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IMPROVEMENT IN' RIVEIJ SERVICE
In another part of today's paper will lie found a resume of a scheme j
tor the improvement of the Yukon river service from Whltehorse to Daw-,
Mm and Mayo. This plan contemplates lengthening the season on the river
1 y about tbr-e weeks and making the service nio.e efficient in the territory
affected If the plan is accepted by the Canadian government and the im
provement made, it will be of no small interest to Skagway. for with ever;,
improvement in the territory back of Skagway will come additional men |
and money into this town. |
We are beginning to feel something of the results of the work in the I
Mayo .imp. If the development of the past is a good index of the develop
em o lie future there ;> hope that the camp will prove to be permanent. |
which will mean that a steadily increasing number of men will be employed
in May and most of t e freight and travel will pass thru Skagway. This
• ..aits more business on the Kailroad wharf, at the hotels, in the stores-ami
it he town generally. Th.s. added to the hope that the Engineer mine will
start work, makes ti:e outlook a litlie brighter than it has been, tho
tl'.rre :s :;o ground for predicting that Skagway will have thousands of peo
ple wit! n eveu ti^e or ten years, tho it may have .1 few more families and
some increase in business.
III I.I." IN yron.—It is a matter of satisfaction lo Americans that
Mr. Horatio Bottcmley is going t.> serve a term iu prison. The United
states has uo more bitter foe in K. -iand than Mr. Bottomley. and his fre
quent vituperative attack* against everything savoring of America have giv
en added ett pbasis beiause of his member.-::ip in t .e House of Commons
He goes to prison after convict'on for turning to his own financial advan
t.iue moi.ey collected from the people for patriotic purposes. Apparentl>
!:;s hatred of America vv;..s not accompanied bv even a decent respect for his
own countrv It is to be hoped that during his incarceration means will he
found tor preventing further anti-American outbursts frotu Mr. Uottomley.
KEKoltM slim I.I) (hMK kllisr.— \ con :;:'tee of the Russian soviet is
drafting plans for the reduction of the red army, conditioned on the sue
cess of The 11..-a conference. If the cot d tiotis were reversed it would be
more iu keeping with the true situation. K« form in Russia must come be
tort not after, any concessions that may be granted the soviets by the al
!.ed conference.
s. ,1 skins valued at approximately ten thousand dollars were recently
taken bv Indians along the west roast of Southeastern Alaska, the privilege
of killing seals as they migrate frotu the south to the rooker.es of the west
wa:d being a perquisite of such Indians as are still classed as government
wards. It is said, however, that many of the seal-hunting Indians have
been exercising the rights of citizens ip by vot.ng. If this is true, it is up
to the authorities to act without delay in the matter, and seal skins taken
by iiti/eu Indians siiouid be con;.seated and turned over to the government.
No Indian should be permitted to exercise the dual role of goverumeu'
ward and citizen within a few weeks. They ate either one or the other,
and it is up to the offn ials to investigate as to which of the two roles is
withiu their rights—Stroller's Weekly.
Be careful with fire in the woods—all the time.
( AI'I'KK CALLS FOR
W I.KK S KKSK.NATION
Topeka. June 21.—Senator Cap
per. iu the Topeka capital tudav call
fd upon Secretary of W ai
\\ eeks to resign his cabinet posi
tion. The ground for this req.uesi
is contained in an address whici:
Weeks delivered before t..e Westen:
Reserve Cniversit., in which ad
dre<s he condemned popular govern
ment. Weeks attacked the direcl
primary and prohibition. Senatoi
Cupper declared that Weeks is stil
in the nineteenth century and his is
a case of arrested pol.tical devel
opment.
MOONSHINKR KILLS
TWO OTIiFRS AM) SHU
Albany. Ore.. Juue 22.—Dave M
West, seventy years old. a veteran
trapper, shot and silled himself ii:
his own barn, afttr he had held a
posse of several hundred men ai
bay for six hours. Yesterday after
noou West had shot and killed C
M. Kendall, sheriff of Linn County
and Kev. Roy Hea.y, pastor of th«
First Christian church of Albany, as
they were preparing to dismantle a
juoonaiiine still on West's ranch.
'DOLLAR'S SON A PACIFIC
COAST S. S. VICE PRESIDENT
j Seattle, June 22.—R. Stanley Dol
lar. son of Robert Dollar, the well
known San Krac.'iaco steamship
man. was made executive vice-pres
ident of the Pacific Steamship cum
jiany. with headiiutrters in Seattle.
You.ig Dollar lias I een in charge of
the corporation's Alaska coastwise
and ititercoastal service. The vice
. pres.dent will hereafter devote his
entire time to the company's trans
1 Pacific service. Robert Dollar, the
father of the new executive vice
president. is one of the principal
j stockholders in the Pacific Steam
j ship company.
BRITISH FIELD
MARSHAL ASSASSINATED
London. June 22.—Field Marshal
, S.r Henry Wilson was shot dead
; here today. The tragedy occurred
; just outside his home in Eaton
(Square. Two assassins lay in wait
! for the Field Marshal and shot him
' as he was coming lut of his home.
'They were afterwaiJs captured. The |
war office believe? that the Irish
I extremists are responsible for the
{ assassination.
INDIAN DRUM
bqWilliam AVacHarq and Edwin Balmer
/ . • C . ' i
CbpHjriqhr tdwirvboimer^-» ^
Alan went 10 tne mvaiwry uu me
first tloor and washed the dust from
his hands and face; then he went Into
the dining room. Wussaquaui, having
served the dinner, took Ills place he
hind Alan's chair, ready to pass htm
what he needed; but the Indian's
silent, watchful presence there behind
Mm where he could not see his face,
disturbed Alan, and he twisted him
self about to look at him.
"Would yon mind. Judah." he In
quired. "If I asked vou to stand over
there Instead of where you are?"
The Indian, without answering,
moved nrmiml to the other side of the
table, where lie stood facing Alan.
"You're a Chippewa, aren't you,
Judah?" Alan asked.
"1 VS.
"Your people live at the other end
•f tlie lake. dou't they 7"
"Yes, Alan."
"Have you ever heard of the Indian
Drum they talk about up there, that
they say sounds when a ship goes
down on the lake?"
The Indian's eyes sparkled excited
ly. "Yes," he said.
"l»i> you believe In It?"
"Not Just believe: I know Every
body knows that It sounds for those
who die on the lake, I have heard It.
It sounded for niv father."
"How was that?"
"Like this. My father sold some
bullocks to a man on Beaver Island.
The man kept store on Beaver Island.
Alan No Indian liked tilm He would
not hand anything to an ludlau or
wrap anything In paper for an Indian.
Say It was like this: An Indian coiueB
In to buy <alt pork Klrst the man
would tret the money Then."Alan, tie
would take Irs hook and pull the pork
up out of the barrel and throw It on
the dlrtv floor for the Indian to pick
up. He said Indians must take their
food off of the floor—like does
"My father had to tak»- the bullocks
to the uiau. across tu Beaver Island.
At tlrst the Indians did not know who
the bullocks were for. so they helped
lliin. When they found out the bul
locks were for the man ou Beaver
Island, the Indians would not help hltn
any longer. He had to take them 1
across alone. Besides. It was bad
weather, the beginning of a storm. i
"He went away, and tny mother
went to pick berries—1 was small then.
Pretty soon I saw my mother coming
back. She bad no berries, and her
hair was banging down, and she win
wailing. She took me In her arms and ]
said my father was dead. Other In
dians catue around and asked her how
she knew, and she said she heard the
Drum. The Indians found my father's
body."
"Did you ever hear of a ship called
the Mlwnka. Judah?"
"That wus long ago," the Indian an
swered.
"They say that the Drum beat
wrong when the Mlwaka went down—
that it was one beat short of the right
nu in her." I
"Tlint wa« long ago," Wassaquam
merely repeated.
"L>l(| Mr. Curvet ever speak to you
about theMlwaka?"
"No; he asked me oni*e If I had ever
heard the Pnini. I told hltn."
Wassaquam removed the dinner and
brought Alan a dessert. He returned
to stand In 'lie place across the table
that Alan had assigned to him, and
stood looking down at Alan, steadily
and thoughtfully.
"Do I look like any one you ever saw
before. Judah?" Alan Inquired of him.
"No."
"Is that what you are thinking?"
"That Is what T was thinking. Will
coffee be served in the library. Alan?"
Alan crossed to the library and seat
ed himself In th» chair where his fa
ther had been accustomed to sit. Was
saquam brought him the single small
cup of coffee, lit the spirit lamp on
the smoking stand and moved that
over: then he went away. When he
hud finished his coffee, Alan went Into
the smaller connecting room and re
commenced his examination of th.'
drawers under the bookshelves. At
ten o'clock. Alan stopped his search
and went back to the chair in the li
brary. He dozed: for he awoke with
a start and a feeling that some one
had been bending over him, aud gazud
up Into Wassaquain's face. The In
dian had been scrutinizing hlui with
Intent, anxious inquiry. He moved
away, but Alan called him back.
"When Mr. Corvet disappeared, Ju
dah, you went to look for him up at
Manistique, where he was born—at
least Mr. Sherrill said that was where
you went. Why did you think you
might find him there?" Alan asked.
"In the end. I think, a man maybe
goes back to the place where he be
•an. That's all, Alan."
"In the end! What do you mean by
that? What do you think has become
of Mr. Corvet?"
"I think now—Ben's dead."
"What makes you think that?"
"Nothing makes me tliiuk; I think it
unselt"
"1' see. You mean you nave no rea
son more than others for thinking It;
but that Is what you believe."
"Yes." Wassnquam went away, and
Alan heard him oti the back stairs, as
cending to his room.
When Alan went up to his own
room, after making the rounds to see
that the house was locked, a droning
chant came to him from the third floor.
He paused In the hall and listened,
then went up to the floor above. A
flickering light came to him through
the half-open door of a room at the
front of the house: he went a little
way toward It and looked In. Twe
thick candles were burning before a
crucifix, below which the Iudian knelt,
prayer book tn hand and rocking to
ami fro us he droned his supplica
tions.
A wuru III LOU nine IU aim,
without them Wassaquutu's occupation
was plain: lie was praying for the re
pose of the (lead—the Catholic chant
taught to hlui. us it had been taught
undoubtedly to Ids fathers, by the
Preach Jesuits of the lakes. The In
toned chant for Curvet's soul, by the
man who had heard the Drum, fol
lowed and still came to Alan, as he
returned to the second floor.
He liud not been able to determine,
during tlie evening, Wassaqmuu's alti
tude toward him. Having no one else
tri trust. Alan bad been obliged to put
a certain amount of trust In the In
dia!. : so as he had explained to Wao
Buuii'iut that morning that the desk
uii't tie drawers In the little room off
Curvet's had been forced, and had
warned hiiu to see that no one. who
had not proper business there, entered
the house. Wassaquaui had appeared
to accept this order; hill now Wassa
quani Imd Implied that It was not be
cause of Alan's order that he had re
fused reporters admission to the
house.
Alan started and went quickly to the
.open door of his rooui, as he heard
voices now somewhere within the
house. "One of the voices he recog
nized as Wassaquutu's; the other in
distinct. thick, accusing—was un
known to him; It certainly was not
Spearman's. He descended swiftly to
the tirst Door, and found Wassaquani
standing In the front hall, alone.
"Who was here, Judah?" Alan de
manded.
"A man," the Indian answered stol
idly. "He was drunk; I put him out."
"What did he come for?"
"He came to sue Beu. I put him
out; he Is gone. Alan."
Alan Hung open the front door and
looked out. but he saw no one.
"What did he. want of M r. Corvet,
Judah ?"
"1 do nut know. I told hitn Beu was
not here; he was anffry, but he went
away."
"lias he ever come here before?"
"Yes: he comes twice."
"He has been here twice?"
"Mure than that; every year he
comes twice, Alan. Once he came
oftener."
"How long has he been doing that?"
"Since I can remember."
"Is he a friend of Mr. Corvet?"
"No friend—no!"
"But Mr. Corvet saw him when he
came here?"
AlHttJB, .liliii.
"And you don't know at all what he
came about?"
"How should I know? No; I do
not."
Alan got his coat and hat. The
midden disappearance of the man
might mean only that he had hurried
away, hut it might mean, too, that he
was still lurking near the house. Alan
had decided to make the circuit of 'lie
house and determine that. But as he
,-uiue out on to the porch, a figure
more than a block away to the south
strode with uncertain step oat Into the
light of a street lamp, halted and
faced about, and shook his fist back
at the house. Alan dragged the In
dian out on to the porch.
"Is that the man, JudahT" be de
hauded.
"Ye», Alan."
Alun ran down the steps and at full
speed after the man. But when he
reucbed the corner, he was nowhere in
sight. Alan retraced his steps for
several blocks, still looking; then he
guve it up and returned east toward
the Drive.
The side street leading to the Drive
was not well lighted; dark entry ways
and alleys opened on It; but the night
was clear. Alan could see at the end
>t the street, beyoud the yellow glow
of the distant boulevard lights, the
smooth, chill surface of the lake. A
white light rode above It; now, below
the white light, be saw a red speck—
the masthead and port lanterns of a
steamer northward bound. Farther
out, a second white glow appeared
from behind the obscuration of the
buildings and below It a green speck—
a starboard light. Information he bad
gained enabled hlin to recognize In
these lights two stenraers passing one
another at the harbor mouth.
_ Hls_thougJits turned to Constance
aiicrriu. tivruw oi«i».tt ««•« .«.««-«
with her that morning had put them
far apart once more; but. In another
He Staggered, Slipped, Fell Suddenly
Forward Upon His Knees Under a
Stunning, Crushing Blow Upon His
Head From Behind.
way, thev were being drawn closer to
pether. Eor he knew' now that she
was caught as well as he In the mesh
nf consequences of nets not their own.
He staggered, slipped, fell suddenly
forward upon his knees, under a stun
ning. crushing blow upon his head
from behind. Thought, consciousness
| almost lost, he struggled, twisting him
self about to grasp at his assailant.
He caught the man's clothing, trying
| to drag himself up: fighllng blindly,
dazedly, unable to see or think, he
shouted aloud and then again aloud.
He seemed In the distance to hear an
swering cries; but the weight and
strength of the other was bearing him
down again to his knees: he tried to
| slip aside from It. to rise. .Then an
"ther blow, crushing and sickening,
descended on his head: even hearing
! left him and. unconscious, he fell for
ward on to the snow and lay still.
(Continued on Tuesday)
!
THE BELLS
Innumerable and Interesting are the
traditions surrounding bells.
Bells have ever played an Important
part in religious ceremonies.
There are numerous legends that
consecrated hells would, if stolen, re
turn to their owu home, ringing all
the way. I
St. Paulinos of ICola and Pope I
Sublan In the Seventh century are !
each credited with the Introduction of
bells at muss. |
The Angelus bell, always rung
thrice a day, takes Its name from the
first words of the prayer. The l)e
Profundls bell sounds one hour after
the Ave.
It was only a comparatively recent
date that bells were used for calling
people to church. For ages they were I
I designed solely for keeping evil spirits |
at a safe distance.
In the books of Exodus and Ecclesl- |
astes the ornaments of the high i
priest's ephod Include bells, so that '
"their sound might be heard whenever
be goetb In or Cometh out of the sanc
tuary."
In many English parishes the shriv
ing bell used to be rung the morning
of Shrove Tuesday to remind the
faithful to confess before Lent. This
has now changed lis name to "Pan
cake bell."
As nearly as may be determined the (
I object of the curfew, or couvrefeu
(cover Are), rung In olden times as a
signal for the extinguishing of all
flres, was exclusively political or so
cial, and not religious.
It Is estimated that the United |
I States has untapped wealth lo the ex
tent of $150,000.01)0.000 In the more I
than 400.000.000 acres of land still I
' held In the public domain.
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at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers corditJly welcome.
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B. P. O. ELKS, Skajj
way Lodge, No. 481, B.
I*. O. Elki>, meets everj
Thursday at 8 p. in.
Visiting brothers cor
oiaiiy welcome.
dan Mcdonald, e. r.
P. J. VAXDEWAU., Secretary.
P. & A. ML
White Puss Lodge P. & A.
M. No. 113, meets 2nd and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at 8 o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
* l oiiio.
F. J. Van de Wall, W. M.
T. J. Standlsh, Secretary.
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Skagway Aerie, No. 25,
Fraternal Order of
Eagles, meet the first
auu aid Wednesday night of each
month at their hall on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
C. H. ROGERS, W. P.
J. M. Griesbach, Sec'y.
Naomi Chapter No. 9
O. E. B., meets In Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
visiting memiters welcome.
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Fanny Speer, Secretary.
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