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Togo Departs for
Japan on Tuesday,
Seattle, August 25 —Wireless
Special.—Admiral Togo, guest of
the nation, is expected to arrive at
Vancouver, B. C., on Sunday next.
He will visit Seattle on Monday!
and sail for Japan the following'
day. He has received a most en
thusiastic reception on all sides,
and has created a very favorable
impression.
Financial Aid
For McNamaras
Salt Lake, August 25.—Wireless
Special.—Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
is touring the Northwest soliciting
financial aid for the defense of the Mc
Namaras, indicted upon charges of
complicity in dynamite outrages. The
trial of tho McNamaras commences in
October.
Railroad Shopmen
Want More Wages
—
Chicago, August iV -Wireless Spe
cial.—Twenty-five thousand shopmen
employed by the Harriman lines are
preparing to go on strike. They de
mand an increase in wages and recog
nition of the men's union. Negotia
tions will probably be opened with a
view of arriving at a settlement.
Grover Cleveland's
Daughter Married
New York, August 25.—Wire
less Special.—Esther Cleveland
second daughter of the late Gro
ver Cleveland, twice president of
the United States, will be mar
ried shortly to Randolph West,
son of the noted Princeton pro
fessor. Miss Cleveland is 20
years old.
Millionaire Frozen to Death
Colorado Springs, August .25.
Wireless Special.—W. A. Skinner,
millionaire, who has been visiting
in this locality, lias been frozen to
death on Pike's peak.
Wandered Away:
May Be Suicide
S. G. Cain, an old resident, in a tit
of pique, disappeared from his camp at
Fish creek, on the Yukon between
Tanana and Rampart, the first of the
month, and no trace of him had been
obtained up to the 17th. Parties who
were in the region on the last-named
date believe he was mentally irrespon
sible and think he has probably de
stroyed himself or wandered beyond
human aid and perished.
Cain has for years spent the winters
prospecting and the summers fishing
in the vicinity of The Rapids. This
summer he had taken in a partner
named Johnson. Among other petty
annoyances the fishwbeel broke and
shortly afterward Johnson found posted
by Cain on the cabin door a notice
reading: “I have gone never to return.
Pay my bill at Rodman’s.”
Cain had taken a packstrap, an ax,
three loaves of bread and some to
bacco. His tracks led down the river,
but thorough search failed to locate
him. Inquiries at Tanana gave no
tidings of him.
Last fall Cain was treated at the
hospital in Fort Gibbon and for a time
liis mind was disordered. At that time,
however, the army medical officer
thought the man's mental disorder was
a result of a bad physical condition and
did not apprehend any danger of per
manent insanity.
Jim Frost, the “Sunny Jim” of
Flat creek, and partner of Olson &
Lawrence in their valuable holdings
in that vicinity, left this week for
sunny California, where he will
spend the winter.
Hamilton, Howard, Waltham and
Elgin watches. Lord & Co., jewelers,
near postoffice.
PROSPECTORS' OUTFITS AT RICHARDS.
TRYING TO EMBARRASS
TAFT’S ADMINISTRATION
Washington, D.C., August 25.—Wireless Special.—Gifford
Pinchot has left the capital for Seattle, where he will meet'
Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington. The two intend to
make a trip to Alaska in company, to gain further information re-1
garding the coal lands and the Controller bay business.
It is openly stated here that Pinchot and Poindexter have en
tered into an alliance with Senator Lafollette, with the object in
view7 of helping the latter in his plans to embarrass the Taft
administration, especially as regards Alaska.
President Taft is reported to be fully aware of the plot, and
has quietly determined to nip the conspiracy in the bud. He is at
home in Beverly, busily engaged in the preparation of his annual
message to Congress. It is generally understood that the message
will contain suggestions for the better government of Alaska, and
that he will announce his readiness to give favorable consideration
to any home rule measure introduced by responsible parties.
It is believed that in this way the opponents of the Taft ad
ministration will be discomfited.
New York, August 25.--Wireless Special.—William Randolph
Hearst, through the medium of his chain of newspapers, has
declared open war upon President Taft and his administration.
Ho denounces the President as the tool of the trusts.
Taken in conjunction with the Pinchot-Poindexter-Lafollette
frame-up, Hearst’s action is very significant of the wide-spread
nature of the opposition which the administration will have to face
when Congress re assembles
Frank Herring
Leading Eagle
San Francisco, August 25.—Wireless Special.—The Fraternal Or
der of F.agles, who are holding their eleventh annual convention here,
have elected Frank Herring to the post of grand worthy president.
William Brennan has been named as the new vice president.
Some ^5,000 members of the order are in attendance. Yesterday
the attending delegates joined in a grand parade through the leading
streets of the city, and the large number present made a most effective
showing.
President Reviews
150,000 Veterans
Rochester, New York, August 25.—Wireless Special.—Yester
day morning President Taft reviewed 150,000 veterans of the
Grand Army of the Republic, which is holding its annual conven
tion here. The rapid decline in the number of veterans able to
attend the convention was pathetically noticeable.
In the address which followed the review, the President dwelt
upon the future. He said that henceforth wars would be com
mercial and bloodless, international disputes being settled by
peace treaties such as those just concluded between the United
States and Great Britain and France.
Judge Harvey Trimble, of Illinois, has been elected Comman
der-in-Chief of the Grand Army for the ensuing year.
Strike Leaders Are Re-instafed
London, Eng., August 25.—Wireless Special.—In the hope of
averting further trouble with their employes, who recently won
their strike for higher wages, the British railroads have agreed to
reinstate the strike leaders. This is another signal victory for
the men, as the railroads had previously made a practice of dis
criminating against the leaders when strikers resumed work.
Cardiff, August 25.—Wireless Special. —During the strikes in
this section the rioters made an attack upon the Jewish traders
but were repulsed by the military.
COMING AND GOING
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The Seattle No. 3 got away from i
Dikeruan Wednesday night. She went
to St. Michael direct, carrying many
passengers for the Outside.
Gilbert Nairn isan applicant for the
post of city assessor.
Sam J. Callahan, formerly connected !
with newspapers first at Rampart and |
more recently at Tanana, arrived in'
the city Tuesday night and has become
a member of the Pioneer family
Eddie McArdle came in from Moore
creek Sunday last, looking very fit.
Abe Weiss, the Fiat City clothier,
paid a visit to our city yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Suter, wife of the Flat
City hardware man, came to town for
a short visit, yesterday.
Benefit Dance a Big Success
The benefit dance organized by |
the ladies of Flat, and which eatne
off last Saturday night at the A. B.
hall, Flat City, was a great success
both financially and socially. Con
siderably over $500 resulted from
the dance, which sum was ample to i
see the beneficiaries to their home
Outside in comfort. Great credit
is due the ladies who showed such
disinterested kindness in coming to
the assistance of the aged couple.
Billy Bevans and A1 Walsh were
in from Flat during the week and
deposited for safe keeping a big
poke at one of the local banks.
PROSPECTORS' OUTFITS AT RICHARDS.
Personal Notes From Roby City
Dan Callahan is reported to be
rusticating at Ruby, with a little
teaming on the side.
Alex Capewell, formerly con
nected with the Model restaurant
in Fairbanks, is running a gro
cery business.
Charles Phillips has a good
restaurant business.
George J esse of Jesse’s road
house, on the Yukon, is selling
groceries.
Bob Bloom has opened a hard
ware store.
Harry Edwards is driving a
team for Jim Gallagher.
Dave Cascaden says that the
Ruby camp looks good.
Jack Folsom, the discoverer ot
Moore creek, is in town. He has
disposed of his property in that
section of the country and will take
a look at the Outside where he last
set eyes on 13 years ago. Folsom
carries with him the best wishes of
all who know him, as well as the
wherewithal to send him to Wash
ington as the representative of his
home state.
Gerald O Shay and Sam Sander
son returned from a trip to the In
noko diggings this week, where
O Shay secured several options on
Gaines and Opliir creeks for Nome
capital.
FOR SALE—Roadhouse, A-No. 1 loca
tion, doing good business; will sell
cheap. Going outside. Inquire Pion
eer office.
Casey at Flat City sells Bock cigars
Sir Wilfrid May
Give Up Politics
Quebec, August 25.—Wireless Special. —Unless the Canadian
people endorse his Reciprocity policy at the ensuing general elec
tions, Sir Wilfrid Laurier will withdraw from politics and enter
private life.
Sir Wilfrid looks upon the Reciprocity bill as the crowning
work of his career, and, although his majority in the parliament
just dissolved was sufficient to enable him to carry the bill, the
proposed treaty met with such bitter opposition that the Premier
decided to appeal to the country and the elections will be fought
on that one platform.
Sir Wilfrid has been the most commanding figure in Canadian
politics for the last twenty years.
Paragraph Items via Wireless
Secretary of the Interior Fisher has left Cordova for Con
troller bay, where he will look into the matter of the Ryan
locations.
A message from Beverley says that President Taft is resting.
Five thousand people attended the funeral of John W. Gates.
Sailor Burke easily outfought Billy Papke in a ten round fight
at New York Thursday. Papke started favorite.
Upton Sinclair is suing for divorce.
Battling Nelson will fight Lew Lowell at Sacramento on
September 9.
Agricultural Agent
Making interior Tour
Prof. Georgeson, special agent in
charge of the experimental stations in
Alaska for the department of agricul
ture, is in the interior in the line of
his duties.
On the Yukon he stopped about a
week at the Rampart station, after
which he was accompanied to Fair
banks by Superintendent and Mrs.
Gasser, who have been at Rampart
station several years. After finishing
the inspection of Fairbanks station
Prof. Georgeson will proceed to Sitka
via St. Michael.
Rampart ranks among the most im
portant stations in the experimental
work in Alaska. Twenty-seven acres
are in cultivation there, and the work
has been so successful that about
twenty-five acres more will be cleared.
At that place the ripening and distri
bution of seed will be made a specialty.
Over forty varieties of potatoes have
already been grown there.
Get gasoline at Vachon <& Sterling’s.
Manley Goes to Moore Greek
Frank Manley has gone to Moore
creek, to size up the hydraulicking
| possibilities of that section. He
was accompanied by Theodore
Witte. ___
Charged With Horse Stealing
C. E. Meecham swore out a
complaint in the commissioner’s
court yesterday charging Chas.
L. Woodworth with stealing a
horse, robe and other property,
which complainant alleges be
longs to him.
Woodworth was immediately
arrested and placed in jail. The
case will come up for trial on
Monday next before Commis
sioner E. M. Stanton.
The accused is well known to
old Dawsonites._
Fairbanks people are complain
ing that they have received only
seven mails in 50 days.
Get gasoline at Vachon & Sterling’s.
May Be Shortage
On Yukon River
A gentleman well posted on condi
ditions along the Yukon river has sug
gested the advisability of the Pioneer
voicing a warning that should there be
a further flocking of people to the
Ruby and other districts dependent
upon Yukon river points for supplies
there is certain to be a serious short
age the coming winter. The popula
tion has fluctuated so little for the past
several years that the merchants have
been able to calculate with unerring
precision the amount of goods neces
sary to supply the need. Last spring
the stocks were reduced to almost
nothing by the opening of navigation.
Moreover, when this season’s requisi
tions for goods were made an exodus
rather than an influx of people was
thought likely.
Up to the second week in this month
nothing had been found to justify even
a mild stampede to Rub}'. About that
time a strike of pay was reported on
Glen gulch, a tributary of Flint creek,
and that has tended to revive interest
in the regior. Should a stampede fol
low a grub shortage would result.
Glen gulch is little more than a pup.
The ground is about forty feet deep
and the depth was what caused the
find to be looked on as significant of
more pay ground.
Ed McMullen Drowned Outside
Word arrived in town during
the week of the deaths of Ed
McMullen and Charles Noffke,
who met their end at Long
Beach, Cal, while bathing in the
surf. Both men are well-known
here, Ed McMullen having gone
Outside last winter in charge of
his brother Albert, who had been
declared insane.
Archie Mitchell, who is repre
senting the Pioneer Mining Co. of
Nome in this district, left for the
Seward peninsula metropolis yes
terday, and will return on the last
sailing from Nome.
Are You in a Hurry?
Wedding rings made from local gold
while you wait. Lord & Co., jewelers.
Aviator Atwood
Has an Accident
Nyack, N. Y., August 25.—Wireless
Special.—After a record flight and only
28 miles from his goal, Aviator Atwood
—who recently paid a visit in his aero
plane to President Taft at the White
House—sustained an unfortunate acci
dent. The motor broke and he was
precipitated into a wood pocket. It is
possible that he will have to first dis
member and then reassemble his ma
chine before he can proceed on Ills
journey._
Accused Negro
Burned at Stake
Purcell, Okia., August 25.—Wireless
Special.—Ilonry Carter, a negro, was
burned at the stake hero today. A
mob of 3,000 people witnessed the burn
ing, and prevented all attempts at in
terference on the part of the officials.
Carter was accused of assaulting a
white woman of this vicinity.
John Jacob Astor
Not Married Yet
New Suffield, August 25.—Wire
less Special.— The marriage be
tween Col. John Jacob Astor and
Miss Madeleine Force has not yet
taken place, owing to the opposi
tion of both Protestant and Catho
lic churchmen. The couple are
bathing in public here.
Col. Astor is 48 years old, while
his prospective bride is but. 18.
The suggested alliance has been
termed the crime of the century.
George Parker Begins
Sentence Wednesday
New York, August 25.—Wire
less Special.—President George
Parker, of the United Wireless,
has failed in his appeal.
Parker, with other officers of
the company, was convicted of
using the U.S. mails with intent
to defraud, and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. He
leaves for McNeil’s island next
Wednesday.
Rampart Postmaster On a Visit
M. P. Fleiscliman, who has long held
the position of postmaster at Rampart,
is returning home today after a stay in
the Iditarod since last Tuesday. His
visit was in relation to certain inter
ests on Flat.
Mr. Fleischman’s home camp has in
the past few years dwindled in produc
tion and population; but there are still
a number of old residents whose rally
ing cry is “Rampart agin the world!”
and the distinguished visitor himself
believes the chances are good for the
old camp to regain its lost prestige.
Mr. Fleischtnan considers the high
ground at the head of the old Rampart
creeks a most promising field for pros
pecting. Rampart mining men who
are familiar with conditions around the
upper part of Flat declare they present
physical aspects almost identical with
those to be found in the old camp.
Pay has been found this summer on
the Hootlanana, a creek where for
years live water prevented prospect
ing. This season Nels Rasmusson and
partner, Neilson, installed a splash
dam, and the first of this month they
got down to pay. Pete Ryden, H. Ol
sen and Fred Cassidy joined Rdsmus
sorr and Cassidy in the work, and they
all declare the Hoot is going to turn
out a really good creek.
Troublesome and Quail and their
tributaries, Mr. Fleischtnan avers, pre
sent excellent opportunities for splash
dam mining.
Iditarod Traction Company
The following schedule of trains be
comes effective at once:
Trains leave Iditarod 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
“ “ Flat 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Fare—Round trip, $5; single journey,
$3. _
LAR6E ASSORTMENT OF IDITAROD AND
FLAT CREEK VIEWS. RED CROSS DRUG STORE
DO YOU KNOW that Byers & Co.
are delivering freight from Dikeman
daily? Low water is no obstacle for
them. _
Cap’s Place sells a full line of Bock
cigars and smokers’ articles.
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