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men and the plantation men to wrath.
twenty miles away, where | picked
them up later.
Not long ago l made landing in
fairly good weather. There was no
one on board l could trust with the
boat except the boatswain, the donkey
nan and one! of the quartermasters.
They were not boatmen, but they
were the best I had. | sent them in
and they wrecked the boat and lost
the cargo. AS there was no one else
l had to megaphone in to them to go
overland. to another port. more than
twenty lies away, where picked cnem
Ur later.
Another instance of the same
thing. | sent a boat in shore some
tine ago, loaded with machinery. The
crew wrecked the boat and InS' -
machinery. Sucn a state OF affairs IS
i menace to the lives Of the travelling
public. and the company refuses to
act although every captain in the ser
vice has at one time or another call
ed attention to it,"
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Beautiful residence of ten rooms, bath
garage, stables, servants quarters
all modern improvements, conserva.
tory. Pensacola ST., mr.. LunalilO. A
bargain.
Eight cottages, dining hall, fine
grounds, all improvements and fur
nished, now clearing $4,000 per year.
A fine Investments chance in a
lifetime.
House and lot 75x13712, Park Ave,
mr.. 18th. All modern improvements,
five rooms in house, completely fur
nished, beautiful upright piano goes
with furniture. Chickens and good
sized yard. End of Kaimuki ca!
line A snap, all for $3.50.
Fine corner lot, 100X1JO. beautiful
view. worth $500; will sell for cash
al a bargain; cor. of 18th ave; $500.
Lot cor. 18th ave. 75x150; only $975
Lot cor 18th ave. 75x15O. bargain $S71.
Lot cor. 10th ave, 75XI5O. cheap a.
SD.
Lot cor 9th ave, 75x130. snap for $1,000
Lot cor 10th ave, 75X150, sacrifice
$975.
Eight lots on Waialae Road. cor. Sd.
ave, cars will run by within few
months, sewer, water, 5as, etc.
beautiful panoramic view; easy
terms; $3.50.
WaiaIae Heights; a beautiful home
completely furnished, splendidly
kept grounds, 1O0X15O, palm, banana
and pear trees. End or car line.
Now rents for 49, per month. A
bargain. $3.50.
Spalding & Co.. Kaimuki, Tel. 4266.
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PLED0h REEF !.
, AND HELPLESS

iWthin range u of q large freigh
steamer, piled on the reef, and unable
TO render, assistance the Canadian
Australasian liner Makura, an arriya
at Honolulu today from the colonies
is reported to have passed what is be
~ lIeved to be a large. tramp" outside
the great barrier reef and we'll away
from a course usually followed b.
commercial liners .steaming between
Sydney and Queensland ports. The
steamer was we'll up on the reef, and
was standing with her bow 10 the
westward She was aatwomasted YES
sci, and, appeared to be large tramp
The maiumast and funnel had carried
away, but the foremast was still
standing sF.Sl - p 2: .
In speaking Of the occurrence, an
officer today stated: ( ~. ~, j
The steamer was of the large
tramp class, and she was flying No
signals. As far as we could see there
were no. signs of life on board. She
was lying on Lihon to the eas tward OF
the Great Barrier Rect She is OF II
usual track Of steamers, which is in
side the reef. Z q q. 81 .ss.. -
She did not have the appearance
of having been on the reef. for very
long, as the paint was rtiFl on her.
Her position was slightlyYsheltereds by
another reef on the outside, but Il It
came on to blow heavily think she
would shift Her hull did not show
airy damage, and she Just looked, as
though she was afioat, But Of course
We were rome istance away"
The Makura reached q berth at
noon today. The liner is to be dis
PITCHED for Vancouver and Victoria at,
eight O'Clock tonight. -. ......
Captain Morrisby. reports tie MaRu-
IA as leaving Sydney in the afternoon
Of jan, 18th and arrived at Auckland
on the morning of january 18th, call
ing from the New Zealand Fort at
1880 in the evening of the ssme day
for Snva. The Makura met with
strong northeast winds and high seas
for the first twenty-four hours ont
from sydney thence light winds and
fine weather to Suya, followed by
fresh northeast trades and a moder-
ate rough sea to Honolulu. s..~
Thirty passengers IN the various
classes left the vessel at this port.
The through list numbers $50 passen-
gers. t~S7-. i,
Freight for Honolulu includes sew
enty tons and consists of "a cases
wine, 81 cases jam, 6 cases whitehall,
~ boxes frozen butter,l bag seed, 1
case insecticide, 1 case plants, 615
sacks dried blood, case specimens,
crate copper coil and 207 packages
stores for Tanning island, and 90
sacks shells for Kobe. L.
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l
of this body in any controversy that
may be taking place between the
lnter-1sland Steam Navigation Com
pany, Ltd, and their employees in
other departments; and use only such
references that may be based on
statements over the signature of the
responsible officers of the associa
| ton.
c. B. COTTRELL, President.
Judge Humphreys and . Attorney
Ashford, the attorneys for the harbor
likewise protested their ignorance of
the plans of the engineers. .
II don't know what the engineers
are going to do" said the Judge, but
/ do know what Mr.. Kennedy is try
irg. We have very full information
Of all his moves, and were not at all
surprised this morning when we were
Informed by one of the captains that
the President of the Inter-Island is
trying to make individual agreements
with different captains belonging to
the harbor. He wants to break down
thu organization, but can assure him
that every man with whom he has
opOh0H AdS us WITH
full report of the conversation.
Another thing. Captain Claud, a
we'll known and veteran skipper of the
East coast came here this morning on
the Honolulan. Others are expected
within a short time. They will one
and all come here as the results of
the efforts of Mr.. Kennedy while on
the mainland. We know a lot about
the moves of Mr.. Kennedy while away,
know far more than We have printed
as yet"
In a formal statement for the pub
lie this morning Captain Tullett again
referred to the story of the dismissal
o, two members of the Masters and
Pilots association some years ago, fol-
lowing their attack upon the company
in a meeting of the harbor. The Cap
tain said:
Il can not make, it too strong that 1t
is not the intention of the harbor to
COMPEL the company to do anything
We are employees and expect only the
right of faithful employees, but we do
insist upon fair treatment The reSolu-
ton adopted at the time Mr.. Kennedy
fired Mr.. Leslie and was sued by that
gentleman for $4,000. was taken to
Washington an submitted to the head
hGrbor of our association and there
approved. This would indicate r.
the demands made then were not out
raGeous. In substance and principle
the demands We are making now are
the same"
Continuing the captain spoke of the
question of boats crews
The say they can not get the same
work out Of us they used to. OF course
not They have adopted a system
which makes it impossible for us to
get together a crew of competent
men. The company sends us to sea
with riff-raff, picki1gs, japanese and
Porto Ricans. who do not even under
stand English. 1t is murder to send
spch men out in a boat on some of
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PASSENGERS ARRIVED

Per n. M. 81 s. Mongolia from Hong.
kong via Japan tportsN-For Honolulu:
p. w. Z Bishop, Mrs. Il. w. Bishop, A.
J. Ralston. Mrs. o. B. Fullerton Mrs
M. Blomeyer, Master Hans Blomeyer
and Amah, a. Clark, j. G. Irvine
. Mrs. A. j. Ralsto1l, Geo. Ross, Mrs
c. Ross, Miss f. r. Selby. Miss H
Fullerton, Mrs. B. W. Collins, d. H.
Glade. Through :: Mrs. A. M Brewer
R r. Coleman, Mrs. r., A. Coleman
Aug. Gonradt, A. j. Frey, Mrs. A. j.
Frey and maid, Master r. c.. Frey, r,
J.Joers, C.. r. King, Kwong King Lam
Mrs, G. H. Stewart. Mrs A.. H. Tones
ID Barton, O.. +. Brown, Mrs. @. E
Brown, Mrs. X. Eekland, II. de Grey
G! S. Hall, B. Moser, Bishop w B.
Murrah, Mrs. w b. Murrah, w D.
weatherfoard, w. IL. WiIterdink, u S.
N, Mrs G. S. Hail. Miss e. L. Howe,
II. s. Wheeler, Miss j.. Buys, w. NJ.
Cummings, T. B. .Dilworth. J. s. Dunn,
d. X. 4Kornfield, Mrs. d. X. Kornfield,
]. Lewiston, Mrs, K. G: Moores.
Fer. stmr. Mauna, Kea from Hilo and
way ports--G. w. Carr, Miss Duncan,
a. Robertson Mrs, .McCutdy, G. S.
Robinson, G.. L. Hoppe Mrs. heiser-
nan, L. A T.hurston, Mrs. NJ. E. Sim
mons, DR.. J. Jacobs, Mrs. r. /. Lille,
T.. s. Richard, H. Hustace, 7. P. Melin,
F. ]. Tesla, Mrs. J. g. Hattie, Mrs. s.
Fowler, E. A. milford, " Fl. Hampton,
NJ. v. Berreira, E. Limo, "A. w. T. Bot
tomley, L. Aaron. a II. Rafael, DR.. J.
Eaher and wife, MIR. Juordane and
wife, Miss 0etzcl. P. S. Cooke and
wife, Master Coax Miss NJ. Canario,
Mrs. SIP. Jaeot son. H. Holmes and
wife, Mrs. c. AL AKA. and infant, I. H.
kcrrin, and wife Mise; Kerrin (2},
G. 3D. Haynes, T. Osaki 7. X. Napo-
leon, Miss James IL. /. White, A. Mat.
toon, A. E. Askea. a. A,kew, Rev. n.
T.. Judd, Rev. c. Ii. lBu1nham, Rev. A.
c. Bowdish, c. Aa Lin, S. kawasaki.
II. sDefries, J. Iiolmberg, JOS. Correa,
A. C. FRANCO. g.. - -.,.,.'
Per M. n. S. s Honolulan, from San
Francisoo.-Miss j. II. Atwater. Miss
Ruth Bennett, Ne p, Berry, Mrs. H .
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.SEAFARING MEN
- = = -. - 90
HVHONOLULAN

One or more seafarlng men, ,peHeV'
Cd to have been recruited from 3he
ecst coast OF the United States. are
declared to have been numbered
among the list OF forty-hVe cabin pas
sengers who fled down the gangway
u the Hackfeld wharf,. following the
! arrival of the Matson Navigation
steamer. Honolnlan from San Fran
cicco this morning, 49, ar @u e.
At the last moment prior to the
hauling away Of thek liner from her
San Francisco wharf several belated
passengers demanded - adHdttancef TO
the ship. Once on board they gave
their names. to the officers and pnr-
chased transportation to- the isianfs.s
According torltories that 90 ont gain
eG currency enaat board the Matson
steamer one or more OF the trayeiers
possesa masters, and spilotss paper and
are believed win sooner or later take
positions in the coasttng service.
One passenger, VINO saonlltesd tsnas
for some years he had been Identified
with Iseafaring life along, the, Atlantic.
finally stated that he was coming 10
the Hawaiian islands 10 accept On
let with the United States army trans
port service AS. transport oficials
are all engaged at the San Francisco
terminal the declaration was received
with the proverblal gram OF faIt.
With the arrival OF the Matson
steamer this morning comes the re-.
port that the Stewart Hotel San Fran
cisco was, the rendezvous for delegaF
ton of men, who were painfully sii!
ent concerning the business that was :
expected to take them to Honoiuhl
within a few weeks The statemeM
was freely made that between thirty
and forty maritime men were gatner-
CT at the coast awaiting a call from
! Honolulu, to take up employment.
/ The Honolulan called from the coast
port with plenty of passenger accom-,
iraodation- to spare. The vessel could
hive brought between twelve and nj
teen addilonal passengers hdu ny
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By TYPHOON

| A typhoon encountered shortly after
leaving ., Yokohama, Japan, made
things interesting for the officers as
well as passengers, in the big Pa
cific Mail liner. Mongolia. then en-
route to Honolulu and San Francisco.
Luckily the vessel passed some dis
lance to the real storm center and
little orgno serious damage was done.
Bringing II cabin, 8 second; class
and 227 Asiatic steeFage passengers
for the Hawaiian Islands, the Mon
golia was berthed at, sAlakea wharf by
nine O'Clock this morning. The dis7
charge zof nineteen hundred tons ORR
entail imerchandise, and the loading of
several hundred tons coal will serve
to- defer the sailing of tie vessel until
nine % clock tomorrow morning. 3
= The Hawaiian Planters Association
received 43 Filipino laborers and their
families, blythe Mongolia. Sixty
japanese. =, picture brides were num-
.beredS among those who. Travelled in
the third class for Honolulu. - i
One of theAlargest shipments of
freight from the Far East carried in
a&single bottom by the way OF. ~Ho-
nolulu in many months is en- route to
San Francisco in the Mongolia, the
vessel carrying in transit 1875 tons
cargo fol. the mainland. :.
. Through passengers include 90
cabin, rs second class and 1873
steerage.
Captain Emory"Rice reports very
bad weather for the first four to five
days out from Yokohama. The re-
mainder of the voyage was pleasant.
Death visited the liner while steam
ing between Japan and Shanghai, G.
H. Stewart, a prominent Los An
geles capitalist, passing! away very
suddenly, his death being caused
through heart failure. Mr. Stewards
remains were embalmed and will be
taken On to the coast He was &C.
companied by Mrs. Stewart and they
were completing a=toHr of the world
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z. Bodner and son. Mr.. and. Mrs. z.
L. Bowen, c. w. Carter, Miss B. H.
Downs, J.4H. Downs, Mrs J. 2. Eos
ter, ,Mr. and Mrs. P F. }Frear, Mrs
1T. Gates, Miss NJ. M. Hartman
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. H. .Jost, Miss X,
Kreidler, Mrs. A. We're Martini. Miss
Emma C. McCulloch, ]. Mitchell, Mrs.
Mae O'Brien, D. O'Sullivan. Mrs. {.
Oss and child, Mr.. and Mrs. T, H.
Petrie, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Richard
and nurse, J. Rieschel, c. r. Roch,
Miss Gladys Sabey, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
TOD, nurse and children; w. H. War
mock, Mr.. and Mrs. VIC. Waters, Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. .Zickefoose, S. Searle,
Cant. Claud, Geo. Davis.
PARR ARRIVED X
Per CA. S. S: Makura, from sgd
ney via Auckland and Suva-For Ho-
nolulu: Misses Mcmillan ca, J. Mas
son, F. NJ. Drake, V. Bicknell, P.
Kettle. N. Gallagher, c. Kemp, r.
Hunter; Mesdames. Hudson, Garrison,
Fl. E. Lowell. Uendleton, Bicknell
and son. L. Kettle, A. M. Bodde and
son, Mack; MessrS. A. W. Hudson, L.
Garrison, F. r. Pendleton, c. Halli-
nan, A. Bicknell, w. S. Mack, E. J.
McFeeley, FL. Basedow, W. P. San
ford, P. Roland, T. Ness; and 1872
through passengers.
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to consider the offer of another steam
er. 1t wasdecided to defer action in.
volying any expense in the MAJ
til the board saw whether the ,W'llles-
den already chartered, to leave next
+ Gnth. would be filed.
No other business was transacted.
There was a full attendance OF mem
bcre. for the first time, In many months
President E. H. Wodehouse In the
chair, Richard lyers, r. L. Waldron,
J. J. Garden and A. L. c. Atkinson.
DR.. Victor s.. Clark, commissioner OF
immigration, labor and statistics, ami
Il. A. Kearns, secretary, were also
present. \ a. -
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SECOND BOAT "
NOT JUST YET

A second steamer will not be chart
cred to bring immigrants to Hawaii
from Portugal and Spain until the re-.
suits of the charter of the WiIIesden
have further developed. If the WiIles-
den does not fill up promptly with peo-
PIE it is not likely that another steam
or will be engaged until the demand
for passage becomes more. brisk. 49,,
There was meeting OF the Board
Of immigration yesterday afternoon;
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VESSELS. TO AND
.. ... FROM THE ISLANDS
Especial Cable to Merchants
Exchanged
= y = z
Tuesday, Jan. %.


- g. Tuesday, Jan. %.
SAN FRANCISCO Arrived, Jan. %,
schr Annie Johnson, from MahI-
kona, Jan. 10.
Sailed. Jan. %, p. m, S. S. Sier-
"a, for Honolulu.
UMPQUA4 RIVER - Arrived, Jan. q,
schr. Caroline, hence Jan. 8.
PORT TOWNSEND - Arrived, Jan.
%, S. S. Tenyo Maru, for Honolulu;
YOKOHAMA - Sailed, Jan. %, S. S.
Nippon Maru, for Honolulu.
AerOgramS.
S. S.. MANCHURIA - Arrives from
San Francisco Wednesday morning
with IA cabin passengers and cS6
bags mail for Honolulu.
- S. S. MONGOLIA sails for San Fran
cisco Wednesday, 9 a. m.
S. S. MAKURA sails for Victoria,
T. m. today 49, 49,
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The first thing a woman does after
moving into house is to look in all
the closets to see if the last tenants
left any family skeletons.
Yes, Alonzo, two can live just as ex-
pensively as one.
The less brains a man has to spare
the more likely he is to lose his head.
Ignorance helps to boom business
when a man orders a 50 frame for a
30-cent picture. &C.,. ~. e
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ARRIVED

San Francisco-Honolul NJ. y. S
S.. A. m.
HougkOng via Janan ports-MOn2O-
liza, p NJ S. S., a. m
Sydney via Auckland and Suya-M1-
kura- CA. S. S.. a m.
Hilo via way ports-Mauna kea
Stmr, an. --:gsi rH
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For Sale BY All Grocers

Usually a mans sense of humor
goes lame when the joke is on him.
1t sometimes happens that when a
man arrives homo at 2 a. m. and bis
wife commands him to 60 straight up
stairs to bed she is. asking, the impos-
sible.s eis iit3sssl Ssssss.4I
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SITUATION WANTED.

Young Filipino of good education,
wants position in office; wages no
object. Will work on trial for rea-
sonable time and demand no wages
pending his acceptance. References.
Address "B. G. D." this office.
900. ~-~~-- 5455-1w.
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Feed man honeyed words and he
is almost sure to get stuck up.
No mans credit is so bad that he
cant borrow trouble. s5ss 80 ID,
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W. I'm i D.0
MlAN TaDD
WANTED.

A strong girl to do light house work
and take care of baby. Address m, "
cthis-effiee... 80. -. ...--5455-3t
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MAY AID SHIPPERS

Continued from page ~
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LOST.

Savings Bank Books Nos. 531 and 645.
Please return to Bank OF Hawaii,
Ltd. 5455-3t.
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FOR RENT
FOR SALE.

A very desirable lot in Pasadena. Cal
ifOrnia, with fine bearing naval or
ange trees. Only one block from
high school. Apply J. o. Lutted. Ha-
waiian Hotel. J445-1m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-19
Notice of First Meetings of Di- rectors and Stockholders Of
 Mineral King Mining Comp any.

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, majority of the persons named, in the articles of incorporation of the Mineral King Mining Company. corporation 1 formed under the laws of the Ter ritory of Alaska and the articles of incorporation whereof were filed on March l7, 1913, in the of flee of the clerk of the district court of the Third division of said Territory at Valdez, Alaska, as the first board of directors of said corporation, to George H. Her. mann, A. A. Evcrmann and Albert II. WillmOre. who are all the per sons named in said articles as composing said first board of di- Ircctors, that regular meeting of said board of directors, being the first meeting of said board, 'will be convened and held for the purposes of con- 'leting the organization of said corporation. offering it's capital stock for subscription, and trans acting any other business of said brought before said board. on the ttIllh Id idJ 'l .AI'l IT, 10, db Iu'clurk D. m.. at the bunkhouse of the Mineral King Mine on Bcttlrs Bay. Port Wells, Alaska.
 And not ice is also hereby giv- en by the undersigned to all whom it may concern that a regular meet ing. being the first meeting, of the stockholders of said cor poration. including all subscrib- CTS for said capital thereof, will be convened and held, for the pur- poses of making and adopting by laws for it's government and transacting any other business of said corporation that may prop erly be brought before said stock holders. on said tenth day of Ap- Til. 1913. at four o'clock D. m., at said bunkhOuse of the Mineral King Mine on Bottles Bay. Port Wells. Alaska.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska. this t7lh day of March, 1913.
 GEORGE II. HERMANN.
 \. A. ENERMANN,
 Directors.
 First pub. March i7, 1913.
 Last pub. April 8, 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-19
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
 ACCOUNT.

n the United States Commission
 CTS Court, ex Officio Judge in
 Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter
 ritory of Alaska. Third Judic-
 ial Division.
 In the matter of the estate of Louis Camicia, deceased, James Fish and w. H. Caswell, adminis- trators.--Notice of Hearing of Fi- nal Account. ... JaMes Net''f fiis s and hsieRy % E Hvea Gasw@ nnt administrators of the estate of rendered, filed and presented for settlement their final account and report of their administration of the said estate. and that the 21st day of April, 1919, at the hour of ? o'clock P: m. of said day. at the office of Thomas R.. shepard, ex officio judge in probate of the Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska, has been duly appointed by the said court at the time and place of settlement of said final account and report. at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his objections and exceptions to said final account and report.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 1 9th day of February, 1913. JAMES FISH,
 w. H. CASWELL.
 Administrators of the Estate of
 Louis Camicia, deceased. Date of first pub. Feb. i9, 1913.
 Date of last pub. April 21, 1913
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-19
WEDNESDAY, MARCH l9. 1913.
A MODERN SISYPHUS.

Not since am unfortunate GrGck worked overtime on the job of rolling a boulder up hill only to have it slip back every time from the top, has an industrious party scratched harder at a hopeless task than the telegraph editor of the Nome Nugget toiled in the darksome days of last winter to prove that the Copper River rail- road never got plugged up, that the mails consigned over the rail- road never stopped longer than was necessary to get films for a moving picture show, and that a detail from the Ananias club was sending reports from Valdez al- Ieging stagnation of rolling stock on the rail line aforesaid.
 With this difference, perhaps Sisyphus pushed the niggerhead up the slope because the job was fastened on him, while the Mug get writer may have boosted his burden from choice: Why this yearning to move mail matter oN- CT a blockaded railroad by inver- sion of facts nobody knows, but the Nugget man bumped himself like an aspirant for a fourth-class postoffice. When nothing had slipped through for month eith- CT way between Cordova and Chit ina he was still running grape vine telegraph assuring Nome folks that the mail sacks were travelling both ways with due nili- gence.
 And when mail that had been stalled for several weeks at half way houses on the railroad final Iy reached Cordova by the aid of dog teams, the Nugget press az ent averred, under telegraph la bel, that all interior mail had reached Cordova and gone to Seattle on the Northwestern.
 Now that the 75-day blockade on the railroad has gone into his tory and all the facts are known may we not hope for the conceS- sion that Valdez wired out nOth- ing but the truth, which was bad enough, he Lord knows. and needed no embellishmpnt to make a good story. Valdez may have snared little Cordova traffic but told no lies to get the goods. It was like this:
 A green Irish policeman on the night shift saw stranger hOv- ering around suhpiciOuSly and demanded to know his business.
 ''I have no business at pres ent," said the stranger, but ex- pect to open jewelry store in this neighborhood before long"
 The Irish pull moved on. Next day he was called before the po- lice magistrate, told of the crack ing of jeweIry store on his beat, and was asked if he had seen any thing suspicious the night before. He told of his conversation with the prowler and the magistrate said:
 Yes, you idiot, you let burg lar crack store right under your nose"
 The harp studied moment and said:
 "W"lI, yer honor, he may have been thafe, but, bedad, he was n0 lial. ~