LIKES IT
Mining Expert Impressed
With Ska^way Mine
M. S. Duffie'd. a mining expert of
wide experience, examined the Dau
phin claim of U. H. Brown's Keystone
Consolidated group of quartz claims
yesterday. and expressed himself as
pleased with the showing of the prop
erty.
Mr. Dutfield is a friend of C. A.
Saake. He was at Juneau, on his war
to Seward and while waiting for a boat,
made the trip to this place on the Jef
ferson. Mr. Saake got him to examine
the Dauphin claim, back of the court
house. While he would say nothing
more than that the indications are
favorable, he was impressed with what
he saw and will return to Skagway in
December when on his way south.
Mr. Duffield has been experting prop
erty in the Tonopah and Go'dSelda
country much of the time of recent
years. Me speak* very highly of the
Nevada country.
Mr. DutMeld went to Juneau last
night and Wednesday he will go to the
westward.
<m Norts
Items of Interest From the
Atlin Claim
The cold snap st the beginning of the
week closed down practically all open
placer mining operations in the dis- ?
trict. Some, however, have resumed
work since the change to soft weather
occurrcd.
The North Columbia Gold Mining
Company had all its pits closed down
but has succeeded. after a hard effort,
in resuming operations again. This
company has about 12 days steady pip
ing to do to clean up all its season's j
pits.
The Willow Creek Company, F. H.
Brackett manager, was also closed
down for a few days, but is hard at it
again. It will require about two weeks
t) finish up
The Northern Mines Limited, on
Spruce creek has closed down. It has
practically finished for tl.e season, but
would ha?e been in operation 10 days
longer had the weather remained mild.
All the delicacies of the season at the
Pask Train Restaurant.
Rainier Bear*
Rainier beers by the dozen bottles
$2.50, at the Masco* saloon.
Principal Barb nhop Laudt
The Principal Barbershop and Baths
is tne leading tnnsorial establishment
ii. Alaska. Kverything in all the de
partments is strictly modern. The
baths are first class in all respects.
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BOOMS IT
!T. M, Daalton Tells About
Windy Arm
T. M. Daulton, member of the Seat
I tie city couocil. who has interests Id
{ mineral holdings in the Windy Arm
| district, 80 miies from Skagway, across
the Canadian line, declares that won
derful development work has been done
in the region during the past 12
| months. Mr. Daulton returned several
l days ago from a brief trip to that coun
I try and is very enthusiastic regarding
the future of the district.
"The changes during the past year
j has been phenomenal," said Mr. Daul
ton. "Col. J. H. Conrad, who owns a
controliog interest in a number of im
portant Windy Arm claims, will spend
between $4,000,000 and 55,000,000 in
.development wurk. f'or the coming
season work on improvements under
contemplation will mean an expendi
ture of from $1,500,000 and $2,000,000.
j A smelter is to be built, three concen
trators are to be erected and three addi
I tional tramways are to be placed in
' operation. One tramway has just been
? completed and is now conveying ore
| from the Montana and Hero mines to
! Conrad City, a distance of four miles.
"When I left Windy Arm on October
10 a strike of native silver was re
! ported.
"Col. Conrad at present owns a con
i trolling interest in six groups of
claims.'.? Seattle Dost-Intellegencer.
Why Called Yallow
The only bad feature about the insur
ance investigation is that the yellow
I journals insist on telling the whole
| truth and eve^y bit of the truth. That
is the reason they are so named? they
make the evil doers yell, "oh!" ? White
horse Star.
THOSE EVES
Do Nut Lot Them Troul>l?
Y>.n More
Do nor let those eyes trouble you any I
more. It is not necessary. We are J
prepared to examine them, tell you
what is wrong with them and Rrind
glasses that will fit them and make
them as servicable as though they bad
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.
Try us once and be our client as long
as you live in Alaska.
We are prepared to do anything in
the manufacturing jeweler's line.
J. IKUTA,
Jeweler and Optician.
Poiitlon Wanted
Old discharged solder would like a
possitionof any kindo' honorable work,
lr quire C."' Alaskan office.
B.
new mater and Cigltt Rates
First Faucet
Each " additional (except wash basins, free)
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " "
Urinals " " " " "
Wash Basins " 14 " " "
Hote's, per room additional
Beer Pumps
Restaurants
Steam Laundries
Hand "
Motors, s]>ecial per horsepower, minimum rate
Hose Connection for Fire Protection
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per lond
Lawn and Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
commercial service
Stores, < Offices, Shop, Etc.
Each 18 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL MIGHT SERVICE
Each lfi cp lights
Enclosed Arcs.
RESIDENT LIGHTS
First three 16 cp lights, each
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Uates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
1.00
15.00
EDWIN BROWNE. Manager.
On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Mon hly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
&P owerCompanv:
WATER
. j 2.00
25
50
50
50
25
10
. 1.00
. 5.00
. 750
. 5.00
. 5.00
. 1.00
. 1.50
. 1.00
. 1 00
. Free
All Year Winter
.* 1.00 1.50
. 10.00 12.50
2.00
17.50
1.25 1.50
[Copyright, 1806, by R. B. McClure.]
Thirty miles out of London and be
tween the villages of Tuiibrldge Wells
and Little Manor was the property of
Sir Hugh Culloiu, deceased. !Te had
been a bachelor, and the [>ro[>crty had
fallen to a relative whose whereabouts
were uot known. It was only a small
lauded estate of about fifty acres, and
the house had hardly been habitable
during the last five years of the own
er's life. Left without a caretaker,
another live years made it little better
than a ruin.
When grounds are neglected and
svergrown and a house goes to decay
It does uot take long for a rustic popu
la;lon to give It a bad uume and con
uict a ghost with It. It was so In this
case. Once a couple of boys reported
seeing a man's face at one of the
lower windows, but the story passed |
for what It was worth. Only a few
people would have It that the house
was haunted, but all seemed to tacitly
agree that It was a good place to keep
away from.
One day Major ICillaine came down
irom London for a week's fishing and
put up at the Sundial. It was not
long before the gossips posted him re
garding the Cullom bouse, and what |
was said seemed to stick In his mind,
lie said little, but that night after sup
per he took a walk over the highway
toward the house and was gone for
three hours. Next day be weut to
Tunbridge Wells and bought himself a
revolver anil a box of cartridges, and
he was absent again for the next two
nights. Parties who recognized him
met blm near the house and saluted
him. After his third visit he was found
In the house a corpse.
At the inquest later on the landlord I
of the Sundial had nn Interesting |
story to tell. He said that when Ma
jor Killalne returned from his first ex
pedition he called him Into his bed
room and told him that he had entered |
the grounds and even the house, and,
though he was not attacked as others I
had been, he had reasons for believing
that men were hanging about. lie pro
posed to arm himself and solve the I
mystery and bound the landlord to
secrecy. The landlord could not sny
whether the major visited the place in
the daytime or not, but he knew that
his second visit at night confirmed the |
suspicions born on the first. When he
went away on the third night he was
somewhat excited, saying that he ex
pected to meet with a lively adventure.
It was suggested that he take one of
the county policemen with him, but
this he would not listen to. Whatever
It was. he wanted to meet It single
handed.
It was a dark and rainy ntgnt in
September when the major set fortl) on
bis trip, anil he took with him caudle
and matches and a flask of wine. He
had not returned at 11 o'clock, when
the bouse was closed and the host went
to bed. Some uneasiness was felt next
day when he did not appear, and after
another twelve hours the landlord
went to the legal authorities. For a
day they refused to Interfere, but when
olflcers finally went to Inspect the
house they found the major lying stiff
and dead in the lower hall. It was at
first believed that murder had beeu
done, but when the doctors came to
examine the dead man not a mark of
violence could be found on him. A
post mortem revealed the fact that he
had died of heart failure. The house
was searched from top to bottom, and,
though there were traces of human be
ings having been around of late, there
were no other discoveries.
Here was a mystery within a mys
tery. It was the opinion of the country
doctors and the officers of the law that
the major had overexerted himself in
walking the two miles after a hearty
supper, and but for his brother In Lon
don that would have been the verdict
of the coroner's Jury and the end of
the case. As soon as the brother came
down, however, he sent for detectives
and Insisted on a thorough probing.
The sleuths were at work for three
months, and It was while they were
still at work on the case that they
made the arrest of a noted burglar.
The man was picked up almost by ac
cident, and it turned out that he held
the key to the mystery.
Some weeks previous to the major's
coming a country bank had been rob
bed of a large sum In gold by two men.
They stole a horse and buggy to carry
their plunder away, and the police
were baffled for a clew. It seems that
they drove to the house and secreted
their plunder In the cellar and hid
themselves In an upper room. They
were aware of the major's first and
second visits and were prepared for
his third. With phosphorus they drew
a skeleton on the unpapered wall of
the hall and covered It over with a
blanket.
When the major entered the house
and before he had struck a light the
blanket was removed and dismal
gror.nlng Indulged in to heighten the
eff ect. The soldier had proved his
bravery on many a field, but the sight
and the noises came to him with such
a sudden shock that he fell back dead.
The gold was still In the cellar, wait
ing for the hue and cry to subside, but
it was taken out that night and buried
on the grounds, and the men separated.
The arrest of one brought about the
arrest of the other, and every dollar of
the plunder was restored to the bank.
But for the major's curiosity the men
might have eventually got away with
the spoils, but be would sot have met
tim end be did. M. QUAD.
At ths Muioot
Mt. Vernon rye a-d Old Belmon
whiskeys, double stamped goods, at
wholesale prices at the Mascot saloon.
Ice cream at Muir's.
PmoIc Train Always Leads
The Pack Train saloon always leads.
It carries only the best brands uf whis
kies, wines, "beers and all the other
goods to be had at a first-class gentle
men's resort. tf
Collo and Diarrhoea -A Remedy That
It Prompt and Pleasant
The prompt results produced by
Cnamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy together with its
pleasant taste have won for it a plnce
in many households. Mr. W. T. Tay
lor, a merchant of Winslow, Ala.,
writes: "I have used Chamberlain's
Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
myself and ttlso with men on my p'ace,
f.ir diarrhoea and colic and it always
gives relief prompr.lv ai d pleasantly."
t'or sale by Kelly Drug Co .
= Patronize
-T Home
= Industry?
If Not You Should Do So By
Drinking Skagway Beer
Our Bottled Beer Only
$2.00
per dozen. 25c rebate'on boitles
PORTER
Manufactured Especially For
Hospital and
Family Use, ? ^
Phone Brewery 40. Residence, 8? j
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGI1TE.) feTEAM
HEATED STEAMER
GEORGiil
Carrrlng D. S. Mall
for Haines, Berneis Biv, Juneau
Uoonah, Tenake} Sitka and Way ports
SAILS
Sunday at 8 a. m. and
Tuesday noon
W. W. BOUGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone 90
The Celebrated
Yost...
TPEWRITER
The machine (or beautiful work and
correct alignment.
Easy to Operate
and Keep in Order
Easy to Pay For
The light running Yost is unequalled
in lightness of toutch, quietness of ac
tion, simplicity and durability. It is
recognized as a necessity in the bus
iness man's office or the professiona
man's study.
For particulars, catalogue etc., write
to
Yost Writing Machine Co
325 Montgomery St. Sin Francisco
Agents for Alaska
or Anply* ,'ut thi? Of linn
| HOTEL de FRANCE j
^ " 4
EURPOEAN PLAN
j ; HEADQUARTERS FOR ^
SKAGWAYANS
\ ; while ix
haines
-> COZY ROOMS? EXCELLENT -
'A TAliLE? NO BAR
T. VALEUK Proprietor j[
a ' 3>
>>>>>> >??'??:
J. K. Wins
Gko. C. Hbard
WINN & HEARD
ATTORNEYSAT-LAW
Will practice in AlaskaCourts,
U. S, Supreme Court, and Land
and Mining business.
! Rooms 3, 4, and 5, Decker Huildinp
JUNEAU, ? - - ALASKA
Special /"?* ''"n to Business From
. Hagway, Haines and Vicinity
CREWS & HILLS,
ATTORNEYS
Will Practice In All the Courts
Juneau - Alaska
The Daily delivered to
any part of the city
for $1 per month
NEW CHINK
We have just receive} a new line of
baud painoted china, which is ex
clusive indesigu and low in price
Look in Our Window
and see the finest
goods that ever came
north and be cnnvinced that
we leadjiu this line, others follow
P. E. KERN
Gold and Silversmith
-Cariboo Hotel
Caribou Crossing
A Strictly
iisi Class lit
?Dining Room in Connection
Choicest Wines, Liquors & Cigars
R. ,T. Britain, Mgr.
Canadian Pacific Hy. Co ;
Direct Soryioe, No inu raedlat
Call, to
Vancouver
Victoria
Transferrin? to
S 3attie
No Extra Chart e
OCT. 28
Sailing nt '.B p. at.
? For Speed, Comfort, Service and j
S Appointment These Twin Screw J
g Steamers Cannot be Equaled. For j
Information Write or Ap ply to
I H. B.DUNN , ABt? SKAGWAy]
??W?aqSECTg3P StF&jXS? I
Finely Furnished Rooms
Electric Lighted Throughout
THE IMPERIAL HOTEL
GEO. W. CURTIS, PROP.
AMERICAN PLAN
Front St. South P.O., Whitehorse.Y.T I
Raw Furs....
WE PAY
Hioh Prices for Fine Eurs
Write For Price List
Percey's Fur House
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The largest stock of
i| FRESH FRUIT,
j; Ci gars, Tobacco
!? and Smockers' Ar
ticles
v FRESH CANDIES
and
| Confectionery
. Tony Dortero
iassr68SSKsasssH08?sssflWM?si.vk*
R0YAL
?Steam liaandry ?
All Work Guaranteed. Short
Orders Promptly
Done.
PHONE ,?*.
Messenger Will Call *nd Deliver
Baths In Connection
Private Rooms for L*diea.
STEAM HEATED.
When In Haines
Stop at the
Hotel Northern
J. G. Morrison, Prop.
Restaurant In Building
UNION
Plying Hetween Skagway aid
Haines
9 Leaves Skagwav *
Every Day at
9 a. m, Sharo
Arriving at Haines at 11:30 a. mj
Leaves Haines at 2 p. m.
Single fare $1.50.
Lavton and Germain.
The WhitePassA Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No- 13
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 3.*N. B No. 2. S. Bound
2nd class. 1st class. 1st class 2nd clue'
8 30 p. m. 9 30 a.m. LV. SKAGUAY AR. 4 30p m. AR. 4 15s. a
10 30 " noo}" " WHITE PASS " ' " 210 "
11 40 a. m. 11 45 " " LOG CABIN 2 10- ' 1 00 "
12 20 12 35 [ P"m '' BENNETT " Jisfp-m " 12 20 p.m,
2 45 " 2 10 " " CARIBOU " 11 50a.m "10 C "
6 40 " 4 30 " A3 White Horse LV 9 30 ?' LV, " 7 ( "
Passengers must te at depots in time to have Baggage Inspected ard
checked. Inspection is stc pped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with each full fare tlok?
and 75 pounds with each ha f fare ticket.
The Idaho Liquor House I
CORNKR THIRD AND BROADWAY, ?
The Pioneer Family Liquor Store of Skagwav
ESTABLISHED 1897
Direct Importers of Foreign and Domestic
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
AGENTS FOR
LEMPS and SKAGWAY BREWERY'S BOTTLED BEER
[ rivaja Rooms For Families
? Special Attention'tolOiders for Family Ote. Telephone|59
?7? ? V* WA
J?t. MM MM
While Pass k Yukon Route
Through Line From,
Through line from Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson and
intermediate Yukon River points. The new plrcer camps in the Alsek and Kluane
Mining Districts are reached only v'a White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
During the winter season when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running
between Skagway and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger aud Freight service
will be maintain. d by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line, between White
Horse and Dawson.
Regular s'.ages, carrying mail, express and passe gers, leave White Horse for Dawson
and intermediate points.
For Conrad City, located in the heart of the newly c iscovered and fabulously rich quartz
camp of the Windy Arm district, take our daily trains to CariSou,
For information relative to passengei, freighs and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
M. J. B. WHITE, G. F & P. A. A. B. NEWELL, V. P. f: G. M, R. D. PINNEO, Asst. G. F. & P. A
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. C. and Skagu ay, Alaska Skaguay, Alas' a
iV, .V. iVt A i"! jV. ?vt Avt Jvt
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