Douglas Island news., 1912-11-06

several Of the downtown SaIoohs las' night and the crowds Fingered until a late hour whooping it up for dem ocracy,
 The Douglas Civic improvement Club failed to meet last night because of a misunderstanding in regard to the date. The meeting will be held to- morrow night.
 Harriet sey, who lives with her parents on St. Anu avenue, is i'll with scarlet fever. The house has been ouarautined and if any more cases de yelop the schools will be closed.
 The City of Rome left Saturday for Admiralty island with the following passengers: Albin Baritello, Capt. w. B. States, Mrs. Grant Kimmerling, Mrs. Felix Gray and Mrs. J. 0. Skillman.
 When the new Grundler house opened up last week the rooms were i'm mediately filled. We don't think there is one left. No wonder, either, for the accommodations are the best in the land
 Charlie Anderson, mayor of Comet City. came down on the Georgia Mon day. Mining has lost its charms for Charlie and he has now decided to be- come a cranberry merchant. High bush cranberries are his speciality.
 Heury Dahl has purchased the in- terest of B. R. Leivers in the grocery arm of Leivers .& Coughlin. Henry is an energetic young man who has many friends on Douglas Island who will wish him success.
 Bishop Rowe was in Douglas, Sunday. He went to Seattle the first of the week. Tbere he will unite in matrimony Miss Mary Malouy, of Juueau, to Fred J. Wettrick, afterwards returning to Alaska.
 The ease of Richard Johnson, charged with assaulting Fred lille, both Of Douglas, came up in the commission CTS court at Juneau, Monday. The case was dismissed and the costs taxed to the complaining witness.
 News comes from the Yankee basin country that the cabin belonging to Alex Butterbaugh was recently de- stroyed by fire. Alex made trip to Che Cove for some supplies, and when he returned the cabin was in ashes.
 Mrs. Chas. E. Chamberlain, of Los Calf, formerly a resident of Douglas, died at the former city on Oc- tober 26, from injuries received in a fall. Many Douglas people will re- member MT. aud Mrs. Chamberlain, who left Douglas about eight years ago,
 News comes from Seattle that George Ouigley, the Douglas hospital nurse, convicted of the larceny of check from the dead body of Paul Bachia, has been sentenced to serve an indetermin- ate term of from six mouths tol5 years in the Walla Walla prison.
 Paul Bloedhorn, the jeweIero has made a great improvement in his store, having enlarged the salesroom and put in one of the Thomas display cases. Paul is already preparing for the big holiday trade. Mr. and Mrs. Bleed horn have moved their place of resi- dence to the O'Connor flats.
 D1ED-At Treadwell, Alaska, We'd nesday, Oct. 30, 1912, Stauko KalugeE~ ovich, native of Boche de Cattaro, Austria, aged 43 years. Funeral segV- ices were held at the Servian church iH Douglas, on Friday, Nov. ], at 2 o'oloca D. m. interment at the Douglas ceme" tery.
 A good meeting of Hose 60. Nc. 2s of the Douglas fire department, was held at the city hall last Thursday night Ed Ringuette was elected foreman, Harry Rexroth, secretary, and c. B. Sc crest, treasurer. This is the Front street company, and the boys propose to be on the spot pretty quick when the first fire alarm sounds.
 The Ladies' League of the Oongrega. tional church will hold their Christ, mas sale Nov. 20 at the church. The ladies have been working for two years, and have many beautiful articles, They are all acceptable Christmas gifts, and it is to be hoped the ladies as well as