Douglas Island news., 1900-07-11
BAD NAMES.


 No man likes to becalled a liar and a perjurer. No sane man will use these terms without good and sufficient grounds. The contemptible fraud that edits the Alaska Truth(?) has seen fit to apply these teyms-or their equiva- lent to the U. s. court commissioner at Douglas and six of the citizens of this town. who were jurymen at an in- quest held over the remains of Jas. Me QuilIan, deceased.
 This malignant defamer asserts that "the jury tried hard to cover up the trail of Treadwelrs misdeeds" The fact that this jury had taken a solemn oath to render a verdict in accordance with the evidence produced for their consideration, cuts no figure in the ease to this stone thrower. Neither the editor TOT any representative of the Truth was present during the course of the inquest and this accounts, per haps, for the deplorable ignorance of facts, so apparent in the article in question,
 We don't wish to discuss the subject, for the writer merits only scorn and con tempt, because of the viIliany of the attack, but we simply call attention to the most glaringly ignorant falsehoods.
 McQuillan was not au employe of the -Treadwell c. M. Co.,, but of the Alaska-Mexican c. M. Go.
 Judge Bach has but the slightest ac quaintance with the superintendent of this company.
 There is no such a thing as a 2l0-foot level in the Mexican mine
 Neither did the men who were "bun- dozing" have anything to do with the blast that killed McQuillan.
 If this great sticBler for the rights of humanity had attended this inquest he would have known that Mir. Perryman, McQuillon's partner, who was with him al the time the accident occurred, and who was himself knocked down by the blast, testified that no boss had charge of the blasting; that 1t was done by the men themselves; that he, Perry man, blamed no one for the accident. This man Perryman said further, on his oath, that it was an unavoidable ac cident, and was caused by the men themselves, thinking all was right when they should have known.
 Now, Mir. Truth. could any jury, in the face of such evidence, return any other verdict than the one rendered? being bound to accept the sworn state ments of these witnesses, who were the only ones who were present at the time of the accident, and the only ones who were qualified to testify.
 EXCURSION TO TAKU GLACIER.
 One of the most successful of all ex- cursions was that of yesterday to the Taku Glacier arranged by the Ladies' League of the Congregational church.
 The day was perfect, the company a happy one made up of Douglas and TreadwelI people, and the unriyalled, continuous scenic panorama-pictur- esque. beautiful and sublime-was en- joyed to the utmost. The Flosie is an ideal boat for such trip, the officers and crew were courtesy itself, and while the ticket limit was fully sold the boat gave comfortable accommodations for all. Beside the excursion to the '.live" and dead" glaciers there was included a visit to the new Taku Cannery, with it's Indian summer village, on Sunny Bay, where most of the party went ashore to inspect the works, the man agement of which treated them very kindly, pick the abundant wild flowers, and for ramble in the woods.
 The financial side of the enterprise was also a satisfaction for after all bills are paid there will be a handsome bal ance to the credit of the Ladies League.