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Douglas Island news., 1909-07-14
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody,

White horse will enforce the curfew law. The July term of court at Skagway was abandoned.
 Dutch Harbor enjoyed few earth quake shocks last month.
 Dave Clanot, a Haines Indian, was 1 fined S1O for beating his own wife.
 Joe King, of Nome, has been ap- pointed game warden of Alaska by ] Governor Hoggatt. 1 A two-masted Japanese schooner car rying machine guns has joined the fleet i of poachers near Shumagin islands. ] The publication of the A.-Y. P. News at the Seattle exposition grounds has been suspended for lack of patronage.
 Jafet Lindeberg and the Pioneer Mining company, of Nome, will not at tempt any more mining operations in Siberia.
 Charles McDermott, chief of the Cheua fire department, is minus a thumb through his zeal in fighting the fire fend.
 Frank Wright, of Haines, shot his little daughter in the leg with bear gun which he was handling in q care ] less manner.
 The river is washing away the town site of Richardson, in the Tenderfoot country. The postofice has been moved twice.
 A party sent out from Skagway has made the discovery that the Denver glacier has receded 1000 feet during the past year.
 Ed Sands, of the Pine Tree hotel, At lin, left s425 in his till and went to din ner. During his absence sneak thief lifted the wad.
 On the night of June 30 unknown thieves robbed the sluice boxes on Gold Run, Atlin, of 50 ounces of dust valued at about $500.
 Summer contracts for carrying the mail to Nome have been awarded to the Pacific Coast s. s. Go. and the Alaska s. s. Co., at $500 trip.
 Francis J. Heney, the noted graft prosecutor, has gone to Cordova. The people of that section may just as well begin to hold their noses.
 William Hogg, who was handling hydraulic property on Upper Otter creek, near Atlin, was killed on the night of July 3 by being buried alive by cave-in.
 George Haynes, working piece of ground on Birch creek, Atlin district, was buried under slide, and it was five and one-half hours before his body was recovered.
Douglas Island news., 1909-07-14

Some time ago the Nugget published
 a story to the effect that number of relics of a prehistoric race had been found below a slide of schist on Dewey
 creek, tributary of Nome river, about twenty miles from the coast, and the narrative was read with great deal of skepticism by few people from Mis- souri, who have taken up a temporary abode in Nome Their doubts were re-
 moved yesterday, however, when Will liam Conrad, the man who made the
 discovery, brought to Nome the very things which he said he had found, and is going back in two or three days to
 get a number of others which have since been discovered. All of the relics are extremely interesting and the local archaeoIogists and Psychologists have ! been having the time of their lives Ill offering opinions as to how they came
 to The place where they were found, how long they have lain there and by whom they were deposited. These theories, offered by pr. Chambers, $. J. Baggs and many other scientists and near-scientists, are to the effect that the relics are either of local manufac- ture, or of Egyptian or Aztec origin. The most interesting piece is a bas- relief, about the size of large soup plate, iu which woman's face stands forth iu bold relief, and a number of figures appear to have been carved on the rim. There is also a bust of man, the features of which undoubtedly are
 Ethiopian. The nose is long and broad
 at the bottom, with wide nostrils, the forehead is low, the hair curly, the lips
 thich, aud the cheek high. Another
 relic is the image of falcon, bird,
 which, according to history, lived be- fore the christian era, and is still found in Alaska today. To man
 whose sole knowledge of Egyptology
 and archaeology could be written on
 postage stamp, but who has slight
 knowledge of geology, and has seen
 few relics in museums, it looks as
 though the figure might be of Aztec
 origin, for they not only resemble i'll a
 small way the figures which are found
 among the ruins of South American
 cities today, but it looks as though
 they were made of similar material.
 This, however, is merely conjectural.
 It is patent, however, that the person
 who made the bas-relief, whether pre-
 historic or modern, knew very little of
 geology, as he or she made the mistake
 of carving or moulding a substance
 known as sesquioXide of iron, or
 sienna, and composed of oxygen and
 iron in the proportion of three to two, and which disintegrates rapidly on be-
 ing exposed to the atmosphere. The
 other articles, however, look like
 burned clay, and the bust bears evi-
 dence of fire treatment. It is probable
 that the Aztecs at one time lived in
 Alaska; in fact, certain scientists have
 brought much evidence to prove that
 such is the case, but it is we'll to re-
 member that the former occupants of
 this territory knew something of the
 art of making pottery from clay, and it
 is probable that some aborigine of the
 ages long since past exercised his prim-
 tive artistic temperament" in mould
 ing some of the clay used for pottery
 into the relics which are now attracting so much attention.-Nome Nugget
Douglas Island news., 1909-07-14

Bold, bad jumpers attempted to ap, propriate a part of the Fairbanks water front. The mayor of the city tore down their fences with his own hands.
 H. E. Pratt, of Denver, son of l.. K. Pratt, a prominent attorney of Fair bauks, has gone to the interior to form law partnership with his father
 Deputy U. s. Marshal Grant came to WraugelI over II years ago. Now he is going to move to Texas and Wraugell mourns the loss of a good citizen.
 Arthur E. Fisher, for seven years principal of the Whitehorse public schools, has resigned to accept a posi-. tion with life insurance company. A catch of 10000 salmon in the Cop. per river delta was destroyed by d heavy storm which prevented the fish steamers from getting the fish to the cannery.
 Robbie Crawford, a nine-year-o Fairbanks boy, sold papers and saved enough money to go to the Seattle fair, where he is counted among the other attractions.
 The first water is now running in the giant ditch of the Yukon Gold company, the construction of which was begun three years ago and has continued without intermission.
 Alaskans are prone to jeer at the Se- attle spirit, but Skagway would be better off if her citizens possessed some small measure of the same spirit, says the Daily Alaskan.
 According to the Haines Pioneer Press, the Columbia cannery, near that town, recently got enough fish in one day to make 1000 cases. Que hundred and twenty-five men are employed.
 Major Richardson's desire to use the Japanese prisoners at Valdez for work on government roads was brought to a stop by the attorney general until such time as he can investigate the matter.
 A big black bearinvaded Seward and approached the back door of a house on foraging expedition. The yell let out by the woman that opened the door attracted a crowd of men who killed the bear.
 The Interstate Commerce Commis sion will declare it's jurisdiction over Alaska railroads. The point at issue is the alleged discrimination of the White Pass road against the Humboldt Steamship company.
 Robert Lowe and Willard L. Phelps were returned to the Yukon council from the Whitehorse district at the election held June 28. MT. Lowe re- ceived 260 votes, MT. Phelps 190 votes, and Patrick Campbell 149 votes.
 The Skagway Alaskan says: "Here- after the water falls which dash down from upper Lake Dewey to Kern Castle will be officially designated as Wicker sham Falls" We had hoped that the people of Alaska would try and forget it.
 Ole Finstad and Shorty Goughener, former Klondikers, have been released from Mexican prison. The men were charged with the murder of two Amer ican prospectors. The released men will sue the Mexican government for damages.
Douglas Island news., 1909-07-14

Superintendent Fairbanks of the N. c. Company says that the company has withdrawn permanently from its post in the Chandlar. A new post may be established in the Innoka, depending entirely on the prospects there this season.
 John Houston has let go of the Prince Rupert Empire and will go to Old Mexico in disgust because of his inability to redeem the new town from the inroads of Asiatic laborers and the hard cider saloons s. M. Newton has succeeded him as the manager of the paper.
 Joseph Andrew Clarke, newspaper man, politician, lawyer and all.around maker of history in the Yukon country during the many years of his residence there, is now enlivening the towns of the great Northwest in general and Ed monton in particular, where he is en- gagged in the practice of law.
 Prince Rupert has a population of not to exceed 1000; none of whom can be rated as people of wealth. Yet in three weeks they have paid the Grand Trunk Pacific Town & Development Go. S125,0OO Tn cash and contracted to pay S375 OOO more in three annual in stallments, for lots in Prince Rupert. This goes to show that the people living there have faith in the town.
 The new law affecting liquor licenses which was approved and became in eff feet February ', provides that each pe- tition shall be signed by majority of the white male and female citizens over the age of 21 years and residing within two miles of the place where the saloon is to be located. Under the old law it was necessary only that the signers be residents, instead of clti- gers.
 Mosquitoes are now having their lit tie day in the district, but have had hard time of it, between the protracted cold, the forest fires and the unusual and heavy winds. They are doing the best they can, however, and while not bad in town, are pestiferous everywhere else. The Cinema people complain of them as a pest, and the creek people likewise. Their little hour is brief, however, and with the late start this year, the dreaded time will soon be over.-Fairbank Times.
 What the man who stays in Alaska for the year shall do with his time dur ing the long winter nights, has been largely solved at Cordova by the erec- tion of the Red Dragon club house, open to all alike. It was built with the aid of business men and under the auspices of Ladies' Guild of the Epis- copal church. Rev. E. P Newton, rec tor of the Episcopal church at Valdez, is the founder. A lay preacher, E. r. Zeigler, is in charge of the club. It is conducted in thoroughly democratic manner. On Sunday evening the pool tables are in use and the men are al- lowed to smoke. Then the altar is low cred from the garrett and services are held. The men stop smoking, but as soon as the women have gone they be- gin again. The club is provided with chafng dishes, pool tables, piano and any amount of reading matter avail able. On Friday evenings dances are given.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
THE MODEL SECRET
A STORY For EAT FOLKS.

The Cloak Models Association has
raised their calling TO the status OF a
fine art The development and reten-
ton Of perfect figure liz made the
study OF their lives As result they
receive high salaries and, OF course,
live CORE spondingly well.
But good living and "a perfect figure
are seldom contemporaneous in the
same lady. They are so only when
that lady Is willing Co pay for her
good Zines by most strenuous and
persistent physical effort to keep her
Fat down. SO the premier models, some
OF whom are middle aged, have had to
night a good fight hitherto.
Hitherto is used advisedly, FOR now
the struggle is less keen. Instead of
dieting and exercise being their reli-
ance. the following mixture is asked
TO do the work Of keeping these ladies
professionally NJ: One-haif ounce Mar
mola. 4 ounce Fluid Extract Cascara
Aromatic. and IA ounces of Pepper
mint Water.
This is taken teaspoonful after
meals aud at bedtime. and reports in
dtcate u does not violate the trust pat
I'm It, Those with tendency 10 fattcn
M keep their figure stationary by It's
means. while many finding themselves
overfat have lost as much as pound
n day by it's use.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
Nine. Fremstad Gives
Charming Recital,

The recital given by Nine. Olive
Fremsted in the Light Guard armory,
Wednesday evening. was one OF the
musical events OF the season. but II
would seem from the small audience
that Detroiters evidently did not ap-
preciate that fact. Those who were
present, however enjoyed TO the full
the diversified program presented by
the artist Nine. rremsted has not
only good looks and a charming per-
sonality. but she has q beautiful voice,
which she uses with exceptional style.
1t Is not a remarkably big voice. but
II is smooth and velvety and particu-
larry pleasing.
The program opened with the Mo-
cart aria. "Ah Crudele." and was fol-
lowed by selections by Schumann,
Schubert. Brahms, Wolff sung III Ger
man. and at the close OF the Scandi-
navian group. Nine. Fremsted took of
her gloves, sat at the piano and sang
Ia Swedish folk song. The closing
number. Wagner's "Liebstod," gave
the singer opportunity TO display
more fully the beauties OF her voice
and she was obliged 10 return and re-
spond to an encore.
Musicianly accomplishments we're
played by Arthur Rosenstein. who also
played group OF selections, the
Scribine prelude for the left hand.
and two Chopin numbers. The rec;-
tai was under the dl. ection OF Devoe
& Murphy.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
To SEE DAYLIGHT
AFTER 50 YEARS
Bill To Be introduced Permitting
Man Convicted of Cruelty
= To Children To Work

CHARLESTOWN. Mass, April l.
After 80 years solitary confinement.
Jesse Pomeroy. the human fiend."
the worlds most famous prisoner. may
again see the daylight.
Pomeroy was a steel-eyed boy OF II
when the world declared him dead
and locked him behind the doors OF
Charlestown prison. Now he is man
OF so. From II To 80 he has known
nothing but darkness and solitude.
The men who bore witness against
him. the attorney who defended him.
the jurors who called him guilty. the
Judge who sentenced him 10 death. the
governor who saved him from the
rope-all are dead.
Once day jailer slips Pomeroy's
food through "A slit in the darkened
cell. and peers in TO make sure that
his prisoner hasn't died during the
night
Once month the prisoners mother
the only person in the whole world
who thinks him innocent-talks and
weeps with him through the bars for
an hour.
Once year the governor OF Massa
chusetts and the prison commission
walk through and stare curiously at
their famous prisoner. Occasionally
Chaplain Barnes visits him. and talks
To him.
These are the only breaks In Pome-
roy's sunless years. No stored or pic
tured tale of loneliness can equal thu
horrors OF Pomeroy's lifetime in pris-
on.
And now relief may come bill
will be introduced in the present SEES
sion of the legislature--it is aimed at
Pomeroy allowing all prisoners to
work in the daylight. and with their
fellow prisoners.
This boon Pomeroy has long craved.
Just 90 see the daylight. TO see people
and talk with them-its all he has
ever asked He has refused to work
unless he could work with the other
prisoners.
II Is fearful record the courts have
against this boy who has grown TO
past middle Age behind the bars. His
Ease is unparalleled in the whole ugly
history Of crime.
At IL he was assaultlng and multi
ating and torturing boys of 6. He was
put in reformatory. where. after
.Dfee years ne WAS Teledstu on pdlol''
4 little while after. by his own CON
'eGsion. he assaulted and butchered
little Nellie Curran. aud buried her
body in the cellar OF her fathers
store.
At II ne was found guilty OF muir
6ering and butchering a 5year-old boy
In Boston. The law. outraged, called
him unfit for freedom or even human
association. His long term in prison
began.
Jesse Pomeroy is an intellectual
man--even brilliant. He has read ev-
cry one of the 5000 books in the pris-
on library, and half thousand more
belonging 10 Chaplain Barnes. He
reads in the original the works Of Lat
In. French, German, Spanish. Italian
and Arabic authors. having learned all
those languages in prison
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
TO TAKE TESTIMONY
IN HARTMAN SUIT
L. A. Severance. In Charge OF Govern
mcnt's Railroad Action. Leaves
for the West.

WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE TAX
ing OF testimony in the government S
dissolution suit against the Hartman
lines has been temporarily suspended.
pending a brief conference with the
encouragement. c. A. Severance,
special counsel in charge OF the suit.
has Just left for the west and II IL
likely that the taking OF testimony
will be resumed within a fortnight at
Salt Lake City. Before leaving, ne
stated that the government case was
very strong and that the testimony
thoroughly backs up the report of the
interstate commerce commission made
previous to the bringing OF The action
s. c. Williams, Of Denver. the mas
ter appointed by the court TO take tes-
iimony. is here overseeing the print
ing OF the evidence.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
Unknown Wives of Well-Known Men

Mrs. Edward H. Hartman, wife OF
the wizard OF railroad fnanciery. is a
member of the famed New York 400.
but the world doesn't know her. She
participates but little in society's ac-
tivities. preferring the quiet OF her
home at Tuxedo Park. y. Y.
The Harrimans were married more
than a score OF years ago, but time
has only served TO heighten Mrs. Har-
rimans girlhood beauty. She was
Miss Mary Averell, OF Ogdensburg. y.
Y. daughter OF one OF the pioneer rail-
road capitalists. Hartman had al
ready accumulated his first million.
The Harrimans have one daughter,
Miss Mary Hartman. as beautiful
miss as her mother is a matron.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
SILVER DART FLIES
A GREAT DISTANCE
Members OF DIR. Beii's Successful Ex-
pertinent station Have
D.sbnnded.

NEW YORK. April 1.-The IS
months OF experimentation at Bad
deck Nova Scotia agreed upon hav-
ing expired. the members of DR.. Alex
ander Graham Bells aerial experiment
association have disbanded and will
enter upon the practical and CONNER
cial fields. The greatest success OF
the enterprise was the construction Of
The Silver Dart. which with j. A. D..
McCurdy. it's designer. in control, has
flown further than any aeroplane in
the world save those OF the Wright
brothers. DR. Bell will continue his
experiments with his tetrahedral kite.
The experiments cost more than $780,
600 the greater part of which was ad-
vanced by Mrs. Bell.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01

Here's the chorus che hears about
Chicago real estate Offices Just now;
Horrors What are we conI..e 90
A man just gets nice ive-room fiat
fixed up and along comes ole OF these
new thought dispensers with about IL
children. probably all boys. They like
the fiat and tell me. the poor landlord,
that they will take H. All can do ~
10 wiring my hands. II this-this-weli,
McNichols, has his way. They move
in; the BOYS drive nails in the front
steps. make a blackboard OF the walls.
use the hall for a roller skating rink
and stable the goat in the kitchen.
Oh. It's great"
Chicago fathers arc in high glee. II
they had their way McNichols would
get Rhodes scholarship or Carne-
gle medal or niche in the hall o.
fame, or something.
They see a new ray OF hope.
HOORAY,
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01

down at Springfield which demands
that landlords let babies into their
fiat buildings. More than that, his
baby law would make the hard-hearted
landlord who elects tenant with
Rooseveltian ideas of the eternal nj
ness OF things. subject 10 a penalty
ranging from $50 to 500.
NO dogs or babies allowed
Chicago landlords post such signs m
the entrances To their property
Give the man with babies show.
says McNichols. and he ups and writes
his little bill.
Chances for its passage look goo l.
he says. The landlords bold. who
have always been requiring rs con-
dition precedent To renting apartments
that there shall he no children under
IA years OF age in the family OF the
renter. are frightened When the bill
comes up for passage there'll he big
lobby on the job
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
MINE WORKERS OBSERVE
JOHN MITCHELL DAY
Ten Thousand Miners Cougrcgatc I'm
streets of Mining Towns I'm
pennsyiN aain.

SHAMOKIN. Pa, April John
Mitchell day is being observed
throughout this section with unanim-
ity that has not marked the April first
holiday in any year with the excep-
ton OF the initial celebration. five
years ago This, too, despite the fact
that the operators made frantic ef-
fort TO keep the mines and collieries
open.
Ten thousand miners in this dis
trict are congregating in the streets
of the mining towns about here and
after holding parade plan big picnics
at which speeches will be made by
leaders of the United Mine Workers
of America.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
TO DESTROY BATTLESHIP.
Wright Brothers VIII Demonstrate
Method from Air In June.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The
Wright brothers, will demonstrate
how a battleship can be destroyed
from the air when they finish the gov
eminent tests of their aeroplane next
June at Fort Meyer, Va.
The outlines Of battleship will be
made on the grounds in chalk and
projectiles will be dropped from the
airship. The tests OF the aeroplane
were interrupted last summer on &C.
count OF the accident that resulted in
the death OF Lieut.. Selfridge and near
~ cost Wilbur Wright his life.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
Hotel Auditor Kills Self.

BUFFALO, N. Y. April Capt.
VIM. A. Angus. auditor OF the Iroquois
hotel and regimental adjutant Of the
Seventy.fourth regiment. shot himself
to death in room at the hotel this
morning. The noise OF tho shot at
tracted attention and when the door
was forced Angus was found dead on
the floor. He suffered paralytlc
stroke a couple OF years ago and had
been In bad health for some months.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01

AS substitute for the baby car
rage French inventor has brought
out a portable hammock by which an
infant can he carried between two
persons by straps from their shout
ders.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
fPAriK n.HcHol

There's new T. Roosevelt.
He's Frank McNichols. one OF the
Chicago members OF the Illinois legis'
lature.
And there's new big stick.
Chicago landlords are WELDING It..
McNichols is the man they menace.
For
McNichols has introduced a bill
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01

the Misses Eva Lord. Elizabeth Ruhi-
man. Eunice Dunn, Charlotte Fox, Ber'
nice Wright and Jennie Roe Lewis,
pianistes. Ralph Stone and Edward
Schellberg. tenors; Albert St Pierre,
baritone; Charles j. Cragg, basso, and
q chorus.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01

A musicale will be given in the
auditorium OF the Young Women
Christian association Thursday even
ing at s o'clock, for which an inter-
esting program has been prepared.
Selections will be given from Wagner,
Verdi. Mendelssohn, DoniZetti and
others. and will be rendered by the
orchestra of the Detroit Central high
school. The soloists OF the evening
will be Mrs. Eugene Bresler and VIII
liam Moore.
The Detroit Federation OF Women's
clubs will give an entertainment en-
titled, 1.-The Real Thing in the Cen
trail High school auditorium, THURSDAY
evening, April Is. The committee In
charge OF the arrangements consists
OF Mrs. George g. Caron, chairman
Mrs. Charles p. Larned, Mrs. w. l.
Bolt. Mrs. John Walker, Mrs. r. n.
Deming. Miss Bella Goldman. Mrs. A
F. Wolfschlager, Mrs. J. b. Woolfen-
den and Mrs. A. ID. Noble.
The directors of the Art museum
announce two lectures TO be given by
Victor Benham. Sunday. April il, ana
Sunday, April IS: subjects, The art
of musical Interpretation" and Emo
lions in music" The public Is invit-
ed. The subject of Mr.. Benham's lee.
ture in the Michigan Conservatory OF
Music Tuesday was "The art of con-
Quoting Beethoven symphonies with
illustrations by extracts from The
"Broica" symphony. Mr.. Benham Will
speak on the fifth, sixth and seventh
symphonies on Tuesday next
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01

Have you tasted "Salada" Tea? The
purcst and most delicious OF all. ASK
your grocer for a Toe trial packet.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
Election Monday. April S.

a non partisan board means thoi.
cugh scrutiny OF all bills. Vote for
VIM. J. Nagel for county auditor
The Detroit times., 1909-04-01

Miss Josephine Bennett and Miss
Sibil Glickley, OF Grand Rapids, are
guests of Mrs. James j. Walsh, of No.
$40 Fourteenth-ave.