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Douglas Island news., 1904-12-28

Mrs. F. A. J. GalIwas is very ill with rheuma tism.
 Marshal Mcdonald is always happy when it rains or snows.
 Harry Broadbent came up from Seat tie on the Jefferson last week.
 Sol. Israeps familiar face and form were seen on the streets of Douglas Monday.
 The Canteen Saloon favored the News office with most beautiful 1905 calendar.
 Mir. F. A. J. Galwas arrived in the city last week to spend Christmas with his family.
 Carl Erickson helped out at the Douglas Meat Market during the Christmas rush.
 The ladies of St. Luke's Episcopal Guild meet this afternoon with Miss Zoora E. Weyer.
 Sliced, smoked halibut and salmon, put up by the Juneau Packing Co.,, is for sale in the local market.
 The ladies of the "Five Hundred Club" will entertain their husbands at Mrs. Browns studio tomorrow evening.
 Mrs. James Cottrell returned last week from the States. While away she has been having her eyes treated and was much benefited.
 storekeeper M. J. O'Connor was out Monday distributing his customary supply of pretty calendars to his customers and friends.
 Ex-Governor and Mrs. A. P. Swine ford of Ketchikan came up to Juneau last week to spend the holidays with their daughter, Mrs. Allan Shattuck.
 When de gang" presented Judge B with watch nobody kicked. Past ex, perience teaches that he needs watchin, but when they claimed to represent the Juneau bar, it almost provoked s riot.
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-28
TREADWELL TOPICS.

The weather maker for Alaska turn ed out an extra choice brand this year on Christmas Day. The air had the genuine "Christmas feel" to it-criSp, keen and clear, while just enough snow was sprinkled over the landscape to give it that old-fashioned Christmas look we all like so we'll.
 M. c. McGonigle, contractor, will leave for the Sound on the Dolphin.
 DC. Ramsay, millman, was a south bound Cottage City passenger.
 The big 300 mill is closed down for the winter.
 Mr. w. w. Shorthill was on the sick list Monday and Tuesday.
 Manager Willis reports the sale of Christmas goods this year to exceed that of any year since the founding of the Treadwell Store.
 The tug "Pilot" arrived Tuesday with the barge "Richard H." coal-laden, and departed yesterday afternoon for Tacoma, taking the barge "John c. Potter" with her cargo of concentrates.
 The fire meeting announced for last Friday night was postponed on account of the holidays, but will be held in the TreadweIl Club, on Friday evening, Dec. 30.
 Christmas Day was duly celebrated at Treadwell, and as usual Christmas dinners and Christmas diners played an important part in the festivities. Mir. and Mrs. D. B. Veasie were enter tained by MT. and Mrs. Henry Watson; Mir. Harry Stowe, MT. Alfred Williams and Mir. and Mrs. A. A. Tubbs were guests at the Crows Nest; Mrs. A. E. Christoe entertained Mir. and Mrs. E. J. N. Ott and son Emil, Mir. and Mrs. Jas. Daniels. and Mir. and Mrs. Jas. Christoe; MT. and Mrs. Mark Smith entertained Mir. and Mrs. John Powell and family; Mir. and Mrs. E. H. McAuley had a pleasant family dinner at home, as did Mir. and Mrs. D. l.. Rood. Among those who were invited to the sister city, Douglas, were:
 Mir. and Mrs. w. w. Shorthill who took dinner with Mir. and Mrs. John Richards; II. H. Sterling who was the guest of Mir. and Mrs. L, A. Free stone; and Daniel Webster who eel ebrated with the Willis and McKanna families; MT. and Mrs. Mark Smith and MT. and Mrs. James Christoe were fortunate enough to have a second Christmas dinner on Monday, the form or at the home of Mir. and Mrs. John Powell, of Douglas, and the latter at the home of MT. and Mrs. John Henson. Messrs. Smith, Hebert and Mullen of the Treadwell Store and office, had their Christmas dinner at the Mullen home. iu Juneau. Steward Tubbs kept open house in honor of the occasion at the boarding houses, and all were ip- vited to partake of the good things pro- vided. From the contented expression worn by the miners shortly after din. ner time, we judge that the menu was entirely satisfactory.
 And now it is time to be thinking about New Years resolutions. "To be or not to be; that is the question"
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-28
GETTING READY TO QUIT.

Receiver Hellenthal, of the Sylves- ter-Reid estates, made his report to the federal court this morning. The re- port was accepted by the court and filed.
 Walter Coutant, special master in chancery in the P. P. and N. sale, was allowed sS89.S5 for his official duties.- Dispateh.
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-28
HEART FLUTTERLNG.

Undigested food and gas in the stom- ach, located just below the heart, presses against it and causes heart pal pitation. When your heart troubles you in that way take Heroine for few days. You will soon be all right. soc Sold by J. Heubner.
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-28

The Juneau "Cold Feet" -bawlers failed to put in an appearance for the Christmas game in Douglas, thereby forfeiting all rights to championship consideration. Just remember this
Douglas Island news., 1904-12-28
MILL OPEN UP AGAIN.

The cigar store on Front street, op. posite D, has been closed for the pres ent. MT. Hubbard says that he will thoroughly refarnish the establishment fit it out with new show cases and a comfortable and cosy room in the rear for solo games, and will be ready again to serve the public in a few weeks.
The sun., 1904-08-31
COney Island.

SO great is the prosperity OF the va
rious amusement enterprises at Coney
Island this summer that capital has been
attracted to an extent which would have
been deemed incredible few years ago.
Already it is announced that the existing
pleasure parks at the island are to be
reinforced in 1905 by another Of great
extent and elaboratsness, and an effort
is to be made to build similar resort
at Rockaway.
The vast population upon which Coney
Island depends for Its patronage, and
the liberality of its visitors in their ex-
pendtures. make profitable the invest
ment Of great sums in permanent struct-
ures and theatrical, mechanical or ath-
letic shows.
One characteristic of the aggrega-
ton of merrymaker is the orderly man
ner in which they behave themselves.
On a recent Sunday competent authori-
ties estimated the number Of persons at
the resort at 100000. 1t is significant
that although great discomfort was
borne by many of these people in getting
to the island and in leaving 1t, the po-
lice felt themselves called upon to make
only five arrests.
To-day this famous resort needs more
than anything else satisfactory trans
portation system to link it with Manhat-
tan, Brooklyn and New Jersey. Unques-
tionably, many would-be visitors, espe-
cially women and children, have deprived
themselves of the trip rather than un-
dergo the discomforss end positive dan
gers they would have encountered on
crowded trains. cars and boats. 1t
should not be forgotten that the COM
plants of rowdyism this year have orig
mated, not at the seaside itself, but in
the cars bound to or from the beach.
One thing is certain. No international
exposition anywhere in the world has
ever presented so huge and so attrac-
tive a combination Of diversions.
The sun., 1904-08-31

the Japanese. Such dislodgment would
be an example of tit for tat which would
be witnessed with complacency by dis
interested onlookers.
Our State Department has obtained
from Japan the assurance which, as sim
cere upholders of China's territorial in
tegrity, we could reasonably demand,
the assurance, namely, that China's
neutrality would be vigorously observed
by the Japanese SO long as their oppo-
nents should respect it. 1t would be a
glaring violation Of that promise to COM
pei China to pay in any measure the costs
of a war to which she should not have
been party. 1t logically follows, and
the Toxic Government has repeatedly
acknowledged the soundness OF the
deduction, that Japan, when victorious,
should not insist upon retaining any part
of Manchuria of which China was actually
or nomnally in possession when the war
began. China was neither actually nor
nominally in possession of Port Arthur
and Dalny, or OF the rest of the district
covered by the lease to Russia. That
lease ana all railway II uh'iihHSc "'''''
have been secured by Russia from the
Pekin Government might fairly enough
be treated by the Japanese as the spolls
of war. Confning themselves strictly,
however, to the confscation OF Russia 8
property the triumphant Japanese would
leave China not worse off, but much better
off than she was at the outset Of the
contest.
Our State Department will undouot-
edly remain an impassive spectator OF
the negotiations precedent to the con-
clusion of peace between Russia and
japan. We have good reason to believe
that the terms exacted by the TOXIC
Government will involve no encroach-
ment upon any rights that China now
possesses. So long as Japan refralns
from any such encroachment, the extent
to which Russia may be mulcted in the
shape of a pecuniary indemnity or OF
territory claimed under a valid title on
or near the Pacific coast of Asia Is no
concern of ours.
As matter of fact, the American peo-
pie heartily sympathzed with Japan
when nine years ago she lost the most
coveted prize of victory through the
dishonest interpositon OF Russia, Ger
many and France. We have no desire
to witness, and certainly we will not CO.
operate in, a repetition of the outrage.
The sun., 1904-08-31

assembly. The Irish delegation, natu-
rally, would not object to the increase
of their country's representation from
100 to 1O5, the change made in 1882. Even
by the Reform measures OF 1858 ana
1886, the number of Irish seats was left
at 1903, which is three more than were
originally assigned to Ireland. 1t is GER
tain that the same view of the constitu-
tional nature Of an act Of union between
kingdoms previously separate-the view,
namely, that the act cannot be changed
without the consent of both parties
would be upheld in Scotland II an at
tempt were made to establish Angli-
canism in that kingdom or to abolish
the distinctive legal system, which. it is
well known, has but little in common
with the English systems Of law and
equity.
Even if the so-called constitutional
argument against reducing 1reland's
representation at Westminster from 1903
to ~ members could be refuted, it would
still be questionable whether on equitable
grounds such project ought to be car
Ileu Oul. W Hell, ny lHe AcI VI Shioh
only hundred members we're awarded
to Ireland, the number would have been
acknowledged to be grossly inadequate
had the principle of adjusting representa-
tion to population been at that time
accepted. That Ireland was unfairly
represented was admitted in half
hearted way by the authors Of the first
Reform bill, who gave her five additional
members. She continued to be under
represented, however, until her popu-
lation had been grievously depleted by
famine and emigration. There were a
great many years during the first half
of the nineteenth century when Ireland
ought to have had half as many members
as had England proper.
In view Of the unfair discrimination
to which for many years Ireland was
subjected in the matter of representa-
ton, it seems unreasonable to insist now
that she shall have just as many members
as her population entities her to have
and no more.
The sun., 1904-08-31
PLAYGROUND FOR GIRLS ONLY.
First OF Several Planned for City Parks
Was Opened Yesterday.

Five hundred little girls, each wearing
small red, white and blue bow and carry
ing above her shoulder an American flag
took part Mt Tompkins Square Park yes
terday afternoon in the ceremonies which
marked the opening Of the first girls play
ground in the city.
Led by their attendants, Miss z. Y. Van
Darnen and Miss r. E. jackson. and kept
in time by cornetist, Miss Rose Sendersop,
the children marched and sang for nearly
an hour, while large crowd Of interested
parents and envious little boys looked on
When the flag was raised 500 hands were
raised in salute. Then with the signal to
break ranks came a rush for the swings
the flying rings or the tether ball poles.
The park authorities have realized lately
that the opportunities for girls In the play
grounds of the city were inadequate: The
boys crowded them out. The result was
this new playground.
1t takes in about an acre just to "a west
OF the old one, which is kept for the boys.
In it are three round swings, three lines OF
ordinary swings with ten in each line, two
sets Of flying rings, three tether ball poles,
two sand houses and a spacious kinder
parten pavilion. In the centre Of the
ground is full sized tennis court.
Similar play aygrounds. for girls only. are
under way at Hamilton Fish, William H.
Seward and John Jay parks, and will he
completed, the authorities say, within two
or three months.
The sun., 1904-08-31
The "OriginI WaEnerite."

To rHa EDITOR or THE sun Sir; Mr, Alfred
Rowell Is very much nxed In his remarks on the
original wagnente." IN the frst place. your state
ment that the old Stadi Theatre was on the site OF
the present Windsor Thatre Is correct. Secondly,
the man who produced 'Tannh8user" In that theatre
was not Prof Nuendorf (Mr. Rowell means Adolph
Neuendorn but Carl .Nschltz. Thirdly. Anschutz
was not the conductor Of the German lledcrkranG.
but OF the Anon Society which furnished the chorus
These performances were given In 1859. long
before Adolph Neuendort came to America. The
latter produced "Iohterin" at the Stadt Theatre
In 1910 and a cyclus Q! Wagner music dramas al
the Academy OF Music In 1875 Ansch0tz was the
original Wagnente as far as the production oi
Wagner operas Is concerned bu, before that valiant
work had been done In the concert hall The pioneer
In this ncld was Can Bergmann. who preceded
Theodore Thor as conductor OF the Philhar
monlc Society. BerCnann was continually re
monstrated with for giving Wagner so promnen,
a part In his programmes But whenever he was
told that the people did not care for Wagner he
used to say: Den thes must hear him till dcy do.
He was the real ongirnl Wagncrte.
NEW YORK. Aug. ~. JueTIcE
The sun., 1904-08-31
David the Martyr.

In a tender, if somewhat premature,
obituary notice of the Hon. DAVID BEN
NETT HILL, the New York Times, which
has not always loved him, does justice
to his sublime altruism:
we presume he has made the announcement
that he will retire from politics on Jan. 1. and will
accent no ONCE State or national whoever may be
elected President, because he felt that those who
oppose him In the Democratic party would nnd It
easier to support Judge PARKER II he were out OF
the way. II Is not uncharactenstic act. II Mr..
HILL has reaped honors he has also made sacrifices.
This Is sacrifice"
Toall discerning students Of Mr.. HILL s
public career this view of him as man
OF remuneration and self-sacrifice, mar
tyr, the Democratic CURTIUs, is cheering
and filing. He is an old hand at the
martyr business. He was martyred--
he had to be-in 1894. Piously he re-
solves to keep the tenth anniversary OF
that mart yrdom.
To be sure, the sacrifices have not
been all on one side. In 1893 and 1902
the Democratic party of New York sacri-
feed itself for him. In 1892 he endured
snap" martyrdom. He has been the
sacrificer as well as the victim.
Coarse literalists, like MCGUIRE of
Syracuse and McCARREN OF Brooklyn,
cannot detect that fine odor of sacrifice
that comes to the nostrils Of our delicate,
subtle and spiritual noeed neighbor,
Monroe and Erie are yet too gross Of soul
to appreciate this last act and grand
dying specially of DAVID the Martyr.
The Hon. NORMAN E. MACK's Buffalo
Times believes it is unwise for Senator
HILL to speak of retiring now He
doesn't speak of retiring now; he speaks
now of retiring Jan. /,
The Rochester Union and Advertiser
will not believe in and will not consent
to the martyrdom:
We shall not accept It as authoritative on the
| strength Of the dispatches from Albany In which
IL is conveyed . IL the next President
should be Democrat 1t should at least. be possible
for him to call upon Mr.. HILL to the Cabinet
| for he would look far without finding better ma
| terial."
The unregenerate and unspiritual tone
of politics is shown in the general doubt,
the sneering incredulity, with which the
country receives notice of this great
refusal" made or offered by the Martyr
of Wolfert's Roost. Surely, more than
thirty-fve years of idealistic, candid
and unselfsh political toll should free
the great altrust from the least sus-
picion that his resolution to be good on
and after Jan. /, 1905, has "a string" to it.
This is a perverse and crooked genera
ton. We are grieved for DAVID.
The sun., 1904-08-31
THE DRIFT OF PUBLIC SENTT.
MFNT.
Interesting Views by Well Poised Citizen
OF New York.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sr: THE
S1,N is right Mr.. Bryan in 1900 received
I2s9l7 more votes in our State than in
1896 The increase was due to the votes
Of Gold Democrats returning to their
party because "anti-imperialism. not the
money question, was the paramount issue
offered by the Democrats in 1000. Many
voters thought. or pretended to think. "impe-
rialism' a much greater evil than even 10
to Mr. Carl Schurz, for instance, whom I
interviewed on that question was OF that
opinion.
The whole Eastern vote for Bryan increased
in 1900 by more than 30 per cent. on the aver
age. His defeat in 1900 was executed in the
Western. Northwestern and Pacific States.
where the annexation fever ran quite ep-
dcmc Even the silver craze was partly
extinguished by it for while. at least. There
we're very few Gold Democrats remaining
outside the party in 1900.
In my modest opinion. predictions based
on the results of former elections and their
alleged meanings deserve very little consd-
Grafton this year. Since 1900 the whole world
has assumed very new and strange visage.
The system OF protection, for instance, so
violently attacked in this campaign. has
made astonishing progress abroad. Ger
many, next to England the most active COM
mercial nation in the world is going deeper
and deeper into protectonism, and even Eng
land ia becoming earnestly afraid OF her
isolated position as a free trade country.
Furthermore we see Russia paying dearly
for her unpreparedness for war. most likely
a consequence OF the decidedly peaceful dis
| position of Emperor Nicholas. the founder OF
The Hague Tribunal
On the other hand. we are witnessing with
growing amazement, not altogether free
from apprehension with respect to our
own possessions in the East. the sudden
rise OF Japan from n mere insular position
! TO the mightiest continental and maritime
Power of the Far East.
So is it possible that the political views o.
| intelligent Americans could remain entirely
| Indifferent and unchanged by all those tell
| ing events think not. In what direction
| the presumable reflex of such dangerously
| changed world conditions viii work upon
I the minds of our people and find expression
| on November 8 at the polls, do not dare to
| predict now. But. simply to give my cwr
| opinion | do not hesitate 10 say that ma
| tions, monarchial OF republican, like intelli.
gent horses, dislike to be ruled by infrm
| strange hands. Mr.. Roosevelts great gifts
as well as his very few and little inlpericotions
! are known to the world. His administration
as a whole, considering the many difficul-
ties surrounding it. has been most success
full For that reason ! do not expect that
! voters will reject him in favor OF a man
almost a stranger to them. and nominated
by a disintegrating party, whoee most All
tagonistic elements cannot be kept together
! for A moments duration after the election
ts over. ROBERT THEN.
NEW YORK, Aug, 20.
The sun., 1904-08-31
Tho President and the House ol hep-
resentatives.

An,;etv real or assumed is ex-
pressed by some Republican politicians
lest a Democratic ma aioritv in the House
of Representatives should be elected IN
November, in spite of the triumph OF
Mr. ROOSEVELT, and on the side OF the
Denocrats there seems to be much hope
OF such a result.
Lists of doubtful Congress districts
are nresented-that is, districts which
were carried by the Republicans IN lsoI
bv only a very narrow margin OF plural
;tv: and undoubtedly there are many
of them.
II the Republicans shall elect their
candidate for President and still lose
the House of Representatives, it VIII be,
however, an experience unprecedented
in the history of Presidential elections
since that party was formed. In all those
elections the party successful IN electing
a President has carried the House OF
Representatives also. 80,
That the unvarying precedent will be
broken this year is the more impropa-
ble because the official, or so-called AUS
tralian, ballot has been adopted in all
the States except Georgia, North Carolina
and South Carolina. Under that system
narty's whole ticket is more likely to be
elected, if any of its candidates are
elected, than by the old way.
This does not look much like the cleo
tion of Mr.. ROOSEVELT with Demo-
cratic House. The precedents offer no
encouragement of any kind to the DEM
ocrats.
All the same, as we suggested a few
days ago, conditions il many OF the Con
press districts lead to the thought that
the Republicans had better put on more
steam.
The sun., 1904-08-31
WON'T VOTE on THE 18TH.
Inhabitants Of Rye Change Election Date
Because OF Old Superstition.

RYE-oN-SoUND, Aug. SO.-The wealthy
residents OF Rye we're to have held special
election on Sept. IS to decide whether the
village should be incorporated, but to-day
1t was announced that the date had been
changed because the people thought that
voting on the 18th would result in bad luck
to the municipality. Because OF the super
stition the date OF the election has been
changed to Sept. ~. 1t is expected that
MANY society women will turn out and vots
on the occasion. Rye has many summer
residents, most of whom are New forkers
and they are all in favor Of incorporation
In order to get the voters out, the officials
Of the township will have number Of auto
mobiles, which will be run to the polls. Rye
Is one of the oldest settlements in the United
States. 1t was founded in 1890, yet this Is
the first attempt to form village govern
ment.
The sun., 1904-08-31
The Open Cab Again.

We called attention yesterday to the
words of NJ. NJ. CLAPP, a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
in which he explained that it was the
policy of that order to recognize the
right of every man to work for his living
regardless of his membership or non
membership in any union secret society
or organization of any kind.
The declaration was supplemented
yesterday by statement from WARREN
P. STONE, the Grand Chief Of that BROTH
erhood, which sustains at every point
the policy outlined by Mr.. CLAPP. Mr.
STONES statement was made in reply to
a question in which Mr.. CLAPPs words
we're incorporated. He said:
THAT is true. and 1t applies no, only to the en-
r,neers. but also the four railroad brotherhoods
In this respect we dIner from most OF the other
trade and labor assemblies. The Constitution Of
the United States guarantees every man a hight to
work, and the railroad brotherhoodS have never
objected to working with non union men long a.
they we're paid union wages and worked under
union conditions"
Mr.. STONE only insists that the nom
union man shall receive the same pay
and work under the same conditions as
the union man as the terms on which
the members Of the brotherhood will
consent to work with him.
MIR. STONE makes these sensible remarks
concerning the dispute between the trans
portation companies and their motormen
in Manhattan and The Bronx:
Il am sorry TO see so much strike talk In tho
newspapers. We are a long way Oh from a stnke,
II ever a strike takes place. Tho Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers Is not In favor OF stnkes
sxoep. thoy are absolutely necessary. and our
record shows that. We shall not have exhausted