THE DAILY W ALASKAN
No 1>:! VOL. IX. SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY JUNK ii 19110 """
WILL QUIT
Congress To Termiuate Its
Labors
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
Washington, June 23. ? The leaders
in the senate and the house of repre
sentatives expect to adjourn this week.
Though economy lia? been the watch
word of the cougress more than $900
.000 have been appropriated. Many
other appropriations have gone over to
be acted upon at the short session
next winter.
Seat* le Saloon Will Remain
The rumors circulated to the effect
that the Seattle Saloon is to go out of j
business and that Herman Grimm, its i
proprietor, s to leave town are both {
false. The Seattle Saloon and its pro- 1
prietor will remain in Skagwav and
continue to handle the famous Bohe
mian b^er of the Seattle Brewing and |
Malting Company. tf
The V'ack Train liestaurantr will'
serve wine with dinner orders, fr ee in |
place of tea or .-otTee. Come on boys
I GETS OUT
Mrs. Kanffman is Admitted
t<> Bail
((Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Sioux Falls, S. D., June 25.? Mrs*
Kauffmin, who was indicted by the
grand jury for killing a child whom she
was beating when in a tit of passion,
about a week ago, has been admitted
to bail.
Never have the people been so ex
cited as over this affair. The women
of the city held an indignation meeting
and they threatened to burn Mrs.
Kaufman's home. The jail was threat
ened and it was thought for a tii. e tlj:it
object of the people's fury wouIl be
lynched.
The citizens are still very much
excited and the police guard Mrs. KautT
man at home.
The Fifth Avenue dining room is
open to the public. It has been reno
vated and is the largest and handsomest
in the city, and the service is thebest.
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HARRISONS'
To make room for fall line of wall paner,
we will close out present stock 01 2500
double rolls, at the following
''ow prices
Double Rolls sold elsewhere for $1 our price 50c
Double Rolls sold elsewhere for 75c 0,lr price 35c
Double Rolls sold elsewhere for 50c our price 25c
Applique Border sold from to >\'5 a roll, our price
$lto $1.50
All Is or i' inch borders at half price
Varnished paper sold everywhere for 60c now 40c
Come eai ly ami select while stock is quite complete, ut prices quoted
above 2500 rolls will not last long.
PHONES
-4 and 55
Do not overlook us when in oeeil of hard
ware. We now carry a full line of BCILD
ERS HARDWARE, CARPENTER TOOLS, TAR
PAPER, TIN and GRAXITEWARE
PONT' FORGET
We are the only Tinmrs and Plumbers that Dave stayed by our City, aud
would like you to call and see us when in netd of anything in our lii:es.
NETTLESS FORD
Fourth Avenue near Brosdway ... . . Ssagway, Alaska
Our new
Spring Cine
Of * *
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fiats *
now on
Display
f. fi. Clayson S Co.
THE ONE PRICE CLOTHIER
LARGEST CLOTHING ANDjFURNIHING
GOODS HOUSE IN ALL OP ALASKA.
fourth and Brodway
CANNON'S ROAR EMS RUSSIA
Booming ot field guns and cracking of rifle volleys
distinctly heard at Moscow and excitment becomes
tremendous. Believed that army at fortress has
i mutinied
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.] I
Moscow, June 25. ? The constant
booming of field guns and the sound of
rille tiring' in volleys can be distinctly
heard coming from the fortress. The |
firing began yesterday and this morn- 1
ing is increasing in volume. ?
Troops and police keep those of all
classes from the fortress and its vicin- 1
[ ity. No Interchange of the people Is ^
permitted. A tight cordon is drawn
around a large area of the country and
not a word of information will be im
parled to any one. The excitement is
tremendous and all manner of explana
tions for the continued Bring are in the
air. It is generally beleived the troops
have mutinied. A meeting of the dis
contented soldiers had been scheduled
for Saturday night.
Situation Interne at St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, June 25. ? The con
servative centerist party is holding a
parley with the council of the empire.
It urges that they join the democratic
reform and the constitutional demo
cratic parties in the douma in demand
ing the resignation of the Goremykin
ministry. The conservative centeriats
declare that the situation is so Intense
and that feeling is running so high that
any rupture between the douma and
the czar would result in immediate
revolution. They will urge equal
rights to the Jews.
IN TODAY
City of Seat tip Coini'i.s: Ft om |
J an' au
The City of Seattle will be duo to
arrive at Skagway this evening at 5
o'clock 55 passengers and 250 tons of
freight for this place and the interior,
according to a telegram received by E.
A. Murphy, agent for the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company this morning. She
sailed from Juneau for Skagway
this morning. She will have two days' I
mail on board.
The City of Seattle will sail for the j
south sometime during the Dight or
early iu the morning.
itilfT in
Selkirk an<I Columbian Ar
rive at WhiV-liorap.
Whitehorse, June 24.? The Selkirk
arrived at 5:40 a. m. Sunday with 28
passengers, and the Columbian arrived
at 7:35 p. m. with 37 passengers.
Coming up stream the Dawson was
at Tantalus at 5:40 a. m., the Bonanza
King there at 8 a. m., the Casca at
Hellgate at 8 a. tn., the Victorian at
Yukon Crossing at 3:30 a. m. and the
Whitehorse at Stewart at 3:30 a. m.
Going down stream the Selkirk left
at 8:3<) p. m. with 05 passingers, 100
ions of freight and 150 head of live
slock.
The Columbian will sail tonight and
the Dawson tomorrow night.
The river is 50 inches above low
water.
Princes* BeatrloeDua Tonight
The Princess Beatrice will be due to
arrive from the south this evening.
She will sail tomorrow evening.
All the delicacies of the season at the
Pack Train Restaurant.
The Marguerite cigar is made from
I the best Havana Tobacco and has no
equal. On sale at W. W. Boughton.
FATAL FIGtIT
Sailor Kills Captain At Port
Townseud
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Port Townsend, June 25.? John Car
roll, a frenzied sailor, attacked Capt.
Angus Geegan, master of the schooner
Nottingham, last night aboard the
schooner with a knife. The captain
was stabbed seven limes. He is sink
ing and will probably die. The cause
of the ft-iica* is unknown.
flRCFSAIL
I Dolphin, Humboldt and
Santa Clara Come North
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan]
Seattle, June 25.? The Dolphin,
Humboldt and Santa Clara sailed for
the north yesterday. The Dolphin and
Humboldt are bound for Skagway and
way ports and the Santa Clara for Sew
ard and way ports. The Dolphin sailed
at 10 a. m. The others in the evening.
The Excelsior srriyed from Seward
and other western Alaska points las
night.
GOV. StVUVTFORD
Itffif TONIGHT
Gov. A, P. Swineford will arrive in
Skagway this evening. Letters re
ceived from him on the Jefferson said
he would be here on the City of Seattle.
He will be here for seveial days and
will probaHy visit Haines beiore leav
ing this section of the country.
The 1'ack 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 first-class gentle
I men's resort tf
We will receive a complete new
stock of groceries on the next
Dolphin and respectfully invite
you to call on us Monday, July 2nd,
our opening day
Our best efiorts will be made to
please customers.
G-ANTY & FRANDSON
CONRAD ATRIAL TRAMWAY
IS COMPLETED
Modern Transportation Facilities Installed
From Lakeshore to Montana and Mount
ain Hero Mining Claims
Conrad, June 22.-(Special Corres
podence.? The aerial tramway from
the Montana mine to the Conrad min
ing campany's bunkers at Conrad, was
completed yesterday and and it is suc
cessfully operated today. The com
pletion of this trampay will abolish the
old system of packing freight and sup
plies by mules to the top of the moun
tain. Hereafter all supplies will be
transported by means of the tramway
and distributed from that to the various
mines by pales.
Work is increasing at the mines.
The Conrad companies otuld use to
good advantage more practical miners.
They are well supplied with unskilled
labor.
Machinists are installing air com
pressors and gasoline engines at the
Mountain Hero and Montana mines.
The work of putting in a water wheel
in at Pooley canyon was commenced
last Monday. The water power will
be available in the next 10 days or two
weeks.
There is a great deal of building
going on at Conrad. Barnes & Mellott
opened their new hotel to the public
Wednesday. Ronkendorf's restaurant
was opened Monday, also.
There will probably be quite a crowd
to go from here to Skagway, June 30.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Barrager,
formerly of Skagway, are now comfort
ably located in there new home at this
place.
SHERIDAN TO
TRANSFER TROOPS
The atrny transport Sberiday will
bring the Tenth infantry from Puget
Sound to Alaska to relieve the Third
and take the Third back again. She
will arrive at Fort William H. Seward
about July 10 where two companies of
the Tenth will be disembarked and
three of the Third taken on board. She
will then go to Fort Liscutn where
there will be a transfer of the troops at
that plaoe. Afterward sha will go to
Nome and St. Michael, The troops for
Port Egbert will be transferred at
Skagway.
Col. Woodbury's headquarters will
be at Fort Lowton after the transfer of
his regiment. He will have four com
panies there. There will eight com
panies at Fort Wright of the Third,
near Spokane.
Four companies of the Tenth infan
try are at Honolulu. They will remain
there.
Manicnrlner and Massaging
I Miss M. U. Martin will do manicur
ing and massaging, also sewing by the
day. State street, between Third and
Fourth avenues. Phone 147. t-f.
BISHOP ROWE HAS
LARGE AUDIENCES
There were large congregations yes
terday morning and evening at St.
Saviour's church to hear Bishop Rowe
who preached interesting sermons.
Bishop Rowe will leave for White
horse tomorrow morning. He will
take the steamer Dawson for Dawson
and at Eagle he will take a small boat
and make his way down the river,
stopping at various missions on bis
way. From Tanana he will ascend the
Tanana river to Fairbanks, visiting
that city, Chena and other poiDts. He
will return to Tanana and resume his
journey down stream in his small boat.
PRISONERS Off fOR
M'NEIl'S ISLAND
Deputy Marshal H. McLean left on
the Jefferson Saturday evening with
Lawrence, the Indian, and F. E. Biles,
convicted of pocket picking, who will
serve terms at the federal penitentiary
at McNeil's island. Woldo States and
Fred Askins accompanied Mr. McLean
as guards.
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Ice Cream
Soda at
Wm. BfSITT |
| AGENT FOR ALASKA J