VERY ? FUNNY
? ?
.President Takes Very Pe
caliar Attitude
(Seattle Post- Inteligencer.
President Roosevelt on his visit to
Porto Rico, assured the people of that
depencUnev that he would use every ef
fort to secure citizenship for them: that
his efforts would be unceasing "to help
jou along- the path of true self-govern
ment." This is precisely the utterance
which would be expected of a man of
'he democra'ic instincts of President
Roosevelt. He believes in self govern
ment: he believes the people of Porto
Rico are entitled to self-government:
and he will do what he can to see that
they ret it.
The people of Porto Rico already
have a large measure of self-gov
ernment. Thev can make their own
laws, concerning their own loca
affairs.
hey lack no more of se'f-governmen'
than do the ueople of the organized
territories of Arizona, Oklahoma, New
Mexico and Eawaii.
Such measures of self-government as
the people of Porto Rico now have
and wnich dissatisfies them because it
is not great enough is out of al! pro
portion greater th*n any measure ol
self gov^r^ment whi h has beet
gr nted the American white citizet
who live in Alnska Alaska would h
fairiv en: nt r organized urder such
governtnt-:it >s that of Porto Rich o
of Hawaii. It would take a vert lor;
advance nl?os the ro-d toward self
governn en" if it were given evfn sue
a Irgislat re b.dv as that which th
Mai ys, Moros and o-her ?emi bai
barians in th- Philippines are to b
ac.-orded imir liaie.v.
\101iL AdOII
Kt i cniK mm)
Andrew Mar.ncovcb. :he Ketcbflfai
killer.acd lac-f L ver?. h.s victim, wr ?
both miners. They quarrelled over th
affec-ioes of Esther Mitchell, a wora-i
of the under worid. The three ta>
been drinking all night and th? i
qu?rrel had been at the point of ope>
hostilities when th woman seemed t'
patch up the diffrrences. Marericovicli
?, who had ?pparentlj surrendered h ?
cl?'ms to the woman's smiles for
while, went to tie d o-. He cailn
Leevers and ?hen the latter reacj'i |
* him he received five shots :n his bod\
dying in ac hour.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Skagway, Janua'y 10, 1907.
The weather cocditiocs at Ska^wn
for the 24 hours preceding noon toda
were as follows:
Max. Temp 32 above zer<
Min. " IT "
Mean " 2.~>
Temp, at noon IT " "
Precipitation 00
H. D. Ciark.
Volunteer U. S. Weather observar
SElbWAl WEATHER
The result of the observation take
at Moore wharf at midnight. Ian. 9.
1906. is as follows
Temperature tirn observat'n 34 abov.
Max. temp. preceding 24 hours.. 3? "
Min " " " " ..34 '?
Mean 4* " 14 11 ...'tH '
Barometer 30 23
Clooy, light S juth wind.
TO CtJPEA 'OLD IN ON* DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinin'
[ablets, Lruggis-ts re'ui d money if i
fai s to cure. E. W GROVh'S sign>
lure i? i'D < ach b\x 2 oc.
At th* Ma?o?t
Mt. Vertion read Old Belmo1
whiskeys, double stamped goods, m
wnoleMle urices at toy -VI *s
171E BEST
COFFEE
can be
' SPOILED
by the old tdt
cr miss p'.a*
used ia ?on?
rcrusehokUj
BUT
? vith p
*7- "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
foilo'wir.g the simple i:'.stractionl
the quality is always delniorw.
See our several styles and letti*
explain the perfect way.
. P. E. KERN
The Pack Train ?a!oon always leads.
It carries only the best brands of whis ?
kies, wines, beers and all the othe '
goods to be had at a first-class gentle
Gold and Silvt-r smith.
men's resort
A Tale of the Olden Time
(Original. I
It a tithe of tin.- romance contained
in history could be recorded the in
ventors oj' fictitious happening* would
be put to slmuie. In the inust.v records
contained in the Tower of I.oudou or
in the plain uuvaruished hintory of
Scotland there is a plentiful supply of
themes for Kuglish sons and story.
Here is one that needs no elaboration:
In a cell in a Scottish castle Sir .iohu
Cochrane, a knight, condemned by ihe
king to >>e beheaded, was taking a final
leave of his daughter.
"Farewell, my child," said the father.
"I ant to die at dawn tomorrow."
The girl looked at him fiercely? so
fiercely that Ut almost thought this
horror had deprrred her of reason.
'"Father." she said hoarsely, "yon
must uot die."
The knight folded her in his arms
and moaned iu broken toues: "The
king wills it. He has signed my death
warrant, and it is on its way. It will
be here tonight. The scaffold and bloek
are ready. The headsman is waiting.
The sun tomorrow will not rise on
your father My child, do not deceive
yourself. There is no hope."
Withdrawing from his embrace, the
girl turned and left him. As she passed
out of the door she paused and. turn
ing. said with the energy of despair:
"Father, you shall not die."
The night was dark. A courier dash
ed and splashed along a muddy Scot
tish road. A mail pouch was slung to
his shoulder Now and again the
bough of some overhanging tree would
sprinkle his face with rain water, and
his horse was continually plungiug into
i some pool or tuudhole in the road. The
moorland stretched ahead of him. lie
! fore him and behind him. Far In the
distance lontned the castle in which Sir
John Cochrane was confined, and the
j messenger was making straight for it.
i Iu the east was a faint forewarniug of
dawn. Noticing it. lie spurred his horse.
| muttering:
"I shall be late It would be a pity
to keep a uian in suspense. It's to be
I at duwu. and mj presence is as neces- 1
' s ? . \ a- tha: of the man who is to part t
| ?v;tu his head."
lie had ? in ? ? i v finished Ins soliloquy I
whrii something sprang op and at him |
| from the road. At first he thought it a I
oeast. but in another moment he felt a j
! pair of arms struggling to deprive him
; of his mail pouch. The courier was
| uot a weak man. aud his enemy was of
light mill slender build, but it st-euied
I as if heaven were giving to the latter,
I superhuman strength. In vain the i
courier tried to throw him off. lie I
? lung like a panther Th>-n the horse. |
unable to support the two struggling j
j Weights, fell The courier roiled into
a ditch !>e>idc the road, and as he t
clambi-nsl out lie caught sight of a I
figure clad in the garments of a Scot- i
fish knight -ranj^ig in silhouette j
j ugain>f the line where earth and sky I
| UiCt.
At tin- -\:st le tti .se wtM were to nm
elate :it tin- execution emerged from !
their sleeping i-nnius in witness the i
passing i.!' Sir .lull it i 'ochraue. Nothing j
was wanting Imt the official order for
tin- execution. :t In I that was tint forth- I
coining. I'awn grew into daylight. I
ami ilio *1111 rose. Tlit-n came the I
courier with his stor.v that lie hail lieen |
attai k.'il in- an unknown knicliT au>l
roMioil of I - mail pouch containing lie
| warrant. I hi- headsman rested on lii<
ax while th" others eonsttlteil. There
six'tinsl nothing lo ilo hut -cml to the
? 1 1 ? til for :ui"t!ier nnler. ami. consili
ent r_- the ili-i.iiii-e ami the roads of '.lie
|v-rioi|. the tri|i won hi r<i]iiiri> two
weeks The ll|os>cl|ger Was ilispatcll
ml. tile official* dispersed ami the
lieailsinan |itit away his ax
( Miring t |n-rii?I of waiting the fa
llier ioiife?sir was |ileailing for Sir
John's life, Crailually a hope sprang
like a green sprig from tile grouud.
grew stroiigi-. 1 mi |<lr>< 1 atnl bloomed
iuto a belief iliat thi' C'jiideninefi man
would in- pardoned. I :iit if so which
would arrive first. the new death war
i rant nr the pnrdi mV In those days of
uncertain communication no one could
tell.
One morning a sentry on the castle
wall looking over the moorland saw
:n the distance a horseman i-oniiug at
.1 gallop. The sentry called the atten
tion of others to the comer, and the
wall was ~!>.iii covered with Sir -John
I'ochranc's well wishers. ,\s the man
came near lie waved a paper a Ik) ve
his head and >bouted. "A pardoD !"
The prison doors were swung open.
! .mil the prisoner stepped forth a free
1 man. <ioing t i bis home, followed by
! a host of loyal friends, he was over
I whelmed willi congratulations. He
bad expij-ted Ills daughter to be the
tii-st to welcome him. but when be did
not sec her lie was trouble*!. He ask
! iil for her :* In I was toiil that she had
I not been seen since the evening she
bail parted from liiin In his ????II. All
1 day the rejoicings went on. but when
night came the man who had | Hissed
from th" sh: ilow of death to the light
| of life was alone Then came a serv
| imt to announce that a young kuiglit
lies i red to .see ti i in Hoping that the
straliger Uire news of Ills daughter.
Sir John ordered bis admittance. A
slender young inati of feminine up
peHrance entered ami handed blm u
parchment.
Sir .loll li ran ids eyes over the ducu
meiit and. seeing that it was his deatb
| warrant, turned pale. Then he threw
it iuto the tire
"You prevented this from reaching
its destination''" lie asked.
"I did."
"And who are you and what Interest
bad you lu saving my life?"
The knight threw off helmet, cloak
ii ud jerklu and stood liefore the aston
ished man as his daughter.
ESTHER WILLIAMS
THE EJVD
OF MATEO
[Copyright. 190C, by Eugeiie Parcella.]
There was never a wore absolute
iHonurch. no matter what his color,
thanKingMateo. who reigned over three
of the New Guinea islands thirty years
ago.
Mateo's father had made the mistake
?i murdering the crew of a trading
vessel, ami when word had been pass
ed around the white men would trade
with him no more. The sou sent word
far and wide that all traders should bo
safe with him. stud in time many ves
sels called a l his islands. He had
copra aud oil anil other things lo soil,
but he wanted guns ami ammunition
In exchange.
He hired white men to drill his war
riors and build forts for him. lie e\en
got hold of a number of cannon aud
had them moulded, lie had the largest
fleet of war canoes on the big island.
If his men could have been made sail
ors of, fhe old chap could have gone
Into the pirate business in first class
sliH|>e.
For five .veal's King Mateo encour
aged traders and whalers ami got
ready for a grand coup, and then he
struck a blow that made his name in
famous in every eastern sea. Iu his
principal harbor were lying two Eng
llsh whalers and live trading vessels
when he gave a grand feast. It was
his wish that the crews of all the ves
sels be present, and only two or three
men were left aboard when the feost
began. By drugging the li<|tior and
food Mateo made about a hundred men
helpless, and when they had their
senses again it was to tind all their
vessels captured ami every person a
prisoner. When the various craft had
been robbed aud strip|H?d they were
towed to sea and scuttled. By this !
stroke the king secured many more
firearms and barrels more of pawder.
as well as other things to increase his
wenlth and arrogance.
Three months after the attack C a i?
I tain Williams of an Australian trailer
managed to escape to sea in a canoe,
but had neither food nor water. He
was picked up by a vessel a hundred
miles away It was four mouths later
before a British war vessel started
from Singapore to ronviuce King Ma
teo that there were oilier monarch* on
the face of this earth. I 'tiring these
seveu months Mateo had grown so ar
rogant ihat he delicti the world. Twen
ty one of the while slaves had suc
cumbed lo the climate and the har<l
work aud scanty food.
No more traders had called in. ami,
being angry at this, the king had deter
mined on a grand feast at which the
last of his white prisoners should lie
slain for the amusement of his people, i
This feast would have been held two I
weeks before her majesty's man-of-war
Re\ eti^e readied the Islands had not |
the ruler had a spell of sickness, lie
had issued his royal proclamation when
the armed craft came sailing into Ills
harbor. She was an auxiliary, but was
Uot using steam. I >r once ihe British
captain resorted to a trick. He made
the Revenge look as much as possible
like a whaler after a long voyage, and
the few men of her crew allowed on
deck were rigged out any old way. She
had six gnns. but these were so well
covered that the spies who were sent
aboard did not notice them. They re
turned to the king lo report an ordi
nary whaler, and he invited the crew
I to a feast. Mis invitation was refused.
He thereupon ordered Ibe craft out of
! liis harbor. She refused to go.
The British captain had been in
| structed to move carefully and let Ma
teo take the lead ill overt acts. He did
[ not have to wait long. In broad day
! light on the third day. and after send
: lug off word of what he was going
' to do. Mateo attacked the Britisher
I with seventy war canoes, each one
holding teu men. They paddled out
! from shore singing their war songs and
[ Indulging in many boasts. The lte
venge had furled her sails and got
steam up. and she steamed down to the
month of the harbor aud waited. When
the first musket was ftreil at her. her I
crew leaped on deck and began to
work the Nig guns. She was provided
with round shot, shell and grape and
canister, and the sea fight lasted only ,
fifteen minutes. Fifty of the seventy
canoes we;? destroyed and most of
their crew* killed.
This was t'i? tirst licking King Mateo
ever receive!, and it set him frantic.
He was garni!, however. He was lick
ed, but he wouldn't give up yet. He ;
rallied his battalions and challenged
the Britisher to come ashore and have
it out fair aud square. This was ex
actly what the captain of the Revenge ,
wauted to do. He had come after
those white prisoners, aud he must go ,
ashore to get them. He had a crew of j
250 uieu. and he landed 200 of them. |
divided them into three bodies, and I
when the natives advanced, still five
lo one. they were bowled over by the
score, flanked right aud left and licked
out of their boots in half an hour.
King Mateo's reign was at an end
forever. Of the white prisoners only
about thirty were left, of the natives i
COO had been killed and as many as
300 wounded. Two trading vessels
came in on the day of the battle. They
were allowed to load with the pluuder.
Several villages were burned, many
eocoauut groves destroyed and the king
aud eleven of his principal men takeu
aboard the Revenge. A new kiug was
Installed on the throne aud bidden to
mind his p's and <fs, aud then the
Britisher sailed away.
I The prisoners were landed at Sing
! apore and kept iu jail for a year or so
j aud when turned loose became dock
I loafers. Mateo is still pointed out to
I the tourist, ami the first thing he does
after being called up Is to beg for a
I drink; the second is to announce that
! the British are a great and wonderful
I race. M. QUAXX
as i
111 I I ? Mill Ill? M?
I
SPECIAL SALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in drees goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
MX IT
Do Not Carry Unreiiabl
WatCll
An accurate time keeping: watch is
every roan anil woman's necessity.
I'nless you have one you cannot he sure
of yourself. You must of necessity, if
you have a conscience, have that un
easy feeling ab?ut your engagements
ami special or routine duties unless you
are ;.afe in the possession of a watch
that does its worK.A good watch -orje
that keeps time end one that yon know
keeps time ? breeds self confidence.
Docs your watch keep good time?
Is it oroken in any of its parts?
Is it dirty '? If you cannot answer all
these questions to your satisfaction
come to us. Our repair depart men',
makes watches AS GOOD AS NEW.
That Is the watch *ord of this branch
of our business. We have another
motto, and with us the words have
actual nv lining: SATISFACTION IS
GTARANTEED. If you do not like
the work we turn out. say so and get
your money back.
We also sell watches ? the very best
in the world, and our prices ARE
RIGHT.
We sell all kinds of jewelry, Jnugget,
ivory and other Alaskan souvenir
We k?ve a complete line of cut glass
and hand painted china.
We give free examinations of the
eyes.
J. Ikuta, Opt'cian and Jeweler.
We have a Jarge stock
bouiney's Gandy
Peter's Chocolates
f
A'so a large stock oi
Fresh Nuts
Don ' Forgrt the Number. 428 lird*
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and Importer of
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is our advice. Later on in life, it will
be of great service to you. The lack of
mo ey causes untold misery. That is
why you should save a portion of your
salary, or < arninis, wliiln >ou can.
The five o-r-cent plus d'vidend eirn
ine Gold Bonds, of the Northern Se
curities and backing Company, offer
tne safest ? nd best investin-nt in <h
wavofs vin s that i-gDti the market..
These 6on'*s are backrd hy Real E^tue
ecurities helj by o e of 'he larks'.
Trusi Companies in the west. Ttiev
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? nniiHl or annu 1 p<yment plan md will E
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returning? you your principal
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On awl after the 1st. 01 Oct oh' r, 1905, the following will b-' ihe
Mon hi) r.iles for water mid I gbt service (rum the Northwest L ght
& P o we Com pan \ :
WA ER
First Faucet
E .ch " additional (except was ba?ins, frci).
Bath Tubi in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " 11 "
Urinals ?' " " " "
Wash ?-'asins " " " " "
Hote's, per room additional.
2 00
25
50
50
50
25
_ K. . .10
Hee* Fjmps 1 00
R-staur >nts 5.00
Steam Laundries 7 50
Hand '? 5.00
Motors, special per h >rsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Hose C n .ectbn for Fire Protection. 1 00
Families carrying wa'er 1-50
Individuals " " ? 1-00
Hauling water, per !o>d 100
Lawn and Street sprinkling1 Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
All Year Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ 1.00 ' 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 10.00 12.50
ALL NI-5HT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights 1.50 2.00
Enclosed Arcs 15.00 j 17.50
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will fce 10 cents per 1000 watts.
EDWIN BROWNE. Manager.
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