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An old man sat in a dimly lighted
fooni. his hands clasped with a tight
grip, his head bowed, on his face ev
ery evidence of distress. On a bed lay
a young girl. She was either uncon
scious or slcepiug, for she was very
low, anil it was impossible to tell
whether it was sleep or coma.
"They are lighting at the irooty"-the
old uuiu mused, "and H anything
should happen to Iterb it wotijd turn
the scale. But if anything doesTIap
peu she must jiot be told. Still, would
It not be better for her to know it a'tuT
die instead of living on the Jtfe of
desolation in store for her?
"The doctor's opinion that .she wilt
weather the storm and get well I have
little confidence hi. Is it his opinion,
or does he say it to keep me up'.'"
The nutye came in and begged the
old man to go to lied. He refus?T>tell
ing her to go into a room across the
hall, lie down ami lea.ve him watch
atone. If anvthng ini{>ortaut occurred
he would call lu>r. She went over to
the bed. laid In* hand on the sick girl's
forehead and Io>kcd at her long and
anxlously. Then she turned and toW
him that it was not best stn> shtrtitU"
leave. Hut he tirmly refused to go
himself, and she took a book and went
into the room he had indicated.
"Ever since her mother died." he"
lUUsed on. "she has been all I have bad
to live for. Sometimes it seems to me
that all the love she has had for me
has been merged In her love for Bert.v
That's natural. All the love I had for
my parent was nothing compared with
the love 1 liore her mother. And when
her mother died 1 gave it all to my
little girt.
"I wonder what's going on tk?wn~
there. Last night's dispatches were
that a tight couldn't be put off twenty
four hours. We know what they do
almost as soon as they do it. Hert
must take his chance*- one out of
three or four or live. 1 suppose- while
here lies the girl he lores and who
loves him. having uot one chauce In a
dozeu. If he dies she will never smile
again. If she dies I will never smile
again. l>ut he he is young. He cau
forget or replace the old with the new."
t'urious thoughts run through the
mind of one In suspense. 'Die old man
fell to conjuring up all sorts of possi
ble happenings. He fancied his girl
again in health, her lover safely re
turned. their meeting. In their happi
ness he forgot that he would lie left
alone or rememliering it was mitigated
that they were happy. He pictured
Hert a physical wreck cming to fljpii j
the girl he loved gone; the young man's .
agony, followed l>y a settled gloom. !
This came the uearer home to Uiw. for I
it was what he would have to suffer
himself.
Then he went back to the i>eriod
when she whose life hung l>y a thread
was jumping her rope, rolling her
hoop. He s.tw her grow from child to
maiden, fro. it maiden to woman. How
i|Uickly it had all come about! And
now if she died, what had all his ef
forts to raise her. her studies, her ac
complishments, availed? All swept
away at the ceasing of a heart to beat.
And her longer life, what of it': Every
effort he had made or should make
would lie neutralized.
The patient stirred. The watcher was
about to go Into the other room and
call the nurse wbeu the. girl sutldeuljv
with a strength th:it astonished him.
sat up and fixed her eyes on -vacancy,
or. as it seemed, some one in the center
of the room.
"Bert: Oh, Bert: Have you come?"
She stretched forth her. arms, and
tlx- focus of her vision seemed to draw
nearer to herself. Her arms folded,
she raised her face as though for u
kiss, theu fell l>ai k 011 the pillow.
The old mau sprang to the U-dside
and was Joined a moment hirer by thl'
nurse, who ?iniekly slipped her arms
uuder the invalid and rais d her. See
Ing no sign of life, she placed her hand
on the girl's heart. Then she looked up
and said:
"She's gone."
The old man went to a table, sat
down and. placing his arms oti it, rest"
ed his head on them. Tli?_ nurse laid
the dead girl's arms lieside her. turn
ed. looked at the old man pityingly and
left the room. The case was closed for
her. and in a day or two she would be
ready for the next one.
The old man remained where he was.
The clock struck the hours successive
ly? 1. 2, 3. 4. 3. Then there was the
sound of boys running "lu~1h&" street
below and shouting:
"Extra: Creat battle at Santiago:*'
The old man started up. (ioing into
the hall, he rang for a servant One of
them had been up all night to summon
a doctor If needed. Me responded at
once, ami his master ordered him to
bring him a paper. In it was a tele
gram announcing the last battle of the
Spanish-American war, with a partial j
list of the killed and wounded. Among
the former was the name Lieutenant
Albert Hibbard.
As the old man read it something like
a smile flitted across his face.
"Thank nod." he said, 'they have
gone together: Providence, who re
leases the young and leaves the old to
endure, has permitted me to witness
their caress on the twderland of Im
mortality."
An account of the death of Lieuten
ant Hibbard was afterward furnished
the father of the girl he loved. There
had been fighting night and day for
some time. Lieutenant Uibbard's regi
ment had made a midnight sortie and
encountered a hot tire. Hibbard had
fallen, his bralu pierced by a bullet,
shortly before 1 o'clock. This was
verified by the captain of Hibbsrd's
company, who was back in his tent
at 1. ten minutes after his lieutenant'#
death. MAUVTN 15. ANDHEWS.
ONE GETS IN
Columbia Arrives at White
horse from Dawson
'
Whitehorse, July 28? The Columbian
arrived at 8:45 p. m., with three pas
sengers. She will sail south as ston as
she is loaded. The Selkirk will sail
tomorrow night.
; Coming up stream the Casca was at
Coffee creek at 7 a.. m.; the Selkirk at
Tantalus at 11:30 p. m., and the Vic
torian at Selkirt at 3 p. m.
The Whitehorse arrived at Dawson
at p. m.
Going down stream the Dawson
sailed at V:80 p. m, with the barge La~
barge in tow. She passed Hootalinqua
at 9:30 a. m. The Bonanza King was
at Tanlalus at S p. in.
Z. ?
Nome is to Have a Real Theatre
The directors of the Eagle Hall As
sociation are going ahead with the
plans for their hew hall, which will be
"one of the finest and most commodious
places in Nome. They are looking
forward with much interest to the
construction of an opera hall in con
nection with the new building. The
board, with this end in view, has com
missioned Judge Bard, who is going
out on the Orizaba, to purchase
metal ceiling and sides for the entire
inside of the building. He will also
send in 500 stationary opera chairs, 500
folding chairs, and furnitu.-e for the
ladies' and gentlemens' reception
rooms. ?
SKAGWAY WEATHER
The result of the observation taken
at Moore wnarf at midnight, July 28,
lyOti, is as follows:
Temperature time observat'n. .">4 above
Max. temp. preceding: 24 hours. .02 "
Min " " " " ..46 "
Mean " " " " ..54 "
Barometer 29.89
Cloudy, south wind.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
To the Electors of the Town of Skag
way. Division No. One Territory of
Alaska.
NOTICE is hereby given that in pur
suant to an Act of Congress, en
titled ,lAn Act Providing for the elec
tion of a Delegate to the Housj of
Representatives from the Territory of
Al-skn," a general election for the pur
pose of electing a Delegote to the House
of Representatives from the Territory
of Alaska for the unexpired portion of
the ?V.uh Coogrt ss ana ?lso for the elec
tion of a Delegate to the House of
Representatives from the Territory of
Alaska, for the full term of the
KOth Congress, as provided in said Act,
will be held on
Tl'ESOAV, AUGUST 14, 1906
Between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m.,
and 7 o'clock p. m. of said day.
The Common Council of Skagway,
Alaska having heretofore, by ordicance,
duly designated the voting precints of
said town and the polling places in each
thereof, the electors are hereby notified:
That all duly qualified voters residing
within the boundaries of Voting Pre
cinct No. One of the said Town of
Skagway, Alaska, which arc as follows:
All of the Townsite of Skagway as de
scribed in the official survey of Frank
H Reid will vote at Town Ha' 1 building,
locked on Fifth street, in and upon
Lot Three of Block Eight, which is
owned by Town of Skagway and occu
pied by" Town of Skagway, the sante
being the duly designattd polling place
in and for Precinct No. One Town of
Skagway, Alaska.
Dated this 11th day of July, 1900.
I (Signed): THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF
SKAGWAY ALASKA,
i fly W. S. McKean, Clerk.
Ordinance No. 73
AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance
No. 42 the same being and Ordinance
forbidding the Construction, Erection
or Maintenance of Nuisances in the
Town of Skagway. providing punish
ment therefor, and for other purposes.
Be i ordained by the Common Council
of the Town of Skagway:
Sec. 1. That Section No. 1 of Ordi
nance No. 42 be and the same is hereby
amended by substituting the words
'rot more than one hundred dollars"
Tor the words "not more than two hun
dred dollirs," the same being the max
i>ruin oi One as penalty for the viola
im uf i he misdemeanor provided ia
-a U Section.
Sec 2 That this Ordinance shall
t,ke*tTec" and be in force from and
if?er u.e date of its passage and ap
proval.
? Phased by the Common Council this
ISth day of June, 1906.
E. J. Shaw,
President of Council.
W. S. McKean, Clerk.
Ordinance No. 74
ORDINANCE No. 74 providing for the
division of the Town of Skagway inta
voting precincts, under the Act of
Congress relating to election uf Dele
gate to Congress from the Tetritory
of Alaska, approved May 7, 1906.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway;
WHEREAS, by an Act of Congress
entitled, "An Act providing for the
election of a Delegate to the House of
Representatives from the Territory of
Alaska," approved May 7, 1906, it is
1 provided (Sec. 4.) "that each incor
porated town in the District of Alaska
i shall constitute an election district, and
! where the population of such town ex
j ceeds 1000 inhabitants, the Common
| Council may, in their discretion, divide
I the districts into two or ' more voting
J
n - V i msaaa
precincts, and define llie boundaries
each precinct," and;
WHEREAS, it appears that the popu
lation of this Town exceeds 1000 in
habitants, and that this Town should"
consist one voting precinct, now there
fore,
IT IS ORDAINED,
That the Town of Skagway he, and it
hereby is constituted one voting pre
cinct, said precinct to be known, de
signated and bounded, a9 follows.
PRECINCT No. 1, of the Town of
Skag?ra,v,_^bounded and described, a9
follows, ?o-wit: ?
All of the Townsite of the Town of
Skagway as described in the official
survey of Prank H Re id.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd dav of July. 1906.
W. 8. Mc'KEAN, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day o( July,
1906.
E. J. ShaWt Mayor,
Ordinance No. 75
ORDINANCE "No. 75appolnting judges
and clerks of election for the Town of
Skagway, under Act of Congross ap
proved Al ay 7, 1906. relating to elec
tion of Delegate to Congress from
Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAlNEtTby the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway.
WHEREAS, by Section " 4, of the
Act of Congress entitled, "An Act pro
viding for the election of a Delegate to
the House of Representatives from the
Territory of Alaska," it is provided
that, "The said Common Council shall
appoint * * * three judges of elec
tion and two clerks, for each voting
precinct, all of whom shall be qualified
voters of the precinct, and no more
than two judges and one clerk shall be
long to the s? me political party, and;
WHEREAS, said Town of Skagway
has by Ordinance No.- 74 been desig
nated as one voting precinct, now there
tore;
IT IS ORDAINED:
That Howard Ashley, Edwin Browne
and P. H. Ganty, each oeing a qualified
voter of Precinct No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, not more than two of whom
belong to the same political party, be,
and ea*. h of theoj is, hereby appointed
a judge of eloction for the 1906 general
election, in and for Precinct No. Ij of
the Town of Skagway;
That F. A. Callarman and A. B.
Towne, each being a qualified voter of
said Precinct No. 1. of the Town of
Skagway, and each belonging lo a dif
ferent political par.y. be, and each of
them hereby is, appointed a clerk of
election for the 1906 general election,
in and for Precinct No. 1, of the Town
of Skagwav. v
PASSED by the Common Council,
this 2nd day of July, 1906.
W. S. VcKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd dav of Julv,
1906.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 76
ORDINANCE No. T6, designating poll
ing places in anil for the Town of
Skagway, under the Act of Congress,
approved May 7. 190t>, relating to the
election of a Delegate to Congress
from the Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway:
WHEREAS, by Sec. 4, of an Act ol
Congress entitled. "An Act providing
for the election of a Delegate to the
House of Representatives from the Ter
ritory of Alaska," approved May 7,
iStOi, it is provided that, ''The Common
Council shall provide a suitable polling
place for each voting precinct," and,
WHEREAS, the said Town of Skag
way, by Ordinance No. 74. has been
designated a single voting precinct.
NOW THEREFORE, it is ordained
that the first Boor of the Town Hall ,
Building, located on Fifth avenue, in '
and npon Ln Three, of Block Eight, ,
(as the -same appears upon the official
map of said town), which said premises ,
are owned by the Town of Skagway,
and occupied by Town of Skagway,
be. and the same is hereby selected and
designated as the polling place in and
for voting Precinct No, 1, of said Town.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd day of July. 190(5.
W. S McKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
1906. I
E. J. Shaw, Mayor. ^
Ordinance No. 77
ORDINANCE No. 77 of the Town of .
Skagway, directing the posting and
publishing of notices of election, etc.,
as provided by the Act of Congress,
approved May 7, 1900, relating to the
election of Delegate to Congress from
the Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common ,
Council of the Town of Skagway:
WHEREAS, by Sec. 4 of an Act of
Congress entitled, "An Act providing
for the election of a Delegate to the
House of Repiesentacives from the Ter
ritory of Alaska," it is provided that
"The Comtron Council shall at least
thirty days before the date of election
? * ? ^ive due notice of the
election by posting a written or printed
notice in three public places ? ? *
and in case thei e are one or more news
papers of general circulation published
in the Town, then a copy of said notice
shall also be published In one of such
newspapeis at least once a week for two |
consecutive weeks next prior to the
date of the eleotion," and, 1
WHEBEAS, said Town of Skagway
by Ordinance No. 74 (has been desig
nated as one voting precinct, a single
voting precinct):
NOW. THEREFORE, IT IS OR
DAINED that the Clerk of this body
be, and be hereby is authorized and
directed to give due notice of the mat
ters and things pertaining to said elec
tion, as provided In Sec, 4 of said Act,
by posting at least two weeks prior to
the date of election, in at least three
conspicious places in each precinct of
this municipality, a copy of the notice
this day spread upon the records of this
meeting and which i9 hereby adopted;
and by causing a copy of said notice to
be published in The Daily Alaskan, a
newspaper of general circulation, pub
lished in the Town ol Skagway, at
least once each week for two consecu
tive weeks next prior to date of elec
tion.
PASSED by the- Common Council
this 2nd day of July, 1906.
W. S. McKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
' *" - * '? . ! ?
E. J. ShaW Mayor,
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I
I THEY ARB THE MOST SWELL
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Will tall .you that we have the
iarsrest stobk of curios in the north.
Our store is a veritable museum
of the courious and antique.
If our want a souvenir of the
the country to take with you or
send home, you can Unci here just
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you ever saw .
You are cordially invited to come
in audlook around whether you buy
or not, knawintr that our stock will
make friends, out-shine rivals and
sell itself on its own merits.
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On and after the 1st of October, 1905, the following will be the
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet f 2 00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses. . . .. 50
Water Closets " " " " *' 50
Urinals " " " " " . 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room additional 10
Beer Pamps 1.00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries 7.50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate. 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection. . ............... 100
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per load.....-....:.:.... 1 00
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
AU Year Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences w v-' - ? ?
Each 16 cp lights $ 1.00 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 10.00 12.50
ALL XI1HT SERVICE" >? O. '
Each 16 cp lights . 1.50 2.00
Enclosed Arcs 15.00 17.50
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.