Douglas Island news., 1913-07-09

Keep out the flies. Buy your window screens, screen doors and window screening at Jensen's.
 A great feature film Sunday night at the Lyric, "phe Coronation" and one of those great educational films, Cur rent Events of the World Altogether Hve-reel program.
 Old.timers Deacon Willis and Harry Sterling were in Douglas on the Fourth, and, being threatened with in stant death if they did otherwise, root ed vigorously for the Douglas ball team.
 Miss Martha Olsen, of Iron Noun tain, Mich, arrived last week and is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Paul Bloedhorn. Miss Olsen has accepted position as teacher in the Douglas public school.
 Among the faces of old.time citizens seen in Douglas on the Fourth of July was that of l.. R. Gillette, who was at one time United States Commissioners here. Mr. Gillette is now assistant United States district attorney for the Fourth division, located at Fairbanks.
 The mouth of June was remarkable in that the total rainfall recorded for the month was only 72 of an inch. A volunteer observer at Juneau an nounces that the total rainfall for the fiscal year ending June 30 amounted to 1865 inches. During June the mercury vibrated all the way from 35 to 93 de- grees.
 Last Saturday afternoon shortly be- fore l o'clock, W. A. Mackie. Jack Mo- Cormick. Joe Bruner and Frank Me Donald were seated on a hand rail near che Treadwell machine shop The rail suddenly gave way, Dluugiug the four down on he rocky beach. All were more or less bruised, Mackie and Mo Cormick quite severely, but fortunately no bones were broken.
 The trial of Jos. Macdonald on the charge of murder in the first degree, for the killing of N. c. Jones at Tread we'll in May, 1903, was begun at the dis trict court at Juneau yesterday morn ing at 10 o'clock. Frank Harvey, the only remaining mem Der of the regular panel, was examined and accepted as juror in the case. A special Venire for fifty talesmen was issued.
 J. Frederick Johnson, special organ. izer for the Moose, returned on the last Georgia from Sitka, where he effected the organization of new lodge with charter mem bershlp of forty.one. Sitka people are enthusiastic about their new lodge, as it is the first order outside of toe Arctic Brotherhood, to strike the town. They expect to have mem mber- ship of hundred by Christmas.
 Last Saturday afternoon smoke was seen issuing from a small cottage down on North Front street, occupied by woman whose name we have not learn ed. The fire department was called out aud the 6re quickly extinguished. It developed that during the absence of the occupant, some one had effected an entrance to the house, broken up the furniture, including a phonograph aud a number of records, piled lot of wearing apparel in the middle of the floor and set fire to it. The culprit is still at large.
 Monday afternoon a grand jury was drawn which will begin it's labors in connection with the United States dis trict court at Juneau on July Dist. The names are as follows From Douglas, August Olson, Carl Erickson, B. Grav- rock, Wm. Stubbins; from Treadwell, ". P. Lass, Al. Stevens, Alfred Logger gren, P. Kennedy; from Haines, Wm. Bernham, J. M. Combs, K. o. Johnson, c. W. Hinchman, Ed Fay, J.W. Martin; from Juneau, H. E. Biggs, Gust Brown, Wm. Lundquist, R. l.. Turner; from Skagway, Damante Shyatitus, J. A. Kettles, Phil Abrahams; from Sitka, John G. Brady, jr.