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EDITORIAL PAGE j
A H18BAND L1KK 1>A1>
Though has never seen
liiiu, Miss Iris Pearuian, of
Springfield, O., has sailed from
Vcw York for South America, we
arc told, to become the wife of
Sor.or Jose Hermlda, of Santa
Marta, Colombia, whose qualifica
tions tor the husbandly office con
sist principally of facial aud other
resemblances to the lady's late
father. It U explained that Mr.
iVarman devised hi® estate of $1,
000,000 or more to his daughter on
couidti-;:i that she marry a man
resembling himself as closely as
possible and that Seuor Hermida'a
possession of the Pearman cast of
couuteuauce was established only
after examiuatlon of about 4,o00
photograph* submitted iu response
[>> advertisements.
This yarn comes to hand as if
timely confirmation of the
strictures veutured iu these col
umns recently ou the idiocy of at
t'.:npti.ig to regulate the future by
testamentary commaud. Ti.e Van
'A'ert father who nominated a
:.u. rdiau for his motherless chil
dren while he w.is iu sound aud
disposing ignorance of the fact
I hut he was to die by the hand of
s 'id guardiau meant well, though
(■" was no prophet. But what can
l>e sa" ' of this Springfield father
> -.i) allegedly attempted to repru
il'He himself as far jus practicable
in his pothumous son-in-law by
> thbed dictatiou?
The most charitable comment
i.:.t suggests itself is that Mr.
•'earman must hare entertained an
egregious regret that Providence
•ir..i not sent him a son and must
have been blessed with a dutiful
•i.iu;rhter who shows wholly un
essary attachment to his wishes
oj his million. But the cousid
• -;"ion seems to have been all on
inn- side. The likenets stipulation
Wtravs ustoundlngly little regard
.'or *he daughter's well being
• 'letuer or not it stamps the father
• ■s a man bo insanely infatuated
with his own features, figure and
Kituous idiosyncrasies that he
tiiousht they ought to be preserved
ti. the world in some measure a'
.my c!>st.
It should not be necessary to go
to >*t<uth America to find a man
like that. The country is more or |
!cs< full of conceited fools Hut, !
assuming the New York story :o
be more true than it sounds, most
people will hope Miss Pearman,
-Vnor Hermida and the million
vi!l get on more happily together
than there is any reason to expect.
vVi v.id it be wrong to hope that
the late Mr. Pearman was unrea
sonably prejudiced against all per
sons of Spanish extraction and
th-.it the little Hermidas (or Pear
vtans?) if any. will favor their
!. thf*r's folks?
VAGRANCY VS. THE VAGRANT
Portland Telegram: As the story
ruus, a San Francisco policeman ar
rested a vagrant—a man appar
ently without visible means of sup
port—who had nothing to do but
obstruct the streets and indulge in
loud and contentious conversation.
It was just one I those every-day
police episodes of "runniug in a
va-?." Eut when this particular
vagrant was taken into court he pro
duced from his pocket an envelope
with ten $500 bills inclosed; ttnd
made other professions of wealth
which were not verified, because
verification was not deemed neces
sary. The $5000 was sufficient de
fense. The prisoner was discharged
—perhaps with the apologies of the
court. Who knows?
This case serves to illustrate how
far the law stands upon the form
rather than the substance. Suppose
this man had lost his $50ou envel
ope and could not have made good
on his ether professions of wealth,
tile nit? question arises: Would lie
then have been a vagrant? He cer
tainly would have been guilty of a
condition of pennilessness and that
in effect, if one is noisy in his man
ners, unkept in his habits and slov
enly in his dress constitutes the of
fense tf vagrancy. Hut the inter
esting point further illustrated by
this case is, that the presence of
money, concealed among soneu aim
ragged vestmeuts, is evidence of
respectability in disguise. It pre
ponderates against all other evi |
dence to the contrary and is con-1
elusive to the legal establishment
of innocence.
This is the formal way with •
which the legal eye looks at this |
class of affairs, and the reason for j
it '.s founded in a very snabbv prin- j
ciple, namely, that the man who
has monty, presumptively, has every
other desirable thing.
Goii.g entirely upon the statement i
o* this i-ase the re'ii fact appeared
that the accused was a genuine
vagrant. Vagrancy wag his aftor
the miuner born; it was not a case
of necessity but ctoice. He pre
ferred to be a nuisance, when he
could better have been anything else !
The possession of money may have'
put him outside the statutory defini !
fiou of the offense for which he was I
arrested, but by nature, or by the
cultivation of an evil instinct, he I
was guilty.
As a matter of fact, if it were
possibl for the law todo justice in I
this case, this S500u taterdemalion
of the public forum should have
been given"'all the penalty that the)
bo'_ks provide as so often dealt out i
to an uufortunate, though honest |
'nan, who is not able to rub dime;
together iu his impoverished pock
Bt.
It is the fact of intentional and
professional idleness which conduc
es to the seamy anil obnoxious per
sonality at which the law should
aim, auil not the mere lack of mon
ey.
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western railroads in the "western
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mnet® Id and 4th
Fri Er'ga of ouh
moiiin. vialiiug brouiflrB «a wti
come Phil Alirahama, Secretary.
Elmer L. Wbatler, W. M.
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cordially wclcoma.
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F. J. VANDEWALL, S#«r»t*i7.
Fraternal Or*»
, Baflca—
Skafway Aerie
No. 25.. Frater
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J Wednesday night of each mootk at
their hall on Fifth qt«ou«. TlelUng
brothers cordially inrit©4 to
J boa C. Wood, W. P., J. W. Prit
chett. Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skaeway No. 1
k.. B. meet* orary Tues
day ereulag at 8:00 p
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ly welcome. A. J. Aches oa, Arctic j
Chief, \v R. Hlllery, Arctic Re
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W. B. STOUT.
Attovaer At Lav.
Praotioc la all Mneto
Id Territory of Aluluu
Halues Alaska.
Whitehorse
Kluane Stage
Line
The Royal Mail Stage
leaves Whitehorse the
fourth of every month
for Kluane and way
points and also on the
seventeenth of every
month for Champaigns
Passengers and Freight sol
icited, Rates Reasonable -
and the Service First Class.
H.CHAMBERS, PropT"
OFFICE
Regina Hotel :: Whitabsrte, Y T
Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria |
Vancouver, Prince Rupert 1
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave SkaQUiay
April 18-29
S* S* City of Seattle Apr* 22
And every eleven days following. Modem comfortable ship*,
excellent service Connects at Seattle with through passen
ger steamers.
CONGRESS, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT AND QUEEN.
Sailing Tuesday, 10 a. ni. and Friday, 5 p. at.
FOR BAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGEL Hh, SAN DIEGO.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all point* In
United States and Canada. For folders and full particulars,
address -V. A. PETERSON, Agtnt
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. D. Phone 50, SKAGWAY
008 Second Ave., Seattle, Wash.
S.S. Spokane,
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JEFFERSON April 14
DOLPHIN April $
WESTWARD
NORTHWESTERN, April 16
MARIPOSA, April 3
ALAMEDA, April lo
SOUTHBOUND
NORTHWESTERN April 3
MARIPOSA April 10
ALAMEDA April 17
Passengers will be transferred to Vancover or Victoria
without extra charge.
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E. J. 8BAW, Agent, 8KAGWAY.
[CANADIAN]
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Twin Screw S. S.
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Will leave Skagway for
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April 3-14-24
May 5-15-26
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