THE DAILY
ALASKAN
CITY QFPICIKL PHPER
No. 220 VOL VIII.
SKAGWAY. ALASKA, TUESDAY OCTOBER 17. 1905
PEICE 10 CENfS
Ff DIM GOVERNMENE SlIES
[0 RECOVER UND
Attorney General Moody Will Try to Cance]
Patents to Land Obtained By Fraud,
Perjury and Forgery
i Special Dispatches to Daily Alaskan.)
Tacoma, Oct. 17? Attorney General
Moody hus instituted many suits in the
federal courts for the recovery of land
I titles alleged to be obtained from the
j government by divers persons in Ore
| gon, Washington and California by
bribery, perjury and forgery.
COAL SHIP
ARRIVES IV PORF
Duasmuir's bis: coal ship Wellington
arrived from the south ea*ly this morn
ing with 2400 tens of coal for the White
Pass. She will be disehir-ing for a
week or more at Voore wharf.
ladlti Aid Secinty To Moot
The I-atlies' Aid Society of the Pres
byterian church will meet tomorrow
afternoon at the home of Mrs. P. W.
Snyder on Sixth avenue.
Hejrs's Souvenir book for #1 at Har
risons'.
Fr?mJl Meat
The Frye-Bruhn Co. keep all kinds
of fresh meat contantlv on hand, tf >
LOUIS COUIURE
TO SELL BOOK!
I-ouis Couture, lately of the United
States army, has secured tbe agency
for Frederic William Uoger's book,
''Russia and Japan, and the War in the
Far Kast." The book covers the entire
period of the war from its outbreak to
tLe signing of the peace treaty at
Portsmouth, including the test of the
treaty itself. It contains 1000 pages
and 100 superb illustrations. The au
thor was war correspondent for the
New Yoric Timfs. He represented the
London Times iu South Africa and is
the author of "With Bobs and Kruger
in South Africa." The reviewers and
literary editors all give the book very
high praise.
Mr. Couture has the agency for all of
Alaska with power to appoint sub
agents.
HARRISONS'
A new shipment of Ladies's
and Children's street Hats
and Caps just received.
Gage urbans expected on the
Steamship Dolpin.
Phone 55.
Store Open Evenings
Are you thinkine of buj ing
A FALL OVERCOAT
Do not purchase until you examined our
swell line of
CRAVENETT COATS
AH good dressers wear them.
f. fi. ?lay$on $ go.
The^OneiPrice Clothier
?fourth and Broadway
SAME THING
C. B. Haradeu and J. T. Ross
Praise Tanana
J. T. Floss, of Astoria, senior mem- '
ber of the mercantile firm Ross
Higgins Company, and C. B. Haraden,
of this place, Alaska manager for the
firm, returned from Fairbanks last |
night with words of praise for the Tan
ana country where they spent the sum
mer. Both men think the Alaskan in
terior south of the Yukon is the great
est mining country that has been dis- ;
covered in the north thus far. While j
they closed out all the goods they took
in there this year, Mr. Harden will j
return there in the early spring.
Mr. Ross, speaking of the Tanana and !
Kantishna, said:
"The Tanana bas already passed the j
Klondike as a producer and next year
it will produce much more than it has :
this year. Not only will the claims '
and creeks that have been worked this
year be worked more extensively next,
but Esther, Dome and other creeks in
the Fairbanks district which were
worked scarcely at all this year will be
come producers next.
"The diggings in the Kantishna dis- ;
trict are shallow as compared with j
those in the Tanana and that country j
will be developed more rapidly than |
was the latter. It will add to the out- ;
put.
"There is every reason to believe '
that not only will the Kantishna turn !
out to be a great mining district, but i
that the headwaters of all the rivers j
having their sources in the vicinity of ;
Mt. McKinley will prove gold bear- 1
ing "
Mr. Ross will leave for Astoria to
night on the Humboldt. Mr. and Mrs.
Haraden will accompany him ss far as
Juneau and return to Skagway on the
Dolphu.
KAPSPEAKS
California Cougressmm For
Alaska Delegate
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.]
Seattle, Oct. 17? Congressman Julius
Kahn, of San Francisco, who is in this
city says he will use all his influence to
secure for Alaska a delegate in con
gress. He will work with Representa
tive Cnshman and others of the west
who are committe.1 to elective repre
sentation for the northern district.
THOSE EVES
Do Nut Lot Them Tronble
Yon More
Do not let those eyes trouble you any
more. It is not necessary. We are
prepared to examine them, tell you
what is wrong with them and grind
glasses that will fit them and make
them as servicable as though they had I
never b-.en affected. Our references,
are those in Skagway who are wearing
our glasses. They're boosters, for us,
every one of them.
Our repairing department is in the
lead. Let us put your watch in first-!
class condition and prove it to you, 1
Try us once and be our client as long I
as you live in Alaska.
We are prepared to do anything in
the manufacturing jeweler's line.
J. IKUTA,
Jeweler and Optician
The Pack Train Restaurant will
serve wine with dinner orders, free, in ;
place of tea or noffee. Come on boys! j
FIX LEVY
I Council Make Tax^s One
Per Cent
The city council fixed the levy for
1905 taxes last night at one per cent,
of the assessed value of the property of
the city. The ltvy is divided among
the general, the fire, the street, and the
school funds. The general fund levy is
seven mills on the dollar, the fire, street
and school fund was given the lion's
share for the reason that the council
is authorized to appropriated money
from it for the other funds and this is
done regularly.
All the m( mbers of the council were
present at the meeting last night ex
cept Mr. Dunn. Mayor King was in
the chair.
The committee on public works and
public property way authorized to in
stall lights at the corner of Second
avenue and Alaska street and Third
avenue and Alaska.
The committee on water works
was authorized to fill the streets under
crossings where they cross the water
mains for the purpose of preventing the
latter from freezing.
City Clerk W. S. McBean was grant
ed a leave of absence of 10 weeks. A.
P. Drapes was designated to perforin
the work of the city clerk during the
absence of Mr. McKean.
A petition for an electric light at the
corner of State street and Seventh
avenue was referred to the committee
on public works and public property.
mMstari
Dolphin Is on the Way
North
Cablegrams received from Seattle
say the Dolphin sailed from that place
for Skagwa.v yesterday evening at 9
o'clock. She will be due to arrive at
Skagway, Friday morning, with three
days' mail.
Prlnoeax May Sail*
The Princess May sailed for the
south last night at 8 oclock with one of
the largest passenger lists to leave the i
.north this season. She had 160 people
for Vancouver and other Puget Sound |
ports.
Thor's entire company of New York,
Stars will hold the boards at Elks' ball I
tonight. Curtain rises at 8:45 o'clock,
THRONE GOES TO DANE
Norwegian government will offer crown
to Prince Charles of Denmark-Oscar
of Sweden is expected to obiect and
make trouble
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Christiania, Oct. 17 ? The Norwegian government will tomorrow formally ask
Prince Charles, of Denmark, to accept the Norwegian crown. There is no longer and
doubt but that will be done. It was virtually decided upon today. It is expected that
the ofier will create another disagreement with Sweden. King Oscar, it is believed will
protest against permitting the Danish prince to accept the offer.
HONOR Df AD
Sir Heury Irving May Go
To Abbey
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.]
London, Oct. 17? There is oo doubt:
but that the Hritish people *ant the j
body of Sir Henry Irving laid to reat in
Westminster Abbey. The suggestion, '
which seems to have originated from!
every direction, has met with instan
eoas favor everywhere and it is favored
by King Edward.
WASMM10N
STARTS Off WELL
On October 4, the football squad of
the University of Washington played
a practic game with the team from the
United States flagship Chicago, win
ning by a score of 11 to 0. The uni
versity showed particular strength on
defense. The sailor team has quite a
reputation, having won the champion
ship eup of the North Atlantic squad- 1
ron last year. On October 7 a game !
was played with the Whitworth team j
in Taeoma, the university winning by j
a score of 18 to 4.
Do Yo Kiovn John Williams?
"Do'you know John Williams?"
"Yes. He is running the Railroad
Restaurant, where they serve the best
meals in the city, at from 25 can ts up.
He has the largest dining room in Skag
way and can accommodate 50 or bO peo
ple at one time. Private rooms for
ladies." "
Thor's entire company at Elks' hall
.tonight at 8:45 o'clock.
AT TOKYO
William Jenniugs Bryan in
Japan
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.]
Tokyo, Oct. 17? William J. Bryan,
the great American publicist, arrived
here yesterday. Tomorrow he will
d'ne with the Marquis Ito and the no
bility.
Thor's entire company at Elks' hall
tonight at 8:45 o'clock.
Rainier Beer*
Rainier beers by the dozen bottlei
$2 50, at the Masco' saloon.
Hf IS RIGIH
Negroes Endorse John D,
Rockefeller
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.]
Dallas, Tex., Oct. 17? The state con
vention of negro Baptists, in session
yesterday at this place, adopted a reso
lution commending John D. Rockefel
ler. The resolutions say he is an in
spired giver.
At Wholesale Prices
The Mascot saloonsells liquors,
either bulk or case goods at wholesale
prices All the old brands always on
hand. -1-tf.
I nr.
???We have a fine line??
of Cut G-las- , Haviland China,
Hand Painted Ware, Semi
Porclain and Glassware.
When in need of any these
articles; don't fail to call on
ns before buying elsewhere
0
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Sole Agent? Rose of Ellonsburg Butter
The Best That Money Can Buy
GAULT'S CEYLON TEA bears the proud:
distiction of being* the most popular teaj
in every Province of the Dominion of
Canada. "The best value for the least
money" is its motto.
THE ROSS-HIGGINS CO. Sole Agents, Skagway and Juneau
Wh, britt
Wholesale and Retail Druggisti
SKHCWHY, HLHSKH.
A COMPLETE STOCK OF DRUGS, SUNDDRIES, PATENT MEDI
CINES, .TOILET ARTICLES AND STATIONERY.
MAIL ORDERS FROM ANY PART OF ALASKA AND YUKON TERRI
TORY SOLICITED AND FILLED AT SEATTLE PRICES.
| A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
! *?re$b Mk$
JUST RECEIVED
| fresh Roasted Virginia Peanuts Every Day
Headquarters for
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The largest stock of Indian Curios
The choicest selection of Alaska Views
The only Eastman Kodak and films house
The Only thoroughly Equipped Studio
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