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The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19
Wholesale Prices Decline
and Retail Are Steady.
GOOD AUTUMN OUTLOOK
Horses Being Bought in KIOndike
for New Gold Fields Further North
Prospects of Increased Business
in that Quarter.

John kalem, the wholesale merchan-
disc dealer of SkagWay, who has returned
from visit to Dawson, says business was
good when he was there, as indicative of
his success in the field it may be said, in
cidentaIlv, that he has been busy of late
filling orders for $4,000 to $4,000 worth
of GOODS to be delivered in the Klondike
metropolis within the next three weeks.
while the trade in Dawson is very
good" said Mr.. Kalem, turning aside from
his busy duries of filling orders, 'the mar
ket there is not depleted. The demand is
good but there are plenty of goods avail
able to fill them.
because of the heavy receipts shortly
before, the wholesale prices were dropping
when was there. but the retail prices re-
NAMED steady, and the retail ers were con
sequentIv making greater profits.
"Al the merchants OF Dawson look fol
good trade in the fall.
"The cost of living in Dawson is just
about what it was wear ago.
II understand quite number of horse:
have been bought in Dawson of late fol
use in prospecting and entering the new
gold fields of Tanana and kovukuk, and il
those fields pan out, the demand for horses
and supplies there will be felt out here
Some are shipping horses into the new dis
tricts on speculation.
'Laymen in the Klondike, understand
nearly all experienced poor luck las
winter.
"When came up the river several dav,
ago water in Thirty Mile ri YER was as hgl
as ever il was"
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19
Telephone Expert Here.

VIM. N. Sine, of San Francisco, an ex'
pert electrician. who has been employed
for long time on the Strogers Autromatia
telephone system arrived on the Seattle,
and is preparing the plant of the Arctic
Telephone company for installation. The
switch board will be arranged for inspec>
ton in a few DAYS. The owners of this
system claim for it that it is the only alb
Solutelv secret telephone in the world.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19

The mail for Bennett hereafter will close
at 8 a. m. 1t was announced on authority
of the postoffice in yesterday mornings
paper that the mail would close at 7:45
a. M, but it has since been decided to post
pone the closing IS minutes more, thereby
making it a. m.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19
Must Sell.

Fine carom billiard table, fire proof safe,
good saloon bar, 5000 feet cedar lap siding,
five rolls BRUSSELS carpet, ten large oriental
rugs, and the entire stock in my Broad
wav store. Just got in ten cases shoes for
ladies and men. Keelar the Money King,
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19

Numerous kinds of world-renowned
American, English, Scotch. Irish, German,
Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French. Ita-
lian Brandies, Whiskeys and Wines, to be
had strictly pure at the Seattle saloon, cor
ner of State and Sixth Avenue.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19
Call For Bids.

A call is hereby made for bids for the
painting of the new Elk's hall. All bids
must be in before noon tomorrow. For
particulars apply at Keelar's jewelrv store.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19

New porcelain tubs have arrived at the
Principal barber shop. Bath 25c. Op-
posite u. S. barracks. 2-I3-Im
Summer undeswear, pajamas, night
robes Cheney's haberdasherv.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19
fine SOUVENIR VIEWS
Railroad Issues an Unique Hum
mated Set of Playing Cards.

S. M. Irwin, the general traffic manager
of the w. P. & Y. route, has issued a
handsome souvenir deck of cards, each
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19

"For Sale" 'For Rent" Furnished
Rooms For Rent" and other cards for sale
at the Daily Alaskan office. If
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-07-19

Whether you go up or come down drop
in and see US and we will try to attire YOU
so YOU will be comfortable on your journey
no matter the rapidtv OF your flight. F.
H. Clavson x Co., 4th and State.
Hotel Leland, SI3 Second ave-, Seattle,
Wash. Best location in city. Prices rea-
sonable. b "a I'm
beautiful summer goods. including silks,
at the Fife Alaska Co., Fourth or Bond
street. OH mo
Parker & Aggers commission house on
Fourth a, enue between State ard Main al
WAYS have resh fruit and vegetables.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19
The Live Question.

After having paid visit to the
capital cities of three southern
states within the past week, we are
more ardently impressed than ever
before with the idea that a state
capitol building should be in the
largest city Of state, when the
same is centrally located, and in
view of the better times now on us
and about TO visit the south, we
think Florida ought to have a cap
itol building at Jacksonville, cost.
ing not less than 100000. South
Carolina has just appropriated
$3.50, 600 TO remodel the old state
capitol a. Columbia. After that is
done it will not compare with the
new government building at Sa-
vannah, recently completed at a
cost of $4,000. with its up-to-date
architectural ideas and modern
features.
We hope the people of Florida,
who can vote on the capital ques-
tion next month, will seriously con-
slider the question of capital remov-
al and vote for Jacksonville, the
only city that can win out against
Tallahassee.
A vote for Ooala or St.Augustine
only helps to retain the capital at
Tallahassee, ,and if Tallahassee wins
she will want a new, modern, ,up-to-
date capitol, and we don't know if
she is not entitled to it, If the peo-
pie of Middle and South Florida
are 30 blind TO their own interests
as to retain it there,
Let us have a capitol building at
the metropolis of our state that we
can be proud of and take pleasure
in showing our visitors and winter
guests; especially SO, since Florida
has never spent a dollar for the
building of state capitol. Located
there,it will be visited annually by
hundreds of people in Florida, who
have never as yet paid a visit to
Tallahassee.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19
Buying Georgia Cattle.

b. B. Bareo has returned 20 Gainesville
from q trip to Echols county, Georgia,
where he collected drove Of cattle for
shipment to Cuba. He said he had
brought $50 head Of large Georgia cattle
and expects to realize a handsome profit
from them. These cattle are now in his
pasture and will not be shipped until the
latter part Of this month. Cattle are get
ting 30 scarce in Florida that buyers are
compelled to 90 out of the state for stock
to fill their orders and the demand keeps
increasing.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

we nope tnaL every VOIer VIII
decide by personal investigation
whether he wants a constitutional
convention and cast a "No" vote,
until he has asked himself and an
swered a few questions. There are
public evils among us, but which
of them legitimately comes from
an omission or weakness in the
state constitution? Newspaper cor
respondents have voiced many
complaints and the state press has
emphasized others, but so far there
are none which might not be rem
edied by constitutional amend
ment. which were not enormously
charged to the present constitution
or manifestly stamped as trivial.
Let US agree that the assembling Of
body that must cost the state be-
tween S60,WO and 100000 should
be carefully considered and the ne
cessity clearly shown.
The following paragraphs bear
ing on the subject, from the Times
Union and Citizen, are so apropos
just at this time that We give them
our editorial endorsement:
Which is the objection that can
not be Obviated by amendment?
Which is a radical defect that must
be supplied? What is the feature
so oppressive in the present or dan
gerous in the future that il Raay not
be endured until more urgent de-
mands upon the treasury have
been met? Why not wait Gatfl We
have paid off our state debt and
are no longer taxed merely for in
terest to the profit of those living
beyond our borders?
Could not the state more prOfta.
bly, use the Sl0O,OOO, if We have il
to spare, than by calling "a constitu,
tional convention? A correspond
ent makes the point that il new
constitution would be amended fol
ii term of years. AS its defects became
apparent; we have put the one We
have through that process and
might as we'll continue as We begun
such instruments are subject tC
the laws of development and
growth in opinion and business
and We cannot expect anything
perfect, even from those we might
elect for new job.
We do not ask whether those
who hope to help do the work want
a constitutional convention, but
whether the people want one. L
there be good reason for the wOri
and expenditure, well and good; i
not, We might 60 further and fare
worseH We would like TO see those
who advocate the convention come
The Florida star., 1900-10-19
A Night Of Terror.

awful anxiety Was felt for the widow
of the brave Gen. Burnham, of Machias,
Me, when the doctors said she could not
live till morning." writes Mrs. >. ii. Lin
coin, who attended her that fearful night.
"All thought she must soon die from
pneumonia, but she begged for DR.. King g
New Discovery, saying il had more than
once saved her life, and had cured heG OF
consumption. After three small doses she
slept easily all night, and its further use
completely cured her" This marvellous
medicine is guaranteed To cure all throat,
chest and lung diseases. Only SOC and 81.
Trial bottles free at b. K. Wilson Il Sons
drug store.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

out before the public with their ar
guments and reasons; gladly do we
open our columns for the discussion
and right settlement of a PROPOSE
ton that would cost a people SO
heavily, that have suffered recently
and are already complaining of
their burdens.
Meantime, let Us vote against the
convention, unless each voter can
give q good reason for supporting
the proposal at the coming election
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

DIR. w. II. Lewis, Lawrenceville, Va,
writes: 81 am using KOdol Dyspepsia
Cure in my practice among severe cases
of indigestion and find it an admirable
remedy" Many hundreds of physicians
depend upon the use Of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure in stomach troubles. IL digests what
and permanent cure, Wilson & Son.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

SENATOR HANNA is using a man
of straw to explain away his utter
ances about the nOn-existence OF
trusts. "A trust is combine" said
the senator in Chicago, the other
day, Gin which the shareholder is
given a certificate and has no voice
in the management. We all know
that no such combination exists in
this country" In the first place, as
Senator Hanna must know, that is
not the true acceptation of the
term trust, and even if it was, re-
marks the Savannah News, it is
well known that there are few
combines of the trust kind in the
country in which the majority
stockholders do not do all the
squeezing they have an OppOrtuni-
" for.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

THE Philadelphia Times says of
the attitudes of ex-Presidents
Cleveland and Harrison: There
are only two ex-presidents living
one a Republican and one a
Democrat ,and both have stubborn
" maintained silence in the cam
paign, until within a few days.
They have finally said something
and they may be summed up in
about this way: Cleveland and
Harrison would both like to see
their own party candidates defeat
ed. but do not want to say that the
other party should win. Such is
the political teaching of our ex-
presidents in this campaign. They
seem TO be in about the same posi-
tion As the boy at the crossroads,
who told the inquiring traveller
that il did not make any difference
which road he took, as he would
not 90 far until he wished he had
taken the other; or. like Hooker S
hull. described by Lincoln which
got fast on the fence and could not
core in front or kick behind
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

TEDDY and his publishers are
taking advantage of his big adver-
tising to push the sale of his books,
old and new. He will never be
vice-president. but he will proba-
bly, get considerable cash out of his
attempt.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

Miss Mamie Smith, Middlesboro, KY,
writes: My little sister had the Group
very bad. / gave her several doses Of
Foley's Honey and Tar and she was in
stantly relieved. Ii saved her life. b. r.
Wilson & Son.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19
IHn

Total rainfall for the week. 2.59 inch.
Departure from the normal rainfall for the
week. plus 8S inch.
Departure from normal rainfall since Jan.
LIST, 1000, minus SOC inches.
HAL p. HARDIN.
Observer Weather Bureau.
Jupiter Fla. Oct. 9. 1900.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

Our sister state, Georgia, gave the
Democratic party 60,OOO majority
this year and elected a solid Demo
cratic congressional delegation for
a third term.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

If the trusts represent the busi-
ness interests of this country, we
are pleased to admit that they are
solidly arrayed against Bryan and
Stevenson.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

THE Democratic party will carry
states this year that they did not
carry in 1896, and they will carry
enough to elect Bryan and Steven
son.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

THE Imperialists of the world
are fooling themselves, when they
imagine that a majority of Ameri-
can voters will endorse Imperial
ism,
The Florida star., 1900-10-19

There will be ten acres Of lettuce at
the DeBary place, near Enterprise, this
season. Five carloads of tiling were used
for subeoil draining this tract.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19
VgeskIy Weather Report.

o. Q. DKPARTAENT OF AGRICULTURE wkArH-
ER BUREAU.
Comparative statement OF Temperature
and rainfall for the week sRAipg Tuesday
Oct. 10, 1900.
The Florida star., 1900-10-19
Apathy Disappearing.

4
AS the campaign draws to a close
the apathy which has characterized
the voters in almost every state
disappears, especially in doubtful
states. In those states there is an
awakening which presages an ex-
ceptionally close and exciting cleo
ton. The Republicans are becom-
ing sensible to the fact that there
is not going to be any such thing
as a walk-over, hence they are in
creasing their efforts in New York,
Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and West
Virginia, which are the doubtful
states they most desire to capture.
Meanwhile the Democrats have not
for moment slackened their Of
forts to poll a full vote, and that
their work is having good effect is
to been in the enthusiastic and
largely attended meetings that are
being addressed by Mr.. Bryan and
other speakers, especially by the
i Democratic nominee in New York.
That the apathy Of the earlier
part of the campaign has been
shaken of, and may be expected
to be supplanted by the liveliest in
terest, is indicated by the results
of the registration in New York
state and city. A considerably
lgreater number Of voters has been
registered in the city than during
the corresponding period of regis
tration for the last election. Just
what this increase in the number
of those who are qualifying them
selves to vote means to the parties,
it is difficult to determine. On
each side it is claimed to be a fav-
Orable indication for the party
making the claim. There have been
losses in some of the down town
Democratic districts. Mr.. Croker
says the reason is that the residence
section is moving up town, and
that what has been lost on the low
er east side has been more than
gained elsewhere. Mr. Croker is
lquitc certain that the heavy regis
tration means full Democratic vote
and a decisive Democratic victory.
lon the other hand Republican
chairman and Candidate Odcll and
lGen. Francis V. Greene are equally
iemphatic in expressing the opinion
ilhat the large registration means
Republican success.
The registration up the stale has
been increased relatively as much
as in the city. Ex-senator Hill
says the meaning of it is that Iair
weather favored larger outpOur-
ing of farmers and others to quail
fy themselves and that many Dem
Iocrats who did net vote in the last
election, because of the fear of free
silver, ARE now preparing themselves
to vote next month for the Demo
cratic candidates. That seems to
be a reasonable view to take of the
matter.
1t is gratifying at all events, re-
marks the Savannah News, to know
that lively interest has been
awakened in the election. Mr..
Bryan will spend the greater part
of this week in New York. With
the people awakened, he will have
a better lot of material to work
upon. That his meetings have been
largely attended is fOregone con
clusiOn; that his speeches will de
eide many a waverer to vote fol
Americanism, in preference to i'm
perialism, is also assured. The stu
: alton in New York is quite encOur
aging, from the Democratic point o.
view.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14
State Assessors Meeting.

The State Assessors, Hon. VIM. O..
Marshall of Belfast, Hon. Otis HayfoId
of Canton and Hon. George Pottle OF
Lewiston, held session at the Court
House, Friday last. James Plummer,
clerk of the board, was also present.
The meeting was held to give paroles
interested in wild lands opportunity to
be heard In regard to the taxable value
thereof.
Similar meetings have been held in
Maine counties wherein are located tim
Der lands, and hearings therein have also
been held at Augusta.
At the hearing here last week but few
owners or representatives of owners of
timber lands were present. S. w. Phil
brick of the Coburn Agency and c. A.
WILDER, Esq. of Madison, representing
some owners resident In Franklin county
were before the board and the assessors
went carefully over the schedules of the
timber lands in the county with County
Commissioners Weber, Smith and Met
calf in order to have the benefit of their
practical knowledge of the various tracts
to enable them to get at the correct
valuation thereof for taxable purposes.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14

1t was in an art store Ia Fifth ave
nue., and the dealer was showing gild
ed clocks and candelabra to a Gus
toner. Pointing to one particularly
handsome set, he said. THAT Is worth
$3.50" Pointing to another of similar
pattern. but not so handsome. be said.
THAT is worth 5000"
"But the other one is better" said
+he customer.
well" said the dealer. the chief
value of this one pointing to the 5000
affair is in the gliding. 1t was gilded
by the mercury process which is now
forbidden by law almost everywhere.
The other one was treated with the
electroplating process"
well. it's handsomer." said the Gus
toner. rs it as durable? If it is. why
should pay $3.50 more?'
at is practically as durable. and it Is
handsomer.' said the dealer. But you
can duplicate ii. and you cant dupli-
cate the other. The mercury process
of gliding was death to the workmen
who engaged in it. They inhaled the
fumes of the mercury. and in the end
1t killed them, and it wasn't long do
ing it. either"
"Tll take the mercury one" said the
customer. "but the other is handsom-
er."-New York Sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14
William f. Greene Nominated

Republican convention of district
No. 104, composed of the towns of Madi-
son, Scion, Athens and Cornville, was
held at Madison, Friday last, the Sth
inst. DR.. s. G. Greene of Scion, presid-
ed and C. C. Kinsman of Cornville, was
secretary. Delegates were present from
all the towns. William F. Greene of
Madison, was unanimously nominated
for Representative to the Legislature.
The nomination was made by E. l..
Perkins, seconded by Geo. A. Herrick
and on motion of L. c. Williams of
Athens, the nomination was made by
reclamation. Mr.. Greene is one of the
leading merchants of Madison, for many
years town clerk of that town and is a
representative citizen of Somerset's most
rapidly growing town. He will look
after her best interests and those of his
district in the Legislature.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14

The trusts are not having things their
own way by any means. Officers and
directors Of the Ice Trust, New York,
have been summoned to show why they
should not be proceeded against Grim
inally on the charge of conspiracy.
They are accused of restraining and
preventing competition. There is no
tariff on ice, therefore 1t cannot be an
offspring Of protection. Its parentage
has been traced directly to Tammany
Hall, which is robbing the poor of New
York, and depriving the people there of
summer necessity.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14
"The Boxers. "

The bodies of men known as boxers
in China are not of new society. The
Chinese name is made up of those words
which signifies "peace, righteousness and
the fist" says DR.. Isaac Hudland of the
Pekin University.
The society was organized many
centuries ago for moral, religious ard
athletic purposes, all being strong ad-
herents of the teachings of CoDtucius.
Before the harvests generally the
country was much troubled with thieves
and robbers who preyed on farmers.
There is legend that at one time gov
ernor called upon the society to extermi-
nate the bandit. His own son was one of
the party and all were provided with a
large sword.
In time they became themselves
thieves and robbers. The beginning of
the present trouble started about four
years ago by the persecution of natives
who had become Catholics.
From making trouble for the Catholic
Chinese, the boxers began making trou-
BILE for the Christians of other faiths,
descending on villages and destroying
Christian chapels and churches.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14

One of the most important measures
ntroduced in Congress in the interest
of game and bird protection passed the
Senate unanimously on the 18th inst.
1t had previously passed the House with
only % negative votes and is known as
the Lancev bill, introduced In the
House by the Hon. John F. Lancey of
Iowa, early in the session. The mlli-
merry interests made desperate fight
against the measure, but we have won a
glorious victory over them, and the
result will soon be seen in a rapid
increase of birds and game animals
throughout the whole country. No
more shipping Of bird skins from Flori-
da, Alabama, Louisiana or any other
state to New York or elsewhere, label
ed anything else than what they are.
No more contracting for 10000 birds to
be. slaughtered In Maryland, to be ship
ped to New York; no more Strengthening
of sea gulls on the New England coast
or elsewhere, In violation of the laws of
any state, and shipping them to milli-
merry hogs In New York, no matter how
labeled.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-14
Russia and Japan.
cortland Press.


1t is by no means the most improbable
thing in the world that the Boxer out
break in China may precipitate COLI
sion between Japan and Russia. The
relations between them have been strain
ed ever since the latter succeeded in
depriving the former TO n large degree
of the fruits of her victory over the
Chinese. Recently those relations have
been still more strained by Russian
aggression 10 Corea. Russia is evidently
trying to get an excuse for marching n
part of the troops which she has in
Mauchuria into Pekin, since che is in
tringueing with the Empress Dowager
to prevail upon her to ask her assistance
in putting down the Boxer uprising.
Japan on the other hand Is doing all
she can to defeat these Vaccinations
Ii she should fail and Russia should get
the coveted commission from the En-
press Dowager, It is exceedingly
probable that Japan might resist any
attempt of the Russians to execute It,,
by force. She as we'll as Russia, has an
army pretty close to the source of the
trouble, and her people are very much
stirred up and anxious to try conclusions
with Russia whom they thoroughly hate
and distrust.