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Telegraphic Dispatches
From Juneau Papers
i'etersburg, June 3. ? Primler
Sic u, one of the worst hated auto
c? ? , of the Russian empire, today
V UauAU to the czar his resignation. The
accepted.
Tacoma, June 8.? The lumber Inter
est* of this section sustained a heavy
'ois ?t an early hour this morning when
ttie new Dempsey sawmill, valued at
hree hundred thousand dollars, went
;n rtames and smoke. The plant was
b oe started this month and had just
een constructed.
Sfatt'e, June s. ? Howard Tilton, one
the oldest employes of the Schwa
\icher Company, has reaignep to take
? rest before engaging in other busi
es*. For years Mr. Tlltoo represented
.he big wholesale house in Alaska.
New York, June S. ? Kvelyn Thaw,
who has elected to remain in thts city
until the second trial of Harry Thaw,
is daily cooking dainties which are
*e;n to her husband in the tombs. In
Ui's work Thaw's mother also helps.
Tee two women are living together in
a house leased lor the season.
Tokio, Japan, June S.? A definite and
widespread movement is on foot among
Japanese of all classes to supersede
America in the trade of the Orient.
Not only are they underselling Ameri
cans and other foreigners in nearly
every iioe but constant appeals are
made to their countrymen to
bv those merchants of the same
ALL OVER
-iseo Street Car Strike
Thiug ol Past
leciai Dispatch to Daily Alaskan]
San Francisco, June 13 ? The San
. rancisco street c?r strike is practic
ally a thing of the past. People have
i fcu: fogotten it, and the public mind
- called to it only by the frequent
reet car creeks which are due to the
^perience of the opperators.
RIJa Steal. ? Moit B.wjm
,c! of -oiiac Hart is conoid* ring
jaugraiionot another reform which
erns Vouqk America in Skagway,
le has his eye on the youngster* whoi
?e so anxious "to steal a ride" that
tiev climb ou drays, mail wagons, ex
wagucs and other vinlcles while
?>v are in motion. It is feared some
me vougsiers might be seriously
irt If the practice :s not discontinued.
e best dining roooi.thebesi accommo^
. Jon?, tne mew comfort at the Fifth
-enue.
Ckolc* Pktttil Pluti K?c?1t?J
.ecelved, cho.ce potted plants on
jhiu at Northern Grocery . . tf
esigns of 1907 wall paper just re
id at Harrison's.
Phon* City Traaif?r
your voal, wood and general haul
f'bone yo. Houghton's cigar
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fore Season Begins
^jouwantto send a souvenir o'
a home to relatives or frieidt?
^w; before the beginning of the
Jt travel; buy when you have a
*ana choice stock from which to
i.goar selections.
e hare the beat line In Alaskan
eoirs and novelties ever present
j the Northern public.
, r stock of watches nugget, jewelry,
?ions stone* and other articles was
?i?r so complete or so worthy of your
ona^e If you need anything come
tee wtiat we have .before you do
?fcg rash.
be repair department of our estab
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jD AS NEW and SATISFAC
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We examine youreyes freeof charge;
fit defect! v eyes with glasses that
rfl remedy the defects at price* that
are right.
J. Ikutj, Optician and Jeweler
[Original.]
At tho Japanese embassy In Wash
ington Jungo Hitomi was called Into
the office of the chief of the secret serv
ice with which the embassy was pro
rkleU and received the following order:
"A cablegram has been received from
Tokyo stating that the Itussiaus have
succeeded In getting and deciphering
the Imperial dispatches to our pence
commissioners now in Portsmouth. I
have beeu directed to forward an Im
portant message (sent here by an old
code not used for many years) by mes
senger to the commissioners. 1 wish
you to take It. starting liy the next
train.
"Every man leaving this embassy, as
i you know. Is shadowed l>y persons In
J the pay of the Russian government.
{ You will be followed, and possibly It
? may be known that you are a mes
? seuger, for we have spies right here In
| the embassy. I hope that you will get
| the dispatch through, but I doubt It.
Take uo weapon except these bank
notes. These Americans are not to lie
fought. They must lie bought."
The dispatch was written on tissue
paper, and. taking olT his shoe. Hltomt
placed It on the sole where It would be
under his foot, lie asked for a dummy
dispatch of large proportions bearing
the embassy Imprint and placed It lu
his aide coat pocket. The bills, amount
ing to $10,000, he distributed about Ills
person. Theu a cub was called, and he
set out for the station.
He had not turned the first corner b>
fore a man who bad beou standing by
an automobile jumped into it and start
ed after him. Hitomi had gone but a
short distance wheu he felt a shock,
and the cab was knocked Into kindling
wood. Hitomi. who. singularly enough,
was very little hurt, disentangled him
self to see an automobile speeding
away chased by a policeman. Calling
another cab. the messeuger. tirst sliov
t'ig live $100 bills into the hands of the
owner of the wrecked cab, pushed ou
to (he station, which ho rt ached in am
ple time.
Nothing occurred ou the trip till the
train had passed Newark aud was
within live or six miles of Jersey IMty.
Tben a man took a seat beside tho
Japanese and ten minutes later cried
out:
*'You thief! Gire me back my
watch."'
Plunging his hand Into the lower side
pocket of Hltoml's sack coat, the nian
pulled out a watch aud chain and held
them up to the gaze of the passengnrs.
"Oouductor," shouted the stranger.
"Hive mo some trainmen when 1 get to
Jorsey City to bold this man till I can
got a policeman to arrest blni."
When the train rolled Into the sta
tion. a policeman was called, who tjok
the messenger In charge, tbe uian who
claimed to have been robbed agreeing
to appear against blm In tbe morning.
Uut 011 tbe way to the police station a
fifty dollar bill passed frou. llltom! to
th? polWmau. ami tbe Japanese cro?s
ed tbe ferry without any sreut delay.
When tbe boat reached tbe New Yurlt
side and the passengers were crowd
ing forward to leave, three men stand
ing together uear Hitoml began a dis
pute. during which they jostled Hito
ml A moment later tbe gate was o|>en
ed, and they hurriedly left the boat.
TTjey also left n silt in the outside of
Httuml's breast po< ket. They had re
lluved blm of the dummy dispatch.
This made the little Japanese fjiel !
temporarily easier lie hoped that l>e- j
fore his enemies could discover their
mistake be might get to tbe Grand .
Central depot. A policeman stood In ;
the street, keeping back teams, wblle
tl,? boat's passengers got ashore, and
Q::i-ml offered him $l.tXK? to escort
bliu to the depot Tbe man couldn't
le^ve his post, but called another oifi
who did the Job and received tha
uutcey. wnich he doubtless divided
v?jtb the one who had called him.
Jl-toml gut on an evening train ?of
5j-s:on feeling sure that new efforts
wt>i id be made t<> delay him and get
hi* dispatch. While waiting In the
car for the train to leave a man en
tered It. with a young girl- Placing
tv In a seat near Hitoml. he bade ber
^?ovlby. wishing her a pleasant Jour
"IvX When the tralu bad got under
<ix). tbe girl took up a lunch box aud
Uig>in to eat a dainty supper. Hitoml
had not tasted food since breakfast
awl looked at the girl's snack longing
ly Seeing him do so, the girl offered
hliii a sandwich, which he accepted
and ate. Theu she drew forth a flask
of wine and asked him to wash down
t^u; saudwlcb. He did so, but a bitter
fcMle In the wine stopped blm before
be ?iad swallowed all of It. and he go:
rlit of the balance in bis handkerchief.
Nevertheless be soou began to feel
drowsy aud eventually fell asleep.
Keeling something tugging at a knot In
hU shoestring, he woke up to find that
tbe girl had hb; foot In her lap and
was trying to get his shoe off. Pre
tending not to be awake, be withdrew
his foot, then opened bis eyes and re
mained awake.
W*i?w* stopping at Hartford a traln
maD vent Into the telegraph office aud
fent a dispatch without attracting any
attention. The message was from
Hitoml to the Japanese commissioners
at Portsmouth notifying them to send
l white man to meet him. and the
trainman received a ten dollar bill for
his trouble. At Boston a man got on
:he train aifcl took a seat beside HIto
nt without speaking to him. Hitoml
discovered that something in bis shoe
hurt his foot and took the shoe off, and
u bit of tl.*ue paper passed to the man
bvside blm.
The dispatch was delivered the next
morning to the commissioners, and the
mention of Hitoml by tbe man who
delivered it tvas the last that was eve*
h*&rd of the Japanese messenger.
ilABEL K. TWIA'JKO. j
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Contagious.
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[Orlflnal]
"My nephew shall have $50,000 on
the day of the wedding, and I shall
leave htm $50,000 more In my will."
"I shall do the same by my niece."
"I suppose they will be very happy."
"Fools may easily be made happy.
They do not know what la In store for
tbeui."
"You and I were fools, but were
saved the consequence of our folly by
a misunderstanding."
"Think of the troubles we missed!"
"I have found bachelor life very
pleasant."
"The freedom of an old maid Is
equally agreeable to me? uo husband
to come home cross, no children to be
contluually watched to see that they
don't get Into mischief, 110 having to
pleasr everybody except oneself."
"There go the lovers now. They will
doubtless follow the same course that
you and I followed. They will go
down luto the grove below. She will
throw herself on the grass, first turn
ing up her oversklrt to see that It
doesn't get soiled? prudent as to a
small thlug, reckless as to the most
Important step In life, lie will throw
himself down lu front of her, where
he can look up Into her eyes. Present
ly he will sit beside- her and put an
arm around her waist. It's the same
old story."
"Common In all animals."
"And birds." 4
"And reptiles."
"Except that the lower creatures do
not repent."
"Probably not."
"They are going to the grove, Just as
you predicted. I would like a look at
them."
"Suppose we follow them."
"That would be spying."
"1 can see no criminality In two
philosophers taking a glimpse of that
which Is innocent."
They arose and strolled after the
younger couple. They were not old
themselves. The mau was forty, the
woman some six or eight years youn
ger and retaining much of the beauty
of her youth. Nevertheless both had
reached an age when they pined for
uew sensations. Or was it In this case
an old sensation? They paused when
the couple before them paused and
proceeded wheu the couple proceeded
Presently the young people entered
the grove.
"1 told you so." said the man of the
elder couple.
"Yes; they are going to sit on the
grass.''
"Heallty and romance. She is turn
ln? up iter skirt thinking of the prlo
of having lUvlaundered."
"Dou't he too sure of a woman's
aim. She looks very pretty with the
skirt about her waist"
-You know your sex well."
'?I have done that very thing myself
and for the reason I have given." She
looked about for a grassy spot to sit
on.
??Do It again."
They sut down, and she lifted her
gauze oversklrt.
-It is becoming." he added.
"He is at her feet, as you said."
"He will not stay there long."
Nor did he. Within ten minutes he
arose, plucked a leaf from the tree un
der which they lounged and when he
sat down again placed himself beside
her.
"A pair of gloves against a cigar
that his arm is around her waist with
in live minutes." He took out his
watch.
. ' -I will take the bet, though I shall
lose."
At four minutes and thirty seconds
the young lover's arm was about the
waist of the girl beside him.
"I knew you would win."
??Ihi you know, that's very refresh
ing. I wouldn't mind being back at
that age* myself."
"The age of folly."
"After all, folly Is at times very
nice."
"But dangerous."
"l wonder how it would feel to do
that at our age."
"We would be thinking of the dan
gov that Is. the danger of It If we
were young."
?'Experiment Is the only mean9 by
which to arrive at sure conclusions."
He placed an arm about her waist.
"How does It feel?" she asked.
"Delicious."
"No fear of consequences ?"
"When I was a soldier I felt no fear
after getting Into action."
"You were liable to get killed all the
same."
"Death was nothing to winning"?
"Take care. Hemember what win
ning In love means. Think of what we
escaped."
"We were a pair of idiots."
"It was all your fault.",
"No; It was yours. You tllrted with
that ulnny and drove me"?
"Heavens, some one Is coming!"
"Only the dog."
"Think how happy we are? no cares,
no family Jars, no"?
"Companionship. 1 hate the club. 1
hate balls, parties, receptions. I hate
everything but you."
"Aud me?"
?< love."
"Look! He Is giving her a klsa
Dear, innocent creatures!"
"I have lost eighteen years of such
delight. I'll lose no more. Sweetheart.
It was all my fault."
"No; mine."
Iu ten minutes he made up for two
years' loss. In twenty minutes he
made up for another year, and so on In
proportion. Before marriage he made
up for the whole eighteen years. It
was fortunate that be did so, for a
year after marriage he could not havo
made up fos a tingle year.
F. A. MITCHEL.
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MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND
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Peter's Gbocolates
Also a large stock ol
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REGULATIONS 1905
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