The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-16


 ises thereabouts, or will with the fur ther addition of coat of paint.
 The district court, though not form ally adjourned, has practically con- pleted it's business for the term. Judge Gunnison and deputy clerk Fox will remain until Saturday to finish up a few matters of routine and detail, and then go to Skagway on the Princess May, on which steamer they are pro- vided with special permit to make the trip.
 l w. A. Patterson has taken the job of driving the piles and rebuilding the wharf at Niblack which was push ed down by the barge America two or three weeks ago, ard will probably begin the work next Monday. He will take the Elk over for the purpose of towing in the piles and otherwise facilitating the work, and when he gets through with it the Niblack peo- pie will have wharf that will with stand any pressure to which it is like ly to be exposed.
 | The steamer Portland, which passed down about half-past 9 last night brought the news that the steamship Jeanie was on the rocks in Wrangell narrows, and would need assistance to get off. A cablegram from her master to the owners advising them of the facts was brought here by the Port land and left to be forwarded this morning. The Jeanie belongs to the Alaska Coast company, together with the Portland and Bertha, of which Capt. E. E. Caine is reported to have lately secured the control.
 News was received here yesterday, through cablegram to Judge Gunni- son that MT. o. P. Brown, manager of the cannery at Petersburg cannery 1 was one of the victims of the street railway accident at Seattle reported in news dispatches as having occurred last Monday. The cablegram was from MT. Browns physician and states that he is so badly injured that he will be unable to report for duty as a juror at the Skagway term of court, for which he had been summoned, and ! stating that certificate to that effect would be forwarded by mail. No other or further particulars as to the nature of Mir. Browns injuries have been l received.
 Ketchikan will be represented in the Juneau convention by it's full dele gation in propria persona. How many others will be there anxious to display their eloquence under cover of prox- l ies, legitimate or otherwise, remains to be seen.
 I The fellow who thinks that he can create full page, or even half page of live, interesting local intelligence out of nothing is requested to call at this office for practical examination aad test, preliminary to a permanent engagement.
 The Vigilant was expected to sail at o'clock this afternoon with the barge Blanch, loaded with 150, GOO feet of lumber for Excursion inlet, most of the cargo being dressed stuff. This will be the last shipment to that place until next spring, owing to the inabil- ity, on account of the recent heavy 1 snow fall at and around the inlet. of of the consignees to receive and care for more until that time.
 The Portland, which passed down last night, left Valdez on the 18th, and encountered bad weather all the way down, as had also the Jeanie until she ran ashore in Wrapgell nar- rows where the Portland passed her. Later advices are to the effect that the Jeanie is not injured, and can be easily foated with the assistance obtainable from Petersburg.
 A Good Riddance.-N few of the people of Ketchikan will be glad, and none of them the least bit sorry, to learn that Marencovich, the man who as recently tried on a charge of mur- der, and acquitted on the grounds of insanity, took the hint conveyed to him through the medium of "blue ticket" and left for other parts, on the Corwin Tuesday. While there is 10 criticism of the verdict of the jury, nor yet of its recommendation that the man be committed to an insane asylum, the conviction is now quite general that there has been miscar- riage of justice, and that the fellow is no more insane than the court, attor- neys and jurors by whom he was tried. Events that have transpired since his acquittal go far towards convincing the public of this fact The recom- mendation by the jury which returned the verdict of not guilty, left the court no alternative than to either comply with the recommendation or turn the fellow lose, and in order that he might act understandingIy in the premises, the judge called commis- sion Of three of the best physicians obtainable to examine into the fellows