llMfct Historical Libnuy
•Ad Mtiitau
No. 311 SIXTEENTH YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
E ON A
FULL WEI
New .York, Feb. 13—The State
progressive conimite today decided
to place a full ''cket iu the field
this fall. Kx-President. Theodore
Roosevelt is favored for nomination
for Governor.
It is understood that negotiations
are under way whc-reby Cordova is
soon to have a hospital capable of
i-arhiy for the sick of a greatly in
creased population. The three lots
en A street, which were donated as
;i site for u hospital bv the townaite
company and deeded to Father Van
der Pol have been turned over to
Or. Council who has the proposition
of the new hospital iu charge. The
site selected for the hospitaj is a
beautiful one and it is understood
that when the buildin" is erected it
will be modern in every particular
and in keeping with •'•e site which
• will occupy.
lie FORGOT
10 SUICIDE
After sending a no'i to his bro
ther-: a-lav\ telling Jjjm that he In
tended to commit suiciie and where
his body would be found. Ales Rass
muisen of Fairbanks, lay down
to have a sleep. His relatives no
tified the marshal's office and he
was apprehended in a rooming
house, having overslept. He still
declares that he will kill himself
and will be examined as to his san
ity. He has been mining on Gold
stream and has suffered reverses.
Friday, Feb. 13th is a bad com
binaion, and if we get through it
with no serious mishap, shall con
sider ourselves extremely fortunate.
A majority of the business hous
es in 'own closed yesterday after
noon in observance of the Lincoln
birthday holiday.
JUST ARRIVED
FROMjjORSFELT
Geo. H. Wagner, an old time
I Alaskan, reached Skagway from
I Whitohorse last Tuesday on liis
! way -itUer to Valdez or Cordova,
I he la not yet certain which. Mr.
Wagner a short time ago was out
in the Horafelt country, and says
that with the exception of the W.
P. & Y. R. teams that aree trans
porting freight for Mr. Close's road
house, near the head of the D011
jek, there is verv little travel ov
er the Whitehonse Kluane road at
present.
While he was in that section of
country he heard considerable talk
of good prospects having been found
in the vicinity but can not vouch
for the truth of the reports.
Shortly before Mr. Wagner left
Horsfelt a mau named Eaton reach
ed there with a boiler which he in
tended to install on Wolverine
creek 'or the purpose of prospect
ing claims which he had located
there.
Mr. Wagner did not go Into the
Chisana and consequently knows but
little of conditions in that camp.
FUNDS GET
TING HONS
The friends of Harry Dewey, of
Fairbanks are anxious as to his
safety. He left Fairbanks last
summer intending to go to Chisana
via Dawson. He is known to have
purchased an outfit at Dawson and
started 'or the diggings since which
time he has not been heard from.
His friends hope he may have aban
doned the trip and gone to some
other section of the country, or to
the states. Important business in
Fairbanks awaits his attention and
it is belieyed that he would have
attended to it had he been in a
position to do so.
The regular fortnightly dance of
the W. P. A. club will take place
tomorrow night at the gymnasium.
PRICE OF COAL REDUCED.
Moore's Wharf is now selling nut
coal for only $9.00 per ton bulk,
($10.00 sacked). Excellnet range
coal. 6t.
JUST A FEW NECESSITIES
Just a few of the Needful Articles
for parties going to the New Diggings
8 and 12 inch Rubber Packs—Hip Boots
Miners' Leather Shoes
Large Size Heavy Wool Blankets
Heavy Wool Sox Sheep Lined Moccasins
Fur, Wool, and Leather Lined Mitts
Heavy Wool Underwear—Blanket Lined
Coats and Pants and Sweaters
Fur and Cloth Caps
7 x 9 and 8 x 10=3 ft. Wall 10 oz. Duck Tents
IN FACT, WE HAVE EVERYTHING
FOR THE HINER WITH THE EX
CEPTION of Groceries and Hardware
H. J. LYNCH
£The Up To Date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
PHONE 41 SKAGWAY
ASKS FOR SPECIAL APPROPRIflTIOJ
OF $200,000 fill ALASKA
Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 13—Gover
nor Strong iu an interview here to
day stated that unless the people
of Alaska and the commercial clubs
in the various towns throughout the
territory make a concerted demand
and back up the governor and del
egate to congress in their request
for a special appropriation, Alas
ka will not have a proper exhibt
at the Panama Pacific Expositioi
next year in San Francisco.
Governor Strong ig asking fo
$200,000 for an Alaskan exhibit es
pecially, as the congressional ap
propriations already made leav
practically nothing for this territory
Vera Cruz, Feb. 13—An attempt I
was made yesterday to assassinate |
Arthur Cook, flag lieutenant to Hear
Admiral Mayo of the battleship |
Connecticut. While out riding with [
his wife and daughter some unseen
assailant fired at Lieut. Cook, the
bullet striking him but making 011
l.v a slight wound.
Since the attempt made upon
Lieut. Cook by an unknown assass
in John Lind, the diplomatic agent
to Mexico from the United States,
is closely guarded.
BREMi
FOR MOM
Washington, D. C, F*>b. 13—While
freezing winds swept across the Po
tomac river here today ground was
broken for a white marble mem
orial in honor of the Martyr Presi
dent, Abraham Lincoln.
A train will arrive from Chitina :
about S o'clock this evening bringin
mail and passengers from the inter
ior. The train wliicf left Chitina -
yesterday morning for Cordova is j
stalled at Miles Glacier on a switch |
and the rotary and engine came in
without the coache3. A terrific
snow storm was • revailing and after
being separated from the rest of
the train for a few niinuutes the
engines found it impossible to make
headway in clearing the track and
abandoned the attempt until this I
morning. The main line is clear to
Chitiua and the train coming from
the Interior will not be delayed in
getting around the stalled train.— |
Cordova Alaskan.
Miss ^Cthel Leslie, of Whitehorse,
who has been viisiting in Skagway
for several days, a guest at the
Golden North hotel, left for her
home on this morning's train.
WILL BREAK
GLACIER 111
Jim Wilson, the Valdez freighter
will commence the work of deliver
ing the 200 tons of freight for th
Rutherford Ramsey company at a;
early date. As soon as the big out
fit is ready the trail vill be brokei
and the goods rushed to the camp
twenty five head of stock will b
used.
Mr. Wilson is anxious to make i
quick delivery, so that he will b
in position to handle the heavy shii
ments of freight coming from th
outside and consigned to interio
camps, which he has contracted fc
deliver.—Valdez Prospector.
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FOR GOVERNOF
Lima, Ohio, Feb. 13—James R
Garfieid today announces his can
didacy for the governorship of Ohi<
on tile prfgrsesive ticket.
David Spencer, who has been ir
Alaska since the rush to Klondik*
died last week in Cordova fron
kidney disease, He recently suffer
cd a compound fracture of his left
arm and spent two months in the
hospital at Valdez. He went to Cor
dova on the last steamer to hav<
his arm examined by Dr. Council
who was absent up the line. Dur
ing the rush to Dawson, he conduct
ed a hotel at Bennett and latei
drifted along the coast towns work
ing as a bartender. He was quiet
and unassuming and made man)
friends who would gladly hav<
helped him had he been able tc
control his appetite for intoxicants
There will be a basketball gam(
tonight at the W. P. A. club gym
nasium between a team composed o
married ladies and another on<
made up of girls. Game called ai
8 o'clock.
IMINCE PIEl
*
niade from Atmore's mince meat is
equal to the very best home-made.
Sold in bulk, at 23c per lb. 5 lb.
for $1.00. Guaranteed to consist of
only pure ingredients and properly
seasoned.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
SITKA NATIVES
eUHD HALL
The Sitka branch of the Alaska
t Native Brotherhood hae a splendid
1 hall rapidl" nearing completion. The
manner in which this building is
being constructed oretty well dem
" onstrates the ability of the Alaska
" native to do things for himself. The
} members of the organization went
• out in the woods and cut a raft of
logs which they towed in themselves
The W. P. Mill Co., donated the
use of Ps sawmill, and the nat
ives cut *i-e logs into lumber, from
which *?•.« building being con
structed. The later is all ba:a,«.
performed by the members, and the
plans were drawn by Peter Simp
■ son, president of the order. The
only thine they have had to call on
white men for was to hire a team
> ster to haul the lumber from the
■ mill. The building will be 65 x
; 36 feet, besides a stage 22x18, and
1 will be a beautiful monument to
" the natives' self-reliance.
: HALL'S III
: WIHS DOG RACE
Nome, Feb. 13—Of the twenty
teams entered here for the dog race
today to Solomon and return, un
der the auspices of tho local ord
er of Moose, Burgh Hall's team
came in first, Earl Modini's second,
and Bill Allan's third.
SOURDOUGH PROSPECTOKS
START FOR NELCHINA
Ed. Johnson, formerly of Nome
aud J. Rangon, who prospected and
mined on the Yukon for many years,
reached Valdez Thursday ou the
steamer Northwestern to start for
the Nelchlna country. Both men
are old time prospectors.
Mr. Johnson states that from
friends now in the diggings he has
received word that they give every
indication of becoming one of the
largest camps in Alaska and he in
tends to secure several claims be
fore they are all located.
The outfit of the two men will
be purchased in Valdez and ship
ped into the eamp on the Mcintosh
freighters.—Valdez Prospector.
Tomorrow will bs St. Valentine's
Day.
Headquarters For
Smart Overcoats
SAYS RAILROAD
, A FINE THING
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 13—Ad
! dressing the Chamber cf Commerce
! here today Secretary W. C. Red
j field said that the Alaska railroad
would be a line thing but that its
! asefulness would not be fully
realized until the Alaskan coast is
made safe for navigation.
WllDER
IS IN TROUBLE
Harry Horton, the Fort Yukon
trader, who was recently acquitted
in the Fairbanks district court on
I the charge of unlawful cohabitation
with a native girl, is again in
trouble. When he was discharged
lie took the girl in his sleigh and
immediately left for home leaving
his witnesses to get home the best
way they could. They have turned
against him and are now willing
to furnish the district attorney with
evidence which will convict him
The recent case which resulted in
his acquittal cost the government
nearly $10,000.
FAIRBANKS MARSHAL
OX A LONG CHASE
A special United States deputy
marshal has been sent from Fair
banks to arrest M. E. Bondixen,
who is now on his wy;-. to the Arc
tic with Martha Nelson, a woman
j 7 2 years of age, whom he married a
lew months ago, although he had
married Cora Nelson, a 26 year old
girl in Chena seven years earlier.
' Both will be brought back to Fair
banks by the deputy.
GIVEN DIVORCE FROM
v WHITE SLAVEK HUSBAND
-Mrs. Elizabeth Beaumont, wife of
the Fort Yukoner who is serving
a sentence at McNeil's islaud for
white slavery, was granted a de
ciee of divorce by Judge Fuller in
Fairbanks recently.
COAL - KOAL - COAL
British Columbia Boat Harbor
Coal. ?12.00 per ton Delivered.
Phone 33 J. M. Tanner, tf
You will find your over
coat here in a variet) of
fabrics
Beautiful Weaves,
Scotch Tweeds, Chin
chillas—all made upJl
A Large line of O'Donnell Shoesjfor^Men
Utz and Dunn Shoes for Women
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier