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HIS COCKTAILS
The latest or Mr. Fairbanks troubles
Is Dot that he was snuobed at Portland
yesterday. It 1? nore serious because
the storm center (or it !? right In his
home at Indianapolis. It dates from the
luncheon the vice-president served, at
hi, home. .1 the time President Roose
velt participated in the Lswton statue
unveiling.
The storv is that just before lunch
?.s served, forty cocktails were ordered
from a nearby club and served for the
refreshing of the Fairbanks guests. Mr.
Fairbanks is trying to be a delete to,
ibe general conference of the Metho
dic church. That meeting is held once
evtrv four years. It is to be held next
year m Ksltimore. Mr. Fairbanks evl
jently fancies that if he can manage to
.hine there, iu May. he will be able to
shine nil the brighter in June, in the
republican party's national convention.
But Methodism in Indianapolis has
its total-abstintnce element. That has
lieen heard from in ? *harp criticism of
the cocktail incident, and the a?sertion
is that Mr. Fairbanks shall not go to
Baltimore as a delegate, if bis church ,
critic* can prevent it.
SEJIATOR PATTERSONS TRIB
UTE IC ALASKA
In a recent writing the following
tribute is paid Alaska by Senator
Thomas M. Patterson, of Colorado:
"Historv records many a sale and
exchange Of oJds and ends of empire,
but none more remarkable than our
acquisition from Russia of magnificent
Alaska for seven million two hundred
thousand dollars. A land of gold and
fursat-d fish inexhaustible: of timoer
and coal ana iron-true sinews of war -
of tin and cooper and gypsum and oil.
" 'Nature's scrap heap,' they called
it-a scrap heap which has yielded
one hundred and fifty million of
dollars' worth of *old already, aud is
laying bare its precious vcils every
Cavs to ea;er seekers from the South.
'?A land with a tortuous coast line
of twenty-six thousand miles, the noma
Of the fur seal all the way 1 Virgin
seas yielding forty twusacd superb
salmou at one haul-a world's record
indeed! That scrap heap will yet
ama/.s the world with iu wealth, and
upon it will be built a nation second
onlv to America. From its five hun
dred and thirty-one thousand square
miles vou might carve fourteen great
states as lar?e as Indian*, then trim off
three New Jerseys, and still have one
hundred thousand square miles to
spare. Governor Brady estimates the
while army of invasion at thirt) |
thousand picked pioreers-'all of then
here for gold ? No worder you will pay
five dollars a night for a room in a
.hack, and a dollar for a couple of
eggs
? ?To many people Alaska Is a mere
v^uue name. It Use somewhere in the
far Northwest peopled by Kskimo,
Indian and polar bear: frozen ugh'- the
vear around and producing little be
sides glariers and volcanoes in startling
juxtaposition. Certainly it is a long
wav off. from Seattle to Nome, by
Skigway. the White Pass, Yukon, and
Norton sound is 3,200 miles. And what
? louroey of panoramic splendor injuly,
when the snow melts and the blue
waters cascade down the giant moun
tains, and colossal glaciers like the
Taku. which presents a wall of ice
nearly three miles long and eleven
hundred feet high :
"Try to realize the vastness and
richness of our new domain. Through
the valleys of the Yukon and its trib
utaries flows one of the world's might
iest river systems. From Whitehorse,
a little town of 500 souls in cabin,
shanty and tent, to St. Michael is 2:100
There is gold beyond the dream of
avarice, but the ice king guards it with
adamantine clutch. A shaft 250 feet
deep will fro all the way through solidly
frozen earth, and in digging out gold
the miners often dig trenches three
feet deep, fill them with wood,
and set it on are to melt the adj <cent
ir.e.
"Out in these 'vilds every man has a :
chance with pick and shovel and pan. !
He may and does work all mghtaa well
as all da?, for at midsummer the sun Is
only below the horizon thirty minutes!
out of the twenty-four hours. But at
midwinter there Is no day for six
weeks Towns are born in a night, as
in the good oM days of the Weat. Take
Fairbanks, up the Tanana river, named
io honor of the Vice-President. Only
a year or two ago the big bear and
Arctic fox roamed hore in an un
dinurbed wilderness. Now there are
fifty square miles of placer gold mines, 1
and perhaps six thousand people.
"The atmosphere is feverish. Wide
open doors that lead to primitive
streets show gamblers at the tables
night and day. One recent month a
miner who cleaned up thirty-six thous
and dollars, went into Fairbanks und
lost it tn one alght."
An English paper watching the Hay
wood trial has the following more or
less truthful view of what American
jury trial* are becoming: "The Hay
wood trial has been in progress for a
goodly number of weeks, and t he end
of it is not yet in sight. The procedure
in the United States c iurts ts beginning
to assume all the characteristics of a
Chinese play, which runs in some cises
until the principal actors die of old age.
If the rjtio of development continues a
line of professional jurors must be onel
of the results. One of these days a case
will arise In which the jurors will be so
long engaged that they will lose their
connection with the trend of huuian af
fairs, such as business and politics. The
on:y method we can see of meeting such
a contingency is to furnish juror* with
permanent employment.'
A young man -t) years old and a young
er sister are in jail at Heppner uu a
complaint sworn to by their father. The
crime with which they are charged is
larceny from a dwelling, the article
stolen being a watch. A Heppner des
patch ad vi that the people of that city
are "more or-less In sympathy with the
girl.'- And well they m!ght be When
the natural protector of a young srirl so
far forgets big duty to his own tiesh and
blood as to aid in having her placed in
jail sne is certainly in need of sympathy.
The girl and the boy may both be hard
cases, but the act of this unnatural
fa. her is ample evidence as 10 where a ;
large portion of the responsibility for
their shortcomings should rest. An i
apple does not fall very far from a tree,
Milwaukee's most recent improve
ment is the placing of twenty-five drink
ing fountains for humankind in all parts
of the city. It may be assumed that
only the reform spirit prevalent the
country over could lead the people of
that city thus to cast any discredit on a
certain potable article that made Mil
waukee famous.
"jail them," says Bryan, meaning
John D, Rockefeller and those like him.
"Mv father is persecuted, " says Rooke
feller's daughter. Difference of opinion
is what makes horse races, but as Mr.
Bryan has been wrong on so uiany dif
ferent stands he has taken he may have
had a chat ge of luck and be right this
time.
Mrs. John A, Logan's daughter, who
has tiled all kinds of shocking charges
against her husband and demands a
large sum of money for her lacerated
feelic^s, evidintly Is W9ll grounded in
the believe that "The jingling of the
guinea heals the hurt that honor feels".
Over in Manilla a jumping cow is re
ported to have eaten a till of giant pow
der and exploded on July 1. Likely she
was preparing to celebrate the Fourth,
but as often happens, the explosion was
premature.
Th? decoration of Enrico Caruso with
the Victorian order by Kin* Edward
mav, In the mind of the matchless ten
or, offset the decoration of the double
cross conferred by a New York ju Ige.
"Kichard Crouer has the freedom of
Dublin," says an exchange. Dublin
should remember that Croker once hud
the freedom of New York.
Call UpTha Alaskan
The Alastcan will be pleased to pub
lish any local or social news of the city
which is telephoned to the office. Call
up 'phone 19 and send it in.
Better get a typewritter. Telephone
I E. C. Niies. Fifth Avenue hotel. tf
Phona City Transfer
oryour^oal, wood sod general haul
ing. Phone 90. Houghton's cigar
store. 104-lmo
At The Mascot
Ml. Vernon Rye, Old Taylor and Bel
mont Whiskies (doable stamped goods,
10 year* old), and Rainier and Pacific
Bottled Beer, at the Mascot.
The Fifth Avenue hotel has unlimited
nccomod&tiona. Steam he*t and overy
thing modern.
FOUND? A diamond. The owner
can have, by proving property and pay
ing for this ad. ? The American Tail
ors. ti
The Vanishing Trick.
Into the grocer" ? shop walked nn an
cient lady with a slow and halting
hvud and carrying on her arm u bas
ket containing a la rue earthenware p?t
with a lid. I'laclng the basket ou the
counter, she made various purchases,
which she put carefully In the pot, and
bad her bill made out.
"Bv the way," she said before paying
this, 'Uo you inlud keeping this pot
with the purchases In It until 1 come
back and pay for them, us I have to
uuy other things some distance off,
and It will lie more convenient for me
to leave the things hero till later?"
This request was willingly acceded
to, and, lifting the pot carefully out
of the basket, the old dame placed It.
with an effort, lu a coiner; then, plac
ing ber basket ou her arm, left the
shup. Hours went by, day ripened
fnto evening, and evening gave way
to night, but the old woman did not
return. At lust the proprietor thought
of examining the earthenware pot to
see If by any chauce It had Its owner's
address ujion It. and great was bis as
tonishment, not uutlnged with djs
uiay, to rind that It possessed uo bot
tom. I.ondou Answers.
Witchcraft In the Nineteenth Century.
Most people believe that witchcraft
among civilized people ended wlieu the
"Salem witch mania" ran Its course
and died out In the year 1092. It did
as far as America Is concerned, except
among savages, but in other countries
the belief In the superstltiou did uot
die until a much later date, even if It
can be truly said to be dead now. In
France an old beggar was tortured to
death as late as ISO* on the charge of
being ouo who "communed with evil
spirits." and In Spain a witch was
burned iu 180S. In 1!<>0 in Frauce a
man aud his wife tortured a suspected
witch to death, aud nothing at all was
done with them by the criminal courts
nu account of the lingering l>ellef iu
sorcery. Four years later a witch was
drowned in Fnglaud. aud in IStiO one
was burned in Mexico. In 187-1. 1ST'.',
18S0 and ag.ilu In 18S0 witches were
publicly burned In Russia, and even
as late as 1S90 regular judicial trials
of witches were had In Prussia. Po
land and Austria-Hungary. %
Hoped He Wouldn't Grow.
A well known member of parliament
was addressing an agricultural meet ,
lug In the south of England aud lu the :
course of his remarks expressed the |
opinion that farmers do uot sufficiently
vary their crops and make a mistake;
In always sowing wheat.
One of the audience opposed to him
lu politics asked hhu what crops he j
would recommend.
"Everything lu turn." he replied.
"Well," sh i?l his Interlocutor. "If j
swedes don't come up. what then?"
"Sow mustard." said the M. P.
"And If mustard doesn't come up. '
what then?"
And so he went on through a whole
IM of crops until, the M. P.'s patience
being exhausted, he put an end to his
ijuestlonlng amid roars of laughter by
saying:
"Oh. sow yourself, and 1 hope you
won't come up."
Circumstantial Evidence.
Chick Bruce was a famous Adlrou
dack guide. who accompunled (J rover
Cleveland on one or two of bis hunting
trip." lu those mountains). Chick left
Mr. Cleveland sitting on a log one
morning while he went out to drive
down a deer should he chance to find
one. When he eauie back he saw his
distinguished employer still sitting on
the log. hut with the muzzle of til* gun
pointing directly at the presidential
chest.
"Here." shouted Chick, "quit that,
doil gast yel Suppose that gun had
gone off and you had killed yourself,
what would have happened to me?
l>eru ye. everybody knows I'm a Ke
publican!" Saturday K veiling Post.
A Lurge Order.
The proprietor of a certain restau
rant "leased" the reverse side of bis
bill of fare to a carriage manufacturer,
wlio prints advertisements thereon.
The other day a customer. In a great
hurry, ran Into the restaurant, sat at a
table and was handed a bill wrong
side Up by the flurried waiter. The
customer put on his pince-nez, curled
his ..i.h Lis left baud and
shouted lu a voice of thunder: "Bring
tut- a tly. a laudau. two victorias and a
d igrurt. Got any funeral cars?" The
waiter tied. -I-oudon Graphic.
Judgment Reversed.
Schoolteacher- 1 am sorry to com
plain, but Johnnie Jones has beeu very
impertinent. Principal? You must be
more patient. Miss Howard. Teach the
children to respect you as they do me.
and we shall have fewer complaints.
What did he say! Schoolteacher? He
said you were the skiuniest old maid
a lit ?!? Brooklyn Life.
The Disadvantages of School*.
"Why have you taken your son out
of school without asking permission?"
Father (a grocen ? But they were
ruining him. I wish to bring him up to
carry on my business, and they were
teaching him that there are sixteen
ounces In a pound.? Motto Pu Kidere.
A Nico Present.
It Is said of a champion mean man
that the only present he ever made to
his wife was on the twenty-fifth anni
versary of their wedding, when he
gave her four yards of cotton cloth
w|th which to (make him a shirt.
Logical Result.
Teacher? What happens * hen a per
pon's temperature goes down as far as
it can go? Tommy? Then he has cold
feet.
The -world knows nothing of Its
greatest men ?Van Artevelde.
JUNEAU S. S. GO'S.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM
HKATED STRAMP.lt
Georgia
Carrying If. S. Mall
For Uaines, Berners Bay; Juneau,
Hoonah, Tenakee, Sitka and Wayports
SUNDAY,^ A. M.
TUESDAY, 10 A. M.
WILLIS NOWELL, Mgr., Juneau
W. W. HOUGHTON, Agenl
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
U. S Mail Steamer
Carrying passengers* and mail
Leaves Skagway eveiy
<lay except Sunday.
at 9 a- m- Leaves
Haines for Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
Fare one way $1-50
Round trin $2.50
STEAMER
"MABEL F."
Commencing June 17. the
Steamer Mabel F will make
round trips daily between
CARCROSS
Wynton and Conrad
Will also do towing and
handle excursions
Thos. H. Brown,
Master
No regrets next morn'
tog-good flavored and
good tor you
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Seattle, Wash.
Pacific Coast S.S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LIKE.
bPEED, SAFETY, COMFORT,
Seattle, Puget Sound, San Francisco and Southern Porta
CARRYING D. S. MAIL
Steamer9 of This Company Leave
City of Seattle - July 12, 24.
Humboldt - July 6, 16, 26
Cottage City - July 5, 19
Via Vancouver
j*gr Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
E. A. MURPHY Agent, Phone 50
C. D. DUNANN, Gen Pass. Agt.
10 Market Street. San Francisco, Cnl.
I he Alaska Steamship Co.
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Kxpress
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON July 3 15
DOLPHIN July 10 21
DOLPHIN has been changed similar to
the IEFFERS0N- State rooms have but
two berths. WE give the FASTEST
SERVICE.
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
R. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone S6
CANADIAN PACIFIC RY.
COMPANY
STEAMER
PRINCESS MAY - July 17,31
PRINCESS ROYAL - July 24
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring to .Seattle via rail or steamer no extra chaige
Newest, fastest Boats Running to Skagway
APPLY TO
Phone 87 AQENT, Skagway
The White Pass & Yukon Route
ini<
(Dally Except Sunday.)
13
No. 1. N. Bound
1st class.
9 30 a. m.
12 05 "
12 48 "
1 -U I a.m
1 40 J "
3 20 p. m
5 50
Leaves
Arrives
SKAOUAY
WHITE PASS
L')G CABIN
I ;ENNETT
( aribou
WlilTK HOKSL'
Arrives
I. oaves
No. 2. S. Bound
1st class
4 30 p. m.
3 (0 "
2 2) "
IS!
11 40 a. m.
? 30 "
Passeneers must be at depots In time to have Bapgape Innpectcd atcl
checked. Inspection Is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of tralu.
150 pounds of bapgape will be checked free with each full fare ticket
snd 75 pounds with each half fare ticket.
?X* . - ? - ? ?
and
Thro.'gh line from Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dawson
intermediate points. Connection made at Dawson with Lower Kiver steamboats tor
Eagle. Circle Cilv, Hampart, i'anana, Fairbanks, Cheua, St. Michael and Nome,
NAVIGATION NOW OPEN
Dailv connection made at, White Horse betweer trains and river steamers for all Yuk>.n
River points, including Mendenhall Landing-, tbe nearest steamboat landing to the
Alsek Cold Fields The following steamboats are operated by the WHITE PASS AND
YUKON ROUTE and are equipped with all modern conveniences, iucluding steam heat
electric light and other features as afford not only safety but comfort to passengers.
WHITE HORSE CANADIAN BONANZA KING
DAWSON CASCA SELKIRK LaFRANCE >
ZEALANDIAN THISTLE VICTORIAN
Through tickets can be purchased at Sksguay for DAWSON, FAIRBAKS, CHENA
and all Lower River points.
Finely appointed trains daily, except Sunday, between Skaguay and White Horse,
carrying passengers, baggage, mail and express.
Baggage bonded through. Direct telepraphic service to all points in Alaska, Canada
and tbe United States.
For information relative to passengei, freight and tel-oraphie rates, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to:
J. H. ROGERS, Traffic Mngr. A. L. BERDOE, Gen. Mngr. F B. WURZBACHER Gen. Agent
Vancouver, B. C. Vancouver, B. 0. and Skaguay' Alaskn Skaguay, Alas a