Douglas Island news. [volume], January 18, 1899, Image 1

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YQI^ I DOUGLAS CITY AND TREAD WELL, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1890. No. 0.
B. M. BEHRENDS
BANKER AND MERCHANT
-Headquarters
For
Holiday
Goods
The Largest Stock of Toys. Novelties and Taney (ioods
in the Northwest.
A General Banking Busiuess Transacted.
Juneau, Alaska.
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The First National Bank
OF JUNEAU.
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Paid Up Capital, $50,000.00
.
Exchange Bought mid Sold
Drafts drawn on all parts of tin* world.
Deposits Solicited.
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
CITY BREWERY
MATLOCK & FISHER, Trop's
JUNEAU, ALASKA.
Steam and Lager Beer.
Bottled Beer, Ale and Porter our
Specialties.
Improved bottling machinery just put
iii. Best Beer in Alaska.
ALASKA FURNITURE COMPANY
Seward Street, next to Opera House, JUNEAU.
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BEFORE PURCHASING, <!ro|> in mid we ouratook and
pet prims ?>u
BED ROOM sen's. BUR EATS, CHIFFONIERS,
CHAIRS, ROCKERS, TABEES. BEDSTEADS,
SPRINGS, MATTRESSES, COOK STOVES,
COAL BEATERS, AIR TIGHT BEAT
ERS. GRAN1TKWARE. CROCKERV,
TINWARE, and all Kinds of
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
jfHT" \Vt? will pivpy??u pood pood* uod pood viiIiip*.
G. A. KNIGHT, Mgr.
There are More Ways than One of Saving
Gold
AND THE MINERS KNOW IT
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fclSr Tlie.v art* coin injr from .H*XJ!Al\ SUKKP CKKKK. ami :i 11 j'ait* i.f
the iSLAXI) to lmy their
Underwear, Over Shirts, Boots, A'PnnnAr
Shoes, and Winter Supplies from V/ vUllllUl ?
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHURCH:
Musk with Sermon ... i0;0o A. M.
Sunday School * ? * ? 3; 00 P. M.
Rosary, Lecture und Benediction 7:00 i\ M.
Priest. Rev. Father P.O. Bougis. S. 4.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. Loyal
S. Wirt, pastor. Until the new church build
ing is completed, evening services will-be
held every Sunday in Ohman's Hull ut 7:15 p.
in. Sunday School meets in Odd Fellow's
Hall at 11 a. tu. Society of Christian Endeav
or in the same place, Thursday evenings u
7:30. Ludies League every ulternate Thur*
dav afternoon.
FRIENDS CHURCH?Regular services ut the
Mission School house.
Sabbath School .... 10 a. m.
Native Services - - - - 11 u. ni.
Evening Services .... 7:4??
Prayer meeting, Wednesduv evening at 7:45
Teachers' meeting every Friday evening at
8 o'clock nt private houses.
Any and all arc cordially invited a.id wel
comed ut all of these services.
Rev. C. N. Rki'Loulk. Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-At
Peniel Mission, Wednesday evenings at 7:45
o'clock. Scandinavian services ut the Peniel
Mission Monday evenings at 7;45 o'clock.
A cordial invitation extended to all. Rev. C.
J. Larsen, Pastor.
A. F. and A. fl.
Masons of Douglas Island meet at
Odd Fellows' Hall on the First and
Third Tuesdays of each month. All
Masons are cordially invited to at
tend.
I. 0. O. F.
Alaska Lodge No. 1 meets at Odd
Fellow's Hall, Douglas, on Wednesday
evenings at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brothers are Cordially in
vited to attend.
J. G. McDonald, X. G.
C. A. Weck, Secretary.
DR. \V. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block, between Front
und 2nd Sts.- Douglas City.
FRED PAGE-TUSTIX,
ATTORNEY AT LAVY.
Will practice in the District Court of Alaska.
Fort Wrangel. Alaska.
A. G. McBRIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office with News Douglas City. Alaska,
T Sheet Music, Studies, C
\ and Instruction books P
S T?a?^er Mandolin, Guitar, and S
v Hanjo. /
1 ALICE M. JORDISON )
Y DEALER IN ... V
) Musical Instruments S
/ and Supplies c
X Bet. Main & Seward _ \
\ on Second St. JUNLAU, ALASKA. }
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Douglas City Barber Shop.
Hair Cutting ^ Shampooing
Shaving Baths
FRANK VESTAL, Prop.
jlAllffl JUDICIARY.
Short Biographical Sketches of
the Men Who Run the Courts.
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I UNCLE SAH'S SERVANTS.
Our readers hear much concerning
! tho Alaska courts and the names of i
the men who keep the complicated ma
chinery running are familiar to all Al
askans, hut further than this but little
is known of the men from Judge to the
; Clerk of the Court. Realizing this to
be the case tho News, which is always
on the alert for matters of interest to
? its readers, concluded to get some of j
i the early history of tho men that Uncle
Sam has sent to us to administer our
laws and keep the inhabitants of the
district within duo bounds. Our task
should not have been surrounded with
! any difficulties and yet, owing to the j
hurry and bustle that always exists du
riug court, we have spent considerable
time in collecting the matter which we
j now present to our readers.
HON. CHARLES S. JOHNSON, JUDGE.
Charles Sumuer Johnson, the judge
of the United States District Court,
was born in Jones county, Iowa, in a
log cabin on the Iowa prairies iu the
year 18.">4. At the age of thirteen ho ;
| removed to Clariuda, of that state, and j
| graduated from the high school. He j
j then learned the printer's trade after I
! which he attended the Agricultural j
College at Ames, Iowa, but was not;
permitted to graduate from that school
| owing to the lack of means with which
j to finish his course. Some time aftor
! this he attended the law department of
fV>*k Tr,\ifo ttfofa rTnitrarcifAr wnrl (rradlia.
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j ted from that school in the class of 1S77.
He then moved to Wahoo, Nebr., where
: he entered upon the practice of law. j
In 1879 he was elected city attorney ,
, | and was elected a member of the Ne
braska legislature in 1882. In 188.5 he
removed to Nelson, in the same state,
and the year following was elected
prosecuting and county attorney and i
i was afterward reelected to that otlice.
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During the year 1889 he was appointed j
U. S. District attorney for Alaska, which
position he held for four and one-half
years after which he removed to Juneau
|; and engaged in the practice of law with
i j Mr. John G. Heid one of the leading
I lawyers of Alaska. In 1897 he received \
: the appointment of U. S. District judge
ur?r1 a-oa r?r?nfivm*?rl tllfi
Judge Johnson attended three nation- j
. al conventions, in 1884, 1888 and 1896 !
. and was chairman of his delegation in
the last convention and also a member i
of the committee appointed to notify
Presideut McKinly of his nomination
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and visited Canton, Ohio, when the ?
committee met there for the perform-;
i ance of its duties. The Judge is at!
1 the present time the national commit-;
.1 teeman for Alaska.
Judge Johnson is well fitted for the
1 responsible position he holds. He pos
sesses that cool, deliberate make-up
j that, is not only desirable in a judge,
but should in fact be possessed by every ;
judicial officer who presides over a trial
court. In personal appearance he bears
quite a resemblance to Senator Fora
ker of Ohio. He is over six feet tall,
weighs about 200 pounds, is socially a
most pleasant gentleman and will al
ways attract attention wherever ho may
be by his pleasing manner and fine
personal appearance. Ho has never
forgotten that he was once a practicing
attorney and is a good friend of the
profession.
GEN. nOBKKT A. FriKDKICH, DIST. ATTY.
The subject of this sketch is fifty-J
eight years of age and was born in t he
state of Kentucky. His father was tor
years an officer in the Prussian army.
He removed from his native laud to the
state of Kentucky, where lie married a
lady who belonged to one of tho first
families of that state. His son lvobert
was educated iu his native state and
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graduated rroni win juw m
the State University. Ho removed to
Topeka, Kansas, where ho entered upon
the practice of law in 1872 aud remained
at that place until 1889. At Topeka
( Jen. Friedrich enjoyed a good practico
and was one of the leading lawyers of j
the state. He has always been a repub
lican while all his friends and relatives
in bis native state wore radical demo
crats. Ho was in deep sympathy with j
the union cause during the "unpleas
antness" while his relatives were equal
ly as ardent in their support of the
Southern cause. While in Topeka (ien.
Fried rich was employed by the state to
assist the county attorney in prosecut
ing liquor cases under the prohibition
laws of that state, in which ho was very
successful, securing convictions where
all others failed. He was appointed!
Brigadier General of the Kansas Nation
al Guards and also held the position of
Adjutant General of that state. He re-!
moved to San Francisco in 1889 where !
he continued the practice of law. Gen.
Friedrich was one of the leading law-;
yers and republican politicians of Cal ;
ifornia while ho resided there. He was |
twice elected Commander in Chief of
the Army and Navy League of Califor-1
nia, and was also chosen as chairman of
the Union League Club, the high-toned j
club of San Francisco.
In Kansas Gen. Friedrich achieved I
his greatest reputation in criminal law, ?
but in San Francisco his practice was
principaly corporation law.
During the month of September last
Gon. Friedrich came to Alaska, having
been appointed District Attorney in
July, and at once entered upon the dis
charge of his duties. His previous ex
perience iu criminal law has been of
great benefit to him, for ho has been
successful iu his criminal cases from
the first. Gen. Friedrich is a strong,;
forcible talker, an eloquent speaker,
aud it matters not whether it be before
a jury or addressing a political meet-1
iug, he is one of the best to be found
anywhere. ?
Gen. Friedrich is about six feet tall
and weighs over 200 pounds and is well
proportioned. He is a genial, social j
gentleman aud can entertain a friend
or a crowd in conversation in a pleasing j
manner. His hair is dark and he wears
a mustache of the same color. Wo re
gret to say that he, like Judge Johnson, j
parts his hair in the middle. He has j
[CONCLUDED ON rAGE A].
I HI 11 IS lift:
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Mow a Woman Should Dress for ,
a Trip to the Interior.
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THE WOnAN IN TROUSERS. 1
Mrs. J no. Mcrrifiold, the first white
woman to pet into Atlin was a passen
ger on tho Dingo, on lior way to Skng
uay, whoro she will meet her husband
after an absence of t hroe mouths. Mr.
Merrifield is one of tho former Cassiar
miners, but is now engaged in running
a pack train from Skaguay to tho lake.
Mrs Merrifield is a small black-eyed.
good-looking woman with mora norvo
than is necessary for one person to i
possess. She has been all over the ;
northwest, including Dawson City, but
apparently has not made as much
money as she wants, for she says she
and her husband will remain in Alaska
until they make a big strike, or die
here. The News man was told that
Mrs. Merrifiold was on board and ap- 1
proached her for nu interview for the
News. With some reluctance she con
sented to give us a few pointers, and <
the most important to us was the prop- 1
er dress for women to wear while mak
ing the trip in.
"What is the proper dross for a wo
man to wear in making the trip into
the interior?" asked the News man.
"There are but two ways l'or a woman
to dress and be comfortable," was her
reply. "To wear a suit of men's clothes
is probably the best and most conven
ient. Of course a long dress is entirely
out of the question. The second is to
wear a dress not longer than your
knees and men's trousers to protect
your lower limbs. If a woman wears a j
dress if should be lined with chamois
or buckskin. A great many, perhaps j
the majority, wear men's clothing and
oue cannot always tell the women from
the men in a party. I was over to the ,
lake with my husband one trip. I
wore men's clothes and my husband
and I retired for the night. The novt
morning I put on iny short dress and
we went to breakfast. While eating, |
the landlord was enquiriug for the hoy
that was with our party. He was sur
prised when my husband told him
that L was the boy that came with the
party the evening before. Yes, many ?
comical little incidents occur to wo- i
men wearing men's clothes, but in go-,
ing into the interior nothing is thought
of a woman dressiug in the most com
fortable manner.
.
'?I suppose you usecl a sleeping uag
nights?1* said the News man.
"No indeed." was the reply, "I do not
like a sleepiug bag at; all, I lie on a
rubber blanket and have woolen blan-1
kets and canves over me, which is
much the best. That makes me think j
of a little experience I had in a sleep
ing bag.. When I first came to Alaska '
I used one. We were out on a trip and ;
I did not get up early in the morning, j
I was awakened by some one taking
hold of the bag an 1 dragging it toward
the sleds. The noise I made could j
hove been heard for several miles, and
I ho frightened man lot K? "tid I crawl
pd out. Tho party had cousiderablo
fun ovor tho matter at my expense."
"With all tho hardship-* I suppose
there is some onjovmeiit connected
ivi111 this rough and ready life?" said
I ho writer.
"Oh yes. to me it hus !>eeti very fasci
nating. I even helped my husband in
tukiugthings over the trail. At first
the sled would upset too frequently to
-nit my liege lord, but I soon got used
to handling a ioadod -hd and was
quite a litt'o help to him. I have been
visiting friends iti Victoria and Van
couver for three months, but leall.v I
urn glad to trot hack again to enjoy tho
frontier life."
Ityo is need in Russia to the extouc
of 307 pounds per capita; Denmark 320;
Bweeden 314; Norway 224; Italy 29;
rrnuec;53; United States 22.
Oats. Norway 1111 pounds; Germany
7?~; Russia 00; Italy ?}?>; United Kiug
dom 12; Canada 51; United States 77.
Ill meats the United States leads,
147 pounds; Grout Britain 100; Ireland
OG; Norway ik?; Franco 77; Spain 70;
Germany (il; Kussia. Portugal, and tho
Netherlands 50; Italy 21.
Ill the use of eggs the United States
stands tirsl, 133 to each person; Cana
da 00; Denmark 80; France 78; Ger
many 75; United Kingdom 30; Italy 47.
Rice. United States 4 pounds each;
Great Britain 0; Spain 5; Italy 14; Ju*
pan 300; India 2(X); Bombay 557.
Great Britain leads in the use of su
gar, 80 pounds to each person; United
States 73; France 25; Germany 18;
Swcedeu 20; Norway 12; Spniu but 7.
In the use of tobacco Belgium avera
ges 120 ounces; Switzerland HO ounces;
tho Netherlands 51; Germany so uoted
for tho use of the weed 48; United
States-13; Franco 20; Spain 32; United
Kingdom 23; Italy 22, and Russia 24
ounces.
The World'* Hill of I arc.
Tho render will find in the following
ninny surprises, and an answer to many
nn enquiry, mental mid expre.vod. Tho
figures are from hu interesting illus
(rated articl by George H. Wuldron, in
McC!tire's Magazine for November.
Ireland, an mny bo ex peeled, leads in
the use of tho potato, consuming 1.407
pounds per capita; Germany 1,300; Rus
sia 850; Netherlands 840; Fiance 700;
Canada 000; United States 200; Great
Britain 108; Italy 48 pounds per year.
In wheat. Franco um;h 407 pounds per
each inhabitant; Canada 1100; Italy .100;
Great Britain 230; United States and
the Netherlands 210; Germany 180;
Russia 93; Japan 22.
Ten. Groat liritaiu KS ounces; Can
ada TO; United Stales *21; Russia 0.
CofToe. Denmark 247 ounces; Bel
gium 17(>: United States 155; Russia 3;
Spain 0; (Jreat Britain only 11; Ger
many 78; Franco53; Italy i7.
In the use ot* beer the United King
dou uses 30 gallons to each inhabitant
each year; Germany 27; Denmark 24;
United States 15; Switzerland 1J;
France C; Norway and Sweden 7; Can
ada 4; Italy less than 1 gallon; Spain
1 pint.
In the use of wine Spain leads with
35 gullous; Franco l".'; Italy 21; Ger
muny I; United States, and Great Bit
am 2 quarts; Ruesia 1 gallon; Canada
1 pint.
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