Douglas Island news., 1904-01-27

Rev. Edward MarSQen, aIlQ Wlie. ol Saxman, Alaska, are at the Occidental. Mir. Marsden is native of Alaska, be- longing to the Tsimpsham tribe of Southeastern Alaska. He is a graduate of Marietta College of Southern Ohio, and has been engaged in missionary work among his own people for the last two years. As a result of this work he brought down with him two months ago thirty-three Indian children between the ages of fourteen and nineteen, which he has since placed in Carlisle Indian School These children belong to the Tsimpsham, Thlingit and Hydah tribes. Mir. Marsden reports that the natives of Alaska take very readily to Christianity and the educational work in general. They are very apt and do not have the aversion to work that seems to be general among the Indians of the States. My wife and l." said he, "paid visit to my old college, be- sides taking in New York, Washington and other Eastern cities. We are ac- companied on our way back by Miss Ina Walton, of Cincinnati, O., grad uate of the University of Indiana, who upon her arrival there will take up her duties as government teacher. The government work is increasing from year to year, but not so fast as the Indians are ready to take it up." The party sail Friday on the Valencia Seattle Times.
 "Alaska's exhibit at the worlds fair will surprise many Alaskans." So said Gov. Brady, worlds fair commissioner from that territory, at the Washington last evening. "Most of the Alaska edi- tors have got it in their heads that the Alaska building will be small affair, exhibiting nothing but Indian curios. On the contrary the exhibit will be an extensive one, displaying virtually all of the resources of the territory. Our building is to be completed by April l, ; and most of the exhibits will be in- stalled immediately. Messrs. Davis and < Field, of Juneau, have completed the mineral collection and it is now on it's way. We brought down some Sitka or yellow cedar, which will be used in the interior finish, and will be displayed to good effect in the construction of the stairs. We will have first class min eral exhibit, as we'll as exhibits of oil, tim Der, fish and furs. There will be in the mineral exhibit Alaska tin in the various stages of manufacture. The natural ore, pig tin and sheet tin. We will have souvenirs manufactured from the latter. The Indian exhibit will con- sist principally of curios, but we will have some of the tribes represented by members thereof. October IS, the an niversary of the transfer of Alaska to the United States, will be Alaska Day at the fair. This comes at an opportune time of the year, as most of the Alaska miners who are coming down, will be out for the winter."-Times. -4
 VALDEZ, Alaska, Jan. l2.--A fire started in house on Keystone Avenue at eleven last night and burned it and the building owned by the soda water works company to the ground. The damage is estimated at S6,000, with no insurance. Had it not been for the good work of the fire department all the buildings on Keystone Avenue, rep resenting good part of the town of Valdez, would have been destroyed, as the wind has been blowing terrible gale for the past three days.