Douglas Island news., 1901-09-25

Dan Campbell Apply at FoX's store
 On Oct. 4th the young Ladies of the Catholic Church will give an entertain ment and basket Social at ohman's Hall.
 We are agents for pr. Jeger's Sani- tary Woolen Underware See it before you buy your winter supply. Tread we'll Store.
 supt. Early of the Bessie mine came down to Douglas the first of the week. He brought some fine specimens of gold quartz.
 Boys sweeten up your girls with box of the finest French Candies ever brought to Douglas Island, at the Doug las Candy Factory.
 Chas. r. Stowe. one of the most in dustrious men on Douglas Island, came in Monday and gave us some money on subscription.
 Victor Spaulding returned last week via Skagway from prospecting trip to the headwaters of the Big Salmon. Vic says that Skagway is pretty slow town.
 Work is progressing rapidly on the large new reservoir for the city water works. The increased storage capacity will allay all fears of a shortage of water in case of fire.
 Geo. W. Perry and Tex Zimmerman are now keeping house on Third street. Their many friends are arranging to give them a pound party, each person to take pound of coal.
 Next month the News will move into new quarters on Third street, where our friends and patrons will always be as welcome as they have been in the past. With new quarters and lot Of new material we hope to serve our pat rons better than ever.
 Several changes have been made m the officers of the Alaska S. s. Go. Capt. J.C. Hunter, formerly master of the Dirigo is now in command of the popu- ] lar flyer Dolphin. Capt. Charles Me Gregor formerly pilot on the Dolphin has command of the Dirigo,
 Mir. A. Lilystrand and family, who have been living at Tacoma, Wash, re- turned to Douglas last week on the Dolphin. They are already settled in a house on Second street. They have found that the climate of Tacoma IS worse than that of $. E. Alaska.
 The Douglas City Pharmacy has on display in one of it's windows a gorg' eous assortment of hot water bottles,in checks and stripes. A prominent citF zen was passing the other day when the fantastic colors caught his eye. Stop ping in amazement he exclaimed; "My, ain't them big neckties"
 Two Douglas ladies were walking out toward Lawson creek, few days ago, on the cemetery road. They were met by gentleman acquaintance, who thinking to give them scare said: Il saw nice little black bear out there" "Oh," said the ladies, Set us hurry on and have look at it." And away they went never thinking of fear.
 The coroner's jury, impaneled to in- ouire into the cause of the death of Mi Ian Popovich, who was killed by falling rock at the Mexican mine last Satur- day. found upon investigation that the failure of the deceased to obey the or ders of the shift boss was the reason for the accident. If Popoyich had obeyed orders he would have been far from danger when the rocks fell.
 Mr.J. Bernard Moore, of Skagway, was a visitor on Douglas Island yester- day. He is on his way home from Sitka where the final papers in the famous Skagway townsite case have been made up and signed by the Register and Re- ceiver of the Land Office. This case has been settled by an agreement that is very satisfactory to all parties con cerned, and by terms of which MT Moore will, upon receiving his patent from the government, execute deeds tc the several claimants, the considera tion in each case being 25 per cent oi 5 the assessed valuation in 1900. Attor t ney George c. Heard, who has repre- sented Moore in Washington, has beer