The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-12-22
SETTLE THE TROUBLE
pr. ana WITS. Harding Compromise
 and Part Forever.

The notorious Dr. Harding -Chappelle- Mrs. Harding case, the first particulars and first news of which, locally, has been given exclusively In the DAILY ALASKAN, has been compromised so far as the doctor and the woman are concerned, and proseeu' tiun against chappelle will not be con- tlnued. The officers had not found Chap belle up to last evening, and negotiations were opened by Mrs. Harding whlee led to sett ement.
 A note was written by the womin to the doctor which, given out in the concise language of the doctor was, Do you want any more mudi"
 The la;onic reply of the husband was' "No."
 "l decided" said the doctor. "that the matter had better be closed. Nv son re- quested me to cease the struggle and stop the stench, and 10 please him have done so. The woman will go her way and l will go mine. 1 like the North and may remain in Skagway and p:actlee medicine here"
 Before the closing of negotiations and the arriving at an agreement to forever disagree the doctor and his one time spouse held farewell consultation In the Clancy theater. where the woman Is working, She reported after the meeting that Ihe doctor had said he would immediately leave the eltv. probably on the Al-Kl or the Rosalle. The marshal was also given to understand the same.
 The woman says Harding Is the father of her children, and so long as he was willing to withdraw she was willing to say nothing more, but had he not with drawn more startling truths than ever would have been dlvulged. Yesterday afternoon he said he would not return to the states, but would go to new fields he had in mind
 Chappelles friends say they think he has gone to Bennett on his way to Daw- son, and Harding holds the same opinion. but the authorities think he Is in the citv.
 Mrs. Harding says Chappelle is nothing to her any more. and she cares nothing as to where he Is or what bee mes of him.
 Chappeiie's friends say Harding thought this Chappelle another man of the same name from Spokane who Is wealthy, and has been chasing a mirage in hopes he wobld get something to deSiSt,
 The Seattle Post-lntelligencer of late date prints the following regarding Dr. , Harding:
 "E. II. Harding, the alleged Montana capitalist, who reported to the police last week tha, his young and pretty wife had fled to Alaska with a supposedly rich Kondlker, has left the city, and the police are making no further efforts to locate his vanished spouse.
 "The statement that Harding is a cap itiist IS called into question in a letter received by the Pos,-InteIllgenIer vester- day from Rev. R. Neale, pas,cr of the Congregational church at Hunt gton, Or. Mr. Nede says hat last August Harding inl his wife went to his town, the hus' band representing himself as a former rlil- road surgeon. He represented himself. so Mr. Neale says, as being sick and needy, and the good people of Huntington raised mon.y enough to pay his fare to Portland and his hotel bill at Huntington. MT. Neale further says he heard that Harding at one time applied to the authorities at Salt Lake for assistance. He says, how ever, he cannot verify this statement. At the RanIer- Grand hotel yesterday lt was stated that Harding had pIid his bill, with Che exception of two days room rent After his wife left it was stated that he claimed to be in financial straits, and was allowed to take his baggage from the hotel without settling for the last two days he stopped there. Where he Is now Is un- knOAnh