?ivi of* lo in?ttc''o? >*? ?-m r a l?rc?r cwcuUtion tluu ? '? flVORP*! Ng THE DAILY-gMf to all tli? pooplc wnr*!. <now no. Im orory borne every morn I nr. c (WkO < .Number who read It daily 5?""" i PRICE 10 CENTS The Largest And Finest Hotel in Alaska. THE H?TEL, KnropMUi Plan. All Vodern Improvement!. Sample Room* for Commercial Men. |OND *T. (IT. BUOAOWAY AND ?TAft ri!.-T CLASS HOTEL ? LAD'Es PARLOR - IARGE COMFORTABLE ROOMS 5 Golden North Hotel ? Thos. Whitten Manager. Bond Street. Between Main and Slate Street* Miaijwav Alaska *???? I EUROPEAN ? =?> f O CCI DENTAL HOTEL j 3 S CCRNCST r MilLCft. PROP. J o ? e 9 d A ; f M trfolnM Htttl la $kn?tT. fumUhtd Comfort- /? j> o /? c ? . a5w roo n*. A fin* Urgv. warm lobby. Rw?otub!e U?rm*. J j r r r ? I * ^ ' ^ o o o <? les V o c c o FINEST BATH ROOMS IN ALASKA (T ? # * * i * i o o ? ? > |\?rc*lnin lab*. ft?th R for U'ttes. Se*ly furnished throughout f r ! t , i ter* for Ailto-Kloudlk* MMikt*. 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LAWRENCE j Donlei* !?-? DIAMONDS. WATCHES. JEWfLRY, j CLOCKS 4ND OfTKdL QOObS ->flgent for Hollaiood Cash Rsgister-^ | Burkhard Building Canadian Bank * Commerce Head Office Toronto. Ontario CAPITAL, $6,000,000. Rest, $1,000,000 Branche* in Dawson City and Atlin. SKAG-WAY AGENCY. Gold Dual Purchased. Kxch^nje on all points Bought and Sold. Current accounts Received. A general Banking Business Trans acted. A. SCOTT, Agent. <5 raliam's 5H| Xdtos Suiigie?t|n?ini? What cou'.il possibly be more senslblo-?' acceptable as a present for the holidays than one of ofr swell gar ments. They are a delight to the UidicS and bring pleasant thoughts e -ery time worn. ; , An Inspection of our Immense stook of ehlc outcrweaj will suggest something needed. Goods selected now can be laid asliltk till wanted. In making a selection of your holiday gift utility should 'govern your choice, and surely nothing oould plcaso a lady more th^i to bo the recipient of one of these: Fur Jackets, Fur Seta, Foathor Boas, Ladies' or Mi?us' Trlmmi^l Hats, Silk Waists, Cloth Waists, Silk Petticoats, HanJkirch'flfs, Fur Collarettes, Silk Dress Skirts, Golf Capes, Cashmere Mulinees, Eider down Kobe*. Neckwear, Cloth Capes, etc. Kelly Block. British Colonel in Skagway Anxious to Get to the Front SAYS J. BILL WILL WIN <'?1. Kimia, indrr ol Ihr C- 1. T. D. B. Evans, tor s.ime time oxnmauder of the Yukon field force, has ?rrived In Skagwav en route from Daw ion to eastern Canada He ha* been re lieved of the command of the Yukon force and ordered to report at Toronto to take command of the second division of the armv in Canada, the I rgest division of the armv in the Dominion. He succeeds Col. Otter, who has gone to the Trins vaai in command of the Canadian contin ent. * ?* Although Col. Evans has of late been as near the north pole as the queen's de fenders are stationed, and almost as far as possible front the seat of war now in prog ress In Africa, he is ambitious to (ret on the fighting line and hopes that his trans fer will be a step nearer to dutv on the battle field. The colonel is a hardy and rugged man of middle age. and made the trip from the Klondike metropolis over the forbidding icejains of the Yukon in sixteen da vs. The trip called for much endurance on the part of the traveler, but he and two civil ians who traveled with him stood the hardships well and arrived none the wcrse from the experience. Their most serious mishap was the breaking of one of their sled* through the ice. This sleJ and the baggage it carried were rescued, the most serious ditnage sustained being the wetting of the baggage. Some of the parcels did not thaw out until thev reached Skagway. "there can be but one outcome of the B<*r-British war," said Col. Evans yes terday at the Fifth Avenue hotel. "It will be British victory. The sons of Brit ain will not lay d wn their arms until ili-v have vanquished the foe, and that regardless of what may have to be In i volved to bring the results. "The loss of British officers has. of vourse, been veiy heavy. I should not say thev should be so heavy. The w*r is not carried on bv the Boers in the open as in I thurouglv civilized contentions on the fit Id, but more on the plan # Indian fighting. It would, therefore, probiblv be better, and in iv be best for the br-lU of the British forces to reserve th-m|elves within the proper limits and dlrectj' their men from more sheltered positions.1" The successor of the colonel In charge of the Yukon force Is M ?|ir Hemming, who went to Diwson and joiied the command as second officer In rank w October. In regard to the proipectlve rush from Diwson to Nome, Col fcvans savs there Is some feeling there wilt be a rebound of the Dawsonits who a# to t> to the new fields, and that KlondiUfts will drift back to their first l< ve nexl fill WILL PRACTICE ALONE It Partner? A Hard T?roi of Caarl. Judge Johnson, while In the city Satur day en route to Sitki, ?js kept busy ex plaining his resignation.? He savs Ills oi.lv reason for relinquishing i Is position Is his conviction that he can Jo better operating In mines and practicing his profes>lon at Nome than by continuing In office. Judge Johnson denies that he has formed a part nership with anv one ik the practice ot law. "You can denv. 'Jsaid Judge John son, "emphatically th.it I have formed a partnership with Kenneth Jackson, Mr. Ivey or ?iuone.else. thrill practice law alone. "My reason for keeping mv resignation a secret so long," continued the judge, "was In the Interest of the work of the bench. If it were known that I was about to retire, the atiorneys who had matters to come befure the court, involvirg points on which I have made rulings, would per haps be more persistent in crowding their matters to the front or in having them kept back, depending upon whether I had held favorablv or unfavorably on their points. Thi? might have been carried to such an extent as to emb irrass my succes sor." Judge Johnson said he 'fit much like a bid relased from a cagr. The term of court just finished has be?n a trying one, Involving much hard work. "I h d be come. both phvsically and mentally, tired," he said. Speaking of the Skagw iv term, Judge Johnson said, '*1 will convene court In Skagwav the first Mondav In March or as soon thereafter as I can rea^h your city," Add ?> nmlc Hall. The proprietor of the Pack Train saloon has had a stage arranged in the back por tion J his house, on the coiner of Broad way and Sixth avenue, anj will add the teituresof a first -class music hall to the attractions of this alreadv popular place. Good musical talent has been secured and a first-class entertainment Is promised each evening of ihe week. GRAND HOLIDAY SALE! December 15th to January 1st HARDWARE Crockery, Glassware. Lamps, Pumps Tents, Tin and Granitowaro, Miners Sup olios, Baby t ferriage*, Etc.. and everything in our big store except Builder'* Hardware and Matcri i|J Stoves at Cost Cook'3^cd?H^ter? The Largest Stock Ever Brought to Skagway Many useful articles for Christmas Pr6S3IltS wo wi" "ellaaadvcr tised on the above dates. Discount to cash purchaser* only, WI O d, d. IXJ 1 612 MX l'H AVENUE s 1 rK CT nr , f olO FIFTH AVENUE Many Representatives of Al aska go to Washington. COMBINING EFFORTS . Dclriallom from Home Added t? the Mtep? Taken b r Southern Alaska* I Clerk Albert D. Elliot, of the district court. who wis a passenger on the Cottage Citvenroute to Sitka, thinks congress will take eat I v action In Alaskan affairs, es pecially does he think the territory will earlv be divided into two or more judicial districts, with a new j.idge located at Nome. ' Mr. Elliot, who accompanied Judge Johnson tn his Yukon trip. in giving the reasons for his conviction in the matter ! said: "Judge Johnson tried eight mining cavs while at Nome, and the leading lawvers 1 there statrd that there were fullv loo more I pressing for stttlrment which thev desired [to push to a settlement at once. Owing to the approach of winter, however, we could not remain to trv anv more. Had we remained much longer we would have been frozen in, and then there would not have been any November term of court at Juneau and probably no March term at Skagwav "This condition confronting the people of Nome has led them to take positive ac tion. Mr. Hubbard, one 0/ the leading members of the Nome bar. and who spent the last four >r five vears preceding his coming to Ala?ka in the department ol justice at Waihlngton, D. C., has gone to the national capital at the head of a dele gation consisting ot four besides himsell from Nome, at the expense of the citizen> of that new city, to use all the influence at his command to secure a court without delav. "Judge Kenneth M. Jackson, formerly United States commissioner at Wrangel, has ilso gone to Washington at Ills own expense to impress upon the authorities I the immense amount ot litigation awaiting a court, and the great necessity to the peo ple Interested of having prompt action." >, IJjc activity tn the part of the people at Nome In conjunction with the fact that Southern Alaska has also taken decisive action, and sent a dulv accredited represen tative to Washington with bills prepared which provide a remedy for the conditions prevailing at Nome, will without .oubt be sufficient to ciuse congress to hasten action. COURT IN SESSION Judge ftehlfcrede llcuri Demurrer# Mild Tlollom Judge Sehlbrede's court resumed opera tions Saturday, after a vacation lasting several weeks. Yesterday he called over his docket and decided manv demurrers and motions, and set one cuse for trial. On Saturday defendant's motion for a , bill of particulars in the case of Rappold vs. DeWItt was granted, and plaintiff was given time In which to furnish the same. In the case of Rice vs, McGlbnev, in which plaintiff had taken hordes claimed by defendant under an attachment bond, the defendant filed a satisfactory re-deliv ery bond Saturday, and was given posses sion of the property. Yesterday the cases of Sturgls & Co. vs. Holder, Lilly Bros. vs. Pacific Coast Com panv, and McCue vs. Washington & Alas ka Steimshlp Company were dismissed, each upon the plai< tiff's motion. The cases of Lawson vs. Martinsen and Stanich & Co. vs. R.ieber, having been set tled out-of court, were vesterdav dismissed. The case set for trial was that of Lilly Bros. vs. Sheik, which will be tried bv jury Januarv 10. In the case of L. D. Kinney vs. Ben Flei the demu.Ter to complaint was overruled and the defendant was given till December 26 to answer. Utld OuC Orer Ibr Ire. J. E. McAlpInt, a Klondike miner, with eighty pounds of gold dust, left on the 1 Cottage City for the ?outh. So far as known thes is the first considerable amount if gold to come from Dawson since t he | close of navi gation. DIARIES FOR 1900; large stock; all ? prices. Kelly & Co. 12 19 iw Baker's holiday emporium opposite Arc . tic Brotherhood building. Broadwav. I'lll . Dec.}!. i2i6 2w New Skagway-Sound Flyer Being Built East ANOTHER SHIP ADDED Alaika Kleamaklp Company to Put a Hwlft Carrier In Juno. The Alaska Steamship Companv, now operating the ste.imers Rosalie and Dlrlgo, { will Increase its Skagwav-Puget sound | fleet January I by the addition of the ( steamer Utopia or the steamer TownsenJ. ( both well known on the coast. I Next June the companv will add to Its { fleet a crack passenger and freighter. | plannej to outstrip any craft ever on the | run, and being built especially for this ( trade. The announcement of these addi- ( lions is made by frank E Burns, general ( agent in Skagwav f. r the companv and , manager for the related White H.irse Tram ( way Company, who h >s recently returned , irom a visit of several weeks to the Sound ) Mr. Burns also announces that the White | Horse tramway people, for whom he has ( been manager, are figuring on the construe , tion of a harrow gauge railroad five miles ( long around Miles canyon and White ( Ho'se rapids, to be reidv for business next ( season. He savs that with the old tram- ( wav the services of 40 men have been re- ( quired during the busy season, but that ( with the proposed new equipment, Indud- ; ing a locomotive and seveial cars, four men should do all the work. The feeding of ( horses was quite an expense under the old system. I Mr. Burns savs the notice of application . published In the Bennett Sun for a fran- ( Jtise iround White Horse Is not trom Ills ; companv, but, he understands, the Vic- ; toria-Yukjn Trading Company is back | of it. "The flyer which we are to add to the | Skagwav-Sound run," says Mr. Burns, "is ( being built on the Atlantic coast under the direction of Walter Oakes, president, and ( George Lent, another member of the com p.inv and formerly chief engineer of the Dlrlgo. The ship is to be a twin screw, trlpple expansion craft. She will have ac commodations f< r a so passengers and 800 t ns of freight, and will enter the trade to compete with the fastest comers. The fleetest craft on the run today makes 14 knots. Our craft will make 18 knots. She is being constructed with an eve to having her especially adapted to the Sound r-kagwav run. The saloon will sweep trom stem to stern and be surrounded by the cabins, which will be so arranged that one door will open from each room into the saloon and one on the promenade deck, sweeping about the outer part of the ship. She will be practically the same as the Cltv of Seattle on the passenger deck, with the exception of the room for the [romenade all around the outside and the addition of doors opening to the outside. "The main deck will be arranged for the convenient arranging of cattle as well as freight The hull of the cr.lt will be Urge on the oval, thus affording greater freight space than found In the sharper bottom, and allowing the vessel to sit higher in the water. The Important necessity of twins screws is obvious. "We have found it necessary to add the Utopia or the Townsend to our fleet right awav for the reason we need more freighters. "Nome does not seem to be talked so much in Seattle as In Skagv.sy. It is not true that all the first class accommodations of the first fleet that Is to sail from Seattle in the spring are sold. There are many berths, in mv observation, to be obtained The Pacific Coast Steamship company, which is to send three steamers to Nome, has not sold a ticket In its up-town office at Seattle for any of the craft. "However, It Is estimated 15.000 people will go to Nome, or can be carried there bv three trips each of the fleet to go in the trade. "The Skagwav-Yukon route will do a share of the Nome business, and I under stand the traffic manager of the White Pass 4 Yukon road Is negotiating with river steamermen and others with a view of r.rtt'ng a through rate established be tween Seattle and Nome bv wav of the Yukon river. I dj not know what the rate is likely to be," Mr. Burns, during the summer, devoted his time exclusively to the management of the tramway, having at Ihe opening of the seeson left the ?gency of the Alaska Steamship companv in the hands of N. D. Chetham. Now that Mr. Burns has re turned, Mr. Chetham will return to the I Sound. He and Mrs. Chetham will get away on the Rosalie, due today. Just Received A large shipment of GUNTHER'S FAMOUS CANDIES Direct from the Factory Try a box There are no finer made An Elegant Line of Holiday Goods Just Unpacked Call and See Them. N. K. WILSON, Druggist. ? < ? w ' 11 1 Notable Alaskan Agsmja tion Visits the Port ALL BOUND FOR SITKA lloat off Court and IH?trlrf Offici al*, Mix I'rlnlonrra, liicludlnf llac oiidciiiiird t|?n, on llonrd. The steamship Co'tage City, which ar rived Saturday morning from June.iu and left In (he evening for Sitka, carried one of the most notable and diverse aggregation jf individuals, all peculiarly Alaskan, that have ever called at the port or traveled to jether. They embnced the greater num ber of the high offld.ils of the district, >ound home from court: six prisoners, bl inding Homer Bird, the notorious mur Je-er, sentenced during the week torexe :ut m it Sitka In February; three chubby, Win -faced women, who have been wit >e><e in Juneau In murder c?ses; George Svl'w.ilkj, ti e famous Indian guiJe who Jid gre service to the United States in eajing, *>loftrs ta the Interior ..f ,k., iow bound for SUka on a tour in quest of signatures prayi '?< be giv*n h med.i! b Ihe great father of teiiitbn in irk- of disservices; and a bond of other natives if all sizes and ages, bound for the capl tol. The prisoners and the e^lmosand Ihe Indians occupiej the steerage, and ihere presented a motley and picturesque scene. The officials on the ship Included Judge md Mrs. Johnson, Collector of Customs I- W. Ivev, District Clerk and Mrs. Elliot, Prosecuting Attorney FrtiJerich?, Mrs. yule, stenographer to the prosecuting at ornev; Superintendent Kelly of Alaskan Khools, Chief Deputy U ilted States Mar >hal McNair, a: d Deputy Marshal Snooks, n charge of the prisoners; Mrs. Shoup, wife of the United States Marshal, and little daughter also on board, bound for ihelr home in Sitka. The prisoners were: E. C. Barheight, formerly of Skagway, sentenced for a vear it Sitka for assaulting a negro here; Chas. Johnson, alias "No-Account Kid," one year tor theft in a Sk?gway resort; Harry Williams, one year for assault In Skag wav; Harold Bailey, three months for as sault in Juneau; Robert Wright, eight months for as; ult with a dangerous weapon at Dvea. A number of other criminals, all those sentenced to prison for more than a year, were ?ent to the govern ment penitentiary on McNeill's island. Puget Sound. The prisoners were kept In the cell con structed in the steerage depariment especi ally for the accommodation of conveyance of such passengers in Alaska. The mar shal, under instructions from the attorneys of Hird, refused anyone permission to speak with the condemned man. Bird was chained and sat on the upper bunk of a series. He lo iked anything but like a man guilty of the atrociou- and premedi tated murder of two fellow men. He was neatly attired .md wore a studded white shirt. Leaning easily back ayaintt his pillow he crossed lit* feet over a hltf'i foot rail, and puffed leisurely and aristocratic ally at a cigar while he chatted wi'h the other prisoners without an evidei.t trace of care. He h .d not the deep brutal lines in hw features, but seems bright and intelli gent. and looks more like a shrewd man ipulator who has gone through a restless lite on the stock exchange or has been a man of fearless advmture in other walks. A man of middle age, and keen rather tnan b unt features, he appe-re more like one lull of schemes of a hopelul lite than a man under order lo die within less than two months. He is smooth ot face save for a mustache of light brown. Mrs. Bird has returned to New Orleans. The Eskimo women on the ship were taken from the north as witnesses In a mur der case, and arc being taken to Sitk . there to be held for return to their n.itive land next spring by the revenue cutter Bear. The interpreter that served for them In the court has gone south, and they are in the hands of the authorities without a soul that can translate their words. The mar shal savs they are just like so many cattle and have to be watched whenever thev go about ship, especially when the vessel puts In at a port. They wear their native garb, from otterskin boots to big cloth parkas, and appear true to the pictures of their people as seen in books of travel showing them beneth the spreading aurora. While on the ship thev never leaned back to sleep, but slept with their heads bowed on their knees, and that while in the mattrassed bunks. Iltwion nail Nervlce. Mails leive Bennett for Dawson by Canadian carrier weekly. Letters posted here will be forwarded to Bennett and 1 taken by first outgoing mail. Americin mail for Dawson and Eagle starts from Juneau the first and the fifteenth days of every month. Letters posted in Skagwav or from elsewhere for Dawson art carried by the first messenger, American or Can adian that may be dispatched. Mails are due e vet v w;ek during the month from Dawson; no papers are carried to or from Dawson or Atlln or other fir Interior points duting the winter. ? [ Who is R. E. West? Why, don't you > know? He is the hustling Seattle Times > agent. Also agent for Atlin Mall Express. ; Headquarters, next to Kern's the jeweler, , Stute ?t. *- ?* ??i