Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-12-19

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low. To the left Of this there art
some eight or nine steps, at the tor
Of which there is q small iron door
When the rocks in the upper space
are red hot, CT nearly SO, al attend
ant pour5 in several pals full Of wa
ter; the chamber is at once closed, be
ing filled with steam. and the small
door referred to, at the head OF the
head of tie steps, is opened. On the
upper steps the heatis to some people
is unbearable, bt..s.kis is easily rem.
edied by descending step or t:,o, OF
more il required. 1t is gradually
cooler, SO that a person can have any
| degree Of heat desired by descending
or ascending. The construction OF
these baths is very simple Every
family in Great Falls City ought to
have one The room is the first de-
sideratum and chief consideration.
Give Mr. Fritz a vacant room, and up
goes your Russian baths quick as a
wink, and at very little cost. For
rheumatism these baths are known to
be the most beneficial that human sci
ence OF skill has yet invented
Leaving the governors mansion and
the Russian baths, you return by the
stairway you ascended. Now you are
firmly planted! on Lincoln street, nam
ed after the immortal President. This
street is the largest IN Alaska. It ex-
tends from the landing at the wharf
to Baranof Rock beyond the sub
urbs On each side Of the street are
stores and dwellings, solid, handsome
and durable. About the centre of
Lincoln street Tor 50 much Of it as is
inhabited stands the Russian church,
beautiful inside and handsomely orna-
mented, The Russian Emperors have
from time to time most liberally con
tributed to this temple Of the Lord,
where Russian men, women and chill
dren kneel down and pray. I,ho most
yiGainous and outrag ageous robbery on
record in Alaska'5 history was pe2pe-
trated here. It was most sacreiigi-
Gus crime. and went unaatected and
unpunished. There is a magnificent
chime Of bells attached 10 the church.
The bell-ringers ascend from the out
side by ladders to the belfry. During
the night some rut:ians ascen2el to
the belfry, drawing the ladder up af
ter them and letting It down on the
inside from the dome, which is ifoGn-
ed Of glass. The piIlage was then
effected. The altar ornaments, sacred
vessels, Of gold and silver, and even
the clasps and ornaments OF large
Bible, presented by the Empress Of
Russia to the Archbishop, was disfg-
ured. Such an act as this-such Il
deed was never heard of among the
Russian people anything SO vile and
base was unknown Although re
ward Of $1,000 was offered, for any
information that would lead to detec-
ton and conviction Of the robbers, no
clue could be found Gen. JEFF. G..
Davis, the commanding General, did
all that was possible for him to do,
but failed, and in feeling and forcible
language he stigmatized the robbery
Of the ahurch as vile beyond measure
and disgraceful to humanity. In
speaking ia the writer on the subject,
he expressed himself as wiling to go
any length to find out and punish the
perpetrators of such horrible out
rage against people so poor, peace
full and unoffending.
It leaked out afterWard in some way
how the robbery was committed, and
criminals who were concerned III some
other crookeaness were dishonorably
discharged from the army and expell-
ed from the territory. After their ex-
pulsion it was said the goods" stolen
from the church were disposed OF to
a Jew who kept a kind Of trading
store in Sitka, and by him melted and
sent to Victoria, B. G.
To the left Of the Greek church
stood the Alaska Times Office. It may
be said Of that paper that during its
existence it was the advocate Of NOR
ality and virtue, of equal justice aud
equal rights for all under our form Of
government, and the greatest amount
Of personal liberty governed by law.
Conducting a newspaper even in a
small town is not reposing on a bed
of roses. In exposing and suppress
ion Of vice, the vicious damns the edi-
tor; likewise in crime, in politics and
in every kind of raseality demanding
publicity. The editor is doubly damn
ed, denounced, assailed, and often as
saulted. We were not altogether free
from menaeings in remote Alaska.
Paul B. Ryan was city marshal at
sitka for long time. He was an ez-
cellent, trustworthy officer and good
man in everything the term implies
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