MAY CUT
X m Rates Will Prob.bly
Be Cheap
IV ess steps are taken to maintain
freight rates on the Nome route be
fore January 1, one of the greatest rate
w?rs io the history of Al<skan trade is
expected. Wi h the announcement of
the .withdrawal of the Pacific Coast
Steimsnip Company from the Alasna
Steamship Association comes the report
' that the company will make its own
rates oo the N"me route as well as it
the ports along the Southe istern coast, i
Heretofore the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company has operated but one
vessel regularly on the run? the Sen
ator. This year the company Is adver
tising that Ht least five of i s vess-ls will
be in the northern tr de. including the
new steam-hip President, built for the
Seatt!e-i>an Francisco trade.
The Northwestern Steamship Com
pany |.Uri to operate not less than
seven vessels, an 1 Schubach & Hamil
ton will h ve an equal number, inclu -
ing the Oriental freighters Lyra, Plei
ades and Hyades just chartered from
the Bos'on Towboat Company.
R. D Ptcneo, No"hwestern freight
agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, siid last week that bp
was not a ? are that his com oany would
cut rates th's year and did not believe
it to be a f?ct.
'"The raTes to Nome msy be 'ower
this s-a-on than las'," said Mr Piuneo,
"but if a very io<* rate were offered the
b- ats cou'd Dot afford to operat
Freight representatives of other c<>n>
p^nies in I e Nome trade say tnat rates
- wii be maintained. Si> far the Nome
s-.ippers have h.ld no conferences in]
*esTard to the fre:gh* ru'es f>.r this
I : : ' = ? e;.. . V A ! t?t V ?
i' V li ? i a-' < OJ)!pa;::
Op us Aim he ' "Hi Miuh
(Spec a; Dispatch to the Doiv A!a-U*n
Seattle, J.iu. 1&? The Facitic Coast;
Company has opened ii-e old linUiO;
c>-l mine at Tinino souih of Olympis.
Th*" mine was aba >dooed ?everal yeirs
ago for the reason that it
was not profitable. It is cow being
m 'de to produce a*: ?in for he pu pose
of relievicg the suffering at Seattle. |
IHO BOA IS 0\
WAV 10 SKAGWAV
The Co tage City and Jefferson!
should ? e in SKagwav before the close |
of another business day. though the
latter might not arrive bt/ore I ues- 1
day morning. The Cottage City sailed,
from S attle Wednesday evening. She ;
bad four days' mail on board and ;
should be here t. morrow evening or
M nday mornin.. Tne Jefferson s.iied j
Thur-uay evening and should arrive
Monday evening or Tuesday.
GOLD PUCERS? wei ? wanted to I
worn oo shares by machinery interests, !
Write full pari icuiars to F. Whitney '
Washington. D. C. 1-10-flt ;
, N-w numbers i-<" G. "Justrite''j
Ccrs at Hairisot/s
BLV Of" US
0 t P c?' t' r J welrv t?
Ev-tjb ily.
'.t> sa.v, witfcou1 f -if of successful
4- u'radtcti n that we can deicons'rate
, - we hsv- rh- ^-s n!ac-> to buy
r , > ' i- i'r p<?rt
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Oji liitf o' ? oi-C.ii go d is> c->ccole-e.
We *ul guararuee >o meet aU con
ditions an expert examination may
sh'Wtobe requireJ. We have the
^tfwds, the appliances to make the ex
amination and the expert knowledge
required. EXAMINATIONS FREE.
Don't forget ihat our repair depart
ment it always rsaUy. that your mottoes
arsAS GOOD As SEX and SATIS
FACTION guaranteed.
J. Ilruta. Optician and Jtwaler.
j IN 1815 j
: :
[Original.]
"Curse these British bourn's. They
would have taken everything except
our souls h:ul we not fought them
and beaten them, and now they want
our bodies on the sea to sail their
jhips. Talk about the right of search.
Impressing British seamen and all
that; they're stronger on' the water
than we, and it's here they continue
to show their serpents' fangs. Oh, for
a Paul .Tones to come down ou this
ship ami treat It as he treated the
Serapisl
"I suppose it would have been more
sensible for me to go to work Instead
of resisting. Then 1 wouldn't be in
this cubby hole, a man with a cutlass
to watch me. Methinks he's getting
sleepy. Drop your head again, old
fellow.- aud catch it spasmodically. A
few more nods and you'll not count
for much as a guard. But what If I
could leave this hole? I can't get out
of the ship. One. two, three, four, five,
six? six bells. I wish the fellow would
go to sleep. I'd Just take a turu about
the ship to stretch my legs.
"Now for it. He doesn't stir. Good
by. my hearty. I'm going to see what
one of his majesty's ships looks like at
3 in the morning. Everybody asleep.
That's a tine sniff of air even if it does
come through a porthole. What's in
here? A cauvas bag on a bunk, with
a shot tied to one end. Wonder when
they're going to toss him over. 1 wish
they'd toss me over Instead. I'd rather
make a dinner for sharks than work
Cor British tyrants. Wonder if the
watch on deck are all awake. Reckon
they are. These Britishers are good at
liscipline. No. I can't go up there.
"Suppose? suppose I could get tossed
overboard in place of this dead man
Where would I go to? To the bottom,
jf coi;r-o. I couldu't get out of the bag,
ml t'ae sliot would sink me. 1 might
a I'e to take with me. But 1
? : iKIa't swim ashore. We must be off
? Massachusetts coast. Wonder if
ielr li.' vats are fitted with cork side
?res. it' I cau get enough cork to ;
? and a knife I'll try it. It'll
. ? :? dusk. Hello, a knife!"
i ,. .Vli >w nearly got uie. If it I
. fur him I'd have been over
? ler in another second. But I|
_i he i >: U. 1 wish I could have dip
ped iuto the boat. I might have se- j
cured a e..rk jacket instead. .Vow. I'll
i al bai k and try to summon nerve to
get into the bag.
"There, my man. or. rather, my dead
man. y ... i y under that Imnk while I
take yi sleeping place. I'll have a '
hard t!:ue reladug the bag. All right; I
I reek .. t!;at'!l do, though they may 1
notice * ! la* : . Now coLies the'
worst of it. the waiting.
"Eight bells.
"Oue bell.
"Sow. be!!- I lulls! have dropped
asleep. strange that 1 nmlil slt>ep in :i
dead ni.m's bag: lint. now I think "f it, I
I've not slept before Tin- tun days, unt '
since tlie-'e r:i>cals t<mk' me from t ! j<" j
Molly i '?"V ? I .
"Tlny're v mi iu;:. I liiv they arc. I
The lea villi: off of that shot eanio pret
ty ne.ir betraying me. They've ant it
tight enough this lime. Never uiitul
(lie '-rr'al forvbv. i?h. ?!od. I t listen lo
one's own liiirlal scrviei": That's what
it is. ii y I'.tnal -??? > iee. l il never get
it't *ii* this alive. What a t'mil! 1 1
?oitlil have submitted ami lived.
"Tlii* l.tnl have me.ey <t:i my soul.
\Vill I never set this eoivl out V I town. ]
litwn; What an awful ilown: If 1
!ou't <: i it iu another moment the wa- j
or ii't.tve will !i >til iut> iimler. Besides.
I eau't h >M my breath so long. Aha!
>io:H|l>y. old >Si?ii: you may ^ t to tbe
toUoui. I :n gMr: u|>. Whew, that
was a loll'. 1 re:iih slop: oil. Mossed
lir; I.et me rot rid -if this bag ami I'll
breathe easier. Thank heaven It Isn't
liubi.
"W''i fish: 1 didn't think the shin
I va< o near. I sot under the water
:ust in time to miss lieing seeu. It
voaatn't have mattered. They'd* have
bonvht the -hot had slipped otV and i
lie dead liad arisen.
"This i; tiresome, and I'm getting
lUtigry. If 1 < mlil only have cumo tip
in a few herring in the jralley tiefnre
eavhlg the ship. Let me see. judging
.'rotu (he position of the sun it must
>y an hour or two past meridian. No!
* ship vet sighted. I'm near the
o.;st .ma sh:tisli'. at least see the sails
>f :1 her What's that on the horl
'mi,': It's a sa'l. sure enough.
I "Yes. ;iV ..-erring larger all the while,
j it's eMciiitr -:tr:ili:Ut f >r me.
! " Sl.ip all .y:'
"Tlvy hear me. They're lulling to
?viiid. Tint's thi? ploasnntest
o.-:.d ,::.t boat coming down from
Lv dm ,rs? I've beard in a loin: while.
"ia !n luck. This way. you 1 lib Iters.
? Ljt a re yoi steering o.T two or thr>*e
;?i>!rtt t' Can't see uie for tbe
Well. I am Itobbiug up and
: >al, but I've g it used to
? v.m are. Now keep that
? t vuil reach me.
IV Never you uiliut till
? ii'o" iril your ship. I?id you
r"ni? Good. Here's to tbe
?ta.'.- . . l >" - ! l?on't they look fine
ifter !????' r imprisoned under that
i British rag'' Anything to eat? No.
I n't II. give way, hearty. I can think,
I 'rot I can't talk-not till I'vo tilled my
'iread basket. I've done thinking
! jnougb for a dozen years. All right;
1 /ou'il have to hoist me aboard.
"Weil, now I've eaten and drunk
I'll tell you that I'm an American sea.
ami impressed by Britishers and es
?apod." WE.NDi.LL C. M'LE1>\
i
: My Friend Jardin \
' ?? ? ??????????(.??<> "
[Copyright. lSuti, by C. H. SutcllfCo.]
My frleinl Jardin and I had bean to
gether nine years wheu we separated,
he to go west with an uncle a'nil I to
enter a law office at home. We wrote
each other weekly for three years and
were as faithful as lovers. Up to this
time we had hath been poor, depend
ing on ourselves more thau on our fa
thers, but now a relative died and left
me $40,0(10 In cash. .My first letter to
Jardin after receiving the news was to
offer him a present of $5, 000.
lie replied that he was doing well In
the minim; business and did not need
and would not air >pt the money, but If
I wanted to double It in six months he
would show me how and take a share
of the profits. After some further cor
respondence I started for the west with
my legacy iu my pocket.
I found Jardiu serving as assistant
superintendent In a gold mlue, and we
greeted each other as two old friends
should. fie had prospected a bit and
made a great find.
It was a week before we were on
the mountain where his find was lo
cated aud where my mftney would be
needed to make wagon roads, purchase
machinery aud bring In a staff of la
borers. On the forenoon of the second
day our pack horse met with a fall and
was lamed, aud we decided to lay by
for a day to give bini a chance to re
cover.
At 3 Vclock in the afternoon Jardin
started out to scout around the camp
and over the trail wc were to follow
the nest day. and I spread a blanket
over the pine needles and lay down
for a nap. It was a still, quiet day,
and 1 was dozing when the thought
suddenly flashed over me that Jardin
meant me ill. and I found myself s:t
tiug up before I knew it. 1 laughed
aloud at the thought. If my own
mother had been there and told me
that he meant me ill I would not have
believed It. I lav down again, and
then It struck me that he had acted
rather queer aud constrained since
starting, lie had written me to bring
gold from Penver. He had made sure
that I brought $3$,000. He had almost
hidden me away iu the mining village,
aud he had insisted that I take another
name and conceal my home address.
His excuses at the time seemed more
than enough, but now when I began to
argue things point hy point I was
stunned. Taking the ease wholesale,
as you might say, I believed In him as
iu no other man. Taking it point by
point. 1 had to conclude that he Imd
some evil scheme oil hand.
?Jardiu was absent for two hours and
then returned to report all quiet. I
began to watch liim now. and kn g
him as well as I did I soon saw that
lie was ill at ease. He no longer look
ed ine in the eyes as of old. lie was
nervous aud furtive. I found a dozen
reasons for susi>ei i:iig him.
To tlii' west of our cauap tne sure 01
the mountain rose sharply, ami there
were several great bowlders almost
towering over us. If it liad be?n the
rainy season 1 should have feared that
some of thorn might have become loos
ened and f.illen down 0:1 us. After
supper we smoked, talked of old times
and eared for the horses, and about 0
o'clock Jardiu suggested that we turn
in so as to get an early start in the
morning. We had pitched our small
tent and gathered pine needles for a
bed, and the night was one for sleep.
Jardin seemed to fall asleep almost at
once, but I could not shut my eyes,
j I didn't sigh and kick about, and .Tar
din must have believed me to be sound
asleep when he finally rose up with the
utmost care, looked at me for a mo
ment and then, taking the crowbar
from the pack, walked toward the
j bowlders. What on earth he was go
I lug to do was l>eyond me until I slyly
followed him to see with my own eyes.
I found him digging and prying be
hind the biggest bowlder, and that
bowlder was right in line with the tent
and only fifty feet away. I thought at
first that he was looking for gold; that
he was developing some sort of a iiud
to show me in the morning. I held to
this idea for three or four minutes and
was about t > address him and give him
the laugh v. hen another idea entered
my head and brought out the goose
flesh all over my body.
Jardin was working to roll that giant
bowlder down upon the tent and me as
1 slept: It was a matter not to be ar
gued. It was murder be had been con
templating ever since he had written
me to come west! Some men might
have acted differently in my place.
They might have made their presence
known, exposed him. played the hypo
crite or what not. I did nothing but
? wait and watch.
The man had worked for a quarter of
an hour in my sight, when he passed
| around to the front of the bowlder to
1 remove a stone. He shoved the crow
I bar under it and gave a heave, at the
!same time turning his face toward the
tent as if to see if I was astir. The big
bowlder moved. It broke out of its bed
1 of a sudden, and Jardin jumped to es
I cape It. He Jumped down hill. It
caught him up and rolled over him in a
flash and then was over the tent and
crashing through the trees until it Anal
ly rested far below.
I ran to Jardin as soon as I could, but
found no man. I found traces of a
man instead. He had been ground into
the earth. There was hardly a sign of
the ea nip.
I I had loved aud trusted a fellow bc
i ing for fifteen years. I had shared
j with him and he with me, as brothers
j share. We trusted each other alone of
] all mankind. 1 would have imperiled
I my life fi r him at any moment. I
j would have placed my last dollar in his
j hands had he asked it. Who and what
I ts man aojkow? Shall we ever get to
lUnowfctlmJ il. QUAD.
? . I II U in II 1 tllW' IlHII ~ saOHMHI
SPECIAL SALES
?MBBBB? ?^1? ? ? B? HBB? CyBBB? MP? PMg^?
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the i
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in drees goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
) ???? I
Martin Conway
f&SZ
IflE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by the Old bit
or miss plaa
used ia soma
households |
BUT
with t
V-. "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
evervt'v'nj is so arranged that bj
follow. ; :''0 drip's 'nstmctlooi
:be c" '..'y a; ways dell Jonfc
See c.-.r scvc-n! styles and let n*
sxpi:iie jje.'fccf way.
P. E. KERN
Go'd H'id Silver smith.
Nnt'O ' tc Public
I have authorized Vr. P. B. ''-raves
to assume f^ll charge of m.v aff i'S in
connection with ru1 n ne the Pullen
House during mv absence.
Mrs. H. S. Ptjllen.
S cgaay, Nov. 28, li<06. tf.
Coal and Wood
Call up tiie Alaska Transfer comn ny
Tor coil wnod and binding -?ll or
ders promptly atiended o. 'Phone 10
We hav? a Jarge stock
Lomney's Gandy
Pcttp's Choco'.ates
A so a large stock ot
Fresh Nuts
!>on ' Forg t, U>e Number. 428 B d?'
Tony l) >rtero' s
an>' Import r of
MILLINERY
orders s iiicled and fi led immediatly
306 368 arcade building,
SEATTLE, WASH.
remodeled
THE
Rainier=8ran<J Roiei
SEATTLE
New Management Popular P.lcto
Central Location Europua Plan
Fir.aH CAFB and BAR in the^i-v
\VU?on & White Co. Prop. Chn? P?rr>
j?
JUNEAU S. S. GO'S.
KLKr"l"- WGHTK' STBAV
HEATED ^TEAMEH;
GE^RG;.\
?MTTin? r e Mat1
or Haines Br-rnejs B y. Juneau
ioonah, Tenake Sitka and Wayport*
SAILS
Jan 4. 10, 16. 22- 28
at 8 a. m.
W. W. BOUUtfTON, A jrent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone 60
No regrets next morn
ing--co;sd flavored ard
good for you
II
Seatlle, Wash.
SAVE YOUiDOLLARv
is ou- ud vice. La -r on in lif-. it uviil
be nf ere t service to you The lack of
mo ey ? ausi>- uo'HU m st-rv. That is
why y u should "?v>* a iiortion of yo lr
-al?ry, ? r arnin s. w il" on ca".
T' <? live ii r-cent plus d > idende.ru
ioe Golil Bonds, of the Northern S<>
urttiis and <acWn2 Oomnany, offer
t.'ie safest nrt b?st investm nt in ti *
way of s vin s that l- on the ra rket.
These B m 's are bick-d hy Re-il 6<t i!e
ecuiities heii by o e of he 'a-i-s'.
Frus* Companies in the >ves'.. Tie/
?ao be paid for on the mo'i'hly, sem
nmml or annu loynsT. pan ml ?vill Ej
^Hrnyoi b-.tt>*r thin tii pjr-cei' on 3
iour mo iey,bnsid js t<kini{ care of and 5
returning you vour pri'-cip ?l H
For full particulars see "
PHIL ABRHAMS, Agent.
1 flew mater and Cight Rates
n
On and aftpr the 1st 01 October, 1905, the following will b; the
Nlon hlv rites (or water and light service from the Northwest L ght
& Powe Company:
WAT ER
Firsi Faucet
E.ch " additional (except was basins, free). . . . ,
Bitih Tubs in Hotels or oilier Public Houses .
Water Closets ?' " " " "*
Urinais ?' " " "
Wash asins " " " " "
Hole's, p>*r room additional
Bee- Pjmps
R-stmr int?
Steim Laund-ies
H.uid "
Motors, >peeial p^r h rsepower, minimum rate
Hose C n .ecti-'n for Fife Protection
Families carrying wa'er
Indiv dua's '*
Hauling water, per led
La wo and Sreet sprinkling.
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
commercial service
Stores, 'tfficos, "-hops and Residences
Kacb 16 cp lights .?
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NI-3HT SERVICE.
Etch 16 cp liehts
Enclosed Arcs *
32 cp '.ights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
.} 2 00
25
, 50
50
50
. 25
10
I 00
. 5.<0
.. 7 50
, . 5.00
, . 5 00
. . 1 (H)
1.50
1.00
.. 1 00
. . Free
All Year Winter
.$ 1.00
. 10.00
. 150
. 15.00
1.50
12.50
! 2.00
i 17.50
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.
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