Douglas Island news. [volume], May 31, 1899, Image 1

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VOL. I DOUGLAS CITY AND TREAD WELL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1800. NO. 28.
] NEW ANNOUNCEMENT I
jB. M. Behrends j
S BANKER AND MERCHANT V
S JUNEAU,ALASKA ?
/ If You Need Carpets or House (
| Furnishings
J When in Juneau take a look through our line / !
( we are showing ?
) NEW STOCK AND NEW DESIGNS IN ?
S Body Brussels
? Velvets
S Moquettes
S Tapestry
S and
/ Ingrain
WALL PAPER
fWVWWWWWWVWVV*?
$ Window Shades ?
? All Sizes Made to Order ?
*VVVVV*VVVVVVV*VVWV*\)
Lace Curtains
Linoleums S
Oil Cloths ?
Mattings^ S
Rugs and Rug S
Fringes S
Portieres ?
S We receive new goods by every steamer. S!
$ As for prices, we defy competition. S j
If you want to make an investment
consult our Hanking Dept.
B. M. BEHRENDS
Juneau, Alaska
> NEW MANAGEMENT >
\ The New York Exchange /
? Has Changed Hands /
; MAYS & NAPOLEON <
5 nro now in charge v
i A Gentlemen's Resort >
/ Finest grade of Liquors and Cigars r
} always on hand y
r Conic and See Us. JUNEAU. v
FASVSBLY
RESTAURANT
<*,
It linn recently been
opened by
Mrs. Frances Baker, of Seattle,
IN
H^irPc. Hall on Sewurd Street,
1ICIU llclll, bet. 3d and 4th Sts.
BOARD BY TIIE DAY OR WEEK
RATES REASONABLE
Alaska Furniture
Company J"""1"1 oOZi'mm*
Before purchasing;, drop in and sec
our stock and trot prices on
lied Room Suits, Bureaus, Chiffoniers,
Chairs, Rockers, Tables, Bedsteads,
Springs, Mattresses, Cook Stoves,
Coal Heaters, Air Tight Heaters,
Granitewear, Crockery, Tinware, and
all Kinds of Household Goods.
We will give you Rood
Roods and Rood vulue
G. A. IMNIUH I
MANAGER
aufman Bros. |
JUNEAU j|
Are
Sel
ling
Handsome Mack Silk Skirts, _? ?
at the nominal price of .... ^?UU ?
Mack All Wool Serge and Lustre Al- 2
pacca Skirts, SO.OO and 87.00 ^ ? ?
values,at %3*75 S
Black Figured Al pacca Skirts, f . #
as low as 1 ?
A line of Plain and Fancy Sailors which 2
milliners would charge you _ _ o
?2.50 for, at I ? ^ (J ?
IK-inch wide Pure Wool Serges and 2
Mixtures, generally selling . _ ?
at 75c, for 45^ ?
I
| Splendid Assortment of
j; Wash Waists
::
;i Kid Gloves
< i
I Belts
if Silk Waists
I Millinery, Etc.
!
Ferry
Ticket
Free
on all
Purchases
of
$5.00
Kaufman Bros. |
CHl'RCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHUitCH;
Mass with Sermon - - - 10:00 A. M.
? Sunday School P. M. j
Rosary. Lecture and Benediction 7:00 P.M.
Priest. Kev. Father P. C. Bougis, S. J.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. Loyal
L. Wirt, pastor. Services will lie held every
Sunday at 7:45 p. m. Sunday School meets at
2:30 p. rn. Society of Christian Endeavor
Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Ladies League |
every alternate Thursday afternoon.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services held at Odd
Fellows Hall every Monday evening, except
ing last in month, when the service will l?e
held on Sunday evening. Rev. H. J. Gurr.
FRIENDS CHURCH -Regular services at the
Mission School house.
Sabbath School - - - - 10 a. m.
Native Services - 11 a. ni. j
Evening Services .... 7;.g,
Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening at 7:45
Teachers' meeting every Friday evening at
b o'clock at private houses.
Any and all arc cordially invited and wel
comed at all of these services.
Rev. C. N. Replogle. Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-At
Peniel Mission, Tuesday evenings at 7:4.r>
o'clock. Scandinavian services at the Peniel
Mission Friday evenings at 7:45 o'clock.
A cordial invitation extended to all. Kev. C.
J. Larseti, Pastor.
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST......
Hunter Rlock. between Front
ami 2ml Sts. Douglas City. |
FRED PAGE-TUSTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in the District Court of Alaska, j
Fort Wrangel, Alaska.
A. G. McBRIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office with News Douglas City. Alaska,
T. J. DOXOHOE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in all the Courts of Alaska.
Post Office Huiklin^. JUNEAU, ALASKA.
JXO. R. WINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, - Alaska.
F. D. KELSEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau. - Alaska.
C. S. BLACKETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Juueuu Alaska.
I. O. O. r.
I Alaska Lodge, No. 1,
nieets at Odd Fellows'
Hull, Douglas, on Wednesday evenings ax, o
o'clock.
Visiting brothers are cordially invited to
attend. J. G. McDONALD, N. G.
C. A. WECK, Secretary.
First-Class Job Printing at
the Douglas Island News.
Spooner
Shack haines
Terms $2.00 per Day
This U where the N. W\ M. I'oliee stop.
I fliSlElf cin
Being Erected in Douglas City
Under the Direction of Rev.
C. N. Replogle.
BUILT ON A CASH PLAN.
The new Friends' Mission Cliurch
that is being erected on Fourth street
in this city is attracting considerable
attention, and no doubt many will be
interested in knowing something of,
the plans of the builders.
With this in mind we sought, and i
obtained an interview with Rev. C. N.
Replogle, who has the matter in hand.
Mr. Replogle, before entering the;
ministry, was a carpenter and con- j
tractor by trade and so is perfectly j
competent to superintend the erection
of this edifice.
f-i; i-~ An i.? sn I
roe main Dunuiug is tu u? tu uy ^
feet, with portico 10x12, covering
the steps at the entrance, which is to
be in the front of the structure, to
your left as you approach. As you
enter you will find yourself in a triang
ular shaped room, with large double
doors leading iuto the main audienco
room. This is in the form of a perfect j
octagon. The ceiling is to be 18 feet
above the floor. In the corner of the '
building, opposite the entrance, is an
other triangular shaped room which
will be used as a library. At the rear
end are two similar rooms which will >
be used as Sunday school rooms and
serve to complete the octagon. They!
will be provided with large folding
doors on the hypotheuse, also connect
ing with the alcove back of the pulpit,
which will be on a raised platform, well
forward between the two rooms. The
octagon shaped audience room is to be
40 feet across. From the ceiling to the
cone of the roof is 22 feet, making the
total structure 40 feet high, which
added to the 8 feet of foundation in
front makes the total height of the
building 48 feet.
The style of the roof is what is called
the King-post gable, with the end to
ward the front of the building.
The windows are to bo set with plain,
white glass, four 18x42 lights, with an
18 inch transom above.
The entire building is to be heated j
by a furnace in the basement, using
either wood or coal.
The interior woodwork is to be of
yellow cedar, treated with a coating of
hard oil.
j When done this new church will cer-1
tainly be an ornament to our city, and
when the new bell?a 8200 one having
been promise^?first rings out its voice
of welcome every dollar of the cost
will have been paid.
Mr. Replogle informs us that the
total cost will be about S1700. Of this,
$900 was secured in the east by the
pastor, and 8500 hero, making 81400.
Every laborer, every lumber bill, and
every bill of any kind is paid as the
work progresses, and when the cash on
hand is expended the work will .stop
until more is forthcoming. Judging
by the liberality of our citizens in the
past, wo expect that it will not be long
until the small amount necessary to
complete this building, will be sub
scribed.
We are then promised something
novel, a dedicatory service without u
subscription list or a begging address.
We think the plan a good one and hope
all who usually have something to give
at the time of dedication will give it
now, as Mr. Replogle says 81 now is
better than the promise of 82 after a
while.
GREEK ART AND LITERATURE.
An Excellent Program, Tilled With Gems of
Thought.
A feast for the intellect was prepared
and served by the Douglas Literary
Society, at their last Thursday night
meeting. The program had been care
fully arranged, so that the subject,
"Greek Art and Literature," might be
handled as exhaustively as possible in
the short time devoted to the meetings.
Mrs. W. Gould opened the program
with a vocal solo, Mrs. Ross playing
the accompaniment.
Miss Lizzie McKenna handled the
subject, "Greek Philosophers," in a
clear and concise manner, which showed
a good general knowledge of the matter
in hand.
Miss Katherine Spiers explained the
meaning of Greek Mythology and made
it interesting to all. She concluded
her paper with the mythological talos,
"How fire was brought to the earth"
and "How suffering and diseaso came
among men."
Mr. \V. O. Graham in his paper 011
"Greek Literature," covered nearly the
whole ground of art and literature.
His production showed a thorough
knowledge of the task he had under
taken. Among many other interesting
things Mr. Graham said, "If all copies
of Greek art were removed from tho
United States, the loss would be more
general than one would suppose. Tho
White House, at Washington, D. C.,
would be a complete ruin, tho great
Boston library building would fall to
the ground and the damage to the
World's Columbian Exposition would
have amounted to moro than 810,000,000.
He spoke of Solon, lawyer and poet,
and quoted from his and other writings
extensively.
Miss Gertrudo Spiers on "Art and
Architecture," exhibited to her sur
prised hearers the evidence that we of
today are extensive imitators of the
ancient Greeks, not only in our beauti
ful columns erected in some splendid
buildings, but in the simplest things
of every-day home life: in our stoves
and chairs, wall paper and door locks,
we copy the artistic mouldings and
designs of the Greeks. After a recess,
, which was occupied in examining Perry
pictures of Greek art, a solo by Mrs.
Gould, was followed by an address by j
; Mr. Raymond Robins, on Greek Poets, j
Historians and Orators. Mr. Robbins
j .
I spoke of the poets, orators and his
j torians of Greece in an off-hand way i
which showed great familiarity with
! the subject. Fn a few sentences to'
j each he gave the peculiar charactens- j
tics of Homer and Hesiod, then of the
great tragic poofs, /Eschylus, Sopho
cles and Euripides, showing in what,
each excelled; but his finest word pic- j
ture was liis description of that prince i
of comedians, Aristophanes. Ho com-!
pared Herodotus and Thucydides with
modern historians, showing the former j
j to be worthy of the title "Father of1
j History," and that the latter's "History
j of the Peloponuesian War" is yet a
j masterpiece. He gave a vivid descrip
tion of Demosthenes' "Oration on the
Crown," first describing the oration by
i his rival, .Eschines, the applause, per
sons fainting under his eloquence;
then how Demosthenes so far surpas
j sed him that he fled from Athens.
No Fake.< Wanted.
Ever since the beginning of the great
rush to Alaska certain unscrupulous
i papers have from time to time come j
; out with flaring headlines announcing !
i that wonderful discoveries had been
made and the story has generally been
told so glibly that the unsophisticated
were often deceived into believing that
all the prospector had to do was to get
J on the ground and his fortune was i
assured. These announcements havo
been repeated so often that every now
discovery reported is received not as
the truth, but as a possible fabrication
for business purposes. This probably,
is the only safe plan, for if half that is
told in these articles was believed,
many Alaskan villages would bo re
peatedly depopulated, and disappoint
ment and suffering would bo the inevi
table outcome. But, after a few such
cases as the Copper River venture, the ,
miner becomes more cautious and in- j
vestigates more thoroughly before he
starts on a mad rush to a country of j
which he knows nothing. It is to be
hoped that the papers of Alaska will
eschew, in the future, the publication j
of these boom stories, to the credit of j
the Alaska press. Let the papers of
other soctions publish what thoy will;
may it be said of Alaska publications ;
that they tell the truth. The truth
about Alaska is a wonderful tale when j
Tirr. 11 fnld
Mr. C. C. Borg and wife, of Seattle,!
who have been spending a few woek3 at i
the hot springs at Hoonak, on Chichagofj
Island, returned to Juneau last week.
The Juneau Dispatch suggests a
united Fourth of July celebration at
Juneau. Preparations are already bo- j
ing made in Douglas for the biggest
Fourth of July celebration Alaska has
ever seen. If you want to have a good i
j time on that day come to Douglas and
i see the fun. Watch our smoke!
Pure Water and health..
We have in Douglas City a very good
system of water works from which, by
the payment of a small monthly sum,
all may enjoy the use of water that is
brought fresh from the mountain tops.
Yet, in spite of this a largo per cent of
the population are using water that
runs through the town in creeks and
carries with it tho refuse and olfal
from the entire upper part of the city.
In many cases this is done because the
position seems to offer no other ex
pedient, but all owners of rent prop
erty should provide water taps where
tenants may have access to them.
Pure water is the first essential to
good health. Douglas is healthy. Let
us keep it so.
Correct Tabic of Distances.
Shagway Budget.
The mounted police have recently
revised and corrected a table of dis
tances from Lake Bennett to Dawson,
which is today officially announced, and
reproduced for the readers of the Bud
get:
3IILES TO MILES FROM
0 Bennett 501
110 Caribou Crossing 531
GO Tugish .014
71 McClintock 493
109 *Canyon 457
113 White Ilorso 453
128 *Tahkina 438
138 Upper La Barge 425
170 Lower La Barge 391
200 Hootalincpia 3C4
234 Big Salmon 330
270 Little Salmon 294
300 Tantalus 204
330 Five Fingers 231
350 Hutshiku 214
388 Selkirk 170
418 Selwyn 140
463 Halfway 101
483 *White River 81
493 Stewart River 71
510 Ogilvio 48
5.% Indian River 28
504 Dawson 0
Tho mounted police have stations at
all points named except thoso marked
with a star.
I
Mr. Frank M. James of Douglas City
left last week for Dawson, wliore he has
a number of claims that demand atten
tion. Ho took with him a consignment
of perishable goods, such as eggs,
lemons, etc., for the interior. Those ho
ordered shipped to Dyea, but will have
to transfer them from Skagway, as the
Pacific Coast boats no longer stop at
Dyea.
Bro. McBride of the Douglas Nows
has been engaged to defend tho Fort
Wrangel murder case and it is gratify
ing to know that our brother is not
only versed in tho bible, but
also in the criminal code, and its
dollars to cents that his man
receives a pension, for, as a rule the
flghtiug newspaper lawyers are a host
in themselves. Go it, Brother McBride,
you have the Dispatch to back you.?
Daily Alaska Dispatch, May 27.