WIRE SPARKS
? Telesir^vh?!? Items from
Juueaa Papers
Fir.Jley, Ohio, 'June The jury In
the. Standard Oil case ?fter belDg out
for; ^ hours were >odav ihjcharg'ed, as
the\ disagreed. The case arose over
a iTfi! v .o'alion of state law.
i ?
N'-w Lociloti.June 28- -Yale winsfrcm
11 .rvanl by three lengths ia tbe annu
a i.nt oar race this morning.
Yellowstone ParU, June 28? The
? igworth party arrived here today
f T a stay of one week after which
? ^ will go t* the coast.
Washington, D. O., June 2S? Dis
(i ches from the Caroline is'ands
je-Mved here reDort two hundred
pople drowned f.nd many >( the
i- inds devastated by terrible hurri
c.iue.
'farri^hurg, June 2S The demo
c itic couvetion tod <> turned down the
p >ok endorsing Bryan for the presi
dential uomiuatioa.
Muskogee, I. T., June 27 ? Three
persons are dead and six \ illages in .the
o'l district are in ruins as the
r. ault of a tornado which^ struck
lit* e today.
Seattle. June 27? E. H Rogers, of
the Alaska Pacific Railway Jc .Termi
n . Company announces chat they in
ti -J to have fifty miles of their Caiella
railroad completed before snowfalls.
San b'rancisco, Jone 1" ? At the rt
i.'jt of the prosecution, Judge Dunne
tiKlay postponed sentence of Mayor
s. hmi' ? until Ju'y * and postponed the
<-'uteocs of Abe Ruef for two weeks.
Tosvj. June 27 ? It is stated in official
circles here today that Japan expects
a: -i w 11 demand in lyOy a new treaty
w.tn the United States- placing
Japanese on the same footing with
LniUpcJdO*.
NOMEWIIL HAVF
Bl'SV COllRf TERM
The July term of the district court at
Nome will Ih% lone and busy. There
are '1 ea?f- pending, many of them be
ing very important. Tbe criminal cases
number 21, the law eases. 47, and the
equity, 22. The criminal cases are
likely to be added to by the grand jury.
- Wlif/U is
BOOMING AGAIN
Seattle. June 27? It is estimated that
the wheat yield this year in the state
of Washington will be fully forty mill
ion bushels. At the present high price
of that article the wheat crop will make
manv farmers rich.
Nt-w York, June 2- ? September
wheat was quoted ;n the pit today at
41 iW.
Cap' Wallace Gettlag Wall
Capt. David Wallace, for many years
m ster of the Cottage City, is recover
ir _? at Seattle from a dangerous illness
At one time last winter it was thought
l.r wouid never recover.
BUY NOW
Select Your Souvenirs Be
fore Season Begins
!?u you want to send a souvenir of
uka home to relatives or friends 'i
i v now: before the beginning of the
tourist travel: buy when you have a
large ana cho.ce stock from which to
ke your selections.
have the best line la Alaskan
rs and novelties ever present
ee Northern public.
<tock of watches nugget, jewelry,
p cious stones and other articles was
n-ver so complete ?r so worthy of your
p 'rona*e. If you need anything c^noe
ai d see what we have ^before }ou do
hi, > th'ng rash.
t he repair department of our estab
lishment excels. Its mottoes are AS
U?>OD AS NEW and SATISFAC
I ION GUARANTEED.
We examine voureves free of charge:
w tit defectiv eyes with glasses thai
? I remedy the defects at prices that
arc right.
J. Ikuta, Optician and Jeweler
America's finest production. Rich
-??' -QeUow- At the Seattle, the house
d honest goods and reputation . !
i
Chop Suey Best of All.
"! have tried them nil In their na
tive haunts, and 1 like them," i id Hie
trareler. according to the imoiv
8nn.
"TrleU what?" asked the liy.stander.
I "Railroads'?"
"No; national dishes" answered the
traveler. "The hot t&male the .Mex
ican. the goulash of the llunshriiju, flic
chop siier of the Chink, are all known
to me and many cither-!.
"The best of them nil is ohep kiict
The hot taniale Is to<> h?>f and has very
little nourishment t? it. and co.'l i-di Is
too heavy. It tastes pr? ? y hut li
with a weak stomach. t'hon sttry. how
ever, la appetizing. e:i- !y di^ - led and
very nourishing It 1 he j;r--i- contri
bution of the orient
my opinion. It Is made of rice, sprout
ed beans, celery and ? Icken'n blood,
all mlsed together In tit ? fr>' n of soup
and nl ely seasoned "
IHM'l
lly n Ice to
- <! -1 cool
,.w them.
if n" ?'
Some Wivas Are Different.
"Most >'U." wild the
ence, "think it must In1 .?> a
have a v >? who takes ;
ly as Dav Potter's wis
but others, uore dlscrluiitil
a good hum t row to her
cynicism. lie w :i % kn
ottier Jay w 1011 she to ill
Dave's pock from a cirl
In uu examp; of lu- . inetl
"'I don't *<<!.' wrote this iri-S
oa earth I ca ever ;;> ? w
"Dave's wl rentl that gush
lot more Just ke It without ev.
tng a hair.
???Well." she -said nuletly, 'ill
Is a fool. If *? ? knew v.?u as \n ? a
I do she won 10 lie wondering lv or
earth she could >'er live with you
"And that. In le opln'on of t Si< lis
criminating few. tits u whole lot d op
er than a comtno evoi lay rump - '
?New York tiloU
?liow
and n
The Axial Roition cf Venus.
For over two cei uries it was .con
ally accepted that, like the earth.
planet Venus rotat
little less than twi
since Scblaparelll a
ful observation of
ed that the actual r
between six and n
omers have devoted
this matter. In the '
Denning sums tip t: ? :t\
deuce on the |>oiiit :i I
elude that this partiv !>?
detlri solution. I.Ife
be very different t'ron
should the planet's a
as Schiapaielli assort'
the period of its re.
sun. as In that ? .ise
sphere would alw
suu and enjoy pen -el u '1
opposite hemisphere w uld '
to etertml ti ,-lit
fou" hours, bi. i
itory Mr.
A Plant of Ai Work.
of Ecuador are inclos.
surmounted by the biv l leav ,d ?Amer
lcau sloe. The aloe. 1 led
the century plant. Is ? f e ino-^t
useful and Important its In the
country. The Indians i h i f : ir huts
with Its leaves. The It ^ v en tap
ped yield sirup. They ? n al^o lie used
as soap and the spill- as pins. The
Uber !s woven Into s: mid from it
are made the coarse s lais worn by
the common people j :;tl* Mower
stalks are used for l?
The flowers, boiled and ? k I in ? lie
gar, make an agreeable -Nation
al Geographic Magazii..
Applying the F
A professional hu
his boots blacked
ther a bootblaek. too
boy.
"No sir," replied the
father Is a farmer."
s\-U d the I
Totblack; "my
Silence and
okeless |
Before It was deter
ally that smoke Is w
fixed as the fiuol iiul
of prosperity. Tod: >
chimney means noth
thrift Hiid good managi
urban life, progress and
may answer that noise Is
as smoke Is waste. Decreased eoiufei
Is loss and noise decreasi comfort
Disturbed uilnds are loss through a ?
ductlou of mental for I'ut th
tllng car menus worn bear - gs and
short lived vehicle. Otherwise lv I
rouds would not spend ? > much a
their roadbeds, and the: would inn
trains at higher speed.? DotroU i roe
Press.
N?ver Loses His Head.
Many years ago. whim Will' itti .1.
Stllliiiuu of New York city v. as re
porting n disturbance in Or > e for
the Luudou Times. a repun !?; scut
out that he hail been liehfH1' !. One
of bis friends, hen ring the r ;>ort, tele
graphed to the correspond this mes
sage: "Rumor here that y. ;? head has
been taken o0\ Is It true:" It was
not until the message 1 k-pu sent
that It occurred to the wilder that if
the rumor were true Stillmnn would
be the last man in the world to speak
about It. But the message rencbed
Stlllman, and this wa- his repij : "My
dear boy. a newspaper uiau never
loses his head."
A Story of Whewcll.
Sydney Smith said of the great I)r.
Whewell. master of Trinity college,
that "science was bis forte and om
niscience bis foible." Ou one occa
sion two fellows of the c>. liege, think
ing to get beyond his range, read up
the subject of Chinese metaphysics and
then disputed about It in the doctor's
presence. He listened in silence for a
time and then obsec*ed, "Al', I s-e
you have been readiir a paper which
I wrote for as eiK;i-'.>yediu of sei
ummnm rr? irrm if T? if? ? ~ *
ALASKANS
A Savings Account is a necessity to every
man working for wages in Alaska. You
will need the money saved later on.
And if you wish to. you can have that
account with
Dexter Norton & Co., Bankers,
? S EATTL E
Savings Accounts earn 4 percent, compound
ed semi-annually. Write for booklet about
"BANKING BY HAIL"
u
7VTOORES WHHRF CO. ;;
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route ] |
All South Round Steamer* Arrive and Depart FromThla Drck !
V REGULATIONS 1905 |
* Warehouse open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 6p,m.
5 Perishables ONLV delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a <>
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. 6. customs 1 1
* cilice) and must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re- j |
J ceived on wharf after this hour.
< BAGGAGE? Tolls wm be oollected on Checked BaQQAQK Only. No
charge for bags and grips when unchecked. j |
? The wharf gate wlil be closed to the public when steamer Is nearlng i
S dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked, 1
?? Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at offioe on dock.
5 P. O. Box 175. C. E. WYNN-J0HN8QN, Gen'l Mgr ; ;
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ch#s. Peterson, Manager
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I The Leading Jeweler
Nugget jewelry of all
kinds, Indian curios,
sovenir spoons
;? H. D. Kirmse, Pioneer Jeweler
Official Timekeeper (or the W. P, & Y. R.
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