?he JJailtj ^lashan
Valdei. !>??. 17 -From the evi
dence Introduced today in the case
against Barnette and Wing, it
looks as though Barnette would bo
proven guilty of Intent to defraud.
1 It is possible that Wing will be ac
q- itt" I bu? things look dark for
Barnette accordlug to the council
J for the government.
PtMMiRKSSI \ K DKM< H 'RATS
STKOMi IX (XtXGRBW
Washington. IV?. 17 ? The fight
is on for the control of the demo
cratic party. The progressives In
congress are becoming quite strong,
and it looks as though they would
dictate the legislative action of the
present session.
?;kts imvorck axd
n\K THOl'SAXO A MONTH
Newburg, Hoc. 17 ? Mrs. Bernlce
Ut ilize, who was recently married to
Fritx Augustus Heinze, the mining
man of Montana, was granted a di
vorce yesterday afternoon, the
court giving her alimony to the ex
tent of one thousand dollars a
month.
W?H)l>ROW KKK.riMi MOI
(tN CAKIXKT SKI.WTIOX8
Princeton, Dec. 17 ? Wood row
Wilson arrived at his home this
morning, where he was met by the
usual number of newspaper men.
He said to them that he had not
decided upon the membership of his
cabinet as yet, but the selections
would be made as soon as he had
need for a cabinet.
A\ IATORS KIND DKATH
IN WATERS OF PACIFIC
Los Angeles, Dec. 17 ? Nothing
has been heard of the two aviators
who left this city Saturday for the
purpose of taking a flight to San
Francisco. It now seems certain
that some accident has happened
them and that they have been
drowned somewhere in the Pacific.
TIIHKK <?< H>D KKASONS
WHY KAOAN CAMK
Steve Ragan, the lawyer of
ilaiues, had a double purpose In at
tending the present sesstou of the
district court.
One of Qte urgent reasons for his
coining is that he Is attorney for
several defendants appearing at
this term of court ? most of them
being criminal cases.
The other reasou, which is also
urgent from his point of view, is to
oppose the movement which has
been started to transfer some of
the cases trom Skagway to Juneau.
Skagway has not had a term of
court for many years for the reason
that people up there are so good
that they have few legal difficult
ies; and the expense of heating up
the stone court house has been con
sidered too great to open court for
the small litigatiou that has fallen
to that section.
"But Skagway has a good docket
now," said Mr. Ragan, "and we
want to try the cases up there. It
is quite a handicap to bring all of
the litigants from Halnea and Sk&g
| way down here, and Skagway is en
titled to a term of court.''
Every case that is transferred to
Juneau lessens Skagway's chance of
a court term, hence Mr. Ragan will
oppose the transfer of cases to Ju
ueau.
Another reason that called Mr.
Ragan to Juneau was to fiud a
real Democrat ? Democrats were
scarce in Haines during the last
delegate election. Mr. Ragan did
not have a vote at that time and
he is glad of It now. Why* Well
i here a>v three or more Democrats
in Haines now, and Bome of them
vot??d. Now, if Mr Pagan had vot
ed on that election day Mr. Jen
nings would have had one vote ? and
today the public, including Mr- Jen
nings would be in doubt as to who
should have the credit. ? Juneau
I Kmjire.
Overcoat
Season
is now at hand
IP YOU ARE PARTICULARLY
HARP TO PLEASE WE WILL BE
PARTICULARLY PLEASED THE
DAY YOU TRY ON ONE OP OUR
NEW PALL AND WINTER OVER
WATS WITH THE CONVERTIBLE
COLLARS.
PURCHASE IP YOU FIND WHAT
PLEASES YOU. YOU WILL FIND
US ALWAYS GLAD TO SHOW
OUR GOODS WHETHER YOU BUY
OR NOT.
Our Holiday
Goods will
soon be here
H. J. LYNCH i
I
kHE 5pin? ol th* Mutletor
THE Si
He? iprll kbout the land thn*i ?<?? J\
U| Anil py?> ft re brigh- ftrd cheetu of lo? U|
Whwf itin Hm pul>r of Chn?tm?itid?t *
0 (recioui branch with bfftifi p??rl?4.
What gloried frren surpasses this.
Whose maw< ?waysthe whoie wide woHd.
The rhythmu i?e?.ne?i ot ? Hiss ?
Yot ai th* winter. <tte*
The charm ?rill ma?ter? Cupx) ??
Whene'er he looki in Ptyche't ???
Ha ten Ihc mirrored mitlletoe
I NCKKTA I \TY MMJKItS
OVER WAR SITI ATIOX
London, Dec. 17 ? A great gulf
exists between the government of
Turkey and the allies who have
been fighting in the war of the
Balkans, mid from the present in
dications there is no immediate
probability of an early settlement.
The peace conference may adjust
the difficulties, and then again It
may not.
SOl.DIKKS ARE CiRATKFl L
TO MISS HKLKX GOULD
Denver, Dec. 17 ? The soldiers of
the Spanish American war are plan
ning to raise funds for a wedding
present to be given Helen Oould on
her marriage day.
The movement has been started
among the soldiers as a grateful
acknowledgement of the splendid
service she rendered them when she
made contributions to the war de
partment for the purpose of purch
asing conveniences for the men at
the front.
Hit; HKAKTKD M IN Kit
KXTKKTAIXS YOt X*? 1XHJ
In this day of restless activity
and restless greed for gold it Is
most gratifying to chronicle a kind
deed and it certainly goes to show
that the milk of human kindness is
not curdled In at least one breast
Over at Whltehorse in the Regina I
Hotel, Ole Dickson, the well known |
sourdough mining man, acts as
light clerk in the winter season.
Charlie Johnston, one of the pro
prietors of the hotel, is the owner
' of a fine gorden setter pup, a pres
| eut from Donald Ross, who also
is a great dog fancier. This little
! pup ? "Teddy" ? is kept in a barn
in the rear of the hotel, and as It
lias no companion, naturally be
comes very lonesome, and at times
( will howl. Now, Ole stood for this
several days but his big heart was
stirred and finally he told Mr.
Johnston that if he would call him
every day nt noon he would go out
to the barn and play with "Teddy"
for an hour or two, and he has
done It for some time, much to the
delight of "Teddy" and the admir
ation of his friends.
You will need some of
these in preparing your
Christmas cakes, etc.
Hill* ltros. Highpst Grade Extract* ? 1(M> per rent pure? full
flavored. ?:?
Lenion, Orange and Citron l'?"ol
Sultana and Seeded Ilalsin*, Currants
I?ayer Figs ? Fancy Dates
Imported French Candled Cherries
Imported Candied (imjer, Chinese
nisho;>'? Hrs.
HILLS BHOS HIGHEST GIU1>E SPICKS.
Bakers I'nswoetened Chocolatr.
We have no old stock to sell you ? nothing hut strictly fresh
goods.
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
Last night the clt jr eouncll met
In their second regular meeting of
the month. AH of the member*
were present with the exception of
Councilman Foreman. After the
clerk had finished reading the min
utes of the previous meeting, and
had them authenticated, the re
port of the school hoard was read.
The school hoard wanted two hun
dred dollars to par up all Indebted
ness to December 22, and the coun
cil thinking the money conld be
well spent just prior to Christmas,
granted the request snd ordered
everything paid up to thai date
Kills were presented to the
amount of 11 <>4 SO and were paid
One of the bills. In the sum of
1102.00, was for service* of the
firemen at the Conway fire on <th
and Main.
Mayor Tanner suggested that the
city purchase an engine to attach
to the boiler now owned by the
municipality, to be used In pumping
water from the inflow when pipes
are being laid. He thought It
would aav- money. A committee
was appointed to Investigate the
suggestion.
Mr Chas iNye, of the Home
Power company, appeared before
the council ?nd stated that his com
pany Is putting all Its lines in good
TWENTY -ON K KOKKIOS NA
TIONS NOW IN lll(i HHHW
Ban Francisco, Dec. 17 - Port* fa I
is the twentjr-flrat of the foreign
nations to have accepted the IiitJ
tatlon of the President to partlcl
Itate In Americas (treat Panama
celebration ? the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Kipoaltlon at Ran Fran
cIko In 1915.
The flag of the new eat of
Kuropean .-epnbllcs now file# near
the Oolden Gate. Amid the salute
o? twenty-one (tuna *l*en by the
U. 8. S. Marblehead in the harbor,
the Ambassador to China and Japan
J. B. de Freltaa, accepted a deed
to the alte of the Portuguese pal
ace at th<? Kxpoaltlon Reglmenta
from the Presidio and Monterey res
ervations, loreljtn Kmbasaadors and
visiting dlplomata lent col r to the
imposing ce rem on lev Vis* Roe
Constant Freltaa. daughter of the
shape m fut ?? the w?*th??r will
permit H? denied nom# of the
marie by Ik* two
who were employed by the rlty to
look Into tb? wlrta*
The Alaska (>n?ril EMrle com
pan? were th? mih)?rt of mm? ill*.
iumIoh, It Hn( claimed by MfiM
of the wancll that th? company did
not keep tli* fondlilon of the flr?
promts In perfect order at all time*
A snmjeetlon wSs m?d? to call th?
attention of the company to Ordin
ance No J? anil request that they
live up to Ita provisions
Councilman Render wished to In
form all those who keep refns* In
the alleys, that In case of fire there
la dan iter of Mine of the firemen
Retting hurt, aa waa the esse of
Fireman Foes. who fell over a
wheelbarrow In one of the alley*,
ihlch resulted In bmlaea that hare
iwrtlally disabled him
Coanrllmen Bender and Frl?len
thal both expressed their opinion*
of the subject of fire *oira and
fire alarm ayatema In neneral im
pressing upon th? balance of the
council the nervosity for Installing
a system that will be s satisfactory
protection to th? city
There being no further bnalneea
to take up the time of the munlcl- -
pal statesman. they adjourned.
President of the Ameri
can Bank of this city, who la also
President of the Portn*uese anill
Isry to the Exposition, raised th?
U* of that nation on th? flatpole
ami stgnslled to the battleship* In
the harbor and the gnns at the
Ooldn OaV.
"W? of Portn*a| har? the irreit
mh admiral ion for America and for
the apirlt of achievement hj which
the Ame.-tcin people la Inspired,"
?ald Raroii de Freitaa "We look
at the Panama ( anal aa America's
greatest m .terlal alft to cl?l|liatl >n
We hare joTfnllr accepted the In
flation of the l*re?rt?|ent of the
I'niwd States to take part In thla
International Panama Jnhllee Wo
are satisfied that this will be the
greatest exposition In the history of
the world "
H. IllSif snd C. C. Waley. reg
istering from Marlon. Ohio, csme
from the nTth last night
SUGGESTIONS
for :
Christmas Gifts
We Have a large assortment of Holi
day Novelties sticH as
sMOKIMi JACKETS
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WILL CLAYSON
Tohe Home of
HART SCHAFFNER 01 MARX