Douglas Island news. [volume], June 07, 1899, Image 1

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V0L j DOUGLAS CITY AND TillflADWKLL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, J UN K 7, 1800. XO. 29,
ii\3EW ANNOUNCEMENT j
B. M. Behrends j
BANKER AND MERCHANT S
; JUNEAU,ALASKA (
/ If You Need Carpets or House s
| Furnishings <
/ When in Juneau take a look through our line /
c - we are showing s
) NEW STOCK AND N^W DESIGNS IN
S Body Brussels
? Velvets
S Moquettes
S Tapestry
S and
? Ingrain
WALL PAPER
? Window Shades ?
r All Sizes Made to Order ^
r $
cvwwt,,wv*v*,wvvt/&w^
Lace Curtains
Linoleums S
Oil Cloths ?
Mattings S
Rugs and Rug S
Fringes S
Portieres <
We receive new goods by every steamer.
As for prices, we defy competition.
If you want to make an investment
consult our Banking Dept.
B. M. BEHRENDS
Juneau, Alaska
) NEW MANAOEHENT ^
\ The New York Exchange /
j ? Has Changed Hands / j
? MAYS & NAPOLEON <
y arc now in charge v i
I A Gentlemen's Resort >
y Finest grade of Liquors and Cigars f
j ) always on hand j
1 r Come and See Us. JUXEAU. \
Family
RESTAURANT
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It lius recently been
opened by
Mrs. Frances Baker, of Seattle,
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Hrkirl'c Hoi I on Seword Street,
neia S 11 <111, bet.3dund4thSts. i
BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK
RATES REASONABLE
Alaska Furniture j
/"r Seward Street,
Company yj?ato hou*
Hefore purchasing, drop in and sro
our stock ami j;et prices on
Bed Room Suits, Bureaus, Chiffouiors,;
Chairs, Rockers, Tables, Bedsteads, j
Springs, Mattresses, Cook Stoves,'
Coal Heaters, Air Tight Heaters,
Granitewoar, Crockery, Tiuvvare, and
all Kinds of Household Goods.
We will give you cood G. A. KNIGHT
| jroods and jjood value manager >
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I Kaufman Bros, }
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Are
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Handsome Black Silk Skirts, S
at the nominal price of.... ^.UU ?
Black All Wool Serge and Lustre Al- Z
pacca Skirts, $0.00. and 87.00 _ ? h
values,at ' ^-75 ?
Black Figured Alpacca Skirts, X
as low as * ? O ?
A line of Plain and Fancy Sailors which Z
milliners\vould charge you _ _ X
82.50 for,at **5^ 8
IK-inch wide Pure Wool Serges and
Mixtures, generally selling . Z
at 75c, for 45*" 2
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g Splendid Assortment of
1 Wash Waists
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? Kid Gloves
| Belts
ii ? Silk Waists
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!;? Millinery, Etc.
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Ferry
Ticket
Free
en ail
Purchases
of
$5.00
Kaufman Bros. |
CHURCH DIRECTORY. |
CATHOLIC CHUKCH: J
Mass with Sermon ... 10:00 A. M. |
Sunday School .... <};00 p.
Rosary. Lecture and Benediction 7:00 P.M.I
Priest. Rev.Father P. C. Bougis, S. J.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. Loyal
L. Wirt, pastor. Services will !>o held every
Sunday at 7:45 p. ru. Sunday School meets tit
2:30 p. m. Society of Christian Endeavor*
Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Ladies League
every alternate Thursday afternoon.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services held at (Vld
Fellows Hull every Monday evening. except
ing last in month, when the service will Ik?
hold on Sunday evening. Rev. H. J. Gurr.
FRIENDS CHURCH--Regular services at the
Mission School house.
Sahhuth School .... 10 a. in.
Native Services .... ll a. in.
Evening Services _ . - 7:4*,
Prayer meetitur Wednesday evening at 7:45
Teachers' meetingevery Friday evening at
8 o'clock at private houses.
Any and all are cordially invited and wel
comed at all of these services.
Rev. C. N. Reuloglk, Pastor.
V.
METHODIST EFISCOPAL CHURCH-At
Peniel Mission, Tuesday evenings at 7:45 j
o'clock. Scandinavian services at the Peniel
Mission Friday evenings at 7:45 o'clock.
A cordial invitation extended to all. Rev.C.;
J. Larsen, Pastor.
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block, between Front
and 2nd Sts. Douglas City.
FRED PAGE-TUSTIX,
ATTORNEY AT LAV/.
Will practice in the District Court of Alaska.
Fort Wrangel, Alaska.
A. G. McJBRIDE,
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.
1 Post Otflee Building?, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
JNO. E. WINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, - - Alaska.
F. D. KELSEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, Alaska.
C. S. BLACKETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Juneau Alaska.
I. O. O. F.
N Alaska Lodjre, No. 1,
'meets at Odd Fellows'
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Hull, Douglas, oil Weanesciny creuiugt ???. 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 HAINE5
Terms $2.00 per Day
This is v'hcre the X. W. M. Police stop.
Ladies' Minstrels.
An Evening of Rare Entertain
ment Prepared by the St.
Luke's Guild.
AN IMMENSE 'SUCCESS.
We have had shows and even mins
trel shows on Douglas Island, but a
Ladies' Minstrel show was a new idea
and many people wondered how the
ladies would conduct a minstrel and
do it successfully. To satisfy this
curiosity and at the same time fully
confident of the ability of the local
talent, the citizens of the Island and
friends from Juneau, packed Oilman's
Hall, last Friday evening, to its utmost
seating capacity.
An orchestra consisting of the fol
lowing well known musicians enter
tained the audience with some choice
musical selections until the time
arrived for the curtain to rise: Piano,
J. W. North, of Juneau; violin, Mr.
Arthur Putman; flute, Mr. Robt. D.
Taylor; clarionet, Mr. H. R. Elliott;
cornet, Mr. Earle Hunter; trombone,
Mr. Herbert Fulmer.
All thoughts of failure were dispelled
as the curtain rose and revealed a semi
circle of handsome young colored
ladies, dressed in black skirts, Eton
jackets and white dress shirts, collars
and cud's, resplendent with the glitter
of real diamonds, and the glory of
chrysanthemums.
The following program was renaerea
before the curtain went down on part
i one, and the applause that followed
i each number showed the appreciation
of the audience:
Opening Chorus Evening Moonlight
j "Baptising Down in Dixon's Pool"
Black Patti
"Mamma's Little Puukiu Colored
Coons" Rosy Pink Snowball
j "Coal Black Lady" Topsy Lou
! "Lady With the Rag Time Walk"
Lucindy Lightfoot
i "Kentucky Babe". .Johanna Beau wafer
j "Just One Girl" Ambolena Snow
; "All Coons Look Alike to Me"
Watermelon Sue
The coating of burnt cork was an effec
, tual disguise until the voice or an action
| revealed the performer. For the bene
fit of those who failed to recognize the
ladies we publish the following cast of
characters:
TAMBOS.
Watermelon Sue Mrs. II Slater
Rosy Pink Snowball
Miss Fannie Penglasc
BONES
Black Patti Miss Lizzy McKanna
; Lucindy Ligktfoot, Miss Annie Musetk
INTERLOCUTOR
? Louisiana Lou Mrs. E. E. Smith
Consola Davis Olga Sandman
i Johanna Beanwafer.. .Mrs. W.Morford
Cordelia Johnsing Miss lioagland
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! Angeline Brown.. .MissMinnie Museth j
Ambolena Snow. .Miss Adelo Sandman
i Nannie Sue Hoedown
Miss Annie McCormick j
J Topsy Lou Miss Lulu Eckart I
Pickaniunie Nance the Mascot'
After an overture by the orchestra
part second opened with a drill in
wooden shoes by the following: Lillie |
: Penglase, Annie Williamson, Frances
Shopard, Laura Gravrock, Rose Stevens,
Alice Coggins, Mary o/avrock, Grace :
Day.
After the drill, which was carried ?
out ill perfect step and time, the foi
lowing numbers completed part second:
Vocal Solo?"'Mid the Green Fields
of Old Virginia".. .Mr. T. Williams
"Lifo's Game of See Saw"
Allie King and M. Flaherty
? Recitation?"Mammy's Heap of
Trouble" Lulu Eckert
Vocal Solo?"Anchored". .Mr.Rutlcdge
Recitation?"Parson Confusion"
^...Miss McKanna
Duet?"Selected" Misses Larsen
Recitation?"In Imminent Peril"
Miss K. Spiers j
At the close of tho program those I
who wished were invited to remain and [
dance to the excellent music by the :
orchestra and many availed themselves .
of tho opportunity.
Refreshments, consisting of ice j
| cream, strawberries and cake were'
served in tho hall by tho ladies of the
! Guild.
Notes.
Mrs. Elmer E. Smith performed the :
, part of interlocutor with tlie grace of a i
professional.
Everybody was proud of "Black
| Patti," and she has more admirers than ,
before, "if possible."
Miss Fannie Penglase was. all right,;
as slio sang "Mamma's Little Punkin
Colored Coons" in a charming manner.
Mrs. Slater surprised the audience
and sang as well as she played.
Johanna Beanwafer made "Kentucky !
Babe" a success.
Miss Adele Sandman deserves special
praise of lier singing and we heard j
many complimentary remarks.
Miss Lulu Eckert, of Juneau, charmed
everyone by her rocitation and is a
charming little miss. Miss Lulu is a
: stepdaughter of Steve Yorke, well
known on Douglas Island.
Miss Annie Musoth was entitled to
I an encore.
The Misses Larsen, always favorites
on the Island, sang as sweetly as ever
and responded to the vigorous applause
with a lullaby.
Tlio kindness of Mrs. F. M. James in
loaning her piano for the occasion,
; made good music possiblo and will long
be remembered.
Bro. J. T. Spickett, stage manager,
was delighted with the success of the
minstrels, and he knows a good thing
! when he sees it.
Musical Director Prof. J. \V. North
contributed much to the evenings
i entertainment by his skillful i playing.
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From start to finish the entertain
ment was a success and the people of
Douglas Island are proud of the ability
and the industry of all who helped to
make it so. Many whose names we !
haven't mentioned were constant and
unremitting in their efforts and but
for their help?oue and all?everything .
might have failed.
The solos by .Messrs. Williams and j
Rutledge, the recitations by Misses i
McKanna and Spiers, and the song by j
.\llie King and Michael Flaherty, added
to the enjoyment, and showed careful
work in preparation.
Tho general impression prevails that
our own home minstrels were equal to
anything ever brought to the city, and
we wait anxiously for the announce-,
merit of the next performance.
The Bible and Science.
The sermon by Mr. Raymond Robins
at the Congregational Church, last Sun-1
day evening was filled with gems of i
wisdom, and showed a depth of thoughtj
and understanding reached by few. j
Mr. Robins undertook to show that
the bible and scientific research are in 1
perfect harmorny. lie said that the
same laws that stand between the
mineral kingdom and the animal king
dom are applied to the animal and
spiritual kingdoms. For years scien
tists believed that matter of itself:
could produce life, but that theory was |
so thoroughly exploded that Huxley
admitted its utter fallacy.
With the theory of spontaneous gen
eration disproved, the mineral king
dom presents no life, but must receive
life from above, from the outside. So
the animal may not reach into the
spiritual, but all spiritual life comes j
from above.
It was never said that if you have
Mohammed or Confucius, you have
eternal life, Christ is the token, the
life principal. |
Mr. Robins' definition of a church, ?
and a minister will be readily accepted
by all. He spoke for about forty ;
minutes and the earnest attention of;
his hearers never failed him for aj
minute.
The course of sormons to be delivered
by Mr. Robins promises to bo very
interesting and beneficial.
Instead of the usual services at the j
Congregational church next Sunday
evening will be devoted to an enter
tainment by the Sunday school child
ren.
A Jab at Alaska Cllmute.
A dispatch from Washington, D. C.,
to the Tacoma Ledger says, in regard ,
to the removal of the 14th infantry
from Dyea, Skagway and Wraugel:
"it being deemed unwise to attempt
to retain men in that climate
for more than one year at a time."
This was probably written by some
chump who knew about as much of the
climate of Alaska as he did of the North
pole. It is a matter of record that the
past winter ? has been a hundred fold
more severe in Washington thab in
Southeastern Alaska. It gets cold/ in
Skagway and Dyea, but they don't;have
any such storms as they do ono.tho
Atlantic coast. Here in Douglas?a
point about midway of the district in
dicated?the thermometer has regis
tered a zero point only twice in tho
last season and tho average during the
winter was irom 28 to 3J degrees above
that point.
The real truth of tho matter is that
the climate had nothing to do with it.
The boys of the 31th were healthy in
Alaska, but they wanted a chance to do
some fighting and there is no chance
for that In Alaska. When the orders
came to move they were glad, not to
leave Alaska, but to take their place
with their comrades of the fighting
fourteenth at the frout.
A 5tih Story.
A man from Iowa who went prospect
ing in the Klondike, in the course of
chilling evonts was frozen to death.
His friends had him brought homo for
burial. When tho body arrived it was
found to be so drawn out of shape as
to forbid its being placed in a cofrn.
To bring the limbs down to a natural
pose, the frozen man was placed in a
baker's oven and a strong heat was
turned on. In the course of half an
hour one of his friends opened tho
oven door, when lo and l>ehold! tho
1 4
corpse arose slightly from it reclining
position and shivoring perceptiby, re
marked petulantly: "Shut that door 1
I think I feel a draught."?Ex.
To Dawson tor $io.
A reputable company, that operates
a fine line of steamers on the Yukon,
advertises a rate of $10 from Lake Ben
nett to Dawson city. The river steamers
aro at sword's point and the travelers
are benefited. The idea of going to
Dawson from Lake Bennett for $10 had
never occured to the public. Some
sort of a rate war was imminent from
the unusual number of boats, but the
present slashing of rates was scarcely
looked for. There are some qorpora
tious in this fight with pretty long
purses, and it is doubtful if the little
ones aro not brought to their senses
very soon. The outcome of the situa
tion no doubt, will bo a compromise all
around; for the owner of a sjuglo boat
cannot fight the owner of a dozen, and
neither of them can stack up bright
dollars by quarreling. Last year, the
few boats operating between Bennett
and Dawson, paid for themselves almost
in one trip. Their owners were fortu
nate. Never again will they see a like
season. ?
The Alaska Brewery is now orna
mented with a neat sign.
North front street is rapidly bracing
np. Mr. Cook planked 50 feet this
week. , t
A sawmill nbovo Juneau is now fur
nishing lumber to Douglas Island.