of
OVERCMTJ
*25 OUTERS
For the next two weeks we
shall make a reduction of
2S |>er cent on this entire
stock
tSchloss Bros. & Co.
Fine Clothes Makers
•9«/rme/v -**e/ SVcprYaH*
Ov€TCOcit$ Formerly #10.00 Now $ 7”
Overcoats « i5.00 « ' IS*5
Overcoats 20.00 15*®
Overcoats « 30.oo “ MMi *
This is your chance for a REAL BARGAIN at the
RIGHT TIME. DONT MISS IT.
! VALDEZ COLD STORAGE CO., j
1 and CITY MEAT MARKET.
1 OPI\ A. L. LEVY & CO.
\
FRESH
VEGETABLES
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
'_ _
TELEPHONE
33.
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\ Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
j Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs.
Medicine Outfits For The Trail
(Largest Assortment of Snow Glasses.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES
ANg!ats ©rag Co. Ph4°0ne
Wikidel’s Phonograph Parlor
lH*nk*rs In
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS
ALL SIZES
O.iDIXiold Moulded Kecords in stock
COAL — COAL
C. \V. Miller,agent,or Copper River
Cra ving Co.
Houses—Furnished or unfur
nished, for sale or to rent. See
Valdez Real Estate Agency.
•>,-)lX) Edison Cold Moulded Rec
ords-at Wikidel’s Phonograph Par
lor.
A full line of Corsets at Ladies’
■JSa^aur.
Special Term Court.
| 111 the I'nited States District Court, Third Di
vision.. Territory of Alaska.
The President of the I'nited States, to the l*co
! pie of the Third hulieial Divisiou, Territory
of Uuska—tocettng:
Vo:i and eaeh of you will please take notice,
. that hy uu order of tile above named court,
made and entered on the first day of November
!*.»»• aSl'KCl'.J. TERM of the I'nited States
District c..urt, iti and for theTHIRD DIVISION
i bus been called and will be held at the Court
lioiee iii tin- 'lown of Valdez, beginning on the
Twenty-second day of January, A. D„ I*.nu» ,at
; the hour oi Ten o'clock in the forenoon ami
continuing as long thereafter as the public
business mav require.
j Witness tin Honorable JAMES WICKKK
j SllAM, Judge of the above named court, and
the se-»1 thereof atlixed inis 111 h day of Decem
ber. itmr».
EDW A HD .1. STUCK.
Clerk of I'. S. Distriet Couri for the
; Distriet of Alask, Third Division.
| [skaI.) Hy S. A. Crandall, Deputy,
j Notice ts hereby given that by a special or
: dcr of the court made and entered on the 4th
. day of January, A D.. 190ti, the special term of
! the District c .net. Third Division, called for
! the 22nd day of January, 19Wi, lias been ad
, jouriied until the 14th day of February, 19u6,
and jurymen and witnesses are hereby warned
I and notified to be present at 10 o’elock in the
forenoon on the 14th day of February, liiOO, at
the incoming of the court.
WITNESS the Hon. James Wicker-lium. judge
• of said court, an«l the seal thereof uitixed at
: Valdez, in said district this 4th day of .laniiarv.
: !9ut». K. J. STltfK, Clerk.
Hy s. A. ckanhaj.u Deputy Clerk.
Our Undertaking Department
lias a t'uil line of Coffins, Caskets,
Metallic Lined Caskets, Ladies’ and
Cents’ Robes. Linings and Trim
’ mines of all kinds. Valdez Rank
A: .Mercantile eo., Inc.
Score cards for card parties at
Ladici’ Razaax
I
Welsh Is Cleared.
;
Martin Welsh, a heavy contrac
tor on the Alaska Central, passed
through Valdez on the Santa Clara
on his way to Seward.
Mr. Welsh is the gentleman who
had some trouble with one of his
employees, and, in a tight, the em
ployee fell over in a tit and expired
A post-mortem examination was
held which disclosed the fact that
the deceased had a badly diseased
heart, and the coroner’s jury exon
erated Mr. Welsh and assigned the:
cause of death to heart trouble.
Mr. Welsh also had a prelim:-!
nary hearing before t ho U. S. Com- i
missioner, at which he was again
j exonerated from any blame. At
the request of friends of the de
ceased, the eoronerat .Seattle caused
a post-mortem examination of the
remains, which confirmed the two
examinations held in Alaska.
While the affair is unfortunate'
for all parties concerned, yet in!
these three investigations, it. seems,
that Mr. Welsh is in no way res-:
ponsihle for the death >f the party.
It was one of those unfortunate af-:
fairs in life in which no one is
really to blame, and the three in
vestigations will probably close the
! unfortunate incident as far as the
public is com erued.
Call Foi Warrants.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 11—Notice
is hereby given that 1 wiil pay all
city warrants up to and including.
No. '>89, if presented within ten
days from dale.
K. B. Wheat,
Town Treasurer.
You’ll Find Them
At the Bowling Alley—The De
cember list of Edison Phonograph
Records. We also carry a large
| stock of the handsomest Flower
1 Horns ever jnit on the market, to
say nothing of many Standard
and Home machines, all with the
1 hittst No. crane attachment. \i
! so a large stock of Hold Moulded
Records, li you contemplate huy
ng a phonograph it will pay you
o call on us.
Who is the Arctic Queen?
txteainsixip Conxb.iic.
A nioveiiKY.t was inaugurated
to-day to start a petition for the
federal judge to tall a grand jury
to investigate an alleged combine
in violation of the Sherman law by
the Pacific Coast and Alaska Steam
ship companies. The petitioners
allege that the combine has agreed
upon a schedule of rates and wharf
charges that, is an open violation
of the Sherman law and ruinous
to the trade of the district It is
further alleged that there is a dis
crimination on the part of the com
bine in favor of large shippers, one
of which will have such an appar
ent advantage as to ruin many of
the merchants.—Juneau Dispatch.
Lots of Gold Left In Klondike.
Engineer James Astley estimates
that 9282,(XX),000 in gold r< mains in
the gravel of the Klondike distriet,
and that the water suj>|iiv to wash
out the gold will eost. about $1,000
000. He also figures that with
10,000 miner’s inches of water the
gold can be worked out in eighty
eight years.
Non-Free2able Powder lor Alaska
Everett, Wash.—A representa
tive of a New York powder concern
is here making arrangements tor|
the location of a plant botvani
here and Mukilteo for the manti- j
faeture of non-freezah’e pow let* for
tne Alaskan trade. According to!
a statement by the representative!
work will lie started immediately.
The mill will he a I fig one. employ
ing a large iorce of men.
To Return From Alaska
In tin* list of oflieers of the medi
eal department of the army slated
to return from duty outside of the
country are Lieut, .-'tedman, at
Fort L:scum. and Lieut. Bosley, at
Fort Egbert, Alaska, whose tours
of duty expire next November.
A telegram received this
morning from Judge Wickersham,
states that judging from present
indieat’ons he will not have to go
u> Washington and will leave Se
attle for Valdez Feb. 1, on the
Santa Clara.
We have just received a fresh
lot of Sausages of all kinds, and it
is the best. Just the tiling for the
trail. Valdez Market, Phono 2!).
A V. T. Co. stage, driven by Kay
Larson, was tit the head of the
Delta Tuesday, with seven passen
gers from Fairbanks.
Judge W ekersham left Tacoma
this morning for Washington, D. C.
For Kent—(iood U room house.
Inquire Valdez Heal Estate Agency i
Tom Lawson, who has spent the
winter trapping and trading be
tween Matanuski and Xanana, re
turned to town last week. lie has
a tine lot of furs, among which are
several silver grey ami black fox j
skins.
Valdez Marke*. l’lione 29. i- still
selling their Sugar Cured Hams i
and Bacon at 17 ets a pound.
A pacer, with a 2:14 record, was
brought in by Jack Miller and J.
L. Hosfeld The horse will he
used around town this spring and!
then left here until fall, when it:
will he taken east.
Operator T. \V. Kelly has been
transferred front town to Saina j
station.
How are vou fixed for dog feed?,
We have got lots of it and sell it j
cheap. Valdez Market, Phone 2b.!
1 i
L. A. Marsh, a drummer repre-;
settling Hicks A:Co., passed through
town on the way to Fairbanks, last
week.
Hie commissioner <>f the general
land ollice reports the letting of.
three additional contracts for sin-;
veying mission stations in Alaska.!
The contracts cover 45 mission an 1
school tracts. Forty-one sets of
returns were received from depu-!
ties, of surveys of soldiers midi:,
tonal and homestead entries dur
i ig the year.
(ieneral Win. 1-. Distin, surveyor ;
general for Alaska, lecominends
the appointment of a permanent
inspector of surveys for Alaska.
&aiit<>ua lUuictial en Oregon.
As was stated in the press dis
patches ahiiut three weeks ago.
Colonel Swanitz, of the V.-.ldez
Vnkon Kailwav Co. will arrive on
the Oregon with a large shipment
of railroad material, lie has w in d
for hotel reservations for hirus. if
and party.
Fun for Everybody.
Don’t miss llm Grand Mask Hall
Saturday at McKinley Hall. li
will be the event of the season.
Twenty-three prizes will be awar
ded to maskers for most original
costume, best dressed character,
most se!f-fossessed lady and gent,
best Irish, Dutch. Swede. Negro,
Siwash and Mis.-unrhm ehaiaeters.
dirtiest face, and shirt, seediest,
hungriest and most ragged eiiarac
terr. best local lilt and best clown.
These prizes are contributed by
business houses of town and range
from vaJuit’ule jewels to a cake of
soap.
The Arctic Queen, who. it is ru
mored, is the most Uautiful and
popular young lady in t out, will
award three special prizes.
Admission: Maskers oOe . Spec
tators -tl.
Arrivals From Fairbanks
I f Theo. Johnson. Donald 1>.
Olson, I.. Sclmman, Eli A. Smith,
\V. J. Emerick, W. H. Lake, \\ .
li. Link, V. B. Dillev, J). 'i'. Boone,
W. 1’, i’inkt i ton, ( bas M. Straith.
1")— E. F. Hayes, U. Maurause.
Ed. Goggin. Paul Hopkins. .\I.Bar
low.
Going to Mt. x;7eiCir.ley.
J. L. Hosield. who arrived on
the Santa Ciaru. i.- going to take a
prospecting party into the Ml. Mc
Kinley country this summer. H<
has six horses and will he accom
panied hy ihree men. The rou'c
will he hv way of Gnlkuna to Val
dez creek, from which place there
are low passes into the Kuskokuiiu,
Cantwell and McKinUy country.
Hillv Soule and Terms Smith
left for Copper Center with a load
of supplies for the Copper Center
Mining Ar Trading Co.
Nell Doty and Carl Swanson
were in Tuesday from Pturnd: an
Drop roadhouse for a ioad of sup
plies.
Geo Ksterlv is now in Seattle,
and will come to Valdez on the
Oregon.
Con Boggs will spend the sum
mer with the Crawford party in
the Kolsina.
Mrs. Al. Grigsby has gone to
California to spend the winter. Tin
trip is being taken on account of
the noor health of in r son,
Dave Harris, who worked on the
Kcrnan hydraulic, at Nizina, last
summer, died at Juneau this win
ter of heart disease.
.1. II. Crittenden has purchased
the horses, stable, and house and
lot former!v owned hv II. K. l.ts
lie.
Capt. Olson, who at one time
owned tiie electric light plant at
Ihiwson, passed through here this
week, from Fairbanks.
A telegram was received this]
morning by.Guy Cameron, stating
that his wife hail undergone three
serious operations in the hospital at
Seattle, ami is recovering rapidly.
A stage,completely fitted up with
curtains, wings, and scenery of all
kinds is being put in McKinley
hall, in anticipation of some theat
rical business during the r inter.
See those pretty handbags at the
Ladies’ Bazaar.
The Valdez Souvenir Spoon
stands alone, it presents I he Pret
tiest Birdseye View of Valdez you
ever saw. Nothing borrowed—
Strictly original', and is a master
pit ce of the hig-.est art of die sink
ing. No amount of description
can depict or do justice to ils ar
tistic beauty. It must he seen to
admire it. lo possess one a joy for
ever: It will pav you to goto
Sluli’s Jewel Palace and sce—i-t.
For Rent—The store occupied
by .the Skagway Jewelry Store,
P. K. Kern, for rent on and after
Jan. ifti. See W. C. Stull.
Telegraphic News.
Washington. Jan 17—The presi
dent is now considering the Brady
ease. Tiie general Belief is that
Brady will resign, or if he does not
that he will he removed. A com
mittee of Senators Piles. Allison,
and Lodge. ainTDiek Ryan and ex
(iovemor Swineford, visited the
‘White House in regard to the gov
ernorship. Ryan is the moving
spirit in the agitation to have
Brady removed, and he asked that
the successor he an Alaska man,
strongly recommending Colonel
Pt rkins. of Nome. The president
:s fused to commit himself in the
matter. During the conference,
Perkins was closeted with Secre
tary Shaw. W. B. l!og_att.oi .lu
luau, is the onlv gubernatorial
candidate besides Perkins, am! lie
has mane strong recommendations.
Washington, Jar:. 17—Engineer
Stevens, of the Panama canal
hoard, says lie must he allowed to
employ Chinese in order to com
jilete the work in the time desired.
W shinutou, Jan. 17 —Senator
Nelson has in! rod need a resolution
authorizing the printing of a codi
fication of the Alaska laws and de
cisions.
Washington, Jan. 17—bleneral
(irteley has returned an answer to
the s( ere*.ary of war regarding the
leasing of the Alaska cable and
laud lines to the American Tele
graph and C’ahle Ho. He re otn
mends not having the system.
Secretary Taft will probably make
the same r-.commendation, and
there i> very little i hit nee of the
-posh ion being adopted by con
gn .-s.
Washington. Jan, 17 — The
House committee on territories
will begin hearings on the various
Alaska bills next Monday. They
now have fourteen Hills in hand,
and about a week will be occupied
in considering them ami hearing
irgunn nts. The Alaska railroad
bills are among those under con
sideration.
Washington. Jan. 18—The gov
ernment is calling for bids for two
mail von11 s out of Seward, which
have heretofore started from Val
dez. The first is from Seward to
!•: via Seldovia. Homer,
Kodiak. 1 vak, Karluk. Coal 15a v,
Chignik. Cnga, Sand Point, Coal
Haihor. Petl.ofskv. Saraelief and
Scotch Cap. one.trip a month. The
second is from Seward to Unalaska
once a month.
Washington. Jan. la—The Sen
ate committee on judiciary will ask
tin-attorney general' to authorize
.lodge Wickersham to appear before
the committee toauswer the charges
preferred against hnn. He will he
subjected 1o a severe examination
hut pis friends are confident that
he will he confirmed.
Washington, Jan. IT—The rail
road rate question is now before
ti.e senate. Senator Fulton is ar
guing his amendment to the Doiii
ver hill.
Washington, J:ui. 17—The Phil
ippine hill was passed yesterday
substantially as it came from the
ways and means committee. It
was adopted hy a four to one vote.
Itiee is made subject to the same
dutv as sugar and tobacco.
••The people'Qt.Fairbanks do not
like the election of Omar J. Hum
phrey as delegate to Congress.
They consider him a Seattle-Alas
kan. a transportation man and not
a miner. The mining men of the
Tatiana Valley believe that Hum
phrey is entirely unfitted to repre
sent them, and that his election,
even though a compromise one for
tin sake of peace, was mistake,”
says ]>. 1>. Mills, a prominent saw
mill man of Fairbanks.
The Home Restaurant lias been
purchased by Mr- Moureand Guth
rie, recent arrivals from the East,
ami is i eing run as tv first-class
restaurant, dinner being served
from 5 to 8 p.m., and short orders
the rest of the day. The cuisine
and service are strictly first-class.