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I Prices Always the Lowest Qualities Always the Best Goods Always Exchanged Money Always Refunded Truthful Advertising Courteous Treatment to all IslNING5| LININGS In our lining department ?an be foucd everything that i? up to-?lato from the cheap cambric to the rao*t expensive silk. Here are a few Items: . Near sillc lining* in twvlre diff rent ahade*, per jrmrJ 20c Fancy colore J lining lo cotton material*. Mripei and figure* Uc MerecriaeJ ?uc -n lining*, very wide 35c Kailc i lining*. the very latest out 23c TatMa ailic lining*. heavy 75c BLANKETS and COMFORTS Have you replenished jour boj eov-rint:? for the winter? We are batter prep . re?l than over to fill yoar wjnt*. 11-1 Whi'oa!! wo<>| blanket", Jacquard bor der. per pair CO Extra Ijr;.' ?.i ? white or gray blanket*, very ?oft 7 50 Sateen comforters, lil ed with fleece cotton.. 2 00 Extra good sateen comforter, fancy ? itched . 3 30 E?ler .'own couifortor, ruflto torder, rich design 10 CO | VEILINGS BlacK dot t t'd veiling, fine mesh COe Baris-ire vei.injr. w:de; color*, brown, navv, blaek 25o | Fine net veiling*. Terr * rviceable lie Potted chiffoo veiling*, h ack, blue, white.. 50c Fa:icy iru mpure veiling. latest out "3c Palt ra veil*. w.th border* $1 00 | TABLE LINEN and NAPKINS What i? ?U^~??U wj a housowifo lhan good tablet linens? fiO-inch Ixk-iti dice table linco, per yard. ... 35c 64-inch Munched table damask, neat patterns 50o 70-inch I. Mrs tin.- bleached damask 75c Fringe J breakfast doilies, per do2, .. .35c and 50c OlMched linen napkin*, perd. z tl 00 ('>4 Datna-k napkins, perdoz 2 00 Advancing With The Times A year of unusual business career has just elapsed and we are now entering upon a new threshold of business activity. In looking over the past year we see many obstacles that have been ; overcome before the present condition has buen reached, and the year 1900 will see still greater advancements. Our efforts shall be directed in improving every point in modern merchandising, and we promise the people of Skagway a store service second to none. We wish to thank the public for their past patronage. TAILOR-MADE GOWNS. The ladies' suits we are | showing this season are gar- 1 ments designed and made.' especially for us. They are not job lots from different j makers, but were made by j thu largest and best known | manufacturer in this coun try. Ladies' suit, made of fine Venetian cloth, close fitting waist, with g od silk lln log 116 50 1 Ladies' suit. made of tire homespun, jacket lin ed with black satin, velvet collar 25 00 LADIES' JACKETS. Ladies' jacket* made of good | quality e?.r*y, in navy blue and black #9 00 j I .hJ ios' jacket made of black boucle, double-b roasted front, very stylish 12 Oo ^ Ladies's jicket mado of fine; quality kersey, in royal blue, ktan. brown and red. front and 'back scams trimmed with strap I 'rice 16 50 Ladies' jackets made of good quality seal plush, new shape, dip fron*, embroidered with silk >raid and j t. 20 00 GOLF CAPES. LadiiV K'olf cape mailo 1 of fancy pUid cloth, wool fringe an J hood ... $9 00 Lad.ca' Rolf o p<- mado of hMTJT golt cloak i II if I Ladles' golf cjpe made of nd, black, or blue kcr-ey, dcrp flounce, col. Inr and h<>od of ruvenii. ' tie aide of cloth . . 10 00 i.aJk-s' ifolf cape made of double facjd golf cloth, In oxtord mixture, very swell '? w CHILDREN'S JACKETS. Child'* jackct, miule of fancy mixed material, dwp collar. Pricc ? ? i Child's jacket, made of > red houcle cloth, collar, 1 wlceves and jxa-kott trim med with fuocy braid. | Price * 00 | Child's jacVot, mode of gray aud blue melton, J trimmed with rod cloth, ? very stylish 9 00; WRAPPERS. Ladies' flannellette wrap pers, watteau plait back. Price To Ladies' heavy tl?nnellctie [ wr ppers, sleeve- and yoke | trimmed in velvet .. . .3 00! Ladies' eiderdown At>?ns, I colors red, blue, pink, * and g ay 5 00 Ladles' all-wool flannelWtc wrappers, stylis ily ??mide. Price .JEzf- to Ladies' tea gowns, ^A'.Rht evening shades, lace *?>! rib bon trimmed, very hAJtome. SEPARATE SKIRT?. Ladi s' dress skirt, I 111a 'o of black fane; bril. liantecn f.'t 00 1-adira' dre?*?ki n-.adr red, black and 00 Ladies' tunic skirt. made of Ven'ilan cloth trim racd with four rows of braid 9 00 Ladies' block crcpone skirts, silk and wool mix ed, raised effect, very ?wrll .14 00 j AGENTS TOR . STANDARD ,^L PATTERNS PMh,on i try* tiic sheets freo \ , ? ^STANDARD % ct^. I i PltLA DESIGNER | p>. IOOSA En aSsf-^Tj WOMEN'S HOSE. Every woman who know* a fast black stocking Is familiar with this trade mirk. H e r m 8 dorf dyed black stocking liave no parallel. Women's black wool hose par pair 25c Women's bliick cashmere hose, par pair 35j Women's oxtra fine cashnure hose, par p iir. .. .63 Women's lisle hose, fanny strips, par pair 75c Women's op tra len^'.h cation hosa, par pair . . .59j Women's boldlajj silk hose, white feet, per pair #2 00 I MEN'S HOSIERY. MENS H05IERY Men'a natural won! half h <>???, ~io (inflow. . . ''t. Men's English merino half ho?e, ox fur J gray and tan 3."c M<-n'? One cashmere half hose, black 40c Men 'a imported cashmere half hose, fine qual ity OOo Men's Halo half hose, silk blocked 75o Men 'a Milk half hoae, black und brown 81 50 SHOES. Wo nen's dongola !aco shoos Intent too 82 50 Women's fine Vici kid loco shoo, bulldog too, cloth top 3 SO Women'!) floe hand turn lace shoo, three styles of toe, vjry stylish 4 00 Women's waterproof lnce hhoe, extension sole, wide Imlldojf toe 5 00 WV carry the roost extensive ino of slippers In Ahislca. Kid Uppers, satin slippers, velvet ilippors, felt slippers, oveoinjj ilippers, etc. CLOTHING-. Thcrj is nothing more unbs- A coming to a man than an ill-lit * ting suit. Wo will soil you a lirat-class suit of clothc? ut the name pri o you nrc paying to other dealers for sholdy goods. Men's doub'.e-breastd business suits, well inade .812 Myn's ifood cheviot suits, warranted all wool 15 00 Men's lino Kersey overeo.it*, farmer satin lining 10 00 Men's extra fine Kersey box eoat, silk lined. . 20 00 MEN'S UNDERWEAR. Men'* naturrl wool shirts and drawers, per suit. .32 00 Men's ribbed all wool shirts and di a with, col ors, light blujand pink pur suit 3 00 Men's fine Australian wool shirts and drawers, per suit. 4 00 Men's fine w< rsted ribbed shirts und drawers, lull regular finished, per suit 5 60 MEN'S SHIRTS White ?hlrt "Monarch Brand" II 00 to II SO Fine Percale shirt*, latent denim, 2 pr cuffa.. . I 50 Men 'a golf shirts, made of wash silk 2 00 Frt-nch flannel neglige shirts 2 50 Dark flannel oversklrU, In all colors 2 <H) fWWffVTr ^ ^ ^ ^ [ STATISTICS PROVING LAW AND ORDER, j ???-,-?? . .... ...... 4 .-.->-. . .", PROBABLY nothing in this New Y ear's edition is mors calculated to Stimulate the pride and satisfaction of the citizens of *kagwav than the following statement of Commissioner SehlbrrJe of the number of cases that have b en btought before him for tr al during the past year. It Is well to observe for the enlightenment of out of town readers that Mr. Sehlbredr as a migistrate, and one United States deputy marsh I comprise the w hoi.- force the city his for th? m imminence of law ?rd order. The population of Skagwav ni l, at 1 1 'nes, during a busy s-ason. nin as high as 10.000 people; lt? resident pip ulation is estimited it 40x9. Were the statistics of some citi?s of th- Uiited States, of double our p -caUtion. cities that mMiitain a large regu! ?r police force, a most Interesting cm.iirison could b? made th.t would deaonstrate beyond any possible ground of controversy lut Skigwav, although without any police or municipal law offi.ers whatever for the city itself ? both the officials named hav ing an extensive district to cover? is vet m re orderly than any city o> double Its popul itiO'l. Com 111 i ssioner Sehlbrede's report Is as fol lows: '"tXirii g the year tSqi) there hive been filed before m* 141 criminal complaints, cla\si:ieJ ss follows: Assault and battery. 3). Ass oil: with a dangerous we ipon, 4. A?'ul!e*v. 2. Crtmn.jl trespass, 6. buMli-y, t. C' ice Img st >len pr per v, 1. Cr eltv to amimals, 1. Em Tjzlrment, f. La-c n v. I J. Mur.ler, 2 Making fraudulent transfer of property, I. Disorderly conduct, 10. Smuggling liquors and r?J*, 7. Libel, I. Obstructing trail at Haines Mission, 2. Bre .king and injuring mining flume, I. Selling liquor to Indians. 2. Cases g. owing out of :h< Brackett wagon rouJ troubles, 10. "Of the larceny cases 4 were from Dvea. Of the assault and battery o*es 1 w.s from Dvea and 1 from Haines Mission. Of tb? murder cases 1 was fruia Dvea and 1 from White Pass. Of the smuggl ng cases 2 were from White Pass and the rest fror Skagwav. Of the crm nal trespiss ci^es t was from Haines Mission anj the burglary case was from Dvei. The case of breaking the min'ng flume w is from M Kin!ev creek in Porcupine mining dis trict, and the 2 cases of obstructing the trail were on the trail some miles above Haines Mission. "T!ie territory covered by these cases extends sixt. miles soath and west, and fourte:n miles north, leaving the actual Sk igwav cases as follows: Assault an J battery, )l Assault with a dangerous weapon, 4. Adultery, 1 Crimin I trespiss J. Conce Wing stolen property, I. Crueltv :o animals, I. Embezzlement, $. Larceny. )t. Making frauJulent conveyance, 1, Disorderly conduct, jo. Smuggling liquors and goods. J, ' Selling liquor to Indians, 2. Before next New Year we shall proba bly be i corporated under municipal law, 'and be supplied with all the safeguards t" I life and property that such incorporation conveys. Then, and in after veirs, this "tatement of Commissioner Sehlbrede will be an interesting bit of history to refer to. | WHOLESALE TRADE. T NOTHING is more Interesting to the man of local patriotism than to j watch the stea v growth of a mercantile business from Its beginning as a sm II gro cery to Its development Into a large whole Mle hou<e, and this Is what he h s haJ ithepleisure of witnessing in the est ib I lishment at the comer of Broadway and [Fifth avenue wh'ch beir< the modnt I name of John K ilem. Shortly after the : first rush to the Klondike Mr. Kalem gave ' up his retail sto e In Seattle, where he was unlvers llv k"own as the "Pike street grocer." although he had several compet It >rs In the same business on the same st ft, and when the people here could on'y guess where the center of trade would be In the new City he shrewdly locateJ on th? corner where his two story business b! ? k now *t tnJs. In course of time he captured th home trade, and was the first to give to the housewife of this cilv a free delivery, in his own wagon, of the goods she (Kirch ised. Then he erected a large warehouse opposite the entrance to Moire's wharf, N <s. 515 to 517. Water street, and be ame 1 wholesaler and jobber. Mr Kalem still keeps up his retail trade, assisted bv his big and genial brother A ith'in and Mr W. Ask, but In the last tew months his wholesale trade has grown very rapidlv- He is what Is known In j good Am:rion as a "hustler." He Intro duced his jobbing department to tne mer- 1 clients in Atlin, and was one of the f.-w merchants whose efforts in this direction! helped to prove so substantially that , American goods, even with the duty paid at the boundary added, can t>: retailed at a rr fit at lower r.tes thin goods bought in British Columbia. Then Mr. Kalem took i? several thousand do.ters' worth of joods to Dawson, and succeeded in establishing avaluible connection among the mer ch nts there. Now he h s another ambi tion, which is to make Skagwav the job bing center for ail Alaska, and he recently |4*ked the Chamber ot Commerce, of which he Is a leading member, to take up the subject. At present It Is difficult for Skagwav merchants to buy direct from the manufacturer, for the reison that the great merchants of Seattle hang on with grim tenacity to the j ibbiog business of Ala-tka, and threaten to boycott any and every mmu'acturer wl.o deals direct with an Ala>k 1 mer.hant. Th - threat has been ?f avail In the past, but the organized ef forts of the chamber on the lines suggested t>v Mr. Kalem, arr certain to arouse man ufacturers to the Importance the trade of Skagwav has assumed, and the combined e-.ergy ot our merchants and their ready cash will do the rest. ST. MARK'S CHURCH. ST. MARK'S, the first Catholic church in Skagwav, was first occupied and dedicated to divine worship on Christmas J night. 1898. A large congregiticn had as sembled to witness the hastily accom plished transformation of a vacant store room, at the east foot of Fifth avenue, into a church, and because of its lowly appear ance and lack of comforts it might at that time well remind the worshippers of the circumstances attending the bi tli cf I Chris:. At the request of the Verv Rev j J. B. Rene, prefect apostolic In ch.irge o! Jatholic missions in Aliski, the under signed pnrchased for $q?o what cp to th t time was known as the Goldberg buildlnc, a two-storied frame structure 25x50, th it the Citholics might have a church > f their own in which to hold services ai suitable hours. These services have had an .ittenj ance varying with the season, w liich is now rather on the increase. Rev. A. Pjrodi, S. J , who for a number of vears had been doing some of the hard est missionary work ever allotteJ to a priest .mong the nilives of the Lower Yukon, and who* health had given and demanded a change, came here t >wirJs the end of last year, and rendered very valuable assistance up to the end of Julv, when he returned to his chosen fi.-ldol labor. On his way back from the Interior last fall, Verv Kev. J. B. Rene stopped here a few davs, and in his address to the congre g tion on the Sunday morning compli mented them, and especially the Mies of j St. Mirk's Aid Society, up,n the highly satisfactory st te of Catholic matters he found in this dtv. Although my means hive been limited to tbe voluntary and, with but two excep tions, the unsolicited contributions <f the congregation, I have found It poetical to undertake and c <rrv to compleilon much needed improvement. During last sum mer and fall the church lot was fenced in, the church proper was plastered and its front so much improved, after a design drawn by Ar<.h tcct Dorier, that there Is no longer anv chance of its being mis taken for an old abandoned store. That all this has been accomplished without In curring anv debt Is largely due to the de voted zcjI of the members of the St. Mark's Aid Society, an organization whose energetic and tactful work this community has lately witnessed with a (miration, whilst these ladles, on their pirt, a>-e em phatic in their grateful acknowledgments of the generous liberality, svmp-thv and co-operatlo ? teceived unstintedly from all quarters alike- Mrs. J. W. Milllken Is president of this society; Mrs. Prank John son, vice president; Miss M. Barrv, treas urer; Mrs. E- B. Quinn, secretary. In conclusion I must give some expres sion to mv own deep sense cf gr ititude for the encouragement and substan'al aid so liberally bestowed by mv numerous friends. God bless them all. P. H. TURNELL, S. J. j SUCCESSFUL VENTURE.! THE new itore at the corner of Fifth avenue and Slate street is being elaborately fitted up for the occupiincv of N. K, Wilson. Mr. Wilson has niadr a great success of the drug buaines? in this city. He disposed of a profitable I drug business in the state of Washington to try his fortune in Skagwny. He ar rived here at the opportune tinir, in February 1898, when Mcngway was on the tidal wave of pro-perity. It did no) lake Mr. Wi son long to establish him self, as be brought a building wilb him ready to put up and a slock of drugs. He enlarged uis stock rapidly to aatify an increasing trade. Twice already he ha? had to have enlarged quartern and be fore this paper Is read in the states, h< J will have moved into the e'egaut new building, corner State street and Fifth avenue, which was built especially foi his butiness. When fitted up, this will be the finest and most modern store In Alaska. Mr. WiUun informs us that his trade is as exacting *S that of the larger cities in the states. His customers ask for the finest imported perfumes and soaps, and the best grades of toilet articles. [ ORDER OF ELKS. I SK AGW AY Lodge, B. P. O. E.. (of the Or der of Elk*), No. 4)t, was Instituted and organized in the , spring of 1809 through the efforts of F. T. Keelar, a life long member of the O-kland, Cal ifornia lodge. The charter members num j bered thirty. The lodge was formally in sta'led t>v a deleg ition of the Juneau lodge ! which paid a visit to Skagwav for that particular pnrpose. Since Its organization : the lodge has maintained a healthy growth j and its membership has now reached about sixty and is composed of the best business ' element of the dtv. j Two social sessions and one memorial service have been held by the lodge. They 1 were open to the public md were largely i attended. As a fraternal order in which J th? principles of the Brotherhood of Man ?ire Inculcated and practiced, no other order in tne country can exc?l it, and it these principles which Rive the order Its popu larity wherever one of its lodges is insti tuted. The Skagwav lodge has alr.adv pur chased a very desirable piece of property ?n Sixth avenue o, positt the United Mates hjrracks, upon whl:h in the near future will be erected a splendid Elks' hall. When completed this hall will be large enough to meet the demands of all social and other public functions. The officers roster of the present term is is follows: F. T. Keel.ir, exalted ruler; L. S Keller, e termed leading knight; Dr. I. H. Monre, esteemed lecturing kniglH: Chas. Honker, esteemed loval knighi; W L. Metcalf, chaplain; Fred Ronkendorl. esquire; ?. R. Peoples, secretary; R. C. Smith, treisurer; William Quion, Innei guard; Frank Minto, ou er guard. After Mr. Ketlar left for California to spend the holidays at his old home, in consideration o I his valuable services and his generosity to the lodge, he was voted a life membership and the document conveying this was sent to the exalted ruler of the Oiklanu loJge with a request that he present the same to Mr. Keelar. The principle involved In the scriptural injunction not to permit the left hand to know what Is done bv the right ende rs this order to its members and enlists the hearty svmpathv of all people Interested in go <d works. 1 he Skagwav lodge has already bten of service to Elks in dlstre s and I slncerel? trust that Its usefulness may be extended and be productive of the best results, as I feel certain that it cannot fail to b;. In fact the lodge Is already a great success and thoroughly established as one of the institutions of Skagwav. I. H. MOORE. TUB ROSS-HIGGINS CO. I:i buying goods for Dawson or Nouie in any quantity, it will pay you to are The Ross-llifgins Co., comer Bond and Main. They are >ole agents for Standard Oil Co., Chase & Sanborn, The Cu.tahy P'k'g Co. and Tne Elgin Butter Co., and carry a large stock of these goods on liaticl at all times. They also carry the most complete liue of staple and lancy groceries and provisions in the town, wholesale anil retail. Always glad to quote prices ou large or small deals. | KNIGHTS OK PYTHIAS. ? ? ? ! J IN point of num bers, the order o( Knights of Pythian, with it* more than half million mrtn. ber?, ranks third amongst t!.e secret so cieties of the United States. Its membei ( flip is exceeded only ?>v that of the Masonic order and that of lie Oild Fellows. This society w is established in Wash ington City just after the close of the \uierican R-hellion, and one of the ?liief objects in the minds of it* founders *as to heal the wounds caused by that rrgretahle conflict. It* purpose and teaching* can well be understood from its name and its motto, "Friendship, Charity and Benevolence." It get* its name and ninny of its precepts from the story of Damon and Pythias and the tyrant Dionysius, whose heart became rtftened by the exhibition of such an undying friendship as that existing be tween D uioii ami Pythias. The order is essentially American, though it is quite stro.itf throughout Canada, and several subordinate lodges are located in Europe. There are shout four *core member* of the Knights of Pythias in Skagway. Last April the members of the order here met and organiz-d the ' Skagway Knights of Pythias Social and Kelirf Club." Past Grand Chancellor J. T. Hayne, of ihe jurisdiction of Oregon, was chosen president; I. Kaufman, of Capitol Lodge No. 15 OlyniDia, Wash., treasurer; and |ohn W. Troy, past chan cellor of Gate City No 65, Port Angrles, Wash., secretary. All emergency com mittee consisting of the offi ers and Dr. F. B. Whiting, Prank Clancy, Win. Blackwel!, Tony Dortero ami A. H. Mil ler was appointed. There is quite a goodly sum, derived from donations and a public entertainment, in the hands of the treasurer. The secretary keep* a roster in which all Pythi >n Knight* pass ing through the city are requested to register. John W. Troy. Best assortment and largest stock 1 1 gents' clothing in Alaska at Clavson's one price store, Fourth avenue and State s r?et. 12 ai tf