VOLUME 2, NO. 49 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
DO IT NOW
Right now— TO-DAY —is the time vwi should see us about vour outfit. *l'he business
we did in December surprised us. We are going to do a great deal more rhis month
and still more in February. GOOD GOODS at RIGHT PRICES is tile
demand—and at OUR store this demand is FULLY met.
Mitts
Moccasins
Parkies
Lined Overalls
Blankets
Sleeping Bags
Underwear
Felt Shoes
HORSE HARNESS
DOG HARNESS
HORSE SLEDS
HAND SLEDS
CAMP STOVES
SNOW SHOES
HAY AND OATS
GOLD SEAL BOOTS
GOLD SEAL SHOES
War Bags
Wool Gloves
Fur Caps
Lined Gloves
Arctic Sox
German Sox
Mackinaw
Shirts and Pants
A. L. LEVY e. CO.
Oood Goods.
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Do you want a warm bedfellow?
Get a Hot Water Bottle at
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P. O. DRUG STORE.;
Christmas Gifts of Quality
Beautiful remembrances such as good taste dictates—
Rare 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.
Gills for Practical Use. Gifts for the Home hrautltul.
Open Evenings. P. E. KERN.
City Market
KKXT TO MF.IM'HANT’h CAFK.
Wholesale and Retail balers in
Beef, Mutton, Pork and Poultry
Our Price* arc RIGHT. Give us n call.
Mineral Exhibit. v i
The proprietors of tin* tmwling
alley *ill have put up in the build
ing suitable shelves mid cabinets
lor the display of minerals from all
sections of Alaska. Mr. Stoel will
give spcci-il attention to this feat
ure, knowing the desire of most
visitors t > the country to get a
knowledge of our mineral resources.
The place is always o|*en so that
the display can be sjen at any time
and all will be welcome.
Mr. Stoel will be pleased to re
ceive sample- from all who can
spare the sain •.
Send the Pro^cwtor to your friends
Rus.-ians Not Enthused.
St. i*KTKHsiti K<;, Jan. 11.—The
patriotic papers wliieli have lieen
trying to bring the public to a real
ization of the importance of tlx
issues involved in the Russo-Jap
anese dispute have liecn wholly
unsuccessful. The press is forced
to admit the general publie hen
will not interest itself to the slight
est degree in Manchuria, hut posi
tively deserts the entire undertak
ing, utxl greatly desires the railroad
to be dis|>osed of at public sale. It
is aeknowledg«d ninety per ccnt.oi
the public think circumstance*
, have led Russia too far afield.
Wreck.
Skatti.k, Jim. 10.—Tin- steamer
Clallam, on the run from Seattle to
Victoria, founilcrei! in tlie straits of
.limn ile Fuea Friday midnight. 5-1
|iersons drowned; dti saved liy tugs
Sea l.ion and Holyoke, within sight
of Victoria, her destination. Huge
seas overwhelmed her. breaking
ueadliglit* and flooding vessel.
Three boats launched; tirsl. two
containing women and children,
! which were immediately swamped,
and ail occupants lost. Holyoke
reached vessel at 0 o’clock and tow
ed three hours. Clallam suddenly
listed to pori and sank. Majority
of those still alwiard were saved by
the tugs. Among the dead are
Capt. h. \V. Tliompsen.of Victoria,
reli* veil Hrilish ollieer, Col. (!. \V.
'Thompson, of Tacoma, prominent
ming man, and Homer H. Swaney,
,of Seattle. Many hodies have
i I sen recovered.
More Discovery Passengers.
The mords of the Cojiper lliv« r
| Draying Co. and the St. Klias hotel
|show that a man named Win. Pcp
p> r Stopped at the hotel the night
previous to the departure of the
Discovery, and had his baggage
taken to the Imat on that day, Oe
toliei 2Sth.
There was a Wm. Pepper, of Se
attle, hire working for the town
site people, hut it seems that he
did not leave until almut a month
after the Discovery, and we arc
muthle to discover who the other
Wm. Pepper was.
Another passenger from here
was M. J. Cundersoil, coinmonly
known as Mike.
One or two guest* of the Valdez
House also left on the ill-fated
I Mint, hut the hotel register for that
period is missing and it cannot he
asertained who they were.
Native Suicides.
Almut a week liefore Christmas,
Chuckulanta. a native of Taral, a
Si wash village on the Copper river,
after a quarrel with iiis wife went
to the hack of their shack and with
• a pi<to| blew the top of his head off.
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TO BEGIN WITHIN A WEEK
BETWEEN
Russians And The Japs
United States May Get Mixed Up.
I»ate News Prom The
States.
War Within a Week.
WasniMixiix, Jan. 11 The State
Department has la-eti informed
tluit Japan lu»> reqtiisitione*I thir
tv hM-reliaiit v«*ssels for transport.
Tuirr. :es received In-re say the Kns
siatis are increasing the guard at
Seoul daily, and that the French
have arranged to establish a
guard there also.
Helmet Hurieigh cables as fol
lows: Tokio, .Ijiti. 10—Everything
points to the approaeh of war and
I agree with this view, hnt there
may he reason for a little delay
la-fore a serious outbreak. An
other week may elapse la-fun- tla
drama la-gins to open in serious
fashion.
Japanese Alarmed.
i-oxiiox, .fail. II—Tin- Japanese
(iovcrniiicnt is alarnieil at (lie re
purl that.the Russian Hiack iSca
Hi'el intend- In |aiss through the
Dardanelles. Ai the request of tin1
lokio authorities ^jthc Japanese
Minister lo(>rcat Rritain lia> made
inquiries on I Ids subject here, but
the ISrilish Foreign OHicc has uoi
heard that Russia lias asked Tur
key*'.- permission, and is not in
clined to think Russia would raise
such a question in Knrope just
now.
Protect the Jews.
Sr. PtrrEHsmito. Jan. 11.—The
Russian minister of the interior
has made himself personally re
sponsible to the Czar for the pre
vention of anv outbreak against
the Jews at Kisspeneff, or elsewhere
during the holidays.
Will Make War.
S-r. PtvTKKsnrtMi, Jan. 12.—The
opening of the Muekniek outlet to
foreign trade according to the Jap
anese and American commercial
treat'es with China, and without
the consent of Russia, is denounced
by the Svliet here as an open pro
vocation to cause Russia to pro
claim war.
United States with Japan.
Pekix. Jan. 12.— The U. S. is
with Japan, and is endeavoring to
estah’ish its riglds in Manchuria
umler new commercial treaties be
fore war breaks out.
Expect Raid.
Pout Akthcr, Jan. 12.—Owing
to an apprehension of a daring in
cursion on the part of the Japanese
the port authorities have laken
; extraordinary precautions about
the town and along the whole line
of the Manchurian railway.
• Troops for Thibet.
Host. Kong, Jan 12. — Advices
'
; received here from Pekin says Rus
j sin is dispatching large reinforee
j inents into Thibet, whither the
| British ex|M-dition under Col. Mac
j Outlaid was sent recently from
: India.
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Empress Married.
Kumk, Jan. 12.—Another royal
i marriage shocks the eonrts of Eu
rope and more especially that of
Italy. It is nothing less than the
astonishing report that dowager
j empress, the widow of the assas
sinated king Humbert, has married
again.
Washington, Jan. 10—Situation
in far east very threatening. Rus
sia’s reply to Japan’s note not sat
isfactory.
The Fire.
At 11 dill Monday night, while a
howling gale was blowing, a lire
broke out in the soda water works
on Keystone avenue above liohurt
street. No one was in the build
ing at the time and the tire gained
considerable headway before being
diaeoveretL, The pump and hose
were quickly haubd to I Is- scene of
the lire, but unfortunately valua
ble linn- was lost in looking for the
will. By the time a stream of
water was thrown the two adjoin
ing houses were in flames. It wit
readily seen lliat nothing could
save eiiher uf the Ixiildiogs. m>
' luiin* were Issiked onto the walls
ansi tlie struct tires torn down, w bile
a steady stream was poured over
the flames.
The gale that | waved a menace
to tin- town was also a factor in
assisting tlie firemen. It curried
large quantities of snow -ujsm the
tire, and also sided in kis-ping the
surrounding buildings cool and
eooh-d the flame la-fore it got far
from its source.
The wind wan from Lowe river
canyon, and therefore blowing the
Haines toward an open space in
the adjoining block. Had it been
blowing from the glacier nothing
could have saved the long line of
houses that extends from where
the Hre broke out to the hay.
The greatest dangci was from
Hying sparks that were blown
across the town, hut each house in
the path of the spark* was guarded
well.
A large number of men were out
and good services were rendered at
the puitip. At the apparatus
was hark in the tire house.
After the tire apparatus was
take.n away John Kkimo volun
teered Pi watch the ruins until
morning, and it was well he did,
tor tw;iee lie dieovered a smoulder
ing lire under the debris, which lie
extinguished with snow.
The loss will amount to lietween
three and four thousand dollars
with tio insurance. Following are
the individual losers: K. C. Rich
ards, one 2-story cottage; Oscar
Larson and A. (J. Wilson, each a
1-story building; also the properly
of the tenants including tin* min
eral water plant.
Wagon Road Bill.
Following is-thc text of the wag
on road hill introduced in the House
December 14th, by Representative
Cushman. It was referred to the
Committee on .Military Affairs:
lk* it enacted by the .Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of Aincrh-a in Con
gress assembled, that the Secretary
of War he, and he is hereby author
ized and directed to survey and se
lect the most feasible and practical
route for a military wagon road
from Valdez to Eagle City, Alaska,
and to proceed with tin* construc
tion of the same.
See. 2. That in the survey and
construction of said road, the Sec
retary of War is authorized and di
rected to use the military forces of
the United States to such extent as
he may deem proper and practical.
See. 8. That the sum of four
hundred thousand dollars is here
by appropriated, out of any tmuicy
in tin* treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, and made immediately
available for the puqioscs of this
act.
Guaranteeing Treaty Rights.
BtCKLix, Jan. 11.—Kussia has
given out the statement that it will
protect the rights of any nation in
Manchuria under any treaty with
China. This declaration is made
without reservation.
Money Raised.
Chicago, Jan. 12.— Unlimited
! funds are being volunteered for ac
ition in prosecuting the persons re
IsjMmsiblc for tin1 Irtspiis fire.
Tut (OH
WHICH VISITED ALASKA LAST
SUMMER
Recommend Changes In Mining
Laws And A Dele
gate.
W.tsuisiiTux, Jan. 12.—Senali*
Dillingham, of iIm- committee on
territorities, introduced in tJ*< Sm
nte to-day the.rc|>ort of the sills
committee consistmg of .Sinators
Dillingham, Kurnham, ac*i
I'uttecson. wls* visited Alaska last
summit and made an investigation
of tlie luMitircrs and conditions,
and legislative necessity of dial
territory. The report says: "So
many and varying ate the alaisis
practiced tun lei tin- mining laws
that the committee made a general
investigation anil recommends til
ing amendments to 11 m- mining
laws; that there l»e a certain
amount of assessment work on
each mining claim staked, as pre
requisite to the right to have a
claim; no person to lx* allowed to
stake out, or hold, except by pur
chase, more than one mining claim
on any one creek. Alaska is div
ided into three judicial districts,
and tin committee says, on account
of the great size of those districts,
anti the poor transportation avail
able, it is impossible, in some sea
sons. to get justice at all. A fourth
judicial district is therefore recom
mended. The committee says the
predominant idea among all classes
it that Alaska should Ik* represent
ed !>v a delegate in congress. The
committee encourages the establish
ment of a terri orial government.
This is not rcconimciiited, however,
at present, as the com mi I tee be
lieves the population to-day will
not exceed thirty thousand.
Alaskan Bills.
Representative Cushman intro
duced two delegate hills in the
House, Decent tier 7, in one of which
ihe district judges divide their dis
tricts into voting precincts mid
np|Kiint election officers. The oth
er hill provides for appointment of
election otlieiais hy the council of
incorporated towns, and hv miners*
meetings in the outlying districts.
I'infer the latter hill l lie delegate
is to receive $1,500 per annum in
addition to his salary to cover mile
age and ot Iter expenses. Tin- dale
of election is set in Scptctnlicr. He
also introduced a hill appropriat
ing $150,000 for salmon culture,
and one prohibiting location of
placer mining claims by power of
attorney in Alaska.
Wants to Annul Treaty.
Colon, Jan 12.—It is announced
that (ien. Keyes, of Colombia, in
his last note to tlie U. S. stale de
partment, threatened to publish
the correspondence lie tween him
self and the department, if it did
not send the eorre>|Nmdenee to the
senate or make it public. Scc’v
Hay 1ms not as yet come to any
conclusion in the matter. He en
deavored to show (ien. Keyes the
futility of Colombia’s effort to n
gain Panama, but Keyes regards
the subject still ojien ior his efforts
toward jieaccful adjustment, and
the annulment oi the treaty.
British Whip Dervishes.
Lon Don, Jan. 12.—The British
expedition into Somaliland lias de
feated the Dervishes with the lo.-s
of about one thousand of the Derv
ish forces.. The British lost hut
' two officers killed and twenty-tv o
■ notimlcd.