'heid wins
Seattle Has Waged For Re
pablicau Control
Unknown of most people a battle has
just terminated far the control of the
Republican organisation in Alaaka
which was wa^ed lone and strenuous
ly. The leaders in the contest were
National Committeeman Heid and
George Irving. The former has won
the contest.
It will be remembered that at the
last Republican convention to select
delegates to the Republican national
convention there was a split and two
conventions were held and two dela
tions elected. One faction was lead by
T. A. Margu im and the other by John
G. Heid. The former, undoubtedly,
hid the larger following, but it lost out
in the contest before the committee on
credentials at the national convention
for the reason that it had neglected to
le its papers in time.
Upon the national committee's recog
nizing Mr. Heid, the Marquam central
committee of which George Irving, of
Ketchikan, was chairman went out of
business and the Heid committee, of
which J. T. Spickett was chairman,
was recognized by [everybody.
Last year the central committee
called a onvention for the nomination
of f candidate for delegate to congress.
The convention was controlled by the
element that had supported T, A.
Maiquam at the previous convention,
and when the central committee was
chosen it was discovered to be
practically* the old M*rquam committee
with George Irving again chairman.
National Committeeman Held, who
is not an easy man to ('own even when
the votes are against him, again begin
a campaign before the national com-l
mittee for the recognition of bis same J
old central committee, claiming that j
the commitee was selected for four
years and that the convention which i
nominated a delegate to congress, ]
therefore, was not authorized to name
a central committee.
It is said by Juneauitei that Mr.
Heid has been sustained by the national
committee and that his committee will
call a territorial convention to convene
in November.
HOliLD MOVf
KftDtRLOIN
A movement i> on foot to cause the
removal of the Skagwav tenderloin |
from Seventh avenue. A petition isj
being numerously signed requesting
the Skagway city council to order the
women from that street on account of
its being in the centre of the town j
and in close proximity to the residence
section.
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DIE MONDAY
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sailed from Seattle Thursday evening, j
The Humboldt will not carry mail.
The next mail frum the South, will ar
rive next Thursday on the Dolphin.
There will be five er six days' accumu
lations on it.
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Six of Wrangell's seven councilmen
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(Original 1
Au old man gut Ui 4 dimly lighted
room, bis bauds clasped with a tight
grip, his head bowed, on bis face ev
ery evidence of distress. On a bed la J
it young girl. She was either uncon
scious or sleeping, for she was very
low, and It was Impossible to tell
whether It was sleep or coma.
"They are lighting at the front," the
old man mused, "and If anything
should bappeu to Bert It would turn
the scale. But if anything ('oes bap
peu she must not be told. Still, would
it not be better for her to know it and
tile iustead of living on the life of
desolation in store for her?
"The doctor's opinion that she will
weather tlie storm and get well I have
little omfideuce In. Is It his opinion,
or does he say it to keep uie up?"
The nurse ca me lu and begged the
old man t > go t > bed. He refused, tell
ing her to go luto a room across the
hall, lie down and leave him to watch
alone. If anything important occurred
he would call her. She went over to
the bed, laid he# hand on the sick girl's
forehead and looked at her long and
anxiously. Then she turned and told
him that It was not best she should
leave. But he flrmly refused to go
himself, and she took a book and went
Into the room he bad indicated.
"Ever since her mother died," he
mused ou. "she has lieen all I have had
to live for. Sometimes it seems to me
that all the love she has had for mo
has been merged In her love for Bert.
That's natural. All the love I had for
my parent was nothing compared with
the love 1 bore her mother. And when
ber mother died I gave It all to my
little girl.
"1 wonder what's poind ou dowu
there. Last night's dispatches were
that a fight couldu't t>e put off twenty
four hours. We know what they do
almost as soon as they do it. Bert
must take Ills chances? one out of
three or four or the, I supinxte? while
here lies the girl he loves aud who
loves him. having not one chance In a
dozen. If he dies she will never smile
agniu. If she dies I will never smile
again, but he he Is young. He oin
forget cr replace the old with the nnv."
Curious thoughts run through the
uilnd of one in auspeise. The old man
fell to conjuring up nil sorts of possi
ble happenings, lie fancied Ins girl
again in health, her lover safely re
turned. their meetirig. In theft1 happi
ness he forgot that he would be left
alone or remeiutH'ring it was mitigated
that they were happy. He pictured
Bert a physical wreck coming to finii
the girl he.loved gone; the young man's
agony, followed by a settled g 1 oo .v.
This came the uearer home to him. for
it was what he would hare to suffer
himself.
Then he went back to the period
when she whose life hung by a thread
was jumping her rope, roll lug her
hoop. He saw her grow from child to
maiden, from maiden to woman. How
quickly It had all come about! And
now if she died, what had all his ef
forts to raise her. her studies, her ac
complishments, availed? Jill swept
away at the ceasing of a heart to beat.
And her louger life, what of it? Every
effort be had made or should make
would J>e neutralized
The patient stirred. The watcher was
about to go into the other room and
call the uurse when the girl suddeuly,
with a strength that astonished him.
sat up aud fixed her eyes on vacancy
or, as it seemed, some one In the center
of the room.
"Bert: Oh. Bert! Flave you come?"
She stretched forth her arms, aud
the focus of her vision seemed to draw
uearer to herself. Her arms folded,
she raised her face as though for a
kiss. then fell kick on the pillow.
The old man sprang to the bedside
and was joined a moment later by the
nurse, who quickly slipped her arms
under the invalid and raised her. See
ing no sign of life, she placed her hand
on the girl's heart. Then she looked up
and said:
"She's gone."
The old mau went to a table, sat
down and. placing his arms on it. rest
ed his head 011 them. The. nurse laid
the dead girl's arms tieslde her, turn
ed. looked at the old man pityingly and
left the room. The case was closed for
her. and in a day or two she would be
ready for the next one.
The old man remained where he was.
The clock struck the hours successive
ly? 1, 2, 3. 4. 5. Then there was the
sound of boys running in the street
below and'shouting:
"Extra! Great battle at Santiago!"
The old man started up. Going Into
the hall, he rani for a servant. One of
them had l>een np all night to summon
a doctor If needed. He rcs|>onded at
once, and his master ordered him to
bring him a paper. In It was a tele
gram announcing the last battle of the
Spanish- American war. with a partial
list of the killed and wounded. Among
the former was the name Lieutenant
Albert Hibbard.
As the old man read it something like
? smile flitted across his face.
I "Thank God." he said, "they hav?
gone together! Providence, who re
leases the young and leaves the old to
endure, has permitted me to witness
their caress on the borderland of Im
mortality."
An account of the death of Lieuten
ant Hibbard was afterward furnished
the father of the girl he loved. There
had been fighting night and day for
gome time. Lieutenant Hlbbard's regi
ment had made a midnight sortie and
encountered a hot fire. Hibbard had
fallen, his brain pierced by a bullet,
shortly before 1 o'clock. This was
verified by the captain of Hlbbard's
company, who was back In his tent
at 1. ten minutes after his lieutenant"*
death. MARVIN B. ANDREWS.
(Origin*!.]
How did I, bo youug a man. acquire
m large a criminal practice? Just as
I was ready to begin to practice my
profession I read the biographies of
many men In America who had early
achieved eminence. From their exam
ple I deduced a principle, "During the
early years of one's career let him do
ten times the work expected of him."
If Francis Atwater had not gone to
sleep on the triUn that was taking him
to hla home In the suburbs and not
gone on to Hoyalton Instead of getting
out at Mlllburn he would not have
been convicted of the murder of Fair
fax Douglas. And quite likely I
should have missed an opportunity to
make a name as a criminal lawyer.
But Atwater did go to sleep on the
train and did wake up and get out
three stations above his own.
"Hello, Atwater!" said bis old friend
Douglas as they met on the platform.
"What are you doing up here?"
Atwater told him of bis snooze, and
as there was no train down for an hour
Douglas pressed him to go home and
dine with hlin. Atwater accepted, and
the two men went home together.
Douglas lived with his mother, who
was away at the time, and there was
ilo one with him except the servants.
The two men dined together, and after
dinner Atwater kept putting off his
departure from train to train till at
last he consented to remain all night.
' At 12 oYI _/k host and guest went up
stairs to their bedrooms. Just before
getting luto lied Atwater went to
Douglas" room ta tell him that he
must take an early train In the morn
Ing and could not remain for break
fast. Douglas was putting his watch
under his pillow, and Atwater saw, as
the pillow was lifted, a revolver.
"For burglars?" asked Atwater. look
Ing at the weapon.
"No."
Atwater appeared curious, and Doug
las added tliu t tlierp was a story con
nected with his teeptag a pistol uudc>
his head at night and that he always
carried oue about him during the day.
Atwater pressed him to' tell him why
he did this, hut Douglas seemed trou
bled at the mention of the matter, ex
cusing himself from glvlug the story.
Atwater forl>ore to press him further
and went to his own room.
Atwatec awoke In the morning,
dressed aud went to his friend's room
to say goodby. A fearful sight greet
ed him. Douglas was lying dead, his
head hanging off the bed so as to ex
pose the throat, which was a dark pur
ple, Indicating strangulation. Atwa
ter s tlrst Impulse was to arouse the
house, but Ills second was to allow
some one else to discover the murder.
He knew that the man caught with a
murdered i>orson was liable to suspi
cion, and no one can tell where such
suspicion will lead. He would depart
as he had Intended, saying nothing
about having seen his friend. He left
the room, turned to go down the main
staircase and. descending, went out of
the front door. He was all of a trem
ble when he got on the train, but went
to the city. 'attended to his duties as
usual and was going home, expecting
to see Douglas' death In the evening
paper, when he was stopped at the
door of his office by a policeman, who
arrested him on a charge of murder.
A maid had gone up the back staircase
as Atwater had emerged from the
chamber of death and bad seen him
leave the room.
I was retained to defeud Atwater
and got the story I have told from
him. but I could not tell such a story
to a jury. A murder trial Is a tilt be
tween the prosecuting attorney and the
accused's counsel with weapons af
ranged for by the court, the Judge
handing them their' pistols Just as a
second will hand pistols to duelists. I
had no case whatever. Douglas could
give no reason for l<eiug at Royalton
except that he had gone to sleep on
the train. He was seen leaving the
victim's room and bad gone to his busi
ness saying nothing about the murder.
The prosecuting attorney made a fine
speech, calling the Jury's atteutlon to
the wisdom of the Supreme Being who
had sent the maid up the back stair
case in the nick of time. Atwater was
convicted and sentenced to be hanged.
It was after the trial that I got
in my fine work. I knew from my cli
ent's story that Douglas had been ex
pecting au attack, but from whom? I
worked night and day till I found out;
but, finding out, I could not prove thai
the person I- suspected had committed
the murder. One tiling of importance
I did find out, though to do so I had to
play detective. The secret enemy had
sworn to kill not only Douglas, but an
other man. That other man was at the
time of Douglas' death In Europe.
When he returned I asked him ques
tions, the Answers to which tallied with
what I had learned.
One morning I found myself a dis
tinguished criminal lawyer. I had
slept the night before In the bed usual
ly occupied by Judge Dudley. Just be
fore daylight a man bad entered the
room, and I had shot him dead. He
proved to be Tom Keenan and had
some ten years before been sent to
state prison by Judge Dudley, his con
viction having beeu secured by Prose
cuting Attorney Fairfax Douglas. He
had sworn to kill both the Judge and
the attorney. After Douglas' death I
knew he would try to kill the Judge as
soon as he returned from abroad, and
I surmised he would take the game
method he had taken with Atwater. I
secured the judge's consent that I
should receive the attack. If I had
beec Atwater. with my life depending
on the result, I would certainly not
have trusted any but myself In such a
Juncture. That's where I made my
client's case my own.
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