Daily Alaskan
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JOHN W. TROY, EDITOR
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TAFT WANTS ALASKA
A Washington dispatch says Secre
taries Root and Taft are sounding con
gress as to the advisability of providing
a system of government for Alaska
similar to that now prevailing in the
Philipines. placing the district under
the I ureau of insular affairs of the war
department. This is the scheme that
was thought out by Secretary Tait
long ago. Mr. Taft has become the
whole thing in so many of the append
ages of the American government, and
has become so used to the exercise of
authority, that he seems to regard all
territory from which a wave of impe
rialism, that, thank fortune, has
about spent itself, has withheld the
provisions of the constitution to be his
legit' mate prey.
It is to the credit of the representa
tives of the American people in cor
gress that Taft's plan does not take well.
This thing of appointed officials lordin?
it over sovereign American citizens is
at last having a very desirably nauseat
ing effect. The people of the country
are getting into a mood to demand a
return to republican institutions
Alaska will some day become a self
governing community. The day of
the tory is no', much longer.
Former Got. Odell, of New York,
plays the game of politics with much
shrewdness. He is now attempting: to
force the members of the republican
party in the state in such a position
that the; cannot oppose him without
supporting the machine of Senator
Piatt and Senator Depew. With ureal
skill and not a little success he is trying
to place the president in the position
of one who is backing up the tainted
senatorial twain whom he has repudi
ated oftener than once. It has been
predicted that the only hope of the rt
pubHcan party in New York lies in the I
probability that President Koosevelt
will cast aside '?th the Piatt and OJell |
machines and assume the leadership
himself
Charles A. Peabody, the New York
lawyer who has been selected to suc
ceed Richard A. McCurdy as president
of the New York Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, is a cousin of Charles
E. Peabcdy. general manager of the
Alaska Steamship Company.
Lfl IIS HOPE
If MAY BE SO!
An eastern newspaper says:
"Earl Gray, govi. rnor-general of I
Cana'a, is making a brief visit in New |
York, where he is being privately en
tertained. As officially announced. nc|
political significance attaches to this
visit, but it is shrewdly surmised thar
there may be a revival of interest in
the negotiations between Canada anc
the United States respec'-iug more it
timate commercial relations followicgf
his lordship's stay "in our midst.'"
Nettleton shce at Haysor's. tf
Ra^sand Luce Curtails W ahad
Now is the time t > gt ?- your rugs ani^
lace curtains wash is'. The Ko\al laun
dry is making a siw eiaity of this work
and it guarantee satisfaction. tf
A large stock of PLOW'S famous
candies just received at the Boss |
Bakery. tf
Home Made!
Mince Meat,
Plum Pudding,
Apple Butter,
Orange Marmal ide
Fruit Cakes.
Chillie Sauce,
Mexican Hot
and Jellies.
JUST RECEIVED J
Sour Kraut, Candieu P.-elJ, Apt le 4
Cider, Hubbard Squash, Dill's I
Pickle*. New Nuts, Olives, P.. p. ?
corn, Cranberries and App" s J
? CTp-t' -iate stationery j is', reoei*e?i J
| "JioFth End Grocery ?
TELEPHONE NO. 138
FOR CHINA
Believed American Troops
May Hn?e Serious Duties
Cablegrams received in Skagway
yesterday say the Eighth and Thir
teenth batteries, field artillery, and
the First and Second regiments of in
fantry, have been ordered to the {Phil
ippines. The First infantry will sail
from New York City February 1; the
Second from San Francisco on the same
date, and the artillery batteries, or a
part of them, from Seattle, also on the
same date.
The impression prevails that these
troops are intended for services in
China, and army officers are begging to
be transferred to the organizations.
(WO BRIDGES
Road Commission to Help
Westward People
The Alaska road commission will
build two bridges on the trails north of
Valdez that are of great importance to
those interested in that country. A
pile driver will be sent over the ice
this winter to be used in their construc
tion.
Oue of the bridges it is proposed to
build will be across th j Tasiina not far
from Copper Center. It will coi sist of
two spans of 104 feet each. It Is on the
inain trail between Valdez and Fair
banks and is one of the most needed
improvements on it,
The other bridge will be built across
the Katselua on the trail to the Nazina.
Wnlle the wide is not long the crossing
>s one of the most dangerous in the
north.
The road commission is also prenaring
for work next year by stocking the road
houses between Cooper Center and
Fairbanks with provisions for working
men and feed for horses. This work is
being let by contract.
WHAf DOING
Form r Sfengwayrtiig Are
K-eping Bnsy
A recent letter from Seattle has the
following: about former Skagway peo
ple :
,-T. B. Foote, who was formerly in
the auditor's office of the White Pass,
?t Skagway, as stenographer, but who
last year was with the N. A. T. & T.
Co., at Diwson, received word ten days
ago in Seattle that his mother was dy
ing in New York City. He immediate
ly left for the east, and word received
just before the Cottage City sails is to
.he effect that his mother died the day
after he arrived.
"H. H. Sanford, formerly with the
Alaska Steamship Company at Skag
way, and who has been with the C. B.
& Q. railway, at McCook, Nebraska,
expects to return to Seattle the Qrst
week in January.
"George W. De Su>ca, formerly pro
prietor of the Daily Alaskan is now
wording one of the linotypes on the
aight shift of the Seattle Times."
Dac^erof a Cold and How to Avoid
Them
More fatalities have their origin io
)r result from a cold than from any
other cause. This fact alone should
make people more careful as there is no
lati?cr whatever from a cold when it is
iroperly treated in the beginning. For
man? years Chamberlain's rough Re
medy has been recognized as the most
prompt and efiectual medicine in use
or this disease. It acts on nature's
plan, loosens the cough, relieve the
lungs, opens the secretions and aid
nature in restoring the system to a
healthy condition. Sold byWm. Britt
Spclal Coarse For Hlslsz Mob
School of Mines, University of Wash
ington. Begins January 9, lasts three
months. Complete equipment. No
charges except for material used.
Address, Rrgistrar, University Station,
Seattle, Washington.
Sk**w?y Laundry
For first-class work try Skagway
Laundry. Twenty-five vears' experi
ence. Telephone 89. tf
Holly crepe paper table clothes,
Daylies and napkins at Harrisons,'
Principal Barb >rshop Load*
TLe Principal Barbershop and Baths
is the leading tnnsorial establishment
ii Alaska. Everything in all the de
partments is strictly modern. The
baths are first class in all respects.
( The Refonnist
[Copyright, 1W6. by Homer Sprague.]
Just when Mr. Nickelby became a re
formist he could not fix by exact date.
Ho had always had a fellow feeling
tor his fellow men and had always
wijhed them to walk In straight paths,
but he had arrived at middle age be
fore this feeling began to lie heavily
on his mind. When he started out in
the reforming business there were peo
ple who called It a fad and referred to
him as daffy, but no matter how good
the cause there are people who will al
ways speak 111 of it
Nickelby 's family went to the coun
try, and he occupied the house o'
nights. One night at midnight he was
awakened from his sound sleep by a
hand being laid on his shoulder. He
opened his eyes to see a stranger hov
ering over him.
"Mr. Nickelby," said the man, "I am
a burglar. I have called to talk with
you. I have taken the liberty of pre
paring a little lunch downstairs, and I
should like to have you Join me."
"This seems to be a gigantic piece of
cheek," replied the reformist as he got
slowly out of bed. "If I'd had one min
ute's notice I'd have been ready to
send a bullet Into you!"
"That's human inconsistency. For
years you have been wanting to have
a free, frank chat with a burglar and
convince him of the error of his ways
and bring about a reformation. 1
come at last and you are sorry that
you did not meet me with a bullet."
"But you have broken into my
house!"
"But that is a part of my busiuess.
Having broken into your house as 1
have you cannot doubt that I am what
I claim to be. Let us now go down to
the lunch."
Mr. Nickelby dldnt like it at all He
wanted all burglars to reform, but he
wanted It done by programme. The
lunch didn't amount to much. Aside
from four ham sandwiches brought in
by the burglar himself there were a
bottle of wine taken from the cellar
and a supply of cigars. The burglar
motioned his host to a seat at the head
of the table, passed him a sandwich
and a glass of wine and then courte
ously said:
"Now go ahead and ask me any
questions you will. It will be the first
time I have ever submitted to an In
terview."
"This house is defended by a burglar
alarm, and I don't see how you en
tered It" replied the reformist, who
couldn't get over his feelings In the
matter.
"Easy as pie, my aear sir. i uuu
only to cut the wire outside the house.
Do you wish to know why I became n
burglar?"
"You can state the case If you wish,
but tomorrow I'll raise hob with the
police for not spotting you off before
you got In hero."
"Don't do It Statistics will show
that there are just as many burglaries
now as before a policeman was Invent
ed. You would only be throwing your
time away. At thirty years old I was
a minister of a congregation in a coun
try town. My salary was $200 a year
and was behind half the time. I made
the change In order to make a living.
I have made an average of $3,000 a
year as against you. Have you any
criticisms to make? Have you any
thing as good to offer me if I will re
form V
"You'd get at least five years If ar
rested for breaking in here," sulkily
replied the reformist.
"Not a doubt of It, but I shan't l>e
arrested. If I promise to mend my
ways can you get n:e a Job of driving
an Ice wag\m at $1) por week?"
"You ought to reform because It Is
wrong to be criminal."
"Oh, had I? I ought to walk the
streets looking for a Job because 1
want to be an honest man. How about
every alderman In town? How about
every merchant? How about the tens
of thousands of men who are cheating
and swindling and robbing every day?
Go to a man who sells coffee. It Is 80
per cent adulterntlon. Will he stop be
cause you say It Is wrong?"
"But you are a burglar!"
"It Is a distinction without a differ
ence. Instead of robbing the city I rob
one residence. Instead of mixing half
cotton with my wool I use false keys
to enter a dwelling. You are In the
cloth business. There are more tricks
in your trade than in mine. Are you
willing to reform?"
"If you had come to me and said you
ivouted to reform I should have stood
ready to? to"?
"Yes; go on. You would have stood
ready to give me a dollar and your best
advice, and within a week I would
have been a starving man. It won't do,
old fellow. It's all sawdust. We are
all out for the dough, including your
self, and none of us Is going to give up
a good thing for the sake of free soup
and a bed under a stairway. Cut It
out and save your wind. Now, then, 1
have packed up a bundle In the hall. It
contains a few pieces of silver, two
suits of your clothes and a few other
things. They are my perquisites, and
If you object it will be the worse for
you.
"I may come again at the end of
three months. If I do I hope to hear
that you have gone out of the cloth
business and are selling toothpicks and
giving full measure for the money.
Perhaps I may be so situated as to of
fer you a dollar a day to drive an ex
press wagon.
"Another glass of wine? No? Have
a smoke? No again? Well, I'll bid you
good night and be going. I stand ready
to reform at any time, but I've got to
have shoes for my feet and something
for my stomach to work on in the new
profession." M. QUAD.
You are at Home
When you stop at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
It is there where you find all
the Comforts and Conveniences
which have made this Hotel so
well and favorably known to the
Traveling Public and Tourists
from all parts of the world.
First?Class Rates Moderate
MOORES WHHRF CO.
TermlnuB W. P. & Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThla Dcck
REGULATIONS 1905
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
Ail freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 8. customs
office) and must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this hour.
BAGGAGE?' Tolls will be oollected on Checked Baggage Only. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to tho public when steamer is n earing
dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNSON, Gen'l Mgr
Cor. 5th & Broadway. 'Phone 90
Cigars and Tobacco
Stationery
and Fishing Tackle
?NEWS DEPOT*
New Books Just Rec'd
The Daily delivered to
any part of the city
for $1 per mouth
jliraij
I I have the largest and best se- i
\ lected stock of '
? MEERSCHAUM i
{ GOODS
!In Skagway. Just the thing for |
Christina? presents i
Also a'large stock of Lewis and |
Clark (
SMOKERS' SOUVENIRS
A Tony Dortero
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Rea* Estate
BROKER
Collections
NOTARY PUPLIC
524 Fonma ave., skagway
Special *1' <--ilnn to Business From
ensgway, Haines and Vicinity
CREWS & HILLS,
ATTORNEYS
Will Practice In All the Courts
Juneau - Alaska
J. R. Winn Geo. C. Heard
WINN & HEARD
ATTORN EYS AT-LAW .
Will practice in Alaska Courts,
U. S, Supreme Court, and Land
ana Mining business.
(looms 3, 4, and 5, Decker Building
JUNEAU, - - - ALASKA
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMEK
GEORGIA
Carrying 0.3. Mall
For Haines, Berneis Bay, Juneau
Hoonah, Tenake Sitka and Wayporta
SAILS
at 8 a. m.
Jan 5, 11, 17, 23, 29,
W. W. BOUUHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
s?
| -Garibea Hotel- 1
I Caribou Crossing ?
A Strictly
II fel Mil
?Dining Room in Connection? ?
Choicest Wines, Liquors & Cigars ?
R. J. Britain, Mgr.
Finely Furnished Rooms
Electric Lighted Throughout
THE IMPERIAL HOTEL
GEO. W. CURTIS, PROP.
AMERICAN PLAN
Fro nt St. South P.O., "Whitehorae.Y.T
Pacific Coast S.S. Co
_ PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
SPEED, SAFETY. COIS/IROF5T
Seattle, Huget Sound, San Francisco and 3outhern Porta
CARRYING IT. B. KAIL
Steamers of This Company Leave
Cottage <2itv - Jan. 15, 29 j
Via Vancouver and Sitka
Above Schedule Subjeot to change Without Notice.
E. A. MURPHY, Agent, Phone 50
C. D.DUNA'. N, Gen- Pass. Agt.
10 Market Street, San Franolsco, Cel.
The Alaska Steamship Co. g
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON,
Jan. 7, Jan. 21, Feb. 4.
FARALLON - - Jan. 13
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
R A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone (6
Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. |
STEAMER
AMUR _ . Jan. n, 26 J
Ftb. 11, 26 i '
Sailing >i 6 p.a
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring to Seattle via rail or steamer withon extra chaige
We give quick service
For information Write or Apply to
H.B.'DUNN, .
Agent Skagway
The White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 13
(Daily Ezcept Sunday.)
No, 3.JN. B No, 2, S. Bound
2nd class. 1st class. 1st class ' 2nd cUj 1
8 30 p.m. 9 30 a m. LV. SRAGUAY AR. 4 30p m. AR. 4 15 s, b
10 30 " 11 00}" " WHITE PASS '? 3^ ? " 2 10 "
11 40 a. m. 11 45 " " LOG CABIN 2 10 ? ? 1 00 "
12 20 if 35 } P* ? " BENNETT " J [ p.m ?' 12 20 p.m
2 45 " 2 10 ?? " CARIBOU " 11 50a.m ? 10 t "
6 40 " 4 30 " AR White Horse LV 9 30 " LV, ?' 7 t "
Passengers must be at depots in time to have Bagjage Inspected ?? <!
checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 rounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare tick
and 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
Through Line From,
Through line from Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate Yukon River points. The new placer camps in the Alsek and Kluane
Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season when navigation is closed, daily trains ? ill continue running
between Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight service
will be maintained by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line, between JWhite
Horse and Dawson.
Regular stages, carrying mall, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson
and intermediate points. .
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly discovered and fabulouslyjrich quartz
camp of the Windy Arm district, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For information relative to passengei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
M. J. B. WHITE, Q. F & P. A. A. B. NEWELL, V. P. & G. M. R. D. PINNEO, Asst. G. F. & P. A.
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver. B. 0. and 8kaguay, Alaska Skaeuay.fAlas' a