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Av o .o N Jtiik uh UK1T riRli L?TIO^ 0/ -<0 O* H U-Jjn an alvayt fa lo IU9?cU?a .v^ W. ou>um ? Itrpr circulation Uuu *11 ^ ^ wth*f Al?*fc. mm AT ' ,,m',,m flVORNINQ VOL. I!. NO. 346 THE DAILY ALASKAN SKAQWAY. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY MORENO. DECEMBER 2o, 1899 'MB Oaily Aia*icakwI1I InlPxItK* ywid (O ull t!l? Wor*L i(fM>W liK. llii Livery homn ov?*rv mornl lie. E (\l\(\ 4 Number who read It d?n* +*? 1,1 n ' 4 PRICE 10 CENTS The Largest And Finest Hotel in Alaska. TME M0TEL, Cutoimu l'lati. AM Vo>1*rn Improvement*. Sample Room# for Commercial Men. riK-I a>S< HOTEL ? LtDIK? PARLOR ? IARGE COMFORTABLE ROOMS | * | ' Golden North Hotel ! | | Thos. Whitten Manager. Bond Street. Between Main and State Streets >k?<rwav Alaska EUROPEAN ? 0 CCIDENTAL HOTEL 1***2 J ? * J* B?t appointed Hotel In El^.nlly fiirnUhed l omfort FINEST BATH ROOMS IN ALASKA * 0 0 ? 9 ?bi* rooina. A tine Urgv, w*nn lobby. Reaiotuble term*. 7 c <f (Jf o c P O O ? o 9 p X O Q 9 9 -? o o o 9 o portvUin tub*. (Utb Room for tali**. No* ly furnished throughout [J Hmlnnirlin tor Attln-Kloodike MlMfi. p Fret Bu? to and from boat* and tralai NEW POME Broadway ___ _ _ ?8ln?w*jr, ? ? ? Alaska RESTAURANT z==_Lodging House nustj DERNMorrcR The Pacific Hotel ' " "i ?*! rifth avenue Near Main Street. C. W. Kllppel. Manager. DntUc Most Comfortable DciLIl^ ^ Rooms In the City t.Mn* HIAIOMNII. *K%4. M It, Ale AUK A* ? ? ? ? ? ? ???????? -j | mm Res^fSSSL-? American and European Plan Quick Service. Home Comforts. I'barces Moderate. Dot; Corral. : JNO. HUTTON, Manager OOOOO -oooooooooocooooooc ooooooooooo^oocoooooooooooo0 The MONDAMIN s o HANSEN A TENNANT, Props. u U The Most Yf dern Hotel in Alaska. W Electric uifcht d. Superior to any Hotel North of Seattle. ^ JJ | All Rooms Steam Heated HOTEL SPOKANE First-Class in Every Respect! 4 Pr c - Reasonable. Free Bus To and From All Boats and Trains H. AYERS. Prop. J j COMMISSARY f. b. Mcdonald, Prop. : C1CHRS AND TOBACCO ? La Sinceridad Marguerite Mark Anthony La Evidencla F.C. LAWRENCE j n?alvr in i DIAMONDS. WATCHES. JEWELRY, j | CLOCKS AND OfTIQflL QOObS ^?figent for Holloiood Cash Registers ; Burkhard Building Canadian Bank ? Commerce Head Office Toronto. Ontario CAPITAL, $6,000,000. Rest, $1,000,000 Breaches in Dawson City and Atlin. SKAGWAY AGENCY. Gold Dust Purchased. Exchange on all points Bought and Sold. Current accounts Received, a general Banking Business Trans acted. A. SCOTT, Agent. Graham's); What oou'.d possibly be more sensible or acceSabl* as a present for the holidays than one of our swell gar meats. They are a delight to the ladies, and Bring pleasant thoughts e -cry time worn. An inspection of our immense stock of chic outerwear will k&r?*t something needed. Goods selected now can be laid aside till wanted. In making a selection of your holiday gift utility should govtrd your choice, and surely nothing could plcasu a lady more than to tfo the recipient of one of these: Fur Jackets, Fur Sets, Feather Boas, Ladles' or Misses' Trtonmed Hats. SI !k Waists, Cloth Waists, Silk Petticoats, Handkerchief^, Fur Collarettes, Silk Dress Skirts, Golf Capes, Cashmere Matinees, f.ider down Robes, Neckwear, Cloth Capes etc. Kelly Block. I?r. Harding Conies 1000 Miles a Second Time. CUT OUT GNAPPELLf I lie Do*rrlcd lluabaiK Arrive* I ram ?ralllf-)?rari ??l ? H?r The second race over a thousinj mile course after an ?rring wile and the man with whom she fled enJeJ yesterday when Dr. E. H. Harding, of Missoula, arrived Irom Seattle on the City of Seattle. The ' doctor comes determined to bring Alonzo ' Chappelle to the bar of justice on the charge of having committed adulterv with j his wife. As so.n as the steamer arrived j Harding went straight to Judge Sehlbrede ji. d swore out ? warrent ag.iinst Chappelle, EBtt in%lrv.m?n? vb pi.ueu lu th. hands ot , tnedepufv mafshal and a diligent seTih was begun for Ch:ippelle, but up to a late i h 'ur last night neither he nor Mrs. Hard ing had been found. It Is known that thev were in the cltv onlv a short time before, and It is believed thev are in hiding in Skagwav. Officers have f-een closely watching the steamers that arrived vesterJav from the S"und and are to return todav, to see that Chappelle does not start south. Inasmuch as no train left vesterdav for the Interior and the trail has been swept with blinding snows and crossed and piled high with snowbanks it is not considered possible that Chappeile has "mushed" out of town or left in anv other direction. Dr. Harding declares he will follow Chappelle to the end of the world, If necessarv, to recover his wife. The doctor I .idds: "I do not hold mv wife responsible. I believe she must be suffering from nervous : insanity, and doling a period of mental aberatlon has done that which she would not have done were she In her right mind. ?'She has always been devoted, and one of the most loving of wives until she met Chappelle. Then, while I was III, and Juring the time that Chappelle came to visit me and console with me, I lost h:r. "That 1 and mv children are rot happy nver the results would be putting it lightlv. The actims of his mother has almost broken the heart of the younger boy. six years old. He has grieved until ^ s It stems his heart will break, Ad the case seems to have affected him sope Is losing his appetite and does not cji| or want to eat." As the doctor told the furetolng he lav in his brd last night at the ^ifth Avenue hotel, his two boys, flaxen ImreJ and with l.irge blue eves, rn either sidcAf him. As he told of the sorrow ot the tyounger one he laid his hand on the bov'sliead, touch ing it affectionately. Later! the doctor placed his hand on the hcatlof the older boy, aged nine years, and sail that only hair an hour before she left Ihe had put her hand where his lav tod cave the utterance thit she hoped God would t?ke her life should she ever deftrt the little fellow. "Mv wife Is nineteen ye.iravounger than I, and has been with me sin? she was a child no older than mv vounger bov,"says the doctor. 'In fact, I was; her guardian and raised and car.-d for ' hrr until she reached womanhood." Dr. H.irding was fornirlv surgeon at ttissoula, Mont , in the big hospital main tained there bv the Norther Pacific rallwav for long time patients thtt are hurt or taken III In Its employ. I1j? doctor be came III, and while in SeatUfc seeking bet ter health his wife left wtth Cha[>pelle. Harding savs his wife It not tugged enough to make the trip to jthe interior, as it was announced bv Chfppelle they In t-nded doing. Dr. Hardin* Is fortv-three | vearsold. Chappelle Is firty-two vears : uid. Hjrilir.it ????? Cli?(>i?:}? twa a wlf* 1 in the states. "Isupp se." savs Hvdlng, "that thev thought because I was not well, that I had "ne foot in the grtve and would give up the chase; but I vet have life and will never |{ive up defeated." Beside having been III, Harding has been crippled from hav'nc bfen hurt In a | runawav, and It is with difficulty he walks. He is accompanied trum the Sound this trip bv his grown son. This son Is 1 not a child ot the doctor's present wife. It wj? November )oth when Dr. Hard ing arrived here the first time In quest uf his wife. She had arrived only a tew days before in companv with Chjppelle on the Citv of Topeka. Shortly .ifter the ship 1 landed Harding came uptown and found Chappelle In front of the Richelieu hotel, where the couple were staving. Harding asked for his wife. He wa* unable to get her. and while near the hotel he met Chap- j pelle. Words were exchanged and Hard-; ing struck Chappelle twice with a cane. Bvstanders parted them, and the doctor, disconsolate, went back to the ship and within a few hours after the finishing of his thousand mile run, he Mas on the Seat tle again and steaming homeward. After being below during one more trip ot the Seattle north, he embarked on the ship again, and arrived vesterdav and beg n the action that may contain the last act In the sequel to the quest of a wife. Nugget stick pins at Kirmse's. 12 8 tf GRAND HOLIDAY SALE! December 15th to January 1st 25% SEE 25% HARDWARE Crockery, dataware, Lam pa, Pumps Tents, Tin and Granitcware, Minors Sup plies, Baby t nrriagox, Etc.. and everything in our big store except builder 8 Hardware and Material*. Stoves at Cost Cook\nTHeaters The Largest Stock Ever Brought to Skagway Many useful articles for Christmas PreSGIltS we wil1 ?eli as adver tised Jon the above dates. Discount to cash purchasers only, WI TT^ E2. HZ ISJ K>12 SIXTH AVENUE. . L? . U IV \Z2 JtT 1^1 , I 610 FIFTH AVENUE. BULLER IS REPULSED ! Britain's Bloody War Dog forced Backward LADYSMlin IN GREAT PERIL Coramnudrr.ln-Ctilrf ml Kiiflaiid'a Soulli African Armr Full* In III* Attempt lu Hrllrte Urn. White? Nat lor ? Tinmen t Did llr lluvr n Chance for Rurrt at-lle L?m Clrtrii liam and 'I " " V Hruvr n?a? 1 he Or f rut M ill Mela* Mr lie v I ii v Column* at l.ri?*t Tin Urrlli Doubtful If thr llr?lr*cd Artnle* ran Hold Out, GEXEHAL Bl'LLER has failed in | his attempt to rtliere Ladysmith anil I frit ? ain't armie s arc confronted by a more alarming situation than they hare hail to meet since the Indian mutiny. The situa tion note is: English armies, long besciged by ntmchelming forces, are at Ladysmith, Kimberlcy awrf Ma f eking. The first troops to arrire in South Africa from Great Britain, organized into relieving ! olurniis umler General Butler to raise the teigc of Ladysmith, and undei Istrd M< ? thuen and General Gatacre for the relief of Kimberlcy and Mafeking, hare each been defeated in serere battles, and eirc j now forctd to place themselves upon the I defensive, tearing the beseiged armies to j defend themselves. Lieut-Colonel 1'lum mer, icho iron advancing to the relief of Maf eking, alone has thus far escaped but fears for his safety are entertained. . I An officer of the Citv of Seattle, which Vancouver News-Advertiser of the 16th, seemed just More sailing from that point, which contained the following dispatcher, reciting the details ot Gen. Buller's failure to force a crossing of Tugela rivei. London, Dec. 16?12:55 m.? Geneial j Ruller, In attempting to cross the Tugela [ river, found it impossible to effect his ob ject, and ordered a retirement in order to | avoid further losses, lie left 11 gjns be hind. London, Dec. 16?1 a. m.? The following j is the text, of General Buller's despatch,! announcing his reverse: "Buller to Lansdowne. ? Chleveley Camp, Dec. 15th, 6:20 p. m. "1 regret to report a serious reverse. I moved in full strength from our camp near Chlevelev at 4 this morning. There are two formidable places in the Tugela river, and it was mv intention to force a passage through one of them. They are about two miles apart. Mv Intention was to force one or the other with one brigade, support ed b^ a central brigade. General Hart was to attack the left. General Hlldvard the right road and General Lvttleton was to attack the center and to support either. Earlv In the dav I saw that Gen. Hart would not be abb to force a passage, and 1 directed him t) withdraw. He had, how ever, attacked with great gallantry and his leading battalllon. the Connaught Rangers, | I fe:.r, suffered a great deal. Colonel I. G. Brook was seriously wounded. "I then ordered Gen. Hildyard to ad- ' vance, which he did, and his leading 1 regiment, the East Surrey, occupied Col enso Station and the houses near the bridge. "At that moment I heard that the whole 1 artillerv I had sent to support the attack, the Fourteenth and Sixtv-slxth Field Bat teries, and six naval i2<pounder quick firers, under Gil. Long, had advanced close to the river, owing to Col. Long's desire tu be within effective range. The position proved to be full of the enemv, who sud denly opened a galling fire at close range, killing all the horses, and the gunners were compelled to st nd to their guns. Some of the wagon teams got shelter for the troops in n kopje, and despertte eff >rts were made to bring out the field guns. The' fire, however, was too severe, and onlv two were saved bv Capt. Schnfield and I some drivers, whose names I will turnl?h. | Another mast gallant attempt with three j teams was made bv an ? fficer, whose mme I will obtain. Of the eighteen horses thirteen were killed, and .is several dtivers were wounded, I would not allow another attempt, as it seemed thev would be a shell mark, sacrificing life to a Kill int at tempt to force the passige. Unsupported bv artillerv, I directed the troops to with draw, which thev did in good order. " I DfOUIjnOUT trie tiny a force of the enrmv was pressing on my right flank, but was kept back bv mounted men under Lord Dundonald and part of Gen. Barton's brigade. "The dav was intensely hot and trying to the troops, whose conduct was excel lent. We have abandoned ten guns anJ lost one by shell-fire. The losses in Gen. Hart's brigade ate, I fear, heavy, although the proportion of severely wounded is, I hope, not large. The Fourteenth and Sixtv-sixth Field Batteries also suffered severe losses. We have retired to our camp it Chievelev." London, Dec. 16?4:30 a. m.? The news of General Buller's reverse was received so late that the morning newspaper com ments are confined to perfunctory expres ses. of extreme regret and disappoint ment, and of the necessity for Cilmness and redoubled effott* to retrieve the posi tio- . This latest check is regarded as the most serious event In Great Britain's mili tary history since the Indian mutiny. The Standard savs: "General Buller's dispatch Is deplorable reading. It is the now familiar story of conceiled Bier* and of British troops marching up, blindlv al most, to the very muzzles of the enemy's rifles. It cannot be doubted tint the moral effect will be to aggravate our dlffi. units over the whole field of operations. The country has discovered with mnoyance and surprise that subduing Boer farmers Is about the hardest work we have entered upon since the Indian mutiny. The com mandants have shown themselves able to give our generals useful but expensive les sons in modern tactics." The Times says: ''Since the days of the Indian mutiny the nation has not been confronted with so painful and anxious a situation. Plainly. General Buller's ad vance Is paralyzed for the moment, as iom pletelv as Lord Methuen's and G .lac re's." The depression over the defeat of Great Britain's trusted and idolized commander is all the greater as during the last 48 hours there had been reports of the r;lief of Lady smith. Yesterday the war offkt allowed It to be understood that the position of af fairs in Natal w s entirely satisfactory. The reaction Is all the more pronounced on this account. Tl<e gloomy Information came too late to reach the service clubs and only a few journalists and stragglers were waiting at the war office. It has hardly been realized until now. even after the ex perience of the -veek, that Gener I Duller could fail. Virtually n thing had been allowed to leak through regarding his prep arations, but the public waited patiently in the confident belief that he was taking such time and precautions aa would ensure success. No independent reports of the engage ment have vet been allowed to come through, but Gen. Bullrr's own dispatch tells the sad tale In sufficient outline to show that the British have been entr>pped again by the astute Boers. It w s not an ticipated that Gen Buller w. uld mike a frontal attack and no criticisms of his movements are m >de, sin.e app iretly he suffered a reiulse Mher than a defeat, and did not push the attack home but broke It off (?. the middle so as to yive a useless sacrifice of life. It is expected that he will renew the attack shortly. Immediately on receiving the news the war office deciJed to mobilize still another division, and to replace the losses of artil lery. The necessary relnfotcem'nts will be hurried off as speedilv as possible. Fif teen transports are due to arrive at Cape Town between December 17th and Janu ary 8 h. wjth about t'-.ooo troops of all arms, but unless Gen. Buller Is aPte to re new the attack, which is exceedingly doubtful, the British generals will be com pelled for another fortnight or more to re main practically on the defensive. The latest dispatches indicate the con tinued bombardment of Ladvsmith which positi n is now perilous. Major-General Herbert Charles Chermslde has been ap pointed to command the Fourteenth Brig ade in the Seventh Division. London, Dec. t6.? The lis: of casualties among the non-commissioned officers and men in the fight at Magersfontein, just Issued, shows 55 killed, 252 wounded (21 severely) and 76 missing. This, however, is apparently not a complete list Mr. Webster Dayis. assistant secretary of the Dep irtment of the Interior, at Wash ington. sails for Cape Town todav. He expects to visit the Transvaal. New York, Dec. 15. ?London advices sav that yesterday's report concerning Ladvsmith was got up bv a clique who were trying to stop a slump in South African shares. Yea! Yea! I Armory Hall, Monday Eve ning, Dec. 25th. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT By SIcaRWny Aerlt". No. S5, F. O. E..? A Grnm> OtlHjr ot Spoclalty star*? A Ilont of Sclocted I-oenl Tnlont. No expenso has been spared to mak? thin entertainment one Ion# to be re membered in the history of Skagway rausemcnts. Immeci lately after tho entertainment there will be a social danee, with a com itate ore! estra in attendance. On acci unt of the length of program che entei tainment will commence at i p. m. sh rp. Tickets on sale at Kelly fc CO.'s ami N. K. Wilson's droit stores, vdtnission tl.OO. Hotel Arrival*. Pacific? J Reavs, F Willielm. F Handhe. J Lawlor, P Dow, G A Smith, M Ford, W S Johnstone, T M McCollam, J H Wil son. O C Haines, H Bu<~hholz, L Ghiard, W Stuart. Fifth avenue, H Howard, M Hill, Dr E H Harding, J J McKay, A Bell, H Shat tuck. Golden North? F C Smith and wife, O P Helm, S H Plumber, J E Peelton, R Ellias, H L Do J ge and wife, Mrs Peterson. Occidental? S A Judd and wlte, A E Murphv, J C Bovd, R Coulter, Melo Rob erts, Geo Mitchell, Frank Meatthilon, K Napp, P W Linden, T Murphv, Rogers D Wolf, L Neuuger, O S Robinson, Capt C F Metcalt, H F E Metcalf, Martin Kee'y. A T Wilson, L D Hartman, C S Hill, Humes, Spokane? S Friedlands, B O Laughlln, Fa^an, W S Johneon. G H Patrick. Notice to K?d .Tien. The new tribe of Red Men will organize it Elks' hall, corner State and 6th avenue. Wednesday evening, December 20. All members are requested to be In attendance at 8 o'clock sharp. " 16 5' Now is the time you want a CHEST PROTECTOR We hare all kinds including the FROST KING and FROST QUEEN Chamois Jackets in all Sizes Elegant Line of Imported and Domestic Perfumes Finest Kver Shown in the City Don't Forget a Box of QV1NTHER'/ CdNblE/ for Xmaa N. K. WILSON. Druggist. CARES fOR THE NEfDY llllrli Tnkriln aliomrlraa lonr and l r|n AcliM* F. M. Lucavish, the Oregon'.? Express man, came to the ALASKAN oftici last eve ning to announce that he haj found a homeless horse standing near his barn, on Sixth street east of Main, and had taken it In from the storm and given it shelter and fted. The animal was covered with snow and ice; and apparently in great need of protection and feed. "I desire to keep the horse In mv barn and to treat him well,"savs Mr. Lucavish, "and I shall expect that when the owner calls for him he shall pav tor the cost of keeping. I have spuken to Marshal Tan ner and he says he will back me in mv un dertaking. "There are several hungry and appar ently ownerless horses in Skag wav, and I suggest that men whu find them near their stables take care of them If not, a hu mane society should be formed to s?e that the animals are provided. Wh it I am doing I do simply out of a kind feeling for the dumb brute." At a later hour Mr. Lucavish reports he has taken in another homeless horse. He says that the owners of both anim ils mav have them by proving property and paying expense of their keering. Other wise, Luc.ivish will keep them. One of the animals Is a bav horse, 6 years old and with white hind feet. The other is a sor rel mare. Thry 1 hank Dorlero. The Astoria Herald of the 2nd inst. sivs: Antonio Dortero, *ho Is now in Alaska, sent Conconlv Tribe of Red Mm some Indian relics which were presented to the lodge last Mondav night. Amongst the relics was a stone totem pole over 100 years old. The lodge tendered a vote of thanks.