A FORTUNE
FOR WHOM?
Well-known Rampart Man
Possible Heir to Great
Wealth.
IS HE THE RIGHT JOHN WILSON?
There is a possibility that John Wil
son, the well-known Rampart sour-1
dough, has a fortune awaiting him.
He was first told in IhO.'l hy District I
Attorney Harlan, Attorney Tom Me- i
(towan of Dawson, Dr. J. H. Htulgin of
Rampart, and others of an aged and
wealthy couple who were seeking a ’
long-lost son — an only child — of the i
name and general description of the
Rampart John Wilson. Since then oc
casional further word of the matter has
reached him, and the first of the pres
ent month J. Wesley Young Drought
with him to Rampart certain pajiers
which are supposed to lie of assistance |
in establishing the lost heir’s identity.
The Rampart John Wilson does not i
know whether he is the man sought or j
not; hut there are such striking coinci
dences in his career and that of the
John Wilson being sought hy a great
fortune that he is determined to give
the case a full investigation.
The aged couple who had long sought
their son was John Wilson and wife, of
Tecumseh, Neb. They acquired land
there years ago, and a town springing
up made them very rich. They lived in
Dawson in 1!KJ8, and made efforts to
get some trace of their son, who they
claimed had run away when a lad.
They returned to Nebraska and have
since ls>th died. That is about all the
Rampart namesake knows of them.
.Many "1 the events* in his own earlier
rareer are not now recollected, lie was
left an orphan when Itf months old.
His father, Alexander Wilson, was horn
in .Maine, and had a brother John who
was Isirn in A1 stilet'll, Seothind. These
brothers married sister;—Alexander go
ing to California and John as well as
can 1 s* rememlsTed by the present John,
who only had the word of relatives for
it, went to Iowa. When Alexander
and his wife died the little boy John
was taken in charge by an aunt, sister
to his mother and to the wife of his
uncle John. The uncle and his wife
wanted the Is.y: the California aunt
would not |tive him up. finally he was
lawfully adopted by the uncle, with the
understanding that lie was to i(o to him
later on. The ls*y received photographs
from the unde and his wife, who wrote
of turn as their son. His California
aunt induced him to reply, a*Mres«ing
them as his parents
Meantime tie- Is.v was grow Ilia, and
in l*il lie ran "ft to Montana. The
p.laa k llllls ex* lleloelital t ra* led him in
!•*■%; later he went to kfrtea, ami sinc e
then many strange lamia and far-away
seas have been visited by him.
He knows he was not horn the son of
the John Wilson who died in Nebraska
with his heart’s longing for a son unre
quited; but others who know more of
the ease than the man direetly interested
believe he is the lost heir, nevertheless.
Many important circumstances may not
have been imparted to the child. He
had no recollection of father or mother.
Letters have been written to Tecum
seh, and replies will he expected as soon
as winter mail gets running.
The value of the estate is said to reach
into hundreds of thousands. John Wil
son is no longer a young man, and the
life of a rover tins left its mark upon
him. Many acquaintances would re
joice to see fortune smile on him.
\ STEAMBOAT RECORD
Arrivals at Rampart Recorded
by Private Squires of the
Signal Station.
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Fkum Akkived
Monarch
J. 1*. Light
Kock Inland
I ndependence
Tanana
Cudahy
Lavelle Young
Wilhur Criinmin
I ndependence
Hock I> 1'i nd
l-nvelle Yotiug
Oil City
Vvilbur Criinmin
Kock Island
Lavelle Young
Wilhur Crimmin
Lavelle Young.
Ella .
Seattle No. 3
J. P. Light
Lavelle Young
Jeff Davis
Cudahy
J. P. Light
Lavelle Young
Jf ff Da vis
Robert Kerr
Seattle No. 3
T. C. Power
Cudahy
Leah
Lavelle Young
Jeff Davis
T. C. Power
Robert Kerr
Tyrrell
'T. C. Power
Monarch
John J. Mealy
Rebecca .
Cudahy
Hannah
Jeff Davis
T. C. Power
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Leah
John J. Heul>
Tv rrell
T> rrell
Jeff l ht> is
Seattle No. .1
John J. Mealy
Jeff Da v Is
Manna h
Cudn hy
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FREIGHTING
AND PACKING
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HEETER S PACK TRAIN “
Leaves for Glen Every 5 Days.
Freighting ami packing to and from all the
creeks. Good teams. Good service.
Strictly First Class. Best Meal in Town.
Harry Calijiam, Proprietor
BODY NOT FOUND
Nothing Further Heard Regarding
the Death of S. F. Wiehl.
Cp tn last accounts tin* laxly of S. K.
Wiehl, who was drowned Oct. 1, had not
been recovered. If bv any chance the
body should be found the commissioner
here would tie notified in order that an
inquest might be held.
All the particulars known of the case
are those learned here soon after the
accident. The steamer Jeff Uavis was
on a bar eight miles above Tatiana. The
mate and Wiehl were sent out in a small
boat with an anchor and a line. The
Ixiat took water and the mate told Wiehl
to jump and swim ashore. The mate
landed, but Wiehl drowned twenty yards
from shore.
The deceased was born and reared at
(ilencoe, Minn. He had lived with his
brother, Joe Wiehl, in Rampart for the
last year and a half.
SITKA GOLD MAD.
Strike on Chicago!? Island Causes
Big Stampede.
The Sitka Cablegram of Sept. 14 told
of a gold stampede to I'hicagoff island
which was causing considerable excite
ment. Practically all Sitka went on the
staui]iede.
The gold was in a ledge, near the
beach, not far from Cape Kdward. The
ledge has a face six to eight feet w ide
and is excised for from eight to ten feet.
A fair-sized creek, with considerable fall,
is full of fragments of the ledge, which
are studded with free gold. The gold is
freely distributed through the quartz,
and juts out frequently as large as the
lead in a |« ncil. Kx|*.‘rienced miners
say the quartz is of the highest gold
liearing variety.
The discoverers were Ralph Young
and John Calmok. two natives wlm have
had the Uuiotit of a training school islu
CUtloll
Major ulassrora Skeptical.
A Sitka rr|>(WH'iiUlivr •»( a Nattlr
m-U’-|>a|«-r l al'U-.l hi* |a**»|4t' about tin*
strike an*l a*knl them how iiiueli matter
they ile»ireil eoiieerniiitf it. Major t»law
foril, who roll I w ill* th«’ ileetiniee ol the
Alaska ruble, rejn-nl to ileliver the
me»*M||e, which he »tiamatue<l u« hlw
The I'whleuraiti *• ore» Major tila—t -r-t
lor }iiin}itiitf at Mrli a eoiahi-iou.
The notice which appearrtl la»t week
aivilitf the Tate •>! A H meelins* .»• tin
<weof»l ale I (otirth Tuwluo m each
mouth waa cufMt llwi h»r It wa» t-rv
mature, however, to altweh the namtii
of the uew othrere to til* mi tier, a* the*
have nut yet Writ Inetalhul.
RECEPTION
...SALOON...
s. E. HEETER, BOB S'CHABER.
Proprietor Manager
Wines, Liquors and
GOOD Cigars....
....Billiard and Pool Rooms
St. l.ouls
KBC
and Seattle
Ranier Beers
5 < >ld Valley Whisky
\
the only stock
Something New:
TRY OUR
PEACH AND HONEY BRANDY
Iii the Justice'*Court for Rampart Precinct,
Third Division of the Territm v of Alaska,
hefoi e J. Lind.ey Green. Coniinissioner and
ex ottieio Justice of the Peace.
G. A. Kkitkklk. Plaintiff. j SIMMONS HY
C. P.TowLK."‘lef«nlunt. \ I’L BI-ICATION.
’1 he president of the Lnited States to C. P.
Towle, defendant, greeting:
\ on are hereby ieqniie«l to appear before
the undersigned, commissioner and e\ nttic io
justice of the |ieuce. in the court room of the
court house at K impart, Rain|>art orecim t.
Third Pivision of the 1 erritor? of Alaska, on
the lltli day of December. I!<uT». at the hour of
tso oVIai'k in the afternoou of said day. to
un*w cr the complaint of plaintiff. G. A. kef
terer. founded upon one certain promissory
note dated June 22d. It* ;V payalde to G. A.
kettei er and signed L> ( '. I’. I os le. a herein
for value received the said P. low le prom
ised t«» pay to the -aid G. A. Ketterer the sum
of tw o hundred nnd *ev*ntv-one dcdlars and
sixty cents, w hereon he demands judgment
against the said C. I*. Towle in the sum of
two hiiiaired and seventy-five dollars ami
eighty-three cents.
A writ of attachment having keen issued
hv the court against you. and >1. S. (till hav
ing keen garnisheed thereunder and duty
answered that he is indel.ted to you in the
sum of tw o hundred und fort weight dollars
and has paid said slim to tic* court. Now III
case toll fail to ap|«enr and defend as nkove
reunited judgment w ill I e taken against you
and the said two hundred and forty-eight
dollar* w ill l»e applied toward the pav met.t
of the costs of this suit and the |siym* ict « f
lly order of the court this summon* is pub
lished in the \ tikoti Valiev New* a weekly
new *|»a |>er published in K .mpart for seven
4on*e«-ntive issue* first insertion tk-tober
llth |tco. the Inst insertion Noiemler ..‘<1
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Given under tnv hand thi* ath dav of iHt -
l*er »’•* J I I Mil. it *.Kt KN
t oitoiiissioner and ey ofCtci I
Jct«tl«e of the IV o-e
w. J ( .tin iit town from h-'i
rfo h. Ynip'll me t, v lie s*tv*
a»*uv * from >-re (when front the trd|r uu
Hrif tin* Item I of Y|«>r*l*w’ll » reell w« r%*
not %»r% promising