Douglas Island news., 1902-10-08

contracted naDlC or nOloluS up OAVi- zens who go upon the streets nights without password.
 The steamer Clutch is now fully equipped as gunboat. and is hurry ing to the scences of future action, looking for trouble.
 Secretary Hay doesn't want the boun- diary line question reopened, but it is said that President Roosevelt has other views on the subject.
 LA. Cameron, who succeeded Col. F. A. Mintie as deputy collector of in- ternal revenue, has arrived at Skagway to assume his duties.
 A wild steer stampeded from cattle freighter at Skagway the other day and made things interesting on the streets of that city for awhile.
 The White Pass people are making arrangements to handle the Yukon mails via the new government road as soon as navigation closes.
 Capital is needed in Nome, says the Dispatch. Juneau has had the capital for some time, and still it wears knee pants and goes barefooted.
 A Wrangel Jap was recently fined $500 and sentenced to six months in jail for trying to clean out the estab- lishment of brother Jap.
 The government will undertake to protect the seal in the recently dis covered rookery in the Aleutian Islands and will establish station.
 Fred Hardy, hanged at Nome Sept. 18th for the murder of the Sullivan brothers, went to the gallows protest ing his innocence to the last.
 The White Pass R. R. notified ship pers on Sept. 25th that it would not in- sure any more through freight to Daw- son before navigation closes.
 Thirty-five miners from Slate creek and Dawson passed Chistuchina Sept. 23rd, enroute to Valdez, carrying with them 600 pounds of gold dust.
 The total shipments from the United States to Alaska during the month of July amounted to SS52, 2,279, of which amount S643,OS5 went from Seattle.
 Latest reports from the Pelly are to the effect that prospectors are finding gold in the gravel everywhere, but that no pay diggings have yet been struck.
 The Standard says that Mir. Finch, of Wrangel, is still engaged in taking sulphurets from the hull of the old Colorado, wrecked at Wrangel Narrows.
 The liquor dealers of White Horsere re- gently outplayed the merchants ofthat place at base ball. The liquor dealers high balls were too much for their op- ponents.
 Rainy Hollow copper properties are showing up we'll under this seasons de velopment. Lack of transportation fla cilities are the great drawback to the country.
 Ex.Collector Ivey, at the request of the president, will go to Washington, DC, in time for the opening of con- gress, to assist in securing legislation for Alaska.
 Ten days ago it looked as if a freight blockade at White Horse could not be averted. Now it is believed that every thing will be moved before the close of navigation.
 R. W. Jennings, the Skagway lawyer who was stricken with paralysis at Ju- neau some time ago, and went South for treatment, expects to return to Alaska about Dec. 1st.
 Lena Lynn, of 6114 E Second South street, Salt Lake City, Utah, is anxious to hear from her husband Thos. F. Lynn, whom she has reason to beliye is in Skagway, Juneau or Douglas.
 The Copper River R. R. people have named their townsite West Valdez and offer to provide lots and buildings as good as those that may be vacated to all who move from Valdez to the new town.
 The Northern Light, an Alaska Presbyterian paper, says the establish ment of a military post at Haines will