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THE EDNING OF SEOATOR
MITCHELL.
There is something inexpressibly
sad, though illuminating, in the end
ing of Senator Mitchell, of Oregon,
for nearly a half century he was the
idol of thousands of bis fellow cit:zens.
For much of that time ho was the fa
vorite son of his state, which he repre
sented in the United States souate
most of the time gince his first election
to it in 1ST3. He died yesterday prac
tically deserted and unmourneu.
This is a cheerless example for him
who, making practical politics a pro
fession, strives for the top and power
for the sake of being on top ar.U pos
sessing the power. Senator Mitchell
was what could be called a successful
politician and he was probably not
more dishonest thau many who are still
so reckoned by the average citizen
He took pay for i racticing before one
of the executive departments at Wash
ington. It is said by Washington City
lawyers that this had been a common
practice among senators and represen
tatives for many years. One other sen
ator, Burton, of Kansas, has been con
victed of the same offense Newspa
pers have said that others, including
aa Idaho senator, would be prosecuted
for the crime. The practice is a graft
that has been indulged in by those who
wens in politics for what there is in it.
Senator Mitchell was of these who. hap
pened to be in the course of the whirl
wind of reform that has been sweeping
over the country. It stripped him in
such a way as to disclose what a mock
ery are all honors which do not come
to a man as incidents of upright con
duct and honest striving for that which
i? right rather then as the soil object
of this endeavor.
However, after all is said and done,
those are few who do not find in
theirjhearts a warmer spot for the big,
generous, pra tk-al politician who died
yesterday at Portland, alone and friend"
less, than for the horde of unwhipped
curs, whose coyote-like appttites had
been appeased for so many years
through his brilliant leadership, bu
who, when their benefactor was ic
dire strait, refusing to call him friend,
permitted him to make his last fight
single-handed, while they whined for
favors at the heels of those who smote
him.
Lord Rothcbiid appeals for aid for
the Russian Jews. All right. Lodv.
but why not spend a hundred million or
so. yourself? It would feed t':e suffer
ers while the poor people of the coun
try are pick iag the nic'-?le- a_d dimes
out of their overalls to sen ! to ti e r, nd
you would still have enough money to j
provide gasoline for the auto.
Clean cff the sidewalks, and do ^it to
day. It may bo freez!nz weather to
morrow.
Principal BarV>rilr;>
The Principal Barbei 1 .1 d Catbr
is tne leading Mnsorial t
ij Alaska. Kveryihing in :! ;heiitr
partments is strictly 1; ud -rn. Tht
baths are first class in ali respects.
A Juneau paper says two of the three
delegates selected by the Alaskan con
vention recently held at Seattle are
democratic politicians. The statement
is an aisolute untruth, Gs.v. Swine
ford is a democrat, it is true, but it
is absurd to apply the term politician
to him. The term politician, with the
prefix of a political party, is defined as
"oue who devotes himself to the pro
motion of the interests of a political
party." That does not apply to men
who are working for the development
of Alaska rather than in the iaterest
of any party, as has been the case with
Gov. Swineford since coming to tbis
district. Another delegate, Dick Rany,
and he has given more time to what
might be called politics than any cne of
the three delegates, is a republican.
Capt. Humphrey is a Yukon river
transportation man. He is not, and
never has been, a politician. The Daily
Alaskan acknowledges ignorance as to
what political party he belongs, or as
to whether or not he belongs to any of
them. Unless one calls those who are
impersonally interested in civic mat
ters as politicians the term as constant
ly applied by lickspittle tories is the
silliest kind of a misnomer. Those
Alaskans who are practically interest
ed in politics have little time to devote
to territorial government for Alaska.
I: is safe to say that democratic
lightning rods are plentiful in Oregon
thtse days. Gov. Chamberlain, the
democratic governor of that state, will
have the appointment of a successor to
the late Senator Mitchell.
Dofmir
Now the Time to Gc t flit ist
mis (rif s
l>on't put off getting your Christmas
gifts.
Don't delay an inspection of our store
that you might see what we have to of
fer for the holiday se ison. You will
regret it always if \ou do not acquaint
yourself with our stock before making
your purchasfs. So will your friends
for whom you buy.
We have the very best and the very
latest incut glass, nugget jewelry, sil
verware and Alaska souvenirs. There
is nothing like it, and our prices are
such as will suit you.
Come and see for yourself. The goods
wiil do the rest.
J. IKl'TA,
Jeweler aud Optician.
If you want any hauling done ring up
th A'aska Transfer Company Phone
10. Residence phone 40. tf
Home Made]
Mince Meat,
Plum Pudding,
Apple Butter,
Orange Marmalade
Fruit Cakes. ?
Chillie Sauce,
Mexican Hot
and Jellies.
JUST RECEIVED
Sour Kraut, Canaied Peels', Apple
Cider, Hubbard Squash, Dill
Pickles, New Nuts, Olives, Pop
corf, Cranberries and AppUs.
Up-t -date stationer* just received.
North End Grocery
TELEPHONE, XO 136
A Conductor's Poke'
[Original.]
We are considered heartless, said
the conductor, because ,we put people
off trains who tell us all sorts of stories
as to why they can't pay their fare.
The truth Is we are not permitted to
Judge In such matters, our orders being
to collect all fares. The only case lr.
which I violated my instructions was
where I considered myself to blame Id
depriving a passenger of his ticket.
I was In charge of the Chicago Lim
ited from New York at the time aud
was going through the train punching
tickets when I came to a handsomely
dressed young mau with a suit caso
beside him plastered all over with the
names of foreign hotels. It was mid
summer, and he was sleeping with tho
window beside him opcu, a derby hat
pulled down over his eyes. We cou
ductors have to deal with so many
people who pretend they don't hear us
when we call for tickets that Instead
of asking a second time we poke them
The young man referred to seemed to
be sleeping so soundly that I poked
him vigorously In the side. lie start
ed up as If he had been shot, knock
lng his hat out of the wiudow. l'lac
lng his hands to his side, he groaned.
"I beg pardou," I said. "I hope I
didn't hurt you."
"Hurt mel" he said, almost breathless
with agony. "You've nearly killed me.
I've an abscess on my liver." Aud he
groaned again.
"I'm sorry about your hat," I re
marked, hoping to draw his mind from
his sufferings.
"Hat! What hat?"
"Didn't you notice that It went out
of the window."
"Did It? I don't care anything about
a hat. I can buy one as soon as I h:rr?
the time. But I'm afraid you've done
rae up. Doctor told me to let him oper
ate on my liver, promising if I didn't
that the first thing I run my sldt
against might break the abscess and
kill me."
TUo young man was so rvtgntenea
about himself that I began to feel uu
easy for fear I bad done liini serious
Injury. I stood leaning on the back ol
the seat looking down on liini anxious
ly till his sufferings seemed to moder
ate, then asked again for his ticket.
"Oh, my ticket! If you'd have asked
me for It you might have bad it long
ago. It's this confounded poking yoc
conductors practice that I object to
I'm going to report this matter 10 the
proper otUcial of the road and find out
if something can't be done to stop the
nuisance."
"I'll repair the damage," I replied,
"by getting you another hat at the first
stop."
"Hat! What's n hat to me? It cost
me a guinea In London ouly last week,
but do you suppose I'm thinking about
that? I'm worrying for my life."
Meanwhile he had taken out bis pock
etbook, opened it, pulled out n tickcc.
which proved to be a check of some
sort, put it back, took out something
else, paused for a paroxysm of pain,
clapping his hand on his liver; shut up
his pocketbook, put it away and began
to search elsewhere for his ticket. t>ud
donly he stopped hunting and exclaim
ed:
"By thunder, 1 am In a fix!"
"What's the matter now?r
"Ticket and baggage chucks all iu the
lining of my hat."
I sighed. Here was more blame for
me. consequent upon my poke.
"Now, see here," pursued the young
man angrily and talking loud enough to
l>e heard all over the car. "this is an
outrage. You not only rani your list
Into me. but knock n:y hat cut of the
window with my string of tickets all
the way to Chicago, and I've pit notb
Ing to show for my trunks."
More unpleasantness for me. I could
pass him to the end of my run, but
what would he do after that? However
I braced up and said to him:
"Never mind your ticket."
I was about to move on when hf
stopped me.
"I do mind my ticket or the loss ol
It, and I want you to tlx me to Chi
cago."
"Chicago!"
"Certainly, Chicago. You've depriv
ed me of iny tickets there, and I don't
propose to let you off without making
iny loss good. I'm a lawyer, I am, and
I'll begin suit, not against you; I'm not
so stupid as that, but against the road.
It'll pay for the tickets, besides dam
ages and costs."
The question arose In my mind, Shall
I get the company into a lawsuit and
doubtless lose my position, or put the
man through? I decided on the -latter
course. We conductors have ways of
doing things with our fellow conduct
ors, and I gave the passenger a line to
those who followed me which they
would understand. This seemed to
?satisfy him. He stopped his loud
threats and went to sleep again. When
I turned the train over to my succes
sor I bade the young man goo.lby, ex
pressing a hope that he might suffer no
Inconvenience as to his liver. He re
plied that I had made all the repara
tion he asked, and lie would not blame
me even if my poke proved fatal.
Several days after the incident a let
ter came for me containing a check. I
looked at the signature of the letter,
rnd it was signed "The Man You Pok
ed." The check was for the price of a
Hcket from New York to Chicago. The
writer confessed that he had been on a
lark abroad and returned to New York
stranded. He wanted to know if he )
hadn't played it on me pretty well,
concluding with the Information that
poking passengers for tickets was an
American custom not practiced by
"guards" abroad, nis liver was doing
?s well as could be expected.
I have never since poked a passenger.
F. A. MITCHBL.
You are at Home
When you stop at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
It is there where you find all
the Comforts and Conveniences
which have made this Hotel so
well and favorably known to the
Traveling Public and Tourists
/k from all parts ol the world.
) First?Class Rates Moderate
7VYOORES WHARF CO.
| Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All South Bound Steamers Arrive and Depart From This Drck
. REGULATIONS 1905
?, Warehouses open for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
A Perishables ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All freight shipments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
x Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. S. customs
.$ office) and must be delivered before 5 p.m. No freight will be re
7 ceived on wharf after this hour.
| BAGGAGE? Tolls will be collected on Checked Baggage Onlt. No
5 charge for bag's and grips when unchecked.
The wharf gate will be closed to tho public when steamer is nearlng
X dock and will be opened only when passengers have disembarked.
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock.
2 P. O. Box 175. C. E. WYNN- JOHNSON, Gen'l Mgr
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On and after the 1st of October, 1905, tbe 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 Rasins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room additional , . 10
Beer Pumps 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 1 00
Families carrying water 1 50
Individuals " " J 1.00
Hauling water, per lond 100
Lawn anAS'reet sprinkling Fiee
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE ?
All Vcar Winter
S'ores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights j
Enclosi d Arcs
ALL K.CHT SERVICE
Each 16 cp lishts ^ 1 50
Enclosed Arcs
32 cp lights double 10 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
.$ 1.00
. 10.C0
15.00
1.50
12.50
2.00
17.50
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.
(?)Pacific Coast S.S. Co,
PIONEER ALASKA LIKE.
SPEED. SAFETY. COMFOR1
buutUi., 1 'ujfcl Sound, aao Franoiauo and .Southern Forte
CARRYING U. S. MAIL
Steamers of This Company I,eave
Cottage City - Dec. 12, 27
Via Vancouver and Sitka
ML Above Schedule Subject to chanjre Without Notice.
E. A. MURPHY, Agent, Phone 50
C. D. DUNANN, Gen- Pass. Agt.
10 Market Street, Sar Frer r'-' .
The Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying U. S. Mail ulc] Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEFFERSON Dec. 13 24
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FARALLON - - Dec. 11
Company reserves right to change sailing date without i otice.
Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Addiiiocal Charge
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Canadian Pacific Ry. Co.
STEAMER
AMUR - . Dec. 1 1, 26
Jau. 11, 2G; Feb. 11. 20
Ma. Ilea ai 6 p.m.
Direct to Vancouver and Victoria
Transferring to Seattle via rail or steamer withovt. extra chaige
We give quick service
i'or in.'o.-mition Write or Apply to
H. B.'DUNN,
Agent, Skagway
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