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In The News
The Daily Alaskan.
Skaguay, Alaska
Friday, July 22, 1898
Vol. 1, No. 145.
Page 1.
The Brannick Hotel, the largest and finest hotel in Alaska. European plan. All
modern improvements. Sample rooms for commercial men. Bond St. between Broadway
and Runnalls.
St. James Hotel, everything first class. Electric light and call bell. The only
fire-proof building in Alaska. Rates moderate. Corner 4th Avenue and State
Street.
Golden North Hotel,, a first-class hotel, rates reasonable. Thos. Whitten,
Manager. Bond Street, between Main and State.
Burton W. Johnson. Packing and Freighting. Skaguay to Lake Bennett. Operating
one of the best pack trains on the route. Handle contracts of any size and
guarantee to deliver goods in first-class condition. Bar Cor. Moore and Ivey
Sts. For further address inquire at this office.
J. Watson, Notary Public.
Walter Church, Attorney-at-Law.
$1000.000 $150.00 $200.00 We have several customers for residence property north
of Ninth Avenue. Watson & Church. Real estate and mines. Office - Corner 5th
Ave. and State St.
W. L. Green. Hardware, wholesale and retail. Holly St.
See HEGG, the leading photographer for views and photos. Skaguay and Dawson
City. Broadway, south of Bond.
Go to the I.X.L. for ladies and gents' furnishing goods. Boots, shoes and
slippers. Otto Schlessinger, Broadway, near Holly Avenue.
The Dewey, Choice Wines, liquors, cigars. May 1st. 1898. Corner Shoup and State
Sts. Skaguay, Alaska.
E. J. Liddicoat, architect and builder. Plans drawn and contracts taken.
Residence, corner Kaiser and Ivy St.
First Bank of Skaguay. Incorporated 1897. Transacts a regular banking business.
Exchange bought and sold. Deposits received. Officers: C. S. Moody, Pres, and
Mgr. Fred G. F. LaPenotiere, cashier.
Bowling Alley. When you want a little exercise or are looking for a little
sport, remember that Skaguay has a bowling alley. A very popular amusement.
Holly Avenue, near Main St.
Constantine Bloch. Dentist. 9th Avenue, near Main St. Office Hours - 9 to 12
a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays from 10 to 12.
Dr. C. W. Cornelius, Physician and Surgeon. Office, Kelly Block.
Price & Fuller, Attorneys-at-Law. McKinney Street, Skaguay, Alaska. Stenographer
in office.
Walter Church, ___________. Moore's Building, southeast corner of Runnalls and
McKinney Ave.
O'Donnell & Weldon. Attys-at-Law. Occidental Hotel Building.
Dr. E. L. Niskern. Physician and Surgeon. Main Street, corner of 6th or Holly
ave.
Ladies Bazaar. Dressmaking, furnishings, 10 per cent reduction in calicos,
shirtwaists, corset covers and ladies' vests for this week only. Ladies' and
children's hosiery, choice perfumes and toilet soaps. Broadway, near Bond.
John Stanley and Co. First class horse shoeing and wagon work. General
blacksmithing. 4th Avenue or Bond Street, between Broadway and State.
Are you going to Dawson City? The Bennett Lake and Klondike Transportation
Company are now operating the three large and commodious steamers, Ora, Nora,
and Flora. From Bennett to Dawson. For rates apply at Bennett office. F. M.
Rattenbury, Managing Director.
The White Navy. Finest Wines & Liquors. Corner of Broadway & Bond.
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BURIED WITH ALL THE HONORS
A BRAVE SOLDIER AND HERO
It Was An Impressive Gathering of Citizens
Dr. Sinclair's Oration Delivered Over the Remains of Frank H. Reid.
The ____ and Army Ritual at the Cemetery. A Volley Fired by Comrades Over the
Grace. Union Church Too Small to Accommodate the Great Crowd.
Skaguay's first public funeral was the greatest popular demonstration that
Alaska has ever known, and it will be before it is superseded in history by a
gathering of greater proportions or one of such unanimity of sentiment. What the
burial of General Grant was to New York and the nation, the public funeral of
Frank H. Reid was to the people of Skaguay and Alaska. It was a demonstration
that surrounded the bier of the hero with all the honors the city was able to
pay him. Every flag was at half-mast; every place of business was closed from
twelve to six, and every representative citizen attended the funeral. The Union
church could not begin to accommodate the number desirous of showing their
respect for the memory of the man who had given up his life for the salvation of
the town of which he was a modest citizen. The funeral services were begun in
the sacred edifice, but it had to be concluded in the open air in front of the
church, where Rev. Dr. Sinclair delivered a funeral oration whose every word of
tribute to the dead found an echo in every manly breast.
Then there was the long procession of vehicles crowded with people, others on
horseback, others on foot, that followed the remains of Mr. Reid to the
cemetery, and formed a pageant imposing and impressive. Then there was the
soldier's funeral, the prayers of the chaplain, the salute
_______________________ bugle call of "lights out," and rest; and all of earthly
honor possible had been paid.
The body of Mr. Reid lay in state at the church from ten until one, the coffin
draped with a handsome flag and almost covered with flowers. The chancel was
also decorated with wild flowers. Many were the citizens who paused by the bier
for a last look at the placid features, and many remained in order to secure
seats for the services. Thus long before one o'clock, the hour announced for the
services, all of the seats except those reserved for the pall bearers were
occupied and the crowd outside unable to enter the church was very large. It
filled the whole street, and later on it was decided that the funeral oration
should be delivered outside of the church that those outside of the church
should have a part in the ceremonies.
The Rev. Dr. Woodin, in full canonicals, conducted the services, reading with
eloquence the beautiful ritual for the dead of the Episcopal church. There was a
full choir, with Miss Butler at the organ - Mrs. Dent, Mrs. Sweeney, Mrs.
Redman, Mrs. Troy, Mrs. Brackett, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Runnels, Dr. Niskern, Walter
Church and others being the singers. This choir then gave anthem for the dead as
the opening music, and by request closed with Mr. Reid's favorite hymn, "Jesus,
Lover of My Soul."
At the conclusion of the service a platform was arranged at the approach of the
church, on which Rev. Dr. Woodin and Rev. Dr. Sinclair took their seats, and
from which the latter delivered the following eloquent tribute to the memory of
Skaguay's hero.
Mr. Sinclair took as his text Ephesians, 5-17: "Wherefore be ye not foolish, but
understand what the will of the Lord is." As the sermon is one of special
interest we give it in full:
"Life contains much of meaning and much of mystery for all of us. The new
meaning which we read in life, from time to time, stirs us with new enthusiasm
and inspires us with new enthusiasm and inspires us with new energies. At other
times we seem so hemmed in with mystery that our activities are almost
paralyzed, and we are compelled, if though, to ponder on our experiences in
silence, or if impatient and superficial, to exclaim in helplessness that
existence is chaotic, life has no meaning, that chance rules, and that the only
satisfaction in life is to "eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." But one of the
greatest blessings that our Christian religion confers upon us is that it
teaches us to see a Divine meaning in all the varying experiences of life, to
solve many mysteries insoluble apart from a belief in an overfilling Providence,
and to bear patiently its mysterious, sad experiences, in the faith that
sometime, and somehow, all perplexities will be made plain by an All-Wise
Father..." (remainder of the sermon not transcribed here)
"Nearer My God to Thee," was then sung by the choir, hundreds of citizens voices
joining, and Rev. Dr. Woodin pronounced the benediction. It was a beautifully
clear day, and the singing in the open air was particularly impressive.
As Mr. Reid was a member of the G. A. R. that organization had a large share in
the arrangements for the funeral, and after the services at the church had full
charge of the actual burial. At the grave the full ritual of the order was
impressively carried out. There was first a prayer by the chaplain, then an
address by the commander, then the distribution of flowers, and the closing
remarks of the chaplain. After this the salute to the dead was fired, and a
bugle sounded "taps." Thus as a brave man and a soldier, Mr. Reid was laid to
rest.
The officers of the G. A. R. for the funeral were as follows: Officer of the
Day, J. T. Broemser; Commander, Silas Gibson; Chaplain, H. E. Battin;
Standard-bearer, Mr. Donovan. The pall bearers were Dr. Searl, the president of
the Veteran club, Captain John Sperry, R. G. Dethe, I. N. Wilcoxen, J. Kimball
and Dr. Lepper. The guard of honor was composed of C. E. Deal, A. Harriman, B.
F. Patton, A. E. Darrow, F. Moorehouse and W. Blackwell. These gentlemen were
also the firing squad at the grave.
Captain Yeatman had been asked by telephone of he could send a firing squad of
United States troops to attend the funeral of Mr. Reid. He said that he was
sorry to disappoint the citizens who made the request, but that he found himself
unable to comply.
In addition to the members of the G. A. R. who had charge of the burial of their
dead comrade, there was the citizens committee composed of: Leslie Butler, Fred
Baker, John Sperry, and Dr. Cornelius, which arranged for the services at the
Church; also a committee of music composed of the following: Messrs. Ennis,
Brannick and Butler. The floral decorations for the occasion was the work of
Miss Ford, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Pierce and Mr. Whitten.
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Page 2.
Daily Alaskan.
George W. DeSucca, Proprietor.
Published every day except Sunday.
Subscription - 25 cents per week.
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Mr. Reid's Remembrances.
In his will Mr. Reid deeded his house and lot to the Bishop Rowe hospital, and
he also left one sixth interest in the Harlow tract of land near the water front
for the erection of a Presbyterian church. His personal effects were to be sold,
and after the funeral and other expenses have been paid out of the sum thus
raised, the remainder is to be given to the ladies relief corps of the G. A. R.
As there is no ladies' relief corps yet organized here, and as there is no
Presbyterian church, these bequests will be held in trust by Mr. Leslie Butler,
the executor of the Mr. Reid's will.
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While the body of Frank Reid lay in state in the Union church this morning many
citizens called to look on his face for the last time, and the funeral services
were attended by a very large crowd. They mourned "the loss of a heroic fellow
citizen who in a very real sense gave his life for us," to use the words of Rev.
Dr. Sinclair, and words could not express the sense of the new liberty and new
hope bequeathed to Skaguay by our dead hero.
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The arrangements for a memorial to hero Reid have not yet been completed, and it
is not decided what form it will take. J. T. Comforth of the Colorado-Alaska
Company this afternoon left $5.00 at the office of the Daily Alaskan for the
memorial fund. He suggested a fountain. Marshal Shoup said before he left to go
to Sitka, that he would be pleased to contribute to the memorial, and there is
no doubt ________ commemorate Mr. __________.
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______________ but the best of all is that _______, the carrying out of which
has been merely delayed by the excitement attendant on the killing of Soapy
Smith, and the consequent excited state of the city for a time.
The proposition is to get out a small book settling clearly forth the fact that
Skaguay is the only practical gateway to the interior; her immense wharfage, and
the conveniences for the rapid handling of passengers and freight; her
population and the enterprising merchants who help to make a prosperous
community, and in short all the advantages she possesses as the leading city of
Alaska. The test of the little book is being carefully prepared, and the
illustrations for it are already under way. There will be a large number of half
tone engravings from photographs specially made for the book, including general
views of the harbor, and of the city, the business and resident portion of the
city, along the wagon road, the railroad and on the trail, Lake Bennett and
other points. The work will be turned out in a thoroughly creditable manner, and
will be liberally distributed at the great international mining exposition to be
opened at Omaha next month. The promoters are business men in whom the city has
confidence. They ask no subscription, no subsidy. They will make this
advertisement of Skaguay pay for itself by means of the advertisements of
business men. The success of the work therefore depends upon the latter. They
should at once send in their copy that there may be no further delay in the
preparations of the work.
Since this was started in Skaguay has to chronicle many points of progress and
prosperity. The first locomotive steaming down Broadway will make a picture that
will attract much attention; the steamboat navigation from Bennett to Dawson has
proved a success, and, in short people will learn from this little book that the
journey to the interior by way of Skaguay is no longer a trip of hardship and
peril, but one of comfort and of surprising quickness. They will learn, too,
that this is the only route to the interior that offers such advantages, and the
hundreds of thousands of people who visit Omaha's great exposition will spread
the fame of Skaguay as the key city to the interior and the growing metropolis
of Alaska.
Advertise liberally and get your copy in early.
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Ore Assayed -- If you have any specimens you desire assayed, call on Rossa &
Walker, Mondamin Hotel.
Best beer in town at the Tivoli, on Broadway. Strasser and Geisler, proprietors.
Deustche Haus.
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Official Directory.
The following is the official directory for the district of Alaska:
Governor -- John G. Brady; Private Secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Knapp.
U. S. Judge -- C. S. Johnson.
U. S. Attorney -- Burton E. Bennett.
Assistant District Attorney -- Alfred J. Daily.
District Clerk -- Albert D. Elliott.
Deputy Clerk -- Walton D. McNair.
U. S. Marshal -- J. M. Shoup.
Surveyor General -- W. L. Distin.
Register -- John W. Dudley.
Receiver -- Roswell Shelly.
Court Interpreter -- George Kostrometroff.
Commissioners -- C. W. Tuttle, Sitka; Norman E. Malcolm, Juneau; K. M. Jackson,
Wrangel; L. R. Wood ward, Unalaska; Phillip Gallagher, Kadiak; C. A. Sehlbrede,
Dyea; W. J. Jones, Circle City; Chas. H. Isham, Unga.
Deputy Marshals -- W. A. McNair, Sitka; S. W. Staley, Juneau; Andrew G. Rays,
Wrangel; J. F. McDonald, Douglas; Edward C. Hasey, Kadiak; Lewis L. Bowers,
Unga; James C. Blaine, Unalaska; S. S. Taylor, St. Michaels; J. J. Rutledge,
Circle City; J. W. Snaek, Dyea.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector -- H. E. Battin.
Educational Agent -- Sheldon Jackson.
Assistant Agent -- William Hamilton.
Supt. of Schools -- W. A. Kelly.
Postmistress at Sitka -- Mrs. A. M. Archangelsky.
Postmaster at Skaguay -- W. B. Sampson.
Customs Officers.
Collector -- J. W. Ivey.
Special Deputy -- W. P. McBride.
Deputy and Inspector -- Wm. Millmore and C. L. Andrews, Sitka.
Deputy Collector -- ____ Connell, Juneau.
Inspectors at Juneau -- Loring K. Adams, Louis Blumenthal.
Deputy Collectors -- Joseph Arment, Wrangel; E. M. Van Slyck, Mary Island, W. G.
Thomas, Kodiak; G. W. Caton, Cook's Inlet; T. E. Holmes, Karink; J. F. Sinnett,
Unga; John P. Word, Unalaska; Erwin Anders, St. Michaels; Charles Smith, Circle
City; Jos. Floyd, Skaguay.
Inspectors Afloat -- J. S. Slater, P. A. Smith, Oscar Gard, E. Herrman, Thos. S.
Luke and Thos A. Markham.
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DuBois Furniture Co. - For new and second hand furniture. We buy anything.
Broadway, Next to the Mondamin Hotel.
If you want to build go to Tjomsaas & Broomfield. Contractors, builders and
general jobbing. Plans and specifications furnished. 212 Bond St. east of
Broadway.
The Northern Pacific Railway runs Pullman sleeping cars, elegant dining cars,
upholstered tourist sleeping cards. To and from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth,
Fargo, Grand Forks, Crookston, Winnipeg, Helena, Butte, Spokane, and all other
points in the United States and Canada. Through Tickets to Chicago,
Philadelphia, Washington, New York, Boston, and all points east and south, also
to China and Japan via the Northern Pacific S. S. Co. For full information,
rates, routes, maps, etc., apply to I. A. Nadeau, Gen'l Agent, Seattle, Wash. A.
Tinling, Gen'l Agent, Tacoma,, Wash. E. E. Blackwood, Agt. N. P. R. R.,
Victoria, B. C. or A. D. Carlton, Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agt., Portland, Oregon.
Chas. S. Fee, Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Paul, Minn.
The Board of Trade. Holly Street. Fine wines, liquors, and cigars. A high class
resort. Mixed drinks a specialty. Lee Guthrie, Proprietor.
Theatre Royal. Dave Blake, Proprietor. Finest equipped house in Alaska.
Incandescent lights. Seating capacity, 1,200. Steam heated.
Just arrived, a big shipment of fancy creamery butter and fresh Washington rich
eggs. M. K. Kalem. Mr. Kalem, the importer, sells all kinds of fresh vegetables.
Call and see our display.
Ice - Ice -- absolutely pure. We handle nothing but lake ice. Office at cold
storage. 3rd Avenue and Spring St. opposite railway office.
Levi Strauss & Co. factory, San Francisco, Cal. Copper riveted overalls and
spring bottom pants. Every garment guaranteed. Employ over 350 girls.
The Boston Store, 21 Broadway. A. L. Cheney & Co., Proprietors. Gents'
furnishing goods, boots and shoes. Carrying the most complete line of gent's
furnishing to be found in the city. Have just received a consignment of the very
latest styles. We handle exclusively Levi Strauss & Co.'s justly celebrated line
of gents' goods.
Morning Oregonian Cigar Store, F. M. Lucavish. Cigars, tobaccos, fruits, nuts
and candy. Agent Oregonian - Skaguay and Dyea, Express night or day.
Schilling's Best means we have taken your money and spent it for tea, coffee,
soda, baking powder, flavoring extracts, and spices as well as we know how to.
Your grocer pays your money back if you don't like them.
Sengfelder, the sign writer.
Cheap lumber, the Kerry Lumber Co., are closing out their business. It will pay
you to see them before buying your lumber elsewhere.
Alaska Forwarding Co., Wm. J. Meyers, Manager. Skaguay to Bennett.
The Spencer-Atkinson Co. general outfitters. Bond St. near Broadway.
Lilly Brothers, wholesale dealers in hay, feed, beans, raisins, figs, dried
fruits, cereals, salt, etc. Line of Cudahy's meats. Bond Street, near Broadway.
The Pioneer Paint & Wall Paper House, carries the most complete stock of paints,
oils, glass, wall paper, doors, windows, screens, lubricating oils. Contracts
taken for painting and paper hanging. Signs a specialty. A. C. Fasel. Broadway
near Bond. Skaguay.
Maintains stations at all points in southern and western Yukon and Northwest
Territories. The Alaska Commercial Company. General merchandise. Miners'
supplies. Operates fast steamers between San Francisco, Unalaska and St.
Michael, and to all points between Sitka, Kodiak and Unalaska, and to Copper
River and Cook Inlet. Excellent passenger service on the Yukon River by steamers
Alice, Bella, Margaret, Victoria, Leah and Yukon, and others in course of
construction. For all information apply to Alaska Commercial Co., 310 Sansome
St. San Francisco.
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TO REFORM INDIANS.
An ________ Indian Sent Here as a Missionary.
Edward Marsden, who gave us a friendly call yesterday, is a handsome man and
bears himself with dignity. There are in his features all the characteristics of
the Alaska Indian, but they are toned down and refined by his education among
the whites. He was born at Metlakahtla, May 19, 1869. His parents were both
heathen, but were converted to Christianity about the year 1858, through the
work of Rev. Wm. Duncan. Their family name was a gift from the same source soon
after their conversion.
His father was one of the native preachers, and one of the men through whose
instrumentality the Tsimpshean people finally became Christian. But he died when
his son was only nine years of age. The boy was then obliged to work to help his
mother support themselves and the younger sisters. His first summer's work is
said to have brought his three dollars, a pair of trousers and a sack of Irish
potatoes.
It happened that in 1883, the church at Metlakahtla was without a regular
organist, so the preacher, Mr. Duncan, requested the boy to play. He complied
with the request and at his first performance he almost broke down, but he
afterwards became the organist of the church, leader of the choir, member o the
Metlakahtla brass band, and a player on five other instruments.
In 1882, a serious trouble broke out a Metlakahtla, occasioned by the attempted
absolute control of the church and civil matters among the Tsimpshean people, by
the English clergy and politicians, it resulted in the removal of a thousand of
the Tshimpsheans from Metlakahtla, British Columbia, to Southeastern Alaska, in
1887, where, ever since, they have planted a new flourishing colony of New
Metlakahtla. Mr. Marsden and his family went with the people and they have made
Alaska, under the American flag, their home and country.
From the time he was forced to work for his daily bread, until he graduated from
Marietta College, Ohio in 1895, Mr. Marsden had by experience, acquainted
himself with a number of trades such as bricklaying, clock repairing, house
painting, gardening, tin-smithing, store and bookkeeping, steamboat engineering,
machinery in general, carpentry, piano-tuning, land surveying, printing,
typewriting and some others.
In 1888, he went to the Sitka Industrial School where he first learned the use
of the English language. Completing his work at Sitka, he went to Marietta
College, Ohio, in 1891, from which institution he graduated four years later.
From Marietta, he went to Lane Theological Seminar, Cincinnati, Ohio,, where he
finished his whole educational career in the spring of this year. Mr. Marsden
was a student in the Law Department of the Cincinnati Young Men's Christian
Association, and a member of the class of 1898 in the Chautauqua Literary and
Scientific Course. On his vacations, he has attended some of the Summer Schools
in Ohio, New York, Massachusetts and Michigan. He comes here with a commission
from the Presbyterian Board of Missions, to work among the Indians of South
Eastern Alaska.
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E. F. Davis, C. A. Patterson, and H. H. Mandigo, of Minneapolis, cam in from
Wrangel yesterday and are gong over the White Pass to Dawson. They have the
usual talk of woe about spending a couple of months at Glenora trying to get
over the trail and failing. Mr. Ennis is showing them around the city.
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Union Church Directory.
The following arrangement of services has been agreed upon by the ministers of
the various denominations in Skaguay for the month of July and sanctioned by the
board of trustees.
9 a.m. -- Roman Catholic service every Sunday.
11 a.m. -- On July 17th and July 31st, Rev. L. J. H. Woods, Episcopal.
11 a.m. -- On July 24, Rev. W. A. Latourette, Baptist.
3 p.m. -- On July 17th, 24th and 31st, Rev. W. H. Leach, Methodist.
8 p.m. -- Every Sunday, except 31st, Rev. J. A. Sinclair, Union Service.
8 p.m. -- On July 31st, Rev. W. H. Latourette, Baptist.
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The Spencer Atkinson Co. has the most complete stock of groceries in the city,
and sell at wholesale and retail.
Freight packed to Lake Bennett at lowest rates. Have some good business openings
and property for sale and rent in a part of Skaguay. Rossa & Walker.
Peiser has the best pictures of Soapy Smith. For sale at the Pullman Gallery
Main and Ninth St. Price 50.
We pack your freight to Lake Bennett and all points at lowest rates. Quick and
safe delivery guaranteed. Rossa & Walker.
Everest sells rubber garden hose.
Gus. Schade. Billy Rose. The Louvre Cafe', Sixth Avenue, between Broadway and
State. Fine wines & liquors. Steam and lager beer on draught 10 cents, straight.
All kinds of cold lunches and sandwiches. Hot lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Deutsches Haus.
Pacific Trading Co., real estate and lumber. 500 windows and 500 doors at cost.
Offices and houses to rent. Buildings erected to suit purchasers. 310 Broadway,
Skaguay, Alaska.
Gus Brown & Co., clothiers and furnishers. The most complete outfitters on Puget
Sound. 11-515 Second Ave., Cor. Yesler Way, Seattle, Wash.
Phil. Abrahams, Notary Public. Real estate dealer. Rents collected and
collections of all kinds made. Prompt returns. 17 Bond.
C. W. Everest. General merchandise, storage, and commission. Corner Broadway and
Bond Street.
New York and Alaska Trading & Mining Co. Headquarters for miner outfits,
clothing, provisions, and ladies wear. General Merchandise. 6th Avenue, between
Broadway and State.
Smith's Cash Store, Market St. Ferry, S. F., Cal.
The Providence Fur Co., Providence, R. I. Wants all kinds of raw furs, skins,
Ginseng, Seneca, etc.
Goodyear Rubber Co., crack proof and Stout's snag proof mining boots. R. H.
Pease, Vice-Pres. & Manager. See that the heels and knees are stamped as per
cuts, as none others are genuine. Oil clothing. Belting, packing and H rubber
clothing. Mackintoshes. Rubber goods of every description. San Francisco, Cal.
and Portland, Ore.
Robt. Currie, agent. P & B Building Paper; P & B Roofing; P & B paint. Office in
the Pil Box, Broadway, near Bond, Skaguay, Alaska.
North American Transportation and Trading Co. operating steamers P. B. Weare, C.
H. Hamilton, J. J. Healy, T. C. Power, John Cudahy and Klondike. Officers: Ely
E. Weare, Pres.; J. J. Healy, Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr.; W. W. Weare, Second
Vice-Pres.; C. A. Weare, Treas.; Ch. H. Hamilton, Se. & Traffic Mgr.; E. A.
Gage, Auditor. Carrying freight to all points on Yukon River, dealers in general
merchandise. Trading posts: Fort Get There, St. Michael Island; Hamilton Weare,
Alaska; Circle City, Alaska; Fort Cudahy, N. W. T.; Dawson, N. W. T. Alaska
Headquarters: Fort Get There, St. Michael Island, mouth of Yukon River. Chicago
Office: Room 200 Old Colony Bldg. Pacific Coast Offices: 8 California St., San
Francisco, Cal.; 618 First Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Atlantic Coast Office: 303
Produce Exchange, New York City. First steamer for the Season of 1898 leaves
Seattle June 1, and steamers every two weeks thereafter. Carrying passengers and
freight direct to the Yukon Gold Fields. For rates or further information write
or apply to any of the Company's offices.
Alaska Meat Market, Laumeister Bros. Wholesale and retail butchers. Hotels,
families and ships supplied. All kinds of vegetables and fresh meats and
sausages delivered free of charge. Holly Street, bet. Broadway & Runnalls.
J. H. Brooks "Old Reliable" packer. Goods forwarded to Lake Bennett or
intermediate points on Skaguay trail. All goods contracted for will be
guaranteed to be landed in first-class condition. For information concerning
rates, etc., call at headquarters, St. James Hotel.
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Local Mention.
Everest sells John B. Stetson hats.
New and elegant designs in carpets at Peoples.
Fresh ranch eggs always on hand at Little Star.
Flour $6 per barrel New York & Alaska Trading Co.
Strictly first class stock of drugs at N. K. Wilson's.
For the trail. - Compressed hay, 100 lb. bales, at Lilly Bros.
Don't forget Sager and Riley, the pioneer cigar manufacturers.
Parker & Aggers, General Commission Merchants, Seattle and Skaguay.
For Stationery call on N. K. Wilson, Druggist. Holly Ave. near State St.
The clang of the locomotive bell rang merrily on Broadway this morning.
G. S. Churchward & Co. have just received a line of fancy groceries.
H. B. Carter, general agent of the C. P. R., arrived here from Dawson this
afternoon.
Mr. R. F. Corforth of the Colorado-Alaska Co., leaves tomorrow morning for
Dawson. He expects to be gone about a month.
Closing out. - W. L. Greene is closing out his entire stock of clothing and
gents furnishing goods and boots and shoes at wholesale prices in order to make
more room for his large stock of hardware.
Mr. Case, of Case & Draper, the photographer, was on the railroad excursion
yesterday and took some fine views which are for sale at their gallery.
T. D. Fosteringham, F. D. Bower, and J. W. Boyle, are the new arrivals from
Dawson who are staying at the Brannick. Mr. Boyle went in last year and came out
in the fall with Swiftwater Bill's party.
James Thomas, of Mount Vernon, who had three good claims on Sulphur creek, sold
out before he left Dawson. His partner Frank Seigel, who came out with him,
declined to sell, although a high price was offered.
Among those who sang by the bed side of Mr. Reid, in addition to the names
published yesterday, were Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Miller. They were old friends of
his, and he sent for them to come and sing his favorite hymns.
Mrs. Cal Benton and [four?] children, from Santa Monica, Cal., and Mrs. J. W.
Grant and son from Los Angeles, Cal., came in on the Topeka to join their
husbands. Mrs. Benton remains here to make a home, Mrs. Grant goes to Sheep Camp
where Mr. Grant is superintending the Chilkoot Tram.
The Pacific Coast newspapers will probably smash their portraits of Dewey and
came out with strong appeals to the country that we have no use for the
Philippines. On July 15, the state department at Washington posted a bulletin
stating that Admiral Dewey pays a high tribute to the Chinese on board the
American ships at the battle of Manila, and suggests that they should receive
recognition by being made citizens of the United States. What will Dennis
Kearney and the sand lot orators say to this?
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Dillon - Newell
There was a very quiet but pretty wedding last night at the St. James hotel, at
which Rev. J. A. Sinclair united in the bonds of marriage, Mr. J. C. Dillon and
Miss M. C. Newell, of Seattle. The bride is a charming lady and will be an
acquisition to Skaguay society. Mr. Dillon is a respected citizen of Skaguay and
too well known to need introduction at our hands.
Mr. Will H. Moore acted as best man and Miss Lamont as bridesmaid. The best
wishes of the Daily Alaskan and many friends are extended to the happy pair.
Mrs. E. W. Johnson who has but lately arrived from Seattle was also a guest of
the evening.
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J. A. Brice, who is staying at the Mondamin, is a joint owner with his brother
of Eagle City, the new town some hundred miles below Dawson, on the American
side. He says Eagle City has already several log erections, that the two great
transportation companies are building stores there, and that the population is
over nine hundred. There is already a post office there, and will shortly be a
customs house, and Captain Ray will make it the headquarters for the American
soldiers he hopes to take in. Mr. Brice is making a visit to his home at Delta,
Cal. He will not buy and goods below, however, as he thinks the better plan is
to make his purchases in Skaguay.
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A Pretty Big Sack.
One of the men who came down from Dawson on the last trip of the Willie Irving
called at the First Bank of Skaguay this morning and asked quotations for gold.
He said that he and his party had brought out about $105,000 in dust, but were
holding it at Dyea until the next steamer. He said that on the way down they
heard of the disturbance at Skaguay and were afraid to come here with their
dust, but now that he understood the situation he would bring his party and the
sack of dust over here.
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John Nelson, of the Coast and Geodetic survey party, was in town this morning
and say they will make a map of Skaguay on a large scale before they begin on
the pass. Their work here is to make a thorough topographical reconnaissance of
the Chilkoot and White passes, from Lynn canal to Lake Bennett, and this will be
used by the international commission to set next month in Quebec for the
settlement of the boundary question.
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Soapy Smith and all his pals, Stewart and his sack of gold, and many other
interesting pictures at Case and Drapers.
RESTAURANT -- I will lease the large Board of Trade Annex for a first-class
restaurant. I will paper the building, ___ matched flooring over that now ____
and otherwise put building in first-class condition for the purpose. I expect
tenant to equip it in first-class style. Rent low on long lease to responsible
party who can satisfy me of his ability to open and operate such a place. No
other need apply. Lee Guthrie.
SPECIAL SALE -- Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be a special sale
of ladies' goods consisting of jackets, capes, dresses, skirts, waists and
wrappers which must be closed out immediately at cost. H. B. Litt, Holly St.
Three doors below Royal Theatre.
BIDS WANTED. Bids wanted for excavating trench three feet deep from terminus of
line of water pipe on Main street to Skagway Brewery Company on Main street,
between 11th and 12th, at which place please call for further information.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS. All parties making water connections between now and
August 1st will be given a rebate of thirty per cent. A. Jackson, Manager.
FOR SALE. -- A good paying restaurant, cheap rent, doing good business, bargain.
Inquire the office.
FOR SALE. -- Lot 4 in block 86 with good board cabin containing stove and
cooking utensils, groceries and a half interest in a 15x35 ft. store building on
Broadway. Will sell cheap. Dr. Kuykendall.
FOR SALE. -- Three teams complete (horses, harness & wagons) fifty tons of feed;
(Hay, oats & ground meal). Everything first class. Inquire Creamer & Noyes, near
Chilcoot Hotel, Dyea.
FOR SALE. -- One elegant piano. Inquire at this office.
FOR SALE. -- 2 story building and lot on Broadway. Rossa & Walker, Mondamin
Hotel.
Corner lot with boarded tent, bunks, cooking utensils, etc., can be bought for a
song as owner has to go inside. Rossa & Walker, Mondamin Hotel.
FOR SALE. -- Story and half building and lot on Broadway, (renting for $100 per
month) at an extraordinary low figure. Rossa & Walker, Mondamin Hotel.
Restaurant doing one of the best businesses in the city for sale. Rossa &
Walker, Mondamin Hotel.
FOR SALE. -- Finest restaurant outfit in Alaska, very cheap. Rossa & Walker,
Mondamin Hotel.
FOR RENT. -- Fine office rooms on Broadway. Rossa & Walker, Mondamin Hotel.
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The City of Topeka brought in our long expected stock of high class shoes. The
Dewey, Lee, Sampson and others. The feature of this new stock is the russet
footwear, and particularly the new styles named after the heroes of our war with
Spain. We also have something nice in calk sole shoes. Call and see the finest
line of footwear in town at the Boston Store, 21 Broadway.
The Collosseum, M. Schmidt & Co. Finest of liquors and cigars; all kinds of
lunches and sandwiches; beer on draught 10c. Holly Street. Next door to German
Bakery.
E. R. Peoples, undertaker and embalmer. Special attention given to bodies for
shipment. Broadway, above Shoup Avenue.
"The Grotto," J. Henry Foster, Proprietor. Furnished rooms upstairs. Sixth
Avenue, between Broadway and State.
Ten days from Seattle to Dawson City! When you reach Bennett take the White Star
Line, operated by the Upper Yukon Co. This company navigated the first steamboat
out from Dawson on the Upper Yukon. Three well equipped steamers: F. H.
Kilbourne, A. J. Goddard, & Joseph Clossett. For passenger and freight rates
apply to F. H. Kilbourne, Seattle; H. E. Battin, Skaguay; A. J. Goddard, Lake
Bennett.
West Coast Steam Nav. Co. Albert Meyer, Manager, 16 Sacramento St., San
Francisco, Cal.; J. G. Carroll, Agent, Schwabacher's Wharf, Seattle, Wash. S.S.
Farallon, John Roberts, Master. Making trips every fifteen days, between
Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, Mary Island, Ketchikan, Saxman, Fort Wrangel,
Douglas Island, Juneau, Skaguay, Dyea, Pyramid Harbor and Haines Mission,
carrying U.S. mails.
Skaguay Brewing Co., W. F. Matlock, President; R. C. Smith, Secretary and
Treasurer. Manufacturers of steam and lager beer. Sole agents for the Northrup &
Sturges Company's carbonated beverages, ciders, syrups and extracts. Skaguay,
Alaska.
Kaufman Bros., 19 Broadway. Our success in business has proven. The reasons for
same a very simple. Honest and upright dealing with our customers, giving them
the best good for the least money. The summer season is pretty well advanced. It
is our aim to close out the balance of our summer goods and therefore inaugurate
a clearance of light goods such as must go before the season is over.
German Bakery. The oldest and best established restaurant and bakery in the
city. Ice Cream: wholesale or retail. Open day and night. Cor. Holly Avenue and
State, Skaguay, Alaska.
J. E. Feero, the packer. From Skaguay to Lake Bennett in the shortest possible
time. Office 22 Bond St. Stables on trail near bridge. Stop at the White Pass
Hotel for a good meal.
The Pack Train Saloon, Skaguay, Alaska. Finest liquors, cigars and mixed drinks.
The Pack Train Inn, Lake Bennett. Cafe and lodging. Fine wines, liquors and
cigars.
City Brewery, Chas. A. Saake, Proprietor. Manufacturers of steam and lager beer
made of the purest and best hops and malt. Best bottled beer made in Alaska.
Special attention given to family trade. Main street between Holly and Shoup,
Skaguay, Alaska.
Go to Burkhard's. It is a little early to talk about the millions of nuggets
that will come out of the Yukon this year, but it is just the season to buy a
summer suit at reduced rates before the next rush comes. Call and see the
beauties at Burkhards.
Church & Stepp. Manufacturers of woven wire and top mattresses. Factory Hobart
and Broadway streets.
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