Douglas Island news., 1902-04-23

 minion saloon, at Dawson, and the grand-to-do the Yukon authorities had to capture and convict Brophy, one of the hold-ups, says the Skagway Alas kan. How Detective Mcclure was sent out to Skagway and remained there several weeks; how policemen for months went securing over the territo- tory, and how he was found in house a few miles from Dawson. Tomerlin, bis accomplice, had been jailed. The police could not make case against Brophy without Tomerlin's evidence. They got it. It now transpires that they had to free Tomerlin in order to convict Brophy. They took it out of the victim, however, who was condemned to hard labor for the rest of his natural life, and the court apolo- gized for not having him fiogged. But Tomerliu was let go and was spirited out of Dawson. He came out on the fast w. P. ~. stage driven by Supt. Pullman, and his name was telegraphed ahead as Geo. Morton" "Mr. Morton" told the Alaskan reporter that he was a Dawson merchant, going out for sup plies. He was restless and uneasy. During his entire trip he was afraid his identity would be discovered and that vengeance would be had against him by members of his gang.
 The Ketchikan Journal says that the steamship Farallon on her last trip North went to Hollis, Prince of Wales Island, to deliver the full complement of machinery for the 5-stamp mill soon to be installed at the Puyallup mine, having also on board the material for the mill building already framed and ready to put together as soon as 1t can be got upon the ground. MT. Robert Allison, the moving spirit of this par ticular mining enterprise, came up in the same ship and proceeded with her to Hollis, and will personally superin- tend and direct the work, until at such time at least as the mine is put into successful operation. They have been taking some very rich rock out of the mine during the past winter and have now sufficient ground opened to insure steady supply of ore to the mill from and after the date of installation, which will be about six weeks hence.
 The alleged fragrant practices of the San Francisco whalers at the mouth of the Mackenzie river are to be~put a stop to by the Canadian government. For upwards half a century these whalers have been enjoying the only shelter advantages afforded by an Arc tic port, and they have been putting their privileges to bad account. In the Mackenzie Bay the whaling vessels are protected from the great ice foes of the winter by the many islands at the mouth of the river, and they are furth- ermore enabled to make an early start when the spring freshets drive the ice seaward from the estuary. They pay no duties and are never questioned by any official. As a result the whaling crews do a trading business with the Indians, and, as the chief article of barter is cheap whiskey, systematic demorali- zation of the Indians is the result.
 The Sitka Alaskan says that the lat est fad which is taking place of the old "Order of Wolf" in the Alaskan towns is called the "Hammer Club" The en- blem of the order is a small brass ham, mer which every member is expected to carry. The rules and regulations, which are about ten in number, clearly set forth the object of the Hammers" All knockers are eligible to member ship. The officers are Wonderful Trip Hammer, vice president Sledge Ham mer, secretary Claw Hammer, treasurer Tack Hammer. The principal duty of all the officers is to knock everybody and everything. The lodges are known as aholes," the supreme as the large hole and the subordinate lodges as the small holes. Fellow members are not allowed to make each others names public for obvious reasons.
 "Chena is 2T5 miles from the mouth of the Tapana," says Mir. Chas. Smith; who recently arrived on the coast from the Panama. 1t is small trading post established last summer and is the highest point on the Panama reached