OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Matting
SOMETHING NEW.
Figured and Floral Patterns.
Six Feet Wide. Wildes’ New Designs.
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Three Feet Wide. New Assortment of Patterns
Lace Curtains. Window Shades. j
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®D9d Scads.
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VAL0EZ B8UG C©^PANY :
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
AND DEALERS IN
Periodicals and Photo Supplies
Save Ysur Csujjscns. •
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ALASKA
| NEXT TO THE NIZINA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale anil
lit tail Dialers I
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GIVE US A
CALL
Bsef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game, j
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plans an l Kstiinates Furnished <>n Application.
WharF t uiiding Hou e Movinr,
Healey Fights Extradition.
A writ of habeas corpus, st cured
at the last moment, prevented the
extradition of Capt. John llealy,
mine , remoter and Alas!.an explor
er, from Chicago to New York,
in custody of a New York detec
tive, Capt. Ht alv was about to be
taken to a train lioumi for New
York, when Capt. Healv’s attorney
produced a writ of 1ml east corpus.
If you would enjoy good health
bathe frequently at the Dot h liath.-.
V* ill Produce lots of Gold.
A letter recently received from
u very reliable source in Fairbanks
states: “This place will produce a
lot «.f gold this winter, even with
all the drawbacks it will turn ant
nearly a million dollars, some put
it much higher. That is more
than 1 thought it would do at iirst,
hut a- the spring draws near there
is more doing; provisions are more
plentiful and easier got. No man
was good for a sack of Hour last
fail, and there was no money, it
was very hard for lots of the men
here to pull through; the claim
owners had to shake the rocker
quite steadily.
About twenty claims are being
worked on Fairbanks creek, some
have large dumps and good plants.
Cleary creek, probably the richest,
has about 15 claims working; the
pay extends for about four miles.
Chatham creek is being worked for
about a mile. Pedro creek and
Gold stream, which started the
stampede, do not amount to much;
they are being worked in a number
of places. The pay is small but in
time will produce a lot of gold
'when economically worked.”
Shot IliiLSoif
Italian At £tv. ard Lores An Arm
Aaci Iloth Of liia
iij es.
Last Thursday while out hunting
at 8c ward an Italian accidently
discharged his shot gun*, lie losi
one arm and it is stipj oped thai
1 i..i ii Lis ey< s are gone, liis fat* it
I frightfully disfij’ured.
i lit: is belli;: veil rand Tor by the
j company < ootor and may live.
Our railroad engineers have noi
anything to say, but they ate ii
the field early and work late. In :
few days t lev will cru s in ovei
Marshall pass hint start on the ii
tenor survey.
John G. ileid, of Juneau, is i
candidate f .r t e oiiice of govcriin
of Alaska.
Pi act* Halida i U|d‘r.
FIRST AMERICAN WEDDING
AT KODIAK.
Cannery Fleet Arrives
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Sailor Accidentally Killed. Notes
From The Western
Camps.
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Wedding Bells At Kodiak.
1 here has to be a first time for
everything and Kodiak had the
first American wedding in its his
tory Thursday evening May 11,
when Mrs. Clara (twin became the
wife of Mr. Alfred Goss, agent for
the Alaska Commercial company
at that place.
'1 he bride, a beautiful and charm
ing woman, is a daughter of J. M.
Goodwin, of Seattle, and sister of
Mrs. A. B. Lewis, of Valdez, and of
IV. L. Goodwin and Frank Good
win who were for some time resi
dents of Valdez. She has been con
nected with the public schools of
Alt-kn for some time and has met
with great success in her work.
The groom is a son of Mr. ami
Mrs. Aaron Goss, of Moretown.Vt.
lie has been with the A. C. Co. for
more than nine years nml is held
in high esteem by that company as
w 11 as by a large circle of ac
quaintances throughout Alaska
rTit- happy couple met nv chance
the usual wax ” about three years
ago and that meeting was the be
ginning of a steadily grow ing re
gard and friendship, w hic h read ed
its joyous culmination at the A. C.
cc n pany house on the evening of
May 11. The suite of rooms wl ich
had been fitted up for the bride
were charmingly decorated; the hay
window in which the bridal couple
stood being a veritable bower of
trailing ivy and potted plants.
The Reverend Curtis P. Coe, of
the Wood Island Baptist Mission,
performed the ceremony in the
presence of some fifty guests, after
which followed congratulationsaud
good wishes and then music danc
ing and the serving of delicious re
freshments. Kvervone had a jolly
good time and all w ent home in the
“wee sina’ hours” wishing that this
first American wedding in Kodiak
might he the harbinger of other.- as
■ bright and happy.
Cannery Fleet.
The cannery fleet that has ar
rived in Alaskan waters is distrib
uted as follows:
Ship Star of Russia and steamer
Unimak at Kurluk; hark Guy C.
Goss and tug Shelikoff at Uyak;
bark Levi G. Burgess at Chignig;
ship St. Paul and tug Equator at
Afognak.
The whaling fleet now held up at
Unalugku waiting for navigation o;
open in Belu ing sea, consists of the
j following vessels: Beluga, Karluk.
j Barbara Hernster, Charles llanseu,
| Bel vide re and Herman, formerly
Morning Star.
The 1’oru sighted the schooner
Arago May 4, off Coal Harbor, the
, tug C. C. Cherry. Mary K. Hume
and a harkentine supposed to be
the Fremont May 8.
Sailor Killed.
The tannery hark, Levi G. Bur
gess left San Franeiseo April 3.
! hound ior Chignig. When off this
. i coast on April 27 Marlin Peterson
fell from the fore topsail yard onto
the deck mid w as killed. The body
| was taken to Chignig and buiied.
Peterson was about 4“> years of
age, and a native of Gnttenburi',
Sweden. He was employed in 1HH7
-tiS by the Steam Whaling Co., as
a cannery watchman ami since
then by the Packer’s Association
in the same capacity. 11 is only
known relative is a mother #who
resides in Sweden.
Mr. Ols Quean and Miss Mae
W agner, the popular voting couple
of I’nalaska, are to l»e married in
the very near future.
A very pleasant dance was given
in honor of the officers and crew of
the Dora, at the town hall at Unn
laska. Richard Brown, of Valdez,
acted as floor manager, ably assist
ed by Judge Goodcll, Jr., also of
Valdez. Tom Barry, the l»oy bari
tone, rendered a few selections from
Florodora.
The P. P. & X. ship St. Paul,
Capt. Kelltuan in command, arrived
in Chignig April 30, 18 days from
Seattle, with J. L, Wetherltee, sup
erintendent, accompanied by his
wife, altoard. The cannery scascn
will this year l»e later than last,
commencing altout June 10.
Stop Street Work
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Council Will Do No More On The
Streets This Spring.
The council meeting Monday was
devoted principally to considera
tion of the hills ior the street work
done during the past two weeks by
the city. Owing to the attention
given the work by the street com
mittee the expense was compara
tively small, and all the hills were
*<• ««V4 wv» M »• V • 'i* l Oa
It Wits decided to do no more
work on the streets at present, ex
cept to clean the streets from
Third to the l>each, and from Key
stone to Reservation avenue.
In line with the resolution adopt
ed last week changing thecorpm
atc limits to take . in the so-called
reservation strip, a resolution was
adopted extending the town lines
to include the beach. This action
was taken so as to place the mat
ter of the city receiving the licensi s
from wharves and elect lie light
plant before the department.
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Wickersham ,‘ays Half Breed Rus
sians and Settled Tribes
Are Citizens.
The following message dated May !
18, was received here:
“Have just rendered an opinion
holding that all Russian half breeds
and settled trilies from the mouth
of Copper river to the Aleutian is
lands are citizens of the United
States, under treaty with Russia.”
Janies Wickershum.
To Survey Boundary.
W. F. King, Canadian boundary
commissioner is enroute to Van
couver to arrange for the dispatch
of three Canadian parties of sur
veyors, who are to work jointly
with the American surveyors in de
limiting the Canadian - Alaskan
boundary under the London award
of last year.
Two Canadian end two United
States parties v. ill survey the coun
try where the boundary will cross
the headwaters of the Lynn cai al
and Chilkat river. A joint party
will make a survey on toe Siikine.
This will delimit the more import
ant districts through which the
boundary will pass.
Nietlier King, or Tillman, the
American commissioner, will go to
Alaska this ytur. The total dis
tance to be surveyed extends about
5o(i miles from Mount St. Elias
east ami south, hut it is the inten
tion to survey only that portion
where travel and prospering will
lie probable.
Chix al the Valdez Market, 25c.
irau mm
CAUGHT BY BREAK-UP ARE
ALE MOVING.
ta nearly Drowned
While Ice Was Going Out. Hat
lett Party Is Boat
ing.
('lias. P. Friend, who left for the
Xizina as one of the llazelett par
ty in the spring, returned to town
on business last Monday, after a
laborious trip from McCarty cabin
on the Chittyna. The snow was
soft and snow shoes were necessary
most of the way. lie left the Chit
tyna on the Dili ami reports all
well and on the move.
Last Monday George and Mrs.
Kstcrly and party were at the Cop
per river awaiting an opportunity
to cross. There is considerable
ice floating which makes it difficult
to swim the horses. A9 the sled
ding is nlxuit over they l ave cach
ed the sleds and are now packing.
Charles Hubbard, on his way
to the 11 uhbard-Hll;oit projiertics,
is altout eight miles this side of tho
Copper river and moving with his
party as rapidly as circumstances
will permit.
ItiviT tin |»rn|nkrtios in the moun
tain range beyond the Copper river,
are now at the Copper river wait
ing for ilie departure of the float
ice.
Willard Scott's outfit is 3H miles
up i lie Chittynu, which leaves him
only about 25 miles to reach tho
Xi/.iha. He will do it in a few
days.
Hazclclt’s party arrived at Me*
Carthy’s cabinMay lith, and on the
Dili the party of 19 men left for
the Nizina with boats, where they
will start work. The outfit will ho
packed in over the summer trail.
Oscar Fish has about half of his
tit lit at the Strelna, and lett oil
.he lOili for Nizina.
There is altout four feet of snow
on the Kuskaiiua divide, so horses
cannot cross, hut it is expected that
the first pack train will reach the
diggings by June 3d.
When the Chittyna broke up
this spring those w ho were sledding
outfits up the fixer were caught
unawares, and go-sis were cached
generally on the bars in the river.
Tite break-up wss caused by a rapid
rise in the stream at a lime when
most of the men were trailing and
away from the cache. At one
point where a large outfit was in
jeopardy, a few men xxho happened
to he on the spot, made desperate
efforts to pack some of the goods to
a place of safety on the opposite
hank. They succeeded with a
number of sacks when the ice be
gan to break and cl rift, then they
sought safety for themselves by
stepping from cake to cake. When
uho.it mid stream, (icorge Elkins,
who was leading the rush, fell
through, the next liehiml him was
l.io Nickerson, who at the risk of
his life, i it in |ast from piece to piece
of ice down stream till he reached
jii large cake of ice, where he caught
Elkins and dragged him on more
lead than alive from the cold hath.
The ice cake fortunately was suffi
ciently large to hold l>oth, and
they stayed with it till it was
crowded into shore further down
the rivir, when they hastily left it,
! and got back to camp after a xery
I > lose shav for both of them.
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