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THE DAILY ALASKAN ITV OFPICIKL PKPER 3KAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 190:i PRICE~I0 CENTS ' . Che new Spring Shirt CUaists Have Arrived i * martin Conway ? J * The Ladies' Bazaars ! The babies not forgotten Embroidered Flannels. Infant's Hose. luben Shirts, An Ideal Abdominal Birds-eye Linen A Well Selected Assortment of Children's Fine Ready Made Lawn Dresses.' | l/lione55 ? ; gare of the Body ; . 1: agnized A- One of the Surest Marks of Civilization [ : Our Pure Medicines, lor internal and | : ex vernal use. our articles for the toilet? | : Brushes, Combs, Cologne. Hair Tonic. |Q iWhnhk mimJ beauty of tin- Iwrsoti. ami ' a ui'i v i he ivlimuyut ?f the user. ? Wrn.BHtt j The Druggist Cold Snap Coming ! -t Your Stoves Ready. I Have a Fine Stock of AIR 1 Kilt I HOOD AND COAL ItEATfRS At Prices That Will Open Your Eyes A so Bedroom Sets, Folding Beds, Etc. Call aod Inspect the Above FRANK BISHOPRICK, Broadway. , Ar ? < .. ,<ij[ to the Tanaoa vV.? ? ir, liiy Your (iooda From The Old Reliable Firm of * ttlbitiwy ti Pedlar * General merchandise UlbiKborse, V. C. '4 " V . trouble with customs officers. We puaranteo our price# to be as low as the lowest Go to the Daily Alaskan for job printing. CLEAN UP City Council Trtkes Action tor Skigway I>ay. The city council lust night decided thai Friday shall be Skagway day, and on that day the jwoplo are re quested to join in the work in cleaning up the town. Street#, alley*, vacant lots and back yards all come within the purview of the council's action. In line with the decision of the council to have a general cleaning up day, it was ordered that every person Ik- given notice by the city clerk to hare their premises and alleys neai-thera cleaned up on or before May 1. Major Pitcher who has had every* thing cleaned up spic ami span around all the projterty in the possession of the United States has offered to assist in every way posible in the work of cleaning up the town no that it might look res|H>ctable to strangers coming into it. He has had teams working on the baseball grounds, and says that he will cooperate with the authorities of the city in the good work. Major iltcher suggested that it would also be a good thing for pro|>erty owuers to tear down the hideous old shucks that can serve no purpose except to offend the eye. Major M?c*r ComlnR With Heerolt. Major James A. Maney, of the l"th infantry, will arrive on the Humboldt today with -4 recruits for the eighth Infantry. Major Mauey will not re main long at this place. Or. W 1 too t kkscu OSo? Lieut I ? Dr. W. H. Wilson has moved from the Golden North and located perman ent office> over Ijiska's cigar store on Broadway. Crown and bridge work a specialty. Sltnntloa Want d First-class Japanese cook wishes situation in hotel, mining cainp or restaurant. inquire at this office. Get prices at I loyal Laundry for family work, special rates in rough dry, next to new electric pluut. The New Arctic Cafe, Heathorn & Levin, props., is the best In Whitehorao. An fleqant Line of Gentlemen's Best Assorted Union Made i Shoes Strictly Cp-to-Date in Style and in Dur? ability They Cannot Be Excelled Prices Run From $2 50 to $6.00 B. M. SIMPSON, Exclusive ShoejDealer. 4th A Broadway Kelly S Co Druggists and Chemists SKA G- WAY, DAWSON, NOME !f roil intend remaining in Whltehorse either for a short or tone period it will pay you to patronize tnc well known and popular Dominion Hotel ? WHITEHOR8E. Y. T. Where You Can Get the Beat Fifty Cent Meal in Town Spvslal Accommodations for Families NO BAR Beds. 0O0 per night, Single Rooms, (1.00 W. J. GIBBONS. Proprietor. firry mile may open ai ANY MINUTE | Ice At Whitehorse Is Expected to Move Out Within a Few Days At Least- White horse Selling Pools on the Date, The latest advices fi-oro Whitehorse are to the effect that the Ice in front of that city is getting very rotten and it is expected to move out at any minute. The people are greatly interested in the matter. Pools arc bein?( made at the Whitehorse hotel in which any person can gUflMi for $1. the day, hour and minute of the hreak up at that point, the nearest tfuess to take tin pool. The ice went out at Whitehorse last year April lit. The opening of Piftyraile river will facilitule the handling of freight. When they can have o|>en water from Whitehorse lo U|?i>er La Barge freight can be taken to the lake in Iwats and transited across on the ice. At midnight the ice was still holding fast at Whitehorse. MAY HAVE II Bridge Is Offered to the City. Skagwav ha* another opportunity to become tho owner of the biidge across the Skagway rlxera' Sixteenth avenu>> without price. Tho offer is made By the present owners, Messrs. Clark ?V Nioolll) Dalv, Nye and Wildt. The offer to present the property to the city wi? made to the city council lam night,, but there was a condition. The owners of the bridge stipulate as a condition to the offered gift that the city shall put the bridge in repair und maintain it in good condition henceforth. The meinliers of the city council will examine the property today for the purpose of ascertaining Ih# amount of money that would be required to repair the bridge and to keep it in repair in the future. The council will act in the premises at the next meeting. Ladle* WlU Practice DelurU The ladies of theW. P. A. C. will meet with Mrs. J. P. Rogers at the Pullen house this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for the purpose of practicing delsarte. Mrs. R. W. Taylor will have chartf'1 of the class. WATCHES Mora Than 300 Up to Dato W?t? ht? to Show Yon. There is not a good watch math- I can t show you in my stock. There is not a house north of San Francisco that can show the groat assortment I can. Tomorrow 1 keep 0|>en house at my old statu) on Broadway and will take pleasure in showing you the new . . ui Watch repairing is my strong hold. Keelar, the Money King. Rainier Bock Beer, at the Mascot Saloon. A neat place run hv neat people. The Arctic Cafe. Whitehorse. GOES MY J oli u (t. Price Will Quit Skagway To ay. John tJ. Price will leave Skagway on the Humboldt. H<? will remain at Juneau until the arrival of the Dolphin on which he will complete the trip to Pujfet sound. While Mr. Price goes South for the purpose of remaining in Seattle, ami does not exiK-ct to return to Skagway, he will remain heavily interested in this city and Alaska, and he (fives assurance that his services will always bo available in any effort to forward the interest* of this city and district. Mr. I'rlce says his interests in Alaska will require that he make two or more trips North each year. lutliuna H id a Mix Up Then' was mix up between the In* dlans down on the water front, as a re- 1 suit "Salvation Array" George i> in the cooler awaiting 'he ntti val of. Turtle | I {Ogrrs. Two Inunt Worn a Corns The two insane women who were brought out from Dawson last week, J were taken down on the Peincess Max la?t nitfht. Rainier IVx-k Beer, at the Mascot ] Saloon. WSSaWWiSW .V.W.V.V/AV/ *1 OUR PARLOR |i IS NOW OPEN | ?Bess Bakery# ; '!uW.W,WiV4*?WiW4VAVA I John Kalem'sDailyBulletin BIG- DECLINE IN BUTTER Fancy Washington Creamery Butter 60 S 65c. Per 21b. Brick John Kalcm, the Grocer I'honu 8.i. Five Dollverv lo Any Part of the City. Just received A Large Line of Boy's and Girl's Hats Caps and Trimming's Chealanders, fifth Avenue, CITY COUNCIL TO ENFORCE DOG ORDItMAIMCf Those Owning Dogs Will Be Required to Pay Taxes on Their Pets or Have Tnem Shot. Judgeship Ordinance Introduced, The city council last nitfht deciil- ' ed that the do>; ordinance must lie enforced and that all dot's u|wn j which the license tax has not been paid will Ik* killed and that w ithout delay. It wit* ulso decided that all do^'s which arc afflicted with the mange must Ixj kept up and treated, or they will be killed whether the tax has been paid 1 on them or not. The dog ordinance 1 provides for a fine of from ?.V) to ?l(M) for its violation, and the council deeld- ! cd that the penalties will be enforced in cases where their is a failure to com- ! ply with the requirements. The coun- ! cil also backed up the order made some days ago by the health and police com mittee that dogs Im> kept up until the mad dog scare shall have subsided. There was introduced and read first time in the council a bill providing (or the election of a municipal judge at the ruwt election. The ordinance was prepared by City Attorney Dillon and did not provide for the amount of the salary. That will be filled in by the committee on judiciary and elections, to which it was referred. There were present at the council meeting: Mayor McGrath and Messrs. Kalum, Kettles and Ronkendorf. Troy Laundry You need no wife If you *'nd your washing to the Troy Laundry. We do mftidinjf and sewing on buttons. 4 1 liu Cigars, Tobacco, Etc, Blank Books and Stationery Mai^zlnc! Books and the Latt ?t Lead ing Newspapers I. f. Fairbanks 214-210 Broadway. Phone ?0 K llins of Soapy Smith Whitehorse, April 27. To the Editor:? To settle A bet would you be good enough to advise me tho date of the shooting o( "Soapy"' Smith. Subscriber. [July 8, 1898.? Ed.] New Lace Curtains at E. K. Peoples. ? REMIIK & MCLEAN ? General Blacksmiths Dealer In Horses, Harness and All|Klnds ofJSled* Give Us a Call