MERGER FINALLY EFFECTED
AlASM STEAMSHIP COMPANY HOW INCLUDES THE NORTHWESTERN. CHARLES
E PEA60DY, PRESIDENT, UNO FRANK BURNS, GENERAL MANAGER
The predicted merger of the Alaska
Northwestern Steamship company and
the Alaska S;eamship company, involv
ing more than $4,600,000 In property,
was completed on the last dsy of 1907.
This is the greatest steamship merger
ever cods jmmated In the Pacific North
west. Ic. inv lives a complete realign
ment of steamsb p lioes operating be
tweeu Seattle and every important
polct in Alaska.
CbaMes E. Peabody, president of th*
o'.d Alaska Steamship company, be
comes pres.deot of the new corpora
tion. and Frank E. Burns is named
vice-president and general mauager.
Following is a list of the Alaska ateam
ahipa, agsreca'iog sizteea vessels, In
volved in the merger:
Steamshlpi Victoria, Pennsylvania,
Northwestern, Olympia, Yucatan, Sar
atoga, EHtb, Santa Clara, Santa Ana,
Dora, Oakland and Seward of ths old
Northwestern Steamship company's
fleet, and the steamship* Jefferson,
Dolphin, Farallon and Dirlgo. compris
ing the fleet of the original Alaska
Bteamship com piny.
The Puget Sound Navigation com
pany, the Straits Steamship company
and the Inlard Navigation company are
not involved in the merger, but have
been reorganized with Joshua Green as
president'
Tbe main offices of the new company
will be on First avenue and Cherry
strett, the old headquaiters of the
Northwestern Steamsh p company, in
CAUGHT BY
THE WIRELESS
While at Tacoma recently the steam
ship Portland was equipped with wire
less telegraphy. By its use the vessel,
calling at Juneau on the second instant,
was enabled to deny a rumor prevail
in? In that city that day to the effect
that the steamer Governor had gone on
the rocks at Til'anook. A message had
been caught by the operator going
from some one on board the Governor
which was on her way to S a Francis
co, to a friend belo*. which said that
the Governor was at the time of the
sendiog of the message in heavy ae&s
The report that the ship was in dis
tress appears to have been sent out
from Valdez.
PIANO vOR RENT? Inquire at the
x'rinci(v?l b-irb.-r Shop,
TRENHOLM IS TO MANAGE
A BI6 MEXICAN ENTERPRISE
J. D. Trenholm, for .years secretary
of the Northwest era Steamship Com
pany, has resigned to take the aotive
management of the Mexican-Pacific
Company, of which Moritz Thomser,
of Seattle, is the head, and which will
develop a big tract of land in Mexico
and run steamships between Mexican
ports and Seattle.
Leaving Seattle January 17 the Ger
man steamship Use will go to Acapulco
with a party of officer* and directors of
the Mexican company who will inspect
the lands owned by the company.
They will locate aites for docks, plan
tations, buildings, etc., and arrange for
the construction of the railroad. The
The Ilse has been chartered for the
trip by the company and may be pur
chased as a nucleus for the ocean fleet.
The Pack Train Restaurant will serve
wine with dinner orders, free in place
of tea or coffee. Come on boys.
NEW FREIGHTER
ON G. P. R. IN
Agent F. P. W. Lowle of the Cana
dian Pacific company received word by
cable tbia morning that the Princess
May left Vancouver last night at 8
o'clock. This will bring her here on
Monday afternoon. Also word was con
veyed that the Princess Ina, a new
boat, a freighter, built in England, has
Arrived at Vancouver and Is to be put
on this run.
She came round the horn. She left
Liverpool In November. She Is 12.00C
tons nod 11 knots, and will be limited
to freight and cattle and the run be
tween here and Vancouver.
TOlW
The big dinuer at A. B. hall is sched
uled for 10 o'olock tomorrow evening,
Mr. Rudolph Turner, brewer of Daw
son, arrived out today and Is putting
up at the Fifth Avenue.
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Fred Callerman, paymaster for the
White Pass, returned today from
Whitehorse, where ho went on busi
ness.
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The stage from Dawson arrived at
Whitehorse yesterday with four pas?
seogers, Mr Turner, H. Plnkiert and
P. Forest, and 12 sack) of mall.
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The Pacific Coast 8teamshlp com
pany's steamer Meteor left Seattle j es
terday at 9 a. m. She is carrying ex
plosives and, therefore, no passengers.
But she brings mail.
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Arthur Forest, ex-deputy sheriff of
Dawson and one of the crack baseball
plavers of the Klondike, arrived on
this evening's train, tie is at the Fifth
Avenue. Mr. Forest is a sufferer from
rheumatism and is on his way to Hoo
' nab hot springs.
Through a telegram from Valdez,
published in the Seattle Star, Peter
MoDahau, discoverer of the Valdez
creek placer digging** bas been re
united with hit father, Henry Mona
hao, whom he had not seen fjr twenty
flve years.
The father had los?- track of the son.
The son supposed the father was still
at home on a Wisconsin farm. But the
oablegram to the Star telling of the
arrival of Monahan and several com
panions at Valdez with a small fortune
of gold came under the eye of the fatn
er at Everett.
A letter to the Star followed and
through the efforts of that paper the
father and son, parted for a quarter of
a century, were placed in communica
tion with each other.
MASONIC MEETING
There will be a regular jommunica
tlon of vVhite Pass Lodge No. 113, F. &
A. M , Friday evening, Jan. 11, 1908,
in its hall, No. 225, Fourth avenue.
Work in the E.A. degree.
Sojourning aDd visiting members are
requested to meet with us.
By order of the M.
E J. STANDI3H,
Secretary.
NOTICE of SETTLEMENT of FINA
ACCOUN f
la the matter of the estate of Vitto
Bertone, deceased. Notice is hereby
given that the administrator has filed
!n the Court of the Commissioner for
tbo District of Alaska sitting at Skag
wav Precinct, his first account as ad
min strator of the above named estate,
and the Court has fixed Tuesday March,
10, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, as the
time of hearing a< d settling said ac
count. All persons having, therefore,
anything to say why Baid account sho nd
not be settled and approved, are hereby
notified to make their appearance in
said Court, on said day and hour and
make their allegation in thai behalf.
Phil Abrahams,
Administrator.
Only One "BROMO QUININE.
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN
INE. Lo k for the si nature of E. VV.
GROVE. Uaed thr Woild over to Cure
cold in One Day. 25c b'
Hear Thoso Mandoli> ? Rlngisg
? Eight of 'era io one instrument, with
Piano accompaniment. Hear them at j
the Mascot. It is great, and fills the
place of a vaudeville entertainment.
FIFTEEN YEARS
OF ECZEMA
Affected Hands, Arms and Legs
Endured Terrible Itching and was
Unable to Sleep? Would Tear
the Bandages to Scratch the Skin
?In less than One Week
CURED BY THE
CUTICURA REMEDIES
"I had eczema nearly fifteen yeari.
The affected parts were my hands, arms
and lens. Taey were the worst in the
winter time and wcro
always itchy, and I
coula not keep from
(scratching them. I
had to Keep both
hands bandaged all
the time, and at night
I would have to
scratch through the
bandages as the itch
ing was so severe, and
1 at times I would havo
to tear everything off
my hands to scratch
I the skin. I could not
rest or sleep. I had
several physicians
treat me out they
could not give me a
permanent cure, nor
even could they stop
tho itching, After
using tho Cuticura
Soap, one box Cuti
cura Ointment and
two bottles Cuticura
Resolvent for about
dx days the itching had ceased, and now
tho sores have disappeared, and I never
felt better in my liio than I do now.
Edward Worell. Band 30th, U. S. Infan
try, Fort Crook, Nebraska.
Tho most torturing and disfiguring
humors, eczemas, rashes, itchings, irri
tations, and inflammations of the skin,
scalp, and blood, with loss of hair of in
fanta, children, and adults, are instantly
relieved and speedily cured by tho Cuti
cura Remedies, when all else fails.
Oompteto External and Internal Treatment for
Every Humor of Infant*. Children, anil Adulu eon
, . , : s of Cutlcura Soap to Cleanse the Skin, Cull*
eura Ointment to Heal the Skin, anil Cutlcura Ile
?olvent (or In the form of Choeolato Coated Pills,
In vlalsofalxty) to Purity the Wood. Sold through
out the world. Potter Drug ?Jc Chem. Corp., Bolo
props.. Boston. Masn.
?j- Mailed Free, Book oa all Skla Humors.
RECENT WONDERFUL INVENTIONS
VICTOR AND EDISON PHONOGRAPHS
Many great Improvements have
recently been made on the Victor tod
Kdison mnobinea. Every Alaska home
should have one of the November im
proved type. They are absolute v per
fect, much superiO' to ibe old styles.
Now Is the time to have one delivered
to your home or place of business on
the e<sy payment plan. Prices same
us Eaitern cities wed you have no
freight to pay. You can gel. any and
everyhing In Recor s and the Victor
*nd lidisou comes every month. Sing
for you all (he late new son/s and play
for you all the late musical selections,
before you can get sheet music of same.
See all magazines, you will not miss
the invesi ment nor regret. See T. R.
Sewell at Hrltt's Drug Store.
The Fifth Avenue hotel has unlimited
?ccomoaations. Steam he*t and every
tnlng modern.
Excellent line of Cravenette Coats at
Clayson's.
Men's Swell Suits just received at
Clayson's.
Boys' Suits and Overcoats at Clay
ton's.
HAVE you SEEN CJ
our? F. Canadlua Felenlus, If not drop
in at Daylight and look at it? It Is the
prettiest now Itiver was. Respectfully
yours Herman Grimm.
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH
THAT CONTAIN MERCURY
as mercury will surely destroy the
dense of smell and completely dcranee
i be mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be u^ed except on prescrip
tions from reputable physicians, as the
d<tm?ge they do is ten fold to the good
derived from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. J. Chebey & Co.,
Toiebo, O., contains no mercu y, and is
taken internally, acting directly npon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
tysiem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure
>)e sure you vet the genuine. It is taken
internally ?nd made in Toi?do, Ohio by
by F, J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Prico, 76c. per
mottle.
Ta:<e Hall's Family Pills for constipa
tion.
Full Dress Suits at Clayson's.
Oyster Cocktails and Eastern Oysters
on the half-shell, fo>* private fanill-es
and wolesale, at the ViennaBakery. tea
JUST A WORD
Although OUR STOCK ie
broken WE still have some
Beautiful Pieces of
Art Leather G-oods
Carved Ivory
Cut Glass
Imported China
Nugget Jewelry
And Souvenirs
J. IKUTH
DON'T FROG
Unless You're Got 50 Cents
W. W. BOUGHTOfl
DEALER IN
Cigars, Tobacco,
Smokers' Articles,
Stationery and Fish
ing Tackle
LARGE CIRCULATING LIBRARY
INCLUDING LATEST COPY
RIGHTED BOOKS
MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND
OTHER PERIODICALS
Clubbed Robbort With Roo?t*r.
Warren Edwards, a Cincinnati con
tactor. was on hl9 way home and was
carrying a rooster which was to grace
the Edwards table. The death of the
| fowl came sooner than was expected,
j for when two highwaymen told Ed
wards to throw up his hands he hit
one of them so hard in the mouth with
the rooster that the would be robber
?lipped and fell. Edwards then struck
the other man over the head with the
rooster. The fowl gave a prolonged
?quawk and died, and the highwaymen
fled.
DR. F. C. NORMAN
Physician and Surgeon
(cam suBOzox or w. r. * r. k.)
Corn kb Fifth and State Sts.
UP STAIRS
8KAGWAY
ALASKA
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CRAVENETTE HATS
Sun Proof
aiYLE
/ SERVICE
If you want a hat of finest fur
felt, becoming in shape and re
fined in style, call and look over
our new models of
Cravenette Hats
These hats are not only the standard
of approved styles, but they are the
stay new hats. Not merely because
they are made of the finest felt, but be
cause they have been subjected to the
famous cravenetting process, which
makes them rain-proof and sun-proof.
A Mallory Cravenette Hat will
stay new until you get the value of sev
eral new hats, and yet it costs no more
than other hats of equal quality and style.
We have them in all the newest shades
and shapes, in both soft and stiff hats.
General
Merchadise
a
" Fine" needs emphasis when
describing the Hanan Shoe.
Other shoes have borrowed the
word and abused it.
Let's say "satisfaction" in
stead ? satisfaction based on fit,
comfort, style and service.
That's what you get with
every pair of Hanan Shoes.
Low-priced, we think, fc'"
they offer.
5 " .00 and up.
f or men ar.d women.
B. M. Behrends Mercantile Company I
Geo. Blanchard, Manager
Torn Music Made Whole
Valnnb!* Papers, Dsedt, Doonmsoti, Mon?y. Tltlai, Eto.
It will take one minute to repair them
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to either survey 3d or unsurveyfld
land in Alaska, and is approved
by the Government. Price $30-00
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of from 1 to 20 acres
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