THE DAILY
ALASKAN
CITY QFFICIHL PKPER
No. 213 VOL VIII.
SKAGWAY, ALA.SK A. MONDAY OCTOBER 9. 1905
PRICE 10 CENTS
JHISSTA WILL KEEP TROOPS
IN EASE
Fear Soldiers Will Join Malcontents if They
Are Brought Back Home, so 300.000
Will Be on Chinese Frontier
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.]
Tokyo, Oct. 9? It is reported that j
Russia intends to station 300,000 sol
diers on the Chinese frontier after
peace shall have been declared. It is
said the Russians fear the troops will
jo>n the malcontents at home if they
shall be permitted to get back there.
The Russian army Is declared to be on
' the verge of revolution.
bIG SHOW IS
>v COMING HERE
Thor's New York Vaudeville stars'
are soon to appear at Klks' Hall (or two
nights. Tl:e advance agent, who ar
rived last week on the Humboldt, has
the town well billed and one of the best
shows that ever struck this town is j
looked (or. A large frame of photo- J
r raphs and press notices from different
large cities where the New York stars
have appeared is now in the window of '
Bntt's drug store. Judging from the
largest eastern cities a :.-rand perform
ance may be expected. The show may j
open on Tuesday night. But that is un
certain. Tomorrow's Alaskan will give
full particulars.
IN TONIGHT
Dolphiu Dae to Arrive at
Six O'clock
The Alaska Steamship Company's
white flyer, Dolphin, will be Jue to ar
rive io port tonight at 6 o'clock. She
left Juneau for Skagrvvay early this
morning:. She wilJ take on several
thousand cases of Salmon on her north*
bound trip so there will be no need to
stop on the southern trip.
The Dolphin will sail for Seattle to
morrow eveoing.
(^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 Evening^Jj
Are you thinkiner of buying
A FALL OVERCOAT
Do not purchase until you examined our
swell line of
CRAVENETT COATS
All good dressers wear them.
f. fi. glayson $ Co.
TheOoe Price Clothier
?fourth and Broadway
GETS IN IT
Gov. Chamberlaiu Mixes In
Land Fraud Cases
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.]
Salem, Oct. 9? la an open letter Gov
ernor Chamberlain accuses D. J. Keli
her, a land operator, of securing 100,
000 acres of land through fraud.
uiriiiE
Cablet-hip Burnside Arrives
Io Fort
IIThe United States cableship Burn- 1
side arrived in port this afternoon at 1
o'clock and will be in Skagway several
days? probably ?week or more. While
she is here a land cable will be erected
from the cable office on Fifth Avenue
to connecting witn the cable at the
water front,
Capt. Charles S. Wallace, |of the sig
nal corps, is in charge of the Burn
side, and UDder his direction she has
been overhauling and testing the cable
between Alaska land Seattle. The
line has all been tested except that be
tween Skagway and Haines, which will
receive attention tomorrow. The test
is made by the application of electrical
instruments. Nothing has been dis
covered to be wrong with the line.
. The Burnside was at Juneau for some
time. White she was there a shore
connection was made for the cable.
She arrived at Hanies last night.
Capt. Wallace has not decided
just what kind of a connection be will
make between the cable office and the
terminus of the sea cable at Moore
wharf. He is considering three plans.
One is a buried ground cable up over
the tide tlats to Second avenue and on
poles from there up Spring street and
Fifth avenue. Another is to bring it
alcng one of the outer stringers of
Moore wharf to Second, avenue and the
other is to Dring it on poles along the
railroad track under the mountain side
to a point opposite Fifth avenue, thence
along said avenue to the cable office.
While Capt. Wallace is in charge of
the Burnside he has nothiog to do with
the navigation of the ship She has a
master and other officers just as have
merchant vessels. Capt. Wallace is
the only commissioned army officer on
board.
CONDITION or
INLAND WEATHER
The temperature along the Yukon
river continues well below the freezing
point, though there is nothing to indi
cate that navigation will be interfered
with for some time. The report of
weather conditions received at the W.
P. & Y. R. offices this morning was as
follows:
I Ogilvie? Foggy, west wind, 14 above
! Stewart? Cloudy, sonth wind, 20
above.
Coffee Creek ? Cloudy, south wind, 24
above.
Selkirk? Cloudy, south wind, 30
above.
! Y ukon Crossing? Cloudy, south wind,
24 above.
Hootalinnua? Cloudy, south wind, 30
| above.
Lower Labarge? Snowing, south
wind, 30 above.
Whitehorse? Strong south wind,
snowing, 36 above.
Splendid A grionltnral Spi-olmen
There has been on exhibition at the
Portland hotel for more than a week a
turnip which is a splendid specimen of
the results of agricultural work in
Alaska. Mrs. A. P. Mead brought the
turnip from Tenakee, where it was
raised. It measures 27 inches in cir
cumference and is as sound as a dollar.
At Wholesale [Prices
The Mascot saloonsells liquors,
eitherbulk or case goods at wholesale
prices All the old brands always on
hand. -1-tf.
WILL LOOK
President Will Investigate
St. Lonis Bridges
(Special dispatch to the Daily Alaskan)
Washington, Oct. 9 ? At a recent
cabinet meeting it was decided to in
vestigate the Merchants' Bridge Com
pany, of St. Louis, which owns and
operates two bridges and a ferry across
the Mississippi-river at St Louis.
NEW LINE
Telephone From Caribou to
Conrad City
Paul Hogan is foreman of a crew of
men now engaged in constructing a new
telephone line from Caribou to Conrad
City by way of the various mines now
being operated in the Windy Arm dis
trict.
The line will run first from Caribou
to the Big Thing Group m which Ed
mund Bristol of Toronto is largely in
terested, the length of the first section
being seven miles. From the Big
Thing the line will continue on the
Thistle and Aurora claims, a distance
of five miles, and thence on to the Bon
anza, Montana and the. Conrad Consoli
dated group and on to Conrad City, the
total length of the line being 22 miles.
From Conrad City the new Dominion
telegraph line extends along the 'o^ach
to Caribou, thus completing a new cir
cuit of about 33 miles.
The new telephone line will be com
pleted within a few days when Colonel
Conrad, from his head office at Caribou,
can keep himself in touch with the
operations at all the various camps in
the mountains? Whitehorse Star,
SECOND INFANTRY
TO SUCCEED I1IRD
Letters received by otfioers of the
Third infantry say their regiment will
be succecded in Alaska next year by
the Second infantry, now stationed at
Fort Logan, near Denver, Col. The
letters also s?y the Third infantry will
go from here to the Colorado fort.
Fort Logan is a regimental post and
the entire regiment will be together
when it shall have been transferred.
The transfer of the troops probably
will be made nsxt June or July.
II vou are out of kindling see E McC
Weste. I have it bv the sac* or cord
Phones 90 84. tf
Blood flows at Moscow
Reign of terror breaks out again at
Russia's ancient capital? Police and
strikers clash and many are killed
[Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan.]
Moscow, Oct. 9 ? A reign of terror begins to exist here as a result of rioting strik
ers and their frequent clashes with troops. The trouble began Sunday morning when so
cialists paraded the streets with red flags bearing inscriptions derogatory to members of
tha royal family. The police attempted to break up the parade and a shot, fired from
the mob, -wounded a lieutenant. The police then fired a volley into the heart of the crowd
and followed that wih a charge. The mob rallied and drove the police back. The battle
which followed lasted for an hour.
The police were re-inforced with troops after 50 of their number had been killed or
wounded.
The police took 200 prisoners whp were forced to run the gauntlet when they were
gotten to the station. Many of them were clubbed to death.
MANY OH IN
Whitehorse Arrives With
Big Passenger List
Whitehorse, Oct. 9- The Whitehorse
arrived at 11:45 a. m. today with 79
passengers. She will be laid up at
once.
The Thistle arrived at Hootalinqua
yesterday. She will be laid up there
for tho wioter.
Coming up stream, the Casca was at
Coffee creeK at 10 p. m. yesterday, the i
Canadian at Hootalinqua at 9 a. m., to
day, the Selkirk at Selkirk at 3:30 a.
m., and the Victorian sailed from Daw
son at 5 p. m. yesterday.
Going down stream, the DawsoL was
at Ogilvie at 9 a. m. today and the Co
lumbian at Coffee Creek at 8 a. m.
The Selkirk will sail Wednesday.
Dawson Trapper Commits SaToJdo j
A trapper named Edward Hardy com- ,
mitted suicide at Dawson, Friday night. ;
He had been on a protracted spree.
Lumber for 'sale. Inqu're of Pete
Malsen, Seattle wharf. G 10 M
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?We have a fine linenm?^
of Cut G-l ass Haviland China,
Hand Painted Ware, Semi
Porclain and G-lassware.
When in need of any these
articles; don't fail to call on
us before buying elsewhere
ji
Sole Agent? Rose of Ellensburg Butter
The Best That Money Can Buy
SOME PEOPLE WANT QUALITY
others prices, sensible people try to get
both, and do so when they buyGAQLT'S
CEYLON TEA
THE ROSS-HIGG-INS CO. Sole Agents, Skagway and Juneau
FAIRBANKS PEOPLE
REACH DAWSON
The steamer Tanana arrived at Daw
son, Friday night, having made the run
from Chena in the remarkable short
time of 113 hours. She bad 100 passen
gers and $175,000 in gold dust.
Equalization Board Has It Eny
The board of equalization which
completed its labors last Friday even
ing had little difficulty. There were
very few complaints on the part of tax
payers because of the valuations that
were fixed. While the result of the
changes has not been determined ex
actly the total valuation of the
property in the city will remain about
as determined by tho assessor.
COUGHS
are troublesome at the best. Often they lead
to serious complications
-AND
therefore they should be neglected. A bottle
of our White Pine Syrup quickly cures
coughs and
?COLDS
A 25 cents bottle will probably be enough
taken in time.
m . BRI TT The Druggist.
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JUST RECEIVED
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