Will Leave City Dock or Oikeman3
According to River Conditions
W. C. A3ENDROTH, AGENT
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Will Prosecute Coal Cases
Nome, September 11.—Wireless Special.- - District Attorney
Kodey has left here for Seattle, whither he goes to conduct the
prosecution of Charles Huston, former president of the Pacific
Coast Coal Company, and John Bullock, late of the Session Coal
Company of Nome, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United
States government in connection with the supply of coal to
the navy.
These cases are the result of information brought before the
attorney-general by Delegate James Wickersham.
Masonic Visitors Leave Alaska
Nome, September 11.—Wireless Special.—.Messrs. Hussey and
Glennon, leading members of the Masonic fraternity, who have
been visiting the Tanana and conferring high degrees upon Fair
banks Freemasons, left for Seattle on the Umatilla today.
Find Body of Clem Laborde
Nome, September 11.-- Wireless Special. -A big storm is
raging on the coasts of the Seward peninsula and much damage is
reported. The schooner Etna has been reported a total wreck.
The number of lives lost is not known.
A party of Laps have discovered the body of Clem Laborde,
who lost his life when the schooner Louise was wrecked in Shish
moreff inlet last November. They came across the body in a
lagoon some three miles from the scene of the dismantled hull.
Worst Gale in History
Nome, September 11.- -Wireless Special. -The worst gale ever
recorded in this section is now raging over Bering sea, and many
casualties are feared.
► NORTHERN PERSONALS j
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Mrs. William Balluff, wife ct lire Fairbanks merchant, died at Sl
Matthew’s hospital, Fairbanks, August 23.
Lieut. Weeks, auditor ot the road commission, has purchased a
residence at Valdez.
Mrs. J. J. Thornton, wife of the Fairbanks clothier, has gone Out
side for the winter.
E. M. Keys and sons, of Chatanika, will prospect in the Nenatia
country this winter.
Herman Barthel will start a brewery at Ruby.
Curly Benson, w'lro left Iditarod for Ruby a mouth ago, has re
potted at Fail banks
Charles MeLeod, 76, an oldtimer of the North, has been sent back
to his home at Glace Bay, Cape Breton, by the kindness of the Pioneer
of Alaska.
Pat Byrne, who has been operating on 2 below Goidstream, Fair
bauks country, has moved his plant to lister creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Myrick, accompanied by their son Claude Myrick,
left Dikeman for Ruby last week.
Alex. Capewell, former^ of Fairbanks, is said to be doing remark
ably well in the merchandising and restaurant business at Ruby. He
has already turned down an offer for his business that would have lift
him a handsome profit.
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Dikeman we bring through, livers &
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Rugs, all sizes, Linoleum, Shades
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Handsome Nuggets
From Moore Creek
Two handsome nuggets were brought to town from Moore creek
by Charley Knell last Monday.
The largest weighed z6 ounces and its intrinsic worth is about
$450. Moore is a nuggeiy creek, but this is the heaviest piece so fa 1
reported from there. It is a thick, compact mass with a small amount
of rock showing on one side. The smaller piece is a flat, elongated
slug worth about $50.
These handsome specimens have attracted much attention. The\
are from No. 9, where Knell, McArdle and associates have been oper
iting dtring the summer.
Though long since out of existence,
the Louisiana lottery left in its trail a
series of ‘‘skin games" called lotteries,
and the list ol prisoners on the New
Orleans police register is evidence that
there is no hick of persons who are
willing to take a chance on petting
something for nothing, says an Outside
newspaper.
The “lotteries” of New Orleans con
tinue to spring up like mushrooms
after each successive raid by the police.
The tickets bring anywhere from 5
cents to 25 cents. Seldom the capital
prizes amount to more than $25, and
the instances are rare, according to
detectives, when a ticket holder is
awarded a prize.
The sharpers who prey upon the ig
norant whites and negroes have their
special agents to sell tickets. They
infest hovels and barrooms, reaping
their harvests principally in the ten
derloin. The police are constantly on
the lookout for lottery ticket agents,
but the gamblers’ means of “spotting”
a “plain-clothes” man and getting in
formation that a raid is imminent is
evidence of the craftines swith which
their operations are carried on.
As soon as a number of tickets are
sold—say $20 or $30 worth—the chap
who is backing the game takes a sneak.
There’s no come-back, either. The
victims who lose their money keep
quiet and, of course, the man with the
money does the same thing; still these
poor victims who can beg, borrow ot
steal 25 cents invest it in another lot
tery ticket, pm out by another bunch
of skin-game art ists.
The police get one, sometimes two or
three, ticket agents every week, but as
soon as these lotteries a,-e broken up
otheis tiro launched and flourish till
their ticket sellers are also roped in.
Memphis, Tenn., August 31.—Deny
ing that, he charged his wife with hav
ing winked at one of the deacons of his
Church in Arkansas, Rev. \V. L. Sav
age, Baptist preacher, tiled an answer
in the Circuit Court to the suit brought
for divorce by his wife. Mrs. Jewel
Savage.
In her bill the wife charges fhat her
husband treated her cruelly, and in one
instance alleges he accused her of
winking at one of the deacons during
the. church services. The husband
denies the charge in toto, and especial
ly that he accused her of disturbing
the peace of his house of worship and
the equanimity of one of the deacons.
in his answer Savage says his wife is
the apple of his eye,"and that he does
not know why she wants a divorce.
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Winter Prises to
Remain Stationary
Following a repoit current the first of the week to the effect that a
considerable raise in the price of provisions has gone into effect, Man
ager Wood of the Northern Commercial Company was asked about
the matter.
Mr. Wood said it is tine bis house is engaged in a readjustment of
prices. When the work is completed there will be no further change
during the winter—except, perhaps, in certain classes of perishables,
the shrinkage and waste in which may m ike a slight increase neces
sary and equitable later in the season. Otherwise the established rates
will he adhered to as lor.g as each particular line remains in stock.
In certain lines the volume of lectipts between now and the close
of navigation may also have a little bearing oil the price.
Mr. Wood said that on account of the demoralized condition of
trade dining the latter part of the summer certain staples have been
handled at a distinct loss. The present readjustment is intended only
to restore business to a normal state; not to exact exorbitant or un
reasonable rates.
The articles which will be affected by tlie change are sugar, flour,
cream and most of the other staples. General merchandise, such as
dry goods, clothing, etc , will remain as formerly.
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Career of Fighting Men
c
In the unceasing evolutions of time as applied to the activity o
athletes, the career of a fighter is not of long duration as a iuie. The
training and physical exertion of long contests are a great drain on the
endurance, and, while they are able to stand it for a reasonable number
of years, fighters cannot last as long in their profes-ion as actors or
other persons not suhj.cted to the same hard strain.
The average career of a pugilist is about seven years—that is, the
active fighting career. Many stall around the small towns for a mucn
greater length of time, boxing with rising youngsters or old vets for $50
and $ico purses. You may play it hard when a pug gets to this stage
he is “gone ”
A large number of glove players have tided over the seven years,
and some have passed beyond the ten-year mark, but these ate indeed
exceptions. Abe Attell has been in the ring nearly fourteen years, but
he is the acknowledged cleverest ring general that ever crushed resin
under his feet. And, besides, Abe has not been forced to labor over
industriously. Ilis head lias done most of his fighting since he boxed
Ucorge Dixon.
A ID; of fighters who have seen their best days and who tn:.\ quit
the big curbs before rgii is over would probably comprise the follow inv :
Boer Unhid,;, Dave Deshler, Matty Baldwin, Biz Mackey, A1 l'el
mnnt, Willie Lewis, Dixie Kid, Mike (Twin) Sullivan, A1 Kubiak,
Battling Nelson and Dick Webster. There are a few more who might
he mentioned, but they are not so very well known outside their native
hamlets.
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