I HE DAILY
ALASKAN
OITV QFPIC1HL PHPER
Nc 281 VOL. IX.
3KAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY DECEMBER 29 1906
PRICE 10 CENTS
NEGRO EX-SOLDIERS WIS!
LEAVE El RENO
El Iieno. Okla.. Dec. 29? Discharged
negro soldiers from Fort Reno la?
night robbed a Chinese laundry. One
Chinaman was (tilled. The atTair has
added to the feeling on the part of the
people i^iiost the colored troops.
The citizens are organizing here and
in this vicinity for the purpose of driv
ing the colored soldiers out of the coun- 1
try as fast a,- they are discharged. '
Many of the batallion which was dis
charged without honor by President
Roosevelt are bangiog around here.
Capt. Macklin Recovering
Capt. Macklin, who was shot by a
discharged colored soldier several days
ago. is believed to be out of danger. It
was thought at lirst that he had been
killed. U is believed his assailant is in
custody.
All the delicacies of tbe season at the
Pack Traia Restaurant.
Uand painted ehiua at department
store prices at Harrisons.
L.A.HarrisonC(il
General
merchandise
MASKS- MASKS. MASKS
LADIES HOME JOURNAL
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION
SCRAP BOOK
EVERYBODY'S
METROPOLITAN
SMART SET
For January Just Received on the
Cottage City
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Stores openEvanings - Phone s 4 and oo
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smoke the
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Them? From
tony dortero Sole Agent for Alaska
Do not overlook us when in need of hard
ware. We now carry a full line of build
ers hardware, carpenter tools, tak
PAPER, TIN and C.RANITEWARK
DONT' FORGET
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We are the only Tinners and Plumbers that have stayed by our City, and
would like you to call and see us when in netd of anything in our lines.
NETTLES& FORD
? ? ?k a tr*nii? near Broadway S?a# way, Alaska
GREAT FINANCIERS INDICTED
New York, Dec. 29? The lightening
of justice struck in high places yester
day. The grand jury returned indict
ments against George W. Perkins, bus
iness partner of J. Pierpont Moreran
and one of the leading financiers in the
United States, and Charles S.
Fairchild, former secretary of the
treasury and a "great financier . The
indictments grew out of the Insurance
investigations by the New York
legislaturein which Gov. -Elect Hughes
made the reputation which gave him
the governorship. Perkins and Fair
child were directors in the New York
Life, and the former was vice-prisident.
Both are accused of forgery in the
third degree.
The indictments against Perkins and
Fairchild accuse them of making false
statements in regard to the securities
held by the New York Life. They are
said to hare prepared and uttered state
ments showing the securities of the
company to be of greater value ihan
J they really were, and sreater than thev
j knew them to be, for the purpose of
\ deceiving the public and the policy
' holders of the company. The crime is
I a felony in New York.
Prosecuting Attorney Jerome i9
conducting the prosecutions.
FAVORS II
3pokaue Chamber of Com
merce Backs Up Kair
(Special dispatch to the Daily Alaskan)
Spokane, Pec. 29? The Spokane I
chamber of comuitrce yeiterday passed
resolutions favoring an approprition by
ihe state legislature for the Alaska
Yukon-Paciiic Exposition. The action
was taken for the purpose of counteract
ing the decision of a majority of the
Spokane delegation in the state legisla
ture to oppose a atate appropriation for
t&e fair in retaliation for the opposition
of Seattle to the attempt of the Spokane
people to get the same railroad rates
from the east that obtain at Seattle,
Portland and other coast towns.
The opposition to the fair appropria
lion is dying down at this place.
Call For Msetlng
A meeting of the Skagway chamber
of commerce is hereby call?d to take
to take place Wednesday evening, Jan,
2, 1907. at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose of
reorganization and for such ,other pur
poses as may come before the meeting.
All business men, whether members of
the organization or not, are requested
to be present.
John W. Troy, Vice-President.
H. B. L.e Kevre, Secretary.
Skagway, Dec. 29, 190(i.
To Rarest Christmas Music
The choir at the Presbyterian church i
will follow the usual custom and re-!
peat the Christmas muBic of last Sun- 1
day evening, wiih some slight changes j
tomorrow night.
There was a young man from Dawson, |
Who imagined that his name was I
Lawson,
For he attended ihe ball,
At the A. C. Hall
And tLere he had seen? every body. .It i
THE
Pack Train Restaurant
Will Serve Sunday
French Dinner
From 12 noon to 8 p. m.
IVtRYTItlNG IDE BEST
IN I IIE MARKET
Regular Dinner 50c.
TEA, COFFEE or WINE and
ICE CKF.AM
TO RETIRE
Jim Hill Will Step Down
Next July
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan) J
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 29 ? James J.
Hill, president of the Great Northern, j
and the controlling power in tbeNorth
ern Pacitic, the Burlington and other
systems, head of the Great Northern
Steamship Company and largely inter
ested in other water transportation
companies, announced today that he
will retire from active life next July,
He will resign from all of his railroads
and other compmies. His son, Louis
Hill, will succeed him and have charge
of all the Hill interests.
Louis Hill has been gradually taking
over more and more of the burdens
heretofore borne by his father and is
regarded as the latter's jejuni in all re
spects. He is expected to continue the
policies that have made his famous
father's venture* so pronouncedly suc
cessful.
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WITHER REPORT'
The report of weather conditions at
8 o'clock this morning at points on the
line of the White Pass and in the Yukon
valley follows:
Glacier? Cloudy, north wind,(! above.
White Pass- Part cloudy, north j
wind, 4 above.
Fraser ? Part cloudy, strong north
wind, 4 above.
Log Cabin? Cloudy, north rind, 4
above.
Bennett? Clear, northwind, 6 above.
Pennington? Part cloudy, north
wind, 8 above.
Caribou? Clt'ar, li'-ht north wind 21
above.
Whiteborse ? Clear, light north wind,
0.
The Dominion wire is down north of
Whiteborse.
NiRbt School to Reiume
' Afier a b'ief vacation, the night!
'school will again take up its regular
j work next week in the annex to the
i Methodist church.
...
J For an accurate and truthful (?) dis
' cription of the preparations being made
for tbe masked ball Monday night, see
ths local columns.
The Pack Train Restaurant will
serve wine with dinner orders, free in
place of tea or '"otTee. Come on boys
Ganty& Frandson
Wholesale and Retail
GROCERS
BRYAN SAYS NO MAN CAN
RfFlSE PRESIDENCY
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Topeka, Dec. 29? William J. Bryan,
in an interview yesterday, said that he
had never said that he would or would
not be a candidate for president of the
United States. He said, however, that
no g lod American could refuse a nom
ination for the presidency if it were
tendered him.
It is believed that Mr. Bryan will not
seek the nomination but that if it .shall
be tendered him without the seek'ng
be will accept it. as a matter of
duty.
HITS JUDGE !
Chicago Lawyers Say the
Conrt is Putit
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan]
Chicago, Dec. 29? The Chicago Bar
Association finds, after investigation,
that Superior Judge [Chetlaw is finan
cially intesested in companies which
have litigation ia his court. The
association recomtnsnps tbat he be
removed office as unfit to ser ve on the
bench.
COMfSJtCK
Jefferson To Be Here Early
Next Mouth
The Jefferson will return to the
Skagway run early next month accord
ing to advices received in the last mail.
She is advertised to sail from Seattle
for Skagway and way pojnts January 2.
That would mane her due at Skagway
one week from tomorro'V.
When the Jefferson comes agaia she
will be an oil burner. This, it is be
lieved, will be an improvement that
will increase the -peed of the vessel
slightly. It will reduce the operating
expense and increase the carrying
capacity.
: IN AGAIN
1
Jim Jeffries Returus To
Prize King
?^(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
| San Francisco, Dec. 29? The allure- j
, ments of the p ize ring and the big
purses offered by different clubs for his
appearance has proved too much for
Jim Jeffries and he will reenter the
game. He has s'gned to fight Bill
Squires at Rhiolite, Nevada, in April
for a purss of $30,000.
GROWS SLOW
Chinese Fand Is Not Helped
Much
(Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan)
Washington, Dec. 29? The fund for
the aid of the Chinese starving is grow
ing very slowly. There is but $G,0C0 in
the hands of the Red Cross society.
San Francisco Chinamen hove tele"
graphsd that they have raised $4,000
more.
TO BE BIG
Tourist business Will Ex
cee l Last Year
The indications are that there will be
a large northern tourist business next
year that there was last year. Already
inquires are being received at the traffic
office of the White Pass in this city
with refereace to rates, hotel accommo
dations, etc. General Agent F. B
Wurzbacher, who has charge of this
business is taking great pains to an
swer folly *11 the inquiries he receives.
General Agent Wurzbacher says the
inquiries received now from prospec'.ive
tourists are greatly in excess of those
received at tD" corresponding date
last year. He expects a great gain in
the tourist business this year.
Hey. diddle, diddle, the guitar and the
fiddle,
They'll be there Monday night.
The costumes will be grand,
And the music by the band,
Will be simply out of sight. 3t
COLD WAVE COMING
There is another cold wave coming.
It will be here soon and you will be
kicking about the cold again. Now,
while it is ? arm. is just the t. me to
move. The Fifth Avenue hotel s
heated with steam and makes all
Wfather look alike.
Gunih.r s Candy
The most delicious of all
Confectionery in boxes of
all sizes at
Wm. BRITT
THE DRUGGIST
Agent for Alaska