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The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
LOST,
Notice Of Election

Notice is hereby given that a gen eral municipal election will be held at the City hall and Council Chambers, on Sixth avenue, in the City of Skag- way, Alaska. on Tuesday. June -Sth, 1901, the polls Co open at Q o'clock, a. m.. and remain open until 7 o'clock D. m.. for the purpose of clecting seven Councilmcn and three School Direc. tors, Co hold office for one year from the first Monday in July, I0oI
 The following persons have been ap- pointed Co conduct the elections: Judges: J. M. Tanner Phil Abrahams, and Charles Martin. Clerks: J. Stalcy. I'd. McDouald
 Given by order of the Common Council of the City of Skagway Alas ka. this I2th day of June, I0oI.
 R. D. WELDON.
 City Clerk Grass seed for sale by Lilly Brosti
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
cLAssLEr.n lrnnrRLlsEMENrs

,4Sgs,fnsnsrh pHdsr its bsas ef "Fo, Rssi." ''fe Sale" or "Wssiss." fuo esaf bs' uo'd Jos asf H. iSiioa. oHs esHi bs' u0rf Jo' safb iatfqHssi fEo- Hos. Uassr bssd "SHssiiosi Waaist." oas 0a psr u0rd. No s5veihSmssi fsim for co fbss fwfniy- -fvs csHh.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
CorteS Ford. IT of the the estate Q

Bosworth & Aggers. wholesale deal CTS, Fourth avenue. between Broadway and State streets. received by last boat choice poultry. butter eggs and vege- tables.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
Admiuistrator. Notice

Notice Is hereby given that the uu- der,igned ha, been duly appointed by the Probate Court for the District of Alaska. at SkagWay administrator of the estate oi F. F. Stotko, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required Co pre- sent the same properly verified as by law rQuIred. Co me at Sklgway. m the District oi Alaska. within siN month, from the date hereof
 Dated at Skagway Alaska this 7th day oi June. I0OI
 CorteS Ford.
 Administrator of the the estate of
 F. F. Stotko. deceased
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19

Red Star bottled beer is uneQualed as a table drink. g. per dozen, deliv- cred Telephone 80.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19

Roast Duck and lPlymouth Rock Chicken at the Seattle with Famous Rainier Beer.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19

Have you seen that hobby line o new spring overcoats at Claysons.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
The Only Pure Toe Cream

To be found in the city is at the Ger man Bakery Families and parties sup piled at SI per gallon. Only the puresi and material used. ti
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19

Fine clothing a fair price is a sure preventative of a dull day m our store. ClaYson & Co.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
SUNDAY SOCIAL

An items of social or fraternal inter est must be in by 7;5o Saturday even mg
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
SEATTLE AGENCY.

Hotel Northern News Stand, North ern Hotel First Street. Seattle, Wash.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19

Mining Blanks at this office.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
FOH RENT.

FOR RENT-Hall in Daily Alaskan building. Apply to J. A. Molineaux or c. w. DeSucca. t.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19

Grass seed for sale by Lilly Bros.ti
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19
WANTED.

Apply at
 the Cottage. 3t
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FOH SALE.

FOR Underwood typewriter by Lilly Bros, agents. q
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-19

FOR SALE-Most artistic residence
 in Skagway; s-roOm cottage; bath, clothespress. etc. Apply Hotel Dew. ey q
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
THE ELECTIONS IN ILLINorS
'fhe Contests For the Most Par,
Were Fought ON License ana
Anti-Lfcense Lines.

st. Louis, April 1s.-Reports s.
the town and village elections ~
throughout Illinois Tuesday. indica,s
that the license question was the ma,e
issue, and only at few points W.
party lines tightly drawn. The :.
suit, as whole, shows the ap.;-r
cense sentiment somewhat i'm the M.
jority. At several places ministar.
were active workers at the polls
Republicans elected MAYOR =.
Lincoln for the first time in 81
years. The council is also republic,n
At Decatur the republicans made
clean sweep of everything excen,
mayor.
A republican mayor was elected q,
Streator.
VIM. j. King headed the repub,i..n
ticket at Litchfield, and was elec,aa
over strong opposition.
The city campaign in Peoria ended
in the election of the entire DEM
cratic city ticket by majorities RANG.
ing from 500 to 5000. and the electio,
of six out of eight of the democrats
candidates for aldermen. William
Bryan. democrat. dislodged Henry w
Lynch, the present mayor, by MIN.
rality Of 2,940.
Joliet elected II. j. Barr, a republ;.
can. mayor, and council fayorahla
to license.
Aurora elected George Alschuler
democrat, MAYOR.
The city election at Mattoon was a
democratic victory, +. d. Barr. clerk
and Arthur NJ. Hart, treasurer. being
the only republican candidates on tha
city ticket elected.
AT Bloomington, Thomas, republi.
can, was elected mayor by 100 plural.
ity, as against his plurality of 400 in
1900. The republicans elected all Init
two of the seven aldermen. and all
of the other officers but street COM
missioner.
Jacksonville elected Davis, repubIi-
can, for mayor, by about 1000 ma
jority over Widenham, democrat.
Ottawa reelected former Attorney
General Maurice L. Maloney MAYOR ON
a bipartisan ticket.
There were many non-partisan tick
cts in the field where the candidates
represented both parties.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
MAJ.-JAS. T. WATSON DEAD.
Well-known Lumberman ane
Prominent i'm Grand Army
Circles of st. Louis.

st. Louis, April 1s.-Maj. James L.
Watson, n well-known lumberman AND
prominent in Arkansas during the re-
construction days after the civil war,
died yesterday morning at the home
of his son, George E. Watson, secre.
tary of the st. Louis Hardwood ana
Lumber Manufacturers exchange
1896 Laclede avenue. His illness fol-
lowed stroke OF paralysis two years
ago.
Maj. Watson was born in Bergen,
Western New York, in February
1912. His family traces its descent
to the early settlers of New England
The funeral will be held under the
auspices of Ransom Post, G. A. r., OF
which he was an honored member.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
A GLACIAL PHENOMENON.
Glacier Makes Its Appearance on
Hillside Back of Dawson,
In the kIOndike.

Seattle, Wash, April 1s.-Dawson
arrivals on the steamship Humboldt
say the Klondike is in the throes of n
glacial phenomenon. Two months
ago glacier made its appearance on
the hillside back of Dawson. The ice
of the glacier is from IL to Is feet
thick in places, and besides rendering
that section of Dawson uninhabita-
BILE, it TIN eatens to render the trail
leading to the cemeteries impassa BILE
during the summer. Such a result,
it is predicted, can be averted only
through the construction of series
of culverts and bitches, as the broil-
ing summer sun will keep torrents of
water flowing from the ice mountain.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
COMPETITION FOR THE CANAL.
The Extension of the Tehuantepee
Line, Across Mexico, VIII he
Isthmisn Canals Rival.

New York, April 1s.--A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from
London says:
The great British rival 10 The
lsthmian canal is a railway which 4
being built across Mexico's narrowest
point. This will be mainly an extern
sion of the Tehuantepec line, built
by the Mexican government to con-
meet the gulf of Mexico with tie Pa
cific, which has no terminal facilities
5. Pearson & Co., of London are re-
constructing the railway into an in
ter-oceanic freight thoroughfare un.
der an agreement, made two yeare
ago, the Mexican government leasing
the road to the British firm for 50
years.
The line will be ready within four
years. Two thousand men are work.
ing, personally supervised by Sir
Weetman Pearson. Harbors are .eing
constructed at both ends affordine
anchorage to the largest vessels.
Pearson says:
1--WE hope for two million tons year.
ly on the railway. If the Nicaraguan
canal carries that 1t will have to
charge 80 shillings ton to make four
per cent. against our charge of ten
shillings. Again there will De saw
lIg of time. We shall handle a ships
cargo in one day against three spent
in the canal. We have the hes. of the
distance and a start of fully five
years. Though the road is 100 miles
long it has 900 bridges of iron and
stone, which. with the steel rails are
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
LIKE A POLITICAL MEETING
UnseemIy Conduct During the Con-
secration of Rt. Rev. Ingram
Bishop of London

London, April 1s.-The scene in
Bow church during the conservation
of Rt. Rev. A. f. w. Ingram as bish-
OPP of London, resembled a political
meeting rather than a religious serv-
ice. John Kensit, the anti-ritualist,
entered protest against the appoint
ment. He spoke for long time in a
loud voice. His remarks caused an
extraordinary uproar, and he was
greeted with cheers, Kisses and shouts
of order" shame" mo popery." etc.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
TO ESCORT THE PRESIDENT.
President Mckfnley's Military Es-
cort I'm San Francisco VIII he
an Imposing One.

San Francisco, April 1s.-Gen. War
itary escort on the day of President
Mckinley's arrival in this city, esti-
mates that there win be from 10000
to 10000 men in line. 1t will probably
be one of the most imposing military
affairs ever witnessed on this coast.
There will be no civic bodies in the
line.
The regular army will be led by
either Maj.-Gen. Shafter or Ma. Gen.
Young, depending upon which of
these officers is in command of the
department of California at that
time
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

George W. Parker declines to enter
an election contest against Mayor
Wells of St. Louis.
The steamship European. with LOO
horses, cleared from New Orleans.
Tuesday, for Cape Town.
Six thousand dollars reward are of
fered for the return of Willie McCor-
mick, the High Bridge On. W boy.
and no questions will be asked.
DIR. r. F.. Lusk died suddenly OF
hemorrhage at his home at Lone Oak,
Mo. He was postmaster at that
place.
Robert FitZsimmons was arrested in
Washington, charged with assault up
on his wife, but Mrs. Fitz refused TO
prosecute.
Chamberlain's appeal for women
emigrants to go to South Africa is
meeting with bounteous responses.
None of the servant class are wanted.
The National Oil Co., which bought
the big gusher at Beaumont, plans to
lay pipe lines to the coast and open
up a market for the oil at once.
Secretary Root has cabled Gen. Nc
Arthur, asking for additional infor-
nation concerning the reports of
frauds in Manila.
George w. Schnebly, Jr., one of the
oldest residents of Central Illinois.
died at the home of his son in Pc
oria.
China has formally expressed graft
tude to Japan for the latter's diplo-
II, ~, l.
versy with Russia over the Man
churian matter.
In the best-informed circles at Lis
bon it is declared that the story that
the queen of Portugal will enter
convent is absolutely fantastical.
The pope, at the recent consistory,
expressed his pain at the growth of
divorce laws, which he denounced as
tending to destroy the sanctity of
Christian marriage.
Ruben Quinn, the SLAYER of Police
man Crum, at Danville. Ky, was m
dicted Tor murder. He pleaded not
guilty.
1t is probable that Maj .-Gen. Corbin,
| adjutant general, will be named to
represent the United States at the
| coronation of King Edward VII
Rev. John Shannon died at his home
near arlington. Mo. He was a we'll
known Methodist preacher, having
been a minister for 40 years.
Seven new eases of the bubonic
plague have been reported at Cape
Town, three of them being Europeans.
There have been but few deaths. one
| of which was a European.
Fire destroyed the Pile block in the
business center of Bristol, Tenn The
| loss is Placed at more than $4,000,
with insurance aggregating probably
| $50, 600
Bishop ]. J. Esher, after protract-
ed illness, died in Chicago, aged rs.
| Bishop Esher was the senior bishop
of the Evangelical church.
| Fire on the farm of Louis Stapf, re-
siding about three miles west of Mas
coutah, H., consumed the barn. gran
aries and machine sheds. Nine horses
persisted.
Gen. Macarthur reports the arrival
of the transport Indiana at Manila
She had on board 145 men of the
Tenth infantry and SIS of the Twer-
ty-eight infantry.
Temples dry goods store az Joplin,
Mo-, was Quilted by fire Tuesday even
ing. The cause of the fire is supposed
to have been an overcharged electric
light wire in the second story. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
RUSH FOR PLACER DIGGINGS.
Revival of Mining in the Rock Creek
Placer DiGgings in British CO.
Iumbin Causing IA Rush.

Vancouver, b. c., April 1s.-Anoth-
er gold rush is now causing some ex-
citement in the boundary district of
British Columbia. During the past
few days Rock Creek and it's tribu-
taries have attracted more placer
gold hunters than can stake claims.
In the early sixties the Rock Creek
placer diggings yielded large returns.
and the revival of the mining now is
the result of recent, gold discoveries
below the historic Whites bar on this
creek.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
Hanging In the Balance.

Harrisburgh, Pa, April 1s.-The bill
providing for the construction and
completion of the state capitol build
ing and appropriating $4,000, 900 there
for, was defeated III the senate when
taken up for final passage. The vote
was afterward reconsidered, and the
bill will again be brought up next
Wednesday.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
THE DANISH WEST INDIES.
The Danish Government Earnestly
Considering Uncle Sans
Latest Proposal.

Copenhagen, April 1s.-The govern
ment is earnestly considering the re-
cent somewhat modified proposal
with regard to the sale to the United
States Of the Danish West Indies,
which is considered likely to lead to a
satisfactory termination of the nego-
tiations. Official circles are of the
opinion that the two governments
are now nearer an agreement than
they have been at any previous time
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

New York, April 1s.-The decision
of the United States supreme court to
the effect that divorce obtained out
side the states of legal residence of
both husband and wife is Illegal, has
created CONSERVATION in many homes
in this and other cities in cases where
divorce has been followed by second
marriage.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
The BirminR h am Railway, Ltght
Power Co. Car Barn, and Thtr-
ty-Five Cars Burned.

Birmingham, Ala, April 1s.-Firs
destroyed the car barn of the Birming-
ham Railway, Light and Power Co..
35 trolley cars, the Third Presby..
terrain church and parsonage, ana
half a block of cottages adjoining
The total loss is estimated at s7o,-
900, covered by insurance. The origin
of the fire is not known.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
Hunt Bros. Co.'s fruit canning plant

Hunt Bros. Co.'s fruit canning plant
1T Haywards. CAL, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the 12th. The COM
pany's boarding house and IS cot
tages, rs of which were owned by The
company; the plant, fruit warehouse
and 1000 cases of fruit were de-
stroyed. Several fruit cars were also
consumed. The loss will exceed $780,
600. The fire is believed to have been
incendiary.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

A joint resolution was adopted in
the Pennsylvania senate, on the 18th.
appropriating $4,000 for a commits
sion who shall represent Pennsylvania
at the ST. Louis exposition. The COM
mission will consist of five senator's,
eight representatives, and the presi-
dent and speaker OF the two branches.
The commission will erect, during
1902. building Oh the exposition
grounds at a cost not to exceed $780,
600
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
Treasury Officials Alarmed.

Washington, April 1s.-Treasury of
ficials are becoming alarmed over the
tenacity of the bull fever in the New
York stock markets. 1t is feared that
overspeculation, il much longer con
tinued, will result in panic in which
the business interests of the coutry
generally will suffeN
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

The farmers of Saline county, Kan
sas, have completed the preliminary
organization OF their association to
fight the grain combine by building
or leasing their own elevators, and q
charter will be applied for at once.
An effort to form similar organiza-
fions throughout the wheat belt of
Kansas and Oklahoma win be made
with view to having representatives
at state meeting to be held at Salina
on May 16.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

The usual scenes attending the re-
opening of the Irying-Terry season in
London, were witnessed around the
doors of the Lyceum theater on the
18th. AS early as seven o'clock in the
morning men and women collected,
armed with camp stools, novels, sand
witches and TASKS. The crowds rapid
~ increased until a special police
force was required to keep the first
nighters in line.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

"A serious seditious movement
says the Pietermaritzburg CORE
spondent of the London Daily Mail,
lis spreading among the natives. 1t
is headed by native ministers who
preach the doctrine of Africa for At
ricans, and incite the natives to throw
off all European control. The author
tiles are carefully watching the prop
uganda, but are reluctant to inter-
fere through fear of making martyrs
Of the ringlcaders.'
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

Komours Youtaro, the japanese
minister, accompanied by Gen. Yama-
guchi. the japanese commander, re-
Gently called upon Prince Ching and
notified him that the return of EN-
peror Kwang Su to Pellin was urgent
ly desired. No reply having been re-
ccived to this communication, Ii
Hung Chang was, on the 14th, notified
to the same effect and told that EN-
peror Kwang Su must give an imme-
date answer.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

At the secret session Of the Cuban
constitutional convention, at Havana,
on the 18th, several delegates offered
motions that the convention should
express it's disapproval of the prin-
eiples embodied in the Platt amend
ment. especially the clauses l., Ill,
v. and VII. Senior Giberga moved
that the subject be indefinitely post
poned, but this proposal was support
ed by only six delegates.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
Former Congressman a suicide.

Seattle, Wash, April 1s.-Despon-
dent over business reverses, aggravat
ed by the depressing effects of an at
tack of la grippe, Melvin X. Baldwin.
ex-congressman from Minnesota ana
former superintendent of Indian al,
fairs under President Cleveland, ended
his life here. on the 10th.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

Frank ID. Gardner, of Illinois, an
expert in the soils division of the de-
partment of agriculture, has been ap-
pointed to take charge of the expert
ment station work in Porto Rico. 1t
IL purposed to push the work vigor-
ously along general lines similar to
the work carried on by the expert
ment stations in the several states.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
Gen. McCIurg's Remains.

Chicago, April 1s.-The body of the
late Gen. A. C. McClurg, who died in
st. Augustine, Fla, Monday, has ar
rived here The funeral will be held
from ST. James Episcopal church.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

The convention of the Western
Ophthalmologicai and Otolaryngolog-
zeal association was called to order, in
Cincinnati, on the 18th, by Vice-Pres-
ident DIR. II. c. Holmes, of Cincinnati.
DIR. N. p. cambridge delivered the adj
dress of welcome, TO which President
II. A. Goldstein responded.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

Advices from Sian Flu to the Pekin
mandarins assert that the court is
preparing to go to Hsian Yang, in the
Province of HUI Pei. The permanent
officials of the six boards are de-
scribed as having quietly left Pellin
for Sian Fu in anticipation of the Sc
lection of a new capital.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

Trade prospects are extremely
gloomy at Tien Tsin. Chinese inn
porters and wholesale dealers are APP
prehensive, owing to the uncertainty
as to the future. The customs col
lections for the March quarter were
$1,000 taels, against 10000 for the
same period of 1900.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

The Mexican government has grant
ed concession to Capt. Charles Sal
laber, of Chicago, an engineer and
capitalist, to open a waterway be-
tween the cities of Tampico and Tux
pan, on the gulf coast, for distance
of 1875 miles and establish a line of
fast modern steamboats, between
those cities.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19
John Albert skoox Dead.

New York, April 1s.-John Albert
Skoog, alias Albert Jensen, the al
legged counterfeiter who shot himself
twice in the head April 9, is dead.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

The official report of emigration
from Ireland shows that 47,107 per-
sons left that country in 1900. This
10 10.5 per thousand of the estimated
population. The emigrants were
equally divided between the sexes.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

The first box of California cherries
for the season of 1901 arrived in Chi
cago, on the 18th, and sold for S12.
The box contained ten pounds of
fruit.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $50, 100000 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued on the
18th, showed: Available cash balance,
4152, 03s,6 Ss; gold, s10o.212,637.
The Forrest City times., 1901-04-19

dubuque. Ia, April 1s.-In the pres
snce of prices and high priests of his
church, and before an audience that
occupied every foot of space in St.
Raphael cathedral and overfiowed
into the surrounding streets. Arch
bishop John }. Keane was invested
with the pallium, the insignia of the
high position he occupies in the Ro-
man Catholic church.