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DEIMAS OUT
Thaw's Leadiog Lawyer
Retires From Case
New York, April 15? It ia announced
today that Attorney Del mas has with
drawn from the Thaw defense. No
bail will be asked until the question of
attorneys is settled. It is rumored that
Jamea Hamilton Lewis will succeed
Delmas.
Daniel O'Riley wis today re
employed by Mrs. Th*w as one of the
attorneys to defend her husband on his
second trial.
It is reported today that Senator !
Knox is also considering a heavy fee u
defend Thaw.
A cowhide cane, a beau'.iful piece of
handwork, was received at the Tombs
today by Harry Thaw, a gift from a
number of cowboys in Arizona. Ac
companying the gift was a statement
from the donor* saying ''we vote for
acquittal "
MOTHER OF J. if.
VAN CIEVE DIES
St. Paul, April 6? The oldest pioneet
in the state of Minnesota is dead. She
was .VJrs. Charlotte Ouiscousin Van
Cleve, aged S3 years, of Minneapolis,
Mrs Van Cleve was the daughter of
Nathan Clark, and was the first white
child of pure blood to oe born in the
territory now comprising the state of
Minnesota, then a part of Wisconsin.
Her father was stati ued with his regi
ment at Fort Suelling, wher<? Mrs. Van
Cleve spent the first tight ve<rs of her
life. She was married in 1S3U to Lieut.
Van Cleve and the couple at once took
up their reaideoc9 in Minnesota, Mrs.
Van Cleve saw the Twin Cities nnd the
state of Minnesota develop from almost
nothing.
Mrs. Van Cleve was in her day a '
beautiful woman, and up to nx years
a/o was seldom HI. At that lime she '
fell and broke her hip, tod since had '
been failing in health. She was the
mother of twelve children, se^en of
whom are still living? Mrs. W. W.
Hall, Honolulu: Seymour Van Cleve,
New York: E. M. Van Cleve, Melll
ville, Mont.; John R. Van Cleve, of
Seward, Alaska, and Carl Van Cleve,
of Minneapolis. There ar? 24 grand
children and three great-grandchildren
minersaskTeTnot
TO GO ro UM\
Seattle, April 13? [n response to an ;
appeal from Secretary Phelac of the :
Fairbanks Miners union, the American
Federation of Miners has issued a
warning to miners throughout the
count,y cot to go to Tanana. Notions
have been aent to headquarters at Port- j
land, San Francisco. Goldflelds and j
other places and the widest publicity
will be given the warning. The federa- 1
tion prom ses to give the fanana
miners every possible support in their
effort to get higher wages.
Good Tim* at Social
1 1 " j
There were about 25 persons present
at the ''Light Refreshments" social by
the Christian Endeavor at the Presby
terian parsonage yesterday. JTtie "light
reireshments"' consis'ed of a glass of j
water and a toothpick. More substan- i
tist refreshment* were s.-rved after- 1
wards.
50 designs of 1907 wall paper just
received at Harrison's.
BUY ON': !
Start Busy Year With Go< d
vr atcli
?
Do you need a wa'ch? You do unless
you ha.-e one already that is i borough y
reliable. There U nothing so needful
to the busy man ? workman or business
man a> s watch that will correctly
maik time.
We sell all the leading makes Op
watches at PRICES THAT ARt
RIGHT, at prices ?' low m those which
obtain in New York, Chicago or any of
the other great metropolitan centers.
We sell gold watches, stiver watches,
nlcael watches, ami all kinds of wa'ches
of ail the standard makes.
We carry the moat complete and
moat up-to-date stock of jewelry, China
ware and cut glassware in Alaska.
Our repair department Is the most mod
ern m all its appointment* and the
most thorough In the work it turns out.
We examine the eyes free of cost and
flt them with the kind of glasses that
scientific teats demonstrate that they
require.
J. Ikuta, Optician and Jeweler.
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The Last Comrade
[Original.!
Au old man sac at a table on which
had beeu place<l u smokies dluuer and
plates for eighteen persons. No scat
was occupied except that of the old
mau hiiusclf, and us the clock on the
? mantel ticked away the nilnntes 110 one
else appeared. Indeed, the oue occu
. pant of the room could uot have ex
pected any one else, for his own dinner
; was on his plate. At each place was a
I bottle of wine, but the only bottle un
corked was that before the one diner.
At the close of the Mexican war
eighteen officers who had taken part In
It and who lived not far from one an
other decided to celebrate the* i>eaee
with a dinner. It was a jubilee. Dur
ing the evening a proposition was made
und decided upon that ouce a year the
feast was to lie repeated, and as each
mau dropped out his pla:e and bottle
were to Lie set the same :;s If he weru
present.
I All were either young or compar
atively youug. and It wa some years
before a single place was vacant. Then
a chill pnssed over every wan as he
entered the room auil saw the empty
chair, the plate, the uncorked bottle,
of their late comrade. Ail had looked
upon battlefields, but uo-'e had expe
rlenced this same peculiar sensation Ir.
viewing the dead and dv-ng.
Several years passed. The seventeen
men were beginulug to become some
what accustomed to the one vacant
chair when the clock of their lives
struck 2. They missed one of the
youngest, merriest of their number.
Then It became apparent that the
spontaneous merriment of their tlrsl
dinner would wane under the increas
ing vacant chairs and exertion must lie
made to keep tie dinners from grow
ing painful A resolution was passed
that each man must eo-itr.bnte some
thlug-a song, a story, a Joke, what
e\fr he pleased? to enliven the occa
?Ion.
Slowly the diners watched the In
creasing vacancies till the number gone
equaled the number rem:i.?iug. When
the nine living men met aud drank to
the nine who were dead, it was with
an effort. Some one proposed that tliej
should sit together at a living half ol
the table, leaving the other half for the
dead, but the proposal was voted down,
and the living and the dead remained
side by side.
Their clock struck 10. 11. 1-. and two
thirds of the original number hail pass
ed away, six men whose beards "were
gray sat together and drunk to twelve
who had gone. To them the dead ro
mained at the age they departed, some
011 the threshold of manhood, others
at successive ages. ?
It was years before there was an
other vacancy: then two empty plates
dropped into line like figured disks re
cording the revolutions of an engin"
shaft. Another dropped in three years,
auother In two.
By this time ail who were desMnel
to reach the ordinary limit, threescore
rears and ten. had dropped out. Of those
who were to become octogenarians
or eenteUH' ians tiut two remniued. For
eleven years two old men sat down
together <? ? ? a year and drank to six
teen comrades whose bottles were un
corked. It was not now a question of
which should be ~ blessed with the
longest life, but which would be soou
est relieved from a painful duty. 'As
:!:.y glanced over the uncorked bottles
it seemed th th >? dead comrades
were drawn up i line to receive them
when they sli >uld appear upon .the
eternal parade With trembling bauds
they ra sed thi-i glasses to their lips
aud drauk? drsinU -ts uiac-U as there
was hope ot assimilating with their
wornom systems? then sit their glass
e- down and without a' word left a
rami which fr.nu a bauiiuet hall had
become a sepuleher.
And uow the last man. eighty-nine
years old. sits alone. A myriad of
wrinkles radiate from n scar ou his
forehead, the remains of a wound re
ceived at t 'hurubnsco. A few snow
white hairs are scattc d over bis
head. His eye Is a tlatv f intelligence
all >ut to go out. Ills till is untast
ed. e.\ >ft a little toast v. t- r. of which
tie has taken a few sips, lie sits at
.?ue end of the table and looks down
the long line of botiies ? t either side,
every -rtle representing a dead com
rade. lie raise--, his g|a- and speaks,
not with h - ; ? lips a::- not needed
to address the dea.V -but iu spirit.
"Comrades. I. about to die, greet
you. It lias pleased our great com
mander to place m-? iu charge of the
rear guard. I have se-'u you all safely
over the river, aud uow. my work be
ing. finished. 1 am permitted to cross
myself. The din of battle sounds far
from me a on fuse l murmur of shout
lng. of musketry, of cannon. I have
n.? <.W*sire to return to mingle with It
1 only wish to join you in your long
, rest. Comrades, [ greet you."
! fie touched the lira of his glass to
j his thin lips and set it down. Then
he rested his '-h!u ou bis breast aud
t 'osed his eves.
i he door opened, and a group of
Iron burst Into the room, followed
heir parents.
raudpa. wake up: We have come
cheer you for the loss of your
Is. They nre gone, but we are
; on. We ki ew it would be sad
oil to dine alone, and we are go
ng to take you a way and warm you
with our young hearts beating against
yours. Come: grandpa, wake up!"
But the old man did not wake up
One of his sons, a man of fifty, ap
proached and quietly shook him. Touch
i Ing the veteran's hand, he found It
?old. Quickly passing his own hand
i over the wrinkled brow, he dropped It
on the heart.
It had ceased to beat.
P. A. MiTCHBL.
I HIS GREAT SERVICE.
' 1. IIL.lr.tto.T7t the Ueuero.ltr *
tbe Elder Doma..
Dumns pere when managerofthe
Theatre Hlstorlque was continually
studying tUe influence or tbe temVer
ture'on tbe Bale of tlckets-at least, he
seemed to do so. lu fact. tWa ?wmta.
Interest In the showing of the thai
urometer was. like ?? ?nW
ur his. nothing but au expression of the
proverbial kindness of his heart
i One day Dumas happened to meet
an old frtend whom Ue had not seeu
for thirty years. "Where TZ?'trS
to dine tonight!" he asked thafrlemt
??Tonight 1 shall dine nowhere, was
th?0?Z" said Dumas; "yon are mis
taken. You will dine with me He
led the friend Into his house and frave
him the upper place at his table' 1 J\
poor man had not had such a dinner
for a long time, and Dumas when re
tiring into his writing room after the
3S?J4H
that 1 expect you tomorrow at the
same time." , -
The friend came the next day. a
the day after this, and so on for ten
years up to his death. One day. how
over ho told Dumas that as be was
mating bread he did not earu this ar
rangement could not coutlnue. If
am not able honestly to earn my meal*
I shall uot come again. Tell me to
what way I can be of service to you.
Dumas thought a moment: then he
said- "You can do me a great favor
You may go to the new bridge every
Jay and take the temperature by Che
rafter's thermometer. The tempera
ture, you must know. Is of great mo
uient lu the matter of the sale of *
ets Could you do this?"
The poor fellow answered afflrma
tively and from that time on report*,
to Dumas every day. "At noon t
thermometer showed so and so manj
decrees in the shade. And Dumas,
who of course did not care lnthe leM
about the temperature, replied with th
same regularity: "I am very nucl^
obliged. If y<x> <>nly kn?f
service you are lotag me. -Harpe -
Weekly.
THE GOLDEN RULEOF THREE
Three things to be-pure, Just and
honest.
Three things to live-courage, aire*,
tlon and gentleness.
Three things to govern-temper.
tonjue and conduct.
Three things for which to flght-hon
or, home and country.
Three things to cherish? the true, t e
beautiful and the good.
Three things about which to think
life, death and eternity.
Three things to com mend- thrift, in
dustry and promptness.
Three things to despise-crueity, a:
rogauce and ingratitude.
Three things to love? the wise, the
virtuous and the innocent.
Three things for which to wlsh
bealthr friends and contentment.
Three thlugs to admlre-Ulgnlty.
gracefulness and Intellectual power.
Three things to attalu-gooduess of
heart. Integrity of purpose and cheer
fulness of dlsposltion.-I.eadershlp.
I'uKiiuclty of Hats.
A glove manufacturer took from a
cabinet a handsome pair of brown
gloves. "These gloves are made o.*
ratskiu," he said. "They look well at
first glance, but examlue them care
fully. Look into the skin. The skin,
though soft and Cue, revealed on close
examination a great many cuts and
scars and scratches. None of these
went iiulte through. Xevertheless their
effect was to weaken the gloves great
ly. "Those cuts aud scars," said the
manufacturer, "are what bar ratskiu
out of gloveinaklug. Yon never get a
skin without them; hence you can't
turn the damaged skin into a good
glove. Hats tight so much that they
become at an early age a mass of
scars. Their torn hides are of no use
to commerce."
London'* First Balloon Ascent.
When Ltmardi made tbe first balloou
ascent from London in 1784 he had for
fellow passengers a cat, a dog and i>
pigeon. Such was the excitement. caus
ed by this ascent that a jury, deliber
ating on the fate of a criminal, return
ed a hasty verdict of acquittal in order
not to miss the spectacle, while King
George III. broke up a meeting of bla
council to watch the progress of the
balloon. It was In the following year,
1785, that an adveuturous Dublin un
dergraduate, Mr. Maguire, made a bal
loon ascent and was actually knighted
by the lord lieutenant for his courage.
Don't Be n Sensitive Plant.
The sensitive plant is found In the
church. The pastor has a difficult time
keeping him ii? humor to do church
work. The sensitive plant is found in
political circles. The candidates must
handle him with gloves. Tbe sensitive
plant is found in all avenues of hu
man activity. Most generally he Is a
nuisance. Don't be one. ? Columbia
Herald.
An Awful Realisation.
First Tramp (shuddering with terror
and clasping his companion's arm)?
Say, Ike, look at wot that there sign
says, I wlslit ye would! Second Tramp
?Wot sign. Aleck? First Tramp? Wy,
that there sign on de big brick bulldln'.
It savs '-Iron woiks," Ike, an' we've
got-lron in our blood! I wonder ts It
wolkiu' now.? Chicago News.
A Craven's Haven.
Mrs. Hicks (relating burglar scare)?
Yes, I heard a noise and got up, and
there uuder the bed I saw a man's legs.
Mrs. Wicks? Mercy! The burglar's?
"No; my husband's. He had heard th??
aoise too."? Boston Tranaorljii.
I
SPECIAL 5ALES 1
SPECIAL SALE Ladies Winter hats
Commencing Monday 1-2 off.
SPECIAL SALE in Men Overcoats
and Suits 25 per cent. off. For the
next ten days.
SPECIAL SALE in dress goods and
fancy trimmings. We must make
room for our Spring lines.
Martin Conway
IHE BEST
COFFEE
can be
SPOILS)
by tie old bit
or ir.isi plaa
used in nom?
household*!
Birr
3 with V
?V- "METEOR"
COFFEE PERCOLATOR
everything is so arranged that b J
following the simple instruction?
the quality is always del Lions.
See our several style* and Wl
x. explain the perfect way.
P. E. KERN
Gold sod Silver smith.
We have a large stock
Iiooiney's Candy
Peter's Ghocolates
A'so a [large stock ol
Fresh Nuts
Doni' Foreet the Number. 42S.Brdw'y
Tony Dortero's
[ [and Importer! of
MILLINERY
orders >olicited(and filled immediatly.
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:jeer
No regrets next morn
ing-good flavored and
good for you
Seattle, Wash.
Nugget jewelry of all
kinds, Indian curios,
sovenir spoons
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Official Timekeeper for the W. P,[& Y. R.
Mail Orders a Soecialty
Dew mater and Eight Rates
50
50
50
25
10
1.00
5.00
On and after the 1st or October, 1905, the following will bt- th*
Monthly rates for water and light service from the Northwest Ljjhi
& P owerCompany:
WATER
First Faucet i 2 Ou
Each " additional (except wa3u baMns, free) 25
Bath Tubs in Hotels or other Public Houses.
Water Closets " " " " _
Urinals " " " " . "
Wash BaslnB " " " " "
Hote'a, per room additional
Beer Pjmps
Restaurants
Steam Laundries 7 50
Hand " 5.00
Motors, special per horsepower, minimum rata 5.00
Hose Connection for Fire Protection 1.00
Families carrying water 1.50
Individuals " " 1.00
Hauling water, per load 100
Lawn and Street sprinkling Free
ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
COMMERCIAL SEftVIQE
All Ye*r Winter
Stores, Offices, Shops and Residences
Each 16 cp lights $ 1.00 | 1.50
Enclosed Arcs 10.00 12.50
ALL NI-3HT SERVICE
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.
EDWIN BROWNE, Manager.