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SATUKDAY. JUNK 13, IMS
A SERIOUS MATTER
The people of Seward were start led
at 11 o'clock last Saturday night b\
the sudden ringing of the church hell, j
The first thought that entered the
minds of some of the citizens was that
Mr. Pedersen's house was on fire, and ■
the church bell, being nearer than the!
tire bell, had been rung to give the I
alarm. A hasty response led to the
discovery that the 1**11 had been rung j
by >ome thoughtless lx)\>. They were
thoughtless as to the seriousness of the
matter. I nless thechu>*ch 1**11 is rung
for some service in the church, it is not
expected to he rung at all except in case
of tire. When a 1**11 sounds out in the j
middle of the night, the people in a
town in which the buildings are all of j
wixxl. are naturally startled, and
quickly respond in order to quench any |
tire that may he startiug. The ring
ing of a bell in these circumstances for
mere sport is a very serious matter.
If such wanton acts were permitted to
occur often the people would never j
know from the sound of the bell
whether it was a true or a false alarm, j
Fot the safety of the town, therefore,
it is necessary that the greatest pre
caution should he taken that no false |
Alarms may he given. It i> a serious
matter in a city to send in a false fire i
alarm, and an even more serious one
in a town where there is no regular!
tire department and the safety of the J
town is guarded only by the quick and j
voluntary response of the citizens to,
the sound of an alarm.
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A PERSONAL MATTER
Chancellor Day of Syracuse unive.-;
sity has been prominent in the public:
press for the past year or more chietl.v j
through his denunciatory speeches in j
reference to President Roosevelt. So
hitter have been these attacks upon j
the president that the hoard of regents
of the university have taken up the*
matter and are making a thorough in
vestigation into the occasion of these
repeated verbal attacks upon the chief
executive. It now appears tha Chan-;
cel lor I );iy was incetwd against the
president because Day’s nephew, Lieu
tenant Richards, of the Cuited States
army, was cashiered from the army by
a courtmartial ar.d sentenced to serve
one year in prison. The chancellor
appealed to the t»n si<i« who refused
to intervene. This refusal appears to;
have t»een the occa>i”'i of the bitter
ne<> in Day's speeches in which he!
has for the past ear « r more been
criticising the otlic .1 acts of :*resi-j
dent R oosovelt.
This little rev* ’ r in >. : ves to illus
trate the origin of ?■ teb criticism of
the acts of men in pnblie otlice. Men
who have sought favors from the chief
executive and from congressmen, and,
have boon refus. 1. are win* to seek
an interview with tin* correspondent
of some newspaper, am under tlP1
guise of imparting wise observations
©n best methods of administering the
government they give vent to their j
embittered feelings against those fori
whom they cherish some kind of ill !
will. Fortunately, unless it becomes
too abusive, little heed is paid to the^
vituperationtions of disgruntled otlice
seekers and others who are seeking
favors from public men which for very
.rood reasons cannot he granted.
THE INSANITY PLEA
Two prominent murder cases, the
one of Harr\ K. Thaw in the east and
the other of Chester Thompson in the
west have some points in common.
Both were acquitted on the sustained
plea of insanity. Roth have been on
trial since acquittal upon the charge
of insanity. Chester Thompson was
declared sane and has been released
from prison and will not have to spend
the remainder of his days in an
asylum. Thaw never claimed insanity,
but admits the possibility of being in
sane for the period of two minutes, one
minute before shooting Stanford B.
White and one minute afterwards.
It is probable that years ago before
the value of the insanity dodge came
to be recognized, no one would have
thought of having these men excused
from the penalty oflheir wrong deeds
on the pleu of insanity. The plea has
been used of late years to cover a mul
titudeof sins. Because of the peculiar
circumstances which often attend the
committing of murder, and which did
accompany the deed in these cases, no
very vigorous cry goes up when the
insanity plea is worked to free the ac
cused from the death penalty. At the
same time the belief is not very strong
that these men were such as would or
dinarily be called insane, or dangerous
characters to lie at large. W hen there
are aggravating causes that tend to
drive a man to acts of violence the
public mind is much slower tocondemn
the deed to the extent of insisting
upon the severest measure of penalty,
even though there is no belief in the
claim that the guilty party is excusa
ble on the ground of irresponsible in
sanity.
BETTER ON THE SEA
It is difficult to say which is the
more ridiculous, a landlubber or a
sealubber. Each seems awkward
enough to the other. The landlubber
had the laugh on the sealubber yester
day when the sailors attempted to ap
ply the seaman’s skill to the running
of a handcar. The day was line and
the breeze favorable. Everything
looked well for a nice run, but for
some reason while the sailors were
coming down along the trestle at the
rate of several knots an hour the car
left the track and gave two of the
jackies a ducking in the bay.
In the running of a handcar there is
more danger than most people think
possible. The danger comes with tins
means of conveyance, us with others,
chietlv in a rapid rate of speed. Had
the sailors kept the car down to a mod
erate rate of speed there would have
been no accident. Those taking car
rides out along the railroad are some
times tempted to give the car full
speed as it comes down the grade. It
is pleasant to come down the track at
a rapid rate, but it is also dangerous.
The car is liable at any moment, when
rapidly propelled down grade, to jump
the track causing injury to property
and death to some of those on the car.
The ducking of the sailors Wednesday
in the bay should prove a warning to
those who ride up and down the rail
road track on handcars. With due
precaution accidents can be avoided,
but without it they are sure to occur.
NO LACK OF UNANIMITY
Representative Humphrey is cred
ited with tin* statement that congress
is willing to pass measures for the
benefit of Alaska when the people of
the territory find out what they
want and can agree upon the hills
which they wish enacted. There does
not seem to be any great lack of una
nimity on the part of the people liv
ing in tin* territory in reference to the
law* which they wish passed. It is
true there did spring up in Washing
ton thi> past winter considerable oppo
sition to the etVorts of Delegate Cale.
That opposition seemed to come
through the attitude of Governor
Hoggatt. Perhaps the governor’s!
ideas on the laws necessary for the j
welfare of the people here were better j
than those of Delegate Cale, and per- 1
haps they were not. The people of
Alaska elected their delegate and sent
him to congress to act in their behalf.
The governor seemed to have influence
with the administration, and hence
was able to interfere to a considerable
extent with the plans and wishes of
our representative. 'Phis opposition,
whether it is well founded or not.
made it impossible for Mr. Cale to ac
complish as much for his constituents
as may have been expected of him. |
The lack of legislation for the benefit
of Alaska should be attributed neither
to Mr. Cale nor to the lack of harmony
among the people.
The citizens of the territory are
practically unanatuous in their desire
for the passage of laws to aid in open
ing up and developing the country as
a whole, and would probably fairly
agree upon what those laws should be.
The reason for the lack of unanimity
of which Mr. Humphrey speaks must
be sought elsewhere than among the
mass of voters of the territory.
AGRICULTURE IN ALASKA
At the conference of governors called
by President Roosevelt at the White
House there were some present who
were governors neither of states nor
territories. Among these was James
J. Hill. In an address before the con
ference Mr. Hill took occasion to say
that “little of Alaska is fitted for gen
eral agriculture.“ However much
Mr. Hill may know about other sub
jects he betrays ignorance of the agri
cultural possibilities of Alaska. John
G. Brady, ex-governor of Alaska,
promptly responded to Mr. Hill and
showed that the agricultural opportu
nities of the territory are of a very
high order.
The Boston Transcript commenting
upon Mr. Hill’s speech quotes from a
report of Professor C. C. Georgeson
and says “that there are iK),(MK) square
miles in the interior of Alaska availa
ble for agriculture and pasturage,
which area might be much extended
by counting all the mountain sides
that afford feed for livestock. This
is equal to the combined area of the
New England states, New Jersey, Del
aware and Maryland, and takes no ac
count of the coast region. Allowing
an average of twenty-five to the square
mile, the general average of the
United States, it would support a pop
ulation of two and a quarter millions.
All this seems a reasonable refutation
of Mr. Hill’s belittlement ef the ter
ritory. The reason that these oppor
tunities have not been more rapidly
improved has been the diffiuclty of
reaching these valleys, especially with
household goods, i’rofessor Georgeson
considers that country almost ideal for
Finnish farmers and recommends that
the government offer inducements
that will attract that high and hardy
class of agricultural immigrants.”
The Man Who Pays His Way
Tn every newspaper we pick up we
are sure to tint! a gush about the man
behind the gun; the man behind the
buzzsaw and the man behind the times
and the man behind the rents: t he man
behind the plowshare and the man be
hind the fence; the man behind the
whistle and the man behind the cars;
the man liehind the kodak and the
man behind the bars; the man behind
his whiskers the man behind hi* fists,
and everything behind has entered on
the list. Hut they have skipped anoth
er fellow of whom nothing has been
said—the fellow who is even or a little
way ahead; who pays for what he gets
and whose bills are always signed—
he's a darn sight more important than !
the man who fs behind. All we editors
and merchants and the whole commer
cial clan are indebted for existence to
this honest fellow-man. He keeps us
all in business and his town is never
dead, and so we take our hats otT to the J
man who is ahead.—Exchange.
WEEKLY WtATIfER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
June 13.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 53 40 Cloitfy Rain
Monday 65 40 Clear
Tuesday 56 38 Cloudy
Wednesday 60 36 Clear j
Thursday 60 42 Clear j
Friday 62 46 Clefcrl
Saturday 53 46 Rain |
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Over Cautious
“There are still a few honest men
left in the world.” said J. J. Hill, the
i financier. “If is well to he cautious,
but we should not suspect everybody,
ft we are too suspicious we make our
selves absurd. An old farmer and his
wife started for St. Paul on a visit.
Before the couple set otT they were
cautioned frequently bj their friends I
to beware of St. Pan! sharpers. Well,
on the way the old farmer got off at
a junction to buy some lunch, and the
train wen* off without him. The last
he saw of his wife she was craning i
out of the car window, shouting some
thing reproachful at him which he i
couldn't hear on account of the noise ;
of the train. Hi happened! that an ex
press came along a few minutes later.
The old farmer boarded the express
and beat his wife to St. Paul by nearly
an hour. He was waiting foe her at
the station when she arrived. He ran
up to her and seized the valise- ‘W ell,;
Jane,'he said, “I'm glad to see you;
again. I thought we were separated
for good.’ But the old lady jerked the
valise from him indignantly. ‘No. ye
don’t Mr. Sharper,’ she cried, ‘I left j
my husband at the junction. Don’t be
coinin’ any of yer confidence tricks on
me I’ll call a policeman’.”—Ex.
Development of Character
The general idea that our enormous
advances in science and command over
nature serve as demonstrations of our
mental superiority to the men ot ;
earlier ages is totally unfounded. The
The evidence of history and of the
earliest monuments all go to indicate j
that our intelectual and moral nature
has not advanced in any perceptible
degree. The supposed great mental
inferiority of savages is equally un
founded. The more they are sympa
thetically studied the more they are
found to resemble ourselves in their '
inherent intellectual powers. * * j
♦ Thirdly, we have no proof that
even the men of tho stone age were
mentally or morally inferior to our
selves. * * * These consider a-!
tions lead us to conclude that tlie:
higher mental or spiritual nature ot
man is not the mere animal nature!
advanced through survival of the tit-;
test.—Fortnightly Review.
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The Mother-in-Law
“Will,” said a newly married friend
to Will Maupin, the Nebraska poet,
“I’m in a quandry as to just what 1
should call my wife's mother. I don’t |
like to call her ‘Mother-in-law’on ac-!
count of all the comic-paper jokes on
that name, and somehow there’s a cer
tain sacredness about the word ‘Moth
er” that makes me hesitate to apply it
to any but ray own.”
“Well,” said Maupin, “I can only
tell you of my owa experience. The
first year we were married I addressed
my wife’s mother as ‘Say;’ after that
we called her ‘Grandma.’ Ex.
Slipped his Mind
Mother—“There, John, that’s twice
you’ve come home and forgotten the
lard.”
Son—“La! mother, it was so greasy
it slipped my mind.”
Chinese Boycott
Chinese bovcotters claims they will
make Japan pay $150,000,000 in loss of
trade because of the attitude of the
Mikado's government after the seizure
of the Tatsu Maru, found to be carry
ing aimas and ammunition to insurrec
tionists in China, More than 200 of
the largest Chinese lirms who have
connections in Hongkong, Canton, Pe
king. Shanghai, Singapore, Penang,
Rangoon, America and Australia have
signed an ironclad agreement to with
draw all their patronage from Ja
panese firms. The boycott agreement
is being circulated industriously
throughout the Chinese empire, and it
is insisted thousands of smaller dealers
will be tied up. The sentiment of the
Chinese population is controlled
through th>e guilds 'that are agitat
ing the boycott.
Eighth Moon for Jupiter
The staff of Greenwich observatory
announce that they have discovered an
eighth satellite of Jupiter. During an
examination of photographic plates of
Jupiter Mr. Melotte, one of the assist
ant astronomers, discovered a faint
marking occupying slightly different
positions on the different pint* s.
The circumstances precluded the
supposition that it was one of the
known satellites or a minor planet.
Repeated investigation by Messrs.
Melotte and Crommelm led to the con
clusion ‘that it was a new satel
lite with a retrograde orbital motion.
-New York Sun.
NOTICE OF FINAL A(V< UNTING
AND SETTLEMENT
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory < f Alaska,
Kenai I’recinct, Third Division.
IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of George
West, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that II. H.
Hildreth, administrator of the estate
of George West, deceased, having tiled
a final accounting that the loth day
of July, 1908, at 10 o’clock a. m., at
the court house (Bank bldg.) in Sew
ard, Alaska, has been appointed the
time and place for hearing of objec
tions to such linal accounting and the
settlement of said estate.
Dated this 11th day of May, 1908.
H. H. Hildreth, administrator.
First publication, May 16, 1908.
Last publication, July 4th 1008.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Seward. Alaska, May S3. 1908.
To J. I). Sheldon:
You are hereby notified that there has been
expended in the year 1007. in labor and imprve
ments upon the Ohio placer group of 160 acres
the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800): said
group being situated on Cache Creek, a tribu
tary of the Kaliiltna River. Cook Inlet Pre
cinct. Territory of Alaska, the same being the
amount required by the laws of the United
States governing the location and holding of
mining claims, necessary to hold said group of
claims aforesaid for the calendar vear. to-wit:
the year 1907; the said work having been per
formed by your eo-partner T. R. Wilson.
And unless within ninety days after the com
pletion of the publication of this notice, to-wit;
within 90days after the23rdday of August. 1908.
you contribute your proportion of such annual
assessment work as co-owner, to-wit; the sum
of fifty dollars ($60) for the said Ohio group of
claims, your interest in said claims and all
of them will be forfeited to and become the
property of your present co-owner, aforesaid.
T. R. WILSON,
First publication May 23rd. 1908.