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SIMON FIENOAL COMES OUT
FROM USUI III NINE DAYS
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Whitehorse, Dec. 29—Simon Fien
dal, in charge of the White Pass
freighting outfit on the Whitehorse,
Kluane-Chisana trail, arrived here
Sunday morniug in less than 9 days
from the diggings. He drove all the
way through with a light moving
team and a double cutter. He came
slow as far as Kluane with the sec
ond batch of returning freight teams
and tlien came ahead of the freight
teams. He says he can drive one
team through and make it in sis
days easily.
The trail is good all the way but
is almost perfect from Ruby, "one
post this side of Kluane lake". On
ly about six inches suow from Ruby
on, just enough for good sleighing
and the bulk of the way on smooth
glare ice on the various rivers and
creeks that the road follows. No
overflows. Fiendal s.".ys an ordinary
two horse team can handle fifty hun
dred from Ruby on. Trail is a
little heavier ou tills end on ac
count of more snow, but teams
are handling about forty hundred on
this end. Advices from the diggings
dated December 19 th say nothing
has arrived from McCarthy for five
wekes except one mail anu that took
12 days to get it. The McCarthy
route is a joke in the diggings, they
look on it as abandoned for the wiu
ter. The Whitehorse Kluane route
has proved itself to be the only prac
tical route. Ten two horse freight
teams have made the rouud trip
and delivered their loads without
delay or damage. The other routes
;are doing a lot of talking but they
are not delivering the goods. This
route is better and shorter than it
has been reported It takes a load
ed freight team fifteen days to go
[ in and the distance is 310 miles. It
I is a much easier haul thau the haul
j to Dawson.
Washington, Dec. 29—George Tor
ney, surgeon general of the Unit
ed Stat-es army is dead here from
pneumonia.
JUKES OFFICE
FEBRUARY I
joh:i F. Pugh, recently appointed
and confirmed as collector of cus
toms for Alaska, will not take of
fice until February 1st. Collector of
Customs J. R. Willis has just been
granted a leave of absence by the
Treasury Department of 30 days be
ginning January 1st. This will con
tinue him in office until the :irst of
the following month —Juneau Em
pire.
Mrs. Steve Sheldon of Haines is
a patient at the W. P hospital and
is expecting i visi' from the stork
soon.
REBELS GATHER
l« T1AULP1
Vera Cruz, Dec. 29—Fifteen thou
sand rebels are gathered in the
state of Tamaulipoe.
GROSSES CANAL
Last week while Mat Sundeen of i
Skagway was on a trip down Lynn !
canal he had his power boat wreck
' ed on the shore near Haines. Af
ter the wreck of his boat Sundeen
was forced to build a raft on which
to reach Haines, as he was separate
from that town by a wide stretch ,
cf water which there was no way !
of getting around. Ho bound four
logs together and oa this rude craft
reached the point Tie was aiming
! for without mishap.
Mr. Wm. Ward who was under
going treatment for the past two
weeks at the W. P. hospital was
discharged Saturday.
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PROCESSION
Calumet, Dec. 29—Bereaved min
ers carrying the victims of the
Christmas tree disaster which oc
curred here Wednesday night, form
ed a procession two miles in length
when going to the cemetery.
A special grand jury will be call
ed tomorrow to investigate the Mov
er outrages.
Washington, Dec. 29—The depart
ment of agriculture announces a na
tion wide investigation of the pres
ent high cost of meats.
SSUt AN EIGHT
PAGE FOLDER
The Daily Alaskan is in receipt
of a handsomely printed eight page
folder just Issued by the Whitehorse
board of trade entitled, "The Shu
shanna Gold Fields." The object of
the publication is to desseminate
useful information regarding the no
gold strike and contains much that
will be of special interest to any
one who intends goiug into the dig
gings. It gives a description of the
big placer strike and contains a map
of the various creeks in the Chis
ana district upon which gold has
been located, besides a table of
distances from Seattle to the strike
via the Skagway-Whitehorse-Kluano
route, it also tells the best time
of the year to take in outfits and
concludcs by advising people 10 wait
until they reach Whitehorse to pur
chase supplies, etc., as it claims that
this is the natural point for that
purpose.
HOLOELEGTIDN
Or OFFICERS
At the regular meeting of Skag
way Lodge, No. 113, F. & A. M.,
held on Friday night of last week,
the following officers were elected
for the ensuing term.:
William Chester Wright, Master.
Elmer Lambert Wheeler, S. W.
James Wallace, J. W.
Prosper Henry Ganty, Teasurer.
Phillip Abrahams, Secretary.
masquerade Sl'ITS.
Any kind made and designed on
short notice.
Mrs. De Graf. 3t.
CONGRATULATE
THE PRESIDENT
Passchristian, Dec. 29—President
Wilson reached the age of 57 years
yesterday. He received several hun
dred letters and telegrams of con
gratulation during the day and in
the evening attended services t
the quaint little Presbyterian church
at Gulfport.
The bowling contest which took
place yesterday between a team
composed of Skagway transportation
men and a pick-up town team se
lected by James Kennedy, resulted
in a victory for the town team by
a total score of 2280 to 2234. The
line-up of the teams was as follows:
Town.
J. Kennedy.
W. Batson
Dugau Barry
James Rock,
O. Selmer
Transportation
V. I. Peterson
A. C. Blanchard
George Magee
L. C. Gault
W. C. Blanchard
The score by games was First
game—Town, 789; Transportation,
790; second game—Town, 723;
transportation, 695; third game—
Town, 76S; transportation, 749.
MY LOSE
THEIR CIENS
Between thieves aud dogs the peo
pie of Skagway who own chickens
have a hard time in protecting their
property. Saturday night a dog
made a raid on Judge Martin Con
way's flock and yesterday morning
the remains of 22 dead birds were
found in the chicken house where
they had been killed and partly de
voured.
George Mowl's chicken house was
visited two nights (Saturday and
Sunday) in succession by 6ome
thief who on each occasion took
away with him two of the fine prize
winning Rhode Island Reds, -which
he has been at so much pains and
expense to raise and in which he
takes so much pride. This is es
pecially hard ou Mr. Mowl as he
was a heavy sufferer early last fall
through the same cause, and we
sincerely trust he will succeed in
the effort he is making to appre
hend and punish the miscreant who
is engaged In this work.
Wanted—Good second hand Upright
piano cheap. State make, price and
conditions. Address George Ander
son, Piano Expert, Juneau. 3t.
We wish every=
one a very
Happy New Year
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
(Portland Telegram.)
Within the next 24 hours the offi
cials of the Pacific Steamship Com
pany, which is to inaugurate a reg
ular steamer service between Port
land and Southeastern Alaska the
early part of January, expect to be
in position to announce sailiug dates
th names of the vessels to be op
erated and much other data of in
terest to shippers.
W. F. Swan, who is to be super
intendent of the new line, will ar
rive from Seattle tonight over the
Shasta Limited, according to advices
received by the Chamber of Com
merce, which has been instrumental
in the establishment of the enter
prise, this morning. Swan is at
the head of the Swan Navigation
Company, which has been operating
the Leelanaw, Bertha and Jeannie
between the Sound and Alaska. He
was also connected with the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company for
nine or ten years. On his arrival
full particulars in connection with
th© establishment of the Portland
service are expected to be announc
ed.
C. J. Rogsrs, purchasing agent
of the White Pass & Yukon Rail
way Company, and D. M. Cameron,
general agent of the Skagway Steam
ship Company, both stationed at
Vancouver, B. C., arrived in Port
land this morning on business con
nected with the proposed line from
Portland. They are conferring to
day with N. F. Titus, manager of
the Pacific Steamship Company, and
W. D. B. Dodson, trade commission
er of the Chamber of Commerce.
Rogers is vitally interested in the
new line which the Pacific Steam
ship Company is to operate between
Portland a".d Southeastren Alaska.
The railroad he represents runs from
Skagwav to Whitehoree, situated on
the Yukon river. From Whltehorse
his company operates nine steamers
to Fairbanks via Dawwra, a distance
o+ 1500 miles, when the stream is
free of ice. When navigation is clos
ed'for the winter the concern runs
a stage line from Whitehorse to
Dawson, which is said to be the
most up-to-date and extensive affair
of the sort in the world. From 60
to 70 rigs and 200 horses are used.
While the White Pass & Yukon
Railway and its branches will be
entirely independent of the Portland
Alaska line, the officials hope to
perfect arrangements for handling
a portion of the freight, at least,
passing through Skagway from Port
land, destined for interior points in
Alaska and the adjacent Canadian
territory. The White Pass & Yukon
Railway Company also is a heavy
importer, and may provide consider
able tonnage for the local enterprise.
"We buy hay, feed and produce
of all sorts," said Rogers this morn
ing. "We also purchase horses for
our stage line. The company owns
a large wholesale house at Dawson,
which has to be stocked with sup
plies from the outside each year. A
large amount and freight for the rail
and steamboat lines have to be im
ported."
Will CHANGE
ITS PRESIDENT
Mexico City, Dec. 23—Minister of
Justice Gerostrietg. will become pres
ident of Mexico next year and Hu
erta will lead the army in the field.
THE BOATS.
The Georgia got into Skagway
yesterday at 5 o'clock In the after- j
noon and left at 3:15 this morning.
Chicago, Dec. 29—The federation
of labor has appealed to congress fo
a thorough investigation of the Cal
umet disaster and also for an order
for the deportation of Moyer.
VILLA'S (ML
AiOOCElENT
Chihuahua, Dec. 21—General Pan
cho Villa in an official announce
ment today demands Huerta'a ban
ishment as president, peace negotia
tions, a restoration of the consti
tution, the selection by election of a
suitable president and a change in
the land laws so that lands may be
more equally distributed.
Mrs. A. E. Segal and Master Sam
uel were discharged today, feel
ing fine and lit, from the W. P. hos
pital.
Miss Mary Dillon who was under
treatment for the past week was
discharged Saturday from the W. P.
hospitla..
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