THE DAILY ""SSW ALASKAN
CITY QFPICIHL PAPER
No. 277 VOL. VIII.
3KAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY DECEMBER 23. 1905 PBICE 10 CEXfs
HARRISONS'
Our show of holiday merchandise is
far advance of previous exhibitions.
A few suggestions may help you.
FOR THE GIRLS
Work Boxes. Manicure Sets- Furs- ITandkercheif and
Glove Boxes, Autograph Albums. Doll Trunks. Go
Carts and Carriages. Dolls, from 4 for 5c to $12 each.
And a'lthe late and standard games.
FOR THE BOYS
Iron Trains. Toys. Fire Engines- Sleds, Tool Chests.
Drums, Steel Wagons, Steam Engines and Attach
ments. Electric Trains- Tops <md Motors, Horns,
Books and all sorts of mechanical toys. Loop the loop.
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
Our book line is v< ry complete, and our stationery
has no equal- Fancy Stooks- Ribbons, Purses and
other gilts too numerous to mention
We have the Henry Hutt and Christv's
Calenders for 1906.
CHRISTY'S LATEST BOOK OF DRAWINGS
AND GIBSOM'S LATEST "OUR NEIGHBORS "
Hand painted China. Xmas Cards etc., etc.
Store Open Until 11 P- M- 'Phone No- 55.
|| ?HBW? OMhimi
B0?H0 B0--H?
Poor Harry is dead and Father and m )ther are
very sick. If we had bought this year's pack of
canned goods from the independent grocery
this never wou'd have hapdened. I ne^er will
buy any more old canned goods
FRESH HAZELWOOD BUTTER
W. J. BLEDSOE
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A Merry Christmas
to all
We are Headquarters for all kinds
fresh gaudies and Chocolates
CHOICE
Bananas Oranges
Apples Lemons
Nuts
PHUNNY PAPERS AND MAGAZINES
a a I 1 I an 9 'Phone 41
/Y\^lr3 9 fifth Avenue
NEW WAV
Alice Won't Wear Engage
ment Kiug
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Washington, Dec. 23 ? Miss Alice
Roosevelt has set a new style. She
refuses to wear the engagement ring
given her by Representative Long
worth. of.Cincinnati, her fiance, but
carries it, instead, as a keepsake.
|S4iviE OAMl
South Amtriems PIctH- voln
tioii and Are Arrested
(Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan)
Bogota, Dec. 23? A former military
minister, five leaders of the opposition
and many others were arrested yester
day for pi itting against President Reies,
of Columbia. The prisoners will be
given an immediate court martial.
President Reies Is very popular and the
plot against him was unexpected.
BIG ROW !
I
New York State Eepublicaus
Are Mixing Things
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.]
New York. Dec. 23? There is a big
row on in the republican p rty of this
state. Former Gov. Odell, the lender
of the republican machine, charges
President Roosevelt and Gov. Higgins
of injecting their personalities into the
New York speakership fight. Flu defies
them, and says tbeir efforts w >11 be
Ignored. lie charges the president
with planning the wreck of the n publi
can party.
ROSS-HIGGINS
I0T TO MOVf
The Ftoss-Hitfgios Company has da
cided not to more from its present loca
tion at the corner of Fifth Avenue and
| Broadway aud their big store will re
main one of the features of Skagway's
j business center in the future as it has
I been in the past.
Alaska Souvenirs Freo To
Skagway Ladies
Every lady calling at our store be
tween now and Christmas Day will be
given an Alassan souvenir bat pin
free of charge. The pin will be found
both novel and useful.
Da not forget that we carry the best
9tock of diamonds, watches and high
grade jewelry in the north; that we sell
them at prices that are right and that
there is nothing so appropriate for a
gift as a ou~e, chaste ?em; a good, re
liable watch of standard make, or u
beautiful nnd useful piece of jewelry of
the best finish.
H. D. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler.
Merry Christmas
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Our store will be open until
jo o'clock Chritmas morning
The Ross-Higgins Co
Satisfaction guaranteed on all of our goods
TOLD TO 00
[Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan.]
St Petersburg, Dec. 23 ? The czar has been ordered to leave Russia by the revolu
tionists who have injormed him that they will not be responsible for his life. The warn
ing which may be classed as an order has caused Nicholas much unesiness. He fears that
he will be assassinated and is greatly incensed at Count Witte for not putting down the
insurrections throughout the country.
The czar is heavily guarded in his palace at Tsarkoe-Selo.
LOSE CASH
Fisherman Dh-s Without
Disclosing Mouey
(Special Dispatches to Daily Alaskan.)
Chicago, Dec 23? A n aged fisherman,
living on the lake front, who was known
to have amassed a considerable fortune
and who frequently during his life be
fore he should die where he had hidden
the money, was suddenly taken ill and
bereft of his speech. He did not re
cover from the attack sufficiently to
convey the information promised and is
now dead with his secret. The fisher
man's wife says the money, amounting
to 88,000, is burifd within a space of
half a mile on the lake beach.
HtWfV JAliS
I
GnMt Admiral Comlm^ Haz
iusj; Practice
(Special Dispath to the Daily Alaskan.)
Chicago, Dec. 23 ? Admiral Dewey,
speaking yesterday, condemns in un
measured terms the practice of hazing
at Annapolis. He says he Secretary of
the navy should dismiss hazers. He
believes in fair fights however, and de
nounced the attacks of many on that
account.
Bin Ti a'n Load Coming
Sixteen passengers are on the train
due here this evening from Whitehorse.
Most of them will go south on the
Jefferson.
Take your Christmas dinner at the
Pack Train Restaurant. Ev< rvthing is
the best in the nurket
plum Pudding At Boss Bakerv
Get your Christmus Plum Pudding at
the Boss Bakery. *0
Elegant glove and handkerchief
boxes filled with choicest candies at
M
PORTLAND ON iffif NEAR
KETCHIKAN
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Jur.eau, Dec. 23? The steamship
Portland, bound from the Westward
to the south, hit a reef on Spirit island,
near Ketchikan, Wednesday night
where she was hard and fast when the
Jefferson passed her coming south.
The watchman on ihe wharf at Ketchi
kan heard the distress blast o. the Port
land after she struck a.id sent a gaso
line launch to her assistance. It took
the passengers off, but the crew stood
by the ship, which is nearly on an
even keel. The steamer Santa Clara
? will pick up the passengers and mail at
' Ketchikan today and will try to pull
the Portland off the reef if she is
' patched up.
There was no excitement when the
Portland struck, as most of the passen
gers were in bed.
The Portland was trying to make her
home port, Seattle, for Christmas.
10 BID OVER
jGoveinmeut Requires New
Tend "i*8 for 3n il roads
(Special Dispatch to the Daily Alaskan.)
Washington, Die. 23? All the bids
for the construction of the six Philip
pine r-iilroads have been'te eived by
the government. None of them will
be accepted for the reason that the
bidders did cot f How the specifications
provided by the government. New
bids will be received to January 20.
! AGROUND
Str. Or- gou Ashore Ou Doug
las Island
i And 2,000 other Alaskan Views at
half price until January 1.
8x10 views 25 cents each.
5x7 views, 15 cents each; 2 for 25 cents.
14x17 views, 75 cents each,
?Tust the thing to mtil to friend for
, Xmas Cask & Dkaper.
Nettleton shne at ;'lay son's. tf
TO fRON
J ck O'Brien Now Hero of
Honr
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
San Francisco, Dec 23? The victory
of Philadelphia Jack O'Brien over Bob
Fitzsimmos makes him the most brill
iant star in the pugilistic world. All the
big men are now after him. He has
received challenges from Tommy Ryan,
Sam Berger and Marvin Hart. He
will probably take on the latter.
Fitzsimmons has returned to the
stage. He says he fought O'Brien be
cause it was demanded of him by the
public after Jeffries retired leaving
him again the world's champion.
In the late fightO'Brienmade $7,1 >8;
Fitzsimmons, ??,386, and the club,
$6,362.
Daur?onlte 111 At Hospital
Theodore Johnson, manager of the
Dawson store of Mercereau & Clark for
many years, is ill at the W. P. & Y. R.
hospital. He was on his way outaide,
but is unable to proceed. It is bslieved
he has been poisoned from something
he has eaten.
Call at Britt's for Christmps tree or
nhments.
Harrisons' have the only line of
masks in town.
flBMLIIfiL '.KD PRACIIC4L HOL'DAY GOODS ^
Now is the time to get the best .
axd get it to suvt. Our assort- \
ment is complete for all jour
Christmas wants. <
Come and see for yourself that
our goods for the Holidays are j
thoroughly up with the times in 1$
variety, novelty and good quali y A
and are sold at surprisingly low T
prices. ^
COME AND SEE
A piece of Mistletoe given away
with every purchase
AaZm. BR ITT
[curios, photographs
The largest stock of Indian Curios
The choicest selection of Alaska Views
The only Eastman Kodak and films house
The Only thoroughly Equipped Studio
In Southeastern Alaska
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Qkagway and Jnneaj, ... - Alaska