SVi^ailn JfVlaskan
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
Admitted as second class mail matter
Jul)' S, 1S?S. at the Postofttce
at Skagway, Alaska.
L. S. KalUr, Publisher.
Subscription Rates
One mouth by carrier
One month bj mall
Three months by mall
Six months by mail
One year by mall
THE SANCTITY OF THE HOME.
1.00
.."o
2.2
4.50
9.00
When the Jury returned a verdict
of not guilty in the case of Capt.
Thornton Haines. who was charged
with murder of William Ann is. the
crowd thai thronged in aud outside
the court room burst into prolonged
cheerlu*.
Thornton Haines did not actually
shoot Anuis. He accompanied his
brother, 1'apt I'eter Haines, who
killed Annts while Thornton kept
away the bystanders with a drawn
revolver Feter Haines alleged that
Aums seduced his wife while he was
ab??nt from his home. Thesis but
Utile doubt that Annts was guilty of
misconduct.
Lawyers can thunder denunciations
of murder and judges can lay down
definitions of the law. but it has
been proved repeatedly that no Jury
in this country will convict a man
who slays another mau defense of
his home The "unwritten law" is
as well understood a> though it were
ou our statute books.
It i* right and Just that this should
bv so Murder, itseif. is insignificant
beside the crime ot stealing the af
fections of another man's wife or
blighting the future of his daughter.
A man who deliberately encompasses
the ruin of a woman deser\es"to bo
exterminated. He is an enemy to
society more surely than the most
confirmed criminal.
The home Is the foundation ot
society and purety is the only pro
tection of the home. When men
shall cease to be willing to do vio
lence to protect the sanctity of their
hearths, onr American standards shall
have decayed.
THE PR EVALENCV OP SUPER
STITION.
Uovernor-elect Donaghey of Arkan
sas refused to be inaugurated either
on Friday or ou the 13th of the
month. He frankly admitted he was
superstitious. Many people will de
ride his action: but IVuiaghey evi
dently fears the baleful Influence of
a possible "hoodoo" more than h?
doet the certainty of ridicule.
We moderns pride ourselves on th?
spread of education and the passlnj:
of many peculiar Ideas that were en
tertained by our amestors in the
??;??* past Yet it must be admitted
that superstition is prevalent today
in all walks of stH'iety. Many hotels
have no number IS. The officials of
a certain bit steamship company will
never start a vessel from harbor on
Friday l.ean a ladder over a side
walk and watch dozens of pedestrians
sidestep from under It. How many
people will laboriously stoop to pick
up a pin and will knock on wood af
ter making any fa \ arable pre?Hction?
Many poeple are candidly supersti
tious Others claim to observe super
stitlous purely as a jest. But they
often take a deal of pains for th?
sake of the Jest. Just why people
still are superstitious is a study for
the psychologist The exlstance of
xenll. faries or daemons Is no longer
a subject for serious discussion At
the saute time most of us humor ou:
pel superstitions as If our life's hap
j.ness depended upon It. Truly, hu j
mail nature is slow to change.
PAYING THE PRESIDENT.
A bill has been Introduced In con
nr?-s--. providing that the annual salary
<if the presideut of the I'nlted States
be increased from S.'O.OOn to $100.00f>.
Saturday's new* dispatches stated
that the bill was mooting with oppo -]
?ttlon in the senate and would prob
ably bo defeated.
The question of whether wo shall
double the pay of our president Is
hardly of vital importance. None of'
our chief executives have ev or gotten
rich in office and none of them have
ever suffered the privations of pov
erty. Neither is it probable that a ay
man ever has or ever will decline a
nomination for the presidency be
cause of the sm&llnos* of the pay en
velope attached.
Most of our presidents have lived
pretty well on the a year
But at the same time we pay our
chief executive a smaller salary than
almost any other government in the
world doe*. Let congress settle the
matter No one cares much about it.
Lumber mills at Vancouver. Bel
llngham and Seattle have been de
stroyed by mysterious fires during
the week just past. What's the mat
ter? Art the lumber men in need of
the insurance?
The old world evidently failed to
make any good resolutions for
Between earthquakes, floous and
blizzards huuianltv has been kept oil
the move the past three weeks.
"Seek and ye shall find That ap
plys especially to the man looking
for trouble. Mr. Riggs of Fairbanks
is an example of a trouble seeker
getting quick action.
The whistling winds sound like
swm music to a man who ii- snugly
ensconced In a warm bod.
A New York i>.v, -t' was robbed. Wo
haw heard of beggar* being robbed
before, but never of pool*
Jiu> Nellies was the most popular
man in Skagway yesterday
WOMENWHO she
"ILL HEELED" !
LONDON ? A Ust of tin richest
women in the world has been pub
lished here. Mrs Hetty Green leads,
with a fortune estimated :it $S?0.000,
000.
Mrs. Russell Sage comes next, with
an estimated fortune of $So.000,000.
Frau Bertha von Bohlen. daughter
of Krupp the German gun maiuif.i
turer. comes third, with $$0,000,00<i
Mrs. Frederick Cortland Penfield >1
Philadelphia, is fourth, with $<50.000,.
000.
Mine. Creel, of Mexico, is- *;r,?l to
hav?> an income of $">.000,000 a year.
The marchioness of Graham, by the
death of her father, the duke i .
Hamilton, came into the possession
of an income of nearly JSOO.tMio a
year
The Baronews von Rckhardstein.
the daughter of Sir Rlundell Maple,
has recently come into the second
portion of her fathers fortune, mak
ing her yearly income $5.\0.000.
The duchess of Roxburgh^. who
was Miss May Goelet, is credited
with possessing a fortune of $25,
000,000.
The Countess Szoehenyi. who was
Miss Gladys Vanderbllt. ts placed oi:
the list with $12,000,000.
Mrs. S. G. Ascher, daughter of the
lite Harry Ramato. is estimated to
be worth $10,000,000
OTTAWA. Jan. 15. -Officials of the
immigration department are doiiv
their best to discourage winter carni
vals In Canada. One says:
"Any literature, exhibition or any
other thing which tends to create the
impression that Canada is an ex
tremely cold country is very hurtful
to the work carried on by our officers |
In other countries You will remem -j
! BHD FOR PLUMBING
The mult of the observation twieo
Ht Mooie wharf at mtdnl^ht, Jno. l?ib ?
,9C!\ It M follow*
femperature time obaervat'n. " below
Max . torn (V preocxl i np 24 hours .1 below
Mln. " " " " 9 below
Mono " " " " 101 below
Barometer
v'lear S'ronjr North wind.
INTERIOR WEATHER
Whitebotse. ? ? - SO lelow
Tacisb 62
Atlin, .... 40
Hootalinqua ... /V3
Hlg Salmon - 52
Yukon Crossing - - . "0
Selkirk .... 70
Coffee Creek. ...
Stewart. - 83
OgUvIe ? ? ? . - '**
Dawson, ... - 5"
bet the groat prominence Riven to
Rudyard Kipling's i>oeiii 'Our Lady or
the Snows,' and the opinion of many
of those beat able to Judge was that
the title did incalculable damage to
oer Dominion."
Considering the recent weather in
Canada ;he caution displayed Is Justi
fiab'.i Come to Alaska's balmy cli
mate.
Why not be cheerful? Poor Lit
tle Herman has Just received a con
signment of that famous Cream Rye.
A smile guaranteed with every drink.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
Water consumers are hereby noti
fied that on account of the water be
Ins wasted by property holders, who
are allowing their faucet* to ruu
night and day to prevent the pipes
froui freezing, that section 19 of the
Ordinance No. 10y will be strictly en
forced. 1'. W. Snyder stated today
that. If the waste continued the water
Inspector would Investigate and shut
off the water from all people who
are toutul to be violating the ordi
nance. The ordinance reads as fol
lows :
"Water must not be allowed to
ruu to waste through any faucet or
fixture, or kept running at any time
longer than is necessary for Its proper
use When such Is found or persisted
In the right Is hereby reserved to
shut off the water from the prem
ises."
The water should be turned off at
the cocks controlling the mains en
tering the houses. The pipes ean
then be drained out and cannot freeze
FHIL SXYPKR.
Chairman Water Works Committee
SUFFTrFD WITH
ECZEMAJ5 YEARS
Limb Peeled and Foot Was Like
Raw Flesh? Had to Use Crutches,
and Doctors Thought Amputation
Necessary ? Montreal Woman
Writes of Cure Seven Years Ago.
BELIEVES LIFE SAVED
BY CUTICURA REMEDIES
"I hare Vieon treated hv doctors for
twenty-five vears for a had case of
eczema on my leg. They did their best,
J hut failed to cure it.
My doctor had ad
vised me to have my
lee cut off. but 1
?ud I would try the
Vw Cuticura .Remedies
first. He said. "iSy
f them if you like, but
> I do not think they
V ~1. will do any good.'"
v flW v At this time my
leg was peeled from the knee, my foot
was like a piece of raw <]? ^h, and I had
to walk on crotches. 1 bought a cake
of Cuticura Soap, a box or Cuticura
Ointment, and a bottle of Cuticura
Pills. After the first two treat menta
the swelling went down, and in two
months my leg was cured ami the new
skin came on. The doctor could not
believe his own eves when he saw that
Cuticura had cured me and said that
he would use it for his own patients.
I used two cakrn of Cuticura Soap,
three boxes of Ointment, and five bot
tles of Resolvent, and 1 have now t>eec
' cured over seven years, and but for
the Cuticura Remedies I might have
lost my life. I have lot* of grand
children. and thev are frequent user*
of Cuticura. and 1 alway* recommend
It to the manv people shorn my busi
ness brings to my house every day. !
Mrs. Jean-Baptlste Renaud, clairvoy
ant, 277, Mentana St., Montreal, Que.,
Feb. 20. 1907 "
SLEEP FOR BABIES
Rest for Mothers.
Instant relief and refreshing sleep for j
?kin-tort ured babies, and rest for tired, |
fretted mothers, in warm baths with ,
Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings
with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin ]
cunt, and purest of emollients.
Cutlmrw (ttcj CblUut* Otntirwit (SOpJ, ]
and Oiiinir* RwrtlvMt iSOc,".. (In IN* forci ?
CtKVOlM* t\<aloO ntu 2V T?f vUl of So). HoU
tkroufbout the world IVtur DCUi a Ctwta CV*p., I
?rVuiiX' 'Jfri ?cuualm >Mk oe Sktn dunw j
IF YOl ONLY
MtW
How ranch real satisfac
tion there is in a bottle of
Cucumber and A mond
Cream
Vou would never be without
it. It is not eticky, contains
no grease, never soiles the
most dainty fabric, and is
the most soothing, healing I
balm for chaps, cracks and:
wind roughened skin, we,
know of. Try a bottle of it. j
We garantee satisfaction.
WM. BRITT i
The Druggist;
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER.
Having put In a steam boiler and
other machinery we are betur pr<>
parod than ever to do first-class work
on short notice.
SKAGWAY LAUNDRY.
All whlsklos and wines aerved at
t?>" Pack Train Bar Is purchased by
Mr. Grim direct from the o. stiller*
and win lea. tt
If you have something voti don't
need, why not advertise It for sale |
or exchange In The Alaskan?
Why not put a tew crisp readers
In The Alaskan, advertising your
long stock, and get rid ot it?
JUNEAU B.S. CO'S.I
RLECTRTC UFHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia j
Carry tog U. S. Mall
For Raines, Berners Ray, Juoomu,
Ui>'<dh, Tronkct , Sitka and W a \ porta
SAILS
January a, 12. 19. 26.
February 2, 9, 1G, 23.
WILLIS NOWKLL, Mjr . Juneau
W. W. BOUOHTON. A*ent
Broad*a\ an 1 Fifth Ave P)ion? P<
U. S- Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying Passengers and Mail *111
leave Skii*\va> for Halu<*
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-i
day at 9 A. M.
Returning leaves Halii- s fer Sk?>
way at 2 F. M. same day.
Fare cme way $1-50
Round trir) $2.50
Pacific loast S. S. to.
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
3 llf, acd other Pugrt Bnirn: for i
OinRTIRO n. ?. M All .
St?am?r* of Thla Company L*ar*
HllMBOl DT
l.OTfAOf CITV
JANUARY 7
JANUARY 18 30
Conoici ntr with t e <'onip*?iy'? -?team >r? at for *aw PhaWCMCO,
Soctpi ns Camji'ksia, F.naitKA (II rahoM; Ma*) a <l Mucico
gar Abor? fotacdul ? Sobj?<t lo Char, if i? Without Nmtee.
FRANK H. STUART, A0ent
S?coi*l and Rroartway, fiha*w?y
srATTf.r Ttckkt Offictt, 113 At.
G. P. DI'NANN, On<T?l l'?i.?Tifer Agent, "
112 M ?rv. % wire"-- -* C\
Canadian Pacific
RAIL WAY
i B. C. COAST kERVluE
?CHttt>t'I,K OP HAlUNdX KROM SKAOWAY
Subject ?o change ?lthont notion
5 PRINCESS MAY
January 16-30 February 13-27
For Vancouver, Victoria. Seattle, via Prince Riii*?rt
Si>aci<>U8 Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tlck??u? to any part of *.b* world ?rd all Informatlno from
Phone 87 F. F. W LOWLE, *g?nt
Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mali aod A ukt l'aelfl? F.xpr?M
Neit Sailing of tha Faat Pawner Sr#>?m?r?
Jefferson Jan. 11, 23
Feb. 4. 16, 28
Ormpaay i -iifhi thM);f ?aJllog daw without oorc*
TraniJrc tT? V *t>d Yanuourer Without Addlliocal 1 harg*
Throuch \ .okr-ta ??> ,-*<?n Fr?pcl*oo
R. A. CARROLL. Aprnt. Phone rt*
1 he White Pass &Yukon Route
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chock^. Inspection 1* ?topjvd *0 ?; ntr* btkir '?\T<nr of train
l!k) pounu? of ha.rirar' S cha. * V~ *fth *a?h fful; fi~? t'ckat
?ail 7S ooun*? with oach half f?-?? tl sk si
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Th rough Line From
Skagwny to Atlln, White Hor*e, PI? Salmon. P?waon and Intermedia'* Vokoo Rl?er fVnta
The new placer enmps In the A lark and Kluan" Mining PUtrfcia are reached oolr m While Horn#
Winter Route Stage Service
DnriDjr the win'er aevson, when navigation l?cln?od, dally tr? no will continue mnnloif Ixmveen
Ska'wa- ard White A thronfh M ill, Pa?aenc*r and Frelfh* Serrlra will b? malntalead
b.v * Thoroughly Equipped Stage L!ri*^p'wwn White Hoe**1 ard Dawanr.
Regular atai'ea. oarr.TiDS' mall, expreaa and paa?enirera, leave White Hone for Dawaon and
intermediate point*.
Tor Conrad City, locatrd In 'he heart of the newly diaoorered and f?buloitaly rfeb qt>at tt camp
of the Wlndv Arm Dlatrict take our dally train* to Caribou.
For Information relative to pastea^-ei, frcifiUfc atv. tele rapblc rat**, apt ij
to ant airent of the Compant or" to*
TRAFFIC PRPARTMENT
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