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LOSE OUT
Reli rends Bowling Team
Not Champions
The R. M. Behrend* bowling team
went down in defeat last night, losing
the championship lo Tuck Flahartv.Dr.
Norman and Ed. Barry. Three games
were played and the challengers won
two of them, increasing their lead in
the pins by 7g.
In the contest each team won six
games. The challengers made 5732 pins
and the Behrends team. 5569, the former
winning by 163. The latter mad* 22
pins less than in the previous contest,
which it won by 96 pins.
Barry made the highest average last
night and Flaharty was second. Mc
Intyre made the highest score and Dr.
Norman was second.
The scores were as follows:
Games 10 11 12 Total
Fluharty
Norman
Birry
Totals
Totals
160
176
155
491
:;$2
143
152
173
468
135
145
149
429
156
104
171
431
148
156
196
431
469
432
499
1390
439
434
43$
1311
Blanchard 1C6
Ward
Mclntyre 9.'!
MONTARA IS
COMING NORTH
Tne M ou tar a sailed for Skagwav last
Sunday. She has a large quantity of
lumber for this city. She is also carry
ing coal for Alaskan points. Whether
any of the fuel wul resch Skagwav or
no is no', known here. Capt. Riley is in
command of the Montara.
The Montara was captured during
the Kusso-.Tapjnese war. She was at
tempting to run the blockade into
Vladivostok. The ship and cargo were
confiscated. The Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company afterward secured the
vessel.
'Will Dane* Tonight
Notice to members of Eagles clubard
visitors, there wili be a social dance
this evening as usual. Last r.ights notice
was the result of a misunderstanding.
By order of house committee.
F. F. Ehrlich,
SKagway. Feb. 'J. Sec'y. |
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Skagway. February 9, 1907.
The weather conditions at Ska^way I
for the 24 hours preceding noon today
were as follows:
Max. Temp 33 above zero |
Min. " 22 above "
Mean " 28 above "
Temp, at noon 26 above "
Precipitation 30
H. D. Clark,
Volunteer C. S. Weather observer |
SKAGWAY WEATHER
The result of the observation takeD
at Moore wnarf at midnight, Feb. 8,
19<X>, is as follows
Temperature time observat'n 31 above
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours..38 above
Min " " " " ..38 above
Mean " " " " -33 above
Barometer 29.99
Cilm, Cloudy,
A wholesale slaughter In furs at Har
rison's.
EVES WORK ?
Can You See As YonShoold ?
Do your eyes do the work that Nature
and civilization and you need require of
them? Can you see as well as you
should? Do your eyes cause you pain or
fatigue?
[f you cannot answer all these ques"
tions in a manner that is perfectly satis
factory to you it is a sign that you
should come to see us and lose no time
in the coming. We make scientific ex
aminations of the eyes and we fit them
with glasses that will make them do
their work and cease to give pain.
If your suspicions are aroused in any
way come and be examined. It will
cost you nothing and -we will tell you
whether our services are required or
not.
We sell the best watches, clocks,
jewelry of all kinds, cut glass, hand
painted china, novelties, etc., at
PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT.
Our repair department is always in
working order. It makes worn and
broken articles AS GOOD AS NEW.
Remember, in everything we do and
everything we sell, we GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION.
J. Ikuta. Optician and Jeweltr.
STATES CASE
Skagway School Board An
swer Critics
Office Board of Education,
Skagway, Alaska, Feb. 4.
To the Patrons of the Skagway Public
School:
In a recent edition of the Daily
Alaskan appeared an item to the effect
that the town council of this city had
been petitioned to right certain wrongs,
abuses, etc,, which, it was alleged, were
being inflioted on the pupils at our pub
lic school. The petition was signed by
13 persons, six of whom are patrons
of the school, and was by the council
referred to their committee on
judiciary. Thi? committee turned the
petition or er to the sc 100I board wiih
the statement that they (the com
mittee) recognized the fact that they
had no jurisdiction whatever in the
matter and that the correction ot the
abuses, If anv existed, was entirely in
the hands of the board. In this we
concur.
Believing that some of the patrons of
the school are expecting that the board
should take some action and believing,
further, that the columns of the press
provide the best and most public way
in which to reach the people at large,
we have asiced the editor of the Alas
kan to give us space in which to ans
wer the above mentioned petition.
This he has kindly consented to do.
The petition is composed of misslead
ing statements from begioniug to end
and has apparently bean written with
but small regard for the facts. The
following are the allegations therein
contained:
1st. That the pupils are graded in
music, painting and drawiug. resulting
in low averages to those who have nO|
special talent for these subjects.
2nd. That the seventh grade has
been abolished, and that those pupils
who were compelled to snip the seventh
grade are being kept in after school as
a result.
3rd. That penmanship his been
dropped.
4tb. That a pupil has been kept out
of school on account of inability to
sing, an action that is preposterous and
without precedent in school manage
ment.
.">tb. That time which should be de
voted to "the tnree R's," is w?sted on
useless matter? presumably drawiDg
and music.
In the petition the first three allega
tions are stated as facts: the last two
are assumed to be facts.
Taking up the statements in the
petition in the order given above, the
facts are as follows:
1st. We do not teach "painting: "
some water color and crayon work is
done, but it is in connection with and
forms a . part of the regular drawing
lessons. This is e branch of public
school work that is being taught, prac
tically all over the United States.
Leading educators believe that the in
troduction of colors int? the drawing
lessons stimulates the interest of the
pupil in the work. No pupil in any
room has been given a grade in draw
ing this year. All pupils except those
in Mrs. Rosenberg's room were graded
in music the second [quarter: those in
Mr. Telford's and Miss Doerrer's 'the
first quarter. The degree to which
averages are lowered in these grades;
by the study of music may be judged
from the grades given Mr. Telford's
pupils the last quarter Of the 29
pupils whose report cards are on hand
now, (Feb. 4th) 23 received a grade
equal to or higher than jtheir average.
In the Jother six cases, the grade in
music being given first in each case, the
greding follows:
70, 7lJ: 75. 78}: 80, 811:80, 838:75, 77i:
80, S3}.
In no case was the average of any
pupil in th^s room lowered more than
five-eighths of one per cent, by his or
her grade in music. It would be man
ifestly unfair for us to grade one p-,nii
"perfect" in music because he^or she
causing well, and to grade another
child "poor" in the same study Jfor the
same reason thai he or she cannot sing
The pupils are simply graded according
to the knowledge of such music as it s
taught to them in the school room, :iv.d
any pupil, whether musically inclined
or not, can answer such questions as
are put to them along these lines. The
question as to whether or not a child
actually can or cannot sing does not
enter into the matter in any way what
ever. We will say further that the
study of music is inoluded in the public
schools throughout the country.
2nd. The seventh grade has not been
abolished ? only postpoaed. This action
was taken by the school board in the
Fall before school opened, and at that
time a circular describing the proposed
change was sent to every family affect
ed as far as th? names could be secured:
the idea was also outlined in an article
in the Daily Alaskan at that time, asd
not a single word of protest was heard.
For obvious reasons the scheme cannot
be fully explained here, but :in brief it
is as follows: The board felt the need
[Continued on Page 4.]
.
Stealing a Bride
(Original.]
In colonial times there was a curious
custom called bride stealing. Persons
who had not been Invited to the wed
ding would watch for a chance after
the ceremony had been performed to
kidnap the bride. Placing her on a
horse behind one of their party, they
would gallop to a neighboring tavern
where they had ordered supper. If
they reached the tavern before the
bride bad been rescued the night was
spent there in feasting and dancing,
und the bridPgrcx*n was expected to
foot the bills.
Mary and Helen Harrington, daugh
ters of an old colonial justice of the
peace, were very attractive girls. Mary
was engaged to an officer in the British
army, and her parents, being Tories,
were well satisfied with the match, but
Helen's fiance, being outspoken In con
demnation of the taxes the king lev
led on the colonies, was not acceptable
to her father, who declared that she
should never marry a man tinctured
with a spirit of rebellion.
On the other hand, preparations for
the marriage of Captain Hinchelwood
and Mary Harrington were being made
with great satisfaction to all, though
Truxell and Helen could not but be
cast down at the contrast between
their owu condition and that of the
happy pair, lu vain Truxell endeavor
ed to gain an interview with Helen,
hoping to persuade her to elope with
?im. But she was so closely watched
that communication was impossible.
Preparations for Mary's wedding
having been made and the wedding
day arrived, guests from all the coun
try roundabout were assembled at Har
rington Hall to take part In Uie fes
tivities. Captain Hinchelwood wore
his scarlet uniform, Mary a white satin
gown beautifully trimmed with lace.1
Her sister was her only bridesmaid.
There was a plentiful sprinkling of
redcoats from the groom's regiment,
stationed at Boston, who held their
[ heads very high among the plainer
| young meu who were soon to meet
t them at Concord, .Lexington and Bun- |
ker Hill. The ceremony had taken
place, the bride and groom were re
ceiving congratulations, and the negro
cooks in the kitcheu were bringing in
the supper. Suddenly every candle was
extinguished, and there was a comme
tlon, amid which voices cried:
"Bride stealers!"
"The bride has been stolen!"
"Mountl"
"They're galloping away!"
There was a clattering of horses'
hoofs, growing fainter in the distance.
Under the sheds horses aud vehicles
which had brought the guests were
standing, and a number of the men,
headed by the bride's father and her
husband, mounted and dashed away
after the kidnapers. A full moon illu
minated the landscape, and at every
straight stretch of road the pursuing
party could see those who were fleeing
before them lashing their horses. At
one point the pursuers came to
branches of trees piled in the road to
prevent their progress. That the kid
napers were not delayed was because,
having prepared the obstructions them
selves, when they came to them they
took a bypath around them. Dismount- 1
lng, the pursuers soon cleared the road j
and were off again. Then they ap- 1
proached a covered bridge which had |
been packed with straw and which as j
soon as the kidnapers had passed
through It they had set Afire. Indeed, j
1)r-> pursuers saw the sparks struck i
trc-m the flint for the purpose. By the I
time they reached the bridge it was | 1
aflame, and they must go to a ford a 1
good mile around. This decided the |
race. When the pursuers reached a i ,
tavern where the lady had been takei\
and Mr. Harrington went up on to the
porch his daughter came out to meet
him. But instead of throwing herself
Into bis arms she knelt at his feet.
Then for the first time her father no- (
ticed that a man who followed her was (
young Truxell.
"What do yon mean oy ujis : n- 1
claimed the old man angrily.
"Father," said the kneeling girl, "for- I
give me. I am married."
"Of course you're married and, thank
heaven, to a loyal subject of the kiug. j
What! Helen! Do you mean"?
"It means, Mr. Harrington," said
Truxell, "that the bride is at home. |
This is her sister, whom that clergyman I
who Is standing within has Just united I
in wedlock to me. Our wedding supper
Is ready. Send for the guests at the
hall, and we will celebrate a double
wedding here."
Helen led her father to a room where
they were alone and, winding her arms
about him, besought him to forgive her
and make the occasion a merry instead
of a mournful one. One circumstance
was of great assistance to her. In the
settlement pertaining to Mary's mar
riage Mr. Harrington had been obliged
to use ?20 worth of stamps tbat had j
been rendered essential under the I
stamp act? an act which finally made a
rebel out of the old Tory. At any rate, |
he forgave the young couple, and all
rode back to the hall, meeting messen
gers to say that the bride was safe and
It was the bridesmaid who had been
stolen. On reaching the hall they ate
one supper there, then went to the tav
ern. where they ate another.
The marriage that Mr. Harrington
expected would be a blessing to him
turned out quite the reverse. Mrs.
: Hinchelwood went to England with her
' husband, and her father nev#; saw her [
j again. Truxell later became an officer
j In the Continental army and was much
admired and beloved by his comrades.
, After the war, when his father-in-law
was very old, Truxell took charge of j
his affairs, and under his management J
[ they greatly prospered. Mrs. Truxell j
i eventually succeeded to her father's es- ?
j tate, and her descendants have enjoyed
It ever since.
S. MARSHALL PHELPS.
SPECIAL SALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the I
next ten days.
I
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and f
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
| Martin Conway |
I HE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by the old bit
or miss plaa
used in son*
household*;
BUT
- with f
?V- "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
following the simple instruction*
the quality is always deliuonn.
See our several styles and
explain the perfect way.
P. E. KERN
Gold and Silver smith.
Notice to Public
I have authorized Mr. P. B. Oraves
lo assume full chart's of my afT-irs in
jonnection with runn ng the Pullet)
House during my absence.
Mrs. H. S, Ptllen.
Sliagway, Nov. 28, 1906. tf.
Coal and Wood
Call up the Alaska Transfer compmy
for coal, wood and kindling. All or
ders promptly attended to. 'Phone 10
We have a large stock
Lomney's Gandy
Peter's Ghoeolates
Also a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'y
Tony Dortero's
M
and Importer of
MILLINERY
orders solicited and filled immediatly.
306-368 Arcade Building,
SEATTLE, W (: SH.
REMODELED
THE
Rainier-grand fiotel
SEATTLE
New Management I Popular Prices
Central Location ) European Plan
Finest CAFE and BAR In the City
Wilson & White Co.Prop. Chas Perr> "
| JUNEAU S. S.CO'S.
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Carrvln* 0. S. Mall
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Hoonah, Tenakej Sitka and Wayports
SAILS
Feb. 1, 7, 13, 19, 25
at 8 a. m.
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Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 80
No regrets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good tor you
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Seattle, Wash.
SAVE YOUR DOLLARS
is our advice. Later oq in life, it wiil
ba of Brent service to you. The lack of
mo ey causes untold misery. That is
why you shouid pave a portion of your
salary, or earnings, while iou can.
The five ot-r-cent plus dividend eiru
in? Gold Bonds, of the Northern Se
curities &nd Backing: Company, offer
tie safest end best investment In thi
way of ssvints that l* on the m<rket.
These Bomis are backed by Real E->ttte
-ecurities helo by Oje of ihe largest
Trust Companies in the west, Trcey
can be paid for on the monhly, semi
nnntial or annu .1 p lymeao plan -md will
earn you better thin tea per-ceat on
yojir mo ley, besides taking care of and
returning "you your principal
For full particulars, see
PHIL ABRHAMS, Agent.
On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Min'hly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet
Each " additional (except wash basins, free)
Bat h Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " "
Urinals ;l " " " "
Wash Basins " " " " "
Hote's, per room additional
Beer Pumps
Restaurants
Steam Laundries
Hand "
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate
Hose Connection for Fire Protection
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per load
Lawn and Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs...,
ALL NIGHT SERVICE.
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
All Tear Winter
EDWIN BROWNE. Manager,