MAY STRIKE
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Sau ^Francisco Carmen
Threaten to t^ait
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(Special Dispatch to 0*11/ Alaakm)
San Francisco, May 3? The employ
* ees of the San Francisco street can are
considering striking. They have been
' noldiog frequent sessions for the last
three day*. These included ooe all
night meeting. 1% is considered likely
that the men wil walk out.
The street car men thick they have
been very fair and are becoming 'In
censed at the attitude of the owners.
After their demand for the increase in
waxes had been made and denied they
made a formal ofTer to accept the wage
scaU in force at Oakland across the
b sr. .This, like the firstldemand, wm
re. used by the owners.
SI/WICH BUYS
AVOIIifR Bill DING
Tony Stanich has purchased' from
Robert C. Smith, formerly of I this
place, the old Sylvester building and
fractional lot at the corner of the alley
between Fifth and Sixth avenues on
Broadway. The terms of the purchase
are not disclosed.
This little piece o' land is a part of
the Pac*. Train lot, which Mr. Stanich
purchased at marshal's sale several
years ago. The building on it hasboen
occupied by the Fack Train saioon
business since It was vacated by the
cigar store of a. Bell. It will con
tinue to be so occupied.
FIRfMEIM WILL
MELT TOMORROW
There will be a rfgular meeting of
the Skagwav :ire department tr morrow
evening at Firemen's hall. Among the
features of the meeting will be the
initiation of several new members.J
After the businesa meeting there
will be a social session Jat which C. J.
DeSerisy will entertain the members
with his phonograph for which he has
secured a lot of new records.
EIETYMILE IS
ONE WEEK LATE
The ice was one week later going out
of Fiftymile river at Whitehorse this
year than it was last. Last year every
thing cleared out io front of the Wnite
Pass depot at 3 ?. m., April 25 h. Thii
year It was at 2:30 p. m., May 2.
Gov. Hoggatt Circulate* Flotlon
Gov. Hoggatt says hardly anybody in
Alaska wants self-government and the
Fost-Intelligeocer says Dearly every
body In Alaska wants it, which is a
polite way of saying that the governor
is circulating fiction. This also hap
pens to be a fact.? Seward Gateway.
Lo.t
Lady's long black kid 'glove. Finder
please leave at Oanty & Frandson's, or
notify them. 4 10-tf
Lo?t
On Friday las; corner Sixth and State
1 pair of glasses. Will finder please
notify Alaskan or A. P. Diapes. tf
50 designs of 1907 wall paper just re j
ceivcd at Harrison's
BUY ON*:
S.art Busy Year Willi Good
Watch
Do you need a wa'ch? You do unless
you ha/e one already that is thorough'y
reliable. There is nothing so needful
to the busy man? workman or business
man a> a watch that will correctly
mark lime.
We sell all the leading makes o
wauhrs at PRICES THAI ARE
RIGHT.at prices as low as those which
obtain in New York, Chicago or any of
the other great metropolitan centers.
We sell gold watches, silver watches,
Diesel watches, and all kinds of wa'ches
of ail the standard makes.
We carry the most complete and
roost up-to-date stock of jewelry, China
ward actl cut glassware in Alaska.
Our repair department is the most mod
era tn all its appointments and the
most thorough io ?-he work turns out.
We examine the eyes free of cost and
fit them with the kind of glasses that
scientific tests demonstrate that they
require.
J. Ikuta. Optician and Jeweler.
:
: How I Became a Detective*
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[Original. 1
I v.us born and brought up In the
country. When I canie to be twenty
one I held a consultation with myself
and decided that 1 would cast my lot
with city people. Having sufficient
funds to keep me while hunting for a
situation, 1 packed my traps, took a
traiu lor Chicago, found a boarding
place and began my hunt
Ouo day when I came to my room In
ihe evening I found an euvelope that
had been left for me by the postman?
i had left my address with the post
?oaster- -containing a simple ndvertls
ag card. 1 was atio'.it to throw l>otb
.nto the wastebasket when I noticed
something written iu lead pencil on the
card. Taking It to the light, I read:
4 - S ? Wis N ? H2>4 fith.
It seemed to me that some one bad
>ceu ilguriug on the card, and again I
started to throw it iuto the wastebas
ket. But, having an h.?ur before diu
uer. with nothing to do but brojd over
my failure to obtain a situation, I sat
down with it and amused myself try
iug to puzzle out what tile writer had
been figuring. Having nothing to guide
me. I failed to make eveu a start.
When 1 went dowu to diuner I left
tliy card ou the table. .On returning to
my room while deluding whether I
would put In tlie evening amoug the
gay crowds on the priucipal thorough
fares or iu my room I took up the ad
vertising card and began to puzzle over
the writing on it.
After considerable study 1 made up
mv mind that it concealed a message.
Suddenly a possible Interpretation of
the 4 ? 22 occurred to me. The day
was April 20th. April was the fourth
month, and the 22d would be the day
after tomorrow. The nest possible In
terpretation I reached was 342V>j 0th,
which I decided meant 342^ Sixth
itivet or avenue. With these two
inks 1 was not long in deciding that
lOi-j N meant half past 10 o'clock at
?ilghr. If this was a correct decipher
ing something was to hupi>en on the
22d of April at half past 10 Iu the
evening at o+L'> Sixth street or ave
nue. TUere was no Sixth avenue In
the city, so It must K- Sixth street.
I was so < urlous in the matter that
I went out at once t > visit 342'.: Sixth
street. If there was a half number 1
would suspect my interpretation to be
correct. 1 was astounded to find the
half d amber. I could scarcely lielieve
my eTes. The house was only about
twelve feet front, a very old brick
shanty. There was no light In it, and
It was locked tight.
'It occurred to mo that if the person
for whom the card was Intended did
not get it the scheme? If It was &
scheme? would be spoiled. So the next
day I returned It to the postofflce. I
was between two horns of :i dilemma
The first was. Should I go to the po
lice with a story that would- almost
certainly prove me a fool? and the seo
ond was to watch alone to see If any
thing happened. I spent two days of
wearing Indecision, and when the
night of the 22d came on I had come
to no conclusion. At 10 o'clock I went
to the building In question and wait
ed. It may seem that I should have
notified the police, but who except a
crack brained foo! would have made a
case even for suspicion out of such
gauzy evidence?
At half past 10 exactly a cart came
lumbering along the street and stop
ped In front of 3421.-. The cartman
went to the door, looked about hlm?I
was concealed behind n tree l>ox?
gave two light raps and after a few
seconds a third, the door was opened,
and he was admitted. I expected to
see a light In the building, but did not.
Presently two men came out carrying
a box. One locked the door, and to
gether they carried the box to the cart,
put it In and drove away.
Oh, why had I not had the courage of
conviction to notify the police?
I followed at a distance for several
miles, when the men dme into a lane
running past the rear of .1 country
house. 0:1 which was a barn. They took
the box luto the barn. I went near
and. listening, heard them up In the
hayloft. Then they came down? I get
tins out of the way. of course? aud.
.lumping 011 tb ? cart, they drove back
to town.
Marking the >p >t so that I should
know It agala. I lost no time In mak
ing my way back to the city and to po
lice headquarters. 1 - imply told the In
spector what 1 had witnessed, and In
ten minute^ he. with two policemen
and myself, was driving to the barn.
Cautiously prying open the door, we
entered, weut up Into the loft and
found the 1.0s concealed under the hay.
Taking It back to headquarters, the In
spector invited me Into hjs private of
fice. where it was opened. It contained
gold, bank notes and t>onds to th*
amount of $243,000.
I was eujoiued to keep the matter a
1 secret, the barn was watched and th#
men arrested. They had robbed a bank
a long while before and had kept the
proceeds In the brick shanty. Being
watcbe-.l by the police, they dared not
communicate openly and did so by the
use of the advertising card. They
chase a name which happened to be
mine. Only one of them knew the loca
tion of the plunder, and he was to noti
fy the other of the time and place,
when he was to bring a cart for Its re
moval to the barn, from whence they
could better carry It away In small lots.
I received $20,000 reward for the re
tarn of the treasure, and the chief of a
detective bureau ofTered me a lucrative
position. I am now examiner of sus
pected clews and uever go out of thi
office on iinj business of an official na
ture MOBRIS Wi'NNR.
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I A MATRIMONIAL |
I BLUNDER |
(Original.]
A girl stood peepiug through an open
ing made by a door standing slightly
ajar. She soliloquized thus:
"Not very good looking. Nose very
bad. Halr-(lne aud glossy, but there's
not enough of It. A little too tall and
sleuder."
It was iu the old city of Genoa,
where many of the marriages are
brought about by brokers. They keep
a list of marriageable girls and their
good points, such as accomplishments,
beauty, fortune* etc. The brokers ar
range the marriage for the would be
groom with the girl's parents, and the
couple are introduced afterward. Either
party may recede after the lutroduc
tlon, but if the man wishes to do so he
must pay the brokerage aud expenses.
Such an arrangement had been made
for the union of Vittorl Concl and Lu
cia Arroodeo, and the young lady, hav
ing made up her mind what' course to
pursue, 'opeued the door aud stepped
into the apartment where the geutle
mau awaited her. Ten minutes later
he left the house, and Signorina Armo
deo Joined her mother iu the library.
"I think," said the daughter indecis
ively, "that f shall decline to fulfill the
contract. He Is either very wise or
very stupid, for he opened his eyes
ui>on me? they are his only redeeming
feature ? but scarcely opened his
mouth."
The front door creaked and her fa
ther entered.
"It's all off," he said.
"What do you mean?" asked the
daughter, starting.
"I met Signor Conei on the doorstep,
lie declines to complete the contract.
He chose rather to pay all expenses.
However, since you are only eeveutoeu,
there Is yet time."
"Indeed there is," replied the daugh
ter under her breath and with a dan
gerous glitter In her eye.
One evening soon after this episode
Vittorl and Lucia met at a ball.
"Good eveulug, signor," she said. "1
am glad to meet you again. Because
we do not marry there Is 110 reason why
we may not be friends," and, slipping
her hand within his arui^she walked
away with him. The orchestra was
playing oue of Straus' delightful
waltzes, aud what could the young
mau do but propose that they should
dance? Then, wbeu they had finished,
"the girl proposed that they should sit
awhile in a recess and chat. He seem
ed embarrassed at first, but his com
panlon put him at his ease. Indeed, be
fore they parted he felt bold enough to
apologize for having refused to marry
i her. but his courage forsook him and
he stammered Incoherently.
"Don't spenk of (hat," she said. "It
was presumptuous iu me even to thlni
of such a tiling. Vou are so mud
brighter than I, so prominent socially,
a marriage between us was not to b?
considered. Besides, there is too great
a difference In our ages."
"I am thirty," he remarked, some
what chopfallen.
"And I am only seventeen. Thirteen
years Is a great difference. 1 respect
elderly meu, but a chit like myself
should not aspire to marry one of
them."
Vlttorl went home feeling very un
comfortable. Lucia In her ball dress
had appeared far more to advantage
than In home costume. He regretted
his decision. Hut what troubled hln
most wits to have been informed that
he was passing Into an age which
young girls consider old.
One day Yittori met the broker who
had mnde the contract for him. The
man chided bun for withdrawing. Vlt
torl admitted that he had made a mis
take.
"I'll fix up a new contract," said the
broker. ?
"I'll pay you another commission."
"Done."
A few days later the broker notified
Vlttorl that a new contract had beet)
made with Siguor Armodeo. for his
daughter's baud. Vlttorl was much
pleased. He did not know how Lucis
felt iu the matter, but Italian glria
were used to obeying their fathers.
There would be no trouble.
One day the broker informed Vlt
torl that all had lieen arranged and
he might call upon Lucia as soon as h?
liked. He found Lncia arrayed in
her most dainty visiting costume, with
hat and gloves.
"I am pleased to see yon, Signor
Conci, but I fear there has been a mis
take. My father has Informed me that
he had made a new contract for us.
This he has done without my consent.
Yesterday I was eighteen and of age,
coming Into my fortune. I am sorry
If you are disappointed. As I have
told you, your gray hairs stand be
tween uu"
"Sly gray hairs!" said the astonlsh
ed Vlttori. "I was not aware that I
had one!"
"Vou must not be put to expense In
this matter. Here Is my check for the
commission, (iood evening. I am sor
ry that you have been put to unneces
sary trouble. You must excuse me. I
am going out."
The suitor tottered to the door and
out Into the air, which he sadly needed,
though It did not revive him. For a
week he was on the verge of suicide,
then settled down to a miserable ex
istence. The next time be met Lucln
irhe treated him bo cordially? almosi
affectionately? that he plunged Into
furnace of hope, but on a second meet
lug he was transferred to an Icy pool
of despair. After keeping him swing
ing between the two extremes for sev
eral years she cut him dead one day
on the street.
A man who has wfnsed a wumaa
had better afterward fceep out of her
w*y. mark Anderson.
I
SPECIAL SALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing Monday 1-2 ofl.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
fttE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by the old lift
or tr.iss pla?
used ia sons?
households!
BUT
with f
W "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
even-thing is so arranged that by
following the simple instruction*
the quality is always delkiottB.
See our several styles and let W
explain the perfect way.
P. E. KERN
Gold aod Silver smith.
We have a large stock |
Lomney's Candy
Peter's Ghoeolates|
Also allarge stock ol
Fresh Nuts
Dont1 Forget the.Nutnber. 428 Brdw'y |
Tony Dortero's
and Importer of
MILLINERY
ordera solicited and filled immediatly
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The
Nugget jewelry of all
kinds, Indian curios,
sovenir spoons
I H. D. Kirmse, Pioneer Jeweler
Official Timekeeper for the W. P,'& Y. R.
Mail Orders a Soecialty
On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER .
First Faucet t 2 !00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " *' 50
Urinals " " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hotc's, per room additional 10
Beer P.imps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries 7.50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per load 1.00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
All Year Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops ^and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ 1.00
Enclosed Arcs 10.00
ALL NI9HT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights 1.50
Enclosed Arcs \ 15 00
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
1.50
12.50
2.00
17 50
EDWIN BROWNE. Manager.