CONVICTED AND SENTENCED HE
WALKS 500 MILES TO JAIL-ALONE!
SEWARD. Alaska, March 17.—Emil
Anderson, of Nushagak, on Bristol Bay
holds the long distance recoi ! in tas
ka for an "unescorted hike from court
to cell." Anderson was convicted at
Valdez, home of the court in this dis
trict, and travelled 500 miles alone to
Nushagak, where he served n thirty
day sentence. He carried his own
commitment papers and has served
his time, been released and at home
two months before word reached the
court that he had obeyed orders.
Anderson's offense was that of us
ing a knife in an argument at the
Nushagak cannery. After his arrest
he was transported across Bering sea
through Unimak Bass and northeast
again to Valdez for trial, a distance
of nearly 1,500 miles by water. The
testimony showed that beyond a
doubt he had cut his opponent, but it
also showed that the opponent, was
the aggressor. Under these circum
stances the Jury recommended ex
treme clemency. The court took cog
nizance of the situation, and realiz
ing that the man had already been In
custody over two months, ordered
that he return home and deliver him
self to the deputy United States mar
shal and serve a sentence of thirty
days.
The last boat had sailed for Nu
shagak, and Anderson considered the
possibility of getting a job on the
railroad here and waiting till spring
to go home and serve his sentence,
but he had left many things undone
at home, so he obtained a passage on
a boat which landed him at Il'iama,
on the west coast of Cook Inlet. From
lliamna he started on the long over
land journey across the upper end of
the Alaska peninsula. It was late
fall, and there were snow squalls and
every possible inconvenience.
For twenty days he waded and
swam streams and mushed over the
hills in Arctic weather, eating spar
ingly of his fast decreasing pack,
which he replenished twice with dog
salmon from natives. He finally
reached N'ushagak on October 27th,
where he at once gave himself up,
.erved his term and was released
November 25, according to the official
icturn made to the clerk of the court
wh'ich arrived in the winter mail via
Cold Bay.
EMERGENCY FUNO IS NOW
PROVIDED FOR LOST PERSONS
Creation of a Territorial fund of
$30,000 for the relief and rescue of
lost hunters, prospectors and fisher
men in Alaska, is made in Senate
Bill No. 24, introduced th'is after
noon by Senator J. B. Heckman in
the Territorial Senate. In the com
mittee of the whole, the Senate con
sidered the concurrent ^solution rela
tive to the establishment of paper and
pulp mills 'in the Territory, and later
passed it unanimously.
Plscussion on Senate Bill No. 7
Introduced by Senator G:uis*ad, re
sulted favorably in the committee
of the whole. T"C hill was amend
ed slightly, no that .•'eople of muri’
cipalities cotdd ap.-nove franchises
to public service c.*. pcrations at
general city as well us special elec
tions. It was read the seco.vt time,
and placed upo: tin o il»nj,.r.
Semvor Suiiei at' I as thtiirns n
during the session of the committee of
the whole.
With the introduction of Senator
Heckman's bill, the Senate adjourned
Relief For the Lost.
Senate bill No. 21 is entitled "An
act providing a relief fund for the
rescue and relief of persons lost in
limiting, prospecting, boating, etc., in
Alaska, and declaring an emergency
therefor."
The bill appropriates $30,000 from
the Territorial treasury into a re
lief fund, which shall he deposited for
searching parties, launch hire or any
other necessity when persons arc re
ported lost 'in any part of the Terri
tory. The fund shall be disbursed
by 1'nited States commissioners in the
Territory. In places where there are
no 1'. S. Commissioners, the postmas
ters shall have the power to draw on
the fund.
Heretofore, all search for missing
men has been conducted by private
'initiative. Federal officials have not
been authorized to search for men
lost on trails unless warrants charg
ing vagarancy were first sworn out
against the men who were lost.—Jun
eau. March IS.
Every home in Nome should have
the Nuyyet delivered to it—Subscribe
now and keep the household enlighten
ed—$2.00 per month by carrier.
ALASKA
NOTES
O. u the night of February 2 the
thermometer at McCarthy dropped to
5tt below zero, the coldest weather
experienced this winter.
"Bitter Boot Bill” left Chilinu re
cently with three tons of steel bridge
material for the Alaska Itoail Com
mission bridge at Chena.
The Kennecott Mines Company is
now operating a moving picture thea
ter for the benefit of the miners and
other residents of the town.
Ttie coal lands in the Matanuska
coal fields embraces within the limits
of leasing are No. 12, has been set
aside for the use of the Alaska Engin
eering Commission.
Lyman D. Adsit, a homesteader on
the Salmon creek road, near Juneau,
bus received notice from the Land of
fice that a final receipt has been is
sued for his homestead, and that a
patent will soon follow.
The first clean-up of ttie Cuba mine,
at Valdez, which recently installed a
mill and other machinery, will occur
on March 5. It is expected that a
large amount of gold will be secured
as the ore is exceptionally rich.
ltobert McC. Becker better known
as “Daddy" Becker, for 34 years a
resident of Alaska, most of the time at
Skagway, died recently nt Litch
field, Minnesota, at the age of 84
years. He left Skagway hut a short
time ago.
P. E. Harris, proprietor of the.
Hawk Inlet Cannery and lessee of the
Metlakahtla cannery, which was de
stroyed by fire last year, ha* com
menced work of rebuilding the nn
nery at the latter place; and expects
to have It In readiness for operation
during the coming season.
Jacob Meiers, who owns a tung
sten property on the head of Steel
creek In the Fairbanks district, is nr
*
ranging for the erection of a mill on
the property as soon as the weather
conditions permit. The ledge has been
cut for a distance of six feet and in
some places the ore is nearly pure
•cheelite.
The Buby Silver and Silver Queen
mine at Pavey, in the Lake Bennett
district, has been closed down tem
porarly on account of the depletion
of the funds set aside for develop
ment. p. H. Ganty of Skagwav, a
large stockholder in the company, says
the company will be reorganized With
sufficient capital to put the mine on a
shipping basis.
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Tbe Copper River and Northern rail
road is planning on extensive im
provements during 1 tie coining .sum
mer. Additions will be built to tbe
roundhouse and shops at Cordova, ad
ditions will be made to the snowshods
on the line. Fifty-five miles of the
road will be relaid with new ties of
Dougins fir, and large orders for new
euuipment have been placed.
We want every one to be a rub*
scriber to the Nugget—Do it NOW.
NOTICE.
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livery phone Main 161 and the Peo
ple’s laundry will send and get v*>ur
laundry. W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
Do you subscribe for your home
town paper or do you let the other
fellow pay for your reiding.
LURED TO HIS DEATH WHEH
HE ACCEPTED INVITATION
I
PKTKOGRAI) — New and more
drastic versions of the death of Greg
ory Rasputin, the Russian monk, who
exercised great influence over the
members of the royal family and first
conjectures as to the nature of the
plot which succeeded in ridding Rus
sia of the most powerful and pic
turesque chief of “the dark forces'"
which it is alleged have been attempt
ing to poison the internal life of Rus
sia, have only heightened the sensa
tion caused by the first news of Ras
putin's death received recently, it is
now deflnetly known that the assas
sination was only one of a series of
attempts upon Rasputin's life.
Rut circumstances peculiarly favor
ed the plot arranged for early on a
Saturday morning in ihe tiands of the
authorities they have been able to re
I construct the events which probably
took place at the time. Shortly after
midnight Rasputin, who was sitting
alone in his house at i’etrograd, re
ceived a telephone call from the house
of Prince Yussupoff. The invitation
proved particularly alluring and Ras
putin accepted in Ids best humor.
Rasputin was not long seated in the
house to which lie had been invited
before one of the guests arose qultely
and offered a revolver to him with
the following words: "We have de
cided you must die. Kill yourself.”
According to the prevalent revis'mo
Rasputin pointed the revolver at the
man who had offered it to him, where
upon the other guests drew revolvers
and fired upon the monk. Rasputin
was struck twice in the chest and side
and then a bullet in (lie head killed
him instantly. His body was immed
iately disposed of being dropped Into
the Neva river. It is said that those been allowed to leave l’otrograd, and
who participated in the crime would although the others have been detained
not be prosecuted. One already has I no a rest h have been made.
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