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By Cable t-> TUe n.wiy Gi’evay.
Juneau. Mar. !*■ Tm* now hall buiit
V»y the order of ! ks is u (heated to
day. In eomtuenr• n <>f the event
all business ot t:< ■ \ 11 is suspended.
A holiday is pr-vhh ei amt no daily
p iper will he issu .;.
Strange Coincidence
London There wnv amazing' coin
cidences i e :u ft i-*i i ni h the in
q u-sts in-id on ; ah men at the London
Hospital the oile r day. iloth men
were named tleorgo Lee, both were
window ci- .01* :‘s. 1 >ot it were (atally in
jured falliiu hvin u iui.ows. doth were
taken to the .01.don Hospital, both ac
C ients in'ouvi'u t • : o« o'clock on
the previous afternoon and both men
died at tie- same hour t ie next morn
imr. The cause of death, in each case
was a fractured skull.
The inquests on Lull men were held
the sa ne afternoon by the same coro
ner and the same jury. The men were
not related in any way to each other,
one was thirty-tive and the other forty
y ears old.
Tough on Old Proverbs
Two severe blows have been struck
at the proverbs “Early to bed and ear
ly to rise makes a man heathly,
wealthy and wise*’ and “It’s the early
bird that catches the worm.” L)r.
Savary told the membersof the French
Academy the other day that early ris
ing instead of renderinga man healthy,
wealthy and wise was far more likely
to drive him insane. This opinion has
received support from Dr. Forbes Hose
of London.
According to the latter early rising
makes for mental inefficiency. If we
were allowed to go to sleep and to
wake when we liked, nerve illness and
half the ailments in the world would
be abolished.—Exchange.
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JAPAN MAKES
READY FOR WAR
The Niplion Government Not to Be
Caught Napping, Gets Busy
at Once on Her Navy.
iCuMii to Tin Daily Gateway.
Tokio. Mar. 1 <» The Niplion Govern*
meni lias become alarmed over the
! recent at t it ndc assumed by China and
the possible complications that may
di v« lop. therefrom. The yoveri.merit
i>, therefore, taking immediate steps
, u> enlarge her navy and prepare tor
i emergencies that may arise From tv
! Unions with China or other nations.
Should Extend Geodetic Survey
Instead of three or four boats en
gaged in Alaska^ waters for lour
months in the year, as at present there
sliound be a dozen bouts at work
throughout the greater portion of the
year. With the stormy weather pre
vailing along the roast of Alaska much
time is lost in this class of work, and
it is only bv being on the ground and
able to take advantage of the good
weather when it comes that results
can be obtained.
As it is, the exploratory part of this
work now waits for the merchant ma
rine and prospector. Only last sum
mer 1 visited a bay at least six miles
long, with a perfectly land-locked
harbor at its bead that would accom
modate any vessel alloat. Looking at
m\ chart I found its position indicated
by an unbroken shore line. \ on may
be sure this was to the westward and
outside of t ne held of exploration cov
ered by Vancouver. To illustrate
what this lark of knowledge means to
the northern navigator. Papt. Moore,
of the steamer Dora, informed me that
bad In* known of this harbor in that
stormy night two years ago when the
-.•earner Dora, unable to make t’h gnik
ba\ against the heavy gale, had to put
to sea, he could have run into this
harbor and anchored in safety. As
you may remember, the Dora spent
two months drifting over the l‘aci!ic.
and finally made Port Angeles under
the little canvas she carried. -L L.
McPherson in P.-l.
New Plan For Coaling at Sea
Washington W. W. McLaren of
Kiislcy. Ala., an electrician, has sub
m tted to the Secretary of the Navy a
new scheme for coaling ships at sea.
McLaren intends to have captive bal
loons attached to two ships, one of
which is to he a naval collier and tin1
oilier the vessel to he coaled. The
balloon i> to tie tilled with coal from
the col.ier and then moved over t'1 lie*
other ship by pay ing out the line from
the cottier and hauling in on the other
V'■-.-.e!. W hen the ear of the captive
i hue ion is over lh<' vessel to be coaled
a ti n* in the bottom of the balloon car
is to he opened and the load of coal
•. ' s down in o the hunkers. Mr.
McLaren says that his method is easier
ai:*i quicker than the present way.
Haunted Island
“There is one Maud in Alasuan
waters on which the foot of man white
or red is never placed," said Captain
Ik L. West of tin* Corwin. “Chirikof
Island, south of the Semedi group, is
inhabited beyond doubt by the spirits
of former Russian exiles and they will
permit no intrusion of their haunt by
earthly inhabitants. The Alute in
dians.who are the most intelligent of
t heir race, realize tit is fact and neither
love nor money can induce them to
step foot on the island nor go near it
in their canoes or boats. Years ago,
before Alaska was purchased in 1868
bv the American government, Russia
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made use of the island as a prison for
her criminal exiles. Murderers,
thieves and other convicts of the worse
class were shipped there under life
sentences.” Seattle Times.
Esperanto Recognized
London London Esperantists are
highly elated at a piece of good for
tune which has just befallen them. It
is quite apart from the proposed Espe
rantist s State to be founded in Middle
Europe, for it concerns British Espe
rantists mostly. Their elation is caus
ed by the fact that the postmaster gen
eral has formally announced to them
that he is now prepared to recognize
Esperanto as a modern language, and
that it may be used as such for tele
graphic purposes.
EXPOSITION
BILL ASSURED
No Opposition to Measure for
Congressional Appropriation
for the Seattle l air.
Gy Cable to Tlio Daily Ciateway.
Washington, l>. t’., Mar. lh -'1 he
bill Indore congress providing lor an
appropriation for the l nited States
exliihit at tin* Alaska-'* ukon-1’acilic
exposit ion is on the calendar, and as
there is no opposition to the hill its
passage is practically assured.
Plans Adjournment
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, l>. C'., Mar. 10—Con
gress thinks to complete its work of
the present session in about two
months, and both houses adjourn in
May.
Aids to Navigation Needed
A fact that is called strikingly to
the attention of the engineer on his
way to Alaska is the lack of aids to
navigation prevailing throughout
Alaskan waters, emphasized more
strikingly by the energetic manner
in which our Canadian cousins tire
lighting tip their water ways. As one
old pilot expressed himself: "II it
wasn't for our stretch of waters, these
Canadians would light ns out of our
jobs in another year or two, the way
they are going at it. It, would just
he a case of following the lights, and
any old rounder can do that.'’
With the lack of surveys and the
lack of aids to navigation, it is re
markable how few serious accidents
have befallen our Alaskan vessels.
This is only explained by the care of
an all-loving Providence.- J. L. Mc
Pherson in P.-l.
Spring Rush on for Alaska
Dawson—The spring rush from Seat
tle, Vancouver and other coast points
to the Yukon is well under way.
Kvery steamer is bringing full loads,
i The Skagway White Pass overland
stages are running daily through to
Dawson with full loads ot freight and
I passengers. A large number of
1 dredge and hydraulic mining experts
! are arriving. The outlook at present
j is that Dawson will not be in need of
j extra labor.
Tbe steamboat companies are begin
ning to prepare their boats for the
season at W hitehorse and Dawson for
jibe upper and the lower river runs.
: L'he owners of the steamer White Seal
I left Whitehorse today for La barge to
remodel the boat, which goes to Fair
banks early in the spring.
Air Ships in War
It is interesting to speculate upon
the possibilities of naval warfare con
ducted with the aid ot an ideally suc
! ce^sful airship as a weapon of attack,
j An aeroplane that could rise to the
[height ot two or three hundred fiat
: would be out of range of tin1 guns of
'an enemy’s Meet, as large guns on
shinboard cannot be trained toward
the sky at any great angle withdut the
recoil from the discharge doing in
calculable damage to the vessel, and
the lighter guns have not sufficient
! range to reach such an object. Such
| an airship, then, could drop explosives
1 into tin1 fleet of an enemy and do
great harm without so much as expos
ing itself to danger.
The value of the airship in detecting
submarine danger is nof a matter of
speculation. In fact, it would seem to
afford a very real protection against
submarine vessels and both stationary
and floating mines. It is a well known
fact that, to a limited altitude, the
higher an observer is lifted above the
surface the more clearly and to the
greater depth can he see into the
water.
An instance of the facility with
which submerged objects can be seen
from the height attained by an airship
was given by Captain T. T. Lovelace,
who at the time of the earthquake at
Jamaica took an airship to that vicin
ity for the purpose of studying the ef
fects of the earthquake upon the bot
tom of the sea. He found that the
whole bed of the ocean for a considera
ble distance from the island was per
fectly visible to him and in deep water
comparatively small objects .were
plainly seen.—New York Herald.
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