CLEAN linen
West Indians Working at
Panama are Dirty
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Washingtan. July 17. Secretary vf
War Taft has recommenced to '.he
president that greater attention be
paid to sanitation about the works of
tha Panama canal and that cleanliness,
especially in an enforced change of the
linen woiu by the West Indian work
men employed at common labor at Pan
ama- These people, it seems, are pre
disposed to pneumonia aud virulent
fever- resulting from the tiltby con
dition nf their persons. Sanitation
about the canal, to be effective in pre
venting epidemics should l?e nearly
(xTfect.
CANADA'S GOVERNOR
MILL VISIT YUKON
A \ ancouYer exchange says:
"It is stated on good authority that
"STiortTr after the close of the present
Parliamentary session at Ottawa His
Kxcelleney the Governor-General, anil I
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, will come through 1
to the Coast ami take a trip to the
Yukon Last year there was consider- i
ab'e talk of the Premier coming out. as :
^ it has lout been his wish to pay a visit
to the Yukon Territory, but heretofore!
he has been withheld by the pressure of ]
business. Lord Grey naturally also
wishes to visit the di:!erent portions of j
the lV>ininion
HEALTHY PLANTS
Hequirtt (tie Muni < areful vttcntlua u
Writ a? I. nod Soil.
Did you ever see a rosebush which?
dnpite most benclWllt environment
jt soil ?of ?UMhlne? and of atmosphere,
seem< .1 never to achieve a healthy
growth.
\ ?< -ti T manure will not help a plant
th.it h.ts a canker eating out Its heart.
> must destroy the cause before yotl
can remove the effect.
Vou cannot cure Dandruff and Bald
cess by rubbinjr on hair lotions. and
tubbing in vaseline, etc.
Ton must look to the cause of the
trouble ? It's a germ at the roots of
your h;itr which causes It to fall out.
N>whr""s Herplcide destroys the eerm.
and healthy hair la the sure result.
Snltl bv lending druggists Send 'ftc In
?tamps for sample to The Herpi. lde Co..
Detrclt Mich.
Wm, Brirt, S|?-cial -Vent.
The Pack Train Restaurantr will
serve wine with dinner orders, free in.
place of tea or coffee. t ome ou boys
Lost
Suiall black leather \ e-tpocket diary,
on way to upper lake Dewey. Kinder
will please return to this otlice and
receive reward. ot
The best meals and best service at
Ska? way cait be secured at the Fifth
Avenue hotel.
To RAILROADS AND OTHER TRAXS
PoRTATloX COMPANIES. \XI> PRO
PRI KT< >RS ? ? ! -!. \l ullTKKINi.. M K VI
? \XX IXil. SALTIXo. PAt?KIXi?. K EX I >
! RlXti. OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS
Your attention is invited to tlu* fact under
tlic termsof t he Mr at Inspector Act. approved
Juik'A1. UM>. no iH-rson. Hrrn or corporation
shall. on ami after octolter I. i*m;. transport,
or offer for transportation. and no carrier of
interstate .?r foreign commerce shall trans
port. or receive for transportation from one
Stati* ??r Territory. or tin* l>Ktri?*t of Columbia
to another ^tate or Territory or the District
of Columbia. ?<r to any *?? iimicr the juris
diction of t h?- I'nited Stute>. or to any foreign
country, any carcass, or part* thereof, meat
or meat fixxl products thereof. which have
not U*en inspected. e.\amined and marked
"Inspected and Passed." in accordance with
the terms of the law, ami with the rules and
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
Agriculture. An exemption may be made l?y
t he Secretary of Agricult ure of retail butch
ers and retail dealers in meat and meat ft*Hi !
products. supplying their customers through I
the m?*diutuof interstateor foreign commerce.
T)k* above provision of law necessitates either 1
the establishment of inspect ion or a notice of
exempt it >n by the IVpartment of Agriculture
on or liefore October I. 1*M?. for ail persons
who expect to offer meat or meat fo*H.l pro
ducts for transportation in inter-state or
foreign commerce on and after that date. To
enable the iH-partment to determine upon t lie
uecessary numU-rof inspectors, ami to either
establish inspection or to grant exempt ion. all
persons, tirms ami corporations who do n? >t
now have inspection and who deal in meat or
meat ft*ni products, which an- transported
either in inter-state or foreign commerce, are
requested to send immediately to the St re
tar J* of Agriculture a full and complete state
ment of the amount of meat or meat food pro
ducts handled in interstate or foreign com
merce by th*- particular establishment, the
location and the character of the operations
?of the establishment and such other infor
mation a* may In* necessary to enable the
Secretary of Agriculture to determine
whether inspect km or exemption should lie
granted.? JAMES WILSoX. Secretary.
/*OE?R
No regrets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good for you
Still Mil ill Ct
Seattle, Wash.
STANDS rCSI
r
Battleship Nebraska Fnltills
Expectations
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Seattle, July 18? The official t.Mal of
the first class battleship Nebraska was
had on the sound off Seattle Monday
and she more than fulfilled the require
ments exacted by the government of
the Morau Brothers. She was required
to make nineteen knots pen hour, but
the average of the run made was nine
teen and two hundred and thirty-seven
thousandths knots per hour while her
best run was nineteen and fifty-one
hundredths knots in the same period.
She left the Sound this morning for
a four-hours trial on the open ocean.
While playing out her anchor Mon
day, after the trial, the anchor and
;hain, valued at twenty thousand
Jollars. got away and was lost in sixty
Fathoms of water.
MORE MONEY
FOR CLERK HIRE
Because of the overcrowded condition
of the Nome and Fairbanks postotllce,
the depaitment granted an allowance of
$4,240 for additional clerk hire for
Nome between July 1 and September
30, with a *400 permanent increase an
nually ami $425 for additional temporary :
clerk hire at Fairbanks, together with
a permanent annual increase cf 5,:00
IN [ROUBLE
i
Nothing More Sensitive Than
The Eye
We are right in the midst of the
basebal I season and you need to have A (
<;< >(>l? RYE, I'nless you do \ou are
not in a position to criticize the unpire
on decisions on fair or unfair balls,
high or low halls, strikes or foul balls,
for it might be a defect in your own
eye.
To have A COOD KYK is one of the
most valuable things a person can
pos^ess in life, and to have A Gt.X.)D
KYK you should give them good treat
ment by wearing a pair of glasses that
will rest them, and give you perfect
vision. I am prepared to examine your
eyes at your own convenience, free of
charge. Kach eye differs and each
eye must be treated to its condition. I
grir.d and manufacture to correct those
difficulties ou short notice at very reus- i
onable charges.
J. Ikuta.
Jeweler and Optician, ;
The Pack Train saloon always leads.
It carries only the best brands of whis
kies. wines, beers and all the other
goods to be had at a tirst-class gentle
men's resort. tf
The Fifth Avenue dining rocm is
open to the public. It has been reno
vated and is the largest and handsomes
in the city, and the service is thebest.
Ordinance No. 73
AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance
No. 42 the same belnj and Ordinance
forbidding the Construction, Erection
or Maintenance of Nuisances in the
Town of Skagway, providing punish
ment therefor, and for other purposes.
Be i . ordained by the Common Council
nf the Town of Skagway:
aec. 1. That Section No. 1 of Ordi
nance N'o. 4- be and the same is hereby
amended by substituting the words
??no more than one hundred dollars"
for the words "'not more than two hun
dred d.>ll?rs," the same being the max
imum of tine as penalty for the viola
i hi of the misdemeanor provided in
sa;d Section.
Sec 2 That thi9 Ordinance shall
t<ke r ffect and be in force from and
:tf er the date of its passage and ap
proval.
Passed by the Common Council this
ISth day of June, 1900.
E. J. Shaw,
President of Council,
j W. S. McKean, Clerk.
Ordinance No. 74
ORDINANCE No. 74 prodding for the
division of the Town of Skagway lntr>
voting precincts, under the Act of
Congress relating to election of Dele
gate to Congress from the Territory
of Alaska, approved May 7. 190t>.
UF. IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway;
WHEREAS, by an Act of Congress
entitled, "An Act providing for the
election of a Delegate to the House o?
Representatives from the ^Territory of
Alaska," approved May 7, 190t>, it is
provided (Sec. 4,) "that each incor
1 porated town in the District of Alaska
1 shall constitute an election district, and
! where the population of such town ex
ceeds 1000 inhabitants, the Common
Council may, in their discretion, divide
the districts into two or more voting
precincts, and define tbe boundaries of
each precinct," and; ,
WHEREAS, It appears that the popu
lation of this Town exceeds 1000 in i
habitants, and that this Town should
consist one voting precinct, now there
fore,
IT IS ORDAINED,
That the Town of Skagway be, and it
hereby is constituted one voting pre
cinct, said precinct to be known, de
signated and bounded, as follows.
PKECINCT No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, bounded and described, as
follows, to-wit:?
All of the Townsite of the Town of
Skagway as described in the official
survey of Frank H. Reid.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd dav of July. 190(5.
W. S, McKEAN, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day ol July,
1900.
E. J. ShaW, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 75
ORDINANCE No. 75 appointing- judges
and clerks of election for the Town of
Skagwav, under Act of Congress ap
proved May 7, lyOti. relating to elec
tion of Delegate to Congress from
Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAJNED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway.
WHEREAS, by Section 4, of the
Act of Congress entitled, "An Act pro
viding for the election of a Delegate to
the House of Repreientatives from the
Territory of Alaska,'' it is provided
that, "The said Common Council shall
appoint * * * three judges of elec
tion and two clerks, for each voting
precinct, all of whom shall be qualified
voters of the precinct, and no more
than two judges and one cletk shall be
long to the same political party, and:
WHEREAS, said Town of Skagway
has by Ordinance No. 74 been desig
nated as oae voting precinct, now there
fore;
IT IS ORDAINED:
That Howard Ashley, Edwin Browne
and P. H. Ganty, each oeing a qualified
i'oter of Precinct No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, not iro/e than two *of whom
Delong to the same political party, be,
?nd eaih of ihea is, hereby appointed
i judge of election for the 190ti general
ilection, in and for Precinct No.. 1, of
the Town of Skagway;
That F. A. Callannan and A. B.
Towne, each being a qualified voter of
said Precinct No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, and each belonging to a dif
ferent political par.y. be, and each of
;hem hereby is, appointed a clerk of
Section for the 1900 general election,
n and for Precinct No. I, of the Town
>f Skagwav.
PASSED by the Common Council,
;his 2nd day of July, lMti.
w. s. McKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of .lulv,
lyot;.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 76
ORDINANCE No. 70, designating poll
ing places in and for tlie Town of
Skagway, under the Act of Congress,
approved May 7, lHOti, relating to the
election of a Delegate to Congress
from the Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAINED !>y the Common
Council of the Town of Skagwav:
WHEREAS, by Sec. 4, of an Act ol
Congress entitled, "An Act providing
[or the election of a Delegate to the
House of Representatives from the Ter
ritory of Alaska," approved Mav ",
l!?0ti, it is provided that, '"The Common
;\k)uncil shall provide a suitable polling
place for each voting precinct," and,
WHEREAS, the said Town of Skag
?vay, by Ordinance No. 7-1. has been
lesignated a single voting precinct.
NOW THEREFORE, it is ordained
;hat the first floor of the Town Hall
Building, located on Fifth avenue, in
ind upon Lot Three, of Block Eight,
as the same appears upon the otllcial
map of said town), which said premises
ueoivned by the Town of Skagway,
ind occupied by Town of Skagway,
tie, and the same is hereby selected and
lesignated as the polling place in and
For voting Precinct No, 1, of said Town.
PASSED by the Common Council
:his2ndday of July, 1900.
W . S McKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this -nd day of July,
WOO.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 77
3RDINANCE No. 77 of the Town of
Skagway, direction the posting and
publishing of notices of election, etc.,
as provided by the Act of Congress,
approved May 7, 1906, relating to the
election of Delegate to Congress from
the Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway:
WHEREAS, by Sec. 4 of an Act of
Congress entitled, "An Act providing
for the election of a Delegate to the
House of Repiesentauves from the Ter
ritory of Alaska," it is provided that
"The Comor.on Council .shall at least
thirty days before the date of election
? # ? give due notice of the
election by posting a written or printed
Dotice in three public places * * *
iind in case theie are one or more news
papers of general circulation published
in the Town, then a copy of said notice
shall also be published in one of such
newspapeis at least once a week for two
consecutive weeks next prior to the
date of the election," and,
WHEBEAS, said Town of Skagway
by Ordinance No. 74 (has been desig
nated as one voting precinct, a single
voting precinct):
NOW. THEREFORE, IT IS OU
DAINED that the Clerk of this body
be, and he hereby is authorized and
directed to Rive due notice of the mat
ters and things pertaining to said elec
tion, as provided in Sec, 4 of said Act,
by posting at least two weeks prior to
the date of election, in at least three
conspicious places in each precinct of
this municipality, a copy of the notice
this day spread upon the records of this
meeting and which is hereby adopted;
and by causing a copy of said notice to
be published in The Daily Alaskan, a
newspaper of general circulation, pub -
lished in the Town ol Skagway, at
least once each week for two consecu
tive weeks next prior to date of elec
tion.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd day of Julv, 1900.
W. a McKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
1900.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor.
JUST ARRIVED
llp-to-Date Novelties
IN,
LADIES' SUITS,:
I
(
Jackets, Coats
. ?
and Skirts
[jTHEY ARE THE MOST SWELL
READY-MADE GARMENT EVER
SEEN IN SKAGWAY
Martin Conway
n museum
Those Who
Know
Will tell you that we have the
largest stobk of curios in the north.
Our store is a veritable museum
of the courious anil antique.
If our want a souvenir of the
the country to take with you or
send home, you can find here just
what you want., from the merest
tritle to the most beautiful things
you ever saw .
You are cordially invited to come
in and look around whether you buy
or not, knowing that our stock will
make friends, out-shine rivals and
sell itself on its own merits.
P. E. KERN
G-old and Silversmith
JUNEAU S. S. CCTS.
ELECT1UC LIGHTED STEAM
U BATED STEAMER
GEORGIA
Carrying O. S. Mall
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau
Hoonah, Tenakej Sitka and Way ports
SAILS
Every Sunday 8 a- m
Every Tuesday, 12 m.
W. W. BOOGHTON, Afrent
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
REMODELED
THE
Rainier-Grand Bote!
SEATTLj
New Management Popular Prices
Central Location European
Finest CAFE and BAR in tho Cirv
Wilson & White Co. Prop. Chas,Perr> ;
Finely Furnished Rooms
Electric Lighted Throughout
THE IMPERIAL HOTEL
GEO. W. CURTIS, PROP.
AMERICAN PLAN
Front St. South P.O., Whitehorse.Y.T
J.S.Minkove & Co|
Merchant Tailors
Haines, Alaska
suits to order at lowest
prices
Cleaning and Repairing
Samples of Imported and Domestic
Goods From
Detmer Woolen Company
I Faris, London, New York, Chicago,
a |
We are Headquarters for all kinds *
j Tresb gaudies and Chocolates
CHOICE
| Bananas Oranges
Apples Lemons
| Nuts
| PHUNNY PAPERS AND MAGAZINES
j jyimB'S ana*
GOLDEN NORTH HOTEL
ft ^ COLiDEN NORTH ^
SKAGWAY'S POPULAR HOTEL
Modern Improvements
FAIR TREATMENT, GOOD SERVICE AND RATES THAT ARE RIGHT
Phone 19 for your job work
new mater and Cigbt Rates
Ou and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet $ 2 00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " ?' 50
Urinals " " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room addit ional 10
Beer Pumps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries 7.50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying- water 1.50
Individuals " " 1. 00
Hauling water, per load v 1.00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Slores, Oflices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ l.OO
Enclosed Arcs 10.00
ALL, NIOHT SERVICE
Each lfl cp lights 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 15.00 j i
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Hates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.