VOLUME 2, WO. 47 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER?
OUTFITS
OUTFITS
OUTFITS
OUTFITS
OUTFITS
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OUTFITS
Your prospecting or mining outfit must of necessity be a good one. One that will
carry you safely through the season. If the equipment is of poor quality you’ll have
trouble in reaching your destination. If your supplies are not the best, there’ll be
trouble at meal times.
MARK A RIGHT START by placing your order with us. We understand
outfitting thoroughly and our goods arc the best obtainable. This does N'OT mean
that our prices are high. Hand us a list of what your outfit is to consist of. We’ll
make a price and then—well, you’ll sav “GO AH FAD."
A. L. LEVY «. CO.
Good Goods.
Ha|>|>y New Years
For the glad holiday time we have
a splendid stock of articles suit
able for presents.
Dainty, Artistic, Ornamental, Useful.
P. O. DRUG STORE.;
Christmas Gifts of Quality
Beautiful remembrances such as good taste dictates—
Hare conceptions out of the common—designs from
art workers in gold and silver, who have left the im
press of a skill that stands for real merit.
Watches,. Diamonds, Jewelry, Cut Glass, Haviland China.
Gifts for Practical Use. Gifts for the Home BrautifuL
Open Evenings. P. E. KERN.
City Market
NEXT TO MERCHANT’S CAKE.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Our Prices are RIGHT. Give us a call.
1904! NfflU
1903.
A new leaf in the Bf>ok of Time shall be marked with
renewed energy in social and commercial relatione.
While it shall l»e our Endeavor to merit continued trade
relations with the ueni-ral public by our high standard of
g<M«U. Everything for the trail.
Snow Glasses, Field Glasses, Compasses, Magnets.
W. C. STULL,
Optician, Jeweler and Expert Watchmaker, Diamond better.
Who’ll Receive. t
The Tink« y Club will receive at'
the roost. Tbe following inendx-r* j
will lie { resent: Finical,Hammond.
Carvey, Brown, Kraemer, Simon
stadt. Pearson and Wheat. Look
for the sign of the turkey.
F. M. Edwards and Felix Blei
assisted by Lieutenants Baker and
and Wetherell. will receive at the!
residence of Mr. Edwards.
J>r. von Gunther will entertain'
callers at the brewery.
Jas. Fish, Sr., will receive at his
residence, nssisted by Hr. Bartlett,
Judge Lyons, Judge Goodell.W. E.
Hoot, and Boh Cole.
F. C. Taylor will keep ojten house :
aided by H. M. Stoel and C. E.!
Bunnell.
Todd Winters assisted by Am-j
brose attd Joe Bell, will receive at;
the residence across the street from •
Edwards.
C. X. Crarv, W. H. Crarv, Fred;
Hate. Pete Murtuann, Jack Dough-j
erty, Jos. Bourke and A1 Jackson '
will receive at the Crarv resilience. I
Cecil Clegg. E. V. Harlan E. A. j
Henderson and K. Gcoghegan will
receive at the residence of Mr.
Clegg.
Harry D. Reynolds, assisted l»y j
E. R. King, will receive on New
year's Day at his cabin on Mc
Kinley street, first cabin west of
Fish’s new store.
Bousebor Shot.
\V. E. Bouschor whs shot through !
the thigh Dec. 10th, while attempt-j
ing to dikertu a crazed machinist!
on the l’. 8. transport Burnside.
The lout was anchored at Tacoma
at the time.
Bousohor, who is well known
here, is occupying the position of
fourth assistant engineer on the
Burnside.
Bat-Em-Up Wins.
The four round contest between [
Eat-em-up Johnson and Kefosky, I
of Liscum, which was pulled off at,
the Montana Thursday, was won]
by Johnson. The soldier was toj
stop him in four rounds or forfeit '
#25. This he failed to do.
Eat-Em-Up Loses.
Charles Johnsou was arrested1
Christmas day for making a rough
house in the Merchant's Cafe, and
on Saturday morning was given 13 j
davs in the federal jail, by Judge ■
Lyons, on a charge of disorderly
conduct.
BY WIRE. TROUBLE IN RUS
SIA.
Di$ fire In Oika^o
—
Japanese-Russian Affair Still In
Doubt. Insurgents
Lively.
Ia>nimi5, Dec. 28th. Reports re
ceived show an appalling condi
tion of affairs tol»e existing in Rus
sia. Forty thousand of the Rus
sian population have laid plans to i
commence a new wholesale slaught- ,
er of the entire Jewish population.!
leaving the place without a living I
Jewish inhabit ant. The horror of
the situation is l>eyoiid comprehen
sion.
Critical Situation in the East.
Washington, Dec. 30.—At the
Russian Embassy and Japoncse le
gation the Associatedjpress was in
formed the situation in the far East
has entered the critical state. Roth
the Russian Embassy any the Jap
anese Ministir express the hope
that war may not vet i<e inevitable.
Count Cassini goes farther and is
of the opinion that the situation
may yet lie saved wiihoul recourse
to arms, thoti,:h he has no official
advices on which to base this be
lief. The Japeiiese Minister takes
a more pessimistic view of the case.
San Domingo Attacked.
San Domingo, Dec. 30—Insur
gents are attacking this city which
is being defended by the troops of
th# provisional government.
Corbett Wins.
San Francisco. Dec. 30—The bat
tle last night at this place between
Young Corbett and Hanlon for the
light-weight championship of the
world, was won hy the former in
the sixteenth round.
Increase Navy.
Washington, 1). C., Dec. 30—
Senator Hill today stated it is the
intention to make provision fur an
other addition to tin? navy at the
present session of congress.
Cotton Advances.
New York, Dec. 30. — Cotton
readied 14 cents per ]>ound on the
New York exchange yesterday the
highest price in twenty-live years.
Daniel U. Sully made over 910.000.
1)00. Cotton mills ail over thi.
country and Europe are shutting
down and many thousand men and
women are out of employment.
Big Fire in Chicago.
Cuiaiui, Dec. 81.—The Iroquoisc
theater here was horned complete! v
last night. The conflagration oc
curred while the new play Blue
Beard was being enacted, and over !
six hundred of the audience was
burned or trampled to death, there
is great excitement throughout the
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Russians Deny Rumors. >'
St. Petersburg, Dec. 30—dt is
officially announced by the Russian
government that in view of the re
l<ort« current abroad of renewed
attack ou the Jews, that Kispiucff
was never quieter than at present.
Fire at Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dee. 30—Seven
thousand sheep were burned to
deatli in a fire in the stockyards
here to-night.
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Bryan Abroad.
Paris, Deo. 2S—Wm. J. Brvan is
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being received with marked distiuc-,
tion in all European capitals. On
his return he will advocate the
erection of suitable residence for
American ambassador* abroad.
Russia and Japan.
New Yokk. Dec. 2V—The cable
from lamdon to the New York Her
ald says: Mr.Ik-nnett Burleigh in,
a message to the Daily Telegraph J
from Tokin, savs: Opinion is rife'
as to what will h»p|cn China if,
there is war declared l*ct ween Hus-1
sin and Japan. A dispatch to the!
Herald shows the imperial author!
ties on the alert, and ready right ,
now to attack Bliss,a. Their l>esi !
best generals are going to attack ;
Bussia in Manchuria, but tin* real*'
key to the situation is "will .here!
I>e further terrors committed against'
foreigners in China?” or the equal- ‘
ly dangerous prospect of what step
Gcriunny and France will take if i
distil hat ices break out? Great'
Britain and America should l>e
prepared also to see if Japan wag, - .
successful war she he not prevented
<>f reaping the fruits ot her success
as once before.
Hot at San Diego.
Washixotux, Dec. 2«th.—With
three sovereigns reigning over them
and tlie forces of General Jinline/i
within four leagues of rjanio Do
mingo. great excitement prevails.
L’. !*. ministers think the situation
demands the presence of an addi-1
tional warship and appeals to the
state department for quick action
As hitherto requested Sec*. Moodv I
lias cabled Bear Admiral Lnmher-!
ton, now at 1 rinidad. to dispatch '
at once one of his vessels to >an
Domingo with all speed.
Lost at Kyak.
George McPherson and n man i
named Kelly, both formerly of;
Valdez, were engaged in the busi
ness of boating good* from Cate!*
la to the main land, using a row
U>at for the purpose. In the earlv
part of December they left with a
load and landed it eafelv the mxi
day. With one day’s rations thev
left Kyak to return to L’atella and
have not been seen since.
There it every likelihood that ‘
they were blown to sea and lost.!
though there is a hare possibility I
that they may have reached one of
the islands off the <oa*t; in that |
event they would Ite no better off J
as there is no food of any kind on i
these barren islands.
The lsmts touching at Kyak kept !
a lookout, hoping to gel a trace of j
the mi*-ing men, hut nothing was j
seen. Dan McPherson, a brother!
of the missing man is now at Kyak
Big Transfer Reported.
News has reached here that tie j
English company at Kyak have
sold out all their holdings of oil j
lands to Mi. Harriman of the Sou-!
them Pacific K. K. Mr. Harriman I
was anxiously seeking oil lands
along thin coast last summer, and |
had a steamer engaged in thej
search. Now that he has acquired
possession of the Kyak lands it is
expected that he will have exten
sive o| erations going on there this
coming summer.
Need Steamers.
“Valdez,” said Mr. Burleigh, re
ferring to his recent trip to Alaska,
“is destined to l>e the metropolis of
that country. What Seattle needs
as much as anything else is a line I
of steamers running direct from
this port to Valdez. The mail
should lie handled by small steam
ers running out of Valdes, and the !
traflic of the country handled in |
the same way.
“It is only a question of a short '
time before there is a railroad'
built from Valdez into the interior
of Alaska. When that come* Val
dez will he the port through which
the business of Alaska is done. It
is easily seen that this will be true^
when one considers that Eagle city, j
the logical Yukon terminus for a
Valdez road, is hut a comparative-'
ly short distance from Dawson and 1
that freight for 1,000 miles below j
Eagle can l<e easier delivered from
Eagle tt.an St. Michael. j
The mail for the interior left here
Saturday morning.
IM in 16 UTS
IS THE TIME MADE THIS
TRIP
By The Overland Mall. First
Trip Over The New
Route.
Tin- new mail contract from Ft.
[ribbon to Vuldez started on ached*
tiled time. Leaving the Fort on
Dec. 5th it readied Salcha on the
13th, and Fairbanks, on the 14th.
From there to the mouth of the
C’liistuchina they gained a day. and
laid over one day to meet the mail
from Eagle, when the trip was re
sumed, and Valdez was readied on
the evening of Dec. 30th, making
the trip from Fairbanks in Id days.
'Iliere were two large sacks front
Fairbanks, one from Ft. Gibbon
and three from Eagle.
Were it not for stormy weather
inside the coast range the trip
would have bten accomplished in
less time.
Liner Sunk.
Boston. Dec. 113—The steamer
Admiral Dewey rammed the liner
Kiowa in Boston harbor during a
heavy fog. The latter l>oat sank
hut the crew and passengers were
dl rescued.
Many Vessels Lost.
Chicago. Dec. —During recent
‘■orim* on the great lakes a nuud>er
vessels approaching a valuation of
t million dollar* have been lost.
Troops for Panama.
PiiiLADKi.nu v, Pu.. Dec. 28—The
1'. 8. auxiliary cruiser Dixie sailed
from League island nary yard to
lay en mute to Colon, carrying two
kultillion.' of marines, including
•ix hundred men and five mouths
living and tigting supplies.
Want to Arbitrate.
Washington. Dee. 28—Columbia
s endeavoring to persuade Roose*
celt to refer the Panama matter to
he Hague peace convention. If
he reijUest is lefused tlie reprosen*
atives of Coiuinh'a will leave Wash*
ngton. 'I he l niter! 8tates is plac*
ng several additional war vessels
■ ii readiness in ease of trouble aris
nir in Panama.
Moose Dinner.
The Moose dinner Christmas was
well attended, about 120 sitting
lown to the spread.
After the tables were cleared, the
[■resents on the Christmas tree were
listributed. This was the occasion
>f much hilarity, as appropriate
[■resents were provided for all.
rhe rival jobbers unions spent
rbout a week devising suitable
joshes for this occasion, and are to
>e congratulated upon their origin
ility.
A literary program was provided
later in tlie afternoon, which was
well received, and the party then
moved to McKinley hall, where
lancing was indulged in until the
most strenuous terpeichorean fiends
were satisfied.
Married.
Bi.ru—Leopold. In the city of
^cattle, this month, S. Blum, of
Valdez, to Miss Stella Leopold, of
Seattle. The ceremony was per
formed at the. home of the bride.
I’he happy couple will remain in
Seattle until the first of the year,
when they will leave on the Excel
nor for Valdez, where they are
likely to take up a permanent home.
Chase and Sanborn’s Celebrated
Coffee is to he had at Hemple 6
Dougherty’*.