Oranges per dozen 20 Cents
Apples? 5 pounds for - ? ? 25 Cents
Baltimore Cove Oysters
2 pound tins for 25 Cents
French Sardines- per tin 10 Cents
Table Plumbs, per tin ? 15 Cents
Cupid Brand Homony, tin 15 Cents
John Kalem, the Grocer
Sole Agent (or Reliance Canned Goods
ARE_WED
Alice and Nicholas
Are United
[ Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan.)
Washington, Feb. 17? Miss Alice
Roosevelt, daughter of the president,
aud Nicholas Longworth, the Cincin
nati congressman, were married at noon
today. The Right Rev. H. Y. Satter
lee, of the Protestant Episcopal church,
officiated. The bride jand groom will
leave at once in the private car.
Republic, for a short weddiDg trip to
Georgia and Florida. Most of the
honeymoon will be spent in the former
state.
The wedding ceremony was rehearsed
last night and today there was not a
hitch in the proceedings.
CROWFfiiEE
Alleged Abductor Is Acquit
ted By Jury
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan,)
Omaha. Neb., Feb. 17? Pat Crowe
was acquitted by a jury this morning of
the charge of robbing Ed wart: Cudahy
of 425,000 and of kidnapping Lis son a
few years ago. He was rearrested at
the iail door on the charge of roboery
in holding up a street car at Council
Bluffs.
SHIPSHlX
Sailing Vessels Collide on
Fuca Strait
WITH PUGS
O'Keef and Parker Fight?
Gans For War
(Special dispatch to the Daily Alaskan)
San Francisco, Feb 17? Kid Parksr,
of Denver, and Jack O'Keef, of Chica
go, fought 20 hard rounds to a draw
lost night. O'Keef had the best of the
mill. He outclassed Parker.
Ssn Fraucisco, Feb. 17? Joe Gans ar
rired here today. He is looking for a
jo with Jimmie Britt, the winner to
rake the entire purse. He says he will
tight both Britt and Nelson the same
eight.
Meatinz* at Panial Mlksion
The Rev. H. M. Tovrney is expected
to arrive on the next trip of the Jeffer
son. He will hold evangelistic services
at the Peniel mission. The public is
invited to attend. tf.
Small Death List at Fairbanks
There were 15 deaths at Fairbanks
last year. This is regarded as a very
few for the size of the town.
I PERSONAL MENTION
t ??++ *?**
R. M. Odell, the Haines merchant, Is
in the city from Haines,
Judge Cortes Ford, of Haines, is in
the city.
Sam Guyot, representing a Seattle
wholesale house, is in Skagway at the
Fifth Avenue hotel.
Lieut. Iglehart, Lieut. Kunzic and
Dr. Kuhn were in Skagway today from
Fjrt William H. Seward.
INLAND WEATHER
(Special Dispath to the Daily Alaskan.')
Seattle, Feb. 17? The ship Cissie col
lided with an unknown bark cn the
strait of Juan de Fuca last night. The
Cissie wad damaged about the bow.
It Is expected the bark is very bsdly
injured. She disappeared ia the
darkness. The damaged vessel is ex
pected to report today.
\L-KI SAILS
Pacific Coast Boat on Way
to Skagway
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Seattle. Feb. 17? The Pacific Coast
Steamship Company's liner Al-Ki sail
ed for Skagway and way points last
night. She has a good passenger list.
Job lot of corsets worth $1.00 to $2.50.
Your choice at 50 cents each, at Harri
sons'.
Dress goods, silks and trimmings
"the newest," at Harrison's.
Order your coal and wood from tba
Alaska Transfer Company and it will
ba delivered promptly. Phones 10&40
Notice to Public
The municipal taxes for 1905, due
to the town of Skagway, Alaska, will
become delinquent February 28, 1906,
at the hour of 6 p. m. on said day. If
Dot paid on or before that date, a pen
alty of 20 per cent will be added to the
amount due and interest at the rate of
s per cent per annum will be charged
on the whole amount due for taxes and
i.naity from that date.
Dated at Skagway. Alaska, February
3. 19U6. H. H. Draper,
Municipal Treasurer, Town of Skag
way, Alaska.
:f*t 1 1 ' ""
A large stock of Plow's famous
candies just received at the Boss
Bakery. "
j Weather conditions obtaining at. in
' land points at 8 o'clock this morning-,
according to telegraphic reports re
ceived at the offices of the W. P. & Y.
R., were as follows:
Fortymile? Clear, north wind, 2
below.
Dawson? Cloudy, caltn, 8 below.
Ogilvie? Cloudy, calm, 8 below.
Stewart? Cloudy, calm, 2 below.
Coffee Creek? Cloudy, calm, 0.
Selkirk? Cloudy, calm, 0.
Tantalus? Snowing, calm, 0.
Big Salmon? Cloudy, calm, 13 below.
Hootalinqua ? Cloudy, calm, 10 a bore.
Lower Labarge? Cloudy, calm, 8
! above.
Whitehorse ? Cloudy, calm, 0.
Tagish? Cloudy, calm, 0.
Atlin ? Cloudy, calm, 2 above.
Conrad? Cloudy, calm, 7 above.
Caribou? Cloudy, calm, 5 above.
Bennett? Cloudy, calm, 8 above.
Log Cabin? Cloudy, calm, 12 above
Fraser ? Cloudy, calm. 20 above.
White Pass? Cloudy, north win!, 24
above.
Glacier ? Cloudy, calm, 18 above.
SKAOWAl W FATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Feb. 16,
1906, is as follows:
Temperature timeobservat'o..37 above
Max. temp, preceding 24 hours..41 "
Min '? " " ? ..34 ??
Mean " " " " .38 "
Barometer, 29.60.
Calm, cloudy.
WEATHER bureau report
Skagway, Feb. 17, 1906.
Weather conditions for the 24 hours
preceding noon today were as follows:
Maximum 39 above zero
Minimum 30 " "
Mean 35 " "
Temp, at noon today 39 above "
Precipitation 1^ inches.
H. D. Clark.
Volunteer U. S. Weather Observer.
Oyater Cocktaila and W ?inorwor*
Presh oyster cocktails and hot wein
frwurst on tap at the Mascot Saloon
Thirdavenue aod Broadway. tf
NEW
SPRING
NOVELTIES
? ?
arriving on
every steamer
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OUR STORE WILL CLOSE AT 6 P. M.
In
B. M. Behrends Mercantile Co.
Geo. Blancliard, Manager.
NAME TICKEf
Republican Slate Goes
Through Without Break
(Special Dispatch to Dally Alaskan.)
Seattle, Feb. 16? The slate was nom
inated at the republican city conven
tion without a break. The ticket is as
follows:
For mayor, John Riplinger, present
comptroller; for corporation counsel,
Scott Calhoun, re-nominated; for comp
troller, Harry Carroll, present deputy
comptroller; for treasurer, George Rus
sell, present assistant treasurer.
There will be several changes in the
aldermanlc nominations.
NIGHT SCHOOL
IS PROPOSED
Several Skagwayans, particularly
large boys who have to work, are dis
cussing the proposition to have a night
school established in Skagway. It is
said seven or eight young men and boys
have agreed that they would like to at
tend such a school from 8 o'clock until
10 p. m., anJl t hat they would make it
an object to a teacher to'devote the time
to them.
Among those who are taking an in
terest in the matter is Joseph Rapuzzt,
of lower Broadway.
Earl & Wilson collars and cuffs at
Clayson's tf
Chamber of Commirot Will H??t
There will be a meeting of the Satur
day evening, Feb. 17, 1906, at 8 o'clock.
All members are requested to be pres
ent. Important.
H. B. Le Fevere, secretary.
Good warm rooms for rent at the
[ Portland House. Prices $4 to $8 per
month, baths included.
TOM O'BRIEN
TRAVEiS INCOG
Tom O'Brien, of Dawson,? usually
Thomas W. O'Brien, Esq., since his re
cant trip to Paris? has adopted the
ways of royalty and other very high
muck-a-mucks. He passed through
Skagway the other day incog, reaching
Whitehorse before be was very exten
! sively recognized He cam* north on
the Cottage City, but his name appeared
not on the first-class passenger list.
s Tom O'Brien is nothing if not always
first-class, so he was evidently using a
name that doe* not belong to him with
which to protect his busy self from
vulgar curiousity.
Mr. O'Brien (ays he has secured all
the njoney necessary to complete 30
miles of his Klondike Mines railway
this year and that next year it will be
continued to Stewart river on the
Yukon.
Hons* For Sal* Champ
Lot, 25x6 feet, Fifth avenue, nea
Methodist church, *nd 4- room house
lm Mrs. I. A. Frazier,
YOUREYES
Skagway'd Pioneer Jeweler
Has Scientific Optician
R. E. Kirmse, a scietific optician
graduated by one of the beat schools In
America, is now connected with our
store and is preprared to examine and
test your eyes and fit them with glasses
ground for that purpose. We have the
very latest equipment and the largest
stock of glasses ever brought to Skag
way and are prepared for this line as
no honse has ever been in Skagway
before.
Our immense stock of jewely, cut
glass, silverware, etc., etc., is still go
ing, and at the service of our patrons.
H. D. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler.
Closing up sale
Big Reduction in Hard
I wareunti Saturday, Feb. 17
I Show Cases and Store Fix
tures at a Bargain
Dement & Gearhart