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[HEY fIX II
Presideut auu Calilomian
Come to Understanding
(Special Dispatch to I>aily Alaskan)
Washington, h ob. 1 1 Mayor Schmitz,
the memi>ers of the school board and
the California delegation in congress
have come to an agreement on the
Japanese school question. They have
agreed to ask congress to amend the
immigration laws so that aliens seeking
admission to the I'nited States without
passport.-, to the detriment of labor in
this country can be excluded. It is
understood that Japanese laborers will
be shut out by the provisions of such a
!a* by an agreement that will oe reach
ed with Japan.
Peniel Mission Tomorrow
The Peniel mission bible class will
meet at the home oi Mrs. P. Madseu to
morrow afternoon. The character of
Naomi will be considered.
; 3 Amur Sail* for South
The Amur sailed for the South this
morning at ?"> o'clock with 10 passengers
and no freightr
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Skagwiy. February 14, 100,.
The weather conditions ai Ska^'way
for the 24 hours preceding noon today
were as follows:
Max. Temp above zero
Min. '? -Z sb?ve "
Mean " ?*' above
Temp, at noon above "
Precipitation
H. D. Ciark,
Volunteer U. S. Weather observer.
SKAGWA* WEATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wnarf at midnight, l*eb. 1.1,
190O. is as follows
Temperature time observat'n 4.1 above
Max. temp, preceding -4 hours.. 4 4 above
Min " " '? " -:j:! ab0Te
Mean " " " " .-39 above
Barometer '>
Snovr, south wind.
PERSONAL MENTION
J. L. Sale, the Dawson jeweler, who
intended going South on the Amur,
got left this morning. The Amur was
advertised to sail at t> a m. today. Mr.
Sale got on the wharf a '> o'clock, just
in time to see the vessel pull out in the
bay.
Notice to Water Consumers
The committee on water works, of
the town council of the Town of Skag
wiy, respectfully requests water con
sumers not to let their faucets run con
tinously. or otherwise unnecessarily
waste water.
Respectfully,
Water Works Committee,
by Luke McGrath,
Chairman.
Skagway, Alaska, Jan. 2t>, 1907.
Piles Cared in 6 to 14 Days
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure anv case of lichipg. Blind. Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles in >> to 14 days
or money refunded. 50o. M-W-F
The Pack Train Restaurant will serve
wine with dinner orders, free in place
of tea or coffee. Ccme on boys.
No one need to be without a fur tie or
boa, on sale at Harrison's at your own
price.
FOR DEFENSE
Steve Ailauis Wins First
Ronml in Idaho
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan. )
Wallace. Idaho. Feb. 14- The defense
representing Steve Adams, to be placed
on trial for hi9 life for complicity in the
murder of former Gov. Steunenberg,
won the first victory today when it
secured an order from the court prohib
iting the sheriff of Shoshone county
from drawing the venire from which
the jury will be drawo or from serving
any of the special venires that might
be .issued. The defense represented
that the sheriff was elected for the sole
purpose of convicting Adams Dam&g
ng statements by the sheriff were
proved. A completely new venire of
jurors was ordered.
GOES AWAV !
Rev. Thomas Jenkins Will
Ketnrn to Ketchikan
The Rev. Thomas Jenkins, who has|
been in Skagway for about three week-,
will leave for Juneau on tha Georgia,'
tomorrow morning. He will be at j
Juneau over Sunday and then proceed to
Ketchikan, his home. He will return j
to Skazway about Easter time.
During the absence of Hist op Rowe, !
who leaves for the interior in a short |
time, the Rev. Mr. Jenkins will have
charge of the work of the Episcopal
church in Southeastern Alaska. He
will be assisted, however, by a lay
worker, who is a candidate for priest
hood, and who will arrive soon.
There will be Sunday school service
at St, Saviour's church every Sunday]
at 11 a in. That will be the only
morning service there until the return
of the Rev. Mr. Jenkins.
A wholesale slaughter in furs at Har
rison's.
All the delicacies of the season at the
Pack Train Restaurant.
fcFurcaps and mitts-at Clavson's. tf
Wllrtlffl rinr A Ira.
Mortimer Metipes, the artist, in his
book on Whistler, says: "Sometime*
we visited h dealer who owed liirn j
money, ai/i Whistler would receive a '
check. Orce the cheek was not handed
to him In what he thought a sufficient
ly dignified manner, and he said to the
dealer; Tals Is careless of you. Von
push this check toward we, and you
do not realize what a privilege it is to
be able to hand it to the master. You
should offcr It on a rich old English
salver aufl in :i kingly way.' Once a
dealer borrowe-l a gorgeously embossed
silver saK"r for the occasion, and when
the mastftr arrived for his check he
was very vunctual? presented St on the
salver with a carefully worded and
elegant II tie speech that he had taken
some paiJa to rehearse. The master
was plea-sed. 'This,' said he. 'Is as it
should >>?' "
IN THE FORUM OF JUSTICE.
fin pus, pasa! Thou hart bad thine hour
To sow in and mp. Is It thistle or flower t
Tis the vi la at tauit, though Jov?*? hard
ttaid the ahovrrr.
Mak** way for thy comr*de with double thy dow?
Halt. halt, halt! There was given thee grace
To begin with the best and their rec<*da efface.
Had thy sandaia been winged. Step down frou>
the race;
One swifter than thou art would run in thy plac*
Cease, cease, cease! Thou hast had thy chance.
Must a Pailai attend thee to ward off mischance f
i Let (ail thy rain weapon a thousand advance
t f ? on and conquer with thy broken lance.
?One* Deato Litebfleld m Oantt>ar.
rttfmimn'iiwiii >?
NEW SPRING GOODS
Men's Shirts
See our show windows for the newest ideas in
Golf Shirts, some swell styles at $1.50 each.
Men's Shoes -
At $6.00 we have some guaranteed Patent
Leathers, button or lace. Also a high cut in
black or tan, soft pliable uppers with a good
walking sole, an ideal all-round shoe for $6.00.
B. M. Behrends Mercantile Company
Geo. Blanchard, Manager
Elk'. Mooting
There will be .? regular meeting of
Skagway Lodge No. 431, Benevolent
ami Protective ? ' der of Elks, at their
hall, Thursday, : sbruary 14, at 8 p. m.
All visiting E vS are invited to at
tend.
' . S. Whittier,
Secretary.
HOW A ;laim paid.
One Way of G* t'.lnic Money Wlthoct
I'aun : n( II Cut.
"There are more ways of making j
money oft a claim than panning it |
out," said an Alaska miner who had 1
Borne lurk with his pick and shovel. I
"For instance, 1 knew a man of means I
In the Dawson district who had a
claim which had failed to be as profit
able as expected, and he didn't know
Just what to do with It to get his
money back until ho had devoted con
siderable thought to It. And it was sim
ple enough when he knew how.
"lie Quietly went to the golo com- '
mlssioner and announced that he wish
ed to pay hie 10 per cent royalty on the |
product of his claim for a year, which
was $(>.000. The commissioner ac
eepted the SG.OOO royalty ami gave him
the usual receipt, stating on Its face
what it was for, with the number o!
the claim, location, etc.
"Then he "waited patiently about.'
like Mary's little lamb, and one day, in
the course of human events, an Eng
lishman came along locking for a good |
tiling for some people who had money
to spend, lie asked Mr. Blank, among |
others, what he had to sell, aud the
smooth gent told him he didn't know
exactly, but he would show him his
goods. They looked over several
jlaims that were practically unworked.
and then In a casual way Mr. Blank
shu wed the Englishman his receipt
for royalty on claim so and so. 'And,
you know.' he said. witVj a wink, 'that
a man isn't paying royalty on any
wore than he can posnbly help.7
"The Englishman was right on t* |
that little game, of course, and h?
sized up tiie $ti,WO receipt, looked over
the claim in a general way and ended
oy buying It foe ?150, 000."? Washing
ton Star.
SlMrrlj- Devotion.
The beautiful Margaret of Navarrt
was devoted to her brother. Francis L
When lie was apparently dying atMad
rid, she foniul her way to him through
privation and d inger and succeeded in
effecting his deliverance. When he was
111 nt a distance from her, she went ev
ery day and sat down on a stone In the
middle of the road to catch the first
glimpse of a messenger afar off. And
She said:
"Ah. whoever <liall come to announce
the recovery oi the king, my brother,
though he be ?'red. jailed, soiled, di
sheveled, I will kiss him aiul embrace
him as though .e were the finest gen
tleman in the I iigdom."
When he ilii i she seemed literally
heartbroken. :t> i she did not long sur
vive him.
I'lie > nrdy Camel.
j A camel has t ice the carrying powet
! of an ox. With u ordinary load of 400
pounds he can ravel twelve or four
teen days will ill water, going forty
miles a day. C uiels are lit to work at
live years old. but their strength begins
to decline at twenty-five, altnough they
usually live to forty. The Tartars have
herds ol' these animals, often 1 .000, be
longing to one family. They were nu
merous in antiquity, for the patriarch
Job had 3.000. The Timbuktu or Me
llaril breed is remarkable for speed and
used only for couriers, going 800 miles
in eight days with a meal of dates o?
grain at nightfall.
j ?' f
WILL BUY TWO
Bi(i FREIGHTERS
The Alaska Steamship Company has
an option on tvo bis: steamships of
4,000 tons each that are on the Atlantic,
and President I'eabody and Super
vising Engineer Lent. have gone East
to inspect them. If the boats areas
represented they will be purchased,
(t is the- intention to use them in the
Alaskan trade. The ore shipping bus
iness of Alaska is becoming so (treat
that the Alaska Steamship Company is
feeling the neei^ of larger freight car
riers.
The Iroquoi*, one of the new passen
ger boats purchased by the Alaska
Steamship Company, is due to arrive at
.Montevideo, Uruguay, Feb. I4. She is
expected to be at Seattle about the
middle of March. The Chippewa will
sail in a short time from New Yoric,
where she is lj ing.
? -A t th* Mascot
Mt. Vernon rye and Old Belmon
whiskeys, double stamped goods, at
wholesale prices at the Mas
Ears Looked as if They Would Drop
Off? Body Entirely Covered ?
F?ce Mass of Sores ? Three
Doctors Could Not Cure Child
Grew Worse ? Face and Body
Now Clear
CURED BY CUTICURA
IN TWO WEEKS FOR 75c.
Mrs. fioorge .T. Stro.se, of 701 Coburn
St.", Akron, Ohio, ti lls in the following
letter of another of those remarkable
currs "i
disfiguring skin hu
mors daily made
by Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura
Ointment, after
physicians, and all
else had failed: "I
feel itmv duty to pa
rents of other poor
suffering babies to
tell you what Cuti
cura has done for
mi* lit tin < tlirli t^P_
Slip broke out 11 nv(T ln-r body with a
humor, and we used everything recom
mended, but without results. 1 called
in three doctors, they all claimed they
eould help her. but she continued to
I grow worse. 1 ler body was a mass of
j sores, and her little face was being
eaten away; her cars looked as if they
would drop nir. Neighbors advised me
' togetCuticura Soap and Ointment, and
before I had used half of the cake of
Soap and box of Ointment the. sores had
all healed, and my little one's face and
body were as < li ;ir as a new-born babe's.
I would not bo without it again if it.
cost live dollar : instead of seventy-five
cents, which is all it cost us to cure
our baby, after spending many dollars
on?doctors and medicines without any
benefit whatever."
Complete External and Internal Treatment for every
numcr, from llmplcs ti? Scrofula, from Infancy to Age,
consUtiuc of Cutk-ura Soap, !S5c., Ointment, 50c., Resolv
ent, 5Mc. (in form of Chocolate Coated Pills, ? ?c. per vial
of 00), may be had of all drugffi?ti. A tingle set oftru cures
the most distressing cas?-?. when all other remedies, and
even the best phynicls'" fail. Potter Drug & Cheui. Corp.,
Sole Props., Boston, Mas#.
?T Mailed Prte, ?? AU About Uie Skla, Scalp, aud Htir.*
LADIES (ii
SUf Pi R BY MEN
The ladies wh>
weather and
Evening at the
were treated to
bers of the clul>
was not large l
pleasantly sped
No games wen
contest on acv
some of the bov
iraved the inclement
. nded the Ladies'
ks' Ciu'j last night
unoheon by the mem
Viiile the attendance |
? evening was very J
I
? 'nyed in the ladies' i
?it of the absence of 1
Son
For the choie-. stock of liquid re;
freshmeats, th> Seattle Saloon leads
them all. The uous Seattle Rainier |
beer always on nd.
firm AVENUE
REMODELLED
The Fifth Avenue has been remodel
led and is now better than ever. There
are more hath rooms, better suites, and
greater coveniences than in any hotel
in Alaska. It is heated with steam and
is in every respect modern. It is still
offering special induce
ments to regular roomers and boarders.
It provides comforts that are not ob
tainable anywhere else in Skagway at
terms which mak keeping house an
unnecessary expense.
Principal Barber Shop Leads
The Principal Barbershop and Baths
is tne leading tonsorial establishment
in Alaska. Everything in all the de
partments is strictly modern. The
baths are first class in all respects.
Do not overlook us when in need of hard
ware. We now carry a full line of build
ers hardware, carpenter tools, tar
l'APERf TIN and GRANITEWARE
PONT' FORGET
We are the only Tinni rs and Plumbers that Dave|s>tayed by our City, and
would like vou to call and see us when in need oftanything in our lines.
NETTLES& FORD
?-? j _ - SZvnavoav A 1 AskA
| The Leading Jeweler
Nugget jewelry of all kinds,
Indian curios, sovenir spoons
H. D. Kirmse,
WW?.'
The Pioneer Jeweler
Official Timekeeper for the W. P. & Y. R.
Mail Orders a Specialty
Skat; ?y Laundry
For first-cla?- work try Skagway
Laundry. Twcty-tive vears' experi
ence. Telephon : SO.
Phon 'Jity Transfer
For your coal, 1 >d nod general haul
in" Thone' I. Houghton's ciear
store. 10-4-lmo
The Margueri ? cifjar is made from
the best Havac . Tobacco and has no
equal. On sale a W. W, Boughton.
The Pack Tri' i saloon always leads.
It carries only t > best brands of whis
kies, wines, be s and all the other
goods to be hau >s a first-class gentle
men's resort
iRaw Furs..J
v : PAY
nigh Prlcc ; for fine furs
Write "nr Price List
Percy's Fur House
Oshkosh . Wisconsin
U. S- Mail Steamer
Carrying passengers and .mail
Leaves Skagway eveiy
TUESDAY
THURSDAY and
SATURDAY
at 9 a- m- Leaves
Haines lor Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trip $2.50
Subscribe for
The Daily Alaskan
$1 oer mo. delivered
For Sale Cheap
Or will rent furnished the "Haynes'
residence corner of Third Avenue and
Alaska street from .Nov. 1st. Enquire
of Geo. E. Howard next door.