BRYAN DOWN
Illinois Democrats in Hands
of Conseriuatiyes
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.}!
Chicago, April 4? It, is admitted here j
that Mayor Dunne's defeat is a defea' |
for the Bryan-Hearst wing of tue Detn- 1
oc ratio party in t lis state and that I
Roger Sullivan will control the party
organiz.tion and its delegation in the I
next nation ai convection.
woliFFelp
President Roosevelt Trij i j
to Aid B I* in y
Paris. April 3? The Figaro printed j
^?S Catholic document jesterday that ?
w&s seized at the time of the confisca- j
tion of church property which shows
that President RooS6ve!t, when vice
president. sought to secure the appoint
ment of Beamy Storer to be i
ambassador at Paris to succeed j
Ambassador Porter.
PRESIDENT IS
COMING WESI
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com- j
pany's new iln.T, President, has sai'ed j
from PbiladelphU for the Pacific Coast I
and is expected to arrive at Seattle,
which wi 1 be her home port, about
May 1st. Capt. John Rinder, super
intendent of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Compaav. is in commacd of the
?hip on her long voyage.
BOUNDARY SURVEY
MAN IS HERE
F. A. McDiarmid, of the Canadian I
boundary survey, is in Sk igway. awa t- 1
ing the arrival of the Jefferson on .
which is Clyd* Baldwin, toe Am-ricaD
sui vevor who is working: with hiia in
marsing the Alaskan boundary on tae |
141st longitudinal meridian. Mr. j
McDiarmid was emp'oyed on this work j
lastyear.
Jut "Ad 01d-Faihoa?d Smooth*
Bor?"
Uncie Joe Cacnon is feeding taffy "on
self-government to the Porto Ricans, >
who have been given a legislature |
though most. of them are illiterate, but j
he thinks Alaskans don't know en ugh j
to have one. Maybe the ancirnt j
Joseph objects because he fears the!
Alask-ns itaow what an o'd-fash'.onrd
smooth-boie he is ? Se*?rd Gateway. ;
Alaska Csntral Maligned
In order to prove that Alaska is un
fit for self-government the Juneau Rec- j
ord-Miner pub.ishfg the assertion 'that I
the Alaska Central has only thirty ninr j
miies of track, although the fact has j
been widely circulated that the rails
are l?id forty-nine miles from Seward ?
Seward Gateway.
50 designs of 1907 wall paper just
received at Harrison's.
OCT GLASSES
Do Not Go Over Trail Wit!:- !
out Protection
Hi ?ot attempt to go ove* the long
ri- .d to Dawson, across the bliodicg
fields of snow without taking every pre
caution to protect jour eyesight. It is
positively dangerous should anything
be wrong wi;h your vision to attempt |
it. We give free examinations and fit j
glasses <o the eyes that need tbem
Come and trv us. WE GUARANTEE I
SATISFACTION.
Do not take ? dirty watch ioto the i
In'erior, the land of high prices. Our
repair department is the best in the j
Ncrth. We will put your timepieces
in such order that thev will correcly |
mark time until \ou come back to the
outside again. We mine things AS
GOOD AS NEW.
Before leaving Skagway you will I
want to send a souvenir back to those
\a the itates who are watching your
progress to the land of gold. We sell
aouvenirs ? everything in the war of
nugget j-weiry, Alaska cedar and ivory
novelties, cards, etc. OUR PRICES
ARE RIGHT.
J. Ikuta. Optician and Jeweler.
THE DOOJj OK VENICE
IT MAY BE TO LIE IN Tl E BOSOM OF
THE ADRIATIC.
The Firnoux lletla of St. Murk's May
Toll on Omin'M Depths Like Those
of Old I'ort Hoj.il? The Suuken
Cities of the World.
It Is believed by many that Venice
Is sinking Into the Adrl itic and that
she gradually will disappear beneath
the waters of the great lagoon from
which her palace crowned islands
arise. Other cities ba\e gone that
wuy before her. and ships uow sail
over spots which were once teeming
with a populous life.
At the entrance to the h.irbor of King
ston. Jamaica, the original city of Port
Hoyal lies fathoms deep beneath the
blue and sv.ulit waters of the Carib
bean sea. A uarrow strip of land, on
which are a small settlement and a
fort, is all that is left of what was
once the richest and w'ekedest town in
the West Indies. It was the resort of
pirates, who rested there froui their
depredations and mad* the city hid
eous with their revelry But these pi
rates brought great stores of their loot to
the city, and Its commerce grew and
flourished. Palaces and churches were
built, a pirate often striving by a rich
endowment of a church to square his
accounts with heaven.
Throughout the greater part of the
seventeenth century no town In the
western world was so magnificent as
to Its buildings or so luxurious as to Its
habits as Port Royal. Then one day In
ICO'J the anger of the Lord shook the
island of Jamaica, and the greater part
of Port Royal sank beneath the sop.
carrying with it hundreds of its In
habitants. Towers, churches, palaces
and forts went down, many of them
not tumbling in ruins l?v ihe shock,
but sinking bodily beneath the waves.
On a bright day. sailing over the
spot where Port Royal once stood, one
can look lar down through the clear
water ai.il see tilt- remains ol' the city
stdl standing there ou the ocean bol
torn. with tislies swiir.tuing about
among its towers and great tropical
seaweeds waving from its sunken
walls.
1 be uegrues of Jamaica? ana some
white people, too ? will tell you that be
fore a storm the sunken bell of till
great cathedral which w. it down with
the city on t'.iat awful in 16l>2 can
be heard distinctly tolli '-* beiew the
naves, runs as a war ;ing by the
ghostly bauds of the sp; t- of depart
ed buccaneers which hat t the subma
rine city. IVojutf who do lot believe in
ghosts. but think they L ve heard the
tolling of the bell, say t ? explanation
is that when the city - nk the great
bell of the cathedral w not thrown
from it.- ph. e. but sti bangs as it
originally did. T'ac con ig storui be
fore it reaches Jamaicr stirs up the
upon the > h :v deep wa' s, which roll
through t i" sunkeu eitx and set the
bell a-tolllng.
Another -ui:Uen city i renown is
Baiae. that a.;. ! resort on the Ital
ian coast where Nero ind Caligula
'Tereled : ml drank deep." A strag j
still stand u a the shor- and bear the
name of Ba.ae. but the g -eater part of
the city lies et eath the waters of the!
Mediterrnne i. a. id tour sts from \'a
pies go out tiiere to gaze down into the |
waters and try t > catch a glimpse of
the submerged c
The res >rc of all the wealthy nobles
of Rome when Rome was mistress of
the world. Baiae was a marvel of lux
urious splendor. Palace after palace
was built on the shore, and architects
designed magnificent structures ex
tending out Into the sea.
When Rome decayed and the Goths
ravaged Italy, Baiae was sacked by
the Invader- Soon after the city be
gan to sink First the buildings which
had their foundation in the water sub- 1
sided beneath the waves, aud then
the sea made an attack 011 the land. '
Gradually the -hore line receded, and
the Mediterranean flowed through thej
streets where Hadrian had driven his.
Imperial chariot end Horace had walk
ed thinking of his next poem.
These promontories, crowned with
grand towers ami gorgeous palaces, j
were undermined and toppled into the
deep until at last the major part of j
the splendid cltv was submerged. Its
dlsappe-i ance was not sudden, like
that of l'ort Royal, and due to some)
convulsion of nature*, but Baiae went !
dowu to its death gradually, as Venice ,
Is said to lie going.
In Holland the subsidence of the j
land has brought It about that many J
towns once populous are now covered j
by the sea. The old Roman camp at '
Brittenbnrg. after sinking beneath the
waves, emerged again in 1520. only to
disappear, and its remains now lie in
deep water opposite the town of Kat
wijk. The original Katwijk Itself now
Is beneath the waters, as also are the
original towns of Sehcveningen. Dora
bnrg and F.gmond. In fact, a succes
sion of towns bearing these names Is
now at the bottom of the sea. for they
repeatedly have been rebuilt farther
Inland as the land sunk and the waves ,
come In to take possession.
The Goodwin sands, large and dan
gerous shoals off the < till east coast
of England, were onee bo\ e the wa
ter and formed a time slr-ig estate,
the property of Hnrl H dw n. There
was no city 011 the ' Ind v. 1 e late when
It subsided beneath tin sea . but sev
eral small villages wen down to the
deep when the tract of mi 1 try grad
ually disappeared bene:r ti e waters.
There are legends whi n iy or may
not be true of lost cities si:nk at the
bottom of Swiss lakes - N'ew York
Mall
Oblivion Is the flower t'xat grows
best on graves ? George Sand.
t
UNIFORM STEPS.
With Them Mnnr Fallii DoiruXaln
Wonld He Averted.
Kails on stairensos are of rather coin
inou occurrence, especially In bouses
where the stairs are steep, dart or
built with sharp turns. Tbe frequent
causes of serious falls have suggest*)!
that tbe likelihood of accident of this
kind would be lessened considerably
if all steps were built according to a
standard of height aud breadth.
A child's fall on the stairs is apt to
be bad enough, and for an adult It
may have serious cousequeuees, but
for an aged person ti." result Is no'
unlikely to be fatal; hence it is belt,
that the construction of staircases de
serves more attention than Is ordina
rlly paid to It'
Tbe trouble is that stair climbing is
not a natural method of progression
for the hutnau being. A child may
learn to walk with ease, but It is a
long time before It can asceud a stair
way in an upright position without
losing its balauce. Stairs have been
brought about by necessity, however
aud the ordiuary person has become so
accustomed to them that be dashes u|
and dowu tbem without paying an\
more heed to his steps than If be wer
walking on a surface level. Motlou be
comes purely mechanical, without any
effort of will, cud the muscles of the
leg automatically adjust themselves
so as to lift the foot to the height ot
the steps on the stairway most fre
quently used. The stric'e unconscious
ly becomes adapted to a certain height
In taking steps.
This unconscious estimate of helghi
often Is tbe cause of many falls. When
a different stairway Is used the foot is
unaccustomed to the pitch, and hence
* trip is likely to occur. On narrow
aud steep staircases there should be a
band rail on each side. The instinctive
clutch lollowlug a stumble would
mean the saving of many limbs and
heads. But the surest way to obviate
accidents would be to standardize all
stairways, at least in the matter of
height.? New York Press.
FENCING OUT RATTLERS.
A Precaution oi Aulmuli Thut Man
laes to Ailvantajjr.
Did you ever hear of a rattlesnake
fence? not one made of rattlesnakes
of course not/ but one uiade of prickl>
thorns to protect one from the rattlers
and keep them away? That is wbai
the Arizona campers build, and tbi
only way to keep these deadly poison
ers away Is by building une of tbesr
fences of oktea, a shrub covered wltl.
thorns which grows on the desert.
As the tents nave no doors and arc
not set much above the ground, il
would appear easy for >lr. Rattler to
effect .in entrance. Imagine the sensa
tlon of crawling into bed some colli
night to strike against the clammy
skin of a snake, and this Is Just where
Mr. Snake likes to snuggle, In among
the warm blankets.
To avoid this men who work in the
mines have found that a snake will
not go near this oktea. and they have
built closely knit fences around their
tents, with little gates to go In and
out. and beyond this the rattler will
not penetrate. It was first the In
dlans of the desert who discovered this
deadly shrub, and they got the secret
from birds and animals, which, to pro
tect their young, travel sometimes
many miles back and forth, bringing
the thorns with which to cover their
little nests. Gophers and other small
animals there cover their nests In this
manner.
It Is strange that In that country, so
dry and forbidding, many things grow
In exuberance, and especially noticea
ble are the great fields of Brown Eyed
Susans, the yellow daisies with the
brown centers. They grow so high
and wild that you can step In a field
and your head will just peep over the
top cf the nodding sea of bright eyed
faces ? Los Angeles Times.
Boll It Down!
It Is the short piece, be It letter or
editorial, that catches the reader, and
correspondents who wish their letters
to be read should never extend them
beyond a quarter of a column, and half
that length is preferable. Condensa
tion is an art, but it can be acquired
with a little practice. Never try to
see how long you can make your ar
tide, but how short. Use never a
superfluous seuteuee or word. Be as
brief as an Intelligible statement of the
case will allow and ;*ou will have ten
readers where the long winded fellow
will have one.? Richmond Dispatch.
Given Back. #
Never say of auythlng, "I have lost
It," but, "I have given it back." Is
your child dead? It has been given
back. Is your wife dead? She has been
given back. Is your estate taken away ?
Well, and is not that likewise given
back? "But he who took it away la a
bad man." What is it to you by whose
hands he who gave it has demanded it
back again? While 'lie allows you to
possess it, take care of it, but as of
something not your own, as travelers
do of an inn.? Epictetus.
JUkIi Life In Gotham.
"The way them New York folks act
Is dreadful curious," said my aunt
Betsy. "They dew say ns Mrs. Demll
llon is at home on a horse. I'm glad
she ain't one on whom I call, for I
calculate I shouldn't know exactly
how tew act"? Harper's Weekly.
The Lnxt Coarse.
"Paw, when there's n big banquet
why do they always have spoiled
cheese to wind it up with?"
"Because, my son. It makes you for
get the earlier courses." ? Chicago
Trubune.
Bear the best humbly and the wortt
resignedly.? Homer.
5PECIAL SALES
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats '
Commer cing Mondaj' 1-2 off
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the
next ten days. k
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
fflE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILED
by the old bit
or rdss plaa
used in Bomt
ho'.:seholdat
BUT
. with*
MS? "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that by
following tho siraplu ' astnaction*
the quality is always do] Mora.
See our several sty lea and lot tW
explain tho perfect way.
P. E. KERN
Gjld vid Sliver smith.
We have a ]arge stock
Iioutney's Candy
Peter's Chocolates
A' so a large stock oi
Fresh Nuts
Do&t' Foreet the Number. 428 Brdw'j
Tony Dortero 's
and Importer^
MILLINERY
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?""On and after the 1st of Octob?r, 1905. the following will
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Nortuwest
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet
Each " additional (except wash basins, free)
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses
Water Closets " " " " *'
Urinals :l " " " "
Wash Basins " " " " "
Hote's, per room additional
Beer Pamps
Restaurants
Steam Laundries
Hand "
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate
Hose C ni lection for Fire Protection
Families carrying water
Individuals " "
Hauling water, per lond
Lara and Street sprinkling
be the
Light
$ 2 00
25
. 50
. 50
50
. 25
10
. 1.00
. 5.00
. 7 50
. 5.00
. 5.00
. 1.00
. 1.50
. 1.00
. 100
, Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Stores, Offices. Shops and Besidences
Each 16 cp lights
Enclosed Arcs
ALL NI-5HT 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
.$ 1.00
. 10.00
. 1.50
. 15 00
1.50
12.50
2.00
17.50
EDWIN BROWNE. Manager.