INSIDE VIEW
Interior Paper Thinks Hog
gatt Should Not Interfere
(Fairbanks Times)
Our idea of the mission of Alaska's
delegates is that they were elected to
lay before congress a statement of
Alaska's needs and then do the best
they cm to bring about the necessary
enactment. They are, according oour
understanding, to act as an Alaskan ad
visory board to the president and to
congress.
It is therefore somewhat galling to us
to note in the press dispa'.ches, that the
president, having read Mr. Waskey's
recommendations, "turntd them over
to Gov. Hoggatt for o mtre it."
Messrs. Cale and Was key reDresent
the people ofAlaska by an overwhelming
majority. Mr. Hoggatt represents the
administration at Washing on.
BVVe believe that the people of
Alaska wuu d raher the president and
the congress p?y heed to 'he recom
mendations that are made by the men
the people of Alaska have elected for
that purpose, than to the suggestions of !
the adninistr>tion representatives.
We do n 't accuse Mr. Hoggatt o1
sectionalism, nor do w? underestimate
the powi-r he has at the national capita', j
but we 110 demand that the representat
ions of ine regularly elected delegates
from this t?T'itory be given first and J
y'st cons.derati jn.
opin mh
l'nbl.f Si-h'".l Re-nni " \
ne*$ After Recess
Young America is at school again I
His holiday vaition Is over. The at
tendance this morning, the first day I
after the holiday vacation, was not I
quite up to the stardard, but it wj> I
good. Gradually the young peop'e will
become reconci ed to the fact that the
Christmas-tide has passed a~d that this
is, after a'.l, the same old world it
which they lived 1st fall. Then wil
the attendance be ome normal once
more.
KETCHIKAN ADOPTS
AUSKA TIME
Since the installation of the cable at
Ketchikan, Alaska time has been
adopted. Heretofore Pacific t'me was
generally observed, though some used
local time, half way Pacific and Alaska
time.
Boy* Occupy Street*
Certain streets in June;iu have been
set aside for the use of the small boy
and his sled. All traffic ha- been noti
to keep of the way of the co ster.
Council Mcti Tonlgh *
The Skagw ay citv council will meetj
in regular srssion this evening All the
members of the body are in the city. j
Pile* Cored In 6 to 14 Day*
P ZO OINT 'ENT is guaranteed to |
cure anv cas<? of Itching, Blind, Bleed
ing or Protrui'inhr Pries in 6 to l4 days j
or money refunded. 50c. M-W-fr i
At the Mascot
Mt. Vernon re ad Old Belmoi
whiskeys, double stamped goods, a> j
wholesale prices at the Mas ,
Fur caps and miits at Clavson's. 'f j
THE BEST
COFFEE
can b?
SPOILED
by t he old Ml
or miss ptaa
used ia totoo
household*;
but
vith P
W "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
evervthiag is so arrangul that by
following the simple instructions j
the quality is always del'tuoos.
Sea our several styles and 5etp*
explain the perfect wav.
P. E. KERNQ
Gold and Silver smith.
The Pack Train *-i!onn always leads.
It carries only the best brands of whis
kies, wines, beers and all the other
goods to be had at a first-class gentle
men's resort tf
| A Dea?dbea?t
[Orljinlll
One summer ?.i?bt. or ratlier morn
ing, a cabman uodding oa bis box drove
slowly up Broadway. New York.. Pass
ing old Trinity church tbe ebimes In
the tower above rang out. followed by
the stroke of -.
"Hello:" cried a voice.
The cabmau, ever miudful of a fare,
roused himself and. turning, saw a
man standing in the Iron J?"
fore the church. There was little of his
face or figure visible, for the former
was shaded by the brim of a singular
three cornered hat. the latter wrapped
in a ions cloak. The cabman drew UP
at the curb. The stronger opened the
cab door and stepped hastily in. S1Un!*
a hurried order to drive northward
along the rive; o-ik. On reaching
a poiut opposite Weehawken th
stranger called upon the cahroan to
stop, alighted and walked toward tbe
riItrwas uow early dawn. On foul
ing to the waters edge he looked
about bin. as though expect.ng some
one then up and down tbe river,
glancing Impatiently at hls^ watch.
The cabman continued to eye
wonderiugly. though he w,,s t'rfd l1^
sleepv. Was it drowsiness that madt
the queer figure seem to flutter iu the
wind'- V boat touched the shore pulled
bv two men in the same garb as tbe
stranger. He stepped in and was
rowed away straight across the river
Then it seemed to the cabman that he
had lost consciousness for a second and
the men pulling away iu a boat had
been a dream. He looked about for
the stranger, but he had Indeed disap
PS?a.'leulv tbe stillness was broken by
a distant 'crack, or. rather, it was two
cracks so uear together as to be scarce
lv distinguished. Just then the leaves
of the iiecs were stirred by a light
breeze, and it seemed to tbe eabmau
that something uncanny was iu the
Wind. Indeed, though it was a warm
Julv moruiug. be shivered as it he had
been struck by a cold draft from a
l?The ue\t thing the cabman knew
the two men who had taken the stran
ger away were pulling rapidly down
the river The stranger himself was
nowhere to be seen, but the men seem
,,1 t.> l?e regarding anxiwly s.micthln,
WeMto, of tbe l-at invisible from
the shore. The cabman. lient oil bold
1U!; t? those mysteriously linked with
tue man who owed him a fare, whipped
i ? i l n. I fallowed them down
up his borse anil i '?
along the sliore. U was a hard .la*.
t,llt he managed - keep then, in slghU
and finally they turned toward e
shore When tlicy landed, c.ibbx
there to meet lb.-,:.. The stranger was
stretched in the lN.ttoiu of the boat
Taking him up. his ,vmpani..ns earned
Id in ashore and phicd him inside the
in,, cabman, all in a flutter,
uioiwtr.-d the box ami ? as
drive away when he ,eu,e.il.eivd th
Ul h|s cxdteiueul he had not : -k d
for i list ructions. L.K.k.ngba.k tod
50 not a ghost ..f a man who had l>eeii
t i,.? \< :?*
51 ^Ciwdiy reciver from his as
was ashen and had taken on a ghastly
glare.
-lMiv..." moaned the sufferer.
"Where V"
-To the churchyard."
The . Mbn.an la-h.-l his horse, his cab
??waving fr 'in curb f. curb. its driver
sW'l'viltg ?<- ?ell "" 1",V i:"' !''
"ashing .0 get "Ml ..<? the way. Now
a polleeiiinii dashed into the
I,, si..p nil... but he wa < driving I
,.K. fasi f..r lh.-!? and left the n all be- j
, . V .'..O "PI be estnglu ill the
lying v.i.ce. > 1
"?i'lie cab at lasi .'.tew Ui> at the gate
>v. " of old Trinity. Tbe cabman was
out to get .low:, and help the man
. " V ??? ??""?, ??
r.,lk ..r run iu through the gateway.
,iss riglit through an iron fence and
uto the churchyard. l>ow? Jumped
Z cabman and dashed after hmi. ca ?
' for uis fare. 1'assiug around an
",d of the fence, making his way
hroc.gh the headstones, he managed to
;ecp the man. or. rather. K^-forl^
Uis time it resembled a dissolving buff
?l.e.id in sight.
There is a monument ou ilie soutlieru
iik- of ills' churchyard partal.iug uei
? her of The style of the seventeenth nor
?f tin1 nineteenth eentury. but a pe
;i >. I U:\vi\t tin- two. To tlii< mouu
..??lit ;ii.- fading object tloaifd. and
tiiihcr the cabman staggered. Hut on
? f ! .: > it; it n >t a sign of a livii.c beiug
vas tn In' M-ca. i ?azed. he tried to
teady hiln^'lf against the to >il?. but
be gravi>stoue<, the lii'di 1 tildings
?urrounling the churchyard. t e spire,
til begau to rin k as if they \vi re tow
?rs on sunn gigantic ws*el. :u I well,
bat's all the calniimi knew. Indeed,
?ie sank down on tile grave v.iib bis
!iead resting agaiust tile urn lUinent.
There be was seen by a policeman
.landing on the narrow street border
iug the churchyard.
The next sign of consciousness tbut
came to the cabuian was teeliiig a grip
oil bis arm. ? ?peniilg bis eyes, be saw
the polieeniaii bending our biui.
"My fare." ipisped the eabimiu.
"Vmir fare.' l?o you e\|?oet to get
fares out >>' toiulwtuiiesV"
The cabman rolled bis eyes about to
. ssure himself where be was, and they
dually rested on an Inscription cut on
a slab in the mouillilclit beside Ida It
rend:
IN MKMOKV or*
ALEXANDER HAM1LT0
F. A. MITl HEL.
A CONVICT AND
A GENTLEMAN |
[Copyright. 19015, by Homer Sprague.]
It was ;t caliu starlight night, ami
when I came on duty at 10 o'clock the
captain ainl his family hail lurued ia.
There was nothiug for mv watch to do
except iu the case of the mau on the
lookout, aud all except him a ud the
mau who stood Ity the wheel iu a per
functory way were sooti sprawled out
and asleep. Within the hour I believe
that we all slept. If I slept at all. of
which I am not sure, it was less lhan
teu minutes l>y the cabin t-loi k. I was
suddenly aroused by smite one touching
my arm, and 1 at once responded:
"Well, what is it';"
I spoke before 1 turned to the man
at my side. When I wheeled on hi in I
saw a stranger, lie stood there with
his cap in hand, and drawn up across
the deck were fourteen other men. all
dressed as French convicts. Every
man removed his cap and bowed to
me, and as 1 stood staring the one
who had touched me quietly said:
"Sir, we have come aboard."
"But what is it? wno are you?" I
asked as our voices aroused the man
at the wheel.
"Our boat is alongside, sir. We are
escaped convicts front Cayenne. We
did not hail yon, and we came aboard
without noise. We have lieen a night
aud two days at sea. May I hope that
our advent will disturb no one';"
"Good Hod, but we are captured by
convicts!" 1 groaned as 1 Anally real
ized the situation.
"And a worse thinir might have hap
pened," he replied, with a laugh. "We
haven't the slightest intention of cap
turing your craft. Our only desire is
to work our passage to the north. We
have quite a quantity of provisions
aboard our boat, and yon will tiud us
obeying orders aud maintaining the j
best of discipline."
1 descended to the cabin aud aroused
the captain and iu whispers iufortned
him of what had happened, lie was
of au excitable uuture. ami it 1 had not
chipped my hand over his mouth he
would have aroused llic women with
his exclamations. 1 had to tell him
over and over again that the cuuvicts -
offered no violence aud that their lead
er seemed to have llieiii under perfect
control before 1 could quiet lulu. He
was shaking like a leaf when we gain
ed the deck, and lie aflerward told me
that he expected nothing less than to
be murdered .put of hand.
"So this is the captain V" softly asked
the convict leader, "l.et me reassure
you. sir. There shall be no violence
here. You are us sate as it in your
oivu home ashore."
"But you you are convicts!" t \ 1
claimed the captain as he looted i
around upou the gang.
' l uforiuuately. yes, but it does uot )
follow that we are beasts and brutes.
Some of us may uot have been guilty
of the crimes charged. I alone can
speak your language. 1 aui the leader.
Every nutu will obey my slightest
word. All we ask is that you give us
a passage to the north."
"How far to the north':"
"To any of the Eugllsh islands lu
the West Indies."
The man was speaking fairly, aud
when one looked at hiui there could [
be no mistake that he had been gentle j
born, lie had the face aud speech of
au aristocrat, llis followers were more !
common lookiug men. but their faces
were uot evil. The captain's excite- |
uient quieted down after a little and
he reasoned it out that it was best to |
give way. Indeed, there was no other
conclusion lor a sensible mau to come
to. lie looked at me and I gave him
a nod, aud tlieu be said:
"I will takj you along and trust In
what you say."
"Aud I pledge you my word you shail
have no cause to regret it." replied the I
leader as he extended his hand. "As ]
the weather is hue my men can occupy
the decks. 1 have a few words to say
to theui."
With a gesture be caned tneni arounu
him, anil then for tive minutes he spoke
in low but earnest toues. As he used
the French language we could not un
derstand a word, and yet it was plain
that he" was giving thein orders and ad
vice. While he was speaking 1 sug
gested tn the captain that he be invited
to occupy a spare berth iu the cabin,
and this was acceded to. When the in
vitation was extended he accepted It
us his due, but with many thanks, and
introduced himself as Mr. I.afoy. Our
Bleeping wa; !i was roused up, the con
victs' boat unloaded and sent adrift,
explanations made and all done so
Quietly that the sleeping women were
not aroused. The first they knew of
the affair was at breakfast time. Mean
while the calm was broken.
In the morning watch 1 carried one
of my suits of clothes to Lafoy's state
room. along with a razor and other
things. When he came out to break
fast and was Introduced he was all
gentleman and no convict. He was a
good talker and a natural entertainer,
and the women, who had expected to
meet a villain, were on friendly footing
within a quarter of-an hour.
As for the other convicts, our men
fraternized with them at once. Some
of them were sailors and they promptly
turued to. Between our crew and the
captain's slop chest all were fitted oat
in other 'dress and their uniforms
[ thrown overboard. We had the crowd
with us for three weeks, and never a
man during that whole time caused us
the slightest trouble.
As for Lafoy, all took the greatest
liking to hint and were sorry when the
time came to part. Just where we
left them is a matter not to be betray
ed. but they did not go from us empty
handed, and a chance was given tbesa
to live better lives in the future.
M. QUAD.
' '
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SPECIAL SALES
,
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 drees goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
a ^
YOUKI'-'ES
[)o N't Sutt-i? There.- i>
N.? Neoil
Do your eyes trouble you? i Stop the J
trouble at once. There is no need of!
suffering on acconnt of iuj pared eye
sight when we ?re in business to m ke
the'sight perfect. We have the latest
aad best apparatus known to science j
with which to test the eves and deter
mine what is wrong with them. We|
can fit glasses to meet any requiiement
It costs nothing for an examination.
Our stock of jewelry and our repair J
department are unexcelled in the
North.
J. Ikuta. Optician and Jeweler.
\V. W. Boughton has received a con
signment of Marguerite Havana Cigars.
If you want a good sweet smoke call
for them.
We have a large stock
Iiomney's Gandy
Peter's Chocolates:
Also a large s'ock ol
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forffet the Number. 428 |
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PK Mil
and Import' r of
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orders solicited and filled imroediatly
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is oik advice. La^r on in life, it wiil
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why >'"u should save a portion of yojr
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On and after the l*t oi Ootob- r, 19i)5, ihe following will b the
Mon hly rates for water and light service from the Northwest L gbt
& Poive Com pan \ :
WA' ER
First Faucet .... .
Eich " additional (except was ba?ins, free)....
Bath Tubs ia Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " " ?
Urinals " " " " "
Wash ><asins " " " " "
Hole's, per room nddiiional
Beet Pamps
Restaurants
Steam Laundries
Hand '?
Motors, special per h irsepower, minimum rate
Hose C n lection for Fire Protection
Families carrying water
Individuals " '?
Hauling water, per lo?d v
Lawn and Street sprinkling
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
AJ.L NIQHT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
All Year Winter
EDWIN BROWNE, Man^c