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TRIALS OF CALEB POWERS
The fourth trial of Caleb Power* in
Kentucky b*? been postponed. To
start off with a prejudiced judge wa?
knowiug'y appoiuted to try the ex-sec
retary of s'ale. Governor Beckham
and the fo'lowiug of the democratic
parly behind him hare made but little
effort to conceal their actions, by which
they sought for political reasons to
keep Powers ia the peniteutiary No
honest effort has ever been made to ap
rehetul the real murderer#; all tliat has
been accomplished wan to ?uiir<.h re
public, an officials through perjured
leaiiuiouy, which was procured oy the
use of a 3100,000 corruption fund
passed by a legislature controllel by
.-teckhaui, appropriated shortly after
the killing <>f lioei el
Power? has been iu jail seven years.
Taylor, the governor, has been :t reii
deot of Indiana for (he same period.
Indiana's governors have refused to
comply with the demand that be re
turned to Kentucky on the ground,
which >s self-evident, that he could not
gel a fair trial there The supreme
court of the United Suites denied Pow
ers a heariug a?ked, but remarked in
Its decision that "the trials of the ac
cused made an exhibition of misconduct
on the part of the administrative offi
cers connected with these trials which
may well shock all who love justice and
re-jognue the tight of every human
being accused of crime to be tried ac
cording to law.'' What are called the
a->sa??!iiAtioQ trial* in Kentucky have
been merely a venomous political piu
suit of republican state officials and an
attempted arraignment for murder of
the whole republican party of Ken.
tucky. But for thi* democratic palicy
the assassin of Goebel would hove been
singled out and punished long ago.
THE ARMY CANTEEN
That the abolishment of the arm;
canteen was a mistake, is idle to d;s
pute in view of the unsnswerab'e show
lug untie by oSicers who have devoted
all their Uvea to the service. It i?
almost criminal to pirade the soldier as
the defender of our homes in timea of
war and restrict him in his h&bita, a.s a
felon it restricted, in times of
peace. A soldier is supposed when he
enlists to have entered a life wh'ch will
call fur action and strife. Mis ideas in
that direction are socu dispelled, hiw
eve.-, for he Is set to work digging
trenches, to d to fetch and carry, and
do tbe scavanger work and the hard
manual labor of the Post, He sees on
all sides of him men earning i;i and $4
a day for doing the same class uf work
he Is called upon to do for $14 a montn,
he grows disgusted and deserts. Tbe
New York Sun. in a recent editorial
says:
"The enllstrd men as well as the non
commissioned officer, should receive
more pay. It is not necessary to codd e
him by raUing bit wages to that of the
unskilled laborer who baa no rutioas
and has quarters provided for bim by
the government, but tbe pay scale
should be made more attractive to the
class from which recruits are drawn,
t'ractice marches occur too frequently:
If tbey a>e to be contloued there should
be a reduction of other routine work.
The soldier's recreation should
rece.ve more attention from the War
Department. Tbey order these things
better in England, having nixie tbe
service more desirable and human, the
government should then make the pun
ishment for desertion fit the crime. We
suspect the authorities of half hearted
pursuit of deserters knowing that there
Is some provocation to take French
leave. Between June 30. ISTO.and June
30, 1905, a period of twenty-five years,
there we-e according to Lieutenant
Colonel H. C. Csrbauuh, Judge Advo
cate of tba Army, 110, 0t>0 deserters who
were never captured, and until 1398,
ihe year of the war with Spsiu, our
army consisted of only ^o,U00 men.
There ia something wrong with the
army in spite of protestations suspici
ously fervent, of a certain high officer, |
SURVEY SHOWS AUSKA j
HIGH IN GOAL FIELB
Tbe Talk; of the YuKon it rich io
coal deposits of a marketable quality
and acceasible for shipping to market,
accord ins 10 the reports brought from
Alaska by W. W. Atwood and H. M.
Kakin, of tbe United Slates geological
survey. They arrived i.i Seattle yes
terday ou the steamship City of Pueb
la, after spending the summer Id
Alaska.
Mr. Atwood says that throughout the
districts visited great showings of coal
were foiu d. He Is unable to estimate
the extent of tbe deposits. News of a
great d< al more coal aiong sti earns and
rivers not visited by the government
party were given Mr. Atkin and Mr.
Kakin by prospectors.
Mr. Atwood and Mr. Kakin left Seat
tle on May 13 and s|M>nt the rest of the
month in Southeastern Alaska examin
ing the coal deposits aud formations.
At .luneau they chartered a launch and
visited Kupraeuoff island, the vicinity
of Kake, Hamilton bay and Murder
cove.
Admiralty island and armtnd Kootz
?aboo In'et were Inspected. La'er they
went iuto the interior by way of White
pass to Dawsoo. From Dawson they
took a small tio.it dowu tbe river, ex
auilnlug all the coal showings on the
way to Kagle. Here they outlined a
pack tralu and went into the Seventy
Mile country acd partly up the Nation
river, visitiug the Melorkalkat and
Koyokuk.
"Throughout all this country we se
cured coal samples," said Mr. Atwood
to the Post-Intelligencer. "We are
taking them to Washington, whore an
alysis will be m. do and the results pub
lished."
For ibis reason he declined to enter
into details as to the t xacl character
and extent, so far as he has determined,
of the coal formations
The party found t*i?t the valley of tbe
Yukon through which it passed nas es
pecially rich in coal It is of good
quality and can be miaul and taken to
or one-sixth of the soldiers wo dd Lot
leave i he color* every year."
General Greely. who was in Knagway
the other nay, recently made a report
in wl.icb he says that according to hit
view of the matter, and he ought to
know? he has ma le the army his life
work? iiaall pay and the abolition of
the army canteen are chiefly
responsible for the unsatisfactory con
dition that prevails in the ranks Ux'ay.
"Not oolv Is the concensus of opiuioc
among military men. including post
chaplains, la favor of the canteen, but
the civilians of post towns and vicinities
favor t'.a reiteration a* a matter of pub
lic peace and safety since of allele-:
meets of menace to a community a
drunken and debauched soldier is the
most dreadful," says the Oregonian. it
is of course and properly so, from the
standpoint of the benetit that the army
will derive therefrom that General
Greely and other military man recom
mend restoration of the canteen. There
are, hovever, other considerations both
of an individual and uublic nature, that
ai strongly urge its restoration. It is!
unconceivable, th relore, that Congress
will loug defer favorable action upon
this recommendation.
Congress should re-establish the
army canteen.
SKA8WAY WEATHER
The result of the observation taken]
at Moore wharf at midnight, Sept, 5,
1907, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n 48 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours, ,t>2 above
Mln " " " " ..48 above J
Mean " " " " ..55 above
Barometer 30 20
Fair, calm.
BETTER PREPARE0_than ever
Having put in a steam toiler and
other machinery we are better pre
pared thun ever to do tirst-class work
on short notice.
5-23-tf Skagway Laundry
Llatab To It
Recitals on the Duplex day and night
at the Seattle. Its the sweetest music
in the city. I
market without special difficulty.
"We examined twenty field? and old
pro*|<ectors told us of many more up
the creeps," said Mr. Alwuod. "'These
latter may be more difficult to get at on
account f the lack of water transpor
tation. and I heard of only one actual
tiling and proving up cf title to a coal
land locution in nil this country. The
lands are now open to entry aud have
been opeu nearly all summer, but little
advantage lias been takeu of it, though
I heard that several Northern oi>erator?
are preparing to begia mining coal on
a large *c >le. I understand that Seen
tary Garfield told one of these men that
there was little likelihood of the gov -
ernment withdrawing Alaskan coal
fields for entry."
Stampedes have been in progre** this
sum m r to two districts in particular,
Innoko, in the lower Yukon basiu re
gion, and thoChandelar region. Two
hundred men will winter at Innoko.
The United Slates geolog o&l survey
will probab y send to Alaska i.ext year
one of the largest scientific expeditions
that has visited the North. Mr. At
wood will spend the next few days in
Seattle, making arrangements ?r the
expfdltiou. If hisetfirts are s.itisfac
tory, he will carry b ck to Washington
his recommendation, upon which large
ly depends the dispatch of the party of
scientists.
The plans are to charter and out lit a
small steamer and go north e?rly in
the season, cruising aila'ong tin- suit I
western co.st clear to the Aleutian
islands, examining the mineral deposits
ai every point. This suivey h - been
under consideration for some time
Kxhaustive examinations of the south
western coast will b<3 made. No!
special scientific survey of this
pari of Alaska has evrr l>et n Carried
on.
From Seattle Mr. A I wood ?? n<l Mr.
Kakln will go to Chicago, were Mr Ai
ls a professor in th - department of
geology in Chicago on versitj.
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p the crraui is on the peaches _tul
the corn is on the cob.
" graft is on the l. vcl an M' e j
cop is on the job.
" lime is on tlie r <'k> v and
the dritiks are on ti c h us
" thlr?t is on the mummer
and the mummer's on a souse,
'* suit is oo 'I19 lady and the
lady's on the bea<h,
" peek-a-boo'> on Kthe! and
when Kthel's a pe -ch,
" ink Is iu the inkwell and I
the pen is in the iok,
" Muse is on vacation, the
paz7.*z and eke the blink,
'' the sun it doing business!,
this section of the sphere,
It's an easy odds-on wajrer that the Au
gust da>s are here.
?New York Kvening Mail
CALL UP THE DAILY ALASKAN
The Alaskan will be pleased to pub- |
lish any local or social news of the c'ty
which is telephoned to tbe office. Call |
up 'phone 1H and send it in.
P. E KERN
Gold aDd Silversmith.
Maiuifaturer of
Nugget Jewelry
Dealer in
Alaska Souvenirs
and Curios
of all kinds
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
JUNEAU s. S. GO'S.
HKATED STEAM EK
Georgia i
Carrying U. S Mall
For Haioes, Berners Bay. Juneau.
Hoon&b. Ttnakee, Sitka aDd Wayporta
SAILS
SUNDAY. 8 A.M.
TUESDAY. 10 A. M.
WILMS NOWEL.L, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOCOUTON, Agml
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone 90
U. S Mail Steamer
Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway eveiy
day except Sunday,
at 9 a- m. Leaves
Haines lor Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trir> $2.50
STEAMER
"MABEL F."
Commencing June 17, the
Steamer Mabel F will make
round trips daily between
CARCROSS
Wynton and Conrad
Will also do towing and
handle excursions
Thos. H. Brown,
Master
BEER
there's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
COMPANY
Seattle, Wash.
0 Pacific Coast S. s. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LIKE.
bPEED, SAFETY. CCN/FOF^ T
Seattle, Puget Sound, Sw Franciaco ud Southern Portt
CAMTtlO O. f MAIL
Strainer* of Tbla Company Lmti
Humboldt ? Sept. 7, 18, 26
Cottage City - Sept. 1, 18
Cityof Seattle - Sept. 2,1224
VU Var.eonter
H?r A hove Schedule Subject to Chan?a Without Notice
C. D. DUNANfc. Gen Pass. Agt
10 MarkM street 3 en Praeeleoo, Cel.
The Alaska Steamship Co
Carrying 0. S. Mall an! Alaaka Pacific Riprea*
Next Settlor of the Fact Piaeecrer 8?*or
JEFFERSON Aug. 30
DOLPHIN Sept. 4, 14,
DOLPHIN has been changed similar to
the JEFFERSON State rooms have but
two berths. WE give the FASTEST
SERVICE.
Com pan j reaertee right to change eaillng date without aottce
Transfer* to Vlotorla and Yanuoarer Without AddllKKial < l,arge
Through Ticket# to San Fr*Dct*co
Ft a. Carroll. Agenv Phone m
Cinad an Pacific Rv Co.
Sailings Every Wednesday
S. 5. Princess May Sept. II, 25
S. S. Princess Royal Sept. If)
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring to Seattle r1a rail or ?t earner bo eitra charge
Newest, fastest Boats Nuaning to Skagway
Tickets to any part of the world and information from
F. F. W. Lowle, Skagway
The White Pass & Yukon Route
TIMS TABLE No. 13
(Dally Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bounl
let claM
9 30 a. m.
12 C5 "
12 48 "
1 20 I am
1 40 ( "
3 20 p m
5 50
Learee
Arrlre*
8KAODAY
WHITS PASS
LOO CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOO
Whit* Hoitfli
Lea*e*
No. J. 8. RoacJ
let ciaa*
? 30 p. a.
3 (0 "
2 20 "
' 45 U m
1 2M P
11 W a. ic
? 30 "
Pusientrers muit be at depot# In time to have Baggage n?p?eted acd
checked. Inspection U stopped ? mlnntei before learlaf time of trala.
ISO nounde of baggaro will be checked free with each fall far* ticket
Md 76 pound# with aach naif fare tlafcet.
Through line from Sikagway to Atlin, Whit* Horee, Big Sal mon, Diwxw an.!
Intermediate points. Connection made *t Dawtion with '.ower Hirer *u?am V?te for
Eagle, Circle City, R?mp*rt, Parana. Falrhaak*. Cher>?. St. MichMl and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Daily connection made at White Hon* betweer train* a nd river ?te?mer? for all Yukon
River point*, including Mendenhall Lsndlng. the neareot steamboat landing to the
Alsek Gold Field* The following steamboats are operated by the WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE an i are equipped with ait modern convenience*, tucluding *team heat
electric light and other feature* a* *ffopd not coly safety bat oorofort to passenger*.
WHITE HORSE CANADIAN
DAWSON CASCA SELKIRK
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE
BONANZA KINO
LaFRANCE
VICTORIAN
1 HliiU'GH TICKETS can be purchased at Skagua y fcr DAWSON, PAIRBANKS, CHSMA
and all Lower River point*.
Finely appointed trains daily, except Sunday, between Skafuar and White Horte.
carrying pasarnger*, bapgags. mail and exprem.
Itsjreace bonded through. Direct telegraphic tervlee to all points hi A'acka. < 'aaa ia
and the United State*.
For information relative to pawengei, freight and telegraphic rate*, apply
to any agent of the Company, or ta:
J. H. ROGERS, Traffic Mngr. A. L. R EH DOE, Gen. Mn*r. T. a WCRZBACRER Gee. Age?t
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, R. C. and SVrafnay, Alaska Skafaay, 11m ka