?he Saily Alaskan
No. SOS FIFTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, DKCKMBKK 3, 1!H2
NAUGHTY MIN
ING DELEGATES
Spokane. Dec. S ? The Mining
Congress. or rather some of IU
members, have (cotton In bad with
the ministers and the good people
of this city, with the result that
sermons were preached yesterday
against the actions held outside the
cily limits Friday night, at which
time capets were cut up which are
absolutely unprintable.
Some or the Spokane people who
are sportively Inclined, arranged a
sort of smoker or Jollification meet
ing for the entertainment of the
mining men who were delegate? to
the congress They called It the
"dtggtns." and knowing that It was
to be somewhat free-for-all, they
pulled it eff outside the limits of
the city, away from police Interfer
ence. out where they could be wild
ly unrestrained ? and they were cer
tainly unrestrained. If the charges
made by the ministers of the city
arv true.
They do say that prise fights
were held and that liquors were
consumed until revelry ran higher
than was ? ver before known in any
cilv outside of Sodom and Comor
rah The preachers say, and they
back up their assertions with evi
dence, that dance hall scenes were
enacted In which women of the un
derworld took shameful parts; that
some of these women were dressed
up in men's clothes and sold at
auction to the highest bidder, the
man paying the highest price dis
robing the woman he had purchased
ami presenting her in nude vaude
ville stunts for the entertainment of
'he audience.
As the night wore on, the fes
tivities became more bolstrous and
more shameless. Under the In
fluence of copious quantities of fer
mented and exciting liquors It Is
said that they even ? but here is
where we must draw the curtain
T?KFF\SK TAKKS VP
ITS SI OK OF CASK
Indianapolis, Dec. J- Frank Ryan,
president of the International Iron
Workers, will be the first witness)
examined by the defense In the |
dynamiting cases There are forty
five witnesses to be examined
Send the Dally Alaskan to the state*
Skagway Alaskan 's Daily Photograph
Above we present views of several placer mining operations taken in the Nome district, showing the processes of hydranllcking In rogue
today. The views are typical of placer operations In various parts of Alaska Mt.ch of the land In the#> scenes, especially along the rlvw
shown In the foreground. Is suitable for the most productive agriculture New quart! properties have been discovered In the districts,
which will furnish employment to hundreds of workmen after the plac:r deposits have been worked out, which will not be for many years
to come
PEACE SEEMS
Constantinople, Dec. 2 ? It Is an
nounced with considerable authority
that a peace protocol will be sign
ed tomorrow, after which the di
vision of the spoils will be wrangled
over and the end of the war offi
cially declared. Terms of peace,
which will doubtless meet the
sanction of all parties, have been
practically agreed flpon, but which
have not been made public.
A good Christmas present ? the
Dally Alaskan. . , . .
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IP YOU ARK PARTICULARLY
HARD TO PLK ASK WE WILL RK
PARTICULARLY PLEASED THE
DAY YOU TRY OX ONE OF OIR
NEW FALL AND WINTER OVER
COATB WITH TnE CO X VERTIRLE
tX>LLARS.
PURCHASE IF YOU FIND WHAT
PLEASFS YOU. YOU WILL FIND
US ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW
OUR POOPS WHETHER YOU RUY
OR NOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH.
I
XOMK MINER SKCl'KKS
1*1 > ACE IX LKOI8LATIRK
Nome, Dec. 2? The late returns
from the legislative election in the
Second division, show that Frank B.
Aldrlrh has been elected as the
fourth member of the legislature.
Aldrlch Is a miner and received a
large vote from the creeks.
The lateness In securing the re
turns from the outlying camps of
the Second division has aroused
some comment regarding the organ
ization of the new legislature. Com
menting on It, Governor Clark, who
is in Juneau, has made public the
statement that notwithstanding tech
nicalities of the law which cannot
be complied with, the canvass would 1
take place when the returns were
in, but there is no certainty that
the returns will be lu before the
legislature meets.
In the opinion of the governor
the legislature cannot be legally
organized unless certificates are In
the possession of the members prior
to the meeting of the body, and
since the returns cannot leave
Nome until after the 1st of January,
and it will require probably sixty
days and perhaps even longer to
get them to Juneau, the question
of the issuance before the opening
of the session becomes a matter of
much doubt. All the members of
the board, however, which consists
of Territorial Secretary Dlstln, Col
lector Willis and Governor Clark.
arc anxious to do everything posst
to supply the legislators with certi
ficates If It Is possible to do so.
"If there are mifflclent retum? to
Indicate with certainty who has
been elected," said Governor Clark,
"the board will not hesitate to It
sue certificates, eTen If all the re
turns are not In.
"Should any doubt exist as to
t hi election of less than a majority
of members, and at most there can
be no doubt ns to more than four In
the house and two In the senate,
those to whom certificates are Is
sued can organize the house and
senate."
630 CONGRESS
IS IN SESSION
Washington, Dec. 2 ? The Sixty
third congress of the United States
began Its session at noon today,
Senator Augustus Bacon of Georgia
continuing as presiding officer of
the senate until the 16th, at which
time it Is presumed he will be con
tinued.
Steamship Dolphin which arrived
last night brought a large quantity
of Christmas goods which Is being
put on display t?y Skagway mer
chants today.
Plum
Pudding
IS ALWAYS A FITTING CLIMAX
TO A CJOOD THANKSGIVING I>I\
N'KH. TRV A CAN AM) SEE HOW
VOL* WILL ENJOY IT.
THE KIND WE SELL HAS THE
1 1 ?! Mill HOME MADE PLA
VOR AND THE INGREDIENTS ARE
THE REST.
? LR. TINS, 85c; 2 LR. TINS, ?-V;
tl LR. TINS, ?t.00.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
BARNFTTE 111
BEGAN TODAY
Valde*. IX* 2 Judith l.yona ar
tired yentrrday, and t hi* morning'
opened w?rt by Mllini the ra*e?
agalnat Captain Barnette of the
defunct Waahlngton-Alaafca bank
The attorney* for Barnette occupied
all the forenoon, and Indication*
that they will occupy all the after
noon. In filing motion* and demnr
rera and aliening for a dlamlaaal of
the charge* agalnat their client
Considerable *tree* la laid upon
the claim that Captain Barnette on
ly withdrew hla private fund* from
the bank at the time of its inaol
BIG SHOW POST
POKED 6 WEEKS
Hamilton. 1- Wood row Wll
?fln hu ilwlilwl to pnNpm* tl?
Mr orfmnnN of Inauguration ?n
'II t h? laa' Thnr?d?y of April, ao
ih.?t th# national function may b#
??ttf l**l off thm I ha ?#-?th?r H?
m?f? a#ttl?<t Ht ?IH today that
he would take tha oath of office
<>n th# Fonrth of Matrk, hat tkat
'ia dl?l not MI*t* that (IN) pwklk
faatlTltia* ahonld h# MA lltn PwV
Mr Inauguration* In tk# paat kar?
fro?jn*ntly c>*ult#d la dawika from
f?lda owing to tha Inclamtwy of
tk?> weather Ha domi not h#ilere
In Hinging to a aenaetea* cnatom gf
'er It kaa been ahown to oft?ntlm#a
result In dlacomfort and dantk
t^ftMFT l/KlRtlfi mm
*ovr*itn KitHKRMr^
Janoan, 1 I Th# Com#t. a
a#? en-dory halibut ftahar, on# of
the Han Jtinan Flak company a f1##t.
arritml in Jnn#nw Saturday morning,
looking for a cr#w
At ftaaiti# all th# flaking boot*
whlek w#r* eng?*ed In halibwt flak
ing n#nr Tap# F1*tt#ry. ar# tlml
faat at th# dork* Tb? fl*h#m?#n
ar# on atrik# for a raia# of half a
c# nt a pound The flan Juan com
pany kaa ?#nt th# (omct to Jqn#a?.
hoving to ?#r?r# h#r# th# f|gh#rm#n
It la Impoaalhl# to g?t at th# Bound
Th# boat la ?n?l#r th# command
of Cnpt Jacoh Hanatn Wh#th#r
ah# will flak uto of Jnn?H or *111
return to S#*ttl# with a crvw haa
not b##n <W#rmln#d. hot It la pmh
ahl# tkat If ?h# aucc#?d* in getting
a aufflc|#nt rnmWr of f1*lt#rm#n
'he will !#?*? for Pari I Strait*, ami
will flak In Sallahnry Sound, bring
Inp her catch to J?n?aii
Th# Pouglaa I aland N#w? haa
h##n In #*l*t#nc# ftwri##n yaara,
atartlng on th# fifteenth yanrn la*t
Wednesday Editor Hopp# admlta
hia ahort coming* and aaya h# kaa
no fear of th# fntnr# P#rf#rt lor#
raat#th out f*?r
A Wrangell merchant haa an anto
d#llT#ry trwfc
r#ncy. and not that of any of lh#
individual depoaitoca It la upon
tkia point tkat th# d#f#we? w?H
hank Ita Important rlalmg for dl?
mtaral
Thf mml ?t)M?h pwi?f>l? ytm know
? Ih<?f who h?f III* h?t thlnf* to
im?r thai Ihfj r?n fiml ? pnfla
who ilnn'l rrn* ?h?l It rrmt??*nrtt
don't mw anjr hfttw fWlw
? "nlu, offrmrti than we'rw ?Wlfng
WW) rt*jr, m?<lr fm hj
HIM SCHIfFKfl I IM1
WILL
CLA YSON