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TIME TO CHA.NtiE
is printed affidavit uumbe
from a man who has besu
con lined within the four walls ol
t- Mo:uiii&side Sanitarium, seUluj
it :'... \ividly the treatment and ccn
ditto:.* of thai institution. II
• lu.-v i-wora affidavits are true
and wi have evsry reason to be
lief liat they are—then certainly
.l i.aanot knowingly porinil
t_is medieval treatment to
continue.
The following is a coirrcet
»'at mtnt of the t.e.itment that
I, l.dw.ud J. Fcvc, received when
com'iuotl in the Crystal Sptlngs
Sanitarium, Mt. Tabor, Ore.
•"On n v arrival at tae sanitar
ium in June, m>t>, I was called
i to t::„> office of tho superintond
be examined by tie held
doctor < f the iuMitute. The doc
tor <-kid my name, in full, my
place ot birth, my religion and
tiio r.. me of my neare t relative,
his or lier addrtss. That com
plcted the examination given me.
1 was then placed in a room about
iO by 15o feet, which was used
for a sleeping, sitting and prom
made room, and contained SO pa
tients. One day for a slight, in
(racist n of tho rults I was taken
in 1 and by tho superintendent
aiiu lour attendants and thrown
on my back, one attendant held
u:v head down on the floor by
l'i 'c ^ liis foot in my face, another
se» his foot in the pit of my stom
ach; the superintendent held my
legs down and th<y all beat and
k.ck* d u:e until I was unconscious;
when I revived I found my face
k u.nd - voile 11, and I could
barely see out of one eye; one tooth
" -- d loose and drropped out;
my bodv was bruised and in m;uTv
places turned black and blue.
The Ltxt day I was unished in
the following manner: They put a
leather strap around my wrists and
a ler.tiitT strap around my waist
fastened my wrists to the strap
around my waist with a lock, I
was kt'>t in this condition for 3l>
days .uij nights, I had to sleep
with *he straps on. And at no
time d-d they give me treatment
tor insanity. I have witnessed
m.iuv oatients rete.ve as brutal
trt-atm i t as they gave me. The
•wiit.i v condition of the place was
l>ad. The water they gave us to
drink v .is yellow and muddy and
"t IS' to drink, and the room they
ktpt .!< :n was act any too clean at
tarns. i;lid I believe that Frank Litz
descripricn 0f the place that was
t'itbli?l;ed in the two Some papers
was very mild as I, ^myself have
seen much worse treatment dealt
out t. .1 jcrtat many of thg inmates
i»t that Institution.
HOWARD J. FOX,
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 24th day of March, lsifrr
J. F. HOBBES,
Notary public for Alaska
My commission expir. a May 3, '16.
~
Tlie load taken by Mayor Ashley
and the voice of the council adher
i"g to the idea expressed by the
mayor that the council co-operate
with property owners in every way
possib'e, instead of the city using
its legal rights aud enforcing the
strict law without consulting the
owner cf property is worthy of com
ment. Such a co-opera;i0n is sure
tj draw the council closer to the
people anil chow them that they
havt, the interests of the entire city
at heart and are willing to stretch
a point for the sake of convenience
and advancement o' the city.
The action on the part of t^e
council ♦ enforce the firo laws and
j keep the city In a good healthy
looking condition by requiring the
proper'v owners to kee^> their placo
; up, is backed by the majority of
j the ci'ivens in this community. Only
by continued action on the part of
all can the city eventually get r'd
of all of the old shacks and un
desirah.o buildings and new mod
ern oues substituted in their etead.
Anything that is within reason
that tends to boost the city along is
a step hi the right direction and
the council are Bteering the ship
along the right channel when they
begin to Investigate the conditions
which low present themselves.
SEEMED TO RAfN FIRE.
j When a 8tartling Meteoric Showar
Scared Folks In 1833.
In Scharfs "Chronicles of Baltimore"
there Is a vivid description of the
starry hailstorm,- the fiery meteoric
shower, of 1S33, and old files of news
papers arc made luminous at that date
with the impressions of editors auii
contributors.
One writer said it was the grandest
and most charming slt;ht ever present
ed to the vision of man. Awakened
from sleep, he sprang to the window
thinking the bouse was on (Ire. bu:
when he looked out lie beheld stars, or
dery bodies, descending like "torrents."
"The shed id the adjoining yard t • ri.
own," he wrote, "was covered with
stars, as I supposed. din-lug the whole
rime."
Prof»s.-».ir Olmstcad of Yale college
thought that the exhibition was tli
•inest display of celestial fireworks tlia:
had been witnessed sii.^e the creation
jf the world, akliuu^h tie. tini. while
knowing Its character, was sufficiently
imbued with the theological spirit of
:he time to believe that it was a sol
emn portent that carried a divine
warning. '
Oue editor whose commeut upon this
phenomenon was probably more quot
cd than any other he ever made said
•We pronounce the raining fire which
we saw on Wednesday morning an
awful type, a forerunner, a merciful
sign of that great and dreadful day
which the Inhabitants of the earth will
witness when the sixth seal will be
ipened. Many things occurring In the
•artli tend to convince us that we arc
now in the latter days."
A Widow at Nina.
Marriage at the age of thirteen, as In
I the case of a woman who has Just died
' at Shoredltch, would not have been re
i garded as extraordinary In the seven
j leenth century. Ia those days children
•>f noble families, particularly wards In
chancery, were frequently wedded at
the age of nine and sometimes even at
five. IJttle Moll -Villiers, the Duke of
Buckingham's daughter, was not mere
ly a wife, but a widow, at nine, and
ire read of her romplug lu the garden
and climbing cherry trees in her wld
i ow's veil. In almost every instance.
, however, such marriages were In uame
only, and the little wives were allowed
to reach their teens before taking up
the burdens of wedded life.—London
Telegraph.
Office Ornaments.
"Ves, ma'am," commented the office
factotum whom long tenure of office
had made a bit censorious, "some of
these here yopng ladies about this of
6ce does precious little work. They
seems to.thlnk they's Intended for of
fiee ornaments."
Then, seeing a shade cross the lady
manager's face, he fastened to add re
assuringiy, "But, ma'am, you ain't no
ornament."
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You Should Ait In Time
If you suffer from backache;
If you have headaches, dizzy
spells; ' I
If 'ut kidney accretions are Ir
regular,
Don't delay—likely your kidneys
are sick.
Thousands "recommend Uoaja's
Kiduey Pills.
Read th§ statement of this grate
ful user.
Airs. D. Mason, 2715 East C St.,
Tacoma, Wasli., says: "The first
sympto . of kiduey trouble in my
cast- was a dull, heavy aching in
aiy bi'ck. My back got lame and
weak aud I had severe headache;
and d'/zy spells. The kidney sa
cretious were too frequent and
distressing in passage. I always
felt tired and worn outv I tried a
number of medicJnes, but wasn't
benefited until 1 used Doan's Kid
uey VI)Is. Two bewes entirely re
moved the trouble."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Dean's Kiduey Pills—the same
that«Mis. Mason had. Foslre Mil
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LIKE A TINY SOLAR SYSTEM.
Power and Possibilities That Art
Locked In an Atom.
The most generally accepted theory
about the structure of the atom—
which is no longer regarded .as the
ultimate indivisible particle of any
element, as this of course could have
no structure—Is that It is a positively
charged nucleus surrounded by a sys
tem of electrons which are kept to
gether by attractive forces from the
nucleus. Thus It becomes a sort of ln
Bnitestlmally small solar system.
In an article iu 'he General Electric
Review Dr. Saul Dushman draws the
following conclusions from a dlseus
cusslon of the laws that govern the
atoms of the several elements:
"Considering the relationships ex
hibited by the different radioactive
elements, one realizes that the dream
of the alchemists may not have been
as fatuous as has appeared until re
cently. The concept of an absolutely
stable atom must be discarded once
for all. aud Its place is' taken by this
miniature solar system, us it were,
consisting of a central nucleus and
one or more rings of electrons.
"But the nucleus itself is apparent
ly the seat of Immense forces, and in
spite of its exceedingly Infinitesimal
dimensions it contains both alpha par
ticles and electrons. Once in awhile
the nucleus of one of the atoms will
spontaneously disintegrate and expel
an ulpha or beta particle. A new ele
ment has been born. What causes
these transformations? Can they be
<or. trolled? These are questions which
only the future can answer But if
ne had it in our power to remove two
ulpha particles from the atom of bis
muth or any of its isotropes, not only
would the dream of the alchemists be
realized, but man would lie In posses
sion of such intensely powerful sources
of energy that nil our coal mines, wa
ter powers and explosives would be
come Insignificant by comparison."
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications. a» they cannot reach
th diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to curc deafness and that is
by constitutional remedha. Mtnfn-ss is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu
cous l'r.ng of the Eustachian Tube When
this tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or Impel^ect hearing. and whi*n It is
entirely closed. Deafness .* th result. nnd
unless the inflammation can in* taken out
and this tube restored to !'• normal condi
tion. h« nring will be destroy *d forever; nine
cases "ut of ti*n arc caua« d by Cntarrh.
which is notMnir but nn Inflamed condition
of the mucous surface*
We will plve One Hundred Pol?a-s for any
casi of Deafness (caused by cntarrhi that
cannot be cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHUNKV A CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Drnsrslsts. 7r.c
Take Hall's Family IHils ror ronatlpatkA
Zenith Oil for movhis picture ma
obi nes, talking machines, phono
sraphs and musical instruments, au
tomobile magnetos a«d dynamos, is
unexcelKd. 10c, 25c, 50c bottles.
Keller ifros. Sole Sk^g^vay Agents.
For Sale ,
BV
PHIL ABRAHAMS
Lot 4. Blook 34, 50
50x100 feet 3rd.
Avenue, with Tw o
Thre8 Room Cot- .
tages.
$750
INSURANCE
COLLECTIONS
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GENERAL AGENCIES
NOTARY PUBLIC
Come and see n>e
4th Avenue, Skagway
villa shaves mustache.
Prized Adornment Gono So aa to Pre
vent Recognition.
Fraucisco Villa has shaved tils ratis
tache to prevent ruady recognition
should he t>e capture.l l>y the American
troops, according to Robert Wright,
a civilian -chauffcur. who arrived at
the "mUItar? base in Columbus from
Casas (,'randes. Wright said he had
obtained his information from a Mexi
can who had be in among those forced
to Join Villa's -band at El Valle, but
who later escaped.
American army officers here who
have had dealings with the "bandit
point out that Villa's mustache was
his prized •adornment and that Villa,
the most photographed Mexican fac
tional leader, always Insisted upon it
being properly curled before posing
for the camera.
Champion Big Boy. /
Champion big boy of Ocean county,
N. J., is sixteen, six feet three inches
tall, weighs 300 pounds and is cham
piou sprhiter and hammer thrower, be
sides being employed In factory, night
cashier In plcturo theater and official
scorer of ball club.
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♦ . PROFESSIONAL CARDS *
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DR. L. g. KELLER
Dentist
Most Modern Methods.
Open Evenings.
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - Broadway
SKAGWAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALL1STER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattle)
Specialist In the treatment of
disease's and deformities of the
eye, ear, nose and throat.
Office: Goldstein Building. Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Low
Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
Haines Alaska
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* FRATERNAL ORDERS *
p. & A. M.
White Pass Lodg<=
F. k A. il. No. 11S
ui&eta 2d a&w 4tb
3*rL Bv gs of each
inoiiiu. ViA.Unb broti-ere are wei
•ome Phil Abrahams, Secretary.
Elmer L. WhoeW, W. M.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets erery
Thursday evening
^ at 8:30 o'clock.
Visiting broth
ers coruicuiy w»iv.uua«.
HENRY FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
P. J. VANDEWAM,, secretary.
Fraternal Order
Eagles— y
' Skagwaj Aarle
k No. 26, Prater
■al Order of
wagies meeis me nrs: and ttilrd
Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue Vlaltlng
orolbers cordially brrttesl to attend.,
L. E. Hadson, Tfr. P., J. K. Mo
Alister. Secretary.
Arctic- Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth Tues
day evening at 8:00 if.
m. sharp, t Visiting brothers cordial
ly welcome. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chitf, W. E. Burford, Arctic
Recorder. . —
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves White b >rt»e the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
point? and also on the
seventeenth if every
month fortha.nipaigna
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Kates Reasonable
and the Service First Class.
H. CHAMBER?, Prop.
OFFICE
Regina Hotel " x Whitcl>or»e, / T
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008 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash
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Canadian! Express Company.
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Trav. Pi*. & Pass. Agent
! Juneau, Alaska.
\\\ G. Powell,
Frt. & Pass. Agent
l'hone 43, , Broadway
Skaawav, Alaska.