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Daily Alaskan kmm w. t*ot, editor ?CWCmiVTftft RATC ?m tr srvler Om mmH, h? at II Tkm Maths. to m l ?is Matin, to Mil f*r. to Mil lo ?pi ointing H B U Fevre to be United Siat<?* court coramisa-ooer at Scagwav. Judge Gunnison recognised oo? of the worth? citizens of this city. For years Mr. Le ?v re has labored W .tn industry and to good purpose for Skagwa? and frr Alaaka. He is de serving the oest the pe pie have to five. The Daily Alaskan does not hes itate to predict thai he will make a gvod official. He ia a man of ability and the utmoat integrity. who, as a pub ic official, wi'l do h;? Seal aod give every man a square deal NewrU all ibe oewapap- r? of Alaska are ask og of congress some kind of popular government. While a tern torial organ ua' Ion. simiar to thai which has been given other territoriea of the United States. * the form generally urged. prohabty there wou d be none that wou d Dot K? satisfied with some oUer form which fare the people of the d str.ct an opiortunity to m?ke thv-ir own law*. They would even fore fo without undue protest for a while longer tha right of executing the laws. If former President Cleveland should be selected for the presidency of the equitable Life Assurance Association the alvertiairgof a favorable kind that will come to that institution will more than counteract all the disagieeable notoriety that it has had during the last few months. Those union men who pulled the nails from the fingers of the non-union taamstrrs !n Chicago the other day did far more harm to union labor than to the poor fellows whotu they tortured. W. \Y. Cotton. th? Portland railroad attorney, will b# appointed diMrict judge to succeed Judge Hellinger. de ceased. The bloody war between the limited express trains aod the defenaeltus trav eling public continues its unrelenting course A Whitehorse dairy advertises sour milk for sale at 1.1 cents a quart. What would be the price of thick, fresh crv m In that town? .. VSS SOS DOMNMRD COlRSf TmI R?l*( R?.lit?4 kr Alokt Pm^I* A little ba-ksohe at flrst Daily IvctcmIok till the back is lame ? oil ?rak Urinary rti?or<'? rs qu ckly follow; Diabetis ?nd rin*li? B'isht'* disease Thto it the uo?n**r.i course of kid w ill* Don't tak this court*. Follow the ad?ic? of a former sutferer. l>. L. Staid*. o? 313 Th r eentb street, O *rap> , s*y?: "I hare had attacks of backache for ?'4f. c?u*d probably by cold* ?ett!iptf m the ioies. Sob e ? f them were so severe th?t 1 iou d not tarn or more In b?d and *?* perfect'; h*!p lee* and ha.l to be move I about like a chi d Durni my l??t at' a -k I us d lWs Kidney Pill*. 1 thought I m ffht depend upon lh>m because I had heard th*t they were a relitb'e c^re for kidney compaint I ?a* not di?ap poic ed ' r the re* ti ts ob-ained fro n their uee were entirely ?*t>f?ctory in ?Tery way. I chtrrfuliy rtcoatmrnd IVan's Kidney (Ills " For sale by ill dealers Price iO cents a ho*. Foater-MilSum Co., Buffalo. New York, aole agents for the United v tales. Remember the name ? Uoan's ? and take no suhataute. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables FRESH ?gg$ and Butter Received on the DOLPHIN at the mi GKi mm us Cannon Oppose* Rfprest-nta tire or Self-Government The Seattle I lost-Intelligencer Inter viewed Speaker aannon upon hit return toSeatt'e He opposes represent*) ion to congress or self government for Alaska. The Puet-lntellityrencer ?*t? "When asked concerning the general opinion as to territorial government and representation by ? delegate in ooo gress. Mr Cannon stated that there was ? diversify of opinion and that some seemed to think that the district is too young In the southeastern pari of the dstrict the Impression prevail* that a delegate should fofrom ooe of the older towns. It of course, would be impoad Me for a delegate from Southeast Ala* ka to represent that section of the dis trict . orth of the peninsula, including Nome: quit* as much so as It would he imp. ssible for a nan from Alabama to represent North Diakot*. "If \ tasks is to hare delegates on the floor of congress, then there should be three- -one from Southeast Alaska, ooe from Nome and one from VaMet. In Speaker Cannon's opinion. Alaska is thoroughly well represented in congress by the Washington delegation. 'I found.' said Mr. Cannon, 'that there are in Alaska Lss than 36,000 people white people? who hare their feet planted on the soil: who say 'this is mar home:here will I place my hearthstone.' " M found that there are many natives ar.d there is the floating element that go s to Alaska and then comes away, hut of the white settlers who are U?ere .*>,000 is a liberal estimate, and they are scattered along more than 2,000 miles of coast. '-'Alaska is the most valuable asset of the state of Washington, and with ail of your interests there and your close commercial relationship with the d strict I can't see tha* they need any more efficient represent ion titan that which is given them by the Washing ton delegat on. Then the sentiment is not strongly in favor of representation by a delegate, and a particularly well posted man up there tokl me that it would be like a very large hat on a v. rv small boy to make a territorial government for Alaska.' " Senator Hemenway is also quoted as not being convinced that Alaska should have representation in congress, and Representative Tswoey thinks the del egate should be appointed. fORMfR SkAGW AYAHS Gtl MIXfD IP l>sve Mutchler was fined JlOO, the ex treme limit on the charge of uuult and tottery, this afternoon by J udge K.rwin. The complaint **.? m?d? by J. F.. Lilly. ?n>] the fight ?u ow an old debt. The evidence shoved that Mutchler l ad remarked: "P? got you on this side of the line, and now I'll fix you.-' Judge Krwin said there was too much of that sort of feel ins, am) that he could not understand why men should obey the law on one side of the line and think they coulo break It with impunity on the other, and that he would give the full penalty, and int. nded to make an example of every such case that come before him - Fairbanks New*. C??k Vulil IjkIv cook wanted at once Apply at this offiee. H t LstekM Er?rt Ernlsi Hot lunches- the beat in town are *erv*d every evening at the Totem. WknsflstCntk tw Jsatlet Mr. J Rilev Bennet', a Chemist ot Browns Toon. l*m?ios, West India U'ao is. writes: "I cannot sp?ak too highly of Ch.mtwtlsln's Cough Remedy. It has proved i self to be the hest r*m ed* foi whooping cough, which is prvv oltnt on this end Of the globe It has revet foiled to relieve in any case where I h?ve tec ?iumen<ied it; and grateful mothers, after using it, are daily thank lUOtlM nivising them " ThUremedv is Mm sale by Kelly Drug Co, CwraaOM Soewa Westmoreland, Ksnx , May 5. 190a. Ballard Snow Liniment Co : Yoar Lin iment cured an old sore on the side of my chin that was supposed to be a oaa cer. 1 be sore was stubborn an 1 would not vield to trestmen, until 1 tried Snow Liniment, which did the work ia shost order. My Mater, Mr*. Sophia |. Oar sin, Allensville, Mifhn Co., Pa., ha* a sore and mi?tnisis that It is a cancer. I'lease send her a Site bottle. Sold by Kelly Drug Company. Ms4?ra lUfair Shop far lks(wor C. H. Turner, an expert machinist, ha* opened a repair shop in the tuiU ing at the comer of Fourth avenue and Broadway, opposite F. H. Claysoo k Co. He will repair music boxes, phot ographs. cash registers, typewriters, si.* machines and bicycles. Satisfac tion guaranteed. Try him. 6 5 tf HOUNDING A MAN (Copyright. 1?. bj T. C McOlur*.] Aftrr ten mn' faithful service as .-?abler In a department store In Paris ?a?ton le Roy bad been fo?n<1 guilty at eAbe?*Jemont A sum of money >i mounting to about was missing and could not he aceouuted for He protected hi* luuoeence, and bo offered to make the amount irood from his sav ing*. but the police had got hold of the matter and refused to let it drop The police of France mon- than any other v-oantry hold lhat a j<er?on who Is charged with an offense against the kw la guilty It is not for the law to prove him so, but for him to prove his Innocence. They said to the cashier: "You have had charge of tlte funds in this store. A sum of money is miss In*. ami you cannot account for it. It theref.wr follows that you eoibetsted It. At any rate, you must prow in court that you did not " Neither the proprietors of the -'ore nor the cashier's friends believed him guilty There was a slip somewhere, a mistake; some one had seined impor tunity to gobble on to the notes, but the police took him away and ? >u tend ed that he must prove that sotne one guilty In order to secure his own lib iTty The young man w.i> sent to prls on for ? year and his repntatl" s mined forever. He did not think - > v lien he emerged Strong in the cwis. onsness of his Innocence. he returned to Paris with the determination to begiu ano* The oM Arm (twM not take him 1>a< k. but they gave him a recommendation, and he soon secured employment else where. Within a week the jsvliee ap peared and said to his employer "Yon have a mau in your e: ;<* \v mho conkl not prove his inno.-enco of a theft Yon must dlvharo- liim. If you do not yon will bo en-oupiging crime" Young I-e Roy was discharged. He wandered out into the country ami secured employment on a farm. The work was hard and the pay l?ut lie was living an honest life when a police official appeared and insisted that In- be instantly discharged He was even threatened with arrest tnd punishment for defying the law. n>at was the end Hie e\ <\ Hi riot headed for Paris with murder in his heart. In half an hour his mind had been made to turn criminal and be come ? terror to the law On ren hiug the city he made for tin- haunts >?f vice. ami inskie of a i ion h the polk-e heard from him. Le Roy was 1 .e Roy n> Im'Pt He was Jaritx In two voir- lie ?ont mltted fifty robberies - , g'e ban, led Then he became the leader of a hind, and muriler was .id led t - robbery It was always the police who were the victim* In one year ten Paris |>o.lce men were stabbed to death No one suspected that Jarlt* was the ex .-ashler under another name, and no one could account for this singilar hatred of the police. The 1<e*t de tectlve talent In the country was em ployed to hunt the man down, bet he ?neaped every snare laid for him. As fast aa a member of his band was taken he took on another recruit. Thej were to assist in the robberies, but the killing waa reserved for his own hand. Jariti ran a career of four years, and during that time the killing of fifteen policemen was In 1.1 at his door. The value of his plunder for the same time was estimated at three-quarters of a million dollars. Then the nun's logic forced him to realise that the ?ml could not much longer lie delayed Half a hundred detectives mere look ing for him. ami the rewards offered for hi* apprehension footed up o\er Some of his band wore cer tain to betray him to secure this le ward. When he had ni ide up his mllid what to do he distributed his proper. y among the hospitals under another name and took a house in tlte Rue Vint nor. It was a turn Mo down knnor Id a wretched strvot, ami Just ?hm t! ?> police would look to find him. The?? ???? a llrst and second fl.mr. and ru tr*iKf could l? liad to the w>itisl sto: v hy way of a second okl r<*?kory and the windows. On taking )"?scwikin of the place Jaritr M*nl the stairs .n two and pr>n>|>ol th.Mii up in such a way that ho ouild pull the prop away with a rope. Wlion the ?.t ?,??? wojit oraahitii: down Into tho <-o;l?r wboevor wa* on thorn at tho timo tw IBM with a terrible fall. Aftit a w<*k bo ?out a boy to gi\o him a way to the police Tlio lad claimed to have had his *tispi> ion aroused nuJ to lu?\e watcked the bowse for a wools. Ho was sure that It was Jarita hiding there He told the polieo of f|>o ap proa eh hy tho window*, and at 3 o'clock In tho afternoon a <l< ia hniot<t of forty roon suddenly surrounded the place. Ten of thom rushed into Ute neighbor Ins house to force the entrance Jarita met them and shot two hoK thon re treated with wwft* of iMIaMf. The eight men rushed him tart to the ?talrs and down It to tho Voiding T*ere be stopped to hurl IVrther de fiance at them, ami when tho;. vnwded down upon hltn tho prop vtW pulled away, and the eight fell Into tho foliar. Two were killed ami tho rr*t badly tarred "I am Canton I* Roy. the ev-cashicj and ei -convict!" called Jarlt* ?ftet them, and then he put tho mim.lo m hi* revolver to his head and pulled ffio trlmrer, Hwre were a few newspapers It France that dug down and got at th. real troth of the tragedy and laid It before tbetr readers, but the most of ttxin referred to Jarita as a human brute and rejoiced that he was off the face of the earth Tie was Jnst what the police had made htm. He waa ? bounded man driven to criminal deo perattoo. M QUAb No. 1319 This is the lucky number which won the ticket to Portland and return Who has it? M.CONWAY Let us figure on your Job Printing We aim at ^ NEATNESS PROMPTNESS SATISFACTION fobs promised tomor row delivered today Daily Alaskan = Patronize Home = I Industry? If Sot You Should IV So Bt Or'nking Skagway Beer Our Hottlrd Beer Only $2.00 nor do*<*n. "V rebut* on hoi i 1m PORTER Manufactured Especially Kor Hospital and Family TJse^^> Phone Brewery 40. Residence, 5? WITCHES The** day* there'* little excn?e for not o*ning a watch or 'for carry in? a poor on*. We have *tch a wt-i.ty at sttch a price variatipn that anyone'* idea of econ omy can be suited The Finest Watches Hy The Best Makers At The Lowest Prices K.u- Standard Qua'ity P. E. KERN, Gold and Srveramllh SlMPlfS Of 1906 Ml f MARS HIRE The I>ai)y Alaskan haa received a full line of Kamp'e* of I9?W calendar* from ihe famou* J. W. Butkr Pat?er company, of i hioaffo. They include the I at tut drv.ffti* many of which are work* of art. Rn*iDe<w men of Skapway and Hainr*. who desire on lander* for next year are invited tooall and make ?election*. Rslatcr Bun Rainier be?r* hy tf?e do*en bottW, *2 50, at the Mascot *aloon. JUNEAU a. 8. CO'S. ELBCTHtC I.ICHTRP STKAM ?i Rated atkamrk GE0RGM * OmttIbc P. ? Mil! for Bfclnr*. IVrn?n !Wy, Jimww Hoonnh Te?i*kr? Sitka ?n<1 W?rporU SAILS Saturday N oon and Tuesday at 8 a.m. W. W. BorOHTON, Ar?ii OromlwM and Filth At*. rhont M The Celebrated Yost... TYPEWRITER The machine for beautiful ?ork ?nd correct alignment. Easy to Operate and Keep in Order Easy to Pay For The light running Yoat It unequalled In ltffhinew of toutch. quletneaa of ac tion. simplicity and durability It l? reoopniied >* * neoewiiy In the bo? inrw man't o flier or the profeaaiona man * study m Ftor particular*. catalogue ma, writ# to Vosl HritingVtachiiieCo S2.'i Montgomery 8t 8 in FVmnct*cr Agentafor \la*lta ?r A welt ?? tl> a Oii>? Special ?' " * ' n to nu?lnr? FWmi e??gway, Hainea a d Vicinity CREWS <fc HILLS, ATTORNEYS Will Practice In All the Court* Juneau ? Alaska Frrih Ot*n* CM?n> Mvlr'a Delicioin" fresh or an ft1 cider la placed on up daily at Mulr'a nett to tlie poat olfice. Try Ik If you are out of kindling B McC Weato. I have it by the aac-v or cord. I 'hone* 90 H. ?* Pacific Coast S.S. Co. PIONEER ALASKA LINE. SPEED. ?AFETV. COMFOR1 8? lite. Var?t 9oun<J. ten Praoetaoo aod hnikm Porta cahmttwo 0. 1. hail Steamer* of Thl? Company I /ear a HUMBOLDT. ? JoneO 16.86 Pinal CITY OF SEATTLE. June il 21. July 1 Via V?Mr?v?r COTTAQE CITY. - June 9 23 July 6 Via Victoria awl WUra MS. Abo*a9ehada1* Safctaot to chair* WlUtoai Nonaa. E. A MUBPHY. Pho?? BO C. D. DUNANN, Gen Pats. Agt 10 Market Street. 9aa Prase tano, CM. rThe Alaska Steamship Co. C arryin* U 8 Mall an* Alaaka PaelUa F.t Neit Sail In# of the Fa?i I'aaaenrer Steamar Dolphin. - June 23 July 3. Jefferson, - June 29 DIBIOO. ... June 26. < oirpant rrarrrea rlfkt to rhanfe aailtn* data wf thont notke Tra?efer? to Victoria and Vaoooarer Without AMIItOMl < harfe R. A. CARROLL. A fast Pfcoaa M t w?ww^\wvww.%\w v.v?vmwtw THE iPMT Fine Wines Liquors and Cigars Headquarters for Yukon Traveller* Totem John Cap, M ft. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars * Millar* P?rlw Ra?4?a? aa* *H?t| I IPArron CI. ITS ROOM The Board of Trade I RK OtTTHRfR Proprietor tarfaat aed Raat Aprrtatad Pearrt far Oeatlfao la the Porth ? * Ttifir is miTP strength.. ,andVi^r in o single., l?jtllc*of BAINItR BEER thfti^n ft barrel wf orrfiiSo beer Once ??5f d? \b?w Jscd... SfcAHlE BWfWINO &MMTING CO SIATTU>A*H% Pft?rt? ffctwt* 3<K Fire and Li?*e INSURANCE Real Estate Financial Agent Phil Abrahams M? FOURTH AVR., 8KAGWAY I Waafcinftoa COTTON FISH NET TING ? Of B?WJ flwi>|llw ? Th# only (*Mt oftM* nttav* am Um coml Writ* tar Prim, Owrtwpo?tawi wlWnA S1M!? M AT.. SMUta