The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-16

All the councilmcn were present at
 the meeting last night and the iull ca
 pacity of the room was crowded with
 pcoplc who remained until nearly the
 closing of the session. The minutes
 of the previous meeting were read and approved.
 The clerk read a communication
 from the Register and Receiver ot the
 Sitka land office notifying the council
 that thc Commissioner of the General Land Office had ordered a rchcaring
 of thc Moore land contest case Co come
 up before the Sitka land office August To-
 The following bills were approved by the Ways and Means committee and warrants were ordered drawn on the treasurer for the payment oi the same. Daily Alaskan, notice oi election. $. l. ]. B. Wall. special w1tchman, July 3rd and ith. so; James P Dillon, same. SO; Frank Howard, six days labor dig ging ditchcs and pits for fire plugs. S12lo: B. X. Whaleu. assignee w. J.. Green & Co.,. labor and hardware for
 fire department. SI247; Ross-Iiggins Co.,. supplies for smallpox patients. SeoIS: Skagway Flyer Line, convey ing supplies. cquipagc and small-poN patients Co and from Burro creek, S1S.
 The bin of w. T. Myrick for bedding taken out oi his hotel with smlll-P1N patient. by order of health officer which was rejected by thc Ways and Means committees of both the present and the past council came up for dis
 cussion Mr. Hcnton thought it alI right Co pay the bin were it not uurca.
 sonablc m the matter oi charge Ihir- ty dollar, and seventy cents seemed too much money to pay for the cover inrs ou am ordinary hotel bed. An.
 drcws didn't consider thc city liable
 for property that had Co be destroyed
 because it had been infected with smallpox. nor for any other small pos bill unless it be m regard Co some patient who, by reason of extreme poverty. was a public charge That Mr. Myricks property had Co bc destroyed was 30 misfortune very much tu Toe re- grcttcd But it was Mr. MyrIck's mis- ! fortune and mol thc citys. The city was mot Co blame because one of hi- lodgcrs had contracted thc smallpox Mr. Myrick. asking for a hearing which was granted. maintained that ! thc price he had charged for his bed. clothes was a very just and modcrat,
 one He didn't put his lodgcr, in
 cheap beds The bcdclothcs were mol
 cheap. shoddy stuff He did not in. ! si,t upon a cash payment II the city would replace the bcdclothc, he would | be perfectly satisfied IT the city wa, not responsible why did it have a health officer And did thc appoint mcut of a man as health officer war rant him m ,ciliug property m thc name oi thc city, uulc,, thc city intend ] ed Go pay tor its Could that health oi T iccr come and seize 1l' thc balance o hi, propcrty-takc che whole cheese. l The health officer said he had beer watching this case for five days and then after that, when thc patient left ! thc health officer sent thi, very pa ! ticnt back Co his hotel, exposing hi' wife and nine children Co thc conta
 gious disease When the doctor scnt l this patient back Co the hotel he wa,
 SO sick with smallpox that hc couldn't
 stand Myricks wife asked this pa
 tciut when he had got thc smallpo, and he said he had got it from a man ] who had walked off the boat ;ll bro