to Try over
Hewett Will Again Search
For Sister's Rerauus
Frank Hewett, head of the Hewett
Com pan*, will make anoth jr effort this
year to secure the remains of bis sister,
Dr. Edith Chambers, who lost her life
in the Goodpasture river valley, in the
Alaska interior, several years ago,
when crossing from Eagle to the Tan
ana valley. Mr. Hewett left Fairbanks
for that purpose last year. Difficulties I
of navigation delaying his boat, the
season closed and prevented the fruition
of his endeavor. Arrangements were
made with men in the interior to con
tinue the search, and Mr. Hewett re
turned to the outside.
The disappearance of Dr. Edith
Chambers wa> for several years one of
those harrowing mysteries which
exercised the authorities of the inter
iorof Alaska. She left alone to make
the trip from the Yukon to the Tanana
overland, from Ka^le to the headwaters
of the Goodpasture, and down that
stream to the Tanana. She was never
afterwards seen, dead or alive, though
men in the signal service discovered a I
diary, some of her wearing apparel
and articles she was known to have
with her. The location of these dis
copies was marked, and thedirections
to find the marking are In the posses
sion of Mr. Hewett, as well as are the
diary aud other articles that were
found.
JENNINGS GETS
LARGE FORTUNE
Kumors that were in circulation here
last week to the effect that Robert W.
Jennings, formerly of this city, had
been left a large fortune, said to ex
ceed a quarter of a million dollars, by
his grand father who died in New York
recently, have been confirmed. Mr,
Jennings' presence in the east is for the
purpose of participating in the settle
ment of the estate.
Mr. Jennings is expected back in Al
aska in a short time. Mrs. Jennings.
Mrs. Pugh and Miss Cordelia have gone
to Puget Sound to spend the summer.
TIME EOS NOM
PARIISAN ACTION
It is time that some action was taken
towards the calling of a non-partisan
convention to nominate a candidate for
delegate to congress. By all means
such a body should he the first to place
a candidate in the field s:> that the plat
form can be carefully read before it is
time for party organizations to act.
Outside of a few chronic politicians we
find in this section little demand for a
party nomination, all the better classes
of residents, regardless of party lineup,
favoring a non-partisan campaign upon
local issues.? Juneae Dispatch.
GOV. HOGGATT IS
BACK AT JUNEAU
Gov. W. B. Hoggatt has returned to
Juneau from Sitka at which place he
^ relieved former Gov. Brady of the
duties of the executive's office. Fie was
accompanied to tne Hub by ti e f jrmer
governor.
Gov. Hoggntt was given a warm re
ception at Sitka. He was entertained
by his predicessor in office and other
leading citizcns of the famous old city
oy the sea last week.
The Sitka Cablegram s ?ys Got. Hog
gatt said he expects to remove the
capital from Sitka to Juneau about
July 1.
Notice Of Speolal Term Of Court
TO V^O.M IT MAY CONCERN:?
In the Matter of the Calling of the
Special May. H>06, Term of Court at
sicacwav. AlasKa.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:?
That, pursuant to an order of the
District Court for the District of Alas- [
*a, Divifion No. I. made and entered!
the 25th day of April, 1906, that a!
Special Term of the District Court for ]
the District of Alaska, Division No. ]J
?vill be held at the United States Court
House, at Skagway. Alaska, beginning
May 26. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
?ind that a Grand Jury will be in at
> endance at .he said Special Term of
..'ourt.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, April 25th
I >06.
C. V. PAGE.
Clerk District Court for Division No.
I Alaska.
Dite of Srst publication April 26.
J. R. YCisn Geo. C. Hbahd
WINN & HEARD
ATTORN EYSAT-'-AW
Will practice in Alaska Courts,
U. S, Supreme Court, and Land
and Mining business.
It >om9 3, 4, and 5, Decker Building
JUNEAU, - - - ALASKA
II IS BAD
Flood Damages Property at
Fairbanks
Fairbanks, May 2.? The ice has
broken in the Chena river and a flood
is imminent. Tlie refrigerator ship
Lotta Talbot has been wrecked utterly.
The Northern Commercial Company
has had its Calderhead and Clough
Kingharn docks swept away. The loss
is estimated at $250, 0<)0.
The ice jammed at Chena and a
heavy flood is quickly spreading upon
the river. A repetition of last year's
disaster will result unless the jam
breaks.
WILDT'S CAMDIDADY
NOT LIGHT MATTER
The .candidacy of Mr. Wildt, of
Skagway, should not be taken too
lightly. The f ?ct that he has accumu
lated little of the treasurers of the
earth and won knowledge by the sweat
of his brow reflect nothing but
credit to the gentleman.? Juneau Dis
patch.
NATURE SPARES
The Stricken Roue From Grief.
What a fortunate provision of nature
It Is. that deprives the roso of mental
iufferins: for how poignant would be Its
?rrleC to discover. In the height of its
Dloomlr.g glory. that a canker fed at Its
heart, and that Its beauty and fragrance
were doomed forever. Nature always
spares the suffering; she is a veritable
store-house of pleasing rewards, for
those who seek her aid. In the years
gone by falling hair and graynes3 havo
cast a gloom over the lives of thousands
jf young women, but thanks to the in
vestigations of scientists the true cause
?f hair destruction is now known to be
i germ or parasite that burrows into
e hair follicles. Newbro's Herpiclde
Nsolutely destroys' this germ, thus
rmitting the hair to grow as na.
?~e iutonded. Sold by leading drug
\ S?nd 10c. in stamps for sample
? Tfco Herpiclde Co.. Detroit, Mich.
Wm. Briit, Special Agent.
Earl & Wilson collars and cuffs at
Clayson's
Ordinance No. 70
An ordinance granting a franchise to;
the Alaska General Electric Company,*
t'o'poration, to construct, operate and
ma n'ain an electric telephone system
in the Town of Skagway and to charge
for telephone, electric bell and signal
service furnished thereby.
Be it ordained bv.the Common Coun
cil of the town of Skagway:
That there be and hereby is granted
to the Alaska General Electric Com
pany, a corporation, a franchise for the
term of fifty (50) years from and after
May 1, 19U6, to construct, operate and
maintain an electric telephone system
in the Town of Skagway fur the pur
pose of furnishing electtic telephone,
bell and signal strvlce, and to that end
to enter in and upon the stree s, alleys
and public places of said town, to erect
poles at such p ace or places as it may
see fit and run its wires along such
streets, alleys and public places as it
may see fit, subject always to the pre
sent or future regulations 0f the com
mon council of the said town concern
ing po es and wires for the trausmis
sion of electric current: to furnish the
inhabitants of said town or any person
who may desire the same with electric
telephone, bell ot s'gnal semes and to
charge compensation therefore.
Said Company in consideration of
this franchise shall furnish space on top
of any and all it" poles and fixtures used
for the support of wires, for the insta'
lation of an electric fire alarm system
the fixtures and materials whereo",
other than poles, are to be owned rod
furnished by the Town of Skagway and
said company shall repair, keep in
order, maintaiu and operate said
system and all its wires, boxes, in
struments and batteries free of charge
and shall furnish telephones, or tele
phone. bell or signal service to the said
town at the minimum of any rates that
may be charged oy the said compay
Passed in the Council April 16th, 1906.
Approved April 16th, 1906.
E. J. Shaw
Mayor & President of the Council.
W. S. McKean*
Clerk.
ordinance No. 71
An ordinance fixing the amount of com
! pensation paid to certain officers of the
Town of Skagway.
Be it ordaiced by the Common Coun
cil of the Town of Skagway:
Section l.
That the compensa'ion to bo paid to
the following named officers of the Town
; of Skagwav shall be and the same is
hereby fixed as follows:
i Municipal Clerk and Registrar of
Water Works $600.00 p?r year
J Municipal Treasurer $480.00
per year
j Municipal Magistrate $480 00
| per year
i Chief of Police an 1 Assessor. . $1200.
! 00 uer year
j Fire Warden, Street Commissioner
; and Supervisor of Waterworks... $1200.
1 00 per year.
Section II.
I That said Campensation shall be paid
j in twelve monthly installments.
Section III.
I That all ordinances or parts of ordi
| nances conflicting herewith are hereby
repealed.
Passed the Common Council April 9,
IQOfi
W. S. McKean
Clerk
E. J. Shaw
President of Council.
?? "0
The Dignity of O'Rourke
i ' ? 1<
(Copyright, 1906, by a H. Sutcllffo.]
It was one of a hundred Instances.
When the civil war came to an end at
last, lieutenants and captains who de
sired to take up arms as a profession
were willing to take positions as ser
geants in the standing army. That was
how Captain O'Rourke, late of the Sev
enty-flrst volunteers, came to be order
ly sergeant of Company F, Eleventh
United States Infantry.
As a captain of volunteers O'ltourko
was noted for two thiugs In particular
?he was a tighter, and he was a man
of dignity. Within a week of his Join
ing his regiment he was nicknamed
"Dignity," and the appellation stuck to
him to the day of his death. The nine
other orderly sergeants In the Eleventh
wore a bit familiar with their lieuten
ants and captain, aud now and then
they condescended to take a drink or
sit In a game of poker with the pri
vates, but Sergeant O'Rourke never let
himself down. He was always the
same to every one, and It came to be
whispered about that If he should ever
smile or crack a joke the United States
would at once proceed to dissolve In
thin air.
One day at FCrt Reno word was re
ceived that the Indians had again tak
en to the warpath and that there was
likelihood of a wandering band trying
to cut off a train of wagons coming up
with quartermaster supplies. There
was one point of danger. Once safely
passed that and the long string of wag
ons would be safe. Sergeant O'Rourke
was sitting in his quarters studying tin
book of tactics when the colonel's or
derly gave him a message. Three min
ntes later he stood before his command
ing officer, and he had twice the dignity
of the man who looked up at him and
said:
'?Sergeant, I havo got word that
Crazy Horse has broken loose again."
"Yes, sir," replied tlie subordinate, as
he gave the military salute with the
greatest precision.
"Some of his men may attack the
wagon train coming up. If they do It
will be at Stony brook. Do you Ihiul;
you could take ten men and hold the
crossing against perhaps forty or fifty
Indians until the wagons have passed?"
"Xot a doubt of it, sir."
There was a doubt of It In the colo
nel's mind, a very big doubt, but just
then he had a larger sick list than
usual and a number of his officers
were away on leave. The outbreak
was so sudden that he was In a box.
He ought to send thirty men under
command of a lieutenant to the point
specified, but he bad figured It over
and over, and the best he could do was
to send ten under command of the
orderly sergeant.
, "Yes. sir; very well, sir," replied
O'Rourke as he received his orders
and half an hour later his squad was
marching down the rocky road.
It was eight miles to the crossing
of Stony brook. The men had left the
fort at 1 o'clock In the ufternoou of a
summer's day. They saw no "signs"
en route. If the Indians had broken
loose again they were not skulking iu
the vicinity of the fort. The men
stepped out on the rough military road
with marching stride, and in a little
over two hours they had reached the
crossing. All was as peaceful as if
a hostile Indian had never lived. Ser
geant O'Rourke saw smiles of derision
on the faces of some of the men and
suddenly called out:
"Attention, squad! Right face! Left
face! Front! Listen! Some of you
men think the colonel was mistaken,
but you'll know better within ten min
utes. How many Indians there are in
hiding among the bowlders over there
I can't say, but this Is no time for smil
ing. When I give the word make a
rush for the rocks at your right. We
are too late to save the train."
The ten men whirled to the right and
covered forty feet of ground and got
the shelter of the rocks. Sergeant
O'Rourke followed them at a leisurely
step, although the seventy Indians In
ambush within pistol shot gave him a
volley. He ought to have been riddled
like a sieve, but he was untouched
There were uo orders to give. The ten
had no show. They were safe In front,
but the Indians would work past their
flanks and take them in the rear with
in a quarter of an hour. To attempt a
retreat was to lose their cover and
court Instant death.
"What are we going to do. Barge?"
asked one of the squad after sending a
bullet Into the head of an Indian who
exposed himself in his anxiety to se
cure a good aim.
"Private Johnson." said O'Rourke as
he drew himself up stiffly, "I would
thank you to give my title In full
sergeant What we are going to do, '
sir, Is to die, sir. We have already
lost three men."
Two minutes later one of the eight
survivors came rushing up to say:
"The devils are working along on our
right flank, and this place will soon be
too hot to hold us!"
"Private Delaney, salute your supe
rior officer when you speak to him.
Your report Is received, sir. About,
face! March!"
There could be only one ending. The
Indians worked forward on the flanks,
and when Sergeant O'Rourke looked
around him and saw that he alone lived
he stood up and folded his hands and
held his head high. The redskins
shrieked and shouted, and a dozen of
them came forward to lay hands on
the prisoner. The first of them was
hardly ten feet away when Dignity
thrust his hand into his jatket pulled
out a derringer that none of his men
had ever seen, and the next Instant he
sank down among the other dead.
"Hlm chief? big chief.1" muttered the
Indians as they came forward, and his
body was laid aside with respect, and
ao hand ravaged it M. QUAD.
I JUST ? pprmnn
llp-to-Date Novelties
LADIES' SUITS, |
Jackets, Coats
and Skirts
THEY ARE THE MOST SWELL
READY-MADE GARMENT EVER f
SEEN IN SKAGWAY
Martin Conway
I
The
Ways
of a
Wateh
the ways of
a WATCH ABE
past finding
OUT. Don't Try
If your watch is lazy and won't run,
let repair it. We'll make |it keep
time to a dot.
Ten to one you've neglected it; let
it tret dirty or rus:y from lack of oil;
may be given it to the baby to play with
Whatever the reason, I DON'T delay,
Delay cost money and spoils the watch.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
P. E. KERN,
Gold and Silversmith
iNotloe of Stookho' der's Meeting
Office of the Englnneer Mining Company. I
To the stockholders of the Engineer Mining
Company: I
Tula- notice that the annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Engineer Mining Company
w 111 be held at the office of the company, In the
To in of Skagwftj, District of Alaska on Wed
nesday the -."'th day of April, at 10 o'clock a.m
for th.' purpo.se of electing a board of directors
anil lor the transaction of such other business
as may properly come belorc the meeting The
stock transfer t>ook of the company will bo
closed on Saturday the jlst day of April, 1906,
ut 5 o lock p. m. and will remain closed until
Thursday the 26th day of April, 1906. at 10
o'clock a. m.
By order of the Roard of Ditcctors.
H. I) I.E Kevkk Secretary,
Dated March 2<, 1906.
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