raarni.! m?
DID BEST
4
Pacific Coast Company In
*? creased Coal Ontpat
Statistics gathered by officers of the
*s'ate of Washington show that the|
if 'tic Coast Company has not been
b\ud to the increased demand for coal j
' and that it had taken steps to increase
the soepiy to meet it. The mines of
the company have produded more coal
this year and more has been sold than
in any year in the history of the com
pany. The tonnage sold at Seattle was
greater this year by several thousand
ions than it w*s last year, and more
coal was shipped from Seattle. iTbis is
cot all, the other mines of the state
' produced more coal than tver before.
It is claimed by the officers of the
i'acitte Coast Company that more devel
opment work for the purpose of in
creasing the coal output has been done
Ibis year than for a long time and that
more money has been appropriated for
further development. The resists from
this work will appeal in next year's
output.
Officers of the company also >av that
the coal shortage that has prevailed in
* Seattle has not been as bad a- has been
reported. They claim that they have
always had coal in their bunivers for
. sale.but that ii wa* not always of the
variety wanted by the consumers who
refused to take acv because they ;cott!d
cot get product of the particular mine
with which they were familiar They
si* that some people us>- Franklin coal.
rs Oilman coal, other* i'.lack
Diamond and so on When people could
not get the variety called for. the> -<ay. I
they would refuv? to take any.
PUT OFF
Dolphin LVayi'd by La^k
of Fuel
A cablegram received yesteruay
afternoon by R. A. Carroll. airent ?for
the Alaska Steamship Company, <ays
the Dolphin's sailing was postponed
from yesterday until tl afternoon od
account of in fuel. She
Will be due 3N Kiw Y ttr'i day, and
will have sii s
Matt Be Identified
As is usual at all masque balls, guests
will be required to disclose thiir
identity at |tbe door by lifting tbeir
masks to tbe man in ch.tr-.--' Mor.uay
night. All "obj- ct!onat?le character#
will be denied admittance.
wfpw
Obliged to Lie With Limbs Higher
Than Head ? Suffered Untold
Agonies and Could Not Walk ? -
Doctor Said It Was the Worst
Case he Ever Saw,
( iOTHER WONDERFUL
CURE BY CUTICURA
" I received your letter asking for
information about using the Cuticura
Remedies. I used them for eezema.
The doctor said it was the worst case
he ever saw. It was on both limbs,
from the knees to the ankles. We
tried everything the doctors knew of,
but the Cuticura Remedies did the
most good. I was obliged to lie with
my limbs hijher than mv head, for the
pair, was so terrible I could not walk.
1 suffered untold agonies. One limb
wasted away a great deal smaller than
the other, there was so much discharge
from it. I found the Cuticura Rem
edies very- soothing. and I still keeptbem
in the house. I am very thankful to
aav that I am cured, and you can pub
lish this statement if you wish. I found
the Cuticura Remedies all that you say
they are. I hope that you may be
spared many years to make the Cuticura
Remedies for the benefit of persons suf
fering from the torture of skin diseases,
such as I had. I remain, yours re
spectfully. Mrs. Ciolding, Box 8, Ayr,
Canada, June 6, 1905."
CURED OF CHAPPED HANDS
" I have used the Cuticura Soap for
chapped hands, which I had been
^fcoubled with for about three years. I
^Buffered intense pain and itching. I
used nearly two cakes of the Cuticura
Soap, and my hands were completely
cured and have never troubled me
since. I also took the Cuticura Resol
vent for the Wood at the same time.
I can recommend the Cuticura Rem
edies to others suffering the same.
Chas. Young, Plattsville. Ontario, Can
ada. Sept. 29, 1905."
Complete External *i?ti Internal rreatraent for ertrj
Humor, from PiiupiM '-o Scrofula. trvtn Infancy to Axe,
conditio# of Cuticura Soap. 23c , Ointment, JOc., Reto?v
nt, 30c. i in for in ot Chocolate Coaf-d FU1?, :3c. p?r vial
of dO ?, rn if Ck had oi aU ilrug^ma A naf> tet otlro cur**.
Foovr Drat * Chem. Corp.. ?oIf Prop*. Bo?too, Mut
mt1 ItaMTm. - How Uj Curt bc.ile& UumuM.*
1 ON THE BORDER I
KjjyiXjiatiiti!^iSlStirVhi^iii?Su^^ijtVtiMtiRjfiS
[Original 1
I An old man sat in 4 dimly lighted
room, bis bauds clasped with a tight
grip, his bead bowed, on bis face ev
j ery evidence of distress. On a bed lay
? young girl. She was either uncon
scious or sleeping, for she was very
low, aud It was Impossible to lei)
whether It was sleep or coma.
"They are Uniting at the front," l he
old uian mused, "aud If anything
should happen to Bert It would turu
the scale. But if anything does bap
peu she must not be told. Still, would
it not l>e better for her to know It and
?lie instead of liviug on the life of
desolation in store for her?
"The doctor's opinion that she will
weather the storm and get well I have
little confidence In. Is it his opinion,
or does lie say it to keep me up'/"
The nurse came iu and begged the
old man to go t?? M. He refused, tell
ing her I" go into a room across the
hall, lie down aud leave hiui to watch
alone. If anything Important occurred
he would call her. She went over to
the bed, laid he# hand on the sick girl's
forehead and looked at her long and
anxiously. Then she turned and told
him that it was not best she should
leave. But he tirntlv refused to go
himself, and she took a lx>ok and went
iuto t lie room he had indicated.
"Ever since her mother died." he
mused on. "she has l>ceii all I have had
to li>e for. Sometimes it seems to me
that all the lore she has had for me
has Iteen merged in her love for Bert.
That's natural. All the love I had for
my pan-lit was nothing compared with
the love I ln>re her mother. And when
her mother died I gave it all to my 1
little girl.
"1 wonder what's going 011 down
there, l.ast night's dispatches were
that a !i--ht couldn't be put otT tweuty
four hours. We kuow what they do
almost as soon as they do it. Bert
must take bis chances - one out of
three or four or tlve, 1 suppose- while
h?'fe lies the girl he loves aud who J
loves him. having not one chance Iti a 1
dozeu. It he dies she will never stulle
agaiu. If she dies 1 will never smile)
again, but he he Is young. He ?v?u
forget or replace the old with the ntrw."
furious thoughts run through the
mind of one iu suspense. The old man
feil to conjuring up all sorts of possi
ble happenings. He fancied Ins girl |
agaiu in health, bur lover safely re
turned. their meeting- In tbeir happi
ness he forgot that he would be left ?
alone or remembering it was mitigated |
that they were happy. He pictured
Beit a physical wreck coming to find '
the girl he loved gone; the yotiug man's
agony, followed by a settled glooS..
This cauie the nearer home to him. for
ic was what he would have to suffer
himself.
Then he unit hark !u the period
when she nliwic lift hung by a thread
was jumping tier ro|*\ rolling her
hoop He >.i w her grow froui child to i
ujaiJ'-u. from maiden to woman Mow ,
quickly It hail all cnnie about! An J
now if she died, what had all his ef
forts lo raise her, her studies, her ac
couipiishnielits. availed? All swept
away at Ihe ceasing of a heart to lieat. '
And her louder lll'e. what of It V Every
effort he had made or should make
would lie neutralized. i
The patient stirred. The watcher was
about to go into the other room and
call the nur>i' when the girl suddenly,
with a streux'h that astonished him,
sat up and lived her eyes on vacancy
or. a> it seemed. some one in the center
of the room.
"Bert; iili. Bert ! nave you come''"
She <; retched forth her arms, and
the focus of her vision seetueU to draw
uear-r to herself. Her arms folded,
she raise I her l"ai-e :i? though for a
felsN then fell hack on tile pillow.
Tic old i?;iii sprang to the hedsidb
ami was joined a moment later hy the
nurse, who niiickly slipped !i?-f arms
under the invalid and raided her See
ing no >ign of life, she placed her hand
on the girl's heart, 'l'lieu she looked up
and said:
"She's gone."
The old mail vent to a table, sat
low ti and. placing bis arms on it. rest
?mI his head on tliem. The nurse laid
lli.' dead irirl's arms beside her. turn
?d. looked :it li e old man pityingly and
eft th" loom. The case was closed for
ler. and in a day or two she would f>e
ready for the next one.
The oiil man remained where be was.
l'he cloefc struck '.lie hours successive
y? 1. 'J. 1. Then there was the
iotind of iiovs running in tlie street
>ie!ow and shouting:
"Kxtni! Croat battle at Santiago!"
The old man started up. lining into
he hall, he ram: for a servant, tine of
'hem had been up all night to summon
1 doctor If needed. He responded at
once, and his master ordered him to
??ring hint a palter. In it was a tele
gram announcing the last battle of the
Spanish-American war. with a partial
list of the killed and wounded. Among
the former was the name I.ieutenant
Albert I lib!. ard.
As the old man read it something like
a smile flitted across his face.
"Thank Cod." he said, "they have
gone together! Provideuce, who re
leases the youug and leaves the old to
endure, has permitted me to witness
their caress on the borderland of Im
mortality."
An account of the death of Lleuten
ant Hlbhard was afterward furnished
the father of the girl he loved. There
had been fighting night and day for
some time. I.ieuteuant Hihbard's regi
ment had made a midnight sortie and
encountered a hot tire. Hibbard had
fallen, his hratn pierced by a bullet,
?hortlv l>e fore 1 o'clock. This was
verified hy the captain of Hibbard's
company, who was bact; in his tent
at 1. ten minutes after his lieutenant' ?
death MARVIN B ANDBEW3.
TO OPPOSE
%.
Combination Will Compete
Against Pacific Coast
The Alaska Steamship Company and
E. R. Caine'sSan Francisco line, have
joined fortunes in a war against Jthe
Pacific Coast Steamship Company in the
California and Alaskan field. Capt.Caine
has purchased a new steamer to be
used between S?d Francisco and
Southern California ports. She will be
operated in connection with the Buck
man and Watson, which are giving a
weekly service between Seattle and
San Francisco.
A traffic arrangement has been con- 1
eluded between Capt. Caine and the
Alaska Steamship Company so that
through rates may be made between all j
points from Skagway to San Diego, j
The Alaska Steamship Company will J
get ail of Capt. Caine's California
freight for Alaska and it will recip
rocate when it cau.
Capt. Caine has also consummated
traffic arrangements with the Norih
western Steamship Company -and the
Alaska Coast Company for the West
ward and Nome|business
ON GROUND
Gov. Vardaman lnve*tii;>tt
ing Kace War
(Special dispatch to the Daily Alaskan)
Memphia, Tenn, Dec. 28? Gov. '
Vardaman, of Mississippi, is at Washa
lake with two companies of militia |
investigating ibe negro riots that have
been in progress there for several days, j
Two white men and several negroes
have been killed and the danger is n"t
all over. The war has developed so
far that the starting point, ihe eject
ment of a negro from a car by a con
ductor. has been lest sight of.
ROBBfRS STARTED
VALDfZ f!Rf|
Valdez. Dec. 19? The fire which
destroyed the Valde* Banking >Sc Mer
cantile Company'# buildinc and the St.
Klias hotel was started by bank rob
bers who entered the bank by cutting
through a brick vault to the safe. An
attempt was made to open the safe but
failed. The safe deposit boxes in the
vault, and silver were all taken. The
safe contained $65,000 in dust and cur
rency. The robbers left tools and a hat
in the vault. Five arrests have been
made on suspicion.
The ourning of the Ihotel leaves the
town in poor shape to handle the Fair
banks crowd.
FAIRBANKS HAS
A BAD FIRE
Fairbanks. Dec. 17? Fire caused S12,
000 damages here today in the heart of
the business block facing First avenue.
It started in the Model cafe, gutting
the building and destroying part of the
stock of the Owl Drug- Company and
that of Kd Freeman, clothier, and
Robert Bloom, hardware.
Toot Bid Block anrt Wiggs, the new
card games at Harrisons.
rrm?Tn?p
Christmas Presents
??for Everybody* ?
??? ?l^? ??? u? ? ? ?ii?? ???
Our store is full of useful goods
of all kinds for Christmas gifts
?
For Ladies
, ?
? m\m 1 1 1 'gffS5Bg
COLLARS
GLOVES
FURS
RIBBONS
HAND BAGS
H'NDKERCHF'S
FANCY COMBS
SHOES
FELT SLIPPERS
For Children
HOSIERY
GLOVES
MITTS
SWEATERS
SHOES
SLIPPERS
SHIRTS
SUSPENDERS
GAMES and
BOOKS
Of All Kinds
For Men
FANCY SHIRTS
NECKWEAR
H'DKERCHIEFS
SUSPENDERS
SOCKS
SHOES
SLIPPERS
CLOTHING
SWEATERS
COLLARS
CUFFS
I STORE OPUN EV6NINGS
Martin Conway
We have a large stock :
Lomney's Candy
Peter's Chocolates
Also a large stock ol
Fresh Nuts
Don;' Foreet tbe Number. 428 Brdw'y
T'-ny Dortero's
H Y
and Importer of
millinery
orders solicited and filled immcdiatly
3GU-3GS Arcade Building,
SEATTLE, WASH.
REMODELED
THE
Rainier-Grand Rotel
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New .Management Popular Prices
Central Location Buropean Won
Finest CAFE and BAR in thcCi'v
Wilson St, White Co.Prop. Chas Perr>
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'AIR TREATMENT, GOOD SERVICE AND RATES THAT ARE RIGHT
FAIR TREATMENT, GOOD SERVICE AND IiA i ts iiiai
DARING
HOLDUP!
A Prominent Citizen is held up on Moore's Wharf;
another in the Fifth Addition to Skagway: another by the
marshal on one side and a deputy on the other! In Time
of War prepare for Peace. Get your Artillery, Guns,
Pistols, Ammunition, Harpoons and Cheese Knives at
TaNNER'S HARDWARE STORE
Hooks. Hasps and Padlocks of all kinds. Lock your Horse
ibefoie the Barn is stolen.
Also plumbing and tinning of all kinds at moderate
Modern Improvements
prices.
J. M. TANNER,
The Hardware Man
JUNEAU S. S. CO'S.
electric lighted steam
HEATED STEAMEK
GEORGIA
Carrrlnz tJ. 8, Mall
for Haines. Berneis Bay, Juneau
Hoonah. Tenake Sitka and Wayporta
SAILS
Dec 5, 11, 17, 23, 29'
at 8 a. m. j
W. W. BOCGHTON, Agent !
Broadway and Fifth Ave, Phone 90
No reorets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good for you
aittsiiiiiist
Seattle, Wash.
SAVE YOUR DOLLARS
is our advice. Later on in life, it wiil
ne of great service to you. The lack of
money causes untold misery. That is
why you should save a portion of your
salary, or earnings, while *ou can.
The five n<-r-cent plus dividend earn
in? Gold lionds, of the Northern Se
curities and Backing- Company, offer
the safest, and bost investment in the
way of ssvinas that is on the market.
These Bonds are backed by Real Estate
Securities held by one of the largest
Trust Companies in the west. They
can be paid for on the monthly, semi
annual or annual payment plan and will
earn you better than ten per-cent on
your money.besides takir.g care of and
returning you your principal
Forjfilll particulars, see
BI1JL ABRHAMS, Agent.
BtKXHXnaftTir
new mater and Cigbt Rates
Ou and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerC'ompany:
WATER
First Faucet i 2 00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " 50
Urinals ;l " " " " 50
Wash Basins " " " " " < 25
Hole's, per room additional 10
Beer Pumps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries ".50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rale 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per load 100
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE ? _
All-Year Winter
S' ores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ 1.00 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 10.00 12.50
ALL NI'SHT SERVICr.
Each 16 cp lights 1.50 I 2.00
Enclosed Arcs 15.00 17.50
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.