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VOL L DOUGLAS CITY AND TREADWELL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1899. NO. 31.
} NEW ANNOUNCEMENT j
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOI.IC CHURCH:
Mom with Sermon - 10:(>0 A. M.
Sunday School .... 3;00 P. M. 1
Ro*ary, Lecture and Benediction 7:00 P.M.
* Priest. Rev. Father P. C. Bougis, S. J.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. Loyal
L. Wirt, pastor. Services will l>e held every
Sunday at 7:4."> p. m. Sunday School meets at
2:?> p. m. Society of Christiun Endeavor
Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Ladies Inuigue
every alternate Thursdav afternoon.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services held at Odd
Fellows Hall every Monday evening, except
ing last in month, wheu the service will he
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. in.
Evening Services - - - 7:45
Prayer meeting, Wednesday* evening ut 7:45
Teachers' meeting every Friday evening at
8 o'clock at private houses.
Any and all arc cordially invited and wel
comed at all of these services.
Rev. C. N. Rkplogle. Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-At j
Peniel Mission. Tuesday evenings at 7:45
o'clock. Scandinavian services at the Peniel
Mission Friday evenings at 7;4"> o'clock.
A cordial invitation extended to ull. Rev. C.
J. Larsen, Pastor.
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block, between Front
unci 2nd Sts. Doiiglus City, |
FRED PAGE-TUSTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in the District Court of Alaska.
FortWrangel. Alaska. I
A. G. McBRIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office with News Douglas City. Alaska,
T. J. DONOHOE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in all the Courts of Alaska.
Post Office Building, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
JXO. R. WINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, ..... Alusku.
F. D. KELSEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, ..... Alaska.
C. S. BLACKETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Juneau Alaska.
Alaska Lodge, No. 1, j
^ ^raeets at Odd Fellows'
Hall, Douglas, on Wednesday evenings at 8
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 is where the N. W. M. Police stop.
IDE NEW ARMORY HALL.
A Permanent Home for Com
pany G, Alaska National
Guards.
FOURTH OF JULY BALL, j
Work was begun on the new armory
hall last Friday morning and will be
pushed forward as rapidly as possible,
so as to have it ready for the Grand j
Ball to bo given on the evening of July
4 th.
The object of the building is to fur
nish an armory for company C, Alaska
National Guards, but it will Hud other
uses, for the great need of Douglas has i
been a hall large enough for public
gatherings.
The building committee appointed
by the company cousists of the follow-!
ing meml>ers: Captain Chas. A. Phelps,
Lieutenant M'. J. O'Connor, Sergeant
H. G. Slater, and Corporal Dennis J. j
Milan.
Mr. George DeRoch? has charge of,
the carpenters and drew the plans for
the building.
The new hall when completed will |
have a floor space of 5,000 square feet,
besides the galleries, and will be the
largest in Alaska. The boys of com
pany C have worked hard for this hall
and we are pleased to note their entire
success.
Harconl's Wireless Telegraph.
McClure's Magazine for Juue con-,
tains an article by Cleveland Moifett,
giving to the readers of that estimable
magazine an outline of the efforts of
Marconi to telegraph without wires.
Mr. Marconi begau his endeavors in
1895 in the fields of his father's estate
at Bologna, Italy, and recently was
able to seud a message across the En
glish channel, a distance of 24 miles.
Mr. Marconi expects by the further
development of his invention to sond
messages from Paris to New Vork city
in the same way.
The latter end of the 19th ceuury is
suroly making a record that it will bo
hard for the 20th century to equal.
Rev. Qurr.
The lecture at Ohraau's Hall last
Wednesday evening, by Rev. Gurr was
a well written discourse on fraternal
ism in general and Pythianism in par
ticular and merited a much larger
audience than was assembled at that
time. The feeling of antagonism that
is held by some of the Reverend breth- j
ren is not shared by Rev. Gurr; on the
contrary ho is a strong supporter of
such organizations. The lecture, with
some additions, is to be repeated this
evening and should be largely attended.
Let Justice be Done.
Billy Howard, the Indian policeman
on Douglas Island, is a most efilcieut
officer and his services are very valu
able, not only in making arrests, but
also in detecting the guilty parties. It
is wrong to expect these Indian police-;
men to work for the pay they receive
and on that account the district has
lost the services of many of the best
men. Gov. Brady should see that these
Indian police receive pay for the work ]
they do. <
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THE COTTAGE CITY.
Holds a Death Watch over the Humboldt for
Two Hours.
The Cottage City, Wallace captain,
arrived in port last Sunday morning j
from the South. She reported that the
Humboldt ran onto the rocks, at high
tide, ten miles north of Serge narrows,
with 110 passengers on board, on (he (
night of the 15th at about 10 o'clock.
She was astern of the Cottage City less
than a quarter of a mile. The Jfum-j
boldt sounded a signal of distress and
the Cottage City returned to her and
remained for several hours when the |
City of Seattle came along and took i
the Cottage City's watch, and the latter
resumed her journey to the north.
The damage done to the Humboldt j
must have been light for she came into (
the channel Sunday afternoon and af
ter a short stay pulled out for the;
north. It is not. an uncommon thing
for the Humboldt to try to run on land
and rocks. She has had several experi
ences of that nature of late and she is
no longer called a "flyer," because just
when you think she is flying, sho lands
on some rocks, leaves her keel, and ,
then "waddles" along again. There was
some fog at the time the Humboldt J
crawled up on the beach, but it was i
also foggy whore the Cottage City was. I
If the Humboldt will get into the track
of one of the Pacilic Coast boats and !
stay close astern, we will guarantee she !
will not have such bad luck in the fu- {
ture as she has had in the past,.
I
BILLY THE BITER.
Chews a Finder off the other Billy?Taken to
Juneau -White flan's Whisky.
Among the Indian population on i
Douglas Island are two young bucks,
who arc each named Billy. They are J
both about the sarao age, between j
twenty-five and tvvouty-eight. These ,
two Billies have always been friends, j
and they are probably friends now, but
there was a break in this bond last Fri
day morning about 4 o'clock, for the
two Billies were on a genuine and
highly picturesque drunk, and while
in that condition they forgot all about
the bond of friendship and engaged in j
a fight, from which Billy the bitten
emerged less the end of the first finger
on tho right hand, for Billy the biter
bit it off slick and clean.
Deputy Marshal McElheny and In
dian Policeman Billy Howard took the
two Billies over to Juneau last Friday
morning, where they appeared before
his honor, Judge Malcolm. A number'
of Indians accompanied the prisoners
to Juneau on the early morning ferry
boat. The biter and the bitten seemed j
friendly and did no small amount of j
visiting on the way across. The biter's I
face and clothes were bloody, and the
bitten was scratched up some besides
having that part of the finger that the
biter kindly left, wrapped up in a rag.
Now and then Billy the bitten would
manifest deep laid affection for Billy
tho biter by laying his hand on the
biters shoulder and earnestly talking
to him in his native tonguo; and a
klootch would occasionally como up to
the two Billies and speak to them for a
few minutes and then return to her j
seat in the social hall. A boy stopped '
up in front of tho prisoners and offered i
some suggestions that seemed to meet
with approval. In fact there was quite
a commotion among the natives and
it scorned as though t hey wore trying
to fix the matter up without the inter
vention of the court.
The deputy marshal and policeman
tried to find out where they got the
whisky that made them fighting drunk,
but iu this thoy were unsuccessful
AT OHMAN'S HALL.
The Friends of Miss Anna Hougland (live Her
a Farewell Party.
Miss A una Hoagland is one of the j
most popular young ladies on Douglas
Island and sho recently concluded to !
leave Alaska for hor former homo at j
Ishpeming, Michigan, and if the pre
sent, plans do not miscarry, the Cottage
City on her next down run will take
Miss Anna away from Douglas Island.
Her many friends concludod to give
her a send off and with that end in
view a number of young people assem
bled in Oilman's hall last Friday night,
where they danced to the tuuo of good
music to their hearts' content. Doug
las City and Tread well were not alone
represented, for a nico delegation came
over from Juneau on the p. in. ferry ?
and in sail boats. Of those from
across the channel, we secured the fol
lowing names: The Misses Agnes
Swineford. Winnie Bell, Olive Parish,
Lulu Miller, Alice Jordison, Anna
Wager, Mrs. Gillivray, Mr. and Mrs. J
Lynch and Messrs. Hunter, Harry!
West, Allan and Henry Shattuck,,
George Blanchard, Fred Zimmerman,
Piico Jordan Allan McDonald, Mr.
Led better and Miss Beede.
Those attending from Douglas City !
and Treadwell were Mr. and Mrs. Shep
ard; Mr. and Mrs. Casken, Mrs. Howell, j
Mr. and Mrs. McKay, Mr. aud Mrs.!
Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. Mathews,
Mrs. Slater, Mrs. Johnson, the
Misses Hampton, Sandman, O'Leary,
Gale, King, Penglaso, Musetk, McCor-1
mick, Crofts, Sincere, and Messrs. Hale,
Week, Taylor, Deman, Casken, McCrae,
Sckell, Berry, Gale, Patten, Husted,
Lindstrom, Mellen, Calhoun, Elliott,
Mutk and Boyntou.
At about 3 o'clock the dancing was
discontinued and the Juneau guests
returned homo in row boats. It was a
very pleasant gathering and in honor
ol' a very deserving young lady.
Notes.
It was said that one of the Juneau)
couples danced together altogether too
often.
Mr. C. Lindstrom had the best time
of all the number that attended the
dance.
Miss Rose, one of the prettiest and
most podular young ladies at Juneau,
got lost just before the boat left at the
wharf across the channel aud did not
attend the party as was expected she
would.
Mr. Week gave evidence of his ability
to judge as to which were the prettiest
girls and the best dancers.
Mr. Hale was more than delighted by 1
the evening's enjoyment.
That the handsome and accomplished
Miss Jordison was tko life of the!
Juneau crowd.
Mr. Elliott got iu late, but when once j
there it was with both feet.
Mr. Schell had no cause for com
plaint. .
Noted Visitors.
Mr. Wiggiu, Mrs. Wiggin, Col. Dar- j
row and Al. J. Teuuy made the now
Three Hundred Mill a visit last Friday.
Mr. Wiggin is the owner of the:
steamer Martha Wilkes, that is on her I
way to Rampart City.
Judge Winn went to Skagway on the
Wolcott; last Wednesday evening.
Judge Delaney took a run up to
Skagway last Wednesday evening on j
the Wolcott.
Judge Heid was a passenger for1
Skagway on the Wolcott 1 aft Wednes
day evening, where h? attended court.
THE SOLDIER BOYS.
Co. B of Juneau and Invited Gue5t? Enjoy a
Smoker.
Gov. Brady put Col. F. I). Kelsey, of
Juneau, at the head of tho Alaska
National Guards, and from the thorough
manner in which ho has gone about the
work assigned to him, wo would say
that tho governor made no mistake in
selecting a man. Three companies have
thus far boon organized, A of Skagway,
B of Juneau and C of this city. The
members of those organizations are
taking a deep interest in tho work and
with the amount of drilling they are
doing every week, we will expect soon
to see them experts in military tactics.
Company B of Juneau gave a smoker
last Friday night. The headquarters
for the company is in one of the ware
houses on the dock. There are two
rooms, and the larger was most taste
fully decorated with flags, bunting and
evergreen. Three long tables were
spread with a beautiful lunch and tho
drink'consisted of beer, lemonade and
other soft drinks.
A literary and musical program was
rendered as follows:
Assembly Bugle
Opening Chorus?"America"
Company "B"
Address Captain L. F. Klein
Address Col. F. D. Kolsey
Song?"Church Across the Way"
Corporal G. C. Burford
Recitation .. .Q. M. Sergt. 0. Sternberg
Song?4 Bugle Call of Gettysburg"
1st Sergt. P. D'Regan
Selection Gramophone
Soug Mr. J. T. Spickett
Piano Solo Prof. J. W. North
Juggling Private G. Frant/en
Cornet Solo J. C. Howard
Selection?Atoharp.. .Capt. L. F. Klein
Song?"Sentenced to Death"
1st Sergt. P. O'Regan
Mandolin Solo Mr. Elmer Bevens
Military Sketches Mr. Nat Kaufman
Selections Gramaphone
Addresses by Mr. Ebner, Judge Mal
colm, Col. Suyder and Capt. Phelps,
citizens and visiting members of
Co. "C."
Chorus "Red, White and Blue"
Taps Bugle
Three cheers were given by Co. "C"
to Co. "B" and were returned by Co. B
and the two companies joined in a
cheer to Co. A of Skagway.
A large number of the members of
Company C went over to Juneau and
they spoak in the highest terms, of the
royal manner in which they were
treated.
The members of Co. B each wore a
silk rosette of purple and old gold,
which are the colors of the company.
Co. B. has also adopted a yell, which is:
Rah I Rah ! Rah !
Who are we ?
We are, we are,
Company B.
This first smoker was a decided suc
cess and will 110 doubt be followed by
others.
The members of Company C who
attended are as follows: Capt. Chas. A.
Phelps, 1st Lieutenant M. J. O'Connor,
2nd Lieutenant Chas. P. Knutsou,
Sorgts. H. G. Slater, John Laughlin and
E. E. Smith, Privates S. E. Weesner, A.
A. E. Weosuer, Reves, Anderson and
Armstrong, and Musician Johnson.
Mr. F. Rurman, who represents tho
Seattle Blowing and Malting Co., was
at Juneau last week arranging for a
local representative of that company.
It is not surprising that Capt.
Crockett of tho Wolcott looks so su
premely happy of late. His wife and
two daughters are with him and they
are keeping hou^e in Juneau.
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