THE DAILY ALASKAN
CITY QFt=lCIWt- PHPERT
Nc 288 VOL. IX. ' 3KA0WAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY JANUARY 8 1907 PRICE 10 CENTS
INREE PLANS
Congress Given Option on
Ooal Laud Solution
[Special Dispatch to Uaily Alaskan!
Washington. Jau. 8? The house com
tnittes ha.-1 reported three bills to
congress oo the coat land question and '
will let the house take its choice of the j
three. The bill? are ?> follows:
1. An act withdrawing nil the coil
lands from the market aud providing !
for leasing the lands to operators, |
2. An act withdrawing alternate!
sections from the market and the I
government to determine as to their,'
disposition later.
3 An act making the coal lands
reserve (o be treatfd as the forest re
serves jure tre aied.
SKAGWAY WEATHER
The result of the observation takec
at Moore wnarf at midnight, -'ar.. 7
1906, is as follow _
Temperature tiin oV*er\at'n -'4 above
M*s. temp, preceding -4 hours. -4
Min "
Meats " " " '
Barometer 30 4 s
Clear, calm.
For Snto
Owing to removal from *kv^w;\y
will >j!l tho furniture ami :! 'cr cor?
iczsof tuv res dene* vi Svven'h
iw oe:*ee:i M?s.n a:.u -tree
iu !0>"'t purchaser.
,v Mrs. i*. F. McKcao.
Mil SO SOON
[Cottasre City Will Be Here
At Noon Tomorrow
The Cottage City -arill not be here
until nooci tomorrow according to a
dispatch received from Juneau today I
by E. A Murphy, agent for the Pacific ?
Coast Steamship Company at tbis place. I
She has a very large cargo of freight j
mostly for Janeau and surrounding j
places and H&iDes She arrived a'. |
Juneau last night aud has bsen dis- |
charging f.-euht all day. She will sail '
for Ha'nes at 7 o'clock 'his evening and
she has 140 tons for that place.
St. A ua ?' Galli Meets Tomorrow
There will be a meeting of St. Agnes'
Guild of St Mark's church tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence,
of Mrs. C. T. Moore.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Skagway, January 8, 1907.
The weather conditions at Skagway J
for the hours preceding noon today 1
were as follows:
Max. Temp 22 above zero :
Miu. " 15 " "
Mean " ly " " I
Temp, at noon 22 " " |
Precipitation, trace
tl. D. Ciark, . j
Volunteer U. S. Weather observer. I
r>hoi?-Clty Tr?n?f?r
For vour :oa!. wood >ri3 general haul
n ' " Phone 00. 1'roughton's cigar
s:Jre. 10-4-lmo(
L.A.HarrisonCo
Kargain in hand tailored Matzanaud Royalty skirts.
A 5-50 skirt ror 3.70 A 7.50 skirt for 5.00
A 10.50 skirt tor 7 00 A ] 2.00 skirt for 9.00
All the very latest rut and style, some triple skirts,
and others plaited and strapped.
All wool waists sizes 32 to 40
at 2 3 their value
All furs worth from $4-50 to $45 00
at 2-3 their value.
These values offered will not last long, as the bargains
offered will sell them and sell them quick.
-Stores open Evenings - Phone's 4 and 55
Vnswa ^
Every man that comes
into our store looking for
a suit or overcoat goes
out looking like a win
ner. You can always"
get the very best here.
?iay$on $ go.
Cbe One Price Cloibierj-fourih and Broadway!
Gen. Turner Foully Murdered
i
Former citizen of Skagway shot down in cold blood by
an insane litigant yesterday afternoon at Seattle ?
Murderer then shoots landlord and commits suicide
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan),
Seattle, Jan. 8 -Gin. Charles W.
Turner, one of the best known lawyers
on Puget sound, was shot and killed
yesterday evening in the saloon of M*x
Russell, in this city, by T. S. Emmons,
proprietor of a cigar store in front of
Russell's saloon. After killing Gen
Turner, Emmons turned his smoking
revolver on Russe'l, whom he wounded,
perhaps fatally. Thinking he had
killed both men, Emmons committed
suicide.
T. S. Emmons had invested all his
money in a cigar store in front of
Russ-ll's s 'loon. He did this acting on
the advice of Russell. Gen. Turner,
acting for Russell, yes'erday caused a
notice to vacate to be served upon
Emmons. This anirered Emmons who
became insane in bis despondent rage.
Seeing Turner enter the s doon yester
day evening, Emmons followed aim.
The lawyer iind the saloon prop'letor
were engaged i i a bus'ness consultation.
Emmo-s lost no time, but b-gan Bring
at o ce with the result stated.
Gen. Charles VV. Turner, the murder
ed Seattle lawyer, was a former resi
dent of Skazway. He came here la
the fall of 1898 and remained here for
nearly two yenrs, practicing his pro
fession. Be went from Skagway to
Nome where he practiced law for two
years, finally returning to Seattle.
tiiv of mm is on:
OF DEBT
Last of Warrants. Issu
System Are Linquida
Remains in Mui
Skagway is out of debt. The last of
the water works warrants have been
paid and the cancelled warrants are in
thr possession of the city. There are a
few current warrants outstanding but
there is cash in the treasury to meet
them and they are not drawing in tt rest.
If nil of them were presented and paid
the city would still have more than
*U!00 in the treasury. They will be
redeemed when presented for payment
At the (iirection of the city council
City Treasurer Boughton paid ofT the
53,3tX) wh ch have been known as "defi
ciency warrants.'' They are the war
rants that were issued in payment
for the water system. It cost more than
$20,000 to inn n the water works. The
city had to ?o in debt for much of it.
This is the debt that has been finally
wiped out in little more than two years
from the completion of the work.
This result has been achieved without
raising the rate of taxation. It has
ed to Pay For Water
ted and Good Balance i
licipa. Treasury
been made possible by a careful busi* |
r.ess management and the religious ad- J
herence to plans made each year in
advance.
While the city has hewed close to the
line there ha> berm no branch of the
city's affairs neglected. 'Koonomy
everywhere and niegardlines* nowhere'
has been the motto, and it has worked
out well.
The city clerk's report last ni^ht
showed the city treasury to contain
$2490.71 on the first of the year.
Against this there wer warants.city and
shool, to the amount of 9824.74, leaving
a cash ba'ance available in the treasury
of $16(15.07.
It is not c/.pected that this sum will
carry the city along until the beginning
of the fiscal year. With the money
coming in, however, it will carry things
over the next election so that the ad
ministration inaugurated in April will
have a clean slate.
Wcma/i'* Guild To Meet
There will be a meeting of the
\Toman's Guild of St. Saviour's church
at the home of Mrs. George E. Howard
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Ladles to Meet Xhur-dAT
There will be a ladies' meetiDgat the
Methodist church Thursday afternoon.
An interesting subject will '.ie dis
cussed.
ftbasway Laundry
For tirsvclass work try Skagway
Laundry Twentv-Uve vears' expert
ence. Telephone 89 tf
SIGN UP
Gail" hu d Britt Fight St
Patrick's Day
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Tonopah, Jan. 8 ? Joe Gans and
Jemmy Britt signed articles to fight lo
a finish at Tonopah, on St. Patrick's
dny for $25,000.
mm iNswf PAfiEM
| COMMITS SUICIDE
H. MeKeown. of Juneau- Escapes From
Guards on Dolphin and Jumos Overboard,
Drowning Himself When on Way
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Juneau. Jan. 8? II McKeowu, of
Juneau, an insauo patient who was
| bo'.n^ taken to the sanitarium a}. Mount
! Tabor, Oregon, jumped overboard from
the Dolphin last Friday when enrout to
Seattle and was drowned. He was in
charge of Deputy Marshals McNair,
Kelley and Barnhill. He escaped at a
time they were off iheir guard. They
had had uo reason to believe the m?a
violent.
Sf AGE RFACiltS
WtllTEIiORSf
Whiiehor.se, Jan. 8? A White l'assj
stage arrived here yesterday afternoon
from Dawson with I. H. Milligan as a
passenger and 10 sacks of tnaii.
A- B. Will Meet
There will be a meeting of the Arc'ic (
Brotherhood this evening at 8 o'clock.;
Business of iuiportnnce will be up for!
consideration.
UNION StRVICeS
CONTINUE TONIGHT
The Union Service will be continued
at the Presbyterian church tonight at
8 o'clock. Dr. J. P. Hearst will speak
tonight. Hij topic will be. ''A Mighty
Means of Usefulness." All christian
people are invited to be present.
At the Mascot
Home madj Oyster Cocktails at the
Mascot.
Always. Remember the Ful! Name /_
! native Rromo Quinine >0 ^ & onever>
Cures aCoidinOne Day? Gripln 2 Daya^* bo*. 2St
We have a tew copies left of
Pear's Annual
BLACK and WHITE
LeFIEARO, (illustrated)
With the most beautiful art supplimcnts
FIRST COME. FIRST SERVED.
I
Did you e^er
smoke tlie
[l
Arabe
Cigar?
NO! Where
Call I Get
Them? Froo,
TONY DORTERO Sole Agent for Alaska