Yukon Y alley N e ws
Vol. I.
RAMPART, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1904.
No. 8
ALASKA OFFICIALS
UNDER SUSPICION
Massachusetts Courts to Inquire
Into a Matter on the Yukon.
Plent) of Evidence that Sus
picion is Unfounded.
The parents of Archie Guilbeault.
who was murdered by Ed Labelle
and Victor Fournier near Circle two
years ago, have instituted proceed
ings in the New Bedford, Mass.,
courts to recover $10,000 which
they claim was found in a belt on
the body. The name of Charles E.
Claypool, a piominent lawyer of
Fairbanks, outside papers state, is
involved in the action.
The Fairbanks News says Wm.
H. Himes, of that camp, who dis
covered Guilbeault’s body explains
the whole theory of the case by say
ing that the body was almost nude,
and there was no belt about it.
The parents set up the claim that
the remains were robbed by offi
cials. Mr. Himes says it will be
an easy matter to vindicate abso
lutely all those connected with the
case. He says proof that Guil
beault’s remain's had nothing of
value upon them can be obtained
from Robert Courtney, the N. C.
bookkeeper at Circle, who, with
Himes, made the first examination
of the clothing on the corps;; Dr.
Overgaard, now in the Fairbanks
district, who conducted the inquest
following the discovery, and Bill
Anderson, who is also there, who
with others was employed by Judge
Claypool to move the body into
Circle.
Judge Claypool will winter on the
outside, and the News says he will
probably have with him data that
will show tue Guilbeaults they are
proceeding on a myth.
CAPIAS DOWNKD
BY YUKON JUDGK
Itewwm, Sept. i6 In a judg
ment junt banded down, Jud;e
Craig hold* that a man without
money cannot be held in jail uuder
the capiaa lor debt. The indiag
practically destroy a the force of the
law that ha* *o tong been a terror
to the Yukon debtor
| WAR MAY END SOON
| Japan Prepared to Entertain Proposals After She
Has Taken Mukden and Sakhaiien.
Tientsin, Sept 16.—It is understood Japan is prepared to entertain
p.'aee proposals after she has taken Mukden and Sakhaiien, the last two
important points on the inarch northward. Fiom high diplomatic
circles it is learned that Japan will hear Russian offers on the following
basis: First, that an international syndicate take over the Manchurian •
railway and operate it as a commercial enterprise only. Second, that
Russia pay $500,000,000 indemnity. Third, that Russia surrender all
her Pacific fleet to Japan. Fourth, that the Japanese be prepared to
lease Sakhaiien to an American company for $2,500,000.
Paris, Sept. 16.—It is said to be the plan of the Japanese in the
event of peace negotiations resulting successfully for them to turn
Manchuria over to China to be governed, with Port Arthur as an open
port.
New Chwang, Sept. 16.—The Japanese are governing Manchuria as
if they were already iu possession. The administration is far superior
to that of the Russians, and the people are contented. The farmers
are making gigantic sales to the two a rmies.
Liao Yang, Sept. 14.—Kuropatkin is raising fortifications at Tei
Pass. It is believed the next battle will take place in the pass and that
it will soon be fought, as every day given the Russians means so much :
added strength to their position. The Japanese have again taken up
the march and are crossing the river in pursuit of the Russians.
SHORTAGE
AT FAIRBANKS
Many Broken Men Will Add
to the Trouble.
There are about two thousand
broken men in Fairbanks.
That is the report brought by!
arrivals on tl.e the Rock Island,
which passed up river early yester
day morning.
To add to the seriousne- s of their
prediraraent is the unmistakable
shortage iu provisions, which has
already begun to manifest itself.
No more full outfits are for sale.
What supplies are on hand are
doled out in driblets. If the situa
tion is what people just from there
describe it to be. when the trails
get good people will have to mush.
DAWSON CITY
CHARTER OONK
Dawson, Sept 14. At a special
election yesterday it was voted, jHo
to 90, to turn over the administra
tion of the city to the territorial
government
The N C. Co. ta budding a new
warehouse at Taaaaa ju by too
feet.
200 TONS HELD
FOR CHARGES
Miners Co-operative Associa
tion's Second Shipment.
Over 200 tons of goods intended
for the Miners Co-operative Associ
ation of Fairbanks district is held
by the Northern Commercial Co. at
Tatiana. It is the second shipment
to the association this season.
When this last shipment arrived
in St. Michael the company notified
the association that freight charges
were required to be prepaid. The
company received no reply to this
notification, and the freight was
loaded on a barge and shipped to
Tanana, where it will 1* held till
fright and other charges are paid.
The total sum of the charges is
said to be nearly $aS,000.
HKMTAUHANT
OPEN TOMORROW
S. K. fleeter will open a re*
taurant ia the rear of the Keccptiou
saloon, with W. H Watson aachef.
The new place will be opened
tomorrow. Sept. >9, and the public
will find it a good place to become
acquainted with when in need u!
something to eat.
AN OFF YEAR FOR
MINERS AT NOME
The District Will fie Almost Depop
ulated This Winter.
1,000 Men to Come Into the
Interior Over the Ice.
A report comes from Nome and
Council City, according to people
lately arrived from Tanana, that
about 1,000 people will come into
the interior over the ice from these
places this winter. Fairbanks and
the new strike on Beaver creek are
the objective points.
me report Has it that Council
City will be practically deserted this
winter and Nome not much better.
Not since 1901 have so many
passengers returned to Seattle from
Nome in July and August, says
the Seattle Times. A shortage of
water has prevented the operators
irom commencing work on the va
rious creeks about the camp. The
fact that dlmost 500 laboring men
reached Seattle from the north be
tween July 1 and Sept, i, the Times
says, is evidence that Nome will be
almost depopulated before the close
of the season.
In the last few years the boats
have been compelled to refuse pas
sengers on their last voyages, but
this year it is the general belief that
the heavy travel from Nome has
already commeuced and will be at
an end before Oct. 1. Several large
boats which probably would have
made a voyage to Nome at the close
of the season will likely remain
tied up uutil next spring.
1 he latter part of lasr May the
repoits from Nome were encour
aging and a long season was pre
dicted. Toward the middle of July
the ground was frozen to a great
depth and miners were uuable to
work. There has bc>.n no rain to
speak of and sluicing has bten out
of the question.
The cleanup for the sea-on of
i 1904 will probably bear no compar
ison with that of 190J. This year
| is an off year all around, and oper
ators and transportation companies
| have not realized what they ca
1 pet ted.
The last large passenger steam
ships will depart from Nome toward
the latter part of October. Alter
that it >s possible several small
coasting vessels will make the voy
age south by way of the inside
p image.