VOL. IT.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WKDXKHDAY, DKCKMBKlt IS, liK)5.
No. 1<>
HOLIDAY PLANS
BEING MATURED
A. B. Dance and Pioneer
Ball Are Certainties.
The Ladies Propose a Sacred Con
cert for Christmas Eve, Without
the Christmas Tree.
Preparations for the holidays are l>e
ginning to assume shape*.
The A. II.> have definitely decided to
give a big dance at their hall Christmas
night. They will have the best of music
and will serve refreshments with their
old-time regard for the happiness and
welfare of guests.
The Pioneer hall is as certain to come
off as New Year’s evening is to come.
The ladies have about decided on a (
sacred concert to lie held at the court
house Christinas Kve. Splendid talent
exists here for an affair of this kind, and
the concert will doubtless lie one of the
most pleasurable features of the holi-1
days. It now seems probable that the
proposition of a Christmas tree to pre
cede the concert will be abandoned.
Rampart natives will celebrate Christ
mas at Fort Ilamlin, but may return in
time to pass around the blanket on New
Year's. _
SEMPLE AT BISBEE
The “Gleaner” Man Who Skipped
From Dawson in ’99 Now
in Arizona.
Many people in the north will renieni
lier 1>. \V. Semple, w 1 u> pnhlishol the
“Gleaner” in Dawson in lMtttt. Semple's
paper dealt largely in naists direeted
against Canadian nilieiul*.
•lust an the doors of the Yukon jail
were about to rinse upon him for rrimi
nal lil*-l. %illy disguised himself, gave
nut the statement that he a a* going to
the Ameriean side hy way of Forty-mile,
made a «tart tlown river one night,
nilirhol a- far a* M'-'-nhitle, turned ami
l«u*k-trueked up the Yukon |«-t iHtumn,
grounded the telegraph wire- at inter
val* of almut thirty mile* and landed
safely at Skagwav while the “yellow
leg*" were trying to heate him
Tim Fairlwnk* Stintiay Time* *ays
Semple i* now in lliahee, Vrunna \
former resident of Ihtw-on rwrive»I a
letter from him wtllin he i* the owner
and editor of tlm Kteiiing Miner aial i*
.|,aua well lh -peak* in glowing term*
of ttie reteiit tii»l» of gold ami in|>|« r
made aUail lh*l<ee ami make* elatiit tliat
it ia tlm grew tee t o.|'|*t ramp in the
worhl.
VICTIMS OF THE COLD
Two Dead and Several Frostbitten in Recent
Severe Weather.
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! FAIRBANKS, Dec. 12.—E. F. Berber, a tailor on
! the wav outside to buy a stock of goods, was frozen to
j death last weetfon the Circle trail within five miles of
> Faith roadhouse. He left (Vs roadhouse in the inorn
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> ing with damp clothes, and walked twenty-two miles.
| The body was found by the mail carrier.
> Gus Brown was frozen on Xovikakit. He was over
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i come by the cold in company with Frank Silver and
| George Savage. Silver froze his feet and Savage went
) to The Birches for assistance, but too late to save
> Brown.
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! The feet and hands of several persons were frozen
| in a blizzard on tin1 1 Vita.
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Witte Trying Put Down Rebellion.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 11.—The boldest strike
leaders are being arrested. Witte orders that the re
bellion be put down at any cost. Government troops
mutiny in many places and refuse to tire on strikers.
Report Will Be Against Brady.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Special Agent Churchill,
who investigated Brady, will submit his report in a few
days. It is known that it will lie unfavorable to tin*
governor.
Mitchell Before Higher Court.
PORTLAND. Or., Dec. ll.— United States Senator
Mitchell died here last Saturday.
Weather Conditions
IlnirmliM •>, Inulu-t—4*. lowrxt—•’>!
iM-tuilvr 7, •• —v,; •• —VI
Ifeo-mUr H, •* —ISO; •• —VI
IWnl*r l», •* — »; ** —:#»
tVi't'iuWr lo, “ — •* —:i*
iKirtnlirr tl. ’* — 1; “ —!•'
IVrrtHhrr I J, »; *• — 1
Snowfall, I inrli.
Number «!»»>«—» Imxlv .1, |«rllv
rhxHly o, » U-4r 4.
4h».i* 4, K«u«a,
\ olmttury otwnff
Ilrtwrvn llifrv all. I 4*mr «4h-u»UIhI HM>»
»rr I*. 4» »• •••rh "« l4w- \l»*4ia
4rt*l railr.-.*! all »i»lrr
Kantishna
Tlm Yukon IVw «l IKr 'J xuv* Sam
Sutlmrlaml rcturm .l from Kuntixhna to
Tuna mi tin- ilav l» fori-. II*- n-|*irt* a
trail tin- a holt- ilixtumi- ami |-ut*
it at |:t*> mill- Soft wratlmr ha* ri
tunlril itrvvl*>|iin«‘iit in tin- am ratn|>.
a* all liol*-* liavi- tarn th*»U*l out.
TimorI'Uwlilion* will ***>n i liutw ami u
few K<»*l xtiff fro*t* will makr tin
grouml work a hi*1 Tim town* of Kaw
n it ami IHamoml. Mr Sutln rlaml *at>l.
an- *ra-luall\ U-inu -Irawn to tituiirr,
wlimh will ilmiMli *» IxmoiiM- I In- town nl
iwpatanrr. fun l»*li i* mow* o|»
litmiltr a* h> tlm fntnn- ui tlm iuuij.
COMMISSIONER
TO HOLD INQUEST
Left With the Mail Carrier
Last Saturday.
Authorities at Gibbon Seemed to
Think Brown’s Death Called
for Investigation.
Commissioner Green was notified by
wire last Thursday that tins Brown had
died at The Birehes the day before from
the effects of freezing between that place
and Xovikakit. The commissioner wired
hack for the body to be buried. A sec
ond message from the authorities at
Fort Gibbon, however, indicated that an
inquest was considered advisable, and
the commissioner left with Mail Carrier
John l’alm Saturday morning to inquire
into the matter.
Brown and two companions were on
the way to Fort Gibbon from the Xo
vitno. Brown and a man named Silver
became frozen, and the third one of the
party, named Savage, went to The
Birches for help. The operator at The
Birches brought Brown in, but lie soon
died. Silva is supposed to be all right.
A. B. Grand Officers
The frrand canipof the Arctic Brother
hood at Seattle elected the following
officers:
lira ml Arctic Chief—('. 11. Phillips, of
Council.
tirand Vice Arctic Chief—F. S. Bra
ken, of Discovery.
tirand Arctic Chaplain—\V. K. Ever
ett, of Dawson.
tirand Arctic Recorder—Godfrey Cliea
lander, of Skagtvny.
tirand Keeperof Nuynets—.1.11. Price,
of Skimway.
tirand Trail Guide—ti. E. Cooley, of
Vllldez.
tirand Trail lila/.er—F. M. Woodruff,
of K»):le.
Grand Camp Cook—II. C. Burkhart,
of Ketchikan,
tirand Keeja-r of the Inner Toll Gate
.1. Simmons, of Sitka.
tirand Trustees—Watt, Nome; Chisel,
llaiiu-; McConnell and Fleming. Nome;
I,. I., .lames, fhenu.
S-rtfeant kyttle, nt tlie signal c*«r|»*,
1 i:t- rrertveil a nie»*a|(e Mating that a
win-Utorui play is I haver at the telearaph
eonutruetioii tamp at Shieflelin ereek
last Siimlay. Tent* were hlown ilown
an-l lump ei|iii|m^e wattervil areiiiul,
hut ieate >.( the men were hurt »> tar as
i* known. _
l'ri\ate« Cavanaugh ami Ki|niiw, >>(
the ImuI sianal station, let! ■‘nu-lav
morning at I uYh**k tor a trip Kort
liilihw They hwl twelve ilog* am) «■
pete.l to run thr-nigh in --in- -lav