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AfTElt GRAFT
Di trie! Attorney Boyce
?? Makiua; Recor.l
Juneau, April 2? The Juneau D1
patoh of recent date, coatniu* tbe
following dispatch from Portland,
Oregon:
'The Morning Oregocian claims
John J. Joice, of Juneau, the United
S ales attorney for the First Alnglcan
judicial division, has unearthed evi
dence of fraudulect dealing in Alaska
which will rank with the graft expose?
of weste.-n states. It is claimed that]
the federal officials of Oregon have;
been assiting him in gathering evi-'
denes against \io ators of the customs I
and internal revenue regulations."
Hajoa I? m* Portland
Tbe Juneau Dispatch adds:
"John J. Boyce is at Portland secur- 1
ing several imortant witnesses in
criminal cases and trying to apprehend
parties guilty of illegal Sshing in Alas- |
kan waters. In this connection there]
are several indictments on the '
'secret files at the court bouse. Fed
eral officials here say the question of j
gigantic graft is overdrawn."
BIG IIMDM\
CHIEF DIES
fort Yukon, March j ? On February'
13 Chief George, of the Fort Yukon!
Indians, died after a long illness, aged I
abojt 70 years. He was ooa of the last !
of the old-time Indians, and remember
ed tbe coming of the Hudson's Bay I
company to Fort Yukon in lS-jri. His!
chieftainship d?tes from 1S93, when he
was e.ectrd to succeed S?nyawvi, and
his rule has always been marked oy
kindness and gentli-Dess and patience.
His voice was always for Deace amongst |
his people, and be was a great settler
o} difficulties and healer of lllwtll.
Slow to anger and loath to speak or I
believe ill of anyone, he was regarded !
? ;th much affection, a"i is mourned
with a real sense of loss.
mm court
BEGINS MONDAY
The J u neat) term of the district court 1
will begin Monday, next.
Judge Wickersb m, who arrived at
Jaoeau las week, after irranging tbe j
calendar tvitb the members of the bar. ?
left for ?uget Sound to visit withjhis;
sou , Ensign W tckersham, of tbe I. mtetf
States n-vy. who cas been o.-airedto;
the Orient.
SKYWAY EIREMEN
10 ELEll OEEICERS
Tbere will be a meeting of the Skag- :
way Sre department tomorrow evening
at Firemen's ball at which officers will
be elected for the ensuing year. Tae|
tiect on and business meeting will be j
followed by a social stasioa.
Auilas-Tarenne R?alRa?
R. Auzias-Turecne, lor many years
F.er.Ch consular agent at Dawsoo, has
resigned. He has located at Seattle
where he has become interested in
banking and real estate.
J. J. Daly Is in OHoe
J. J. Daly, formerly r-f Skagway, was
chosen treasurer of the school board at
Ketchikan last Tuesday. He had no
opposition. Mr, Daly will make a good
official.
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watch that will do: keep good time. I
The season of summer is too short in
this country to permit of one's being
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If jour watch is dirty it will not keep
time correctly until it hag been cleaned.
Spring should be the cleaning season
for watches and clocks as well as for
everything else.
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In Alaska for the" character of work it
turns out. Our mottos are: AS GOOD
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Harridan-Oi msley
Elopement
"By Mary VtJood
Copyright. WTO. by C. H. Sutcliff#
Q ^
Katrina Harridan was the sixth of
seven daughters, red haired and under
sized. but that did not prevent her
from being a power lu her world. At
the young ladies' seminary she was the
acknowledged leader as well as the
most intimate friend of her twelve
classmates, each of whom had the
promise of being bridesmaid at her
wedding. In this they were prescient,
since Tliorudyke Ormsley had tor same
time made her the object of his atten
, tious.
[ ThorudyUe Ormsley did uot altogeth
er meet with the approval of the class.
They thought him lacking in the dash
and daring requisite for a suitable
match for their president.
! Katriu.i. however, viewed the matter
i from .1 different standpoint, as she
contided to her youngest sister l'ainela:
"There is something restful in l'boru
dyke's conventionality. 1 always know
just what to expect from him. and I
fancy that 1 can furnish more of the
element of the unexpected than Is
found iu most orthodox families."
She therefore smiled upon her ad
mirer. It followed that she had been
graduated but a few months when he
made up his tulud that to marry * er
was the only proper course of action.
He was too well regulated a young
man to proviso to Katriua without
having first spoken to her father. This
was a pnvediire that the astute morsel
of girlhood hail foreseen and arranged
for.
As h ? ai 'erward eotnpl; lied to Ka
triua: cautiot understand it. Your
lather ? brusque, 'icrvo ts. nuite un
like trmsel' All that I could set him
ro -a> was that you wer ? too young
| and ih.it lie entirely disapprjved.
! When I tried to argue, Pamela came
lu. and he intimated th t the inter
view was closed."
Katrina I r.ried her face n his shoul
der. "Oh. dear. oh. dear!" she wailed.
'?What shall we do'-"'
Tborndy;;r attempted to omfort her,
and he t'"ii:id the process o agreeable
that he pr ilouged It for so .ie moments
before - i} sr sKithingly: "Ho not be
discourage dear. I will call on him
again, lie t::i!>t be made to s.ee rea
.
i "Why doti'r you speak K him your
self? Vou girls have ahva; s seemed to
eet your v ' ; "etry thor uglily. He j
will say "yes" t > you."
"He won't. Katrina's voice though j
3ui 'tliered. was decisive.
"Why not
"P.ec:> ? ?? 1 won't let him." Without
giving her I >ver time to recover from
the shock - e hurried on: "?>jpa has
lost a great deal of money these last
get alon.. s . that another wedding Is
out or the nuestiou. You don't know
what a wetkKi.u' costs. We have had
five. So we do. There would be the
presents md dresses for tiiose twelve
bridesmaids, the flowers, music, cater
er, trousseau- oil. It is awful!" and she
clasped her bauds despairingly. "Papa
is always s . _'ood. He wanted to mort
gage the house, but I said 'no.' "
Light had liegun to dawn upon Orms
ley. "Let me. Katrina." he besau.
Two nil so-?ts appeared iu Katrina's
cheeks :id have us all ashamed to
look you a the : u e: Never: Pamela
and I have <Ie< Ided never to marry un
less we elo;h'."
Tboruilvive t?ruis!e> stiffened. "That |
Is impossible." 1
Katrina legan ro cry in earnest. "1
always ku -w that you were proper,
but 1 never thought you were so hor
ribly proper that you carcil more for
what people would say than you 'lid
for me," she sobbed.
Her lover could not resist her tears.
"You kuo? that I love you better than !
anything "Is" in the world." he said
tenderly "It is not entirely on my
own account that I object. There Is
Aunt Harriet. She would be utterly
scandalized bj an elopement. Is It
right to distress her when she has done
everything for ir.c and I am all she
has V"
At this virtual capitulation Katrlna's
tears ceased to flow. "Theft If I got
Aunt II i! ? i-fs consent you will be
willing to ? : ipoV" -Ii?? asked guilelessly.
"I would do anything to marry you."
he answered, with unusual reckless
ness.
Katrina i tow her anus arounil his
neck. "Then it is as good as settled."
"You don't know Aunt Harriet."
Ormsley admonished.
"Yes. 1 do. And. what is more, 1
wager that if yon do exactly as I tell
you she herself will suggest an elope
ment"
So the two put their heads * virether.
Most men would have wished them
selves In Onnsley's place lie must
have been se ihlo of hi* privileges, for
he left the house more in love than
ever and \ow,-d to play his part in the
comedy. Kutrina refused to admit the
possibility of a tragedy.
Miss Harriet Ormsley lived iu a big
old fashlon^l house called tin- Larches.
She had the ouly victoria n town, her
butler Always stood behind her chclr
at dinner, and lier parlor maid wore
French cap< In all respec s b.-r estab
lishment was most correct But its
rhythmic order ; ml the mini! of its
mistress were alike disturbed by the
strange bciiavior of youn? Mr Orm*
ley. For vhree or four days he had
eaten sen. -ely anythiug. although hi*
aunt ordered his favorite dishes, and
Jerkin* sc -ved them to a nicety. In
stead of g->ine out of an evening b?
broodeu o-?r the Are or foverlshty
paced hi* room. His rapid footfall!
eotild be konrd long aftef the rest ot
tin; family had retired.
Miss Harriet loved her nephew, a*
she had his father before hlni. When
be had successively refused to take a
tonic, see a physician or consider a sea
trip alarm overcame her usual stiff,
uess. and she Implored au explanation,
rhomdyke gave It reluctantly. He
'oved IC:.trIna Harridan. Katrina loved
?lira. Her father objected. That was
the end of it.
Miss Harriet listened In amazement.
\n Crawley, her nephew, refused by a
(Iarridan. a mere upstart In society! It
was ridiculous, preposterous!
T horndyke refused further discussion
of the subject. His aunt lay awake
most of the night. and as the clock
chimed the hours of the early morning
so did her Indignation grow.
It was almost at l>o ling point the
next day when Katrina was announced.
Before her hostess could speak the
g.rl threw herself in her arms.
"Oh, dear Miss Harriet." she cried,
'of course Thorndyke has told vou I
suppose I ought not to bo here, "when I
am forbidden to have anything to do
with him. but it can't be wrong to
come when hi* is away."
Miss Harriet found" herself patting
Katrina's head.
"Do not cry. my dear." she said with
difficulty, due to a remarkable stricture
In her throat. "It Is a deplorable situ
tlou. but your father cannot be an en
tire- He must be made to see reason.
I will call and explain."
This conclusion was far from reas
suring to Katrina. Yet the young dip
lomat managed to murmur with a fair
assumption of gratitude: "That is so
good of you. dear Miss Harriet. If
Thorndyke and I are ever happy it
?will all be due to you."
On her way home Miss Harridan
round It imperative to call at her fa
ther's office ? or, rather, to eali on the
office boy. Tommy Jenks was her
stanch admirer, for she had a way of
treating him as if he were alreadv a
member of the Orm.
"Tommy, if Miss Harriet calls to see
father during the next few days Just
tell her that he is engaged. She would
only worry him. Do you think that
vou could keep her out-for me?" She
smiled engagingly.
The office boy was flattered by this
proof of confidence. "Sure I can! Mies
Katrina," he declared stoutiv. "Just
you trust to Tommy Jenks."
Miss Orrasley called at the office sev
eral times. At each visit Tommv
blandly assured her that Mr. Harridan
wj.s out.
It is Impossible." she declared in
diffiiantJy . Bur the office boy played
his role to perfection.
Katrina's next visit to the Larches
round its mistress In a state of mind
quite at variance with her usual ele
gaut calm. " Your father, in coalition
with his impudent office boy, has re
fused to see me. ne shows regard nei
ther for m; age and position nor for
the happiness of my nephew,"
Katrina listened meekly, for she saw
that no suggestions were needed. The
Ormsle.v blood was up. Yet even she
was surprised by the suddenness with
which Miss Harritt seized her by the
shoulders and half swung her round as
she cried. "If you had any spirit lu
you, you would marry without his con
sent!"
"Elope:" Katrina's tone was norror
struck.
"Yes. elope!"
"But what would people say?" the
girl objected.
"An Ormsley is above the vulgar crit
icism of the general public," Miss Har
riet answered majestically. And In
deed you can scarcely call It an elope
ment when 1 will see you married and
give a reception at the 1 .arches in the
evening."
So Anally Katriua awl Thorndyke al
lowed themselves to be won over to
Miss Orrusley's way of thinking. That
flery old lady Insisted on making al!
of the arrangements and was tilled
with exultation whenever she thought
of Mr. Uarridau and his discomUture.
She was the only witness at the cere
mony. for when she suggested a few
guests Katriua demurred.
"If I cannot have my own family 1
do not want any one but you." she de
clared. "I would have liked to have
had those twelve bridesmaids." she
added, with a self sacrificing sigh.
lUi'y wm nil UK U1C1C ill lur C.CU- |
Ing." Miss Harriet comforted.
So they were, but It was au eleventh
hour guest that had the place of honor.
It was on the way hooie from church
that Katrina begged Miss Harriet to
break the news to her father and to
Implore him to forgive her on her wed
ding night. Softened by the sight of
the youthful happiness, Miss Harriet
could not refuse.
Iu this embassy she was successful.
Mr. Harridan presented a bold front,
bm he speedily capitulated before her
eloquence. Miss Harriet almost for
gave his former obduracy since It made
her victory the more signal. Thus it
happened that Mr. Harridan kissed the
bride and drank to the health of the
groom with equal fervency.
When Mr. and Mrs. Thorndyke Orms
ley were driving to the station, the firs?
step ou their wedding journey, the
groom gave voice to a presentiment
-vhleh all evening had clouded his hap
pin ess.
"I noticed that young Croxtou was
very attentive to Pamela tonight. Does
that mean another elopement?"
Katrina gave a happy laugh as sbo
held up a slip of paper.
"Did you uot see this, stupfd boy? It
is Aunt Harriet's present to me, a
check for $3,000. She said she wanted
me to be sure of my welcome In the
family. Dear Aunt Harriet! It was a
shame to fool ber. Yet I think she en
Joyed It, and It was absolutely neces
sary. Part of this check shall go for
Pamela's wedding. I can promise you
that this shall be the last Harridan
elopement"
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SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing- Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
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Urinals " " " " 50
Wash Hasins " " " " " 25
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