?je 0ailg jVWfc***
Official City Paper
li. 3 KELLER, PCBLlsaan,
? '3 ? r? SUBSCRIPTION RATX9
Oca w?k. dallwea by -airier
On* mouth, by raall ?
IhrM mouths. by mall
lUmonths. by mart
One rear. by mall
THE CASE OF ROBERT THOMPSON,
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST
,tOJX>
. .75
.2.24
. ?J0
. 9.00
Fairbanks exchanges bring news of
tbe sudden death of Robert Thompsoo.
?o-called tint reader of tbe Christian
Science church at that place, wblch
occured September -3. Mr. Thompson
i* well known in the Klondike and
throughout Alaska as he was an early
comer to the territory. 3e was very
successful as a Christian Science prac
titioner. The little log church building
in which the services of the society
were held he built with his own hands.
The society grew rapidly and an en
largement of the building became nec
essary. He was engaged in this and
also in adding t<> his own residence ad
joining when thestrain of labor brought
upon him a stroke of apoplexy. At the
home of one of tbe members of (he so
ciety where he was taken.- a physician
was called, but he never regained con
sciousness. lie was buried by the ma
sons. The entire community mourned
his death for he w*s known for cone
but good works. He was a miner in
the Klondike and it was while at work
there that be became interested in
Christian Science,
That a practitioner of Christian
Science should be stricken down while
engaged in building a church for the
accommodation of a growing assem
blage of believers !n that faith; thai,
la hi* extremity those of bit faith
should be panic striken and call in a
physic an. thus violating the very
fjnJamentals of their faith, will serve
for many a text for the scoffers at
Christian Science. When Christ hung
upon the cross the Philistines said of
him? "he cured others himself; he
rannot cure." Robert Thompson
frankly admitted that he < ouid not
wain upon the water -but that he per
formed so called miracles there are
many to witness. There are more
things In heaven or earth than are
dreamed of in any man's philosophy
and God has not yet chosen to give
over his mysterious ways. This much
is certain to those who know him, th?s
in spite of the proof of his own case at
the end, Robert Thompson, if he had a
i-haoce. would go on believing.
THE LEAF NEXT THE EYE
Dice throwing is forbidden in the
Tanana? would'nt that make you
laugh'- The mining ground Is all held
up and the miners are not allowed to
work. Cambl ng in all Its malignant
forms was long since stopped, the dance
hal's closed and dice throwing was all
that was left for people to do and now
this blessed privilege Is denied them.
What a sweet, gentle-mannered coun
try we will have up here after a while,
the road houses being forbidden to
carry liquor and card playing limited
to the gime of casino with out door
t ports restricted to the game of croquet.
But if you havo money the road is wide
open for you to get more.
It seems to be the first thought of a
newly appointed official that he is es
pecially commiisloned to tidy up the
morals of this big cuntry by prohibi
tion?the prohibition of the means of
being immoral. But the country is so
out of proportion to the mental vision
of these new officials that they fail to
see the distant mountain because of the
leaf next the eye.
Whitehorse had a candidate for repre
sentative of the Yutcon in the Canadian
parliament in the person 01 Mr. Robert
Lowe. Well, no one who knows Rob
ert?and that's everybody In the Yu
kon?will be able to imagine a better
and more capable representative for
that bir country. He has seen the ice
go out many a time, he knows the needs
of the country thoroughly. His exper
ience and good work and influence in
the Yukon council has shown his ability
?s a legislator. He knows how to make
friends, and this is much in the accom
?II III
pliehlug of thiols at Ottawa. Robert
may not get all the voles that ma; be
cast in the election impending but tie
will be pretty sure to get enough.
Being just across the line we in Sttas
way can't vow for blm but If we could
we would.
If District Attorney Crossley, of the ,
third judicial division is the man he
looked to be when he passed through
this city, we are not merely "likely"
but CERTAIN to hear of much that
will Interest us from Cordova as the
next few weeks run along. He has
been charged with the duty, together
with the grard jury just convened at
Valdez, to look into the conduct of the
recent election at the railroad town.
What a mockery must those miners
feel the administration of justice to be
In this country that devotes itself to the
suppression of dice throwing while cor
porations are permitted to laugh at the
election laws and the rich and powerful
to tllcb from th?m their holdings, while
talking about the "sacredness" of
property rights.
The forest tire season having run its
course, destroyed milllon-i of acres of
good property and hundreds of lives,
has no doubt been reltgateJ until next
summer. Promptly following comes
the blizzard and snow storm of the mid
dle west with already its wreckage aiid
long list of casualties.
FREEDOM.
HERE In the forest now.
An on that old July
When tlrat our fathers took the
vow.
The bluebird, stained with earth
and sky.
Shouts from u blowing bough
In green aerial freedom, wild and high.
And now. us then, the bobolink
Out on the uncertain brink
Of the mm !ng maple swings.
Loosing his song out link by golden link.
While over the wood his proclamation
rings.
A daring boast that would unklngdom
kings!
Even to the wild bird* sang on bough
and wall
That day the bell of Independence hall
Thundered upon the world the word of
man.
The word Oo-I uttered when the world
began?
That day when liberty began to be
And might*' hope* were out ->n la-id and
sea.
But Freedom calls tier cons. n, its now an
then:
It Is an endless battle to be free.
As the old dangers lessen from the skies
New iluHteis rise.
Down the long centuries eternally
Again, again will rise Thermopylae;
Again, again a new Leonlda*
Must hold for God the Imperiled pass.
As the long ages run
New l^xlngton will rise on Lexington
And many a valorous Warren fall
I'pon the imperiled wall
Man is the conscript of an endless guest.
\ lonjr divine adventure without rest.
A lioiy war. a battle yet unwou
When he shall climb beyond the burnt
out &..II.
Each hard earned freedom withers to ?
bond:
freedom forever Is beyond? beyond:
?Edwin Markham. I
The Fact Struck Him.
"He learned A
lot of things he
never knew be
fore \* lieu he
went out on a
. it tit p u I g n
?pee<- li mn k Ing
trip."
??I expect."
"Yes; he never
dreamed that so
many rlix? toma
toes were raised
lu one season."
Sort of Remembered Him.
There was great excitement at Miss
Cbrlstabel's rettned summer resort.
The girls had gathered around one who
was talking lu au animated tone, anil
the Interest was Intense.
"Yes," she said, "I know Just exact
ly what they are like."
"Oh, do describe one!" sang nil the
other girls In chorus.
They were talking about a man, gen
tle reader. That was all.
COOL AND CALM
INTERIOR WEATHER COLD
The result of the observation taken
at Moore whar! at midnight, Oct. 20
1908, la as follows .
Temperature time observat'n.28 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours. 35 above
Mln " " " " .27 above
Mean " " " " ?3l ?bove
Barometer 30 32
Clear, north wind.
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. ure
making arrangements to give an enter*
talnment on the night of tbe presi
dential election. The entertainment Is
undertaken primarily to give Impulse
to the interest that the ladies think
OUGtlT to be felt by all in such t?n
event as the choice of a president of
the Coiled States despite the fact that
we up here have no voice in the
matter. The plans have not been com
pletrd but a program is being prepared
and Elke' ball is to be engaged. The
returns will be read there a* they come
in, the Daily Alaskan having offered to
furnish them immediately upon receipt
at its ottlce. There will be music and
addresses. A chorus of children is
being drilled and other features will
be introduced to fill in the gaps
between Maine and Texas and Califor
nia. The entertainment is to be free.
ZELPRA. TRE GYPSY QUEEN.
IS IN SKAGWAY AGAIN
"Zelpha" is back. She has been to
Dawson aud Fairbanks and reports
having captured the country with the
truth of her palui and clairvoyant
readings. She is also convinced that
there Is no place like this north land
aud while she is under engagement to
live on the Paystreak at the big fair
she is doomed to come back and cast
her lot in the north. She says her
readings brought big returns to many
who sought her advice in the interior
aad happiness to others who sought
knowledge more important than
wealth. She was at Dawson three
weeks going in and live weeks at fair
banks. Coming out she was kept so
busy at Dawson bv those who had
known her from her previous trip that
one boat pulled out without her. She
has engaged her old rooms at the
Dewey ?nd will t>e here a few days
before going south. Those who would
consult her, she says, will have to
hurry. "Zelpha," you Iknow is "the
Gypsv U>ueen" and was here last
spring. Telephone (No. 8), if you don't
want to go to the Dewey she will go to
you.
Well Proportioned Men.
In u well proportioned niuu the dls
tnnee between the tips of the middle
lingers when the arms are stretched
out laterally should be equal to the
length of his body.
Turks and Coffee.
The Turks have a theor> that coffee
makes muscle and are therefore great
coffee drinkers
Ghost Answers tke Phoi\e.
Head of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission In Philadelphia i
Puzzled by a Queer Intruder.
Old 6t. Paul's church, the headquar
ters of the Protestant Episcopal City
mission In Philadelphia, lias a "ghost."
It Is uu eccentric shade which whisks
up stairways arnl disappears luto noth
ingness, but It Is nlso up to date. When
the ottice force has departed and the '
ipmint old bulldi'ig on Third street be
low Waluut Is sccured against Intrud
ers with stout locks and bolts the
ghost answers the telephone. Such
<?onduct has dumfounded the Rev. II.
Cresson McHenry and his assistants.
The ghost once Informed a friend
of Mr. McHenry's that he "had Just
left the mission," and to Mrs. George
Somnierer. the wife of one of Mr. Mc
Henry's assistants. It Imparted the In
formation that her husband "would bo
home to supper." Both persons who
conversed with the unknown occupant
of the City mission declare that tlio
voice was modulated to the softest
tones.
Mr. McHenry a short time ago, when
the office force hail a holiday, visited
the church to open his mail. As he
was unlocking the iron gates at the en
trance to the churchyard he glanced tip
and was astonished to see what appeal
ed to be a man standing on the stair
way inside the building. The tlgure
glided rapidly up the stairway, disap
pearing from view. The minister en
tered the church, locked the door be
hind him and searched the entire
church from cellar to roof. He failed
to find the visitor or any trace of oc
cupation of the bulkllnff. Every door
and window was locked securely, and
the desks were untouched.
These Winds
Cause Chapped Hands and Faces
TRY OUR
BfNZO WITCH HAZEL
OR
ALMOND and CUCUMBER:
C F? E A M Si
ouu
41 ASK A COLD CREAM;
BEST FOR COMPLEXTION !
W'r have n full line of toilet waters and ?>ai>s
WM. BRUT
The Druggist
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HEATED STEAMER
Georgia
Carrying U. S. Mali
For Haines, Berners Bay, Juneau,
Hoona, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayports j
? ?SAILS?
Thursdays at 8 a. m.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. BOCGHTON, Agent!
Broadway and Fifth Ave. phone 90
U. S- Mail Steamer
Carrying
Passengers and Mail
Will leave Skagway Daily |
at 9 a. m. for Haines
Returning, Leaves Haines for
Skagway at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trio $2.50
BEEE?
I here's Vigor and
Strength
in every; drop]
fill 1 I 1
COMPANY
Seattle Wash I
Pacific Coast S. S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA
SPEED, SAFETY COMFORT,
Sc&;t< , nnd other l-'ugot bound I'nrta ,
CARRYING U. B. MAII.
Steamers of T ' is Company Leavo
City #f Seattle, Oct. 30
Connecting with tLc < !onp .1 y* Steam era at Seattle for San I'rancisco,
Southern California, Eurkka (Humboldt Kay) and Mexico
PUT Above Schedule 8ub}ee6 to Change without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Agent
SccoDd and Broadway, Ska^way
Seattle Ticket Office, 1!3 James St.
C. D. DUN ANN. General lJa- rifjer A^cnt,
112 Mirk' t fitr ti j-rt?ootHeo, Cal
iC Ml
( C. ' OAST SERVICE )
FALL SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS FROM SKAGWAY
Subject to change w itbout notice
?NCKS elMlirS
I BEATRIC
PRINCESS
riAY
Oft Km
.Hi ifll.lt,
For Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, via Prince Rupert
Spacious Observation and Smoking Rooms
Tickets to any part of the world a- d all information from
Phone 87 F. F. W. LOWLE, Agent
| Alaska Steamship Co
Carrying U. S. Mall and Alaska Pacllio Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamers
Jefferson Oct. 10, 21 Nov. 1
Dolphin Oct. 5, 16, 26
I
Company reserves rigLt to >. . >? -wiling date without notice fj
?
Transfers to Victoria and "'a o * Without Addiiional Charge
Through Tickets to S:in Frano.i.^o
I
J
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phouo ftfl
35 - ? .
TheWhitePess dYukon Route
Tir-lfcD No. is.
t> : xceut Sunday.)
N'o. 1. N. Hound No. 2, 9. Boutc'
1 .it cla-?. lstclais
?< ;J0 a. m. Loaves SKAGUAY Arrives 3 2) p m'
10 CO p. m. ? WHITE PAS3 " J 45 "
11 00 " " LOG CABIN " 12 42 "
II t) " " BENNETT " 12 10 "
13) p.m. " CARIBOa " 10 25 a. m.
3 45 Atrives Whtts ?Horse Leaves 8 15 "
Pas3anper mu-'. b-1 ? tim-; to have Baggage Inspected act
checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minati - 1;?forc leaving time of train.
150 pounds cf bagg ige w)l ch< t ked freo with each full fare lickei
ftnd 75 pound* with t .-.ch 1 If farr
I fe&r;
?wnu nniTrl
i ' *
u
Thro.'gh line from Skugway to Atlin, White Horse, fl:>; rr.on, Dawson and
intermediate points. Connection made at Dawro r.-ltfo IjOw ? Kb 1 r steamboats for
Fagle, Circlo Citv, Rampart, Tunana, Fairbanks. Cbem, S . Mi.-haeland Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Frequent connection made at White Horse betweer trains and river steamers for all Yu
kon River points, including Mendenhall Lsndiup. tlie near t steamboat landing? to the
Alsek Gold Fields. The following steamboats are operated by the WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTK and arr equipped with all modern conveniences, including steam heat
electric light and other features as afford not only safety but comfort to passengers.
WHITE HORSE CANADIAN BONANZA ZING ?
DAWSON CASOA SELKIRK LaFRANCE
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE VICTORIAN
THROUGH tickets can be purchased at Siraguay for DAWSON, FAIRBANKS, CHENA
and all Lowor River points.
Finely appointed trains dail" except Sunday, between Skaguay and White Horse,
carrying passengers, baegage, mail and express.
Bbgeage bonded through. Direct telegraphic service to all points in Alaska, Canada
and tho United -tates.
For information relative to passenge:, freight and telegraphic rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to
TRAFFIC! DEPARTMENT A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F. B. WURZBACHER Gen, Agent
Vancouver, B. C. Vafjouver, B. 0. and 8kaguay, AlasV- Skagttsy, Alaska
&