No. 266
TENTH YEAR
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 1907
PRICE 10 CENTS
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.Among the passengers arriving up on
the Pacic Coast steamer Uumboldt yes
terday waa Miss Anna Virginia Russell,
whose interesting mission it is to intro
duce some element of the esthetic into
the ruggedness of the wilderness of
Alaska and this through the cultivation
of what instruments of usefulness
the wilderness affords.
Miss Russell came direct from the
Bureau of Education at Washington.
She comes with a long record of ac
complished good back in Ohio and Vir
ginia, where she was engaged for long
in what is known as settlement work.
However, her endeavor was not con
fined even to this wide field but bad its
Influence upon th9 public schools and
thence she has been dispatched to Alas
ka to see and report upon the needs of
lh? public schools of the district as
they may appear to her experienced
eye. Miss Russell has been more par
ticularly Interested in bringing undrr
cultivation the waste and barren places
of the great cities and developing the
influences for good that may be set in
motion through these means. As an
instance of these she cites the direct
result on a large element of the poor
of Columbus, Ohio, which was for a
time her home. Some of the women
workers of that city were confronted
by a problem in the form of this large
area where lived the children of the
poor and to which no refining irfiuence
had yet been able to penetrate, Some
body turned finally to Miss Russell and
charged her with finding a solution, as
to what to do in the matter. She
looked the ground over, called a meet
ing of young women, 8et them to work
to And means through entertainments
and the like, secured certain vacant
lots, imposed the responsibility upon
the young women of standing guard, as
it were upon certain days, overlooking
the youngsters who were congregated
into battallions. and in very short order
that bleak section was abloom with the
endeavor of tha children, there were
here and there, playgrounds equipped
with paraphernalia, and the (ace of the
whole district was changed. Miss
Russell notes the wide efTect ot these
Influences. Parents seeing what the
children could do, themselves became
industrious and self supporting and
self-respecting, who had long ceased
to be so or who had never known the
feeling. Besides seeing the schools as
they are in Alaska Miss Russell hopes
to be aDle to inculcate something of
this feeling and desire for betterment
in and about the schools through the
work of the children? the cultivation of
the ground, the introduction of flowers
and lawns. She says it is wonderfu
the interest the children take in this
work, once it is fairly begun ud they
?ee the efTect in the growth and spread
of bloom. And she thiuks it will be a
revelation as well to the grown-ups
who are too busy as yet in merely tam
ing the wilderness to think of
r tiaing it. She says the children may
show them its possibilities. Miss
Russell goes from here to Kake, tempo
rarily, there being a vacancy there at
this time.
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER
Having put la a steam oiler and
other machinery we ?re better pre- j
pared thun ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
5-23-tf Skagway Laundry
All the delicacies of tne season at
the Pack Tr .io Restaurant.
The Pack Train Restaurant will serve
wine with dinner orders, free in place
of tea or coffee. Come on ooys.
THE DEN OR COZY CORNER
will be more attractive if you have a
pair of those genuine Indian moccasins
decorated with bright colored beads in
artistic designs,
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Hear the latest Rag time music on
the new Eleoiric Banjo Piano.
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has been received
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IWO DELEGATES
FOR ALASKA
(By United PreM.)
Washington, Dec. 9. ? The national
committee of the republican party
which has been In session here has re
duced the representation of Alaska at;
the next republican convention from |
six to two, placing the district on a par j
in thi? regard with Porto Rico.
QUIET DAY III
NEW YORK
(By United Press.)
New York, Dec. 9.? Yesterday was
bluff Sunday la this city, the like of
wLich has not been seen before. Not
one place of amusement was open
The rigid enforcement of the law is not
popular.
MEMH MIRK
(By United Preti.)
Seattle, Deo. 9,? Officials of the sig
nal corps service at this point make the
announcement that the government
line between Valdez and Fairbanks is
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to be duplicated, that is to say, nnother
line Till be strung over the present
route as f ir as Fairbanks. Th6 plans
prepared sotre time ago have been for
mally approved by the Secretary o'
War. This will enable one wire to bf
kept free for through business and not
8ubj?ct to the Interruptions of the way
stations, while, on the other hand, tl
will give the way stations a wire at all
times at their servicc not burdened
with through business.
KING OSCAR
IS DEAD
ELDEST SON, OSCAR GUSTAVE ADOLPHE
HAS TAKEN THE OATH OF OF- _
FICE, AND IS KING
(By United Pre??.)
Stockholm, Dec. 9.? Tho death of
Kin? Oscar, for which there has been
serious anticipation for so many days,
occurred yesterday morning at nice
o'clock. The death bed v. as surround
ed at the hour of call by all near fam
ily and friends and also by court offi?
cials. Shortly after the announcement
of the death the oath of office was ad
ministered to the king's eldest son,
Oscar (Justayo Adolphe.
fighT?a
FINISH TODAY
Chicago, Dec. 9 -Tho bitter fight be
tween Harriman and Stuy vesant Fish
for the control of the Illinois Central
will be resumed today. The outcome
cannot at this writing be indicated.
The special meeting of the Arctic
Brotherhood held Saturdiy evening
was largely attended, nnd after the in
-iliirtion of snven chechacoes over sixty
members sat down to a sumptuous ban
quet, during the course of which
speeches were made by Judge Gunni
son, J. A. Helcnthal, E. R. Buck and
many others.
Grent interest is being taken in this
order in -Skagwuy, over thirty new
members having been enrolled during
the past month.
Ou the stage which arrived in White
horse Saturday from Dawson were the
following: Rufus Buck, Robert Flett,
John Schlnks, Robecca Dickens/ Mrs.
Barnes, J. Morgan, D. Exley and Au
gust Wenzel.
On the stage which left Dawson
Thursday Inst and due at Whitehorse
tomorrow, are: Ed. Meubaumer, Tom
McGowan, Joe McDonald, M. Nelson,
Ben Bolkman, Charles Maass, Fay
Dalton, C. S Philp, M. A. Pinska, Mr.
Butcher. Mrs. Butcher, C. W. New
ton, L. ?. Byer.
...frcsb goods...
Malaga Grapes* Cocoanuts
Jap Oranges, Navel Oranges
Fancy Smoked Tongue
Imported Swiss Cheese
French Olive Oil Bismarck Herring
Milker Holland Herring
GANTY & FRANDSON
SERIOUS TROUBLE BREW
ING IN 60LDFIELDS
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Goldfields. Dec. 9? United States regulars arrived here
yesterday 4from the Presidio, and have been posted about
the mines. The town is under martial law and passes are
required in every case to pass the lines.
The mine operators have issued a statement to the
effect that the camp will hereafter be an open one, that the
unions will no longer be recognized. Strike breakers are
on the way in numbers from many parts of the countrv
and their arrival it is declared, will be the signal for the
beginning of real trouble.
The situation is considered very grave. The miners
are in almost constant session and the scenes about the
Miner's Union hall indicate that preparations are being
made for a determined resistance to the establishment of a
new order of things. It is known that for a long time the
minere have been preparing through the purchase and se
cretion of large stacks of arms to meet such an emergency.
It is understood that the recent shooting of St. John, the
socialistic leader of the Western Federation of Miners by a
leader of the conservatives in the union grew out of St.
John's determined campaign looking to this end. There is
a good deal of bitter feeling in the ranks of the miners, a
large number of whom were not in sympathy with the rad
icals in this matter. This bitterness is based on the suspi
cion as charged that the socialist leaders are really in the
confidence and pay of the operators and that their real aim
is to bring about dissention so that the Federation will lose
the sympathy of the public and end in its disruption ? which
end it is asserted is at hand; that the downfall of the Fed
eration will have been brought about by the leaders of the
Federation most trusted and rt the instance of the opera
tors.
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