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Douglas Island news., 1899-12-06
vast number of school children in Alas

vast number of school children in Alas ka can be educated at home.
 Now that we are taxed and large and increasing revenue derived there from there should be at least a consid- erable portion of this revenue appro- priated for school purposes.
 Since 1895 and inclusive, we have had an annual appropriation of $3O,O00 to which has been added 55,OOO from the Indian fund. This amount should be increased to at least 36O,0OO per annum for school purposes, and there should be special appropriation of Sl5,OOo for the erection of public school buildings in the District.
 We have examined the school build ing at Juneau and find it wholly made quate to the needs.
 There should be at Juneau a school building to accommodate 200 pupils, the cost of which building would be about S3,OOO.
 At Douglas Island a like condition prevails, while in Skagway there are from three to four hundred children of school age and no public school build ing.
 A small school is maintained there, but the needs of public educational facilities are urgent, and a similar building to that recommended for Ju- neau should be provided.
 WrangeI, Douglas, St. Michael and various other towns of Alaska should be supplied with public school build ings where the white children can have educational advantages separate and apart from the natives.
 We believe that the time has arrived when the educational system of Alaska should be managed by an educational bureau, consisting of representative men of Alaska, and that all public schools should be free and distinct from any and all religious sects.
 Within the past three years Alaska has had remarkable increase in her population.
 Allured by the wonderful resources and stores of wealth of this vast Dis trict, men have brought their families and built their homes, and as it is as- sured that this growth will continue, prompt remedial steps in educational lines are of the greatest importance. For while the schools are at present supplied with competent and efficient teachers, their numbers are few, and their work done under great disadvan- tages. owing to the lack of proper facil- ities placed at their command.
 Heretofore the impression has pre- vailed that the white population of Alaska were principally lawless fortune seekers. This is wrong. We have demonstrated that we are a thrifty and enterprising people, although conscious of the fact that we are greatly in need of those educational facilities enjoyed bv the rest of our great nation.
 We also desire to express to Marshal Shoup and to the other officers of the court our appreciation of their kind and ready attention to our wants, and also to commend them for the manner in which they have discharged their respective duties.
Douglas Island news., 1899-12-06
THE GRAND JURY's REPORT.
Praise for the Court Officlals-The District
 Lacks Adequate Laws.

It has been the usual custom in this District for the grand jury to file a written report upon the completion of their Iabors, but owing to the fact that such a course would of necessity de- tain large number of the members until their steamers had departed for the westward and other points, rather than detain those members from their homes for two weeks longer, and to ef- feet a considerable saving of expense, the court upon request of the grand jury consented to depart from the usu- al custom and receive a verbal report.
 At ten o'clock Wednesday evening the grand jury filed into the court room and sent word to Judge Johnson that they were ready to report.
 Judge Johnson arrived in few min utes and foreman W. c. Pedler arose and said that the grand jury was ready to report, at the same time submitting to the court some indictments, and an nouncing that the secretary, Mir. W. l.. Metcalf, would submit their final re- port in verbal form.
 MT. Metcalf addressed the court as follows:
 Your Honor, we as a grand jury have completed our labors, and before mak- ing our report wish at this time to eX- tend to you our heartfelt thanks for the very kind and courteous treatment by you extended us while in the dis charge of our duties.
 Not only do we wish individually to thank you for the courtesies extended to us, but as we'll on behalf of the peo- pie of this great District of Alaska, to commend you for the manner in which you have fulfilled the duties of your high office.
 We have noted your untiring efforts to see that justice was administered properly throughout the District, and coming as we do from many different and distant points within the District we appreciate the effort necessary on your part in the performance of your duties.
 In the administration of justice you not only have exclusive jurisdiction over a territory greater in extent than that of any of the district or circuit 1 judges in the States, but have as well to administer justice over a people em bracing many representatives of nearly every foreign nation and of every faith as we'll as our own citizens and the na tives of the numerous tribes dwelling within the confines of the District.
 That justice has been administered fairly, faithfully and impartially, n one can truthfully gainsay.
 We find on investigation that many of our laws are inadequate to the needs of the District, as for instance the law with relation to the suppression of thC gambling vice, which is wholly made quate for that purpose.
 There are many other deficiencies il our present code of laws, but we deen
Douglas Island news., 1899-12-06
The Man Who Tears Down.
Skagway News.


 You will find him in every communi- ty, the man who makes his living by tearing down that which others have or are trying to build up. To-day it may be a mans reputation that he assails, the next day a public improvement. As he looks back on his deeds of the past, he sees only where he has been successful and not where he has failed; feels not the hatred of the better ma jority, but hears only the praises and the chink of the money of those who secretly aid and abet him. Strength that is born of the ability to be sue cessful "l1nocker" is not strength, but weakness, for time will soon come when such one must seek new field of operation, time when he is known and not feared, and his motives plain to all.
 "That which can not live through it's own merits, cannot survive through the demerits of others"
Douglas Island news., 1899-12-06

it useless at this time to reiterate them, as we confidently hope and expect that the authority from which these laws emanated will speedily enact such legislation as will not only remedy these defects, but will as we'll provide us with such laws as will be adequate to the necessities of our great and growing commonwealth. In passing this subject, however, we desire to call attention to a few things which seem to us to merit special attention at our hands although mentioned in the re- ports of former grand juries, among which is the great and present need of court houses, jails, an asylum for the insane and fireproof vaults for the safe keeping and preservation of the records of our courts and recorders offices. In all of these regards a state of affairs exists that is deplorable, and which should be remedied with all possible speed. Our jails are not only over crowded, but are as well in many in stances so lily adapted for the purpose that prisoners make their escape and thus defeat the ends of justice. We have had called to our attention one case at St. Michael where prisoner made his escape with no other means at hand than an ordinary case knife.
 We have made careful and thorough investigation of the charges of official corruption and misconduct brought against officials of the District, and we find that the charges are wholly with out foundation, that they emanate from an unreliable source, and that they were actuated and inspired by malice.
 We have investigated one hundred and forty-six cases and have found one hundred and forty-one true bills of in dictment.
 Nearly one hundred of these indict- ments were however for the violation of the recently enacted tax or license law, and in many instances the parties are far from the reach of speedy com munication and are in all likelihood unfamiliar with the provisions of the law.
 In conclusion your Honor, we wish +o ovpraes onr hearty commendatiOn of work done by the district attorney, Gen. Friedrich, and his able assistant, A. J. DaIy, Esq. The duties of these officials have been extremely arduous, requiring their undivided attention al most night and day since the begin ming of the term, and have been per formed by them in a manner which not only shows their ability. but is as well great credit to the office which they occupy.
 In hopes that some remedial power or authority may be reached to whom the present deplorable and wholly in adeouate condition of the public school system of Alaska may be clearly shown and its needs explained, the grand jury respectfully present the following Considering the public school system of our nation and the education of its people to be the nations safeguard, we earnestly request those in authority tc extend to us a system for the main tainance of public schools whereby the
Douglas Island news., 1899-12-06
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHURCH;

Mass with Sermon lU;UO A. M. Sunday school @;UO r. 9' Rosary. Lecture and Benediction 7;0O P; NJ.
 Priest Rev. Father ?. C. BouSiS, :. J. CONGREGA ATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. H. Ham, moud Cole, pastor, Regular services every Sunday in the morning at lO:SJ Oclock' ana in the eyening, at 7:45 o'clock. Sunday SchoO! i'm the afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Soclet% or Christian Endeavor meets every "Wednesday evening at :45 o'clock. Seats free. The pubic cordially invited to attend.
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services helda at Odd Fellows Hall every Sunday evening.
 Rev. II. J. Gurr. FRIENDS Regular services at the Mission School house.
 Sabbath School iV a' III Native Services II a' m: Evening Services L'fg Prayer meeting, Wednesday, evening at I:+1 Teachers meeting every Friday evening at s o'clock at private houses. Any and all arc cordially invited and wei comed at all of these services.
 REV. C. \. REPLOGLE, Pastor. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH--At Peuiel Mission, Tuesday evenings at H+2 o'clock. Scandinavian services at the PeuleL Mission Friday evenings at i;42 0clockk' A cordial invitation extended to all. Rev. C. J. Larsen, Pastor.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16
Do PIP. pOlskich malarzy.
Ronkurs ma odmaloudnie Donu
Z,oiqzkonego.

Ma mooy uohwsiy Ssjmu XIII &c
Dom Nv. Mar. Pol. ma bye odmalo.
wany.
zar.ad Centrally ninisjs.sm ogaa
SEA konkurs ma ts praoe pod nassepu.
jscymi warunkami:
Ofsrty mus.a bye .fo.one do dnis
30 lissopada 1899 r. na reos sskreta
RIA jeneralnegc, T. M. Heli6sk.ego.
Kafda ofsrta powinna podac Gene
"a odmalowanis Domu klejowemi far.
bsmi (oaloimiuinR)i IA odmalow.nie
olsjnemi farbami.
Do kaadsj Ofsrsy, jake kauojs. o.
reoe k~asjsra Zwis.ku nalety .iozyc
$500 got6wka. Ksucja ia .wr6oo
NJ bedsie " swoim orssie kaAdsmu.
Pc blas'e / f,ruasj- i sGc.-goly
praoy sgiAs,sc SIC molu. cOa,isnais
cd gods. 2 do 8 po poiudniu.
T. N. Heliashi. sekr. jsp.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16
Przeglad ~polityczny.

Trdns,oddI.
Oh dwoch tygodni uwaga oalego
swiata zwraca sic ku miastu Lady
smith W Natalu, gdzie okraaony re
wszystkich stron przez wojska Doe.
row, jenera} White wytrzymuje
~oblezenie. 2 dnia ma dzie6 nadcho.
dza wiadomosOi, zs anglicy jeszcze
sic trzymaja, re krajowoy slysza huk
armat, rsz gwaltownisjszy, to znow
siabnacy, jednak MIC pewnego do
tychozas Poza skaly otaozajace oble.
tonyoh jeszcze sic ME p~rzedostalo
Tymozasem anglicy ma gwalt wysy-
iaja wojska, transport "a transporter
day przez ocean. Pierwsze z wysla
nyoh transPortow prtybyly ju. do
Poludniowej Afryki. aw przeoiagu
IA dni angielska armjs wynosic tam
bedzie 10000 ludzi. Wiedza o TEN
boerzy, to tez wszystkioh si} Dolby.
waja, ably pred lynn ozssem zadac
anglikom clos stanowozy W Lady.
smith, albo tet wzias6 ~oblezone tax.
ze przez mich miasta Kimberley
Mafeking u zschodniej granicy
Transwaalu. Jednak zdobycie tych
dwooh miast ostatnich ME daloby
boerom wielkiej przewagi pod wzgls.
dem strategicznym, SHY bowiem an.
gielskie W Mich zamkniete 50 nielioz.
ne. Jedyna prawie korzyscia bylo.
by W tym razie ola borrow zniszoze
ME kosztownyoh urzadzef kopalnia.
nych W obu tyoh miejscowosciach
przyczynieDie " takim razie apeli.
kom szk6d miljonowycb. Zato sdo.
byoie miasta Ls~dysmith, W ktorem
jen. White posiads do $1,000 zo}nie.
RIA, 30 armat polowych j baterje da
~lekonosnych, ciezkioh dzisi, przysis.
nych z pancernika Powerfully,
wfasnie W chwili, gdy boerowie o.
krazsli missto stanowiioby dls
borrow zwycieztwo, po ktorem vol
ska angielskie, swiezo przyby}e (,
Anglji, strsciiyby ma duchu i ME bar.
do ochoczo sziyby przeciwko lekoe.
wazonemu do niedawns nieprzyjacie.
lowi, a przytem w~kroczenie woish
sngielskich do Transwaalu re strony
Natalu byioby juz niemozebnem.
Jak donoszs ostatnie telegramy
" porcie Durham (glowny port Ma.
talu) wyladowaio " ciagu kilku dni
oststnich do 1000 zo{nierza anpiel
skiego, ktory ma podszy6 natych.
miast kolejs .elszns do Estcourt,
oststniej stscji ns drodze do Lady.
smith, ME sajetej jessoze przez Doe
row. Dslej joz bsrd.o wsana staojs
Colenso, Prey ktorej snajduJe sic
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16

sic carowi wrz6d ma glowie i "
Darmsztacie, gdzie car obecnie bawi,
musiano przedsiewzias6 nader ME.
bezpieozna o~peraoje. Wiadomos6 ia
ME jest jeszcze potwierdzona.
Hiszpdnja.
w Barcelona wybuohly niepoko-
je. Powodem mialo bye podwya-
szenie miejskich podatk6w. Kupoy
zamkneli skiady, a t1um ludzi cho.
dzia ulioami j wybija. szyby. Dopie.
70 aandarmi, dobywszy broni i ma.
tariszy ma tium, prsywr6cili W nooy
spok6j.
Bulgaria.
Bu1garji grozi podobno wielkie
Przesilenie fnansowe. w kasaoh pa
nujs take pustki, re cd dw6ch ME
sieoy ME w~ypiaoono pensyj urzedni
kom ami zo3du wojsku. w kraju z
Powodu tego objawia sic wielkie
niezadowolenie i oburzenie ma Rad
obecny.
Ching.
w Pekinie zanosi sic ma nova re
woluoje p~aiaoowa. Cesarzowa wdo.
wa zamierza zrzuoic z tronu syna
sweSo obwo}ac eesarzem jednego 2
kuzyn6w jego.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16
ZawiadOmienie.

Podaje do wiadomosci 81. publicz'
nosci polskiej, il mayhem zakiad
balwierski Barber Shop, znajdujs
oy sic pray rogu III. Noble i Divi'
sion, cd ?. KOzlowskiego. Przy to-
sposobnosci smiem p~oiecic sic iaska
wynn wzgledom rodskow.
JuI Satmohs'i zwiazkowiec.
$40 Noble utica.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16

Podobaio sic Bogu .abrs6 nam ma
srs ukoohana o6rke Hslsnks W vile
ku jsdnego roku ! piec missieoy,
ossm donosimy krewnym 1 1najo
mym. Pogr.sb odbys sic " erode
ID listopads, Z kofoiois iw. Jadwiei
w gfebokim pogratsni smutku
Aichdf s Mariana O,uchouis.
rodzios, 1918 N. Leavitt str.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16
Posiedzenie delegation.

Posiedsenie delegat6so.
Posiedssnis dslsg. obohodowych
ma p6an. zach. stronis miasta, cd
bedsis sic " sobote. IL bm. W hal
dcmu wv. - S. Z~ioosewski, presss.
Z,ciqzek Polek.
Stosownis do ods.wy, umies.o.o-
mel ~ 1es.iym numsr.s nzgody",
.sbrafy sic ubisgisj nisdsisli W hall
P~ofaskisgo c.tsry tovarsystwa polek
ola radssnia mad .orgsnisowanism
zwis1ku Polsk. Pc diu.ssych deba
saoh possanoviono wybrac Z ksadsgc
to war.ystws komitss . 8 pan 1 PREY.
stapic do ufotsnia ustaw 1 swolanis
ssjmu. Ma p~osisdIsniu obscny byl
p. Hslihski, kt6ry ~objasnias zsbrane
panic, 90 do prao potrssbnyoh Ola "a
fotenis tskisj organi.soji ora. wyka.
sywsf jsj potytek.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16

Slubns fOtograf;s ws.slkis inne
najlspiej wykohoss ten, kt6rego
pows.eohnis usnao n rKr6ls Pol.
skioh FSsografo~'- sym jsst Jan
w. Idsiko wski. 433 Milwaukee Ave,
Chicago. Csny .~niiops.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16
SpraWOzdanie

opraWOz0an1o
sskrstsrsa f~lnsnsowego Z Bibliotski
Oiwiaty i'm. Adams Miokiswicsa.
Chicago.
Ma dniu % wrzsipia administrator
wras Z ala gospodarc.s, po soisiem
sbadaniu ksistek, 1nalazia takows W
" porsadku.
DOchodu byio W c.erwcu $388.40
W llpou $3.50
W sierpniu 52 81
Razsm $514.76
Ro.cbodu by'o
" ossrwou $l2.95
" lipcu $50
" sisrpniu 700
Rassm 1855
Posostsio kasie;' S480 FL
Cd s~alo4enia tow. byio S79.25
Rssem $186S 40
q sunny tel .rajduje sic " banku
81 200 90, q " reku kasjsra 1893 46.
Antoni Gdjerski sekr. fin.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16

w sobo,e, dnis IL lIssopsds r. b,
odbedsIs sic wielks ssbswa " bali
ro~bosoiorsj, " domu Wslshs, 4S4-
488 Noble al. Mssur konkursowy
nsgrodsmi. PocIstek o godzinie
Sci wisosorsm. Wstsp 15c. Czysty
dooh6d . tel ssbswy prseroacrony
M popsroie gasesy robotnicssj isis
! Postep".
Posuisccnie dzsoon6p.
Potwisoenie dswon6w " psrafji
~. Krsyaa M Bridgsporcie nsssspl
" dniu 10 lissopsds 3. b, o godsiois
3 20 pofudaiu. Cersuonji potwis
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16

1ch dotyohczas ME wladoma.
Przewazajsoe SHY amerykahskie
zgniota wodza ilipihskiego - to
fskt, W kazdym jednak raz 9 szozs-
re ~uznanie mu sic nalezy Il jego
~wytrwa}osc dotychozasowa, valley
on bowiem, bsdz 90 badz, "a sprawe
siuszna, "a prawa swojego narodu.
Niemcy.
Cssarz Wilhelm - jak sic z ,zu.
peinie wiarogodnego zrodis' dowia.
DUE ,Rhein. Westf. Ztg."- ME pole.
die " tym roku do Anglji ! to re
wzgledu ma wojne Z Transwaslem,
Cesarz odstapi} cd tego zamiaru, a.
zeby ME wysnuwano z niego fslszy.
wyoh wnioskow co do stanowiska,
jake Rad niemieoki W tel sprawie
zajsc postanowi}.
o zamecie, jaki panuje W view.
netrznej polityce Prus, pisza dc
nKoeln. Volkszeitung" z Bsrlins.
,Wydaje sic corsz wstpli vszem, czy
gorace 1yczenie cesarza, ably ks. Ho.
henlohe, jak p. ! MIGUEL pozostali ns
stsnowisku, bedzie mogio sic spell.
nic. O,ydwaj mszowie stauu "a.
nsdto sic rCznia " swych poeladaoI
celacb, jak W wybranej przez sio.
bic metodzie prowsdzenia polityki
u polurze1owyOb twierdzeh o zupes
nej zgodzie miedzy obydwoms pa.
Mani smieja sic wszyscy, takioh "a.
pewnieh ME bierze sic tax samo ma
serjo, jak tureokich obietnic co dc
zsplscenia diugow.
Austria
Nowy cabinet hr. Clsry'ego spell.
nib juz gi6wne zadanie swoje. u.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

partment is satisfied from the despatch
received to-day from Gen. Otis that he
has put aside temporizing over peace
and has turned his attention to most
aggressive tactics. Tie wisdom of this
course was fully approved by officials
here, who have foreseen that the reb-
els Mt ed d further chastisem ent ia or
der to bring them to realizing sense
of their position.
The capture Of towns and villages is
no longer considered of chief import
ance, the main consideration being to
intercept the insurgents. General Law
toms movement northward today to
Maasin is designed to keep body Of
American troops to the north of the
rebels and between them and their line
OF retreat to the mountains. A sue
cessful execution of this move will
leave the insurgents well nigh sur
rounded on the north, though there is
o stretch of about seven miles from
Maasin to the Rio Grande river, along
which the rebels are retiring. If the
rebels do succeed in getting into the
mountains war department officials
believe they cannot continue organized
resistance, as the mountain localities
afford much less opportunity for sus-
tenance than the rice lands along the
foot hills and bottoms. The author
tiles here are well satisfied with the
manner in which our forces are placed
MANILA, May 5.-Gsn. Antonio Luz
ma, commanding the Filipinos opposing
MacArthur's advance, was wounded,
fighting yesterday in the vicinity of
Of ho
in the fight at Santo Thomas was COM
plete aud the rebels fed on trains
toward San Fernandino. General
Wheaton, loss during his gallant
charge was one Montana volunteer
killed and two wounded. Besides the
wound sustained by Colonel Funston,
lieutenant of the Kansas volunteers
was killed and captain and Six men
were wounded. The Filipino. left
Santo Thomas complete ruin, every
house destroyed by fire. Advance on
San Fernandiuo resulted this morning.
MADRID, May 5.-Rios, the Philip
pine commander, cables the commits
sioners th It the conference of Aguin-
aldo to release the Spanish prisoners,
was unsuccessful Aguina'd said that
the Ar ricans nov he'd lhe sover-
eighty to cal with them only.
MANILA, Nay 5.-The navy to. day
co-opera'ed with the land forces south
of Manila, Furnishing the rebels who
had a,;acAed the American lines last
night AT daybreak the monitor Mo-
nadnock drew in close to Paranaque,
nearly opp sic Cavltc. and began
Smelling he place. The bomberdmeat
has co4.iuued all day doing trenlvn-
dous damage. Geuc-Yl MacAr hu. &C.
cupied San Fefuandino to-day D he
evacuation of a ;ebeIs who hssr re-
treated nor h on trains.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

it goes into the Record. Mother Goose
or the Ten Commandments, or MI. At
kinson's pamphlets, could thus be print
ed as public document germane to
the Philippines, the tariff or any other
question. The Senate is sometimes
imposed upon. 1t was in this in
stance. The imposition, the defense
of Mr.. Atkinson, the attempt to circu-
late treason and breed mutiny in the
army around Manila through the agen-
cy of "Senste documents" thus author
lied are all of the same class. And
they would justify the sending of Mr..
Atkinson through the lines into Aguin-
aldo's "republic," just as Vallandigh-
am was sent through the Union lines
a generation ago, into the Southern
he had been reasonably
serving from his home in the North.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10
Helen Keller Ridingga Wheel.

Helen Keller, the wonderful,iyoung
girl who, although being blind, deaf
and dumb, deprived of 80 many of her
senses, accomplishes as much and even
more than those gifted with all their
faculties, is learning to ride tandum.
Although some two or three years ago,
under the guidance of Colonel T. W.
Higginsop, she mounted a machine and
rode a short distance, to-day she really
took her first lesson, under the guild
ance of Alfred 81 Onge, an expert and
well-known bicycle rider. At quarter
past two she stated from IL Newbury
street for ride to Jamaica Plain. Miss
Keller seemed to have no difficulty in
mounting, aud started eff with much
self-confidence and as if she were quite
used to riding. She was given much
good advice by a party of interested
small boys who stood near, evidently
thinking their assistance invaluable.
Miss Sullivan, her teacher, accompa-
MED her on her ride.-Boston Tran
script.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-10

THE administration will institute and
enforce measures to suppress the sedi-
tious literature the anti-imperialistic
leagues and other associations are en-
deavoring to circulate among the
troops in the Philippines. The pur-
pose of this literature is to breed dis
content and mutinv, and is evidently
sent with that intent. Certain pam
phlets of Edward Atkinson, vice-presi-
dent of the Boston Anti-Imperialistic
League have been barred out, and the
postmaster at San Francisco has been
directed to remove them from the
mails for Manila. These people are
the successors to the copperheads of
the civil war in their practices and
wicked designs.