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The Mouse committee on territories
has unanimously approved the constil-U
tion of the state of New Mexico.
Missionaries airiving at Shangha
stato that tin' famine in the interim
provinces of China lias readied appall
ing proportions.
Religious organizations in New Void
city are conducting a vigorous cam
pa-ign against vulgarity and the use o
cuss words. Strong representations art
lifting made to the city aldermen 01
the subject.
Jack Lester, the heavy tv eight lightei
of C’le Kium, Wash., and pupil of Tom
my Burns, has left for Australia v. lien
lie expects to be aide to arrange r
match with Big Bill Lang.
The prohibitionists va-rc badly de
feated in the elections held last mouth
in the larger Indiana cities.
Charles Merriam, a professor at the
Cniversity of Chicago, has been nomi
nated by the Republicans as their can
didate fir mayor of that city. The
Democrats have nominated Carter Har
rison. who lias he! i the job four year.-,.
William Lewis, a negro, lias been
nominated by President Taft for the
post of assistant attorney general in the
department of justice.
Falcon Joslin is attacking Delegate
Wickersham at Washington.
The .Senate committee appointed to
inquire into the charges tiled by Sena
tor Gore last year to the effect that at
tempts had been made to bribe him in
com e'lion with the transfer of Indian
kinds in Oklahoma, has reported that
it finds the charges unproven.
The printers of Chicago went on
strike last mouth, but the trouble was
of short duration. During the dispute
Chicago’s great dailies dwindled to
four small pages.
Zelaya, former president of Nicar
agua, says that President Taft is a slan
derer, and declares that the President
shamefully sided with the insurgents
during the lust annual revolution.
An extra session of congress was
called for March 20.
Mrs. Paul Kimball, a prominent Mor
mon and daughter of a former United
Stales senator, was found poisoned at
her Chicago home early ru March. Her
;! husband can aive no reason for t.lio
deed, nor does he know who committed
! it.
A dispatch received at Victoria, 15.C.,
•I stated that, in order to avoid being
I starved to death, 500 Chinese were
i rowded into houses in the city of llun
shau, and tho houses wore then delib
erately burned to the ground.
The employes of the C. P. R. east of
Fort William have been granted an in
crease of 15 percent, in tHeir wages.
Princess Trigonia, waiting maid to
Queen Helena of Italy, was murdered
in a cheap hotel in Rome by her lover,
Lieutenant Patterno. The lieutenant
has been arrested. Owing to the
prominence of the parties the affair
has created a profo-md sensation.
The revolution in Mexico lias sent
prices of provisions sky-high in the
state of Chihuahua. As a result many
are starving.
The French premier, M. Briand, lias
resigned. He has lieen succeeded by
M. Munis.
Following upon tlie refusal of the In
terstate Commerce Commission to allow
the western railroads to increase their
freight rates, the directors of the rail
roads have announced that all im
provements will be curtailed and ex
tensions stopped.
Determined to rid the city of ail uti-1
desirable characters, the police of Se
attle refused to allow the fight which
was arranged between Jack Lester and
Denver Ed Martin to take place. The
contest was accordingly declared oil.
Some Indian women summoned to at;
pear before the coroner’s jury in con
nection with the murder of fou
wealthy stockmen in Nevada recently
confessed that the Indians were the ag
gressors and deserved the fate the;
met at the hands of the posse whicl
rounded them up after the murders ha<
been committed.
The American Federation of Habo
has granted a charter to the Ilailwa;
Mail Clerks' Union.
Thugs entered a saloon at Haines
Ore., last month and shot the proprie
tor thereof because he would not stanc
and deliver.
One thousand dollars in bills wa:
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POOL, CIGARS, TOBACCOS, CANDIES WILLOW ST.
stolen from (he safe of (he Princess
j Beatrice during a recent voyage to the
I ''Oath. It is reported that Hie thief
I has been arrested at San Francisco.
1 he Illinois legislature has expressed
i itself in opposition to the proposed
| Canadian reciprocity bill.
The bill providing for the use of
Alaska’s coal by the vessels of the
United States navy was shot to pieces
in the House by having several amend
ments attached to it. The hill was
introduced by Representative Humph
rey of Washington.
The Chicago Tribune bitterly at
tacks tlie attitude of the Senate in
whitewashing Senator Loriraer, con
tending that such action is neither
creditai le to the committee nor to
Loriraer.
Texans celebrated their independ
ence day on March 3 last.
In an editorial the Seattle Tunes
says that congress should no longer
tolerate tho present slip-shod land laws
which govern Alaska. The article
claims that there is absolutely no ex
cuss tor preventing tlie opening up of
tlie coal lands.
The Tacoma election to recall the
mayor of that city will be held next
Tuesday, April 1.
Fred Maus, the Chicago millionaire,
committed suicide at that place follow
ing upon the death of his wife. He
was temporarily insane.
Paul Orchard, aged 22, son of the
captain of tiie U. S. battleship West
Virginia, suicided at San Francisco
March 4. He was despondent over his
continued ill health.
lime. Cavallieri, the opera star, has
returned to Paris.
Smallpox having broken out in the
•Seattle jail, every prisoner was com
pelled to submit to re-vaccination.
Two bandits, masked and heavily
armed, held up the Iron Mountain ex
press within the city limits of St.
Louis. They stole the cashbox aud de
camped. No clew has us yet beei
found, but the police are invest igating
S nator Heyburn, oi Idaho, is light
ing the appropriations for the fores tr;
service.
Bandits robbed a bank at Dixon, 111.
recently. A posse of farmers was it
pursuit, according to latest advices.
Mrs. Jack Cudahy, the wife of tin
man who mutilated Jere Lillis, is writ
ing her society experiences, and tin
results therefrom. Society leaders an
impatiently awaiting the publicatim
of what tire expected to lie spiced dis
closures.
Wappenstein, ex-chief of police o
Seattle, is being accused of complied;
in the Humboldt gold robbery.
Henry Meyers, a Democrat, has beet
elected senator from Montana. Hi
was a dark horse, and his election wa1
quite unexpected.
Rear-Admiral Barry, who recent!'
resigned his command and retired with
out pension, will be tried by corn
martial at Bremerton navy yard,
James Mever, a Seattle jeweler, i:
suing Commissioner McBride, of tin
A. Y. P. exposition, for the return o
$105 wortli of copper furnished for ex
hibilion purposes during the fair.
President Taft's former private sec
retary, C. Norton, will enter the bank
ing house of J. Ponty Morgan & Co.
Tlie federal authorities have filet
suits against 35 electrical lam]) supph
concerns, claiming that they constitute
a trust contrary to the laws of the
United Stales.
The president of the Chicago Mediea’
Society, Alexander Ferguson, in hit
annual address, said that the profes
sion was overcrowded with men wht
were totally unfit to undertake the
practice of medicine.
FOR SALE CHEAP - One large
Worthington pump, 1-4-h.p. engine,
drill press, saw and arbor, blacksmith
outfit. Morgan & Litsey, Iditarod.
The federal grand jury sitting at De
troit, Mich., is discussing the Alaskan
' laud frauds, in connection with the ac
' qu-sition of Alaska lands by the Michi
gan-Alaska Development Company,
; 1 which owns i“s coal claim*.
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Marian Klein, who was married at
j Fairbanks in 1907 to 11. C. Klein, a
1 Tanana steaniboatnian, is suing for di
j vorce. She accuses her husband ofhab
j itual drunkenness and ill treatment.
The estate of Frank Ronnlec, who
; committed suicide last July by throwing
| himself overboard from a steamboat
I while on his way Outside, has been
; proved to be of the value of $1,234 85.
! Reports from the Big Clier.a Hot
Springs are to the eff .et that a record
business is being done there this year.
Some 35 visitors were there in mail week.
Chief Deputy Maishal Charles, who
lias been visit ng in the states, left Seat
tle for Fairbanks March 8
Anita de Marline/., bette^ known as
‘•Seuorita,” was burned to d.-ath 0:1
j Cleary creek during the first week in
J March. Her Cabin was burned to the
! ground before the unfortunate woman
I could be rescued. The deceased w.is a
1 native of California.
j Billy Casey, the Flat City lubricator,
! who is at present rusticating in Cali
1 forni:«, has purchased a new automobile
and is liiisv smnsnmg recorns and nuy
i thing else which happens to get in his
: way.
Henry Baatz. proprietor cf the Loop
roadhouse, Gilmore, predicts that Gold
stream will be the scene of great activ
ity this season. He avers that the
dumps taken out this winter are much
larger than was the case last season.
| Alice Taylor, of Toftv gulch, who is
; accused of scaling $300 from Peter Jep
son, has been released 0:1 bonds totaling
$2,500. The theft is supposed to have
occurred 011 Christmas day last.
( lb R. Jesson has been granted patents
j to the Pierce association and the Wal
( lace association claims 011 lister creek
j and Cripple creek respectively.
Charley Hardin, the well-known Home
i creek mining man, is jubilant at the dis
! covers- of excellent pay on 6-b., of which
| claim be is half owner. His partner,
j who is also layman on the ground, is
1 Louis Solli. John Durand, 011 7-b. Dome
creek, is also reported to have encoun
tered good pay.
Steve Raymond, the Fairbanks car
penter, will shortly leave for Val lez,
where he will o'pen a shop. He is much
impressed with the reports from the Val
dez section.
C. A. Harrington, who is associated
with Capt. Barnette in a big hydraulick
iug properly in tile Circle, district, is
hack in Fairbanks enroute to the Circle
district.
Fred lleilig, the editor of the Fair
banks Times, who has been spending a
vacation in the states, is expected back
in May.
An Oregon corporation is planning to
ship large quantities of fresh meat into
the Iditarod on the opening of naviga
tion.
The mails for inland points «ere
■ stalled for some days on the Copper
! River railroad early in March. Dog
| teams had to be requisitioned to convey
the mail to the Fairbanks trail,
i V aite & Co., formerly operators on
Engineer creek, have filed a petition in
: bankruptcy. Tobias Fieiscliman is the
; other partner in the firm.
All steamers bound for Southeastern
Alaskan points are carrying their full
j complement of passengers. The rush to
Cordova, Seward and Valdez is so great
j that many are unable to obtain accom
' modations.
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Tried before a jury of ji men in Fair
banks during the early part of March,
) the case of Qually vs. Ait-ken resulted in
j a verdict favorable to tie plaintiff, by
which he received £5,000 damages for
| trespass.
The plaintiff and defendant were at
! one time, says the Fairbanks Times,
working lays on 15 bench on Gold
stream. Qualtey charged Aitken with
crossing the boundary line and extract
ing several hundred met of pay worth
>25 to the square foot. II- su-.l for £20,
' 090, the value of the ground after de
ducting the cost of extraction. Iu reply
the defendant admitted the trespass, but
contended that '• had only taken out
100 feet worth £2.50 to the fool, and that
he had left an equal block of pay on
his own side ot the line which bail been
worked by the plaintiff. The jury found
tiat tile defendant had committed the
trespass, but cut down the approximate
value to £2.50 to the square foot, which
made the damages awarded total $5,000.
Wsiis-Farp to Enter Alaska
Confident that the Alaska express
business is worth having, the Wells
Bargo Express Company have concluded
contracts with the various transportation
companies handling the Alaskan trade,
and will shortly install their service in
all the principal cities of the territory.
Up to the present the following trans
portation companies have agreed to
hand oyer their express business to the
Wells-Fargo people: The N. N. Co., the
Copper River railroad company, the
Merchants Yukon Dispatch Company,
and every railroad on the Outside which
is engaged in Alaskan business.
Miss Annie Hagelin, the proprietor of
The Home, Elat City, is making addi
tions to her place. An extension 65x3
leet is now being constructed, which,
when completed, will enable Miss Hage
lin to accommodate many guests.
The following letters remain uncalled
forinthe postoffice at Koserofskj', Aka:
Geo Byron, Deo Rulapaugh, J, D. Cox.
When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery and Coffee
House for a lunch._
Full line optical goods at Simpson’s.
FOR COUNCILMAN,
Albert Wile
ELECTION, APRIL ID 1911.
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Fresh beef and pork. The supply is
limited. Place your orders early. Inde
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IN THE PROBATE COURT in and
for the Territory of Alaska, Fourth
Judicial Division. Otter Precinct, be
fore A. E. Malt by, Esq., Commis
sioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge,
in the Matter of the Estate of Oscar
Gustafson, deceased -Notice of Bale
of Real Estate.
Notice is hereby given that in pursu
ance oi an order of A. E. Maltby, com
missioner and ex-officio probate judge
in and for the Territory of Alaska,
Otter precinct. Fourth judicial division,
made on tlie 7th day of March. 1911, in
'he matter of the estate of Oscar Gt s
lafson, deceased, the undersigned, the
administrator of the said estate, will
sell at public auction to the highest
b’dder for cash in gold coin of the
United States, subject to confirmation
by said probate court, on Tuesday, the
20th day of June, in the year 1911, A.D.,
at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at the
front door of the courthouse in the
town of Iditarod, in Otter precinct,
teriitory of Alaska, all the right, title,
interest, and estate of said Oscar Gus
tafson at the time of his death and all
the right, title, interest or estate the
said estate has by operation of law or
Otherwise in and to the following de
scribed mining properly sit uate in Otter
precinct, te'-ritnrv of Alaska, to-wit:
An undivided 1-4 interest in What's
| Left claim on Slate creek; Discov
! erv. a..ciin<?s,r. creek; nricuviot-a 1-4
| iju-rrest in tlie Sunrise association
Ion Otter crook; undivided 1-4 inter
j ost in the Sunset association
on Savannah creek: undivided 1 -!
| interest in the Eikhorn association
on Bonanza creek; undivided 1-2 inter
est in the Friendship association on
Otter creek; undivided 1-8 interest in
I the Northern Eight bench on Otter
' creek; undivided 1-8 interest in the tn
! dependence bench on Otter creek; un
divided 1-8 interest in the Golden Eagle
association on Willow creek; undivided
; 1-4 interest in the. Aura association on
i Otter creek; undivided 1-2 interest in
j the lease on upper 400 feet of No. 2 be
; low discovery on Otter creek; No. 15
| below discovery on Little Caribou
creek; No. 1 above discovery on Little
I creek.
| Terras and conditions of sale: Cash;
10 per cent, to ha paid on day of sale,
and balance on confirmation of sale by
said probate court.
Dated March 7, 1911.
HENRY BESONEN,
Administrator of the Estate of Oscar
Gustafson, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court In and For the Ter
ritory of Alrska, Otter Precinct, before
A. K Mailing Esq., Commissioner and
Ex Officio Probate Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate of T. B.
Craig, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate of said
T. li. Craig, deeea ed, to the creditors of,
and all persons having claims against,
the said deceased to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the date of this notice, to
the said administrator, at his residence
and place of business, southeast corn ■ r cf
First avenue and Willow street, in the
town of Iditarod, Otter precinct and Ter
ritory of Alaska.
Dated March 22, 1911. A. D.
F. M. DUNHAM,
Administrator of the Estate
of T. B. Craig, Deceased.
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