The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-21
SHORTSTORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES


 Sentinel island lighthouse, has re- ported to the United States customs house at Juneau that he had found the skeleton of a man and clothing on the southwest end of Sentinel island on October 25. It is believed to be one of the Princess Sophia vic tins.
 Barney Costello, alias Barney .Kelly, was taken from the steamship Admiral Evans at Ketchikan recently on a charge of fish piracy. It is al committed the theft of the check from George Baggan, which was passed by sentence in the federal jail at Jul neau.
 Captain J. w. Troup, manager, and Captain A. Slater, well known navi- gator of the Canadian Pacific, have indOrsed the recommendation of the Dawson Development League that the waters of the inside passage along the Alaska and British Columbia coasts be made safe for navigation by the installation of needed aids.
 Seward has new organization which is attracting considerable con- ment among the Benedicks of the city. Husbands Union No. 13 recently was organized in that city. The objects of the order are to demand hot bis cults for breakfast and one clean and completely darned pair of socks each week. Nearly every married man in the city has joined
 The failure of a jury at Circle to return a verdict of guilty against Helen Scott on a charge of assault and battery is the subject of a com plaint wired to Marshal Erwin re- gently by Mrs. M. B. Kuhn, the com plaining witness in the casee. She informed the marshal that she had been badly beaten by the Scott woman and that her assailant had been per mitted to go free.
 The large cabin belonging to Bert Maycock, on Windfall island, at the 'head of Seymour canal, burned to the ground recently The Maycock cabin was one of the finest hunting lodges in Alaska. It was a two-story building 26 by 36 feet, erected for the purpose Sof accommodating Easteren hunting parties. A large stock of supplies was burned at the time.
 Edwin Ernest Potter, formerly a mine operator and all-round influential citizen of the Klondike, was recently decorated at Ottawa with the Military medal and bar and the Distinguished Conduct medal, for services in the war. MT. Potter participated in many hard-fought battles, became his com pany sergeant major, and was wound ed. His wounds are still troubling him.
 J. c. Mcbride of the c. W. Young Company of Juneau has secured fiintlock musket that was made in 1866. The gun is in excellent condi- tion and could be used any time. It is of the style used by the Hudson Bay Company for trading with the natives. The gun, which has seven potches in the stock, was originally owned by chief of the Atlins. He used the weapon on saltwater natives who invaded his hunting grounds, and when he passed away he gave the gun to his son and told him to follow in his footsteps.
 Deputy Marshal Frank Bach and Hector Mclean, who was a deputy marshal, who arrested Pat Shanna- han at Juneau in June, 1915, deny emphatically that Shanahan was mis- treated They say he was not put in irons or even in solitary conflne- ment, despite Shanahan's statements to that effect The Juneau records carry his name as Paddy Shanahan and charged him with insanity. Shan ahan is the man who killed District