-'TiTT'iilTi ' >i?'i T'fcBi
THREE MORE
W. V. A. C. Naines'Fourth o
Jnly Committeemen
? The White P>.ss Athletic Club laa
night named Or F. C. Norman, C. J
De Serisy and S. F. C'ottrell to be mem
bers of the Fourth of July committee
These will be joined by committee
men to be appointed by other Skagwa;
organizations.
It is understood that the Elks'
Arctic Brotherhood, Kagles, Fin
Department and Ladies of thi
Maccabees will appoint members o
the committee.
The Arctic Brotherhood will proba
l>ly name Us three members of thi
committee tonight, the Fables to
morrow ni<hi and .the Elks' Thursday
ulght, if, ind?ed, action shall not b?
taken before that time by some of th<
orders.
NOVIf CLEAN IP
IS VERY LARGE
Nome, M?y 31? The Winter's clean
up of the Seward peninsula will be
greater than iver before. A conserva
live estimate places the amount at $<!.?
000.000. Of this the Nome district
alon; furnishes nearly $4,700,000. Had
it not heen for the turners' strikr,
which extended over a period of ninety
days, the clean up of t le Nome district
would have run *' 000,000. It is con
servatively estimated that more than
*2,000.000 was lost to the Winter's
work by the strike.
Among the lucky ones in the Spring
cleon up were Frank H. Waskev and
W. H. Bard. Alaska's former delegate
to congress and the grand Arctic chief
of the Arctic Brotherhood. Mr. Was
key's Tnree Star creek claim yielded
him t.'kl.OOO, Waskey ? Orabtree,
on Bon Voyage creek, got $2C 0,000 and
Hard, Nixon ? Deuhart, of the famous
Hcs>;e cla (u were <500,000 to the good.
(iOlD SHIPPERS
WW POST STAMPS
? .
Fairbanks, Mav 31? The postcffice
authorities here have sent an order to
Washington for 3,000 41 stamps and
asks that part of same be suppli
ed from Seattle on emergency order.
All banks are now *hi,-ping gold dust
hr mail.
Mia* Stroma tad to b* Gold*
Miss Dj/.ie Stromstadt will accom
pany the tourists on the Pacific Coast
liner Spokane this Summer as an
official guide for the ladies. She left
for the South on the la-t trip of the
t "ity of Seattle to join the Spokane.
Prtbitv. Us Ladle* To Ma*t
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian churcn will meet tomorrow
aftercoon ?t 2:30 o'clock at the borne ot
Mrs. F. B. Wur/bacher. All are cordi
ally mv.ted to be present
Klrmis Improvise Bn?lae?? Pine*
H. D. Kirmse is baviog bis store
building painted aud aew gold leaf
si^us put on the plate glass windows.
Phon* City Tr?if?
For vour ^oal, wood and general haul
ing. I "hone 90. Boughton's cigai
store. 104-lmo
Vot?! Vo?*I Vots !
For honesty and rf-gulatioo. Long
ifers' estabiisbedj J Cream H ye Is it
Bl'; NOW
ect Vonr Sonvenirs Be
fore SeaaoD Begins
Do you want to send a souvenir o'
home to relatives or friends?
Buy now; before the beginning of the
tourist travel; buy when you have a
large ana choice stock from which to
make your selections.
We have the beat line in Alaskan
souvenirs and novelties ever pres-nt
ed to the Northern public.
uur stock of watches nugget, jewelry,
precious stones and other articles was
never so complete or so worthy of your
patronage. If you need anything come
and see what we have .before you do
anything rash. -
The repair department of our estab
lishment excels, (ts mottoes are AS
(jOOD AS NEW and SATISFAC
TION GUARANTEED.
We examine your eyes free of charge:
we fit defective ryes with glasses that
will remedy the defects at prices that
are right.
J. Ikutj, Optician and Jeweler
IT FADED LIKE
A DREAM.
[Original.]
Youug Mrs. Theodore Fitch hud been
a belle. Her husband when he married
her bad misgivings as to whether she
would settle down to the devotion of
one man or would still neeil that of a
great number. Mrs. fitch, for awhile
at least, agreeably disappointed him.
She was very foud of him and seemed
to be satisfied with him alone. The
young men to whose attentions she
had been accustomed took no further
iuterest In one who was happily mar
fled. This did not disturb her. So
loug as her changed life was new she
hail 110 use for tliem. But when that
life had lost its t\fst freshness and she
realized that her former admirers, buz
j zing about other luminaries, were eu
' tlrely forgetful of her she felt a sink
I Ing at the heart that surprised her.
J From this time forward Mrs. Fitch
I began to pine for attention. She could
have had utteutton, aiid all she want
i evl. provided she chose to Jeopardize her
relations with her husband. Men only
have use for married women wlio are
not eu rapport with their spouses. To
secure attention she would have been
obliged at l<*st to make the men sup
pose that she tiau tired of Mr. Fitch.
To hold atteutlou she would have been
obliged to make them believe she Oared
for them. She did ueltber. but became
dlssatistled. and her dissatisfaction
was manifest.
Oue morning after her, husband had
gone to his office the postman left Mrs.
Fitch a note. It was written in a mas
culine hand and was auonymous. The
writer declared that ftv bud loved her
before she was married and would al
ways love her. Mrs. Fitch was fright
ened at the pleasurable excitement the
note gave her. She east it at once Into
the tire and. noticing that a comer re
mained unconsumed, took the poker
and pushed it into the flame, that it
III! ? ill I1<H I ?<ll ?UU iuc uaiiui* "i ?u>.
Fitch. The letter had given :i ficti
tious name anil an address to which
she might send a reply If she chose,
but she d id not choose. She would like
to do so, but was too loyal to her hus
band. besides beiug too prudent.
At the end of u wet-It the postman at
the same hour as Ik1 fore left another
uote from the same unknown. He
blamed himself for having written,
feared he had shocked her and begged
forgiveness. On the whole, he seemed
to be iu a specially unpleasant frame
of mind. Nothing can be more pleas
ing to a womau than this same un
pleasant frame of a lover's uilnd. It Is
also very useful to story writers and
poets. Mrs. Fitch was delighted. She
was so delighted that she pitied the
poor mau who loved her so well that
he had !>een tempted to insult her. She
wrote him a note gently chiding him
and promising to forgive him if he
never did so again. He wrote thank
ing her for her clemency and made the
promise provided she would declare to
him that she in her heart of hearts
wished him to do so. This was Im
possible. though Mrs. Fitch declared
that she loved her husband and could
not love any other man. Apparently
there was no convenient place where
the correspondence might stop.
Mrs. Fitch showed plainly that there
was something on her mind. Her hus
band said to her one day:
"Sweetheart. I always feared you.
who were so attractive as a single wo
man. would tlnd life dull as a married
one. Don't think 1 want to pen you
up with myself. I wouldn't even ob
iect to a mild rtirtatlon."
Mrs. Fitch threw her arms around
his neck wfch the Intention of showing
him her appreciation of his enlarged
views, but the embrace was somewhat
feverish.
One day Mis. Fitch wrote her nu
kaown lover that she was going to vis
It a relative iu a nelghl>oilng cltv and
he must send no more letters to the
house while she was away The truth
Is her lover had t?een resolute on one
point he would Hot reveal himself,
averring that so long as be was un
known she might accept his love with
purity, but that the moment he U-cauie
to her a known person their corre
sjMiiulence must cease.
iu her note Informing him of her de
parture she told him by what train
she would travel, scarcely acknowl
edging ti> herself that she was tempt
hi* him to take advantage of the op
portunity to meet her. The temptation
was too strong for hliu. He wrote that
he would be on the train and shield
he tlnd her alone would Join her. But
he admitted that for this one Joy their
correspondence must cease and he
must fade from her like a quickly dis
solving dream. Mrs. Fitch thought
this a lieautlful comparison, but didn't
Intend that the dream should dissolve.
On the morning of ' her departure
Mrs. Fitch was very distrait. She for
got everything she should have remem
bered and remembered everything she
should have forgotten. Her husband
feared she would lost her ticket and
get out at the wrong station. He In
sisted on going wltU her, but she
wouldn't have It. So be kissed her
goodby iu the car and "waved to her
from the window. ?
Half an hour after the train started
the forward door of the car opened, and
In walked Mr. Fitch. Smiling sweetly,
he sat down ln-side his wife and said?"
"I regret, my love, that my romantic
double must fade away like a dissolv
ing dream."
When Mrs. Fitch saw her husband
enter the car. every vlstage of color
left her face: when he thus disclosed
the Identity of her unknown lover, It
all rushed hack again, bringing much
more with It. But his good natured
smile reassnred her.
??Theodore." she said, "I'll make you
pay for thin."
MAJtY P. SINGLETON,
.... . ^
A STORY OF
...THE LAW. J
H? - -?X
[Original]
Among the many advantages of con
centration of thought is one dlsadvan
late. Such concentration leads the
thinker to place an undue relative
value upon the subject of his thought.
A specialist In throat diseases Is apt to
refer all the ills man Is heir to to the
throat. The professor of ancleut lan
guages cannot understand how a man
can be properly equipped for any pro
fession without a knowledge of Greek
aud Latin. To the merchant tho chief
end of man Is to buy cheap aud. sell
dear.
In the legal profession this species of
monomania teuds to make the court
room a tournament of lawyers. The
real object of a court, to do Justice, is
burled under a rank professionalism
that has growu up like weeda In a
flower garden.
Edward Avery, a brilliant young
lawyer, was especially under the Influ
ence of this professionalism. Having
t>eeu elected state attorney, he consid
ered it his duty to convict alike the
Innocent aud the guilty. As soon as
his duty to the state bad euded aud he
Itecame an independent attorney -he
considered It his ditty to secure the
acquittal of any client, whether luuo
cent or guilty. Ills friends used to re
monstrate with him on the want of
elasticity of his principles, but with
out avail. He was Intensely logical
and could give the best of reasons for
bis deductions. He forgot that logic
Is but a machine which will grlml out
anything that is put Into It.
Due day while Avery was practicing
i>n his own account a man whose trial
for burglary was to come off Imme
diately seut for him and asked him t?>
make his defense.
"But 1 know nothing about the case."
"Don't want y" to know notblu' about
the case. The more you know about
U the wo se for me."
Avery's fancy was tickled at going
Into court to conduct a case he didn't
know anything about. He prided biui
ielf ou his readiness and resource. He
would add auother to his already large
dumber of stories that he was used to
telling his frieuds Illustrative of thes.
faculties. The accused man bud but
$5 to give him for a retainer, but i
Avery was not after money. His ob
ject was to have an opportunity to
show w hat he could do Impromptu.
The case came off the same after
noon. Avery was somewhat surprised
to see iu the courtroom several of Ms
chums, mostly of the legal profession,
and asked why they were there. He
was told that ?hev had heard lie hail
takeu a case he didn't know anything
about, and they were curious to see
how he would handle it. Avery was I
pleased. This meant that they ?were
there to witness a bit of professional
fireworks.
Avery In summer lived In a hand-'
some suburban residence. In winter
he shut It up. went to the city and lived
In apartments till spring. When the
prlsouer was brought Into court and
the witnesses were got together, the
counsel for the defense was surprised
to see among the latter faces of his
neighbors In the country. But what
was his astonishment when the pros
ecution brought out the fact that the
robbery had been committed in his own
house.
Avery's friends were watching him.
and when this fact dawned upjn him
they snickered. The young attorney
saw at once t' at they had placed him
iu a positip-. to defend his client from
robbing '-*m. But he was game Not
the slightest change of countenance In
dicated that his professional eqnaniin
Ity had been disturbed. He listened
calmly to the evidence against his ell
eut. while the expression of bis face
and quick flashings Iu his eyes told
that he was straluing his brain to And
some wea^ spot In the prosecution,
some technicality by which he might
secure the acquittal of his client.
The burglar had been seen coming
down a trellis from an upper story by
a man with whom Avery was well ac
quainted. He had been chased, but ou
the way had contrived to get rid of
some valuable articles. When appre
hended, be had nothing on him to con
vlet him of theft. Of course the Jury
were entirely ignorant of the situation
that had been brought about by Av
ery's friends. When the prosecutor's
e\ tdenee was all In, Avery took the wit
ness who had seen the burglar descend
the trellis and asked him how he kuew
the prisoner was the same person. The
witness could not swear that he was.
He had seen bin) run, and be had been
followed by a policeman and several
citizens, but the wltuess had merely
seen a man descend the trellis. What
man he did not know. Avery trapped*
bint into saying what threw doubt ou
the fact of the Identity between the
man who had descended the tre*lls and
the prisoner, then showed how easy it
would be for the one to be mistaken
for the other. He closed by a powerful
argument against ruining a man's life
by evidence that was defective and a
pathetic appeal for the prisoner. The
jury brought In a verdict of not guilty.
There was a dinner served that night
at the bar association club rooms, giv
en by those who had played the Joke
ou Avery. He revealed the fact that
he had lost articles that had b?eu In
his family for 200 years by securing
the acquittal of his client, but that he
would rather have suffered the loss than
do so unprofessional an act as to turn
against a clleut.-" He thanked them one
and all for having given him an op
portunity to prove that eveu under the
severest temptation he could" not be
recreant to his duties as an attorney.
All of which Is very flue, but It doe9
not add to securing the object for
which courts are organized? Justice.
P. B. ANDERSON.
DON'T FROG
Unless You've Got 50 CKNT3
W. tf. BOUGHTON
DEALER IN
Cigars, Tobacco,
Smokers' Articles,
Stationery and Fish
ing Tackle
LAROF. CIRCULATING LIBRARY
INCLUDING LATEST COPY
RIGHTED HOOKS
MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND
OTHER PERIODICALS
? Rhode Island Red's r
a . v
^ For Hutching #1.50 i>er 13.
Will sell a few fowls.
fsi d
^ J A Goding, Skagway ?
REMODELED
THE
Raiiwr=0rand hotel.
SEATTLE
New Management | Popular Prk?et
Central Location European Plan
Finest CAFE and BAK in the City
Wilson & White Co. Prop. Chas Perr>
We have a ]arge stock
houiney's Gandy
Peter's Chocolates
Also a large stock ol
Fresh Nuts
Don l' Forget the Number. 428 Brclw'y
Tony Dortero's
m
JEEK
No regrets next morn'
ing-good flavored and
good tor you
Seattle, Wash.
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Re&x Estate
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orders solicited ami lilled iwmediatly.
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REI5TLE5 PLATES ARE RIGHT
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' ALASKANS
A Savings Account is a necessity to every
mau working for wages in Alaska. You
will neM the money saved later on.
And if xyou wish to, you can have that
account with
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Savings Accounts earn 4 percent, compound
ed semi-annually. Write for booklet about
"BANKiNG BY HAIL"
MOORES WHKRF CO.
Terminus W. J*. & Y. Route
Ail South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Dock
REGULATIONS 1905
Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 6 p.m.
Perishables ONLYr delivered ou Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. S. customs
office) and must be delivered before 5 p. m. No freight will be re
ceived on wliarf after this hour.
BAGGAGE -Tolls will bo collected on Cukckkd Baggage Dni.*. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be oloseil to the public when steamer Is nearing
dock aiul will be opened only when passengers have disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
P.O. Box 175. C. E. WYNN-JOHNSON, Gen'l Mgr
New Home Restaurant
chas. Peterson, Manager
Best 25 Cent Meals in'the C'ty
FIFTH AVENUE, NEAR BROADWAY
Good Clean Beds From 25 Cents Up
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/ ?r? ^Ufl9et jeWelry 01 a"
kinds, Indian curios,
. sovenir spoons
| H. D. Kirmse, Pioneer Jeweler
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