Douglas Island news. [volume], March 15, 1899, Image 1

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?r r DOUGLAS CITY AND TREA DWELL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY', MARCH 15, 18W. NO. 17.
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BANKER AND MERCHANT S<
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* miners* outfits *
sold at
wholesale prices
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( Pier A General Hanking Business Transacted. \
$ tW If you want to make Investments consult with us. \
) Juiieuti, Alasku. \
f NEW MANAGEMENT 7
) The New York Exchange r
J Has Changed Humls
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~ MAYS & NAPOLEON ~
? arc now in charge 7
I A Gentlemen's Resort ?
J Finest grade of Lienors and Cigars C
\ always on hand >
^^Conie and See Us. JUNKAU. ^
FAMILY
RESTAURANT
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It has recently hern
opened hy
Mrs. Frances Baker, of Seattle,
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H '4 II on Seward Street,
IICIU I 1cl(I, |>et. ?'?<! and 11 h Sts.
HOARD BY THE DAY OR \VEEK
RATES REASONABALE
Spooner
Shack haines
Terms $2.00 per Day
This is where the N. W. M. Police stop.
? \ \ ALASKA FURNITURE COMPANY
2: 0 0 Seward Street, next to Opera House, JUNEAU.
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0 0 IHOFOKE PURCHASING, drop in and see our stock and
51 o <> ^et prices on
St- 0 0 BED ROOM SUITS, BUREAUS, CHIFFONIERS,
CHAIRS, ROCKERS, TABLES. BEDSTEADS,
ST 0 0 SPRINGS, MATTRESSES. COOK STOVES,
?: 0 0 COAL HEATERS, AIR TIGHT HEAT
^00 ERS, GRAMTEWARE, CROCK ERV,
^ o o . TINWARE, and all Kinds of
St : A A HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
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?; l?T WV \\ ill ?riv?*yon {rood {roods iiinl ^noil valiifs.
| 60 G. A. KNIGHT, Mgr.
There are More Ways than One of Saving
(iold
AND THE MINERS KNQW jT
(JST" They are cominir from JUNEAU, SHEEP CHEEK, and all pari a of
the ISLAND to l>uy their
Underwear, Over Shirts, Boots, HTAnnnp
Shoes, and Winter Supplies from \J vUl IIIUI i
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHL'KCH;
Mass with Sermon ... 10:00 A. M.
Sumluy School - ? ? ? S:C0 P. M.
Rosary. Lecture ami Renediction 7:00 P. M.
Priest. Kev. Father P. C. Kougris. S. J.
CONGREGATIONAL CHl'KCH Kev. Loyal
L. Wirt, pastor. Services will he held every
Sunday at 7:45 p. in. Sunday School meets at
11 a. in. Society of Christian Endeavor
Thursday evenings at 7::t>. Ladies League
every alternate Tliursdav afternoon.
EPISCOPAL CHL'KCH Services held at Odd
Fellows Hall every Monday evening, except
ing; last in mouth, when the service will he
held on Sunday evening;. Rev. H. J. Gurr.
FRIENDS CHL'KCH Regular services at the
Mission Scliool house.
Sahhath School .... 10 a. m.
Native Services .... II a. in.
Evening; Services - - - 7:lr?
Prayer meeting. Wednesday evening; at 7:45
Teachers' meeting:every Friday evening; at
s o'clock at private houses.
Any and all arc cordially invited a.id wel
comed at all of these services.
Rev. C. N. Rkhloole. Pastor.
MKTHOMST EPISCOPAL CHL'KCH -At
Peniel Mission. Wednesday evening:* at 7:45
o'clock. Scandinavian services at the Peniel
Mission Monday evening;* at 7:45 o'clock.
A cordial invitation extended to all. Rev.C.
J. Lnrspn. 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
teud.
I. O. 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. (J. McDonald. X.G.
C. A. Weck. Secretary.
DR. CLARENCE A. TREUHOLTZ.
Office unci Residence. St. Ann's Hospital.
Telephone* No.2. Douglas City, Alaska.
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
..DENTIST
Hunter Block. I>etween Front
and 2ml Sts. Douglas City.
FRED PAGE-TUSTIX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in the District Court of Alaska.
Fort Wrange], Alaska.
A. G. McBRIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office with News Douglas City. Alaska,
T. J. DONOHOE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice iu all the Courts of Alaska.
Post Office Building, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
J NO. R. WINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau. - Alaska.
F. D. KELSEV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, - Alaska.
JAMES LEDDV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Juneau - Alaska.
C. S. BLACKETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. .
Juneau Alaska.
j Alex. Small wood,
I BEACH TRADER.
I ?&~Carries at all times a complete
jfAST'Stock of
Groceries,
Provisions,
Vegetables,
Fruit,
Candies, Etc.
Proprietor of Miiiers' and Mechanics'
^?Beach Boarding House $
Rooms and Bunk House in connection with
Tuble Hoard.
A Firstclass Boot and Shoe Shop
Is maintained. Repair Work promptly,
neatly and substantially done. Years of ex
perience in Miner's repair work enables us
to properly do your work. Give us a call.
On the Heach. - Bet. Tread well & Douglas.
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5. E. WEESNER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ?
Dealer in
Tobacco and Cigars.
GOODS SOLI)
AT SEATTLE
PRICES ******
*** SNUFF***
Douglas City. .... Alaska.
[Alaska
I Steam
!Laundry
Dyeing and CleaningWork.
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E. R. JAEGER, Proprietor.
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Laundry Work in all its branches. Suits
cleaned and pressed. Colors restored. Dye
ing: of every sort promptly attended to. Car
1 i>ets cleaned without taking: them up. All
at lowest possible prices consistent with
?;ood work.
OF"" A.LaMottc, Douglas City Agent.
OF" Leave Handles at Delmonico Hotel.
Front Street, - Juneau. Alaska.
| ERNST BEIHL
DEALER_m GENERAL
| MERCHANDISE.
Bakery in connection where
the Best Fresh Bread may
be had. A Fresh Line of
Cakes and Cookies always on
Douglas City, - ? Alaska.
THE DOUGLAS CITY
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FIRST CLASS LIQUORS AND CIGAKS.
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Douglas and Juneau Beer always on tap
EMERY ELLIOTT, Prop.
Front Street, ? Douylus City.
III OK HE IKS
Forty-Six Hours on the Rocks
and Damaged to the Extent
of $30,000.00.
TO BE REPAIRED AT DOUGLAS
The fine steamship, Dingo, was towed
to Juneau last Saturday evening l>y the
British steamer Tees, not being able to
move an inch with her own power. She
ran onto the rocks down at Midway Is
land last Thursday night, at about '1 a.
in., and remained there for some ?!<>
hours. She met with this mishap at
high tide and at low tide the crew
patched up the holes, of which there
were a good many, and with the use of
the pumps she was kept afloat.
Midway Island is about X> miles from
this place. There was a severe snow
storm prevailing at the time that the
boat struck the rocks and she was but
little out of her course, for if she had
been 100 yards further in she would
have avoided the accident that will cost
her owners so dearly.
There were 1(H) passengers aboard
and otherwise the vessel was heavily
loaded with a miscellaneous cargo, and
also 10 head of horses and live oxen,
none of which were lost, although 12T>
pieces of fresh meat were dumped into
the bay. that being the total loss. The
ship took water very rapidly after
striking the rocks and the cargo, with
slight exceptions, will be a total loss.
The Dirigo commenced discharging
last Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock and
when empty she will be beached and
' repaired sufficiently to permit her be
ing towed to Seattle or Tacoma. where
she will again be put in first-class con
dition.
The engines, which wore modern ana
of the very best, are badly twisted and
out of alignmeut. The boilers also
shifted out of posit ion. To put the
?>oat in proper shape will require an
expenditure of from ?25,000 to ?50,000.
The Dirigo was originally built for a
steam schooner, and after making a few
trips to Alaska she was overhauled and
made into a good freight and passenger
boat. Even while running with poor
accommodations she became a- favorite
in Alaska waters, and when overhauled
she was regarded as one of the best
boats that engaged in the Alaska trade.
Roberts is her captain. He was for
merly on the City of Seattle and was in
command of the Willapa when she
went down to the bottom of the sea.
The other officers are Nichols, pilot;
May, mate; Leut.chief engiueer; Brag
don, second, and Bailey, third assistant;
LaFarge, purser, and Russell, steward.
The passengers speak very highly of
the conduct of the officers while facing
the dangers of au absolute loss of the
vessel and the many lives on board.
The Western Mining World of Butte.
Montana, now comes to us as an ex
change. It is the cleanest cut mining
journal in the country and we value it
so highly that we are preserving tiles of
. it.
Pi, Pie, Pious.
Last DYiday evening the Christian
Endeavorers of the Congregational
Church gave a pie social. The pastor
announced the previous Sunday even
ing that it would he a very "pious" af
fair. he thought, as there would be pies
of all kinds and so it proved to be. The
attendance was not large, for the snow
fell thick and fast, although otherwise
the evening was pleasant. In theory
the social was well planned, there were
numerous entertaining games, and if
anybody would neither talk nor play he
Could sit down and look at the stereo
scopic views, or exercise his wits on
this style of puzzles: "rutht si recoiusp
eonomieze t.i." The foregoing is an illus
tration. not one of the puzzles used. In
theory everyone should have been well
entertained, and they may have boon,
but there were quite a number of
strangers and some young men and
women went, aloue to supper?a more
energetic committee <?n introduction
might have brought these two classes
together. The pies and colfee were
both theoretically and practically cor
rect and the young ladies served the
lunch in a most acceptable manner and
we trust to the financial betterment of
the society. It was both a pleasant and
profitable evening to those attending.
Good Indians.
We have often heard it said that,
there are no good Indians but dead In
dians, but a few visits to the Friends'
Mission in this city have caused us to
form an entirely different opinion,
however. If some of the native attend
ants are not in earnest and honest in
their protestations they are the most
accomplished hypocrites the writer
ever had the pleasure to behold. Those
who still doubt the possibility of the
complete reformation of an Indian are
invited to attend one of these meetings
and judge for themselves.
Rev. Replogle is earnest and indefa
tigable in this work and deserves to see
his work crowned with ultimate suc
cess. Douglas City may well be proud
of this man and all should come to his
aid wherever and whenever it is possi
ble, for. even from a moral standpoint,
the elevation and enlightenment of the
native population is a long step for
ward in the upbuilding of a country.
The Missionaries Can Move Out.
Alaska will be made the model coun
try of the earth in the passage of the
criminal code for this district, which
places the liquor licenses so high that
there will be but few saloons. The
penalties for gambling are very severe
and prostitution is to be entirely
stopped. If the law is enforced, and
we presume it will be, there will bo 110
? further need for the missionaries, for
everybody will be good?compelled to
be good by force of the statute. The
little, quiet game of poker will furnish
no more pastime for the old "tanks,"
and the dance hall doors will lie closed
to the boys from the mines. There will
be no more neighing after your neigh
bor's wives and the News will not be
run as a religious paper. Cougross has
been slow in doing anything for Alaska
; but when the movement came it was a
holy terror.
.MR. FRANK BACH.
Reached Dawson Safely on the yth of February.
Mr. Frank Bach. who left this city ott
the lltli of January, arrived in Dawson
on the Oth day of February all safe and
sound. This information has been
gaiued from letters from Dawson.
Mrs. Bach has, however, not yet heard
from her husband direct.
The News.
J ii nou u Keen I'll.
The Weekly News, of Douglas Island,
reached our desk yesterday and is a
neat, newsy sheet, and relleets credit
upon the people of Douglas Island.
The Wolcott's Nose.
The Wolcott, Captain Crockett, ran
into a small sized iceberg last Sunday
down nearTaku Inlet. She damaged
her nose slightly, but was promptly
beached and repaired and is making
her regular runs.
A Dirty Trick.
Lew Deadly, editor of the (Jaylord
Kansas, Herald, cut us off of his ex -
change list some time ago, but last
week the paper commenced again. We
hope it was a mistake for otherwise wo
would call it a dirty trick.
Delayed for a Short Time,
Our Brother Heddoe expressed a de
sire to the writer last Thursday to
annihilate the senior editor of the News
oft* of the face of the earth. At our
earnest solicitation, however,the "hap
py event" was posponod until after the
meeting of the Editorial association.
Probably Will Be.
A member of the News staff was
asked a few days ago if the editor of
this paper was a preacher. No, he is
not, but lie has a commission as a not
ary public, however; but if Rev. Wirt
don't quit preaching that there is no
heaven and Rev. Gurr don't stop going
to dances, the editor will add preach
ing to his occupations while in Alaska.
We will give these gentlemen three
weeks in which to reform.
(ko. Rice Hack.
George Rice, one of the best-known
men iu Alaska and the Northwest Ter
ritory, returned to his home in Juneau
last week. He left Atlin on March 1st
and got to Juneau 011 the 7th.
Mr. Rico was seen by the News man ?
and says the Canadians in Atlin are
very much disgusted with the Exclu
sion Act, and that it is doing that dis
trict a great amount of injury.
Mr. Rice will return to Atlin iu a few
days.
A Joke on Bro. Russell.
The wide awake editor of the Record
recently visited Chicken Ridge?a part
of Juneau that bears that name. He
expected to lind some chicken
roosts there, not knowing that the
name only indicated a suburb of the
city across the channel. Iu describing
his feelings, Bro. Russell says: "We
sauntered forth with visionary expect
ations in our mind." Poor fellow! He
was chicken hungry and must have
been terribly disappointed.
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