Daily Alaskan
I. M. JENSEN, PtTBLISHER
JOHN W. TROY, EDITOR
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There has been a reaction among the
Maryland republicans in their attitude
on the negro question since their state
convention, it was declared specitical
that the party was opposed to negro
rale or racial equality. It in elTect de
clared the republican party to be a
white man's party. Tho democrats
continued their tight with the race
question as the issue, claiming that the
nr? republican position was not taken
in good faith as most of thai party's
voting strength eames from the black
man. The result has been that the re
publicans are not gaining as much on
account of their position among the
whites as they have lost by negro dis
etTection because of it. The dispatch
es today show that an eilort is being
m ule to force the party to recede from
'he position taken at the state conven
tion ar.d to tight the battles of the neg
ro in the open.
That conserrMiee journal, the New
York Miuinx' and Kngineering Journal,
speaks truth when it -ays the prosper
ity which prevail alt over the
I'nited States is due in a very large
measure to the increased production of
_ d thro. ighout the world. New ^old,
fresh from :noth>'r earth, is the very
best toi c the commercial and indus
trial systems can have. Money is to
trade and industry what the
blood is o the system and gold is to
money as the red corpuscles to the
b'ocd!
The Fairbanks News has declared
war on the grubstake grafter. It al
leges that dozens of people- in that
country live from grubstakes furnished
them by merchants, professional men
and wiige earners in the town in consid
eration for a half they might discover
on prospecting trips that are never
made? or if made at all not in good
faitS-.
S;.iudi:> ir Ccmm'ttee lu Charge
The executive committee of the
White Pass Athletic olub has named a
standing committee to have charge of
the informal Wednesday evening
danc.'s for the next three months. The
committee consists of A. C. Blanchard,
A. P. Drapes, E. L. Miller, E. Barry,
Art. Moore.
There will be no informal dance un
til after the barn dance shall have
taken plaje.
Good Time at Dance
!
While the attendance was not large
the dance glvs n by the Arctic Brother
hood, Wednesday night, it was one of
the most enjoyable affairs that have
taken place in a longtime.
BROliGIH TO LIGHT
Ala*k* People Receiving the Ful'
Benefit.
There have been many cases like the
following in Alaska. These plain,
straightforward statements will do
much toward reliev.ng the suffering of
thousands. Such testimony will be read
with interest by many people.
1'. A. .'ohr.soa, carpenter, 4$ 10 South
1 street, Tacoma. Wash . says:
"For a year or so I took defferent
medicines trying to strengthen my
Kidneys, but my efforts were unsuccess
ful and 1 grew worse instead of better
and trouble with the kidney secretions
came to be a positive annoyance. 1
need not give minuter particulars and
what cured me is of more importance.
1 got IXian's Kidney Pills and took a
course of the treatment. I can honestly
say 1 have not felt a pain in my back
nor had any annoyance from too fre
quent action of the kidneys since
1 stopped the use of this medi ine."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. New
York sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name ? Doan's? and
take no substitute.
Positions Wanted
Man and wife desire positions as
cooks in mining or other camp. Both
are good cooks and can do other work.
Address ' C" this office. tl
Candy In on Jrfferson
A large consignment of well assorted
frtsh eandie * wxs received on the Jef
ferson. The best ;in the market. F.
H, Muir, opposite postoffice.
WILL WORK
Development to Begin on
Silver King
Development work will begin on the
Silver King group of mines in the
Windy Arm mining district at once,
and a shipment of ore will be secured
I from the property this season. That is
the announcement made by Thomas M,
Daulton, of Seattle, who arrived here
the other day on the Jefferson and left
for Conrad City at once. Next year a
tramway will be put in and the proper
ty worked with a large force of men.
"It is our purpose," said Mr. Daul
ton, "to build houses at the tunnel on
our property and begin taking out ore.
We will extract a sample shipment this
fall and next year the shipments will
be as large as we can make them.
"K. N. Riblet, of Spokane, the tram
way man,' will come up here again be
fore long in connection 'with his con
tracts with the various Conrad compan
ies. At that time he will make an esti
mate of the cost of a tram to the Sil
ver King and we will in all probability
make a contract with him to install an
aerial tramway for us."
Assays from the various veins In the
properties of the Silver King group run
from $87.50 to mere than $4000 per ton.
EVEN IT UP
City Has Way of Collecting
Taxes
The municipality won a recent con
test that tested its right to hold out
taxes due the city from money due to
delinquents. It has been the custom of
the city where men have been em
ployed by it to deduct from remunera
tion due for the labor an amount suffi
cient to cover the amount of taxes ow
ing the town that had accrued before
the law gave the city a lien for taxes.
That arrangement has usually been sat
isfactory to the laborer. In two or
three instances, however, there has
been objection.
Not long ago suit was brought by
John Riley for wages due that had been
held out for taxes. Through is attor
ney, T. A. Marqusm, the city promptly
began a counter suit for the taxes due.
Before the trial of the cases, at the
suggestion of Mr. Riley, the suits were
dropped, and the tax receipts were ac
cepted as part payment for the labor
performed.
ENGINE NC. 66
READY FOR FIRE
W. P. & Y. R. engine No. 66, which
plunged over tha hillside at the 17-mile
post last August just after H. R. Simp
son, the engineer, and Jerry Moriarty,
the fireman, had jumped from it in
time to save their lives, has been placed
in repair and is ready for duty. It has
not been out on the road yet for the
reason there has been no call for it.
The big locomotive has been placed in
first class oondition aDd will enter ser
vice as good a* new.
Jerry Moriarty, the fireman, who
was pretty badly hurt at the time of
the accident, is again out on the street,
but it will be some time bifore he will
be ready for woik again.
SKA&WAY WEATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wtiarf at midnight, Oct. 5,
1905, is as follows:
Temperature time of observation... .41
Mas. temp, preceding 24 hours 48
Min " " " " 40
Mean " " " " 44
Barometer, 29.44.
Calm, clear.
Snap In Hoosahold Good*
I still have a few household poods
that must be sold quickly. They will go
at a bargin. Mrs. Everest. Iw30
Notice to Creditors
All persons having claims agninst the
estate of James H ansen, deceased, are
requested to present them to me prop
erly verified, within six months from
date of this notice, at my place of busi
ness in Haines, Alaska.
Dated this sixth day oCSeptember,
1905. H. Fay,
Administrator.
Only Piaoe in Town
The only place in town at which you
can get Jos. Seagrem's White Wheat
Whiskay is at the Seattle Saloon.
Oat Your Shoe* Sblnsd
An up-to-date bootblack stand at the
Pack Train saloon. , Patronize Jit and
be neat. Only |ex>m -weifitcn. if.
A CASE OF GHOSTS
(Copyright. 1905. bv R. B. McCluro.]
One day Henri du Bols of Parts, an
ornamental plasterer by trade, re
ceived legal notice that he was heir to
a house and twenty acres of land in
the province of Vendee, on the west
coast of France.
The house was only one story high
and was divided into Bitting room, be.l
room and kitchen. Doors and win
dows had long been removed, aud the
floors had rotted away, but room and
walls were all right, and a few days'
work enabled the heir to move in. Tht
usual gossip about hauutcd houses was
not lackiug in this case, aud some of
the stoiles told would have made the
plasterer's hair curl had he not been
firm minded.
Du Bols had been settled a month be
fore the ghosts came. He had busied
himself breaking up uud carting away
the atones and hauling dirt in their
place so as to have ground for a gar
den at least. One night he was awak
ened by a curious sound coming from
the kitchen. He slept with both Inside
doors open, and there was no cover of
any sort on the tloors. The noise hs
heard was that of soft footsteps. TUey
seemed to enter the kitchen door and
cross to a corner and return to the il.ior
again. He knew the outside door to be
locked, but he lighted a candle and got
up to see what the noises could uu an.
They ceased as soon as he was ous of
bed, and, naturally enough, the luan
believed that be had been half dre .fl
ing, and he went back to bed and was
soon asleep again. The incident had no
weight with him next day; but, much
to his surprise, it was repeated on the
second night. He was awakened at the
same hour by the clock, and for ten
minutes he lay listening. At the cud of
that time the footsteps ceased, aud Du
Bols got up and struck a light, to llnd
everything as usual.
xne insiuo wans mia ueuu muguij
plastered when the house was built,
and here anil there it hail fallen off In
patches, onil hi? determined to give the
walls a close Inspection and see If any
thing could be found. lie meant to do
this next day, but found that he had to
go to a village for supplies and post
poned it That night, at the same hour
again, the noises were renewed, and on
the third morning after breakfast a
search was begun. The outside of the
house was taken first and was gone
over foot by foot. Nothing was discov
ered to solve the mystery.
When Du Bols came to search the in
terior of the house he made a discovery
almost at once. The ghostly footsteps
had led from the outside kitchen door
to the northwest corner of the room, a
distance of about nine feet. About a
third of the plaster had fallen oil that
wall, and as the man inspected he soon
came upon a stoue differing from the
others by being better dressed. It was
plastered in as firmly as any of the
others, bnt it seemed to have been set
in after the wail had been built.
It took Du Hois au hour to loosen
and lift out the stone, but never was a
man moro liberally rewarded for an
hour's work. The stone was the door
to a cavity a foot wide and four feet
long, and in that cavity rested a treas
ure amounting to tens of thousands of
dollars. It was in gold, silver and Jew
els, and there was not so much as the
scrap of a pen to say who had con
cealed It
A a near as could be ascertained by
the legal records of the province the
house had been erected about forty -five
years. It had been built and Inhabited
by an old man and bis wife, both of
whom had died within a few years.
The place had then been tenantless for
some time and had then been taken
possession of by a fisherman. He had
vacated, and another man had come,
but for a score of years before Du Bols
took possession no one had occupied
the place.
Du Bois did not herald his good for
tune over the country. Like a wise
man he said nothing and secretly re
moved his find to Paris. The stone was
reset In the wall and the plaster re
paired, and he had hardly made the re
pairs when he was waited on by an of
ficer of the law, who Informed him that
a queer mistake had been made. The
property had been left to another by
his name, and the new heir would
shortly be on to make good his claim.
The plasterer did not wait for the
rightful heir to turn up. He had never
been satisfied as to how he came to in
herit, though he had gone on the idea
that the law could make no mistakes.
He hied himself back to Paris, sold his
Jewelry and exchanged his coins and
then did a prudent thing by setting sail
for America. lie had not been gone
from Paris four weeks before he was
being looked after. |
in spite or tne repairs tue new n en
had discovered the stone and the hid
ing place. Perhaps ghostly footsteps
had also sounded for bins, though they
had ceased for Du Bois as soon as he
discovered the treasure. At any rate,
he wanted Information and an account
ing. He reasoned very naturally that
the cavity had been made to hold a
treasure and that it would not have
been so carefully concealed again if
nothing bad been taken from it
Du Bola was out of France and liv
ing In New York when the officers of
the law sought to Interview him, and he
has not returned to his native land
since. The story is from his own lips.
The value of the treasure he has not
stated, but you have the word of the
one who writes the story that his
search for ghosts brought him a com
petence. It might have been hidden
by smugglers, robbers or a miser, but
as to that he has' never concerned him
self. While the treasure technically
belonged to the true heir, who can say
that the ghosts would have helped him
to recover it and that it would not be
resting in that cunning hiding place to
day? M. QUAD.
SAMPLES Of 1906
CALENDARS HERE
The Daily Alaskan tias received a
full line of samples of 1906 calendars
from the famous J. W. Butler Paper
company, of Chicago. They include
the latest designs many of which are
works of art.
Bnsiness men of Skagway and Haines,
who desire calanders for next year are
invited to call and make selections.
Best 25 Cent Meals
Railroad Restaurant has the "best
25 cent meals in town, equal tc 60 cent
meals other places. SecoDd Ave. and
Broadway, opposite depot. Private
rooms for Indies.
Oyster cocKtails, Olympiaor Eastern
at the Pack Train restaurant.
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
Notice is hereby given that the taxes
for the year A. D. 1904, levied by the
town of Skagway, Alaska, pursuant to
the law and the ordinances of said town,
have not been paid upon the property
situated within the boundaries of said
town, described below, and that the
amount of taxes delinquent and unpaid
upon each tract of property deicribed
is as set opposite the descripticn of said
property, together with 20 per cent
additional thereto, as penalty, interest
at the rate of 8 per cent, from and after
the 1st day of March, 1905, and the cost
accruing because of this publication.
If said taxes, penalty, interest and
costs shall not have been paid on or be
fore the 1st day ot October, A. D, 1905,
all property upon which taxes are still
delinquent shall be deemed forfeited to
the city, and it shall be the duty of the
treasurer to issue certificates of pur
c lase for any such pioperty to any pet
son paying the amount of taxes, penal
ties, interest and other costs due at the
date of issuance of said certificite, in
cluding a cost of $100 for such certifi
cate. The property, according to the
plat of the town of Skagway a9 surveved
by F. H. Reid, upon which taxes are
delinquent for the said year, A, D 190s,
together with the amount of the taxes
originally charged upon it, is as fol
lows:
PERSONAL
Bozman & Lin $ 2 00
Chealander, Godfrey 6 05
Grant, A L 11 00
Pbelpa, J C 5 50
Skaguay Laundry 1 00
Verbauwhede, Fied 5 00
Wallick, Mrs A M 100
Whalen, B A 9 50
REAL
Lot. Blk.
1 3 s 20 ft of n 1-2 of, Wal
lace, Minnie, agent.... $ 2 2,5
8 5 Marks, T C 5 00
7 6 Sperry, JL 8 00
11 6 Fraction of , Green, W L 5 00
6 7 Owens, Jno 5 50
5 9 w 1-2 of. Morgan. S A. . 100
1 10 n 1-2 of n 1-2 of s 1-2 of,
Craven, Z 5 00
2 10 n 1-2 of n 1-2 of s 1-2 of,
Craven, Z 2 75'
5 11 Hardy, WH 550
6 12 Green, Alex 2 00
1 13 s 1-2 of, Kay, Thos 40
1 13 n 1-2 of, DeWitt, MreC
H 2 75
2 13 Unknown 25
3 13 " ]0
4 13 " 10
5 13 " 10
G 13 ?' 10
7 13 ?' 10
8 13 " 10
9 13 " 10
10 13 " 10
11 13 " 10
12 13 ?? 10
1 14 Cuvanua, V V 10
3 14 Unknown 10
4 14 " 10
5 14 " 10
6 14 " 10
7 14 " 10
8 14 " 10
9 14 " 10
10 14 " 10
15 Tanner. J M
15 Peterson, HO 1 10
15 Unknown 10
15 " 10
15 " 10
15 " 10
15 " 10
15 " 10
15 Lucas 10
15 Unkown 10
10 Foreman, Ed 10
16 Unknown 10
16 " 10
10 " 10
16 " 10
19 " 10
10 " 10
16 " 10
16 1 10
10 " 10
16 Clark, H F 75
17 Patrick, G H 1 75
17 Rogers, J J... 75
17 Unknown 75
17 " 75
17 " 10
17 " 10
17 " 50
18 Davidson, J P 150
19 Green, Alex 7 00
19 w 1-2 of, Green, Alex. . 1 00
19 e 1-2 of, Green, W L. . . 1 00
20 Becker, EE 6 50
21 n 1-2 of, Thomas, Alfred 1 00
21 Becker, R M 2 00
22. Laumiester Bros 1 75
23 Fraction of, Christo
pher, C 1 00
30 Brown 2 00
30 Unknown 1 00
30 " 25
30 " 25
30 Murphy, Dan 25
31 Brown 1 00
31 Martins 50
32 w 1-2 of, Stein, Abe. .. 1 50
40 Unknown 10
41 Pacific Trading Co.... 10
41 " .... *0
41 " .... 10
42 Campos, Jno 1 25
42 Unknown 10
42 ?' ?0
42 " 10
42 " 10
42 " 10
42 " 10
56 Greene, J F 5O
56 '* 50
Givinlinovich, M 00
1 58 8 60 ft of, Reinhart, H
W... 100
4 58 LiChappelle, A E 1 75
6 58 Martinson, S H 175
7 60 Burkhardt, Jos 2 00
9 60 Walker, CO 5 00
11 60 McLaugnlin, Tlllie.... ] 60
4 64 McGrotty, Henry. ... 1 75
5 64 Unknown...' 150
5 65 Sperry, J L 1 75
6 65 n 1-2 of n 1-2 of 8 1-2 of,
Sperrv, J L 1 00
6 65 s 1-2 of 8 1-2 of, Barri
can, MP 50
5 70 Unknown 50
6 70 " 50
9 70 Lawson, Wm 50
11 70 Bannerman, AS 7s
12 70 " " 2 25
9 71 Portman, N 1 50
10 71 Kolde, George 2 00
11-1271 n 1-2 of, Portman, N. .. 4 00
3 73 Barry, Mrs F 2 (JO
15 74 Unknown 7s
1 76 Duvall, Mrs Farnie ... 75
3 76 Boliiosworch, Jack,... 3 75
4 76 Duvall, Fannie 75
5 76 " " 75
6 76 " " 2 25
77 Pearson, 5. 1 50
77 s 1-2 of, Bauer, S 50
77 n 1-2 of, Reinhart, H W 3 75
78 Kolde, George 1 50
79 Unknown 50
79 " 50
79 s 1-2 of, unknown 50
79 s 1-2 of, unknown 50
79 Unknown 50
84 Shortbill, T A 75
85 Silver. Jessie 75
85 Barclay, Isaac 75
85 Young, Wm 1 5O
85 " " 85
85 Grimm, Edith 2 00
85 " 75
85 Guyot, Jos (5
85 Kirk, Katie 1 00
86 Caine, Jas 50
80 " " 50
86 Tugwell, Tjos 50
?6 Green, Alex 5O
88 " " 2 50
88 Acbeson, MB 2 50
88 " " 1 75
88 n 1-2 of, Knight, Alex. . 50
88 s 1-2 of, Young, Wm.. 1 25
88 Haggerty, Dominic.... 75
88 " " .... 75
90 Boone, Wm 100
90 Grave', Nellie 75
91 s 1-2 of, Boone, Wm. ... 1 00
91 Unknown 75
91 Quinn, Ed 85
91 Guyot, Jos 1 50
91 Stephan, Edward 100
91 Boone, Wm I 25
91 " " 2 00
92 Unknown 5O
93 Fix, T A 50
93 Unknown 50
93 ?' 50
93 ' 50
93 " 50
93 " 50
94 Payne, C .L 1 00
96 Unknown 50
96 Barkauil, CH 50
97 Rocheford, TP 75
97 " " - 100
97 Fraction of, Calais, H A 1 80
102 Unknown 75
102 Hukill, D N 150
102 Unknown 7-5
102 Lowe & Sickenger 50
102 Sole, Oscar 1 5O
103 Unkaown 50
103 " 5o
103 " 50
103 ?' 60
103 Payne, CL 85
103 " " , 75
103 " " 1 50
104 Beveridge 75
105 Blackman, J E 75
105 Barley, HC 100
105 Mahoney 75
105 Grant A L 75
105 " " ? 7o
105 " " 2 50
111 Rogers 85
111 Lustoff, Henry 80
111 Orant, A L 4 00
113 Davidson, Pearl 60
113 " " 50
113 " " 50
113 Unknown 50
"3 '? 50
113 " 50
113 " 50
113 " 50
114 " w
114 Miller, H J 60
114 Nelson, G 50
114 " " 100
Grant, A L
Tbompsou, George
Taylor, Lilly
Payne, C L
Thompson, George.
Unknown
Casey. J B
Bledsoe, W J
Wheeler, J N
Grant, A. L
Unknown
Grant, A L.
Howard, G E . . . .
Maloney, Grace..
Hosford, F L
?< (4
Gertchen, Frank.
Unknown
114
115
115
115
115
115
115
115
118
119
119
120
120
120
120
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Homestead: Clayfon, Wm i oo
?? DeWitt Estat3 15?
" Guthrie & White. . . 6 5O
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the official seal of the
Town of Skagway this 4th day of Sep
tember, A. D., 1905
[L. S.] W. S. MCKEAN,
Clerk of the Town of Skagway, Alaska.
(?^Pacific Coast S.S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
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Seattle, Puget Sound, San Francisco and Southern Porta
CARRYING V. 8. MAIL
Steamers of This Company I^eare
CITY OF SEATTLE, - - - - Oct. 11, 21 31 ..
Via Vancouver
HUMBOLDT, - ? - - Oct- 6. 17, 27
Direct .
COTTAGE CITY, - ? - Oct- 10, 25
Via Victoria and Sitka
Nfc. Above Schedule Subject to chancre Without Notice.
E. A. MURPHY, Agent, Phone 50
C. D. DUNANN, Gen- Pass. Agt
10 Market 8treet, San Franolsco, Cs) .
The Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mall and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON, - - Oct. 4
DOLPHIN, - - Oct. ? ?
DIRIGO ? Sept.
FARALLON ? - - Sept. 28
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
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