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THE MARYLAND AMENDMENT
Late accounts show that the defeat
of the negro disfranchisement amend
ment in Maryland was due to the for
eign vote. The amendment provided
that the direct decendants of those in
the state who were electors prior to the
fantiajj of the suffrage to the negroes
were eliminated from its restrictions.
The purpose was to disfranchise illiter
ate negroes, only, as voters. The effect,
however, was to take the ballot away
from foreigners and the children of
those who c->me to the United States
since IStiS), who can neither read nor
write, but to let the man of native born
parents alone. This was looked upon
by the foreign born population as dis
crimination a'd its members, demo
crats and republicans, voted with the
negroes. This action of the foreign
voters and the inability of the demo
cratic machice to make a party issue of
it caused the defeat of the amendment.
As it was it got a large majority of the
white tote.
Tho Sitka Alaskan thinks the Daily
Alaskan's si ecial dispatches are value
less because one of them recently re
ferred to Cool Burgess, the famous
minstrel, as a "well known minister." ;
The joke is on the telegraphic opper
*tor, who confounded the words which
are so nearly alike. The mistake is
such an one as frequency occurs with
any news service.
Dr. Washington Gladden announced
two weeks ago from his pulpit that the
"tainted money" controversy has been
settled, and that hereafter no Coogre
gationalist will solicit money from
'persons whoso gains have been made
by methods reprehensible or socially
injurious."
Secretary Bonapirte has decided to
turn down the recommendation of the
naval board that three mighty war-,
ships, larger than any now atloat.be !
constructed. It is said Bonaparte's
views are not in accord with those of
the presideut as to naval building.
t bishop Stephen U. Merrill, long one
of the leaders of the Methodist church,
is dead. He passed away last week
rich in years and works.
Telegraphic dispatches say that J
1055 men deserted f;ora the fleet of
Prince Louis, of Batteaberg, while It '
was in American waters.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED.
Tie Constant Wearta* of ? Hat Pro?o
gatea Dandruff Genoa.
? her? are many men who wear their
Lata . .acticaily all the time when awake,
a* 1 r- blessed with a heavy shock of
- 1 If the scalps of these same men
cr.ee became infested with dandruff
g'.-m*. the parasites would multiply All
tie quicker for lack of air. Baldness
would ensue as the final result New
bro's JTerpleide kills these germs and
stimulates unhealthy hair to abundant
growth. Herplclde Is a pleasant hair 1
dressi-g as well as a dandrvr -ire and
contains not an atom of lrjurloua sub
stance. Sold by leading dr- crisis. Send
?V\ In stamps for sample The Herpl
clde Co.. Detroit Mich.
Wm. Bri t, Special A -er.t. J
CHANGES IT
Judge Gnnuison Reverses
brown in Wraugell Case
Jud^e Gunnison has decided the fam
ous Wrangell sawmill receivership
case, holding for Robert Reid, original
administrator of the estate of Rufus
Sylvester, vacating the order removing
him and appointing L. H. Wakefield as
administrator de bonis con. The suit
of L. H. Wakefield, as administrator of
the estate of Rufus Sylvester, against
Mary A. Wilson and Thomas McHugh,
as administrators of the estate of
Thomas H. Wilson, formerly a partner
of Rufus Sylvester, for an accounting
was dismissed, and, consequently, the
receivership arising under that suit
[terminated.
The decisioa is sweeping and undoes
as far as possible everything Judge
Brown had done in the matter.
The resignation of J. A. Hellenthal,
who had been appointed receiver by
Judge Brown, was accepted last spring
and C. E. Davidson, who had been
ag reen upon by all the parties to the
action as his successor, is the man who
will now wind up his affairs and turn
the property over to Robert Reid and
Mary Wilson A. Wilson ar.d Thomas
Mo Hugh.
This is one of the cases that stirred
up much of the opposition that resulted
in the removal of Judge Brown from
otiite. It was stubbornly contested.
Judge Delaney and afterward Robert
W. Jennings and J. J. Boyce represent
ed those litigants, who have been finally
successful.
Indluupolii Comtnc.
The new fast passenger steamer,
Indianapolis, recently purchased by
the Alaska Steamship Company, has
reached New York on her journey from
Chicago to Puget Sound. Word to
that effect was received in tho last
mail.
FOR GIFTS
Holiday Goods Are Now On
Hand
We are prepared for the holiday
trade with the best selected stock from
which to select gifts in the north. In
addition to a splendid assortment of
silverware, chinaware, glassware and
the very best articles of gold jewelry,
we have a splendid line souvenirs of
all kinds, Christmas cards and others
things appropriate for the holidays.
Take our advice and do not purchase
your gifts before making a careful in
spection ot our stock. You will regret
it if you do not do this, We are pre
pared to satisfy, both with tho goods
and the price, the most fastiduous.
J. IKUTA,
Jeweler and Optician.
notice of settlem nt or
FINAL, ACCOUNT
In (he matt r of the estate of Frank
Volland, dcctased.
Norict. IS HEREBY GIVEN that,
thi administrator has filed in the U. S
1 o-nmissioner's court, at Skagway, sit
ting Jn probate, h s final accounr, as ad
m iiis ra o', of the above named estate,
ard the court has by order fixed
Wednesday, January 10. th., I9O6, as the
time for hearing and settling said ac
court. All persons therefore having
nything to cay why said account should
not be settli d and approved, are here y
notified to make their appear mce in
sa 1 court, on said day. and mike their
allegations in that behalf.
A. M. Ross
Administrator
Skagway Alaska, Noy. 8, 1905.
JAMES HOPE,
INSPECTOR.
[Coyprlght, 1W*. by T. C. McCluro.)
Inspector Hope was at the zenith of
his fame when be was given the ease
of "The Brown Eyes" to work up. The
beginning of the case was a murder
committed In a Loudon omnibus.
While the vehicle was rolling along
with only two passengers in It? one a
banker and the other a lady? the bank
er was stabbed to the heart, Ad the
lady swung herself off the step and dis
appeared among the crowd. The bunk
er lived long enough to say that sho
was a young and handsome woman,
richly attired, and that she hid large
brown eyes. She had not robbed him,
nor could he tell why she hud sought
his death. She sat near him, but they
had not spoken a word when she sud
denly drew a dagger ami plunged It
Into his side. Fifty different people
saw the young woman leave the omni
bus, but five minutes later, when the
alarm was given, no one could say In
which direction she had disappeared.
Even In his dying hour, as was after
ward ascertained, the banker bad lied.
Many years previou My and In another
city he had wronged a trusting girl
and left her to die in shame and dis
grace. That girl had a sister, and the i
murderess of the omnibus was un
doubtedly she. The banker had two
sons, both of them young men. One
held a responsible position in a large
jewelry house, and the other v'as Just,
setting up as a barrister. The police
thought it would be an ea?v i -ltter to
pick up the woman with tl:< brown
eyes, but they found to the cintrary.
She did not have half an h hi 's start
of them, and yet they fa'led to dis
cover a trace. For wee'.cs an 1 weelis
they were looking fir brown 1 yed wo
men and keeping them under surveil
lance, but nothing came of it.
One day three months ht.r >. young
woman who spoke French fai -ly well,
but who was undoubtedly Engl sh. call
ed at a jewelry house in IJac 1 street
and looked at a lot of valual V gems
and asked that they be sent to her
rooms at a certain Intel at a certain
hour. She would then pay for ' liat she
finally selected. It ^ as the l ouse In
which the banker's son was ei :ployed,
and he was selected to go with the val
uables. He reached the hotel, was con
ducted to the lady's rooms and two
honrs later was found dead tt:>re. He
had also been stabbed. As non ? of the |
gems had been taken and as t'.io wom
an had mysteriously disappeared it |
was set down as a case of revenge.
According to the clerk and the servants
of the hotel, the murderess h:ul large
brown eyes, and her general descrip
tion fitted that of the woman of tbe
cab.
At tills time two events fiSpponed in
the life of Inspector Hope, lie was
given the case of the brown eyed wom
an to work out, nnil li!s wife lia 1 a par
tie! stroke of paralysis and engaged a
young woman to act ns nurse and com
panion. She had advertised, and in an
swer came a stranger who knew a good
deal about nursing and whs brought
the very best of characters. Inspector
Hope saw and talked with her himself
and was pleased to find her int-lligoat
and anxious to please. She freely an
swered all questions and tock the pla;e
on probation. The inspector was to
write to certain parties In regard to her
recommends. Wheu two weeks had
passed she asked if he had written. He
had not His wife was so well plea^-d
with her nurse that he decided to take
chances.
For five weeks the nurse never left
the bouse, and for five weeks Inspect
or Hope brought all his luck, logic
and scusen to bear oil the ln.it ir.vr
der case, but he maile no progress, lie
was In despair, bv.t still at ?' I;, fill
ing that his reputation was at stale,
when a third mysterious murder wus
committed. The son of the banter
who was In law had raccIvcJ as a
client one afterntij.i a yj: ;; and
handsome woman wea!-:r.g a !. .If v- '
She was In his office an li.iiir. Dur; -
the first half hour two poop!'.' aw her
there. No one knew v.hea siie i! ?
parted, but when a caller opened tht
door the young lawyer was found
breathing his last. II ? had Ic. u stab
bed as h!s father autl brj;l r had
been, and by the same dagger .:lid tlir
same hand. Again the murder ss b id
disappeared and left no trace.
As a member of the family, almosi.
the nurse heard a great deal of talk
about tlie strange murders an. I seem
ed interested to an exteut. She knew
how fervently the inspector desired ti
make a capture and was kind enough
to hope that he would succeed. Two
days after the murder of the lawyer
Mrs. Hope and the nurse weut to tilt
country for a two months' stay, and
the inspector set to work as he never
had before. Spurred by the rewards
offered, a thousand detectives and
constables were on the lookout for the
woman with brown eyes. AVI en six
weeks had passed and their ar.ior had
begun to cool Inspector Hope r reived
word that his wife's nursi- was
strangely missing. He went li wu t
the farmhouse and found that sucl
was the case. She had simply walked
out of the house in the evening aud
been swallowed up in the darkness.
The Inspector sat dowu and thought
for an hour. Then he rose up snt'
made a search of the baggage i?
woman had left behind. One siinplt
thing betrayed the whole case to hiiu.
On a blotting pad found in her trunk
he fonnd the address of the lawyer as
she had blotted the envelope. She had
written to make an appointment, aud
she was the murderess. Her hand
bad struck down the father and - his
two sons. For a year the inspectoi
hunted the earth for the woman with
the brown eyes, and failing to find the
slightest clew he resided from Hie
Yard and retired to private life.
M. QUAD
You are at Home
When you stop at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
It is there where you find all
the' Comforts and Conveniences
which have made this Hotel so
well and favorably known to the
Traveling Public and Tourists
from all parts of the world.
First-CIass Rates Moderate
MOORES WHKRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route J
| 411 South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Drck
REGULATIONS 1905 '
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
Ail freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the D. S. customs ;
office) and must be delivered before 5 p m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this hour. . ?
BAGGAGE? Tolls will be collected oc Checked Baggage Oni.t. No J
chargo for bags and grips when unchecked. (
The wharf gate will bo closed to tho public when steamer is nearing <
dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked, J
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P. O. Box 175. C. E. W YNN-JOHNSON, Gen'l Mgr <
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Hew mater and Cigbt Rates
Oo and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and, light service from the Northwest L'ght
& P oweiCompanj:
WATER
First Faucet f 2 00
Each " additional (except wasti basins, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotols or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " ?' 50
Urinals " " " 11 " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " . 25
Hote's, per room additional 10
Beer Pumps 1 00
Restaurants 5.<:0
Steam Laundries 7 50
Hand " 5 00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5 00
Hose Cum lection for Fire Protection 1 00
Families carrying water 150
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per lond 1 00
Lawn and Street sprinkling F. ee
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE "
All Year Winter
S1 ores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each If! cp lights $ 1.00 1.50
Enclosfd Arcs 10.<0 12.50
ALL NIGHT SKRVICE
Each 16 cp lights 1 50 2.00
Enclosed Arcs 15.00 17.50
32 cp lights double 16 cp -?
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1030 watts.
^Pacific Coast S.S. Co.
PIONEER ALASKA LINE.
SPEED, SAFETY. COMFOR1
Seattle, Puget Sound, San Francisco and Southern Porte
CARRYING U. 8. MAIL
Steamers of This Company I.eave
Cottage <2ity ? - Nov. 28
Via Vancouver and Sitka
Pumboldt ? * Nov. 29
Direct
m. Above Schedule Subject to change Without Nouoe.
E. A. MURPHY, Agent, Phone 50
C. D. DUNAMN, Gen- Pass. Agt.
10 Market Street, San Francisco, Ce' .
f 1 he Alaska Steamship Co. |
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON, - - Dec. 2
FARALLON - - Nov.
Company reserves right to change sailing date without notice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addiiional Charge
R. A. CARROLL. Agent. Phone 66
i Canadian Pacific Ry. Co.
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STEMER
! AMUR - Nov. 4, 15, 26
Dec. 11, 26; Jan. 11, 26; Ftb. 11. 26
Sailing at 8 p.n
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring to Seattle via rail or steamer without extra chaige
We give quick service
For Information Write or Apply to
H.B. DUNN,
Agent, Skagway
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