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SELLIN6 THE PHILIPPINES
After making a very thorough can
vass of public opinion regarding its
suggestion that the Philippine Islands
be sold, the New York Herald acknowl
edges that the plau does not meet with
public approval. Now It springs an
other.
It is, in effect, that we sell the Phil
ippines to the Filipinos for a considera
tion equal to the amount which the
lsiaudt have thus far cost this govern
ment. This amount is estimated by
the Her?ld at 8400,000,000, including
the $20,000,000 which was paid to Spain
when the United State? entered upon
its campaign of "benevolent assimila
tion."
Regarding the advantages of the
plan it proposes, the Herald enumerates
them In the following concise and in
teresting manner:
First? That the probabilities of Jap
anese aggres-ion would be r^adered
more remote.
Second? That if such &? act or ag
gression were to be oommitted the
United States would be nidtd, cot ham
pered, by the Filipinos, who, in repell
ing the aggressors in concert with the
Americans, would be fighting tor their
own flag and defending their national
existence.
Third ? That the repayment of Amer
icon capital already sunk in the Philip
pines would be assured.
Fourth ? That American republican
sentiment would be gratified by a solu
tion designed to establish a government
of the Filipinos, tor the Filipinos and
by the Filipinos.
There is a strong probability that the
Herald will find no more advocates ot
its present plan than it did of the one
which public opinion has so uncere
moniously turned down, for the one
reason, among others, that It would
haidly be just to require those people,
if a sale of their country to them ware
to be seriously contemplated, to pay
back all the money the islands have
cost us. A modification of the plap
might succeed, but hardly at WOO, OCO,
000.
BRUTAL SPORT
The Wrangell Sentinel, writing of a
topic? the slaughter of game? which
is receiving more or less comment from
the press of the territory these dajs,
says:
"A somewhat simiUr '-stunt" was
pulled off by some fishermen in the
Wrangell Narrows locality last winter,
when they shot down a herd of seven
teen deer woich had been driven by
snow to search for food. These brutal
wretches 3id not even cut the throats
of the animals that were only wounded,
but left the suffering things to dry atd
rot on the beach.
"Probably those hunters spoken of by
the Star told in their Eastern homes of
the "great sport" which they had. If
such slaughter is "sport" then in the
name of humanity and civilization
sport should be felonized and its com
mitment severely punished. The old
stocks and pillory would be too easy. A
taste of the rack would b? better, and
would more nearly pjralbl the crime
and its penalty.
The delegates from this city should
make an attempt at Juneau to have the
next convention held in this city. They
should also ascertain why it is, with no
more apprecijble voting population at
Juneau than there is here, the latter
city has twice as many delegates as has
Skagway and should insist on just rep
resentation. More than likely to get
either cne or both of these it may be
n cess.ry to wrangle for them, but
t'tey are worth getting and the dele
gates should be prepared to go after
and gel th:m.
The attention of those people who
are interested in the study of Psychical
Research Is called to the fact that on
tomorrow, at June-iu, the rare oppor
tunity of lnterriewing a very conspicu
ous Governor on how it feels to be dead
will be presented.
A pafty of New York society women
bunted coons with RoOian candles, r?n
exchange says. Catching a coou has
many of the elements of firew rks, but
we ucver knew before th a tho animal
carried Roman candles.
The Sabbatarians have raised the bars
against funerals on Sunday, In Potts
ville, Pa. It Is only Dy txtling frivol
ous and wicked pleasures that a city
can retaLa a name for respectability.
?. H. Harriman is reported to have
made up his mind to begin railroad op
erations so that he may get a line into
Washington. -Even at thai , it is not the
first time that Harriman has had rail
road operations near the c.ipbal.
An Illinois minister suggests the
rope for wife dese.'ters. Ev.dently the
good man forgets that that's what de
sertions are for? to get more rope.
INVOCATION
No golden hair her head entwines.
Her eyes are not o! huaveniy b:ue,
No rose her cheek iucarnadiues,
And yet my haairt makes much ado.
Ah, would she wily come to me,
I'i urge my luck 'gainst any odds.
Winking to scorn the vain decree
Of Fate and all itje ploJding gods.
I'd wager wealth, repute, and name,
And all the gems the sea within.
Unhinge the star*, und with them
game,
And stake the world? with her^-and
win*.
So come, thou fairest damsel, then,
Blackest of Eihopian maids,
The Ace, the King, the Jack, the ten,
I've got?I want the Queen of spade*.
? 1
Skagway, Alaska,
Nov. 13, 1.Q7
To the Editor of the Skagway Alaskan,
Having been beenasktd byon? of the
members of a hunting party to tvp'v
tocerta'o statements in ado in r. cut
issues of the Wbitthorso Star, in
which it was. alleged that the hills in
the Wheatoc eouotty were strewn with
the enreases of over a hundred she-'p,
killed by hunters in their efforts to get
three sheep heads. I would like to
state at the oatset that while I do not
take rauQb stock in vast and unsupport
ed assertions which, however palatable
to a lot cf gossiping old women, don't
amount to much when it comes to an
investigation of facts. I do cot. believe
there is a word of truth in the wholo
business and that if it was meant for
the party of three An erican gentlemen
I was out with thai I can not only
prove it a lis, but can bring forward
arguments to show why sportesmen
and big guce hunters should not
be deprived of an lnducem' nt to come
and see the contry which tho-e hnving
the best interest of the North at least
will readily appreciate,
Fi rst let me state that from obser
vations made (from the tops of the
mountains, and not from the tops of
high office stools) that there is no
dancer of the game becoming extinct
and that there is no need to Amend the
present came ordinances and if they
must be amended let it be on the
matter of making it Absolutely illegal
to kill females? none of the sports
men I have been out with during the
Dast five seasons would p-.-rnu: females
to be killed prefcrriog to go without
meat for several days? the gentleman I
was with in the Wheatoa this fall
allowed several shaep to walk past him
at less than fifty yards after he bad got
the heads he wanted? this was in
marked contrast to parties made up of
prospector whom I have S'.en "smoking
up" a bunch of ewes aud lambs as locg
as they were in sight, getting one or
ao out of a bunch of twenty and
letting the rest go, leaving a trail ot
blood behind them at every jump thu*.
probably represented a half dozen
wounded or put shot ewes going back
to die with lambs to perish. Of course
I do not expect this to appear cruel to
the average man who has not had an
opportunity of studying gunshot
wounds under his own vest but just the
result of thoughtlessness and bad
marksmanship, two things that con
tribute greatly to the discomfort of
animals and the longeviiy of scandal
mongers and busy bodies generally.
In the case of sheep the killing of
fifty or seventy-five per cent of the
males would be a benefit, as owipg to
the ootnp\futl?e taso of killing ewes
the balanoo cf ruiur. hi'.s b^on upset
and nitt'os aro by fur too DUmerous,
(any o'd ?quaw with a bow and arrow
can get an c wo), some of tbo local tal
ent are contented with ewes ur.d aro
not entitled to talk Hunt uniit they can
show a head they have killed them
selves.
As to taxation of hunting piriies. I
do Dot th nk the best interests of tho
country to place any stumbling blocks
in the way of a class of people who
are much like tho pioncei's of
capital. From per-oual knowledge of
th<s and othec commies, 1 know that
hunting p.roies lave beau the means
of bringing the tnius ral ond other re
sources of a district under the direct
notice of capitalists, apart from this,
most of ihese peopio spend over a hund
red dollars in the county for every head
they get and I thiuk that even the
ourrency of a hundred "plunks" in our
midst is mo o beneficial to us than
evanescjQKclimp'esof the denizens of
tho t> rest which a few of our less alder
manic tvmrods got from time. .to time
and "you other stiffs only get to her
a'ioui "
How would it bo to i ut a turifT on
the t:ntti ? and trucking heads locfclly?
Perhaps it irou'd be better tor the com
munity if the sportsmen fiom the out
side all bought their trophies in White
horse, then the poor Tndiao would ben
efit to tho eytent making something
like two-thir.ls o? ?what the sons of the
uncircumcis<d could be hlrid to pack
them in for and a great profit would
occrueto the local representatives of
the chosen people.
Da the other hand the best class of
guidis would T think bo willing to ante
up toi a license which would keep the
cneap, wouid-be guide fr>.m taking
sportstuen out, into tho woods 3ud fill?
ing tl'ein with a disgust of t lie whole
country* I'll bo it wa> one of thai
sort tftat h d the British Conimlssion
e s out In Oregon "when t hey condemned
t'?e whole "b a*stcd country just be
cause the booming salmon wouldn't
take ii lly duat-cher-kuow." The
members of tV' llc.-ns d order
gi-id- s would not be knockers cither i1
e vtu i; they obi not jus: s<-e their own
particular due. hill becom ? the chose <
roosiing j/.ac : of the go :?e '"what lays
the golden e;g," and 1st uie tell you
that the boosti j* a guide can do for
the country rouad a camp firo goes
long ways further with tjic bloated cap
italist th'in tbe hot air he ha* to li.-:eo
to when he gets intojtown among r. ot ot
barroom miners and little cheap im
itation sports who pretend to have a
great contempt for Princes andCapt ilns
Iu lustry, but who are just falho? ail
over themselves to be on speaking
terms with lli.tu.
l'hb moneyed one forget' them on tho
way bom*5.
Respectfully t
L. McLinchlan.
ALL TIRED OUT
Ha.ilitd* More in A'a?)tit i n ?h->
Same Plight
Tirei! r 11 the time;
Weary aud worn out ni>;nt an?l day;
J Hack aches; side ache?,
All oo occount o! the Kidneys.
Must help them at their work.
J. P. Pratt, of 1954 Jefferson St. Ta
co:du, Wusb., snys: "I alwavs look c'ost
lv after my kidneys ft?r 1 know it is
dangerous to nigleot these organs. 1
examine tho kidney revrelbna ?very
w?ck, and when there is a o'otidj Hp
peiarence, or sediment in it 1 know that
the kidneys are no. performing their
duties properly aud I at tmce get some
thing to strengthen them. I have
tuken a good many r mt*lies in mv time
for the kidneys. Some were worthless,
wbilo some have do: e a little good, hut
I iound Doan's Kidney Pi Is by far tho
b-st kidney remedy I ever used. They
go right tothe root of tho disease anj
? correct the difficulty-"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
ceuts. Fosier-Milburn Co., HutTalo, N,
Y., sole agents for the United States.
Kemcmoer the nnme ? Doan'a ? anil
; take no other.
YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN
Have a new Bora auit or overcoat.
! Got your orders in fjr Thanksgiving
and Xmat). You will rnako 1 o mistake
j when you leavo your orders with the
; American Tailors,
BETTER PREPARED THAN EVER
Having put. in a steam uoil.r and
i other mucuinery wo ?re better pre
; pared thuo ever to do lirst-class work
on short notice.
5-23-t/ Skugway Laundry
WANTED? A first class Gold or Gjld j
and Copper Mining Proposition in Alas
ka. State full particulars wht-o you
i write. / ddi'css. Lewis Lu?k, P. O. box
1 1072, Spokane, VVashiugton. 219 lino
The Pack Train Restaurant w.ll serve
wine with dinner orders, free in placo
of tea or colTee. Coaie on ooys.
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Puikii
Foot of .Sixth Avcnuo
Most elegnntly furalxbed house
in Alaska
Every modern coovenlencq
Electric lights? Hot and cold
wa'or? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board nnd room by the dry week
or month
Table supplied with crearp and
butf.er from our own Jersey
Dairy
Ittrs. fi. S. Pwllcit
Proprietress
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Steamers of This Company Leave
?
Humboldt - - Nov. 14, 25
ottage City Nov. 16, Dec.i
Via Vancouver %
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C. D. QUNAiNih, Gari- Posa. Afjt
iO Mhxkot Btreot, San Franoieoo, Cel.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
Second and Broadway, Skagway
^The Alaska Steamship Co, "
Carrying U. S. Mai! and Alrska r^cific Express
Next Sail lug of the Fast Passenger Steamer
ERSON, Nov. 15, 21
ALLON ... -
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
T- -o Victoria and Vancouver Without Addilional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francisco
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 66
JTJNEAU S. S. GO'S.
Electric lighted steam
HEATED STEAM EK
C'urrjiiiz U. S. Mull
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
fcloon 'LVnakec, Sitka and Way ports
S/3 i ls>
SUNDAY, 8 A. M.
TUESDAY, 10 A.
WILLIS NOYVELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BUUGUTON, A^'eiit
I Broadway and Fifth Ave, t'hone U0
U. S- Mail Steamer
Hegg
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
at 9 a- m- Leaves
Haines for Skagway
| same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
I Round trir) $2.50
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABIDS No. 18
"(Daily Except Sunday.)
Co. 1. N. Pound
lSu d & 3 8 ?
S 30 a. ra.
10 10 "
10 oO "
11 20 "
11) p. m.
3 25
Leikvei
SKAGOAY
WHITE 'PASS
LOG CABI.^
bennet r
CARIBOU
White Eorjt:
Arrives
Arrives
Passentreri must be at depotb In tirr
Leaves
J
F o. 2, S. Bound
1st class
3 20 p. m.
1 45 "
12 45 "
12 05 "
10 30a. m
8 20 "
jsenperd must oe at uupuw> m u.u. . to h'--e ' "-spectetJ *sd
d; Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leu ?Ilk ii: ei^raln.
150 pounds of ba^a^e will be chocked free with eacl fuiJ fare ticket
<\nd 7fl pounds with tush half fare tlcltet.
Through Line From
Skfi'way to Atlln, Whit 1 Horse, Bi^ Salmon, D.wson und Intermediate Yukon River Points.
Tor ne ??? placer can.] - in ' ?> vi.- k 1. Kiuane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse.
Winter Route Stage Service
1> " ' 1 . '.v in- or s .ron, when n: v I nation is closed, daily iraim will continue running between
v.;r. :i ? \v isite Hoi s A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be maintained
by . Fho'-oughiy Eq ipped Stage Line between White Horse and Dawson.
:u!ar !:? -. ci.i Tying 11 ;.il, express and passengers, leave White Horse for Dawson and
intermediate points.
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i' Ci ' . . l eu >lii ihe hi ::rt of the m v. ly discovered and fabulously rich quat camp
of ti e WJndv Arm District, take our daily trains to Caribou.
For ?information relative to pns^engei, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
'??U.-vVi-'lC Dt.l'AU'. :\T A. L. BEKDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACBER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, 1.*, C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay, Alaska Skaguay, Alaska