*0t IS ANSWER
Swineford Writes of Hog
gatt's ''Ideal Government'1
(Ketchikan Miner)
But for bis wdll known opposition to
popular home government for Alaska,
the Miner would be inclined to serious
ly doubt the accuracy of the assertion
imputed to Got. Hoggatt, by the
Seattle Pcet-Intelligencer, that "Alas
ka is at th? present time operated under
the moat nearly ideal plan available "
If he really made such an assertion, it
indicates that the governor has never
(riven much atudy, if any at all, to the
science of trovernraei t; at least not
from the American standpoint. The
sentiment involved in such a statement
is one which prevailed in the dark and
unenlightened ages, and certainly does
not in tho least harmonize with the
American principle and theory of gov
ernment. which has had an unbroken
existeuce, except in the case of Alaska
alone, ever since the fathers of the
republic throttled the British lion and
founded here in America a government
based upoc the will and consent of the
governed. It was that kind of senti
ment that in the ages that have passed
away sustained and perpetuated the
sway of tyrants and prolonged their
rule over helpless people; but it ia
doubtful if it would now find favor even
in despotic Russia, other than with the
bureaucracy which still seek to prolong
ita despotic power. It is a sentiment
which has no rightful place In
the American theory of government by
the people
WALTER COOPER
IN LIMELIG1T
Walter Cooper, the boy with the big
voice who api>eared with the Everett
sisters in taia city sometime ago, was
arresttd upon the arrival of the Jeffer
soo at Seattle on her last trip, charged
with running away and with stealing a
diamond rng from F. E. Everett. He
bad left tho '-sisters" at Juneau and
gone South. The boy denied that he
was related to any member of the troup
or that they had any right to hold him.
He went to work In the Pantages thea
ter and will be sent back to his relatives
in Chicago He is being cared for by
the authorities. The boy is 15 years
age.
CITY OF SEAT lit
TO HAVE MUSIC
A Seattle paper siys that hereafter
one of the infractions on the Steamship
City of Seattle will be an orchestra
which wli: assist in entertaining the
passengers. There will be music
during dinner and at other times.
Wickerihum Making Rtoord
Judge Vv'ickersham is making a
record for prompt work on the benoh
here. His eximple is fairly con
tagious with all who have business
with the court this term. ? Juneau
Record- Miner.
Rainier Book B:?r At Mucot
Rainier Bock Beer on draught at
the Mascot.
Fhon* City Tramfsr
For voar coal, wood and general haul
ing. I'hcne 90. Boughton's cigar
store. 10-4-lmo
MOW'S TIME
If Yon Waul a Baseball
Ejc Act ^aick
Now Is the accepted time to have
your eye? examined by a speacialist
and to have them fitted with glasses
that will give them a vision that is per
fect. The baseball season "Is about to
be with us again and evert good citizen
will want to get onto the curve* of the
knights of the diamond. That will be
impossible it the eyesight is not per
feet. And then, the spring is the
season of the year when repairs are ir
order, when everything should be put
in first-class condition for active work.
We examine eyes free o^harge; we
use the latest appliances approved by
science, and we GUARANTEE SATIS
FACTION.
Our jewelry store and our repair ant
manufacturing depar:ment are the
best.
J. Ikuta, Optician and Jeweler.
Stealing' a Bride
(Origin il.)
In colonial times tin re was a curious
custom called bride mealing. Persons
who had not been Invl :ed to the wed
ding would watch for a chance after
the ceremony had beet performed to
kidnap the bride. Pla<1ng her on a
borae behind one of the r party, the;
would gallop to u neigh', oring tavern
where they had ordered" supper. If
they reached the tavern before tho
bride had been rescued the night was
spent there In feasting and dancing,
?nd the bridegroom was expected tc
foot the bills.
Mary and Helen Harrington, dnugh
ters of an old colonial justice of tht
peace, were very attractive girls. Mary
? was engaged to an otllcer In the British
army, and her parents, being Tories,
were well satisfied with the mutch, but
Heleu's tiauce. being outspokcu in con
demnation of .Jh_e taxes the king lev
led on the colonies, was not acceptable
to her father, who declared that she
thould never marry a man tinctured
with a spirit of rebelliou.
On the other hand, preparations for
the marriage of Captain Hiuchelwood
and Mary Harrington were being made
with great satisfaction to all, though
Truxell and Helen could not but be
cast down at the contrast between
their own condition und that of the
happy pair. In vain Truxell endeavor
ed to gain an interview with Helen,
hoping to persuade her to elope with
Jjim. But she was so closely watched
that communication was Impossible.
Preparations for Mary's wedding
having been made and the wedding
day arrived, guests from all the coun
try roundabout were assembled at Har
rington Hall to take part In the fes
tivities. Captulu Hlnehelwood w?re
his scarlet uniform, Mary a white satin
gown beautifully trimmed with lace.
Her sister was her only bridesmaid.
There was a plentiful sprinkling of
redcoats from the groom's regiment,
stationed at Boston, who held their
heads very high among the plainer
young men who were soon to meet
them at Concord, Lexington and Bun
ker Hill. The ceremony had taken
place, the bride and groom were re
ceiving congratulations, and the negro
cooks in the' kitchen were bringing Id
the supper. Suddenly every candle wa#
extinguished, and there was a comnto
tlon, amid which voices cried:
"Bride stealers!"
! ?The tride has been stolen!"
j "Mount!"
"They re galloping awayj
There was n clattering of horses'
boots. growing fainter in the distance
Cnder the sheds horses and vehicles
which had brought the guests were
standing, and a number of the men,
headed by the bride's father and her
husband, mounted and dashed away
after the kidnapers. A full moon Illu
minated the landscape, and at every
straight stretch of road the pursuing
party could see those who were fleeing
before them lashing their horses. At
one point the pursuers came to
branches of trees piled In the road to
prevent their progress. That the kid
napers were not delayed was because,
having prepared the obstructions them
selves, when they came to them they
took a bypath around them. Dismount
ing, the pursuers soon cleared the road
and were off again. Then they ap
proached a covered bridge which had
been packed with straw aud which as
soon as the kidnapers had passed
through It they bad set afire. Indeed,
th* pursuers saw the sparks struck
from the flint for the purpose. By the
time they reached the bridge it was
aflame, and they must go to a ford t
good mile around. This decided th?
race. When the pursuers reached #
tavern where the lady had been taker
and Mr. Harrington went up on to the
porch tils daughter came out to meet
him But Instead of throwing herself
Into his arms she knelt at his feet I
Then for the first time her father no
ticed that a man who followed her was
young Truxell.
"What do you mean by this? ex
claimed the old man angrily.
"Father," said the kneeling girl, "for
give me. I am married.".
"Of course you're married and, thank
j heaven, to a loyal silbject of the kiug.
What! Helen! Do you mean"?
"It means. Mr. Harrington." said
I Truiell, "that the bride is at home.
This is her sister, whom that clergyman
who Is standing within has just united
In wedlock to me. Our wedding supper
Is ready. Send for the guests at the
hall, and we will eelebrate a double
j wedding here."
I Helen led her father to a room where
they were alone and. winding her arms
about him, besought hl n to forgive her
and make the occasion a merry Instead
of a mournful one. One circumstance
was of great assistance to her. In the
settlement pertaining to Mary's mar
riage Mr. Harrington had been obliged
to use ?20 worth of stamps that had
been rendered essential under the
stamp act? an act which finally made a
rebel out of the old Tory. At any rate,
he forgave the young couple, and all
rode back to the hall, meeting messen
gers to say that the bride was safe and
It was the bridesmaid who had been
?tolen. On reaching the hall they ate
one supper there, then went to the tav
ern, where they ate another.
The marriage that Mr. Harrington
expected would be a blessing to him
turned out quite the reverse. Mrs.
Hln chel wood went to England with hor
husband, and her father nev*- saw her
again. Truxell later became an officer
in the Continental army and was much
admired and beloved by his comrades.
After the war, when his father-in-law
was very old, Truxell took charge of
his affairs, and under his management
they greatly prospered. Mrs. Truxell
eventually succeeded to her father's es
tate, and her descendants have enjoyed
It ?Tfir since.
8. MARSHALL PHELPS.
O- a
STOH.y OF A
: BLOCKHOUSE
o <i
(Original]
Wheu the Union troops were maneu
vering in the southwest they wer*
obliged to protect long Hues of rail
road over which they received their
supplies. The vulnerable points were
the bridges, near which the bluecoats
built blockhouses simlhir to those used
by our ancestors to defend themselves
against Indians.
One afternoon a force of Confederate
cavalry attacked one of these posts.
The blockhouse was built on the riv
er bank at the uorth entrance of the
bridge, the rear being protected by the
river, running some forty feet below.
A single company commanded by a
captain constituted tbe bridge guard.
From his loopholes he. surveyed the
Confederates, who, dismounted, were
advanciug In line of battle, and his
heart sank within him at seeing a
force thrtie times that of bis own.
Fortunately they had no artillery, while
the Union troops had two small how
itzers.
Time and again the southerners as
saulted, and every time they were
driven off. But at last the defenders,
who had been for a week begging for
a new supply of ammunition, saw that
within a few hours what powder and
ball they bad would be exhausted.
There was a boy In the command who
had run away from home and enlisted
at the age of fifteen. lie was fond of
the water, and his captain had noticed
him often rowing a skiff he had pressed
Into his own service. Taking the boy
ro a back opening, the captain said to
.dm:
"Go to your skiff; pull down the river
10 where It is crossed by the bridge
next below. There you will And three
companies. You must row around the
bend, but re-enforcements can cut
across and reach us within half an
hour. Tell the commanding officer to
come at once or we will lose the
bridge."
"Hut will uot the enemy see mo and
pick me off?" ?
"You can hug this shore till you gel
down to the bend, wheu you must pull
across to the point on the other bank.
For live minutes you will be exposed
to their lire, aud there are nine chances
in ten that they will hit you."
"I see."
Catching up a rope, the captain low
ered the l>o.v to a point some ten feet
below, where lie struck a steep path
leading down to the water's edge
The captain saw him get Into his boat,
but lost him at once under the over
hanging trees. Then he waited breath
j lessly till the skiff shot out from the
bank's protection to make the turn in
the river. Scarcely hud the boy ap
peared than bits of spray broke all
about him, bullet taps on the water.
lie s halfway over!" exclaimed the
captain. talking to himself so loud that
he could lie heard above the cracking
of ritles. "But they're getting his
range. Heavens! He's hit. No; onlv
scratched. He's at It again. Gwx'l
Lord! There goes an oar. He's lost.
He can't pull with one oar. And the
arm lias been hit. He's bluding It up
with bis handkerchief. By thunder,
hex paddling! Some of the shots are
begiuniug to full short. Hit again!
It's ull up with hiui. No: he's on hi.
knees again paddling for dear life.
Twenty more strokes, and he'll be be
hind the point. There he goes. Hur
rah!"
Then the captain ran to the front of
the blockhouse to see a long brown,
dusty looking line advancing for an
other attack.
"Give It to Vm. boys," he said. '?If
we can keep 'oui off for an hour the
bridge II be saved, and we'll escape a
southern prison."
The attack was repulsed, but when
I the next one was made Uie Unionists
saw something that made their blood
run cold. A single man appeared roll
ing a bale of hay. It was to set on
Are and burn the blockhouse. He wa3
partially protected by his bule and dlf
flcult to reach with a bullet. Dlreotlj
behind him was another man rolling
another bale. Then a third and a
fourth? indeed, a long, line ? each man
i rolling his bale. The Union sharpshoot
I ers picked off the first man and the
second. The third pushed on. The
fourth fell. The fifth fell. Tho sixth
seemed to bear a charmed life and with
the third was getting dangerously near
the blockhouse. The hay rollers came
so fast that, though more than three
quarters of them were put out of the
race, a number were now within twen
ty yards, and" one man had come so
near that no rifle could reach him. He
was cutting the ropes that held the hay
together. Then a comrade left his own
bale and joined him.
The captain strained his eyes across
the bridge and saw the head of a col
umu of bluecoats coming on a trot.
/"Water!" be shouted. "Some of you
men go down to the river in the rear
and get water in your canteens! [There
was little else for the purpose.] If we
can keep the flumes off for a few mln
utes we'll save the fort."
But there was no need of water. The
Confederates, seeing the advancing
troops, who were by this time near the
opposite banks, withdrew their "fire
bugs." All mounted and dashed away,
followed by a rolley from the advanc
{ lug Infantry. .
Tho boy who had saved the bridge
led the rescue party. He was carried
on the shoulders of his comrades. They
placed him on a cot, where a surgeon
dressed his wound. His captain en>
! braced him and the next day sent an
account of his work to the general
commanding the district. Word came
to send the boy to headquarters, and
when he reached there ho found a com
mission awaiting him. When he left
the sen-Ice two or three years later he
was a lieutenant colonel.
FRANK P, CHENEY.
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new Olater and Cigbt Rates
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On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Ninthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet f 2 00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 26
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " *' 50
Urinals " " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " .' 25
Hotels, per room additional 10
Beer Pjmps 1.00
P ? * 5.00
7.50
5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00 j
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 Ye*r Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each IB cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NI-3HT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights 1.50
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32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
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