0NE Dollar Per Month. IDITAROD, ALASKA. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2<i 1911._ Two Pits Per Copy
May Roberts Company
Playing at Fairbanks
Fairbanks, September 22.—The
May Roberts Musical Comedy Co.
is filling the Auditorium nightly
this week. Several members of the
company have played in Fairbanks
before, coming here the year before
last with the T. Daniel Frawley
company, and they received a warm
welcome on their reappearance.
A. C. Fox is the manager.
Tanana Quartz
Makes Showing
Fairbanks, September 22 —For
the first time in the history of the
mining industry in the Tanana val
ley, gold obtained from quartz
becomes a factor in the annual
output.
Although the output from this
dew source of supply will be under
$100,000, the results are extremely
gratifying to quartz enthusiasts,
especially when it is understood
that the quartz industry is in its in
fancy. Next year is sure to show
a great increase iu the output irom
quartz, as several five-stamp mills
will be operating.
Embalmed Beef May
Wait Until January
Faiib&nks, September 22.—The
bearing of the case against the Pa
cific Cold Storage Co. has been
postponed until January next.
This is the case in which the
District Attorney libeled several
tons of embalmed beef, which had
previously been seized by the mar
shal. It is intended to proceed
against the the owners under the
Pure Food Law. The meat was
brought into the country early in
£910.
(If the meat is unfit for human
consumption now, what condition
will it be in by next January? Mr.
Crossley probably argues that it
can’t possibly get worse.]
Rev, Parsons FormaJiy Accused
Salem, Ore., September 23.—The spe
cial committee of the Presbyterian
conference, which has been investi
gating the charges against Rev. John
Parsons, formerly of Fairbanks, charge
him with misappropriating the funds
of the church at that place.
Boats Leaving For Ruby
The following boats will leave
during the next few days for Ruby
and Fairbanks:
Beaver, September 24.
Little Delta, September 25.
Thor, September 25.
Martha Clow, September 25.
WANTED--At the Star Coffee House,
Willow street, a few steady boarders
for the winter, by week or month,
one, two or three meals daily, as
desired; strictly first class; reason
able rates; commencing October 1.
four Chance to Help
Patronize the porcelain baths at Idit
arod hospital—every convenience for
ladies and gentlemen.
Just received a fancy line of Graven
stein apples, $8 a box; fancy red apples
$7 a box. At Johnstone’s.
Circulating Library
Just received a large assortment of
latest fiction. City Drug Store.
WE LEAVE NO CACHES on the
river bank. What freight we load at
Dikeman we bring through. Byers &
Co.
Knives of all descriptions are
selling cheap now at City Drug
Store. _
Warmth, comfort, cleanliness,
Spring beds including bath $5 per
week. Elite Bathnouse, Caribou st.
DO YOU KNOW that Byers & Co.
are delivering freight from Dikeman
daily? Low water is no obstacle for
them.
ROB AND ESCAPE
But Leave $35,000 Golden Loot Behind—Thrilling Events Attend
Holdup of Treasure-Laden Gar From Flat
The accustomed peace and quiet which pervades the
Iditarod camp received a rude shock on Thursday morning
last, when it became noised abroad that a passenger car of
the Iditarod Traction Company had been held up by masked
robbers and golddust to the value of $35,000 stolen. And
all in broad daylight.
It appears that a car containing a large cleanup from
the Friend A .lames lay on the Bonanza association,
Flat creek, left Flat City for Iditarod about 9 a. m. Aboard
the car as passengers were Mrs. Snyder, of the Snyder
House; Mrs. O’Connor, B. Neinberg, and George Friend,
the last named having charge of the cleanup. The gold
dust was in a strongbox, together with some $182 in cash
belonging to the traction company. The car was in charge
of Frank James, while Jim McNamee, another employe,
was trailing some fifty yards behind.
The Holdup
For about thirty minutes the car pursued the even
tenor of its way, the occupants little dreaming that behind
that near-by clump of willows there lurked as pretty a pair
of scallawags as ever robbed a cache or objected to honest
toil. But so it was, and as the car reached the bend in the
trail three quarters of a mile below the Summit Roadhouse
out from the willows aforesaid sprang two men armed to
the teeth and on lobbery bent. One of the men wore a tan
parkev and the other an india-rubber coat. Both had
masks—one an old one, the other a new: and each had a
handkerchief about the lower portion of his face. They
were not particularly impressive, these men, by all accounts;
nor were they particularly brave. On the other hand they
were trembling with agitation, and it really looked to the
interested spectators as though one of the guns might go
off—by accident.
So when an order was shouted to stop the car the com
mand was obeyed, for there is no fool so dangerous as a
fool with a gun. Out of the car the men of the party were
tumbled and ordered to stand, with their hands up, and
their backs to the robbers, in approved bandit fashion.
Even at this stage the robbers were more afraid than those
they were about to rob, and to reassure themselves they
fired shots over the heads of their victims. This brought
forth a remonstrance from George Friend, and the miscre
ants devoted themselves to the plunder. The strongbox
was lifted from the car, and, with the aid of a heavy split
ting maul, was soon broken open. In the box the thieves
found three pokes—two large and one small —and also §182
in cash. This they abstracted. The travelers were then or
dered back to the car and told to start and keep going. This
they did until they reached the Summit Roadhouse, when
the telephone was got busy and the whole countryside was
aroused. Meanwhile the bandits also kept going, and ac
cording to latest reports are going yet.
The Pursuit
Immediately the news reached Flat posses started out
to scour the hills. The men oil shift were apprised of what
had occurred and joined in the hunt. Particularly active
in organizing the search parties were Commissioner Taylor,
Billy Casey, Charley Erich and Arthur Shonbeek. Within
half an hour of the holdup hundreds of men were in the
hills looking for the fugitives.
Simultaneously with the information regarding the
holdup being phoned to Flat, Commissioner Stanton and
Deputy Marshal Shepard, of Iditarod, were informed. The
deputy marshal lost no time in getting to the scene, and
Commissioner Stanton worked energetically, as a result of
which many armed men left Iditarod within a few minutes
after the news of the holdup was received here. Messrs.
Friend tfc James offered a reward of $5,000 for the capture
of the bandits, and dodgers to that effect were quickly cir
culated. Excitement in town and on the creeks reached
fever heat.
With so many practiced mushers on their track it was
evident that, despite the start which they had, the robbers
would have to cache some of their swag. They could make
little headway over the tundra with such a dead weight as
they carried. Acting upon this theory, many followed in
the tracks of the now doubtless terrified fugitives, while
several parties devoted their energies to finding the caches
which it was presumed the thieves had provided for before
hand .
But the whole nefarious robber scheme was bungled
from the start; such schemes generally are. Instead of un
earthing the loot from carefully planned hiding places, the
pokes were found just where the would-be imitators of Jesse
James had dropped them in their flight.
Finding the Pokes
The first poke, containing $1(>,000 in dust, was found
by Steve Tate, who cooks for Friend A: James. This
nice little sum was dropped by one of the party when
lie had got but 100 yards from the scene of the robbery. He
probably relied upon his partner to save the other big poke;
but his partner failed him, as such partners generally do in
times of stress—and the second poke, also containing $10,
000 worth of gold, was found by Ed Magnusson about a
mile up Cottonwood, toward the summit of the bald hill.
Magnusson works in the dumpbox for Friend As James
Half a mile more, just over the hill, in a draw
which runs down into Otter creek, the third poke, contain
ing 150 ounces, was brought to light by Harry McWhorter,
the Flat creek claim owner.
Before making their getaway the bandits divested
themselves of disguises, placing the same in the remains of
the strongbox. These are now in the hands of the authori
ties. One of the masks was new. It was made from a
breakfast-food carton. The other mask is old and may have
seen service in previous holdups, or in a fancy-dress ball—
probably the latter. One of the men had a new handker
chief to cover his face. This is probably due to the fact
that he usually had no use for such articles, while his com
panion had but one.
Re weird for Apprehension
Although, nearly all the property has been recovered,
the niineowners, operators and merchants are determined to
discourage further attempts at highway robbery, and with
that end in view have decided to continue their efforts to
locate the criminals. A subscription list has been opened
for the purpose of raising a large reward for the apprehen
sion and conviction of the robbers. Friend & James have
subscribed $1,500, Tom Aitken has put his name down for
$500, other amounts already in sight bring the total up to
over $3,000. It is expected the reward will come near the
$5,000 mark.
A large number of men are still keeping a lookout for
the fugitives, and they will probably be laid by the heels
before many hours are past.
Montreal, Sept. 22.—Wireless Special.—The election returns
which became known yesterday created a tremendous sensation
throughout the Dominion, resulting in the overwhelming defeat of
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the extinction of all chances of reciprocity
between Canada and the United States.
The Conservatives were returned to power in parliament by a
majority of 58, which is the greatest majority ever accorded to any
party.
R. L. Borden, the Conservative leader, has been completely
successful, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier will resign in two weeks.
British Columbia has re-elected 77 Conservatives to the pro
i vincial parliament.
Ottawa, Sept. 23.—Questioned regarding the results of the
i elections, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, for 15 years Canadian premier, says
that the people defeated him, which proved that his policy was
wrong.
Peoria, 111-, Sept. 23.—President Taft is much disappointed
over the defeat of reciprocity.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 23.—Speaker Champ Clark says that
corruption money defeated reciprocity.
Late Wlreiess Sperling News
New York. September 23.—Follow
ing are the results of recent matches:
Jim Flynn easily outclassed Carl
Morris last Saturday.
Matt Wells outboxed Abe Attel on
Wednesday.
BattliniS Nelson easily beat Bill
Nixon.
New York, September 23.— Wells
will fight ten rounds with Packy Mc
Farland October.
Money belts, purses, bill books,
pokes, ladles’ handbags. City
Drug Store.
Just received a fancy line of Graven
stein apples, $8 a box; fancy red apples
a box. At Johnstone’s.
WAN JED—Strong girl or Jap at the
Iditarod hospital.
Change of Time
IDITAROD TRACTION COMPANY
ONE ROUND TRIP OF PASSENGER DAILY
Passenger Car Leaves Flat at 8 a.m.
Returning, Leaves Iditarod at 2 p.m.
Freight Trains at 7 a.m. and Noon.
Retain Or, Wiley, Says Taft
Beverly, September 23.—Prior to his
departure on his northern tour Presi
dent Taft sent a letter to Secretary
Wilson of the department of agricul
ture, upholding Dr. Wiley in his ad
ministration of the pure food law. The
president says Dr. Wiley will be re
tained.
State ot Maine flow Goes Wet
Augusta, Me., September 23.—After
many years of experiment as a pro
hibition state, Maine has gone wet.
Both sides claimed victory, and the re
count demand gave the -‘wets” 26
majority.
Waterman’s Ideal is the only
fountain pen. City Drug Store.
Chena Customs Mill
Working Full Shift
Chena, September 22. — The
Chena Mining and Milling Com
pany, proprietors ot the ten-stamp
customs mill, continue to find lots
of work for the mill. It has been
working steadily for several weeks
and still has a considerable amount
of rock ahead. The mill has more
than justified its erection, having
proved of immense benefit in
demonstrating the value of Tauaua
quartz.
Reported Stabbing,
Affray at Ruby Gity
According to reports brought in
ftom Ruby during the week, a stab
bing affray occurred at the new
diggings about a fortnight ago.
From information to hand it ap
pears that the stabbing took place
during a drunken quarrel, the vic
tim being Robert Cochrane, better
known as Jew Bob, who is said to
have received four wounds, one of
which, being in rhe kidneys, may
prove fatal. The name of his as
sailant is not positively known.
A letter received in town from
Gordon Shea mentions the affray,
but states that the injuries received
by Cochrane are not serious.
It is impossible to get two stories
of the affair which coincide.
Great Earthquake
Off Alaska Coast
Seattle, September 23.—It has been
learned that the cause of the break in
the cable between Sitka and Valdez
was a great earthquake. Telegraphic
messages are being relayed via Skag
v.av and Whitehorse.
Thomas Ewing Sherman insane
San Jose, Cal., September23.—Father
Thomas Fwing Sherman, son of Gen.
Tecumseh Sherman, has been declared
insane. He is a Jesuit and a man of
great learning, high in the councils of
the Catholic church. He was the agent
for the Catholic Truth Society at Chi
cago. _
WIBEL S TIES
The golddust which went to the bot
tom when the steamer Ramona was
sunk near Ketchikan has been recov
ered by divers.
Seattle is organizing a Soughdough
club, to be composed of those who
were in Alaska prior to 1900.
Admiral Togo has arrived at Tokio.
He received a rousing welcome.
The big arena at Los Angeles has
been destroyed by tire.
Congressman Madison, of Kansas,
dropped dead at Dodge City yesterday.
The cause was heart failure.
Former Senator Thomas A. Carter,
of Montana, is dead in Washington
from lung trouble. He was at one time
chairman of the Republican national
central committee.
Martial law has been declared
throughout Spain, on account of labor
troubles.
John L. Sullivan was invited to run
for congress on the Democratic ticket.
He has declined.
President Taft has started on his
long tour. He will visit Boston, Syra
cuse, Detroit, Sault Ste. Marie, Mar
quette and other places in Michigan.
It has been announced that the steel
trust will be dissolved to save itself
from prosecution.
Senator Miles Poindexter favors the
governmental construction of a rail
road from Seward to the Matanuska
coal fields.
Chuan Suan Kong, known as the Chi
nese “Butcher Weyler,” has been de
puted to quell the Chinese revolution.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Nes
tor’s.
For wedding present a piece of
genuine Libbey’s Cut Glass at City
Drug Store.
Pool, solo, and the best clear Havana
cigars at Johnstone’s.