The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1900-06-12
Long Pending Case of Public
Interest Settled in Court.
NEW ORDER OF THINGS.
Judge Brown Announces Important
Changes to Follow the Adoption
of Alaska's Code--Case of Carsten
Bros. VS.. Frye-Bruhn UP Today.

Judge Brown Yesterday settled the long
drawn out controversy over the old Union
church property on Fifth avenue opposite
the DAILY ALASKAN Office. The transfer
to the school board with was attacked BY
some of the old trustees of the property.
will hold and the property will become a
permanent asset of the SkagwaY public
schools.
The court had already granted Attorney
Wilcoxen a default In the case. and at the
hearing Yesterday only the one side was
represented Proofs were submitted BY the
school board, and the court instructed Mr.
Wicoxen to prepare his judgment subject
to his offering proof as to the signature OF
Trustees Christopher and Dckev to the
deed of conveyance.
In ruling on the application for contin-
uance In the case of A. Beauchamp VS. Pa
clfc & Arctic Railway and Navigation
Company ana DR. F. B. Whiting, which
was granted, Judge Brown took occasion
to make an announcement of Importance
to the Skagway bar, and in fact all busl-
ness men of this city. He stated that
while he was disposed to be very lenient
about forcing attorney TO trial at this time
on account of the loose condition In which
he found the docket. and the uncertainty
as to terms of court heretofore obtainlng,he
proposed to get things running quite differ
emily as soon as the new civil code and code
of procedure become law. Then he would
divide the district court records In such
way that all cases arising at Skagwav and
vicinity should be Initiated at this point
by filing pleading with the deputy clerk
no should maintain an office at this point
permanently.
These cases should also be tried here at
at one of the two annual terms of court
provided.
The cases arising at Juneau or vicinity
would be treated in like manner at that
CITY.
The first jury trial to come on yesterday
was that of Carstens Bros. VS.. Frve>9ruhn
Company and Herman Meyer. doing busl-
ness as Frve-Bruhn & Co. The Clrstens
Brothers are suing for some $4,000 worth OF
meat sold and delivered to the Skagway
branch of the said Frye-Bruhn Company
business. The defendants set up defense
that the meat was ordered BY Herman
Never whom they deny was partner In
their firm, and who thew maintain, ex-
ceeded his authority in so purchasing, }.
G. Price represents the plaintiff and Judge
VIM the defendants. The jury has been
empaneled and sworn. but no testimony
will be taken until this morning at 10
o'clock. The Jurors are O. II. Page, Frank
Burns, Frank N. Berry. L. II. Wakefield.
H. G.. Tappsoatt, }. J. C. Barber, Peler
Raber, E. J. Liddicoat, Geo. w. Glrton,
A. Vogee, G. w. Barnes, N. l., Sherry.
The case of the United States VS.. All
Loui, Chinese. charged with rape, will
follow the jury case now on trial.
Judge Wileoxen yesterday secured an
order for service bv publication in the d.
vorce case of James BarkIev VS.. Anita
Barkley.
Judge Brown announced YESTERDAY morn
ing that the journal would be read on
Thursday morning and requests that all the
attorneys be present to make objections in
case any of the entries were incorrect.
After Thursday he said the journal would
J be read each morning in open court