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Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15
Little TheIma's Funeral.

The remaiuS of sweet little Thelma Bach were laid in the grave at Juneau last Thursday afternoon. Services were held in the double parlors of the Bach residence in this city between twelve and one o'clock, and therefrom the funeral procession marched to the wharf and took the early afternoon boat for the city across the channel. The funeral was largely attended in this city, and many followed to the last resting place in the cemetery ono of the dearest and sweetest children that ever lived. Dr. Wirt conducted the funeral services, which were sad beyond description. Mr. Frank Bach is in the Klondike and will not know of the death of his child until his return in the spring. Mrs. Bach has the sym pathy of kind friends and relatives, but it affords no consolation in such be- reavcmeut
Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15
Judge Delaney and the News Man.

The News man has heretofore been on the most amicable terms with the business men of Juneau, but Judge Delaney got after us one day last week in manner that made it necessary for us to either back down or fight. The venerable Judge stopped us on the sidewalk where the snow bank to our left cut off our escape, his large pro- portions prevented us from passing him on the narrow walk and retreat was the only visible means of getting away, and, not knowing bis sprintlng qualifications, we considered that un- safe. The cause of this trouble was that we have not been delivering the News at the Judges office. We never made canvass of the city for subsrcib- CTS, and the Judge like the balance ot the high.grade and educated element of Juneau wants to read the News. Of course we apologized and promised that the only religious paper in Alaska would hereafter be regularly left at his office and by so doing escaped being stepped on."
Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15
There are More Ways than One Of Saving
IH5IG NIV UIUIV WNJo INNH VIIV VI OuTIN6
 Gold
 AND THE MINERS KNOW IT S- They are coming from JUNEAU SHEEP all the ISLAND to buy their Underwear, Over Shirts, Boots, 07Nonnor Shoes, and Winter Supplies from V OOIIIlOl |

in the game. suppose the Canadians will be after Douglas next
 J. r. Mcdonald wholesale and retail dealer in cigars and tobacco:
 Il cannot view the matter in any other light except that commercially it would be ruinous to the interests of Alaska towns for Skaguay to be cedcd to the Canadians
 D. W. Mckay said;
 "I think the effect on Douglas City and Juneau, resulting from ccdng Skaguay and Dyea to the Canadians, would be very bad
 "A. Insley did not wish to be quoted on the matter, not having given the subject thorough consideration.
 C. A. Lindstrom of Lindstrom Bros retail clothiers, said he did not think that ceding Skaguay and Dyea to the Canadians would be of any benefit to Douglas City and Juneau.
 Alex LaMotte the restaurant man said he had not given the subject much thought, but in his opinion giving Skaguay and Dyea to the Canadians would throw a great deal of business to this section of the country.
 B. NJ. Coates of the F. M. James store said he would think that it would be no detriment to Douglas City and Juneau to lose Skaguay and Dyea.
 G. Johnson'S opinion is that 1t would have bad effect on our towns to lose Skaguay and Dyea.
 PHI. Fox one of the first merchants in Douglas said:
 ''To cede Skaguay to the Canadians would open up a prosperous trade be- tween British Columbia ports and that city. and would no doubt be detri- ment to the Sound cities, but locally to Douglas City and Juneau, l do not think it would prove detrimental to any great extent. 1 am, however, op- posed to giving one of our best towns away and hope it will not become necessary to do so.
Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15
THEY ALL SAY KEEP II.
A News Man Talks With a Few Business Hen upon the QueS- tion of Presenting Skag-
 uay to Canada.
EFFECT ON OTHER TOWNS.

We may and we may not lose the town of Skaguay. Some think we will and others think we will not, but every body we talked to says, keep it. The commission that is trying to fix up matters between the United States and Canada will undoubtedly make some concessions that will not be approved by all the people and we are inclined to the belief that giving the Canadians a port of entry into Atlin and the upper Yukon will be one of them. Of course AlaskanS will have nothing to say about the matter for we are not even a small part of the "people." To be "peo- pie" in the United States is to have a pull" that is to have vote and to have something to say as to who will hold this or that office.
 The News man concluded that to Ob' tain an expression from some of the business men on the subject would do no harm anyhow and we give our read CTS the result of a few interviews.
 What effect will it have on Juneau and surrounding cities and country if Skaguay should be given to the Cana dians." was asked of Rev. Loyal L. Wirt.
 "I cannot see anything but prosperi- ty for Juneau by losing Skaguay. It would check the growth of Skaguay, but it has probably seen it's best day anyhow. The best towns are and prob ably always will be on the American side, and to make Skaguay and Dyea British towns will check their growth" was his reply.
 John M. Tenny Deputy Collector was asked the same question, and he thought the loss of Dyea and Skaguay, or either of them, would have de- mOralizing effect on all Alaska towns, and he is in favor of holding the towns.
 Mir. Blum of the Koehler-James Mer- cantile Co. stated to the News man that he did not think the United States senate would confirm a treaty that gives away any of our territory, but the effect even if Skaguay should become a Canadian town would be very little if any on Juneau.
 Mir. BehrendS the merchant and banker said:
 "Speaking commercially, l do not think it would have any bad effect on Juneau itself, but 1 would not like to see us lose Dyea and Skaguay or either of them, on general principles. l do not think the Canadians are entitled to the territory named and don't think they will get it."
 Mir. Knight of the Alaska Furniture Company was seen and expressed him. self on the subject as follows:
 "I think it would be quite a serious matter to lose any of our territory, but to the Canadians it would be great benefit"
 MT. R. L. Ball, manager of the Alaska Drug Co.,, was seen and asked for his
Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15

.
 wish to express an opinion-that he had not carefully considered the mat ter. but at first blush he would not hes itate to say that we ought not to lose either Dyea or Skaguay.
 Judge c. s. Blackett. one of Il most prominent lawyers in Alaska, said:
 In my opinion the loss of Dyea or Skaguay would be an injury to us. We ought to control the coast line without break. Yes, l am opposed to giving up an inch of territory that now be- longs to us"
 Mir. J. J. McGrath, resident of Ju- neau for seventeen years, said that the loss of the two towns would not injure Juneau or tLe surrounding cities par ticle, but he was not favorable to giving up any territory.
 Judge Asa Gardner we quote in his own language;
 Any benefit to the Canadians would be a corresponding injury to Us. The future would develop the fact that the loss of Dyea inl Skaguay, or either, would be an irrcparable injury to the whole of Alaska"
 Mr. C. W. Young expressed himself in the following terse and pointed manner:
 Il do not favor losing any territory. It is worth as much to us as it is to the Canadians. l consider it the duty of our government to get and hold all we have and get more-do as the Canadi- ans do in that respect
 MT. Lewis l.. Blumenthal, the Front street merchant said:
 II do not consider that the loss of Dyea and Skaguay would affect Us in the least. We are self sustaining. We have never been benefited directly or indirectly by any boom. Our business men are conservative, and permanently building a good city and lasting com mercial interests. predict that 1000 stamps will be dropping in the basin just back of our city within the next eighteen months, which with 86O at Treadwell, and more near by is cer- tainly guarantee of the permanency of Juneau. But while this is my opinion in case of loss, 1 am not in favor of giving away any territory"
 Postmaster R. P. Nelson did not wish to be quoted.
 Judge Delaney was asked his opinion on the matter and said:
 II think we will not lose Dyea, but l believe that we will Skaguay, but it would not affect Juneau. do not think anything will injuriOusly affect our city. Indirectly it will help Skag- uay, for the Canadians would run a line of steamers from their ports to Skaguay."
 Manager Robinson of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. was also seen by the News man on this question, but he shied around the point. We led him off onto another subject and in our most graceful manner tried to get back onto the question at issue in such way that we could get his views for publication, but all our efforts were in vain. Mir. Robinson made up his mind he would not be interviewed and that settled it. We then turned onto the subjects of religion and politics, and we are pleased to state that we left him much refreshed.
 H. R. Elliott the druggist said:
 "I don't think it will affect us any in Douglas City. Juneau may be loser
Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15

Mir. Martin Conway of the Behrends mercantile house of Juneau return ed from trip to Seattle last week To the News man he reported times being very quiet in the Queen City. He Pur- chased some goods for his firm while away and the people will hear further concerning the matter in the News.
Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15
4. F. and 4. T.

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 tend.
Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15
|. O. o. F.

Alaska Lodge No. 1 meets at Odd Fellows Hall, Douglas, on Wednesday evenings at 8 o'clock. Visiting Brothers are Cordially ln- vited to attend.
 J. G. MCDONALD, \. G..
 c. 4. WECK, Secretary.
Douglas Island news., 1899-02-15
Alaska Steam Laundry.....
 ............ .Dyeing and CleaniagWOrk.

E. R. JAEGER, Proprietor.
 -O-
 Laundry Work in all its branches, Suits cleaned und pressed. COlors restored. Dye ing of every sort promptly attended to- Car, pets cleaned without taking them mp. All at lowest possible prices consistent with ENE- A. LaMotte, Douglas City Agent. TET- Leave Bundles nt Delmouico Hotel Front Street. Juneau Alaska.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-11-01
OWNEDN-.THE DALLES
Property Near the BONANZA
Which May Equal Il.

Theo. J. Seufert. and J. H. Cradle
baugh, both Of The DaIles, Oregon, were
N Sumpter last week, headed toward the
Greenhorn district, where they, together
with twenty.one other The Dalles people,
own a very promising piece Of mining
property, the Golden Eagle group, four
miles from the famous Bonanza.
Mr.. Cradlebaugh, who Is superintend.
ent for the syndicate, goeSto direct further
development work. Already 1000 feet Of
tunnel have been driven on the property,
and some 200 tonsof ore are on the dump,
awaiting treatment by the 3.stamp mill In
process Of erection. These 200 tons as.
say from - to $40 In gold, some samples
running so high as 500 per ton. Mr..
Seufert, who Is making his first visit to
this region, Is member Of the firm Of
Seufert Bros. Company, big fishing and
canning firm Of The Dalles.
Mr.. Cradlebadgh Is an old mining
man, having operated In Montana, Idaho
and Nevada, and his opinion on mining
matters Is therefore valuable. He Is
quoted Is saying that the property upon
which he Is now at work Is Of such q
promising nature as to give weight to the
belief that Il viii equal, when developed,
the Bonanza, Higher eommendation
could not be given. e. N. WIngate Is
with the party. ~ I'm,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-11-01

upraise, some thirty feet above the tunnel
level. When the next stroke was msde
with the pick the sudden flow Of water
plainly showed that they were near the
bottom Of the shaft. and old workings
above. The man In the upraise soon got
out Of the way and had hard race Of Il
to the mouth Of the tunnel. But another
miner In the workings was not 50 for.
tunate. He was washed out to within
two hundred feet Of the mouth Of the
tunnel, and then caught on and climbed
above on some timbers until most Of the
water subsided, when he was rescued by
other miners, badly bruised and cut up
while being tossed against the rocks by
the subtsrranean torrent. II Is said that
the accident was the result Of a miscalcu.
lation by the engineer, who estimated that
the old workings were twenty.six feet
away, when as q matter Of fact, only
thin partition Of rock separated them.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-11-01

Max N. Shillock, special correspondent
Of the Portland Evening Telegram, has
been In and around Sumpter for the past
week, gathering data for q series Of ar.
tieIes descriptive Of the Klng.bee camp
Of eastern Oregon. Mr.. Shillock Is a
faeile writer, and has the enviabIe faculty
Of getting at facts. His letters to the
Telegram will reach large list Of readers,
and will be the means Of presenting, In q
measure, the attractions Of this region as
field for mining investment. While
here, Mr.. ShIllock arranged for q resident
correspondent for his paper. A..
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-11-01
SUwTER AN OLD CAMP.
A. v. Ellis Psoelaiming Tie Truth on
Pueet Sound.

Puget Sound.
A. w. Ellis, a prominent mining man
from Sumpter, Oregon, Is at the Hotel
Seattle. In an interview with the repre-
sentative Of the Industry and Mining he
said: "The Sumpter district Is not new
camp; In fact, II Is one Of the oldest gold
mining camps, both placer and quartz, In
the Northwest. The present boom which
Is now on at Sumpter, which Is the nat.
ural gateway to the gold fields Of eastern
Oregon, Is being pushed ahead simply on
its resources.
"lf ] should tell you the truth about
some Of the mines In our district you
would hardly believe II. Take, for In.
stance, the Goleonda, which Is owned by
English 4 Son, and Is one Of the biggest
gold propositions In the country. At the
sso.foot level In the tunnel an ore body
was tapped about twelve feet wide from
which assays gave SI267 In gold. This
Is only one instance Of the many dividend
paying mines In the district. There are
about seventy.six companies organized,
which have been lately incorporated and
which are actively developing their prop.
critics. It has been demonstrated that al.
most anywhere along the ridge from
Bourne you cannot make q mistake In
buying stock In any Of the properties 10.
Gated In that district.
:" am very much impressed with Seat.
tie and the Sound country and am glad
to see the active interest taken by the
1people Of Seattle In the mining industry
Of this country. The people Of Sumpter
district naturally look to Puget Sound and
Spokane for capital for Investing, and 81.
ready great many from Spokane have
invested In the district.
"Our district took the prize at Spokane
for the best gold display. and am glad
to see that Index, which Is In your dis.
trict, succeeded In capturing the prize for
copper ses."-Seattle Industry and Min.
Ing. '' ..~tfp,~
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-11-01

Miners Marrow Eseaps From Death.
While the day shift was working In thu.
Banzette last week, making an upraise At
the end Of q Iooo-foot tunnel, they noticed
small flow Of water from above In the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08

The Englishman is looked on In Scot
land, and regards himself, as for
eigner. Though the literary language
of both countries is one and the same,
many of the most common Scottish OK
pressions are quite unintelligible to
him, while the laws and institutions Of
the country are entirely unfamiliar.
How" in this connection remarked
the Edinburgh press-"how Is 1t that,
after living one thousand years side by
side, after three centuries of union,
and in spite of the yearly visit to Scot
land of tens of thousands of English,
there are still among them people, even
writers, who know less about our coun-
try than about Patagonia 2"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08

1t is said on what is thought to be
good authority that the Marlborough
investment Of w. X. Vanderbilt was
S15,000,000, two-thirds settled for life
upon the Duchess and the remainder
upon the Duke during his lifetime. The
Duchess portion at her death goes to
her children, il she has any; If not, one
half OF 1t Is to revert to her mother,
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont. But the Dukes
S5000,000 Is bis, whatever happens. All
this money is invested in Vanderbilt
railway securities, and the Marlbor-
oughs only enjoy the income therefrom.
The Duchess would probably get the
amount from her father, no matter
whom she married, so that Vanderbilt
got a real English duke q little below
the market price. He is getting his
money back in the fact that the Prince
of Wales has been his daughters guest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08

In speaking Of the widow of William
Morris, who has Just asked that letters
of the dead poet be sent to her to be
used in his biography, the Boston Tran
script says: Her extraordinary beauty
was for years In her youth a sort Of
outward and visible sign In this world
of what the young painters and poets
of Morris set were striving for in art.
1t is her face which appears in num-
bers of the paintings of all the pre-Ra
phaelites, notably in Rossetti's-hcr
wonderful brow, with the thick masses
of hair above and the not-to-be- forgot
ten eyes and mouth, appearing In many
pictures, well known also In copies and
prints dear to many lovers of art, who
have not associated them with the per-
sonality of the woman who became the
wife of William Morris"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08
Respect for the Queen.

The good Queen Victoria hopes Tor q
peaceful adjustment of all differences
between the United States and Great
Britain. The good Queen has always
had The good will and respect Of the
American republic.-Detroit Journal.
a really good man had rather be de-
ceived than be suspicious, and rather
forego his own right than run the ven
ture of doing even hard thing This
is the temper Of that charity of which
the apostle says that 1t shall never
fail
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08
An English publisher writes to Il

An English publisher writes to the
London Times, asking: Are we in the
midst of an epidemic of bad spelling?"
He saws that the number of people who
write misspelled letters and offer for
notification mlsspelled works of fiction
seems to be steadily on the increase.
An author of Scottish name and fame,
IN nm epistie to the publisher, discusses
n "frontispiece" for his next book and
homes that the London man will tex
coed TO my request while in the same
mail from another literary light comes
an offer of "a story of intreagues and
adventures" Curiously enough, this
cautious person commits In his own let
ter the very sin he criticises in Others
His communication ends in these
words: "For the past twenty years
have had thousands of letters u year
from more or less educated people, and
am struck with the prevalence (sicl
Of badly spelled letters of late
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08

DR.. Besse has sued the trustees of an
Ohio town for damages because they
forced his bees into idleness last sum-
mer by cutting down a field of clover.
This should prove a difficult question
for court to solve. Besse, 1t appears,
sowed the clover, but the trustees had
the right under an old law to reap 1t,
yet the action of the trustees made it
impossible for Besse's bees to be busy,
thus violating the unwritten laws Of
ages. One can hardly picture q more
pathetic spectacle than a swarm Of
bees with nothing to do, and 1t is not
surprising that DR.. Besse resents the
singing blow.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08

John L. Sullivan, the former pugil-
list. is clearly degenerate. Since he
quit knocking his fellow-men into plas-
tic mush he has steadily gone down the
scale. A short time ago he began rails
ing mutton chop whiskers, and now he
is being sued in a Boston court for n
florists bill! He incurred a debt Of
1918 for buttonhole bouquets and 9TH
er trumpery. John will be smoking
cigarettes next.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08

Whatever a man honestly believes to
be his duty claims his uncompromislng
and unhesitating allegiance; and every
time he disobeys the call of duiy he
falls step lower in the scale of char
ncter, Like all other powers within
us, it is strengthened by exercise and
weakened by disuse.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08

France, Italy, Spain, Portugal Swift
zerland, Belgium, Holland and Lilxem-
burg have just signed at the Hague the
first international treaty on private
law, the treaty relating to civil proce-
dure. All these ma tons use the Roman
law IN some form. The Swedish and
Norwegian commissioners made GER
tain reservations which prevented their
signing the agreement. The treaty Is
to be followed by others on different
portions OF the law
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08
How to Save Labor in spring cleaning.

Spring cleaning is no longer the labor it
was in the days OF our grandmothers.
Women understand how to save themselves
by the use of modern conveniences. When
beginning the work everything should be
in readiness - tacks, hammers. brooms,
with supply of Ivory Soap (Which is the
best for all cleaning purposes), lime, am
monia and carbolic acid. Good weather
should be selected, and only one or two
rooms cleaned at time; air and sunshin
should be freely admitted.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08

1t Is very satisfactory to note that
young Mr.. Whitney and his bride have
decided to rebuke the plutocratic ten
denotes of the day by trying love in o
cottage. They have just bought the
cottage at Newport for $3.50. 900.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08


More people over 100 years, old are
found in mild climates than in the
higher ATTITUDES. According to the
last census of the German empire. of
a population of $4,000 900, only rs have
passed the Tooth year. France, with
a population of 100000, has 219 cen
tenarians. In England there are 146.
in Ireland SIS, and in Scotland 46.
Sweden has 10, and Norway 23. Bel
Eium 5, Denmark 2, Switzerland none
Spain, with a population of 1S.O0O.C0O
has 401 persons over 100 years of age.
OF the 2,250,O0O inhabitants of Seryia.
E75 persons have passed the century
mark. 1t is said that the eldest person
living whose age has been proven is
Bruno Cotrim born in Africa, and now
living in Rio de Janeiro. He is $50
gears old. A coachman In Moscow has
lived for 140 years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08
''Coaraqe ard STRENGTH
in Tines of Danger. -

Read TIE qvarning 6etWeen
the lines. What IS that qUarn-
mgr IT Is of the danger from
accumulation of badness in
the Blood, caused by the
usual hea0y Hving Of the
Winter months. Spring is
the clearinG cleansing time
Of the year; the foreranner Of
the brightness and beauty Of
glorious Summer.
Follow the principle that Nature lays
down. Start In at once and purify youI
blood with that great specific, Hoods Sar-
saparitla. II neror disdppoints. ,,,o,.
TumoFs-"A tumor as big as Il Instead of
BILE came under my tongue, amt, l used my
letting my physician operate 3 Sarsaparlla.
favorite spring tonic, s,earcd." Mrs. II. VI.
The bunch soon fSt., Lowell, Mass
CoBuRN' 9'9 NJ sesm-"I had rheumatism for
ears and can conscienuously say that
Goods Sarsaparilla has given me entire re-
lief. AS a blood purifier it has helped my
children wonderfully" MRs 5. A. SAGAR,
81 Franklin Avenue, Passaic, y. J.