4PPLY HERE
Alaska Within Jnrrisiiietioii
of Anti-Trust Laws
It is held by the department of justice
that the interstate commerce laws and
the anti-trust laws apply to Alaska, ac
cording to Washington dispatches in
the Seattle Times, The same dispatches
say that if proof can be offered that the
Alaska Steamship Association was a
combination to prevent competition and
restrain trade its members will be
prosecuted. The action of the grand
jury at Juneau in calling attention to
the steamship association has caused
the department of justice to tane these
questions up.
Local transportation men are not
alarmed over the action of the Juneau
grand jury or the information which
they get from Washington. They sav
the agreement as to passenger and
freight rates entered into by the t'acific
Coast Steamship Company, the Alaska
Steamship Company, the Canadiaa
Pacific Railway Company and the
Humboldt Steamship Company, form
ing the Alaska Steamship Association
was a similar agreement to thoae agree
ments made by different transportation
companies throughout 'he country with
the <.onsent of the Interstate Commerce
^ommis-ion. It was not for the purpose,
they sav, of doing away with competit
ion but for the pu-pose of estab ishin*
uniform rates.
!t Is admitted that the custom of the |
steamship companies of giving rebates]
is outside of toe law, for the law.i
agains: rebates aoes not apply to j,
traffic which is cootined exclusively t<>|
steamship lints On the other band, it j
is conceded that rebates eiven contrac-j
tors on through bills of lading where!
tbe e is both rail and water transporta- j
tion within America 'eriitory are j
ilUgal. if the interstate laws apply to,
Alaska a' all.
The breaking up of 'he Alaska Sie-m-l
ship Associtiion will probably s'op the |
imen-ed proceedings, as the dissolvin, !
of the Xome Grocers' Association stop- )
ped the prosecution against that.
MRS. M000E WILL
LE4VL FOR SOUH
Mrs. Moog, who has been at the
White Pass hospital for sometime, has!
?o far recover*"' tW sh? will leave od I
the Dolphin W tiie *ouiii. where she
will spend the remainder of the winter. |
ilr*. .\loog has .requested the Daily j
Alaskan to extend her sincere thanks j
to the ladies of Skagwav for their uni
form kind less to her during her illness.
Particularly does she thank the Ladies
of the Maccabees, who, she says, done
much to make the time during her
recent iilness pass pleasantly.
NEW DRUG STORE
FOR IWNES
T. S. Sewell, of Hai. \ r ;es from
Douglas, where he ha- <-h8 ,'e of the
drug business of Dr. tieubner during
the latter's absence in the east, that
he will open atirug store at Haines'
again in the near (more. Mr. Sewell j
says he will have a "stock of new drugs
and an up-to-date Steele of Jirug sun- 1
dries" at theMission town wiihinla few
week*.
Call For Meeting
A meeting of the Skagway chamber
of commerce is hereby called to take
to take place Wednesday evening, Jan.
2, !907. at T:30 p. m. for the purpose of
reorganization and for such.o;her pur
poses as may come before the meeting.
Ail business men, wbethe- members of
the organ zation or cot. are requested
to oe] present. j ^
John W. Troy, Vice-Presideut.
H. B Le Fevre, Secretary.
??Skagway, Dec. 29, 1MX5.
Ji? w Coorc Hoote Completed
The new court house irbanKs
bui t to take the place of the one des
tr'yed by fire last spring, was occupied
*2,5 officiiU December 1st
It is 44x96 feet in size and two stories
high. It, with the jail, cost more than
820,000.
Gocernmant to Tak* -Ntbruk>
Seattle, ?Dec 27? The Moran com
pany officials announced today that
they were prepared tojturn the battle
ship Nebraska over to the government
on April 1st.
For an accurate and tru'.hM (?) dis
cription of the preparations being made
for the mcsked ball Monday nignt, see
the local columns. 3t
"The Pack Train saloon always leads
It carries only the best brands of whis
kies, wines, beers and all the other
grads to be had at a first-class gentle
men's resort ?
January Delineator at Harrisons.
In Dufknt Africa.
A weird tale of witchcraft comes
from the interior of Africa. A recant
trial at the Lilongwe court proved that
a native wotr.an killed by a lion had
been partly eaten by auother native
who was accused of impersonating the
lion. The prisoner confessed freely
that he had eateu of the woman's dead
body, the excuse being that he had pur
chased froiu a "witch doctor" a medi
cine which enabled him to turn Into a
lion at will- in other words, to indulge
In cannibalism in its lowest form as
the mood took him.
% WNlerapunt.
A scientist says of a waterspout that
passed over a certain district in France:
"Its passage was accompanied with a
sound which is described as resem
bling that of a batterj- of artillery
drawn on the gallop over a paved
street. At the base of an extended
nimbus hung the reversed cone charac
teristic of phenomena of this kind. A
strong wind was then blowing from
the south-southwest. The waterspout
was preceded t>v a storm and followed
by a shower."
Tn? Arvhbl?hop*.
The archbishop of Canterbury Is pri
mate of all Knglaud aud therefor*
takes precedence of the archbishop of
York, who Is only "primate of Eng
land." This very nice distinction was
made several ceuturies ago on account
of a very bitter dispute arising between
the two functionaries as to which
should precede the other. The matter
was settled by conferring precedence
upon the archbishop of Canterbury, the
two titles being slso bestowed at the
same time.
The Anatrttlian N.Htre.
For hundreds of years, perhaps thou
sands. the Australian blacK has accept
ed the doctrine of a Trinity in heaven
and the theory of evolution. In some
respects he is far superior to his civi
lized contemporary, but be curls him
self around like a dog and sinks to
Bleep on the bare ground at sunset Itt
the dark he is a veritable coward.
Whut Happens.
In a written examination on physical i
geography one of the questions was:
??What happeus when there Is an j
eclipse of the moon'."
A boy with rather an admirable [
knack of getting out of a difficulty I
wrote the following ansyer:
"A great many people come out to
look at it."? London Answers.
Golden Xoae.
Tyeho Brahe. the tamous Danish
mathematician. was known as tbo
"\Y izard of the Golden Nose." While |
at the university he lost his uose In a
duel a nil replaced it with a nasal or
gan of gold, held in place by cement |
and a pair of spectacles. This addi
tion to his countenance gave him a i
very peculiar appearance and caused
him to be much feared by the common
people, who attributed to him many j
supernatural powers, largely on ao
count of his remarkable nose.
TafiiimiilMU tapl*.
For many years Tasmania has been j
known as the "f ircassia of the colo
nies," a tribute to the exceptional love
liness of its young women. There have
been Tasmauian peeresses, but the |
pretty Tasuianian girls are mostly In i
demand as barmaids tor Sydney and j
Melbourne. Some years ago it was |
elicited in evidence at an official in
quiry In Melbourne that Tasmanian
barmaids command double the ordl- j
narv wages for this kitul ot work.
Tim tioaf lwlaiuK.
Here is an extraordinary coincidence:
The Island lying between the American
fall and the Canadian fall at Niagara
is called Goat island. What is now
wiled Livingstone island at the Vic
toria falls in Africa is called Kempon*
go by the natives, and this signifies
'"goat Island."
The Currant.
The currant of couuuerce is said tp
be oue of the most nutritious forms of
food, a pouiid of the little berries from
Greece contaiuitig more than thre?
times as much actual nourishment as
the same weight of leau U'ef. "Cur
rauts." says <?ue authority, "should
really !?? eaten eve y day. They eon"
tain all the lieiiettcml properties of the
apple, but in greater proportion." The
most important fact connected with
them is that they supply the bod]t with
muscle building and nerve sustaining
material In a form ready for speedy
digestion and assimilation
l.lon of Babylon.
Oue of the oldest and at the same
time most interesting bits of pictorial
work which have l?eeu preserved from
antiquity is that of the liou of Baby
!ou. and so careful was the workman
ship that even after the lapse of sev
eral thousand years uot only the out
line, but the color, is very distinct
The figure was used very generally Jot
decorative purposes in ancient Baby
j Ion.
Childhood.
i Man begins lite helpless. "Hie babe
I is in paroxysms of fear the moment Its
nurse leaves it alone, and It comes bo
slowly to any power of self protection
that mothers tuy the salvation of life
and health of a young child is a per
petual miracle.? Emerson.
Hon it Was.
The Magnate? Do you mean to say,
sir, that you will charge me SI, 000 for
thu operation if I live and $2,000 if I
die'; How is thaUr Great Surgeon? It
you die it will be *o much easier *?
collect from the estate.? Ufe.
-rote tins proposed, and asks me to
give hitn his answer In a letter. '
"Shall you do it?"
"No. I will b* more liberal and SlT*
>.f>n bis, answer ^a_two letter*.
j
ALL RIGHT
Americans Will Welcome
Ambassador Bryce
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)!
Washington, Dec. HI? The state de
partment has conveyed the information
to the British government that there |
will be no objection on the .part of ?he j
United States to the contemplated ap- 1
pointment of James Bryce to be am- j
bassador at Washington for King
Edward. Mr. Bryce stands very high I
in the United States.
forMmen
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Hospitals For Sick ludiaus
Are Recommenced
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan]
Washington, Dec. 29 ? The surgeon
general of the United States army has
recommended that hospitals should be
established at Sitka, Alaska, and on
Puget Sound for the cara of indigent ?
and sick Indians of Alaska and Wash
ington state.
LADIES WI1L HOLD
ANNUAL MttlING 1
The annual meeting of the L 'dies'
Aid 'Society of the PrtsbyterUn cnur^h
will take place Wednesday afternoon at
2::>0 o'clock at the churcb annex.
YOUR JiVES
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Do Not Sottrr? There is:
No Need
I
Co your eyes trouble you? Stop the
trouble at once. There is no need of
suffering on acconm of impared eye
sight when we are in business to make
the sight perfect. We have the latest
and best apparatus known to science
with which to test the eyes and deter
mine what is wrong with them. We
can fit glasses to meet any requirement,
it costs nothing for an examination.
Our stock of jewelry and our repair
department are unexcelled in the
North.
J. Ikuta. Optician and Jeweler.
'Twas the eve before New Year's
And all thru the tiouse
Not a thin? was stirring,
Not even a mouse
?for they hsd all gone to the Masque
rade Ball.
W. W. Boughton has received a con
signment of Marguerite Havana Cigars,
[f you want a good sweet smoke call
for them.
Toot Bid Block and Wiggs, the new
card games at Harrisons.
Greetings to all
our friends and pat
rons wishing you a
happy and prosperous
New Year .
Martin Conway
?
We have a large stock
Louiney's Gandy .
Peter's Cboeo'.ates
A'so a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
Doni* Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'y j
Tony Dortero's
siod Importer of
N/1IL.L.INEF? V
orders solicited and filled iromediatly.
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A Prominent Citizen is held up on Moore's Wharf;
another in the Fifth Addition to Skagway; another by the
marshal on one side and a deputy on the other! In Time
of War prepare for Peace. Get your Artillery, Guns,
j Pistols, Ammunition, Harpoons and Cheese Knives at
TANNER'S HARDWARE STORE
i Hooks, Hasps and Padlocks of all kinds. Lock your Horse
jbefoie the Barn is stolen. ,
AI90 plumbing and tinning of all kinds at moderate
Modern Improvements
prices.
J. M. TANNER.
The Hardware Man
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
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Carrrtnz D. 8. Mail
cor Haines, Bernets Bay, Juneau,
Boonah, Tenake > Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
Dec. 5, 11, 17, 23, 29]
at 8 a. m.
W. W. BUUGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone SO
No regrets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good tor you
Seattle, Wash.
SAVE YODR DOLLARS
is our advice. Later on in life, it wiil
be of great service to you. The lack of
money causes untold misery. That is
why you should save a oortion of your
salary, or earnings, while vou caD.
The five ner-cent plus dividend earn
ing Gold Bonds, of the Northern Se
curities and Backing- Company, offer
the safest and best investment in the
way of stvings that is on the market.
These Bomls are backed by Real Estate
Securities .held by one of the largest,
Trust Companies in the west, They
can be paid for on the monthly, serai
annual or annual payment plan and will
earn you better than ten per-cent on
your money, besides taking care of and
returning you your principal
Forjfull particulars, see
PHIL ABRHAMS, Agent.
1*s *+*?>** w Wl
OF THE
On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Mon'hly fates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompanv:
WATER
First Faucet
Each " additional (except wasti basins, free). . . .
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " " *'
Urinals " " " " "
Wash Basins " " " " "
Hole's, per room additional
Beer Pumps
Restaurants ~
Steam Laundries %
Hand " r
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate
HoseC n lection for Fire Protection
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per lo^'d
Lawn and Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NnHT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights ,
Enclosed Arcs A...
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
All Tear Winter
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager,