Yukon Valley News
Vol. II.
RAMPART, ALASKA, AUGUST 23. 1905.
No. 3.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
DRAWING TO AN END
Decisive Day is At Hand.
Oyama Ordered to Get
Ready to Fight.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 22.—
The peace conference will conclude
tomorrow.
The mikado tells Oyama to get
his guns ready in case the Russian
reply is unfavorable.
Portsmouth, Aug. 16.—At the
conclusion of the session yesterday
some five articles had been agreed
upon.
There are three vital issues yet
to be met, either of which is suffi
cient to upset the negotiations.
They are: Indemnity, surrender
of Sakhalien, and the surrender of
the interned Russian warships. The
peace representatives are now reach
ing the meat of the conference—the
vital poiuts
EPLER ET AL.
VS. HEETER
Fairbanks, Aug. 23.—After be
ing out all night, the jury in the
case of Kpler, Hendricks and Belt
against Heeter awarded plaintiffs
one dollar and no costs. Mr. Heeter
leaves for home or. the next boat.
CONVENTION
FOR DELEGATE
Nome, Aug. 22.- A convention
is called for Nov. 15 to elect a dele
gate to attend congress. Other dis
tricts asked to do the same.
YELLOW FEVER
0ROWIXO WORSE
New Orleans, Aug 22. Yellow
lever is still spreading.
high! new cases today and eight
deaths.
'The Henry Bench
Case Dismissed
The case of the United States vs.
S. R. Hudson, charged with willful
trespass on the mining claim known
as Henry bench, on the North Fork
of Pioneer, for the second time re
sulted in a mistrial and was dis
missed by the commissioner.
When the case first came before
the court last Friday the defendant
pleaded his own cause, introduced
no witnesses, and elected not to
testify in his own behalf. It is said
the jury stood 7 to 5 in favor of
conviction. When the case came
on for retrial Monday he was repre
sented by Attorney George A. Sal
isbury, who moved for a dismissal
on the ground of lack of jurisdic
tion. The motion was overruled
and this time tire defendant elected
to testify. O. A. Diver was the
complaining witness, and J. F.
Nellanv acted as attorney for the
prosecution at both trials. The
second jury is said to have stood 8
to four for acquittal.
The facts of the case, as devel
oped by the testimony, render it of
considerable importance, and no
trial before the commissioner has
attracted more interest.
Early in 1903 Diver sank forty
odd feet to bedrock, drifted quite a
distance and made a discovery on
the claim, at which time the title
rested in another, who subsequently
let it lapse. The first day of Jan
uary, 1905, T. L. Henry staked the
ground, recorded it, and sold it tc
Diver on May 28. Hudson went
on the ground and commenced tc
sink. Diver went to him and told
him that he claimed the ground by
right of the deed from Henry',
backed by the discovery made in
1903, and ordered Hudson off.
Hudson ignored Diver’s claim tc
title and proceeded till he made a
discovery.
The court instructed the jury
that the discovery made in 1901
validated Diver’s title, notwith
standing the ground had reverted
to the government since the dis
covery was made.
It is said Mr. Diver will com
mence proceedings iu the district
court to establish his right and title
to the claim in controversy.
Lower River Freight
Badly Congested
Considerable anxiety is mani
fested by people who have freight
on the way by the lower river route
lest it should not get through.
Capt.Jake Doblerof the Cudahy
is said to have admitted last Mon
day that the N. A. T. & T. Co. is
away behind in moving the freight
now waiting at St. Michael for
transportation over its line, but he
said he thought it would all be dis
tributed.
Hyrlrrmlic Alim
Hum Relurnerl
L. M. Davis, who has been on
the outside since last fall, arrived
on the Sarah last Monday night.
He is expecting to receive piping
enough this fall to replace the ditch
line of the Huntet creek hydraulic
company, and hopes to get every
thing in readiness for a long run
next summer,
Marten Farm
Projected at Sitka
The Cablegram says “a marten
farm is the latest industrial project
for Sitka. A man who does not
want his name made public at this
time has looked over the situation
with a view of securing sufficient
land and raising martens for their
fur. He says there is no doubt of
the desirability of the locality, and
intimates that next winter will see
the farm in full operation. From a
commercial standpoint, he says that
maiten is much more profitable than
fox. It is possible that mink will
be included in the tur farm.”
At Kampart last winter Dr. J H.
Hudgin collected a nutnf>er of mar
ten with a view to studying their
habits and demonstrating whether
or not they would breed in captiv
ity. All went well till the return
ing sunshine in (used the spring
restlessness into their blood, ami
then they escaped to the hills and
that was the last of them.
THE GOVERNOR
SCORES THE JUDGE
Brady Says Wickersham is
Unfit for the Office He
Holds.
Sitka, Aug. 10.— Special to the
! Skagway Alaskan.—Gov. Brady
! denies ever having recommended
! H. D. Reynolds to Judge Wicker
| sham for commissioner. The de
j nial is in response to a charge made
| by Judge Wickersham that H. D.
■ Reynolds said, in an application for
| appointment as United States court
commissioner, that he made it at
the suggestion of Gov. Brady.
Gov. Brady very emphatically
stated today that Judge Wicker
| sham is not fit for the office which
' he holds.
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BIG STAMPEDE
TO KANTISHNA
Fairbanks, Aug. 22.—The big
stampede to the Kantishna contin
ues. Four hundred people are in
the district now. A towusite party
is on the way to locate a town.
NOME MINING MAN
STRICKEN BLIND
Nome, Aug. 22.—Charles Lane,
manager of the Wild Goose mining
company, was stricken blind.
Rev. J. E. Huhn returned to
Rampart on the Leah last Wednes
day evening, and will remain in
charge of St. Andrew’s Episcopal
mission.
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A series ol frosts, beginning last
Friday night, nipped all the local
gardens and some of the less hardy
vegetables, such as |>otatues and
peas, are killed entirely.
Mrs. George W. Woods took
passage tor the outside on the
Sarah.
The cabin formerly accupied by
Mr* Neussbourn is now used by
George Cowan as a jeweler's shop.