SV-Qatlg jMaskai*
Official City Paper
L. S. KELLER, PUBLISHER
SUBSCRIPTION. KATES
One week, delivered fcy
One month, by mall....
Three montji*. by ma I.
Six months, by matt...
One year, by mall
?avrler 10.^5
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2.25
4.50
9.00
SEATTLE ANO ALASKA
Alaska trade, after a slight lull due
to overstocking lust season, labor dis
turbances !q certain centers, particu
larly in the Fairbanks region. and other
untoward conditions, is shoeing rapid
trains. Seattle dealers rrport t\c<-i -
tioually heavv gains, and boats just oat
for the North carry unusmlly large
cargoes of eggs, butter, cheese and
other products. I/wai merchants
exp?>ci large increases in the fall trade.
In the sprint; Alaska merchants
fouud that overstocking would curtail
buying during the summer months to
some exteut. I'nsettled labor condi
tion? aud the fact that immigration h ,d
b>eu slightly below the uormal, aggra
vath! the situation.
Happily, Alaska's labor problems
hsve beaa settled for the time being:
immigration has recovered -from the
temporary lull: old stocks have teen
exhausted, with the nsult that a gen*
erai recovery of normal trading is now
evidenced.
increased industrial and develop
mental activities in Alaska will neces
sarily augment the demand in Seattle
for supplies Heavy shipments to the
norih have aireaJ.v begun, and these
will probably increase in amount and
value from now on through the busy
season.
Seattle merchants fully realize that
when Alarka prospers they will prosper
als\ and recent shipment to t> e north
merely serve to again emphasize the
fact.? Post ioteiligeacer.
The reptile press at .luneatt is froth
ing over rbuses which Scat'le mercn
ants have heaptd on Alaskans. There
is Qothing in this. There way be a few
isolated c ses of where one merchant
in Alaska is mistreated by some johh> r
at Seattle, but to put it down for grant
ed that there is a combin lion existing
In Seattle which has for its purpose
the defraudiu^ of Alaska dealers is :?*
preposterous as m>st of the oth-f
ideas which occasion illy get into tl.e
the colutn: a of some of the reptile
papers.
THE PASSING OF THE SALMON
Thai the puck of Alaska red salmon
will be -kid, CM) case: short of 1 st year
is the startling iuformatiou rociived
yesterday by the Kelley-Clarke Com
pany, indicating that tSie maiustay ami
reliance of the packing indus'ry of the
north has suffered at a time when the
packers could ill artord the loss.? I'ost
iotelligencer.
With Aluska helpless 10 protect itself
from the ravages which are being
made by the corporations -who are
stripping its streams of their salmon
beds tho abive advices from Seattle are
harrowing. Tni> yvear the pick is
short 400,000 c ises: next year, if thiugs
go on as they have, it will be short
twice that number, and the years are
but few until there will be no salmon
in Alaska rivers at all.
Had Alaska the power to make laws
to protect the Salmon from these loot
ers, it would be different. They wou'd
be forced to see that hatcheries were
provided from the revenue of the fish
ing industry a provision ma.le looking
towards the spawning of the fish. But
wheie practices are engaged in towards
human beini.* such as prevail here.wbo
could expec. that consideration be ex
tended toward* the future of an indus
try?
AS THE TIMES SEES IT
The Seattle Times takes the follow"
lug view of matters in Alask i at the
present time:
"If Congressional Deiogato Thomas
C'ale, of Alaska, can obtain control of
the Republican convention to be held
in Jnneau some time in November, he
will, in all probability, swing it for
a declaration in favor of territorial
government. If Governor Hoggatt
xets control he will have the conven
tion ignore this subject. This, at lent
is the statement made by representa
tive Alaskans who are in close,touch
with the situatioc.
( ale and Uoggatt are both in tho
interior of Alaska at the present
time pulling polHiOil wires to obtain
control of the delegates to the conven
tion.,"
WHEN THEY WW CHINESE
The marriage of * white woman to a
: Chinaman is more than disgust iog-: it is
revolting. The ministers of Seattle
each and all d eectly and properly de
clined to he ? party to >uch a transit
ion when Tom Chum and Mrs. Gertrcde
Higgingson, of Healdsburg, C?l., ap
plied to them a few days ago to pe: form
the ceremony that would make Mrs.!
Uiggioson .\i rs. Chum. Chum pleaded
and Gertrude wept, but the clergymen
were ob 1 urate. A justice of i he p^sce
was found, however, who, bei^g satis
fied himself that no legal stat te was
being violated in the net, performed
the marriage ceremony. This marri
age is the outcome of mission wcrk
among the-Chiuese, of a type often en
gaged in by young white woiu'in, moie
zealous than wise. Every city od the
Pacific coa^t has had example-, of this
lo ly? a folly which courts, ali.iost as
often as it has been committed, have
been c Jleii upon to correct as fat as
fius.-.bie by dissolving the grossly unlit
tllianee, I' might be well lo refuse
divorce in all such oases, since no young
woman of common sense conlil have ex
pected happi ess in a marriage relation
so incongi uous and unpromising. To all
young women who are zedous workers
in Ch'njse missiou schools on the coast,
the perusal of Julian Ralph's sketches
of whit ? wives of t hinese in China in >y
be commended. One of these s orijp of
special interest en:itled, -'Alone i a
ChiiM," was published several years ago
in Harpers magazine. It may be re
marked in passing that Julian Ralph,
uow deceased. wu> well inform<d by
travel and obervation upon the i homes
ot which he wrote.
These maidens who become slave
wtves of Chinese opium fiends as a gen
eral thing would not for one moment
consent to go into the slums of the east
and look after poor white children.
There is no romance in helping an
American. They needs must go amongst
the brown race '.o "civilize." This
newspap r has no pity for such women.
They know just what to expect and
after mak -:g their own bed should not
complain about lying in it.
THE ALASKAN IS LOYAL
? This smacks of a loya Ity to home
town and home industry worthy of em
ulation by the Alaska press generally.
The Skigway Aliskan says: This news
paper is in rtceip: of a contract which
it is requested to sign aod return to a
prominent ctaiog house io order that
the aJrer'.isment of the concern may be
carrie J in the columns of The Alaska:.
The next boat going out will carry
back the agreement, unsigned, as The
Alaskan does not believe in educating
home people to patronize foreign hous
es.? Ketchikan Miner,
ONE'S PLENTY
The UecorJ-Minor with its new lino
type machine and presses can get out
ten extras epch day if the telegraphic
news rnake^ it necessary.? Record Min
er.
With all ihe knocking of Alaska con
tained in one issue ,pf the Record-Miner
it will be entirely agreeable all 'round
if the other nine issues ar6 forgotten.
BRAKE APPLIANCES ARE
YEARS BEHIND TIMES
-<n "
Chicago, A up. 16. ? Western railway]
niuca>jers are considerably agitated by
the charge thai the inability of air
brake* now in use to control fast trains
is responsible for many wrecks and tbo
further intimation that they aro refus
ing to equip their trains with new
brakes which have been successfully
tested by the Pennsylvania system.
It was stated yesterday tliat the ec
tlre subjict of air brakes would be tak
en up as an especial topic by the Amer
ican Railway association at its semi -an
nual meeting in Jamestown in October.
It Is understood the commi tee on safety
appliances will furnish an interesting
report at that time. $Iany Instances
arise, it is said where it Is necessary to
stop a train under 3,000 feet, the limit
with the brakes now in use, estimating
of course, that the train is traveling Oil
miles an hour and weighing 500 tons.
The Westinghouse people have per
fected a btake wlitch, it is alleged, un
der hard terts is HO per cent more ef
fective tlun anything now in use, hut
the railro ds are slow to adopt it.
IS
Ark low, Ireland, Aug. 10.? Thomas j
Myler. who claimed that lie hoisted the
stars and stripes over Santiago de Cuba
during the Spanish-American war, wa
drowned olT Courtown yesterday whl'e
pr;cticin<r for an attempt to swim St
George's channel.
THEPERFECT WflYi
SCORES OF ALASKA CITIZENS HAVE |
II
If you suffer from backache,
There is only one way to cure it.
The perfect way Is to cure the k d
neys.
A bail back mo-ns sick kidneys.
Neglect it, uiinary troubles follow.
Hoan's Kidney Pills are made for
kidneys only.
Mrs T. J. O'BRIEN, of 60 East ?t!i
St , North Portland, Oregon. s:
"Time has not chmg d my opinion of
Doan's Kidney Pills. I gave this rem
edy ray endorsement in I WW and am
glad to repeat my recommendation of
it. A member of tny family found
great relief through using Doan's Kid
ney Pills and since then, several of
my neighbors have tried them with
equally good rt suits. We are alway s
g'adtotell about the merits of I' c
remedy."
For sale by all dealers. Price .")0 J
cents. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, X.
Y., sole agents for the United States.
Ucmember the uame ? Doan's? and
take no other.
The Pack Train Restaurant will serve
wine with dinner orders, free in place
of tea or coffee. Co ne 01 noys.
DOOOOOWOOO-' v ^XHSOOODOOCH^O
ROYAL |
Steam Laundry
All Work Guaranteed. Short
Orders Promptly
Done
Messenger will call and deliver
Phone 7S
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P. E. KERN
Gold and Silversmith.
Manufatnrer of
Nugget Jewelry
Dealer in
Alaska Souvenirs
and Curios
of all kinds
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
JUNEAU S. S. GO'S.
ELECTRIC LI(- IITKD ST 10 AM
HEATED STEAM EU
Carrying U.S. Malf
For Huines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Uoonah, Tenakee, Sitka and Way ports
SAILS
SUNDAY, 8 A. M.
TUESDAY, 10 A. M.
WILLIS NOW ELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. "vV. HOUGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone ?0
U. S Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway eveiy
day except Sunday.
at 9 a- m- Leaves
Haines lor Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trro $2.50
i ? i .1
STEAMER
"MABEL F."
Commencing June 17, the
i Steamer Mabel F will make
j round trips daily between
CARCROSS
Wynton and Conrad
I Will also do towing and
handle excursions
Thos, H. Brown,
Master
BEER
There's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
MMHllill
C0MFANY
Seattle, Wash. |
c Coast S.S.Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINiS.
SPEED, SAFETY. COMFORT
Seattle, Puget Sound, San Francisco and Southern Portt
CARRYING V. H. KAIL
Steamers of This Company I?ave
City of Seattle Aug. - 719,31
Humboldt - Aug. 5, 16, 27
Cottage City - Aug. 2, 18
Via Vanoouver
Kir Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
E. A. MURPHY Agent, Phone 50
C. D. DUNAi\N, Gen- Pass. Agt.
10 Market Street, Sao Fronulico, Cal.
The Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mall and Alaska Pacific Expresa
Next Sailing' of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON Aug. 8, 20
DOLPHIN Aug. 2, 14, 25
DOLPHIN lias been changed similar to
the JEFFERSON- State rooms have but
two berths. WE give the FASTEST
SERVICE.
Company reserves right to changr: sailing date without nonce.
Trannforg to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
R, A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
Canadian Pacific Rj' Co.
Sailings Every Wednesday
S. S. Princess May August 28
S. S. Princcss Royal August 21
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring to Seattle via rail or steamer r.o extra ch&tge
Newest, fastest Boats Running to Skagway
Tickets to any part of the world and information from
F. F. W. Lowle, Skagway
The White Pass & Yukon Route:
TIME TABLE No. 13.
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Found
1st class.
0 30 a. m.
12 05 "
12 48 "
1 20 I a.ra
1 40 f "
3 20 p, m.
a so
I,eave9
Arrives
SKAOUAY
WHITE PASS
LOG CABIN
BKNNETT
CARIBOU
White Horse
Arrives
Leaves
No. 2. S. Bound!
1st class
4 30 p. m..
3 (0 ?
2 2) "
11 40 a. mi.
9 30 "
Passeneers must be at depots In time to have Baggage lnspeclati; ?(}
checked. Inspection is stopped 30 miautes before kavltg time of train.
150 uounds of baggage will be checked froo with rach full fare ticket
e.nd 75 pounas with each half far o ticket.
It/
Through line from Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate points. Connection made at Dawson with Lower River steamboats for
Eagle, Circle Citv, Ram part, Parana, Fairbanks, Chens, St. Michael and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Dailv connection made at White Horse betweer trains and river steamers for all Yukon.
River points, including Mendenhall Landing. the nearest steamboat landing to the
^Alsek Gold Fields. The following steamboats are operated by ihe WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE and are equipped with all modern conveniences, including steam heat
electric 1'ght and other features as ? fiord not only safety but comfort to passengers.
WHITE HORSE
DAWSON
ZEALANDIAN
CANADIAN
CASCA SELKIRK
THISTLE
BONANZA KING
LaFRANCE
VICTORIAN
THKDUCH tickets can be purchased at Skaguay fir DAWSON, FAIRBANKS, CHEN A.
and all Lower River points.
Finely appointed (rains daily, except Sunday, between Skaguey and White Horse,
carrying passengers, baggage, mail and express.
Uf.tTgage bonded through. Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, Canada
? and the United States.
For information relative to pas9engei , freight and ter-i;raphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Com pony, or to:
A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. H. WURZBACI1 ER Gen, Agent
J, H. ROGERS, Traffic Mngr.
Vancouver, B, C.
Vancouver, R. 0. and Skaguay, Alaskn
Slcagutfy, Alaska