THE DAILY
ALASKAN
No. 8 VOL. IX.
A. J. BALFOUR C41LS PARTY
CONVENTION
Yielding to Chamberlain, Conservative
Leader Provides for Conference at Which
Party Plans Will Be Revised
(Special Dispatch to Dally Alaskan.)
London, Feb. 9? Arthur J. Balfour,
leader of the conservative party, has
finally acceded to the request of Joseph
Chamberlain to call a general conven-|
tlon of the unionists atid conservatives
to consider questions of party policy.
! The convention will assemble Februaiv
15, two days after the convening of
j parliament.
j Chamberlain repudiates the notion
that has been gaining ground that he
is a candidate for the leadership.
PCAIJ MAY U4VE
OWIMf RSHIP FIOIT
It is said there is a movement on foot j
at Juneau for a municipal ownership j
ticket to be put in the field for the an- j
oual election that will take place in 1
about six weeks. The unsatisfactory j
condition of the city's water supply is
furnishing fuel for those who favor the |
plan.
I GEORGIA DUE
HERE TONIGHT
' The Georgia will be due el Ska<rway
tonight with mail and passengers from
Sitka, and other Southeastern Alaskan
points. She will sail for Juneau tomor
row morning at S o'clock.
Bib e Clans Mo; ts
The Peniel Mission Bible class is in
session this a'ternoon at the home of
Mrs. A. P. Mead.
Plow's Candy, the best made, for sale
at the Bess Bakery. t!
F r- ih M< at
Valentines from I cent to $1.25 each 1 The Frye-Bruhn Co. keep all kinds
ftt Harrisons'. of fresh meat contantlv on band, tf
"a Slash in Furs
Furs valued at $4.00 For $2 75
Furs valued at $6 50 4 75
Furs valued at $9 00 6-50
Furs valued at 12.50 900
Furs valued at $16.00 For $11-50
Fura valued at 120.00 14 75
Furs valned at $25.oO 18 00
Furs valued at $45.00. . . . 33 50
per cent discount on Ladies and Childrens J v
^^3 wjQter underwear and hosiery.
/%P- {?er cent discount on anything in the store | |
except treads, copyright books and news
^ ^ matter.
Store Open Evenings 'Phone No- 55.
U Collegian Fashions
Have won a very
strong position in
the world of good
clothes, and it is on y
reasonable to believe
that we- as
Exclusive Dealers
in them- will not al
low the reputation
we have grained to
dimi iish in the sligh
test degree
For this season we
have pnt in to our
suite a certain char
acter, which, while
not extreme, possess
a decided elegance
that will attract any
man who cares for
good style
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clothing co.
MILWAUKEE.
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THE ONE PRICE CLOTHIER
LAG fcST- CLOTHING AND FURNIHING flAtlPth lit/!
^nnr? Hr>l'*E IN ALL OF ALASKA. J vUrlD flllU UlvflWCy
AFTER GANG
Shellgame Jackson'd School
and Reindeer Mismanaged
Washington, Jan. 21? Gross misman
agement of the school system in Alasks
like that of the domestio reindeer busi
ness, is charged by Special Ageni
Churchill in his report of the extra
ordinary investigation made by hire
him last summer. Complaint Is fre
quently haard that the funds at the dis
posal of schools outside of incorporated
towns in Alaska are insufficient, and
such a condition is officially admitted.
It appears from the Churchill report,
however, that money is being wasted
in certain localities. ? ? * It is
shown that the education of each child
in certain schools costs hundreds of
dollars every year, when the per capita
expense ought to be much smaller.
As in the reindeer report, Mr.
Churchil! is especially severe in his
condemnation of certain so-called mis
sionaries who are receiving salaries
from the government a? school teachers
In some cases, which he specifically men
tions, the teachers are ridiculously in
competent or shamefully indifferent;
and the situation is aggravated by the
coincidence that these very teachers
are usually those who are overpaid.
? ? ? ?
Secretary Hitchcock will take steps
to reform the school system. The fact
that the agent -for education in Alaska
lives in the city of Washington, thous
ands of miles from the schools which
lie is supposed to supervise, is regarded
is a deplorable condition.
FORTY DIE
Inother Slansrlitnr in West
Virginia Mines
Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 9? Forty
niners were killed by an explosion
esterday afternoon in the Perell mines
tear Oakland, Fayette county, this
tate.
WIN BIO
1 1 Liberals Carry British Elec
| tions by Euormona Vote
The Campbell-Bannerman ministry
i will have more than 300 majority in
? the parliament which will convene at.
i London next Tuesday. The figures
. representing the Btanding of the par
i ties at the close of the polling, with a
. few constituencies to vote, was as fol
i lows: Liberals, 351; conservatives and
, unionists, 149; nationalists, 82; labor
ites, 49. These figures give the liber
als a plurality over all of 72, and it is
thought it will be 90 before the session
Is well under way. However, this does
not indicate the strength of the minis
try by any means as the nationalists
and laborites are expected to work
with the government. That would
give the ministry to date 481 votes, to
the opposition 149, a majority for Camp
betl-Bannerman of 332. In the last
house, when it was last complete
without vacancies, there were for
the Balfour (conservative-unionist)
government, 402; for the opposition,
268: Govern ment majority, 134.
From a majority of 134 to a
minority of 332, with 40 va
cancies, in which the liberals will fur
ther increase their lead is the record
made. ' ..
WAR ENDS
Court Injunction Makes*
Fighting Cease
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan )
A war between rival railroad gangs
was stopped today when the Grand
Trunk secured an injunction restrain
ing the James ' Bay and Canadian
Northern railroads from trespassing on
its property in Don valley. Gangs of
workingmen working for the different
roads had several battles there yester
i day.
Good warm rooms for rent at the
Portland House. Prices {4 lo $8 per
month, baths included.
New stock just In
Preferred Stock Corn on the Cob
Fine as ever
Good Standard Peaches, Pears,
Plums and Cherries
15 Cents per Can
Sole Agent? Rose of Ellensburg Butter
The Best in the Land
1 1SI81 11
We are Headquarters for all kinds
TresD gaudies and Chocolate j
CHOICE
Bananas Oranges
I Apples Lemons |
1 ' Nuts
I PHUNNY PAPERS AND MAGAZINES jj
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j/VlUlrS S fm Avenue
BIO UNDERGROUND RIVER IS
DISCOVERED
Subterranean Stream Many Yards Wide
Found By Well Digger in Canada Flowing
Swiftly Through Cavern
(Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan.]
St. Catherines, Ont , Feb. 9? A big
underground river has been discovered
at Nelles Corners, Holdimond county. J.
S. Melfouch, a farmer living near Nel
les Corners, sunk a well, and when at a
depth of 112 feet he discontinued work
ing because of a tremendous roaring
sound coming, apparently, from the
I bowels of ihe earth underneath where
he was at work. Finally the bottom of
his well dropped out. Melfouch was
lowered in the well by means of ropes
He was permitted to look up and down
an underground river for a long dis
distance. The river was many yards
wide, and flowing swiftly through a
cavern, in which the atmosphert
was quite fresh,
MAY COME
Bowlers Exprcted to Come
From Jnneau
The Skagway bowlers are expecting
an opportunity to meet a team of crack
players from Juneau. Arrangements
have been underway for some time
looking toward a meeting and it is be
lieved that they have beeD completed.
A team of five AI aliey-sharps were
more than half expected to arrive on
the Jefferson. They did not appear,
however, and they are now being
looked for on each ship that comes up
the canal.
The Skagway bowlers are contem
plating the formation of a tournament
of two-men teams from the Elks
Club. A popular business house has
offered to donate a suitable trophy
for such a contest. The organ
izat'oc of the teams is banging fire on
account, probably, of the delay in the
games for the Kern trophy, thouirh it
is likely that it will not be much looker
put off on that accotnt. Thers is
nothing to prevent both contests from
coming off at the same t me.
PAYNE KICKS
Honse Leader Objpcta to
Alaskan Resolutions
Sereno E. Payne, the floor le?.der of
the majority in the house of represen
tatives blocked an attempt on the psrt
of Representative Cusbman. of Wash
ington, to secure the printing of the
memorial adoptei by the resent Alas
kan convention in trie Congressional
Record. Mr. Cushman asked for unan
imous consent to have it inserted. Mr.
Payne promptly objected. Represen
tative Gaines, of Nashville, Tenn , and
others joined in reques ing Mr. Payne
to withdraw h's objection, but he was
obdurate.
Mr. Cushman and several others
have agreed to incorporate the memor
ial in a speech >.nd by that cleans to get
it in the Record.
The memorial was printed in the
Congressional Record by the senate at
the request of Senator Piles,
Special Course For Minins Men
Schoo'. of Mines, University of Wash
ington. Begins January 9, lasts three
months. Complete equipment. No
Oyster Cooktaila a* l?aok Train
The very best fresh oyster cocktails
in the city are served at the I'ack
Train Saloon. 1 1
Order your coal and wood from the
Alaska Transfpr Company and it will
be delivered promptly. Phones 10 &4C
charges except, tor material usea.
Address, R-gistrar, University Station,
Seattle, Washington.
Sbagway Laundry
For first-class work try Skagway
Laundry Twenty-Bve vears' expert
ence. Telephone 89. tl
f STATIONERY
In a larger and
neater assort
ment than ever
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. vwnnooouojuu,. ..tjwiaw.
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and Cream Puffs
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