On Sale
IOO
Boxes of Fancy Apples
$2 per box
Wel.bought those apples at a bargain andj
will give our customers the benefit
Oranges 20, 30, 40 and 50 cents a dozen
John Kalem, the Grocer
So'.e Agent for Ueliance Canned Goods
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Benn will leave
on the Jefferson next Sunday for Seat
tle. At that place Mr. Benn will secure
?o outfit and leave for Fairbanks, go
ing in via Valdez. Mrs. Benn will visit
In Oregon for a few months before re
turnlrg to Skagway. Mr. Benn will
return from Fairbanks early in the
season.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Moriarty have
tasen the Benn residence, at Fifteenth
avenue and Alaska streets, where they
now reside.
A. Ferte. the sign painter, has lo
cated at Juneau where he has opened a
?hop.
R. D. Pinneo is at YChltehorse. He
will return to Skagway tomorrow.
J. P. Rogtrs left for a business trip
to Whltehorse.
Howard Ashley will return from
Whitehorse on today's train.
THREE DIE
H*libnt Fishermen Dro^n
At Young's Kay
John Martin. Louis LePole and Koo
ert Dodge were drowned early this
month at Young's bay. The three men,
who with Ben Dodge, a brother of Rob
ert Dodge, were engaged in halibut
fishing at Young's bay, were returning
from a hunting trip when their Colum
bia river fishiug bo .t capsized and all
lost their lives.
The men had been struck by a gale
and made for inshore where the charts
?how safe waters. They ran into a
shoal reef and their boat was swamped
by the breakers.
Judge States, of Juneau, who has a
cabin at Young's bay, saw the distress
of the boat, but as she rounded the
point he concluded tnat she had mule
safety.
About six day? later, hunters passing
that way found one of the dogs belong
ing to the party, on shore and almost
dead of starvaron. Ttie dog had re
mained on the beach near where the
accident took place, evidently waiting
for his master.
The discoverers of the animal noti
fied Ben Dodge, who bad remained in
camp on account of a painful accident
to bis right foot. With a companion
he at once instituted search in the vi
cinity where the dog was found, and
soon came upon the dead body of Var
tin. The other two bodies had not
been discovered at last accounts.
YOUR EYES
Sfexgwav'n Pioneer Jeweler
Has Scientific Op'ician
R. E. Kirmse, a scietific optician,
graduated bv one of the best schools in
America, is now connected with our]
store and is preprared to examine and
test your eyes and fit them with glasses j
ground for that purpose. We have the
?very latest equipment asd the largest
stock of glasses ever brought to Skag
wav and are prepared for this line as
no honse has ever been in Skagway
before.
Our immense stock of jewely, cut
glass, silverware, etc., etc., is still go
ing, and at the service of our petrons.
H. D. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler,
NO LEASE
Government Will Probably
Retain Alaska Cable
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Washington, Jan. 18 ? Gen. Greely, to
whom it was referred, returned the ap
pliostion of the American Telegraph &
Cable Company to lease the cables and
I land wires of the United States in
Alaskan waters and in that district to
| the secretary of war with the rec
? ommendation that the lease be not
! made. Secretary Taft is expected to
, follow the recommendation with a sim
[ ilar one of his own. The probabilities
are that the lease will not oe made.
I TOO HIGH
I
Skagwav-Haines Mail Bid
Tamed Dowu
| The postoffice department has re
! fused to let a contract for the delivery
i of mail between Skagway and Haines
because the lowest bid for the service
, was so much higher than the terms of
' the contract now in force. Advei tise
ments have been posted calling for new
i bids, which must be in by March 6.
The contract that is now in force
calls for a consideration of <2000 a year.
It is understood that the lowest bid, un
der the advertisements of last fall, was
much higher than this sum. It is
thought at Washington there should
not be so much difference.
The new advertisement calls for a ;
daily delivery of mail between May 1 ?
and November 1 of each year ana for 1
three times a week the other portions
of the year. It is provided that mail
shall be carried Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays in the winter time in
stead of on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays as now.
COlTlOAIN
Arctic Weather Takea New
Hold of North
The cold wave which has been re- (
laxing its grip, apparently, took a new
hold yesterday, and this morning the
temperature at Skagway was down to
7 degrees below zero, (according to!
the thermometer at the weather bu
reau station, kept by H. D. Clark, vol
unteer observer. It has been in that
neighborhood all day with prospects
of getting worse tonight. The mercu- !
ry began looking for the basement yes
terday morning and continued falling
until tbis morning.
The temperature at Dawson reached
the coldest point of the year this morn- '
ing, 66 below zero. At Ogilvie it was
70 below. It was not so cold at White
horse as it has been in the past.
ANettleton shce at Havson's. tf
Dunlap aud Stetson hats for $5 at
Clayson's. tf i
A large stock of PLOW'S famous
candies just received at the Boss
Bakery. tf I
Rags and Laos Cartaln* Wullnd
Now is the time to get your rugs and i
ace curtains washed. The Ro\ al laun- i
dry is making a specialty of this work
and it guarantees satisfaction. tf
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INLAND WEATHER
Weather conditions obtaining at in
land point? 41 ^jp'olock this morning,
according to telegraphic reports re
ceired at the offices of the W. P. & Y.
R, were as follows:
Fortymile? Foggy, south wind, 60 be
low.
Dawson? Foggy, south wind, 66 be
low.
Ogilvie ? Clear, calm, 70 below.
Stewart? Clear, calm, 68 below. -
Coffee Creek? Clear, calm, 57 below.
Selkirk? Clear, calm, 50 below.
Yukon Crossing? Clear, south wind
52 below.
Big Salmon? Cloudy, north wind, 47
below.
Hootallnqua? Cloudy, north wind, 56
below.
Lower Labarge? Cloudy, north wind,
48 below.
Whitehorse ? Cloudy, north wind, 25
below.
Tagish? Cloudy, north wind, 28 be
low.
Atlin? Cloudy, north wind, 22 be
low.
Conrad? Cloudy, north wind, 22 be
low.
Caribou? Clear, north wind, 26 be
low.
Bennett? Clear, norih wind, 22 be
low.
Fraser? Clear, north wind, 26 be
low.
White Pass? Clear, north wind, 26
below.
Glacier? Clear, north wind, 26 be
low.
A bargain that is a bargain
? Behrends' Shoe Sale.
Earl & Wilson collars and cuffs at
Clayson's tf
All the delicacies of tne season at the
Pack Train Restaurant.
The Daily delivered to
any part of the city
for $1 per month
Red. White, Green Seua.
The colors of pure ocean water aud
the varying shailes observed where im
purities are met with are diversified
by the coloring effects of the enormous
multitudes of various forms of organ
ized life which sometimes mask the
natural color of the surface of the sea
ami tinge extensive areas with" remark
able colors. Bed appears to be most
frequently met with. In the southern
parts of the Bed sea and in the Ara
bian gulf large areas are colored blood
red by microscopic anfctalcula^, aud in
the Indian ocean similar forms of life
cause, in addition to red, milk white!
or yellow spots of great extent, the]
appearance of which As frequently!
alarming to the ignorant sailor. Otli
the Guinea coast ships sometimes ap
pear to float in milk. Extensive red i
streaks arc also known to occur in the
south Atlantic and south Pacific, which
are caused by hosts of small red crus
tacea. The "Vermilion sea" of Cali
fornia owes its brilliant color to in
fusoria. Areas colored green have been
noted, especially in the arctic regions,
which are due to myriads of diatoms,
and in some portions of the antarctic
seas diatoms of rusty color make the
water a dirty brown.
Hotv General Butler Lost a Bnrae,
While in front of Petersburg General
l-utler received information that his
favorite horse. Almond Eye, had been
accidentally killed by falling into a
ravine. I'pon the departure of his in
formant be oidered an Irish servant tc
go and skin him.
"What, is Almond Eye dead?" asked
Tat.
"What's that to you? Do as I bid
you and ask no questions."
Pat went about his business and in
an hour or two returned. >
"Well, Pat. where have you been all
this time?" sternly demanded the gen
eral.
"Skinning the horse, yer honor."
"Does it take nearly two hours to
perform sue a an operation?"
"No. yer honor, but then, you see, It
tuck bout half an hour to catch him,"
replied Pat
General Butler cast updu his sen ant
such a ferocious look that "Pat thought
he meditated skinning an Irishman In
revenge for the death of his horse.
Value of Bntterdlea.
When our juniors see the common
white cabbage and sulphur wing but
terflies or even the superb Monarch
and gorgeous -Ajax swallowtails flitting
through the fields or at times city
streets they perhaps never give thought
to the fact that* butterflies may be of
commercial value. But such is the
case. Some of our domestic butter
files on account of rarity more than
beauty command prices from one to
several dollars. Which collectors gladly
pay to insure the completeness of their
cabinets. Big prices are paid for some
of the magnificent butterflies of the
morpho and papilio genera, which are
rainbow hned in colors and span flvei
feet In wings. These flourish in trop
ical countries, find it is often necessa-r '
for museums to send out special ex
peditions for them. They range from
$10 to $100 In value.? Baltimore Herald.
Skagway Laundry
For first-class work try Ska^way
Laundry. Twenty-five vears' experi
ence. Telephone 89. tf
SECOND WEEK OF OUR
January Clearance Sale
FOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
fcin We Offer Our Entire
SHOE STOCK
(With the exception of Billy Buster shoes)
At The Following Reductions.
Men's Shoes
A t *7 pair, Men's Hanan
^ shoes. Regular
price $7-00 pai
At 4.75
Regular price . .
pair, any of ou
Men's shoes.
$6- 00 pai
At 3.75
Regular price . . .
pair, any of ou
Men's shoes.
00 pai
$6
At 3.00
Regular price . . .
pair, any of ou
Men's shoes.
$4.00 pai
At 2.75
Regular price...
pair, any of ou
Men's shoes.
$3.50 pai
At 2.25
Regular price.
pair, any of ou
Men's shoes.
$3- 00 pai
Qhildrens Shoes
A t O *7 pair, any of our
regular 3.50 sohes
Af Q OK pair, any of our
_?X0 regular 3.00 shoes
a t o nn pair< any of our
X3.U regular 2-50 shoes
Af i p;n pair> an? of onr
xjL U XiUv regular 2.00 shoes
A t 1 Q R pair, any of our
JH. u 1.UU regular 1.75 shoes
ah nn pair' any of our
-d. u X.vyvy regular 1.50 shoes
A t Qrir> Pair' any of our
XA.U Cull regular 1.25 shoes
Women's Shoes
At A *7^ Pair, any of ou
^ ? ^ Women's shoes.
Regular price $6-00 pai
Af pair, any of ou
Women's shoes.
Regular price $5.00 pai
At Q RH Pair' at)y of ou
-tXL O.OW Woman's shoes.
Regular price . . . $4.50 pai
At q nn pair' any of ou
^ O.v/W women's shoes,
Regular price $4.00 pai
A f O 7R Pair- any of ou
XX U 1 tJ Women 'e shoes.
Regular price $3.50 Pai
A + O OCi pair, any of ou
-C-L u *-J Women's shoes.
Regular price ? $3.00 pai
Fhese Prices for Thursday, Friday and Saturday Only
B. M. Beiirends Mercantile Co.
Geo. Wanchard, Manager.
Special Course For Minine Men
School of Mines, University of Wash
ington. Begins January 9, lasts three
months. Complete equipment. No
charges except for material used.
Address, Registrar, University Station,
Seattle, Washington.
Save money by purchasing
your shoes at Behrends' Shoe
Sale.
Open Day andNleht
The Seattle saloon is open day and
night. FrienJs of the house and the
public generally will be welcomed at
any hour. The place is alwsys com
comfortable.
Pack Train Always Leada
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 flrst-elars gentle
men's resort. tf
Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy Abso
lutely Harmleu
Every mother should know that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is per
fectly safe for children to take, a? it
contain's nothing harmful. For sale
by Wb, Britt
Or iter Cocktails at Pack Train
The very best fresh oyster cocktails
in the city are served at the Pack
Train Saloon.
11 HP) M6S
Restaurant and Bakery
MRS. E. F. ROGERS, Prop
Tenakee, Alaska.
all of Fare; Meals at all hours
Game and Fish. First Class Servic
Reasonable Prices.
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We are Headquarters for all kinds
! Trol) gaudies and glwolam
CHOICE
Bananas Oranges
Apples Lemons
Nuts
PHUNNY PAPERS AND MAGAZINES
j m Li ICS'S m&? j
RING UP
The Daily Alaskan for'your
job printing
HLHSKH CENTRAL RY.
flenOWanted.
During the coming season, a large force of men
will be required for construction work. Lowest
wages paid $2.75 per day, rock work $3.00 per
day and other wages in proportion. Mild
climate. Work lasts all winter.
Apply to J. S. Cameron, Engineer of
Construction, Seward, Alaska.
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