BREAKfASI TW0
Packages
FOOD for 25 cts.
While they last
A lot of FORCE and WASHINGTON
WHEAT FLAKES to close out at this
low price
C. W. ASK & SONS
The Houseof Rich
D. J. Rich, Proprietor.
WALL PAPER, BUILDING PAPER
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS AND
BUILDING MATERIAL
Mall Orders Promptly
Attended To Skaqway, Alaska
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER.
Having put in a steam boiler aud
other machinery we are better pre
pared than ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
SKAGWAY LAUNDRY.
QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 90.
Baggage, coal and wood delivered
upon shortest notice day and uight.
H. FRE1 DENT HAL,
General Expressing Bonded Car
tier.
HEADQUARTERS FOR MINING MEN ?
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STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS jVlLs)
i The TRAIL '
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1^'i FRED PATTEN, Proprietor
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BROADIUAY AND FOURTH AVENGE
v SKACWAY, ALiASKA
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(Onion Sets
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We have just received a fresh lot
1 GRANT'S GROCERY
New Showings^-*.
For Summer Wear
Double Fold Parisian Nets in Leather.
Plum, White and Copenhagen
Snesine and ivTaxine Silks and Fancy
Fonlards
Domestic and Imported Pongee
New Hydegrade G-alatea ana French
Ginghams and Chambrays
S .-rpentine Crepe in Plain, Roman Stripes
and Figured
New Hand Bags. Collar and Belt Pins,
Fancy Hair Combs, and Ratting by the
yard or rolls
L A. HARRRISON & CO.
Stores O"oen Evenings Phones 4 & 55
VANCOUVER, B. 0.? Announce
ment was mailt- today tliat a syndi
cate of New York capitalists had
complete* I a deal for th3 purchase <>t
tiic Dawson wp'er works system and
elec'rlc li.;h* plant. Over half a mil- ?
lion dollars changed hands in the|
transaction. The new company, it is
reported, will expend in the neighbor
hood of a quarter of a million dollars J
in improvements and extensions to
the present plant, which, wnile in ex
cellent condition, is not fully ade
<ir.ate to the needs of the city. The
same men It Is reported, will make
heavy investment In Dawson property
(he coming year, as well as in inininK
property in the territory adjacent to
(lit, northern metropolis.
TEDDY BAGS BIS CAME
(By United Press.)
I NAIBOIU. British East Africa. May
i 19? Theodore Roosevelt killed two
I rhinoceros today and now lias shot
I .specimens of the biK game In Africa
with the exception of the elephant
land zebra.
DOLPHIN ARRIVED
The Dolphin arrived from Seattle
at 11.15 o'clock this morning with 10
! passengers and ISO tons of freight,
most of which is structural iron work
i consigned to Dawson. The Dolphin
will leave at 7 o'clock this evening.
GIVE THEM GOOD BOOZE
WASHINGTON. ? Chief Surgeon M.
L. Mans wants the army canteen re- J
stored, because eleven soldiers died !
ii Mindanao from drinking wood
alcohol.
HEW COURT STENOGRAPHER NAMED
Judge Gunnison has named 11. E.
Robertson as court stenographer in
place of H. M. Lull, who recently re
signed.
PACIFIC COAST TOURIST BOATS I
SCHEDULE
The Pacific Coast S. S. company
have made public the sailing dates of [
their excursion steamers, and follow
ing are the dates of their arrival in
Skagway:
S. S. Spokane, 6 a. iu. Juno 22,
July 7, 22, August 6, 21.
S. S. Queen, C a. m. July 21, and
August 5.
Both boats will lie here until 4 p. m;
FOIt SALE: ? A Four room house |
completely furnished. Enquire of
Mrs. Cliff Hayward, 2nd Ave. .'MS ? ('?
Get your Sunday dinner at the!
HOARD OF TRADE restaurant. The
best the market affords.
BRING YOUR OWN JUG.
Mount Vernon Rye and Belmont;
Bourbon direct from bond at whole
sale price by the gallon. The Mas
cot, phone C7. Delivery free.
TOWN TALK
1 Sinn Guyot will go south on the
Dolphin.
. . .
.Mrs. R. J. Shaw, Mrs. Jasper. Miss
Grace Shaw and Miss Marion Mclean
i made a trip lo the suiuinil today.
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j The Princess Royal left Vancouver
last nielli for Skagwav with 43 pius
j tengers and l!40 tons of freight. She
j ? ! du. Saturday.
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j Tomorrow being Ascension day.
j Mass will be celebrated in the Catho- j
I lie church, at !> a. in., ami an evening
service will be held at 7:30 p. in.
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The fire boys have boon busy for
the past week putting their hall in
shape for the Initiatory dance which
will be given next Friday evening.
Rood's orchestra will furnish the mu
sic and refreshments will be served
Come and enjoy tin' best dance of the
season.
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Ben U. Slyster, representative for
the Sch wabacher Hardware co.. I,. E.
Buell, Armour's Agent for Alaska,
"Old .Man" Scott of the St attic Dry
Goods Co., and J. E. Moulton of the
Seattle Hardware Co., arrived on tli<
I-Iegg Monday from Haines and re
port business good in the Port City a
well as in other parts of Alaska. The.v
arc- a hard bunch to beat.
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Hock Dennis, the "tuneless singer"!
who makes his headquarters in Daw
son and Whiitohorse during the sum
mers has returned, having arrived on
on the Humboldt yesterday morning.
He will leave in a day or two for
Whitehorse. Honk says that he will
compose a bunch of musical gems thi3
summer and that ho has an engage
ment at the A.-Y.-P.-E. during Octo
ber where he will delight the "sour
doaghs" and others with his topical
songs.
FULL QUART MEASURE
Old Famous Cedar Brook Bourbon
Bottled in Bond, well Aged in wood,
from the Renowned McBrayer Dls
t!llory. Full Quart $1.50, at the
Pack Train. tf |
HONOLULU, II. T. ?That tli<? ter
ritory of Hawaii is destined to be- 1
come a full fledged state of the union
and that the inhabitants of the isl-l
ii uds are capable of governing: them
Ives, is the opinion of former Vice
1-resident Fairbanks, who is touring j
Uio islands in company with his wife
:ind daughter. Fairbanks addressed
the Hawaiian legislature and annoiiiK-^
<?(1 iilmsi'lf as favorably impressed 1
with conditions here. lie was cordial
ly received.
Sporting Notes.
Dorando thinks Marathon races un
interesting with only two contestants.
Wilmington has dropped out of the
Trl-state league and Joined the Atlan
tic-.
Frank lludderham. who was a failure
on the National league umpire staff |
last season, has caught 011 with the i
Southern league.
.lohnuy Evers says he won't play ball
until June 1. If there isn't room for
him on the Cults liy that time, some
other dull might give him a trial.
The Cincinnati Nationals' new pitch
er. Tom Cantwell, comes from the
Georgetown university, lie is twenty
years old. weighs -'00 pounds and Is
over six feet high.
Law Points.
A statute for the distribution, after
reasonable notice, of the property of
one who has absented himself for ,
fourteen years is held constitutional in
Nelson versus Bllnn (Mass.). 88 N. E.
8S!I. i:? 1.. H. A. (X. S.), (551.
A telephone company whose wires
are rightfully strung in a public street
is held in Kibb' ' Telegraph company
versus l.andphere. 151 Mich. 300. 115
N. w. i?; i? it. a. (N. s.). osn, to
be entitled to an injunction against
thi'ir being cut by one desiring to
move a building along the street.
WANTED, TO BUY: 1 team of
young work horses, about 1-00 pound.
? enquire at Alaskan office. 348 ? G|
WANTED HOUSEWORK? By a com- J
potent woman. Gcod cook and work
er. Address Room 12. Golden North j
hotel. Wages reasonable. 3t|
Pulieit Spouse
Foot of Sixth Avonua
Most elegantly furnished house
in Alaska
Every modern convenience
Electric lights? Hot and cold
water ? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board and room by the d; y, w- tk
or month
Table supplied with cream and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
I lttr$. fj. $. Pullctt
Proprietress
Che Say Uicw express
Phone No 84 Martin lljen, Prop.
Goal and Wood
Second Hand Lumber
Leave orders at Bledsoe's Store.
f- =N
Siinnyside Ranch
and CFeenhouses
K. D. CLAKK, Proprietor
HOI HOUSE LETTUCE, FRESH EGGS
Send orders in befor !? a. m.
Tolephonc Orders Receive Im
mediate Attention
phone 131
P limbing
sheet Metal Work
and lining
FIFTH AVENUE
next to FryeBruhn.
pro:.:pt attention
GIVEN ALL ORDERS
. PRICES REASONABLE
?'TIN JOHN" ffliNKOVE
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JOHN FUGH
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Caxidcrmist and ?ur Dresser |
Estimates on Special Work and Price List
on Application
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Commissions Accepted to Fill Special Specimen Work
for Individuals and Museums
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