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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-23

HAVING QUALIFIED AS EXECUTRIX
L of the last will of GEORGE +. STEINER,
deceased, all persons indebted to the sad
decedent are requested to settle the amount OF
their Indebtedness without delay, ana those
having clgims against his estate will present
same duly authenticated for settlement.
AMANDA NJ. STEINER,
sep10 lot Execntrlx.
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WASHINGTON FERRY CO.

Schedule in Effect August I, 1903.
The Washington Steamboat Company Oim-
ited) on and aftsr August /, 1903 will operate
the steamer GEORGE WASHINGTON be-
tween Washington and Alexandria on the
following schedule:
LEAVE WAsHINGTON.-6 10, 30, 90
and 10 30 a. ILL.,; II 80, 2 30 4 10 and 80
p. m.
and II 80 a. IN; l 30, 10, 90 and . 81
p. m.
Ms9~Same schedule on Sunday, leaving
Washington on first trip at a. m. and Alex
andria at 40 a. IN. -
JOHN B. PADGETT,
au1 If General Manager.
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MEETINGS.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
i stockholders of the HARMON 5; PAIN AIN
BLOCK COMPANY will be held at the
principal Office of said company, No. 12S ).
Fairfax street. Alexandria, Virginia, on
THURSDAY, September a. 1903, at 3 o'clock
n. m. BY order of the Board Of Directors.
HENRY f. WOODARD, Secretary.
eptQ td
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NIOTICF.-The annual meeting of the
~ stockholders of the HARRIS AND
SCHAFFER COMPANY will be held at the
office of the company, 1913 south Royal, street.
Alexandria. Va, on WEDNESDAY, Sep
tember 80 1908, at 4 o'clock p: m:
EDWIN HAMS, President.
eep12 I'd
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LEGAL NOTICES.

xrIRGINIA-Ln the Clerks office Of the
Y Corporation Court Of the city OF Alexan'
dria, on the 18th day Of September, lsOS'
James J. Garvey c,.,.e,v
VS.. Cnancetg'
Maud Garvey.
Memo. The object Of this suit is to Obtain l
an absolute divorce by James }. Garvey from
Maud Garyey.
II appearing by an affidavit in this cause
that the defendant, Maud Garyey, is q non non
resident of this State 1t is ordered
That said defendant appear here win.
in fifteen days after due publication oil
this order and do what is necessary to pro
tect her interest in this suit, and that copy
Of this order be forthwith inserted IN the
Alexandria Gazette, newspaper published IN
the city of Alexandria, once aweek for four
successive weeks, and posted at the front door
Of the Court House Of this city.
A cOpy-TEsTE:
JOHN S. BEACH, Clerk.
by NEWELL S. GREENAwAY, ID. e.
Samuel G. Brent p q.
sep17 1aw4w-th
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MRS. IDA MCDONALD,
Surname Deputy of the Maccabees Of the World.

that I must do something
to regain my health: A
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Of Cardui trsatme emit so
strongly that ! decided to
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faith In psteat medicines:
am now very thankful that
| did so, for within ten days
Blessed FeIIef csfne 70 i''S'
and In less than three
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have enjoyed fine health
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-23

NOTICE. THE ANNUAL MEETING
~ of the stock holders of the NJ. A. WINTER
COMPANY will be held, pursuant to the by
laws. on October 1, 1908, at II o'clock a; m, at
the Office of the company, Ill south Fairfax
street, Alexandria, Va.
NJ. A. WINTER, President.
Atteste THOs. II. MCKEE, Secretary.
sep1Q % 30
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CAPITAL CITY TELEPHONE COM
~ PANY.
ALEXANDRIA, VA.

CAPITAL CITY TELEPHONE COM
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
EXCHANGE. 800 KING STREET.
F. F. MARBURY, Manager.
E. P. MATTER, Electrician.
SUBSCRIBERS LIST
Adams, F NJ
Alexandria County Courthouse
Adams Express Company
Appich, ID II
Appich Geo A
Alexandria Inirmary
AitchesOn, ID W
Alexandria Steam Bakery
Alexandria Gas Works
Alexandria Times
Alexandria Gazette
Armstrong & Marbury
Alexandria Water Works
Anderson, T. NJ
Birrell, Fred
Barnett, w A
Baggett, Oscar f
Blondheim, Chas
Bowie, A
Boothe, Gardner /,
Burroughs, T F Sons & Co
Bladder, II
Beach, JOS S
B&OR r Co
Balm, WI
Brill, Louis
Chilly, j II
Chatham's Stable, L Myers & Co
City Treasurer
Columbia Engine House
City Gas Office
City Almshouse
City Engineer Office
County Jail
Central Office
Corporation Court
Crawford, A E
Cook, w A
Dreifus, & Co
Duncan, Jas residence
Duncan, VIM residence
Downham, f f residence
Downham, L Z store
Fitzgerald, } b
Entwisle, + l.
Episcopal High School (semlnsry Hill
Entwisle, J w druggist
Fegan, 5 II West End, grocer
Fisher Bros
Fannon, 7 J
Fleischmann House
Fairfax Independent Mutual Fire Ins Co
Francis, Peter
Globe Flour Mills
Garrett & Monroe
Graves, w 2
Goods, w grocer
Goldsmith, E
Groves, 7 S
Goodrich, Chas Fairfax treet residence
Harlow Il Co
Harper, i 5
Hinken & Son
Hamilton d Co
Hydraulion Engine House
Hill, J NJ & Co
Hoy, Thos
Jail
johnson, NJ lawyer
King, Chas & Son
Kirk, II jr.
Lindsey, n x Co
Leadbeater & Sons
Lindsey, N BraddOck Heigh
LannOn, ThOs
Matthews, & Co
Marshall, J A & Bro
May, w II & Son
Milburn, J c
May, j w residence
Matter, f p electrician
Marbury, Eeondard residence
Marbury, F F manager
Mutual Ice 20
Mckinney & Son
Mercantile Ry Bldg & Loan Assn
Mckinney, w II
Meeks, A III
Mckinney, Jas
Moss, Alfred c, 5 st Asaph st
Machen & Moncure, Attorneys at Law
Norton, j X NJ
O'Sulliyan, NJ r
Ponnet, Constant King street, florist
Ponnet, Constant, West End,
Phillips, Henry Agent Corby's Bread
Pullman, p & Co, Wood x Coal Yard
Pullman, P & Co, Main Store
Portner, Robert
PogtOfice
Police Headquarters
Postal Headquarters
Postal Telegraph Co
Pennsylvania Ry Co
Pelton, G c
Power 7 +, supt Water Co West End
Petit, NJ jr fruit
Pettey, Geo w
Peck, w III
Ouinn. Edward
Ramsay, G VIM
ReardOn, VIM NJ
Relief Truck House
Roberts, Ndltef Onlcc
Roberts, Walter residence, West f d
Roberts, w West End
Rammel, A
Ramsey, Jos II residence
Rust, DR. n Office
Rust, DIR ID n residence
Rogers, Wa residence
Reynolds, g NJ
Simpson Sons II L
SmOot, c G Sons & Co Tannery
Smith, B B
SmOOt, w A q Co
Smith, Francis L
Slaughter, DR. K NJ (Semlnary Hill)
Smoot, J residence
Smoot, Jas r & Co
Southern Railway Company wv 90
Southern Railway Company " NJ
Standard Oil Co
Schiller Beef Co
Simpson, Geo l. residence
Smoot, J r residence
Stearns, G w
Sisson Bros
Smith, w II residence
Siarnell, E w.
Strauss, Henry, residence
Summers, c J w
Thommsn, Paul
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
L AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE APPLl-
ANCE CO." will be held at No. 2lS King
street at y o'clock noon on WEDNESDAY,
September 30, 1903. 90.
JOHN MILTON, President.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
j stockholders of the WASHINGTON
BREWERY COMPANY will be held at No.
lbs south Fairfax street, Alexandria, Va, on
MONDAY, October 8, 1903, at p. m.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SIGMUND ENRICH, Secretary.
sep15 1aw3w
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

only the incentive of a sense of duty
The courage which braves the dan
gers of the ice fields Of Bering sea
and the Arctic ocean, which battles
with darkness and storm in the life
saving service, the devotion to duty
which sends officers and men into
plague infested ports and keeps them
there to enforce quarantine and carry
aid and comfort where pestilence
stalks, the superb and unfaltering
heroism which sends a Jarvis and a
Call and a Bertho1f 1000 miles afoot
across the ice fields of Alaska in
midwinter at the constant and imnai-
nent risk Of their own lives that they
might save the lives of the imprisoned
whalers at Point Barrow-these
things are seldom mentioned and
rarely if ever heard Of by the gen
eral public, but they make up a large
part of the life work of our revenue
cutter service and particularly that
part of it which patrols our North
Pacific coast line. ..- ~
The commissioned officers Of the
line are prepared for the service on
a training ship, where candidates who
have passed satisfactory examinations
as to physical condition and educa-
tional qualifications, spend two years
in learning navigation and the duties
Of the service. A revenue cutter like
the McCulloch carries about sixty men
in the forecastle. Besides the captain,
the officers are first lieutenant, who
is the executive officer of the ship;
two second lieutenants, one of whom
is the navigator, and a third lieuten-
ant. These are the officers of the line
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music by the band, of course, and the
instruments were two, one consisting
of a piece, of tanned sealskin
stretched tight over a big hoop, and
the other of a large, square, empty
tin lard can. on both of which the
performers beat rythmically with
sticks, as they uttered a doleful sort
OF chant, now in low and nasal
monotone tones, and now raising
their voices into higher key, but
never stopping for an instant while
the performance was on. The
dancers began posturing, and jump
ing about stiff-legged, turning now
this way and now that, raising their
arms and stihening their muscles in
attitudes of defiance y and defense.
Gradually their excitement increased;
the drums beat louder and more rap
idly, the bodily contortions became
more vigorous and the facial grim
aces more fierce; the dancers began
to grunt and then to shout in their
rough, gutteral tones, and the excite
ment spread to the other Indians,
who presently became a sort of chorus
joining in the measured strain.
What an absurd performance, in
deed! But there is. nothing ridicu-
lous or farcical about all this-not to
the Indian: he is intense in his seri-
BUSINESS and the expression on every
face is as near to that Of enthusi-
asm as it Is possible for the Indian to
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obligations to him and established a
permanent claim on their hospitality?
The unfaithful steward Of the parable
didn't fix himself better with his mas
ter's debtors when he wrote off half
their Indebtedness than the giver Of
the potlatch has established his future
claim for food and shelter on those
whom he has Toasted and loaded down
with presents in the form of blankets,
furs, etc. It's pretty expensive thing,
to be invited to a potlatch, but 1t is
not recorded that such an invitation
was ever refused.
These social functions are often
held in what is really the village
clubhouse. With their social in.
stincts strongly developed, such a
public convenience is a necessity and
into the clubhouse of one Of the Indian
villages at st. Michael we were in
vited to witness some native dancing.
THIS g., clubhouse it,l {, M, is called til the
cal structure Of the kind, built
Of logs against the hillside and partly
under ground. Entrance in summer is
thru hole low down on one side thru
which we craWled on our hands and
knees into an apartment about 20 feet
square. In winter this entrance is
closed and admission is thru a hole in
the moor OF a SCrL OF dnLGCnamDGr
along a small tunnel under the wall
of the house and UP thru a hole in it's
floor. There are no windows or other
means of ventilation and no openings
for light or air except a hole in the
middle Of the roof, thru which the
smoke from the fire built in the mid
die of the floor escapes. Around the
wall is a wide shelf about feet above
the floor on which the Indians sit or
recline at their pleasure. Here the
men of the village congregate in win
ter, sometimes bringing some of their
curio work, like ladies to a sewing bee,
but-note the similarity again-in-
dulging themselves chiefly in gossip or
in the recital Of their traditions or in
rehearsing exaggerated accounts of
their individual prowess and skill in
fishing and hunting. Games are also
played and dancing forms an i'm
portant part of the program. 1t was
this feature of club life in an Eskimo
village that we were permitted to wit
ness.
Besides our party Of nine and a
few from the offices Of the CONNER
cial companies, there were present
a dozen or fifteen natives. After re-
peated urgings by the headman and
considerable comforting, probably as
to what number from their extensive
repertory should be produced for the
benefit of the visitors, three men
stepped out stripped to the waist, and
commenced to dance with that grace
peculiar to all Indians. There was
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in at least one particular, has seven
mouths, the most southerly of which
is ninety miles by sea coast measure
ment from the most northerly. Boats
from the upper river looking for a
harbor must take this northern chan
mel and make all haste, if, fortunately,
they find the sea quiet enough tor
river craft, to St. Michael, sixty miles
up the coast from the mouth of the
northern outlet. 1t is a good deal like
going to sea. in a tub-this thing OF
venturing out on Norton sound in
flat-bottomed river boat, and is never
undertaken without some degree Of
trepidation even by the stout-hearted.
There is always the serious considera-
ton that Boring sea can make trouble
for the river craft on short notice,
and the steady progress which the
boat makes running at full speed while
Captain Holscher stands in the wheel
house closely scanning the open sea
on his left, suggests the thought that
we have caught old Neptune asleep
and are trying to sneak by while the
old fellow isn't looking.
The harbcr of st. Michael lies on
the north end of the island, and here
the senatorial party arrived on the aft
ernOOn of July 27. The whole island
is a military reservation and no COM
merc1al or transportation interest can
get a foothold there or even make a
landing or pitch a tent except by per-
mission Of the United States govern
ment. Several trading and transport
alton companies engaged in the
Alaskan trade have obtained conces-
sions here and have erected docks and
storehouses and hotels and houses for
their agents and employees and for a
time made this the great shipping CEN
ter Of the far northwest. That was
in the boom days Of 1898 and 80 and
before the White Pass railroad divert
ed the larger part of the travel and
traffic to the Klondike to the shorter
route. ALI these companies have now
been consolidated into two or rather
all but one have been merged into the
Northern Commercial company the
one declining to go into the combina-
ton being the North American Trans
portation and Trading company which
shares the trade and traffic not only
of the Yukon but of the Alaskan
coast.
CT. MICHAEL was occupied by the
- Russians in 1895, who established
there military and trading post
for the purpose of carrying on the fur
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guns. 1t was during the night of April
80, when Admiral Dewey was leading
his fleet under cover of darkness past
Corregidor island that the smoke
stack of the McCulloch, which was
last in the line, suddenly began to
like an iron furnace. The flaming
chimney at once attracted the atten-
ton of the Spanish garrison in the
Corregidor fortress and the first shot
in the war of the Philippines was
fired at that shining mark with the
result that usually followed Spanish
craftsmanship. ~ ~
The McCulloch was built in 1897,
just in time to get into business at
Manila, where it was attached to the
Asiatic squadron, according to the
custom which makes the revenue cut
time of war. This vessel is hand
some craft, 219 feet long, having a
tonnage of $50, and a record on her
trial test of liz knots, or 20 miles,
an hour. She is Of composite con-
struction, which means that her hull
and above Of steel. These revenue
cutters are often obliged to go on long
cruises and experience shows that
| wooden bottoms do not become SO
foul as steel bottoms. - 49,
| ~ hGAtAANDIII 11AM4A1OAN w IIlS
N founder of the revenue cutter
service. He obtained authority
4 first in 1889 to employ persons to serve
| in boats in harbors and along shore
to aid in collecting the revenue. He
appreciated also that only persons of
| the most trustw orthy character were
desirable for this service, otherwise
they would probably serve to screen
fraud rather than to detect it,
| Great pains was therefore taken in
| the enlistment Of officers and men,
and the high standard then recog-
nized as necessary has been main
tanned ever since.
The duties imposed upon this arm
of the service are to aid in the en-
forcement of the customs revenue
laws, render assistance to vessels in
| distress, enforce quarantine regula-
tons, compel observance of the neu-
! trality laws and the laws governing
| merchant vessels, protect wrecked
property prevent depredations on
government timber lands, guard the
seal and other fisheries, prevent the
aid in the establishment and main
tenance of life-saving stations, super
| wise the lighthouse service, aid
| in the coast survey, assist in scien-
tific exploration, and in general stand
in readiness to do anything that may
i be required to promote the safety Of
life and property along our ocean
! fronts as well as on the great lakes.
The revenue cutters on the Pacific
coast are equipped with several guns.
The McCulloch has two rapid-fire guns
land also two magazine guns that were
once in service on the Reina Christina,
1 the Spanish flagship at. Manila.
In time Of war the officers and yes
sells of the revenue cutter service,
which in peace are under the direc-
| ton of the treasury or revenue depart
ment of the government, are placed
under the command of the navy de-
apartment, and in all our wars, both
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get. At last the dancers began to show
signs Of exhaustion; the strenuousness
OF the performance gradually dinlin-
lshes ana finally it stops. The dancers
gasp for breath and stagger about
while the sweat rolls from their gls-
ten1ng bodies. The show is over, the
story OF personal or Of tribal achieve
there is nothing more to be done ex-
cept TO snap the camera as one Of
the dancers stands for an instant I'M
der the opening in the roof, and then
TO seek the outer air, which smells
and tastes sweeter than it ever did be-
fore. No admission fee to this
unique performance is accepted; this
is the part which the Indian villagers
play In the entertainment of the party
from "Boston-land." "a
i branch Of the public service
with which those Of us who live
in the interior have little to do and Of
which the most Of us probably know
little. We may not generally know
for instance, that it is really older, as
an organization Of the government,
than the navy and that it was estab-
lished in 1889 with the aid of vessels
belonging to some of the original
employed for coast defense before the
federal government was formed. Any
history of Alaska must deal more or
less with the revenue cutter service
because it has had more to do with
the administration of affairs than any
other agency of the government in
Alaska. Some account Of this service
belongs in this story not only on ac-
count of the important part it bears in
the conduct of public business in
Alaska, but because one Of the rev.
enue ships was the home of the SEN
atorial party for a period of twenty
eight days. Before leaving home
Senator Dillingham; had arranged with
the treasury department to have the
revenue cutter McCulloch meet the
senatorial party at St. Michael and
convey us thence on the remainder of
our journey back to Seattle. This YES
sci was found waiting for us at st.
Michael when we arrived.
Captain W. C. Coulson received us
on board Tuesday evening, July %,
just a month after we left Seattle and
1888 miles from that sound port by
way of the inside passage to Skag-
way, the White Pass railroad and the
Yukon river.
The McCulloch, it will be reme1n-
bered, was Admiral qDewey's dispatch
boat at Manila and carried from Man
lila, to Hongkong the first account of
the brilliant engagement in Manila
bay May 1, 1898. It was also the first
of the Asiatic squadron to become
target for the fire of the. Spanish
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

against foreign foes and during the
great rebellion, they have rendered
valiant service to the country. The
Harriet Lane, a revenue cutter, was
attached to the Fort Sumter relief ex-
petition in 1861, and the first shot of
the rebellion fired from a loyal ship
was discharged from her deck. It was
when her commander had treacher-
ously~ surrendered the McClelland to
the rebels, and .Ritchie, a subordinate
officer, had torn down the Confederate
flag, run up again the stars and stripes,
and had succeeded in delivering the
ship to General Butler at New Orleans,
that General Dix delivered that ia
nous order: IF any man attempts
to haul down the American flag, shoot
him on the spot.
THE history of the service is full
l. of deeds of heroism performed
g.. not alone under the inspiration
of war, but at times when there was
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a like position for the North Ameri-
can Transportation & Trading COM
pany, entertained the senatorial party
most Hospitality during a twenty-four-
hour stay. ' '- - "
st. Michael is the shopping place Of
panies have large stocks of Indian
wares which can generally be bought
as cheaply in the companies stores
as from the natives themselves.
Among the best specimens of the In
dams handicraft are Walrus tusks
boards or as other articles and deco
rated with crude but not uninterest-
ing designs in black representing
feats in hunting or fishing, various
Indian sports, the native in his kiak
or the antics Of the seal and the
snowy and shaggy coat of the polar
bear. There are miniature sledges,
perfect patterns of those in actual
use; miniature kiaks and bidarkas,
the native sealskin Or walrus hide
boat; seal and bird spears, baskets,
masks and a great variety Of trim
kets carved in walrus ivory.
THERE are two small Indian viii
lagos on the island, and the word
small Is necessary for accuracy,
because it doesn't take more than half
village which literally swarms with
life when the dogs begin to bark and
the inhabitants show up to see what
Is going on. The Indian village, as a.
sort Of appendix to the white mans
town, is almost the invariable rule.
The Alaska Indian who knows little
Of tribal life or relation in these days,
haunts the abode Of the white man,
and is never so happy as when he is
initiating as closely as he can the
white mans dress and manners. He
is a sociable, good-natured chap, and
not only enjoys loafing around the
white mans town or camp, but he has
provided for the social side Of his
makeup in various ways. The pot
latch is a social function, on which
the host usually bankrupts himself.
It may take years to provide for such
an entertainment, but it is a charity
ball" on a. very large and very elab-
crate scale. All the guests must be
provided with gifts-he originated the
idea Of party "favors".-as well as
gorged with food; and while the host
generally finds himself a pauper at
the conclusion Of the feast, has he
not laid every one Of his guests under
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trade with the Indians of the lower
Yukon country. They fortified the
place. Some Of the old Russian store
houses are still standing, having been
incorporated into the long row of of
flee buildings and storehouses now
used by the Northern Commercial
company. An old, hexagonal block
house on the most prominent point
extending out into the harbor is still
the repository of half a dozen little
rusty Russian cannon, which were
once mounted here and at other places
around the harbor. The island is tree
less, but covered with a heavy growth
Of coarse, red top grass, moss and
vines. Captain I. N. Hibbard, super
intendent of transportation for the
Northern Commercial company, and
Captain O. j. Humphrey, who occupies