TO ARRIVES i
The most complete line of house
hold goods- Willow and eranite
ware and staple crockery to ar- '
rive on the next boat
John Kalem, the Grocer
So'e Apent for Reliance Canoed Goods
IN SHADE
Mouii to be iu Eclipse To
Night
There will be a total luaar eclipse
touight, visible at Skagway and else
where in Alaska. According to the
Alaska almanac the moon will enter
the shadow at 7:46 p. m. and it will in
crease until the totality is reached.
This will continue for about one hour
and a half, terminating at 10:10 acd
leaving the shadow entirely another
hour later. The eclipse will be total
tonight all over thi American conti
nent.
While these figures were prepared
for Alaska, for Southeastern Alaska
the bsginning of the eclipse will prob
ably be a little later in the evening.
There will be another eolipse of the
moon, visible at Skagway, August 4.
It will be visible early in the morn
ing and the moon will set before the to
tality will be reached.
PERSONAL MENTION
W. H. Welch, chief of Yukon detec
tives, arrived in town yesterday and
left for Whitehorse this morning. Mr.
Welsh is making a tour of inspection
and came to Skagway incidentally.
E. A. Murphy, agent for the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, who was
expected to return on the Jefferson,
will arrive on the Cottage City due
next weeif.
A. B. Palmer, the Dawson merchant,
vho was at the Fifth Avenue hotel for
several days, left for the south yester
day morning on the Jefferson.
W. H. Case returned on the Jeffer
son from Juneau. He has just com.
pleted a business visit to Kake village.
R. W. Jennings arrived on the Jeffer
son and will spend several days in the
city oo legal business.
Fire Department Haj a Ran
A chimney fire at the residence ol
Dr. H B. Runnalls caused the fire de
partment a good run. No damage was
done. The wa'er was not turned on.
lO CURE A COLD IN ONHDAT
Take LAXATIVE BUOMO Quinine
Tablets, Lrugeists refund money if it
fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S Signa
ture is on each box. 25c.
GUARD IT
The Eye Slionll Receive
Every Consideration
The eye is the most sensitive orgsn
in the human anatomy, and sight the
most useful of the senses. To neglect
i he eve is to endure pain and misery
and to court impaired vision and even
total blindness. The north winds, fill
ed with particles of drifting snow and
ice, and the reflections from sun-kissed
mountaies ana wind-swept snow fields,
make a northern winter a time when
every precaution should be taken to
guard the eye. Shou'd nature,
through pain or otherwise, warn you
of approaching danger, by all means
heed the warning. We test the eye
free of charge and furnish glasses,
ground to the point of perfection, to fit
the need disclosed iy science. Our
prices are reasonable.
Our stock of watches, clocjcs, glass
ware, silverware, souvenirs, novelties
aud jewelry is up-to-dat9 in design, A 1
in quality and of a quantity and variety
to suit all tastes and uses.
Our repair department challenges
comparison.
J. IKUTA,
Jeweler and Optician.
WILL HELP
Delegate First Step iu Move
For Territory
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer.)
The prospects are very bright for the I
passage of an act at the present session
of congress giving the people of Alas
ka the power to elect a delegate to con
gress, who will be authorized to pre
sent the wishes of the peop'e for legis
lation acd who can speak, but not vote,
in congress. The Nelson bill has al
ready been reported favorably by the
senate committees on territories, and
the Cushmm bill, it is exp cted, will
be reported favorably by the house
committee in the early part of next
week.
The recommendation made by Presi
dent Roosevelt in his message, that the
people of Alaska should be given the
right to elect a delegate, has had con
siderable influence, but the fact that
no substantial argument can be framed
for denying the Alaska people the rep
resentation that is accorded the other
territories, and even to the people of
Hawaii and of Porto Rico, should con
trol the action of congress in any event.
It is not expected that congress will,
at the present session, make provision
for giving Alaska its proper due, the
organization there of a full territorial
government, with a local legislature.
The provision of a delegate to congress
is, however, a step in that direction.
When Alaska has a delegate in con
gress, chosen by the people, it will be
his duty to urge .insistently, from the
time he takes his seat, the passage of
an act placing Alaska squarely on an
equality with all other territories', in
provisions for self-government. Such
a delegate will be prepared to refute
with authority the arguments against
a territorial government, which are
uniformly based upon a radical miscon
ception of condit ions as they exist in
Alaska.
BLAKE AND SIMONS
ARE IN BUSINESS
Fairbanks, Jan. 20 ? Blake: Simon9
and Golden have bought the big Lacey
siloon, in Fairbanks and are turning it
into a great conctrt hall, Simons has
gone outside to secure a big company,
which will likely stop in Skagway and
Dawson for a while on its way down
river.
WORKS WONDERS
A Wonderful Compound. Cure*
Piles i Eczema. Skin Stcliing
Skin Eruptions, Cuts and
Bruises
Doan's Ointment is the best skin
treatment, and the cheapest, because so
little is require to cure. it cures piles
after years of to-ture. It cures obsti
nate Cfcses of eczema. It cures all skin
itching. It cures skin eruptions. It
beais cu's, bruises, scratches and abra
sions without leaving1 a scar. It cutes
permanently.
M. Sullivan, employed in the street
department of the city, who resides on
Water street, at 735, Portland, Ore.,
says: "Doan's Ointment is without any
exception the best preparation on earth
for the purposes for which its use is in
dicated and from my own experience I
know that it does all that is claimed for
it. For two years I was troubled with
the worst kind of itching ?nd bleeding
hemorrhoids. I tried one remedy after
another acd even sent east for a well
medicine, and was treated by phsicians
but I got no relief until I learned abcut
Doan'j Ointment. I procured a box
and the first appl'cation gave me relief
such es I not experienced for two years.
I continued the trea 'ment for three
weeks, when I was completely cured,
and since then I have been free from
'he tormenting affliction. Whenever I
hear anyone comp'ain of being annoyed
with piles I nerer fail to tell them what
to do to get cured. I would willingly give
$20 for a box rahter than to suiter one
night like I did before I used Doan's
Ointment."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name? Doan's -and
take no other.
Eari & Wilson collars and cutEs at
Clavson's tf
? - 1 ?? ? 1 ? ^ ---?
T wo Big Specials in j
=LADIES WAI5TS=3
I-'"' '' ~ ' ?
at $2.50
Ladies Silk Waists formerly S7.50 to $12.50
at /2 price
The balance of our stock of Winter Waists
Flannel Waists wsr? $3.00 now $(.Jv
Flannel Waists were $4.00 now $2.00
Flannel Waists were $5.00 now $2.50
Velvet Waists were $6.00 now $3.00
at kg price
The balance of our stock of ladies Winter Nats
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OUR STORE WILL CLOSE AT 6 P. M.
B. M. Behrends Mercantile Co.
Ceo. Blanchard, Manager.
INLAND WEATHER
Weather conditions obtaining at in
land points at 8 o'clock this morning,
according to telegraphic reports re
ceived at the offices of the W. P. & Y.
R., were as follows:
Fortymile? Cloudy, calm, 14 below.
Dawson? Cloudy, calm, 15 below.
Ogilvie ? Foggy, calm, 20 below.
Stewart ? Foggy, calm, 14 below.
Coffee Creek? Foggy, calm, 10 below.
Selkirk? Foggy, calm, J5 below.
Yukon Crossing? Foggy, calm, 22 be
low.
Big Salmon ? Cloudy, calm, 25 below.
Whitehorse ? Cloudy, calm, 10 below.
Tagish? Cloudy, calm, 15 below.
Atlin? Clear, calm, 18 below.
Conrad? Clear, calm, 15 below. -
Caribou? Cloudy, calm, 10 below. ?
Log Cabin? Clear, calm, 12 below.
Bennett? Cbudy, calm, 14 below.
Ft aser? Foggy, calm, 4 below.
White Pass? Cloudy, north wind, 0.
Glacier? Clear, calm, 2 below.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Skagway, Feb. 8, 1906.
Weather conditions for the 24 hours
preceding noon today were as follows:
Maximum 34 above zero
Minimum 27 " "
Mean 31 *' "
Temp, at noon today 29 above "
Precipitation 00 inches.
H. D. Clark.
Volunteer U. S. Weather Observer.
SKAGWAK WEATHER
The result of the obserration taken
at Moore wharf at midnight, Feb. 8,
1906, Is as follows:
Temperature time observat'n. .31 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hour8..36 "
Min. " " " " -29 "
Mean " " " " -33 "
Barometer. 30.22.
Clear, north wind.
Open Day andNlcht
The Seattle saloon is open day and
night. Frienisof the house and the
public generally will be welcomed at
any hour. The place is. always com
comfortable
Dud lap and Stetson hats for <5 at
Clayson'e. tf
After Forest Rtiorre
A movement is on foot at Ketchikan
to secure the abolition of the Alexan
der archipelago forest reserve. It is
claimed there is not sufficient timber
to justify the reserve, that it is all re
quired in the development of the min
eral resources and that there is no need
to promote rainfall by that means or
otherwise.
White Pin Dnnoo at Snoe;i?
The informal dance given by the
White Pass Athletic Club last night
was attended by about 20 couples, who
had a very enjoyable time.
Don't All Speuk, Etc.
There appears to be no reasonable
doubt but what the Alaska delegate
bill will pass the House aDd become a
law. Now the question is who don't
want the job?? Juneau Dispatch.
Complete line of comic valentines at
Harrisons'.
YOUR EYES
Skrtgwaj's Pioneer Jeweler
Has Scientific Op iciau
R. E. Kirmse, a scietific optician
graduated by 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
ground for that purpose. We have the
very latest equipment and the largest
stork of glasses ever brought to Skag
way 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 seryice of our patrons.
H. D. Kirmse,
Pioneer Jeweler,
A Vytli
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Closing up salt
Big Reduction in Hard- >
wareuntil Saturday, Feb. 17
Show Cases and Store Fix
tures at a Bargain
Dement & Gearhart