nosenc Retired
Northwestern Business Taken Over
By Morgans and Guggenheiins
Seattle, Dec. 1*2—On the first of
the year the control of all of the
Northwestern companies promoted
•i long this coast by Johh Rosens,
will pass into the hands of the
Morgan and Guggenheim interests.
I).H. Jarvis will succeed Rosene
in the management cf the affairs
of the companies and George Wil
liams. of Nome, will succeed Trow
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bridge in the management of the j
steamship lines. The railroad from !
Valdez to the interior, which was
started under the name of tl e Con
per River & ftoKhwesteru, will be
merged with eastern interests
Codfish Acquitted
Seattle, Dec. 12—Captain Bod
fish, of the whaler Bayliss, who
was on trial here for the killing of
sailor Legree, Was acquitted yester
day. The jury was out for two
hours. Bodfish was tried on a
charge of manslaughter, it being
claimed that he caused the death
of Legere by kicking him, during
their cruise in the Arctic.
HOGGATT AND WASKEY
Argue Over Miaingl^aw
and Territorial Gov
ernment
Washington, Dec. 12—The cor
respondence °f Delegate Waskey
ind Governor Hoggatt with the
president regarding Alaskan legis
lation has been made public by the
Senate. Waskey recommended
that changes be made in the min
ing laws so that a bona fide dis
covery of gold in quantities suffi
cient for commercial value be re
quired before a location can be
made on placer ground, and also
requiring that proof that the
ground was part of the unoccupied
public domain be filed with the
recorder. He recommends making
recording of annual labor compul
sory and defining false swearing
as purjury. He alio wants associa
tion claims abolished. In regard
to territorial government he de
clares that 40,000 American citi
zens. residents of the district are
demanding that territorial govern
ment be granted.
Hoggatt’s letter in answer to
\Vaskejrs says that the supreme
court decisions regarding what
constitutes discovery of gold suffi
cient for a location cannot be im
proved upon, and in regard to
proving that desired ground’is part
<*f the unoccupied public domain
he says in many instances it is
practically impossible for a locator
to produce such proof, although
rhe ground is open to location. He
*ays further that it is unsafe to
extend the powers of the recorders
as suggested by Waskey The
recommendation regarding record
ing of annual labor and the aboli
tion of association claims is satis
| factory to him.
The governor pays that territor
ial government is only agitated in
Alaska by the saloon element anci
by demagogues who are agitating
the claim that Alaskans are being
deprived of their rights of citizen
ship, and he says the latter claim
is untrue. Tbe tact that Swine
ford; the acknowledged leader in
the territorial government agita
tion. received the smalles vote ol
the candidates for delegate, proves
i that the people do not at the pre
sent time favor the adoption of
any such svstem of government.
Washington,- Dec. 12—Delegate
Waskev has written a letter to Sec
retary Hitchcock, urging that land
offices be established at Fairbank?
and at Nome.
Paris, Her. 12—Secretary Monta
gani, of the papal nunctiature it.
France, has been escorted to the
froi tier by a battalion of polite
and told never to return to France.
He is charged with inciting rebel*
! lion in this, country by orders oi
! the pope. Over a thousand years
allianee of the church and state
was severed in this country yester
day and orders have been issued
for the arrest of all public worship
pers.
Nizina Corner Sold
Papers were drawn up yesterday
for the transfer of the building and
lot now occupied by the Nizina sa
loon to a company composed of
Charles Debord, Thos. Cobb and
Fred R. Wilson. The price paid
for the property was $7,500. The
purchasers will take possession at
once, and are planning a number
of improvements in the building so
that it can be turned into a firs*
class hotel. In the spring an an
nex will be added, and other im
provements amounting to about
$6,000 will be made.
It is the intention of the com
pany to have the finest hotel( in
the north on this corner. The
Nizina stock of liquor and fixtures
was not sold. They will be stored
until the arrival of G. A. Brown
who is now in the States.
Bfoin Tuesday’s Bulletin.
Mrs. Chss. Osland will leave on
ths Saratoga to spend the holidays
with her son and daughter at
Seattle.
J. R. Crittenden leaves today
with five horses and a consignment
of freight for a trip to Chistuchina
and as far as I’aiton's on the Fair*
banks trail*
Geo. Perty, ah employe on the
Pennsylvania, was arrested here
yesterday oh a charge of insanity.
He developed dangerous tenden
cies and bai been acting queerly
for some tin e.
If you need a good working Shoe,
irv a Beatty. They are the most
comfortable and the best wearers.
Ever}' pair guaranteed or money
refunded. Try them. Valdes Bank
& Mercantile Co. Inc.
The nAme df Frances Root ap
peals among the young ladies of
Fairbanks who will take leading
parts in a presentation of an
operetta, the Metry Milkmaids, at
Fairbanks this mohth. Thirty-fire
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people are in the cast.
Tom Lyons will be the attorney
to defend Ed. Reid, who killed
Norman E. Smith at Tenakee thi#
winter!
Levi Strauss Overalls are ac
knowledged the best. They c»A
be had at A. L. Levy & Co’s.
To Mine Owners or Others
Wanted—By a stead}*, reliable
man, a situation as cook. Best of
! references if required. Will be at
| liberty in April next. Apply, per
i letter to X. care of P. M., Kodiak,
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