Prince Rupert. Nov. 2S—Applica
tion Is to be made at the next ses
sion of parliament for an act to in
corporate the Pacific, Peace River
Athabasca Railway Company. I.:,!.
The company will ask for pow
er to construct a line commencing
at a point on tidewater at the mouth
of N'aas river, British Columbia, ana
running iu a northeasterly direction
up the river 225 miles to the height
of la: d between the Xass and
Skeena watershed. Thence it will
follow the Skeena to the mouth of
Bear river and to Bear lake; thence
across the divide to the Drift
wood river and down the river to
North Teela lake; thence crossing
the divide via Hogem pass to Omin
1 eca river; thence following the river
easterly to the Finley braueh of the
Peace river, following the main
I Peace river easterly and northerly
lo Vermillion rapids or chutes, in
the province of Alberta; the'ico
! crossing the Peace river at the
falls and continuing down the right
bank of the Peace river to Pciut
' Providence; then in an easterly di
' rcction to the mouth cf the Atha
b;isca river; thence following up the
Aht.ibasca river to Fort McMurray;
thence easterly up the Clearwater
river to the Pembina river; thence
following the Pembiua south to the
Height of land and crossing over to
Buffalo river; thence in an easterly
direction to Prince Albert, a total
distance of about 1,500 miles.
St.HSO.OOO St'IT IS
STARTED IX DAWSON
Action was begun in the Yukon
territorial court at Dawson this
morning by the Northern Light,
Power & Coal company, carrying on
business at Dawson anil vicinity,
against Newman A. Fuller, John
Tread^old, Oscar Newhouse and the
Klondike White Channel Gravel Mia
iug company. The action involves,
perhaps, the largest sum ol" any ev
er started in the Yukon. Judg
ment is asked against Fuller, Tread
well and the White Channel com
pany for $l,6SO,OOOf and other con
siderations are asked, including an
injunction and an order of the
court for purchase of power from
the plaintiff company.
The whole fight Involves the sale
of the former Fuller properties, lo
cated near Dewson. and the fin
ancing of the same. An action
touching the same matters was be
gun about two years ago in Daw
son and transferred to London. The
writs in that action expired, and the
one filed today renews the fight on
similar lines, with the same parties
sel at Dawson for the plaintiffs, re
concerned. C. W. C. Tabor, coun
ceived instructions from London
from the directors by the last mail
to institute the new action.—Daw
son News. Nov. 15.
McDonald's fresh Horehound Stic
candy, the kind the baby likes, a
Keller Bros. Drug Co.
1 NOMK STEAMER CORWIX
HAS ROVGH VOYAGE
Juneau, Nov. 2S—Tiie overdue
Kotzebue Trading steamer Corwin,
Capt. Richard Healey, arrivde from
Nome via Cordova at 2 o'clock Tues
day morning. The little ship had a
j very tempestuous time all t'je way
from Dutch Harbor to Juneau. Cat.
J Charles Pen body, who is aboard says
that they.- had fifteen days of about
the worst weather he ever experion
. eed. It was particularly rough be
. tweeu Dutch Harbor and Cordova
and between the latter place and the
inside waters coming to Juneau. The
' ship went ashore in a driv.iug snow
storm at Taylor Bay in Ross Sound
and laid pounding on the beach two
I days. She left Cordova the night
of November IS.
The Corwin left Nome November
0 and shopped at t>e KU'-Hokwim fo
: Robt. Plate and Capt. Charles L.
i'eabody, then proceeded to Unal
| a6ka and laid over one day before
heading for Cordova. As soon as
she stuck he nose out on the Pa
cific it commenced to blow and scis
mountain high were coiubatted all
the way to Cordova. Coming out of
Cordova the same experience was
' endured until reaching Cross Sound
, when., they bumped the shore and
landed hard on the beach during the
I blinding snou. Outside of this the
! journey was very pleasant, accord in
to everybody on board.
Drop in and try the hot drinks at
Keller Bros. Drug store.
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Suits and Skirts
ARE NOW BEING SHOWN
AS WELL AS
Fall Millinery
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DISPLAY
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PRICES ARE R jHT
H. J. LYNCH
Leading Ladies' Furnisher and Haber
dasher of Skagway
THE KING OF ITALY
OPENS 24th PARLIAMENT,
Rome, Nov. 28—Every precaution
was taken yesterday against any
possible attempt on the life of the
Kiug when he went to deliver the
opening address of the twenty-fourth
parliament.
The occasion has always been a
favorite one for the anarchists in
Italy to attempt the King's life. In
addition the recent elections, which
were the first held in Italy under
I he universal suffrage, aroused a
degree of excitement and agitation
that has not yet entirely abated.
ed.
The King left the Quirinal in a
closed carriage, entirely surround
ed by mounted guards and proceed
ed at a gallop to parliament. Troops
were massed not ouly in tho piazza
ill front but around the entire build
ing. Through these the King pass
ed to the chamber where, in addi
tion to the deputies, senators and
ministers there was no one who
had not been passed upon by the
Department of Public Safety. The
king began his address the moment
he reached the speakers stand and
left immediately afterwards.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COS
NEW WINTER SCHEDULE
The new* winter schedule of tlie
Alaska Steamship company, now in
effect, gives Skgaway a ten days"
service over the line. All the com
pany's boats except the Alameda,
Mariposa and Northwestern have
been taken off the Skagway run for
the present. The vessels on the
new time card are the largest and
most luxuriously equipped of the
company's Alaskan fleet and will
all run to Cordova and westward
points, stopping at Skagway going
and coming. No cannery calls will
be made by any of them.
NEEDLEWORK GULD
distributing presents
Washington, Nov. 2S—Hundred
of garments were today distributed
to the poor of the National Capital
by the Needlework Guild, of which,
Mrs. Wilson, wife of the President,
is the head. Mrs. Wilson was un
able to aid in the distribution of the
garments owing to fatigue after tho
White House wedding Tuesday. She
will take charge of the work some
time later this week. The gifts
are the usual Christmas presents
which the guild distributes every
year to the poor of Washington.
SPOUTING EVENTS IN THE
CITV OP SEATTLE
Seattle, Nov. 28—Cabby won his
fight last night with Logan in the
fourteenth round. The referee sto
ped the fight to save Logan from
being butchered.
Seattle, Nov. 27—Joe Rivers was
awarded a decision last night over
Leach Cross at the end of the
twentieth round. It was a hard
fought battle throughout.
Seattle, Nov. 27—In the football
game here today between the uni
versity of Washington and tho Wash
ington state college, the score at the
end of the game stood twenty to
nothing in favor of the former.
CHINESE OFFICIALS BUY
ICE BREAKER FOB HARBOR
Tientsin, Nov. 28—No longer will
this port, one of the most important
in China, and Peking's only outlet toj
sea, be closed to commerce during
the winter. The Hai-Ho Conserv
ancy Commission, composed of Chin
ese officials, bought an ice breaker
several weeks ago from the Kian
gaan Dock and Engineering company;
of Shanghai. The machine worked
so well that the Commission ordered
another, which arrived Monday. It
is called The Duugling. Taku, the
outer port of Tientsin, heretofore
always has been ice-bound in the
winter, thus closing the Pel-ho riv
er to shipping for several months.
The Pei-ho joins Peking with Taku
on the Gulf of Chihli, a distance of
105 miles.
SPECIAL MISSION TO
EXTEND THANKS
Washington, Nov. 28—The Argen
tine legation/ has received word
that the special mission headed by
Seuor Villanueva leftv alparaiso to
day en route to this city to thank
officials for participation in the cen
tennial celebration of Argentine
freedom from the Spanish yoke.
SEC. DANIELS' ESTIMATES
TOTAL $145,000,000
Washington, Nov. 28—Secretary
of Navy Daniels' estimates for next
year total up to $145,000,000. Two
new battleships are proposed.
THE TIME HAS COME
WHEN CHINA MUST ACT
Peering:, Nov. 28—San Pao-chi,
minister of foreign affairs, and Pres
ident Yuan Shili Kai recently held
a conference on the proposal that
the republic send a commercial at
tache to each of its legations abroad
The president and minister are said
to have agreed that the time has.
come for Chiua to do something like
this as a forerunner of the repub
lic's plan to push its commercial
interests in all parts of the world.
Further announcements along this
line may be expected within a few
I weeks, and It is not unlikely that
! the first commercial attache to be
appointed will be assigned to the
legation at Washington.
GENERAL VILLA PLANS
CAPTURE OP CHIHUAHUA
El Paso, Nov. 28—Federal troops
are reported south of Juarez.
General Villa plans to strat at
once to capture the city of Chihua
hua. „ • J |'*jt
Madrid, Nov. 28—A Spanish war
ship is to be dispatched at once in
to Mexican waters.
SCHOOLS CLOSED TILL MONDAY.
After the rendering of an excel
lent program by the pupils on Wed
nesday afternoon, the public schools
closed to observe Thanksgiving and
will not re-open until Monday morn
ing.
FOR
Preferred Stock Canned (ioixls, Plum Pudding
Atmore's Mince Moat Figs and Dates
Layer Kaisins Hills Bros. Coffee.
Extra Fancy Hood liiver Spltzenberg Apples.
Malaga Grains Oranges
Celery : i] Bananas
(. rnnberries Head Lettuce
Cauliflower Tomatoes
Pineapples Popcorn
And Nuts of all Kinds.
Leave it to us and your dinner will be a success. Quality tells.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGM'AY, ALASKA.
NINE HUNDRED SALOONS H
BEEN CLOSED IN CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Nov. 28—Nine hun
dred saloons, which on Saturday of
fered any quantity o£ spirituous so
lace to the thirsty wayfarer, have
been closed. The 900 emporiums
were refused licenses by the new
county commission. Tli# saloon
keepers, however, are not accepting
the refusal without fight. They have
organized to contest the new law
under which they are refused li
cense renewals. It is planned to
institute suit la tbe federal courts
protesting that the new law con
flicts with a section of the federal
constitution providing against the
taking of property without due pro
cess of law.
FIRST IUU OFF FOP.
TRIP TO THE CHISANA
Billy Williams got away last nigh
by moonlight for Chisana with a
double-ender and all the express and
mail he could handle. O11I3' first
class mail was carried, He is driv
ing his little Shetland pony, which
has been a familiar figure in Daw
son for a long time. Williams plan-j
ned to make the Forks last night,
and to proceed today via Black Hills
and Henderson. This is the first
rig out of Dawson over the ice and
snow for Chisana since the camp
was struck.—Dawson News.. Nov. 15
SOUTH AMERICANS ARE
GETTING READY FOR TRADE
Mollendo, Peru, Nov. 2S—Merch
ants aud manufacturers of South
America already are planning for
vastly increased trade relationship
with merchants and manufacturers
of the United States upon the op
ening of the Panama Canal to com
merce. ^ _
Many declare that the opening
of the Panama canal will mean that
the United States will very shortly
take its rightful place as the pro
ducer of goods for the vast South
American markets, which up to the
present timo have been almost com
pletely monopolized by European
merchants and manufacturers.
"Several applications
TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
When the Alaska Medical Board
goes into session the second week
in January, it will examine the ap
plications of four or five applicants
who have filed with the board. Dr.
I. H. Moore, president of the board,
will likely not preside at the ses
sion, as he has moved from the
Fourth division, from which he was
appointed, and is reportod as plan
ning to locate in Juneau. Dr. J. L.
Meyers of Ketchikan, vice president
of the board, will probably dircet th
session. -
Under the territorial law two
physicians and surgeons from each
judicial division comprise the board
of examiners.—Juneau Dispatch.
NEWLY MARRIED PAIR
VISITING IX BALTIMORE
Baltimore, Nov. 2S—Francis Sayr
and. bride were Thanksgiving guests
of Mrs. Harrison Garrett.
GERMAN EMPEROR ACCEPTS
ONE-HALF OF FORTUNE
Berlin, Nov. 28—Emperor Wil
helm recently made a decided bit
with the women folk throughout the
country by accepting only one-half of
the fortune of $200,000 left by
Hermann Knoer, a rich landowner of
Kauschwitz, for the German Army
and Navy. The othre half, accord
ing to the Emperor's direction, will
go to the testator's wife, who was
left nothing under the will.
UNITED STATES SENATORS
WORK ON THANKSGIVING
Washington, Nov. 28—Democrat
ic Senators worked all day yester
day on the proposed currency meas
ure.
WILL HOLD POW-WOW
WITH NAVAJO CHIEFS
Farmington, Nov. 28—Advices re
ceived here state that General Scott
will go alone for a pow-wow with th
belligerent Navajo chiefs and ask
them to surrender.
SALVATION ARMY HOLDS
A BIG PARADE
New York, Nov. 28—A farewell
parade from National Headquarters
o* the Salvation Army to the French
line dock was held Wednesday in
honor of General Bramwell Booth,
head of the organization, who sail
ed on the liner La Provence.
"COMMERCIAL IXVADERS"
HAVE REACHED LA PAZ
La Paz, Bolivia, South America,
Xov. 28—The American "commercial
invaders" arrived here Wednesday
to spend five days visiting com
mercial establishments and indus
tries of the Bolivian City. They
leave here Wednesday, December 3,
for Antafogosta, Chile.
BRITISH WARSHIP
ARRIVES AT VERA CRIJZ
Vera Cruz, Nov. 28—The British
warship Suffolk arrived in the har
bor today.
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. Footwear
You will find in our stock the
i very latest styles in women's
footwear in all of the popular
leathers and fabrics. Styles to
suit all tastes at prices to fit
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We carry exclusively Utz & Dunn Co. high
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most perfect fitting shoes on the market to-day.
The present season's models are particularly pleas
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them on.
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