AfftR CURRY
Congressman Heads Posse
for Noted Outlaw
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.!
uciena, Mon , April 11? Congresman
Charles N. Pray, of this state, is head
ing a posse whioh is in pursuit of Kid
Curry and bis (rang of train robbers.
The robbers ?nd their pursuers are In
the mountains near Havre in this ste te.
Congressman fray's friend, Raocher
Gill, has disappeared. and it Is feared
that he was murdered by Curry ami
his gang. Fray 's action, therefore, has
something of a personal nature in it.
AT LAST
Jnneau Has H*aril of Tread
we]l Sale
Juneau, April 7? The Juneau Dispatch
of yesterday sav?:
"The report ii current today that
John Hays Hammond, representing the
Guggenheim interests, with Henry
Bratnober, the well known California
mining expert. successfully negotiated
with the English stockholders for a 1
majority holding in the Tread well
mines. It is given out from unofficial
sources that this deal was perfected in !
the last thirty days. If this proves true
it will mean the retirement of Consult
ing Eogineer Brsdley, who is not on i
friendly terms with Hammond and ;
Brat no wr." _ -en ;
The Daily Alaskan had an account of j
this sale several weeks ago. m ?
A. f. WILDF
KILL GO SOUTH
A. F. Wildt, who yesterday sold his
Skagway property, will leave before
long for the South with his family ?
w hare they will -nake their residence!
in the future.
During his residence in this city Mr
Wildt has been a leading citizen, tanin,
an interested and intelligent part in a'.l
civic matters. He will be missed, i
A. B. NAMES
XtW.OfflCERS
The following named were chosen to
be officers of the Arctic Brotherhood 1
at the meeting Tuesday eveniog. tZL,
Matthew Bridge, Arctic chief: Robert
Sheldoo. vice- Arctic chie?:S. F. Cot-]
trell, recorder: E.M. Culb^rtson, keeper i
of nugget; L. H, B -y lass, chaplain,'
and Dr. L. S. Keller. K. L Webster, j
J. W. Shearer. JoDnGrashell andCnris!
Shea, trustee?. _
HARRIMAIM CD
MCRGfR ATTACKtO
(
Washington, April 6 ? ' The interstate I
/ommerce commission which is now j
ngagetl in bear.ngs, charges the
Cnion Pacific and Southern ; Pacific |
raUvGAtla with an amalgamation for the
purpose of suppressing competition.
" Harriman admitted the amalgamation
but argues that the lines are knot
parallel and therefore the amalga
mation ia not contrary to law.
M4KE GOOD
Do Not Begin Spring With
Dirty Watchj
Do not begin the active season with a !
watch that will not keep good time. |
The aeason of .summer is too short in
this country to permit of one's being
hampered by an uncertain timepiece.
If jour watch is dirty it will not keep
time correctly until it haa been cleaned.
Spring should be the cleaning stason
for watches and clocks as well as for
everything else.
Our rep?ir department >n unequalled
In AUsica for the character of work ii
turns out. Our -nottos are: AS GOOD
AS NEW. ana SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED. Try us and hscume
our permanent patrons.
Neweat, best selected and most
fashionable stock of jewelry, watches
clocks, novelties, etc, in A!aaka. Our
souvenirs lead. OCR PRJ( ES ARE
RIGHT.
We give free examination of the eyes.
J. Ikuts. Optician and Jeweler.
Life, lot Death.
There Is much differeuce la the psy
chological effect of tbe two ideas
"life" and "death." This was illus
trated. says the writer of "Letters
From a Surgeon." iu the case of Gen
eral Frank Burtlett. who ?ss wounded
i?n the Fredericksburg i>i ;e lu 1S04.
General Bartlett was brought to the
surgeon bleeding profusely from a
wound iu bis head, lie was uueon
cious aud white as death. The sur
wan vailed his name, but could uot
rouse hiiu. Pr -sing liis (In^er luto the
wound, lie found the ball 1 d uot pene
trated the bone, but bad si iply cut an
artery iu the scalp. This ihe surgeou
bouud with a ligature. He laid the
general on the grouud and completed
dressing the wound.
'"No harm done, old boy !" he shout
ed. "Thi* Is only a flesh wouud. You
will be all right when I take a stitch
or two."
The good news seemed to bring Gen
eral Martlet t to consciousness. He
rallied completely.
j "I thought 1 was done for." he said.
"Well, if I'm all right, here goes."
Before the surgeon coulil stop hlra
ae was lu the saddle and riding at tbe
hest gait of lils horse back to the front
again.
Thp War* of ihf Moon?hlner.
The ways of the moonshiner are pret
ty much the same everywhere. A suit
able locai Ion consists of n secluded
spot with water in abundance. It Is
Important, should be ever be called
upon to defend a case In court, for the
question of the ownership of the land
upon which the still Is located, to be
involved in doubt; hence the moonshin
er gets as near the line of his own
land or the land lie controls ns possible.
The stills are primitive affairs and are
often made complete iu tli ' neighbor
hood in.which they are opeiNted. With
two or three square yards of sheet cop
per the still maker requires but a few
liours to make the "b'ller." Home
made hogsheads are usually ti-ed as
feruienters. and the only thing that the
Illicit distiller lias to send "oil' yauder
arter" is the wortu. Being difficult to
secure, tbe tnoonsbiuer prizes his
"worm" highly uid that part of tbe
distillery i> usually ti.ken away wheu
tbe operator leaves l>uvid A. Gates
In Metropolitan Magazine.
llrlKin uf "Itlltfitrucktnjra."
Burke, apropos of "Kveliua." paid |
Fanny Burnt ?> thi> l.gb i iiplmient: ,
"We have bad an age for statesmen,
ac age for heroes, an age for poets, an
age for artists. hut this" wUli a gal
lant bow to Fatuii "is the age l'or
women.' The name "bluestocking*."
given to these distinguished women,
arose. according to Fanny I'.nrney in
h"r "Memoirs of iler Father." from aii
apology made bj Mr. Stillinglleet in
declining ;.ii invii.trinti of Mrs. Ve-ey'a
to a literary meeting at In r hous". "I i
ant no: properly dressed for such n
party." lie pleaded. "IMio pho," she )
cried, ti'king him and lii> dress all in !
at a glance, "don't mind . .-ess; Come
In your blue su>-kiugs." his he did.
and "those words ever after were
fixed in playful stigma up n Mis. Ve- 1
sey's associations." ? T. l'.'s I.ondou !
Weekly.
What We Stand -'u.
The density of the earth as a whole I
has been estimated, with lose agree- |
meat among the scientist < who have
made the determination ; y different
methods, to be about 5.5. cr tive and h
half times as heavy a< a.: equivalent i
sphere of water ?)n tiieotl.er hand, the ,
average density of the materials form- ;
lug the accessible parts of the earth's
crust between 2.5 aud II. so that the
mean density of the whole globe Is
about twice that of its outer part.
This indicates that the central part of
the earth . imposed of heavier mate
rials aiul may even be metallic, which
condition, sax s the Engineering and
Mining Journ:|l. would accord perfect
ly with the nebular hypothesis.
Nntnre ami Broken Bone*.
In the splicing of broken bones na
ture cau give the best sutgeon pointers.
When a bone is broken the splintered I
ends are surrounded wita cartilage un- |
til they are firmly heid iu position.
Then gradually a layer of l<oue Is
placed between them a id soldered to
gether All the physician has to do
Is to bring the two ends of the bones
together so that the point will b#
smooth and even. Nature's little
agents do the rest -New York Tribune.
Tnnte (iovfrn? SpelliiiK.
Shakespeare spelled his own name In
nixteeu different ways which have
survived, and It is evident that Eliza
bethan spelling "depends upon the ;
taste and fancy of the speller." It Is j
th>> printing press which made spelling i
by stereotyping it. and it Is. after all.
on the printer's reader more than on ]
the professor that the spelling of the
fuiure depends.? London Star.
\apoleon*a Same.
The name Napoleon written irt Greek
characters will form seven different
word> by dropping the final letter of
each in succession. When read, these
words form a complete sentence, mean
ing. "Napoleon, the destroyer of whole
cities, was the lion of his people."
>VronK.
"There Is a word of one syllable In
the English lauguage that Is always
spelled wrong, even by the most edu
cated people."
"What is that''"
"The word 'wrong.* "
Obviously
"Let me see." mused the sportiuj
editor. "What Is an incubator'-"
"Aa incubator," replied the agricul
tural editor, "Is an egg plant."
Discouragement is but disenchanted
egotism.? Mazzini.
I French Economy.
France la her system of finance and
!n ber whdle scheme of economy aids
! and encourages saving among the peo
pie. The government conducts a vast
bunking institution whereby every
postoffice has its savings bank depart
ment?Its "calsse d'epurgne." Here
any one may make u deposit as low as
1 franc (20 cents), which deposit Is re
? corded In oue's "livret de la calsse
d'epargue" (savings hank book). A
Convenient feature of this system tend
ing to make saving easy is that one
may make bis deposits In any post
office nuywhere iu France and may
withdraw any part or all his savlugs
at any postoffice, without regard to
where the deposits have been made.
I have never had a servant In Frauct>
who bad not her "livret de la calsse
d'epargue." and yet the girl or woman,
If she? had no fumlly of her own to
support, almost Invariably contributed
to the support of her father's family.
I have bad one middle aged "femme
de chambre" on whose face each duy I
could read pretty well how the bourse
was going.? Flora McDonald Thomp
son In Harper's Bazar.
Shopping.
Shopping Is a form of cruelty In
dulged by married ladies toward their
husbands. It is Incipient In young
girls, reaches an active condition in
brides and arrives at Its most virulent
stage between the tenth and the twen
ty-fifth year of married life. A small,
delicate, slight, nervous, sensitive wo
mau who would faiut away at an
empty mouse trap will go through the
shopping district In from two to seven
hours and come out refreshed and sus
tained by an unfaltering trust If ber
husband's credit Is good, while that
gentleman at the end of forty-five min
utes has to be carried home on a
stretcher. Some women are born ship
pers, others achieve It, hut not one of
them has It thrust upon her. Shopplrc
Is extensively practiced on week days,
beginning ou Monday with a rush and
ending on Saturday Iu time for th?
opera. It promotes industry. Without
It married men would have time to
rest.? Delineator.
Shoot Iiik a Rabbit.
In Sullivan county there Is u man
who spent a whole day hunting, and at
nightfall lie was returning homeward
empty handed when he found a rab
bit In a snare and still kicking. lie
released It and was about to dispatch
It with the back of bis hand when It
occurred to him that he could not saj
ho shot It, as no shot marks would be
found to corroborate his story. So he
tied a string to one of the hind legs of
the rabbit, tied the other end to the
feuce, backed away twenty yards and
fired. The shot cut the string and
bunny ran away. Such a good joke
on himself was too good to keep, and
he told it at the village grocery, little
thinking that It would be hand >d about,
until now if you want to anger him
the mere mention of the ytfcu opens
the old sore.? Forest and Stream
I'mctloliiic by Ear.
When (Jrover Cleveland was practlr
log law at Buffalo among his associ
ates was a young lawyer who. though
a bright ftflow, was rather inclined to
laziness. He wis forever bothering
Cleveland about points of law rather
than look them up himself. At last
Cleveland became tired of It, and the
next time the young mau sauntered In
Cleveland knew what he wanted and
getting up. pointed to his bookcase and
said: "There are my books. You are
welcome to them. You can read up
your own case." The fellow was caught,
bui he rose to the occasion. "See here,
(?rover Cleveland." he said, "I want
you to understand 1 don't read law. I
practice entirely by ear. and you and
your books can go to thunder!"
Women Hole >? Rubles Do.
The ordinary man would still much
rather glorify women and set them on
a mock throne, whence he can depose
them at will, than have to acknowl
edge in them a real title to regard.
It is difficult for a man to overcome
his essential self Importance. Most of
us perhaps prefer to have inferiors
round us? an abject trait of character,
but natural. And ouly very slowly
have we men been gettlug to prefer
our woman'iiud as friends and equals
rather than as queeus and pets, ruling
us as a baby or a spoiled dog does.?
Londou Saturday Review.
A Clever Hint.
"You are so popular," sighs the
Bwaln. "You have so many suitors!"
"The idea!" smiles the fair young
thing. "Why, I can count them all on
the fingers of ray left hand. See. The
[ Index finger is Mr. Smugforth, the sec
j oud finger is Mr. Balder, and the third
finger- the third finger of my left hand
I ?the third finger is you."
I Next day he got the Ting for it.?
] Chicago Post.
Sewn to Him.
"The beauty of this great and glorl
i ous republic." said the American
I proudly, "Is that any boy born here
; may become president."
j "Fawncy!" exealmed the British
; tourist. "I was under the impression
i that the president had to be at least
I forty years of age."? Catholic Stanfl
! arvl nud Times.
A Philosopher.
A philosopher is a man who when
he has hard luck, due to his own care
lessuess and Idiocy and other short
?otulngs, can blame !t all on fate.?
Souiervllle Journal.
Nobody Elie lo Look Like.
She? Mr. Dudleigh Is looking more
HVe himself, don't you think? Chappie
? Ya-as. His twin brother is deat?
Puck.
SPECIAL 5 ALES I
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SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats '
Commencing Monday 1-2 < ff
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoat?
and Suits 25 per cunt. off. For the
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. "We must make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
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BUT
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everything is so arranged that by
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Ses our several styles aad tott*
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We hav-? a largre stock
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Peter's Chocolates
Also a [large stock ol
Fresh Nuts
Dont' Forget the Number. 428 Brdw'j
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Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Light
& P owerCompany:
I WATER
First Faucet I 2 00
Each " additional (except wash basins, free) 25
Bath' Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses 50
Water Closets " " " " *' 50
Urinals :l " " " "? 50
Wash Basins " " " " " 25
Hote's, per room additional 10
Beer Pjmps 1-00
Restaurants 5.00
Steam Laundries 7.50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rate 5.00
Ho9e Connection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1-00
. Hauling water, per load 1 00
|#Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SERVICE ?
All Year Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ 1.00
EnolosedArcs 10.00
ALL NIOHT SERVICE
Each 16 cp light* 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 15 00
32 cp lights double 16 cp
Meter Rates will be 10 cents per 1000 watts.
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