Matters of Interest
Briefly Mentioned
Saturday ni^tit and Sunday, July 8
and 9, Goldfields, Nev., was almost to
tally destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
some (20,000,000.
The Japauese fired shells loaded with
news of the mutiny in the Black Sea into
the Russian lines in Manchuria, and the
bursting shells scattered broadcast proc
lamations for the perusal of an already
demoralized and disheartened soldiery.
A letter bearing the signature of George
Vancouver, the great explorer, was re
cently found among the archives of
Hawaii. It was written in 1794, and the
writing, the material, and the old-fask
1 oued seals all testify to tile genuineness
of the document, which recounts some of
the interesting personal affairs of his
famous trip.
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Some idea of the size of the great gold
dredge now being installed at the mouth
of Bear creek, on the Klondike, may be
had from the fact that the cylinder used
for a screen or separator weighs 27,250
pounds, the next heaviest piece 23,000,
and numerous smaller pieces 3,000 to
5,000 pounds each. The splendid road
up the Klondike made it possible to
transport these heavy parts.
Secretary of War Taft and party, in
cluding the president’s daughter, Miss
Alice Roosevelt, sailed from San Fran
cisco for Manila July 8, with the intention
of visiting all portions of the Philippine
islands. At the time the secretary sailed
the Philippines were reported to be on
the point of revolt against the taxation
and bludgeon policy of Gov. Luke
Wright. Secretary Taft proposes to in
vestigate the matter, ai.d it is believed
Governor Wright may lose his job.
A story was recently telegraphed from
El Paso, Texas, that live members of the
race of cliff dwellers had been found in
Chihuahua, Mexico. The report was
brought out by Ben Goode, a miner, and
Father Mariano Guerrero, a Catholic
priest. They said the strange people live
in cliff houses exactly as the supposedly
extinct race of cliff dwellers did, and sub- I
sist on corn and game killed with crude
weapons. They run at the approach of
strangers. Their vocabulary is different
from any known iu Mexico and consists
of few words. They are very small.
A number of years ago the remains of
a mastodon were uncovered in the quarry
of the Nevada penitentiary at Carson.
They are now at the Smithsonian Insti
tution in Washington. While at work in
the same quarry June 34 convicts un
earthed the immcnsr jaw lone of another
mastodon, and Warden Consodmr be
lieves that when the tons of granite that
was loosened by the blast is removed the
complete skeleton of th„* mastodon will
l« brought to light. On the same strat
um, many feet below the earth's surface,
the footprints of the immense beasts,
together with the imprints of birds, have
been found. Strangest of all, the tracks
of a human being were also found, and
the full imprint of the feet could be traced
for more than s dost n yard*. The strtdr
waa immense. while the footprints meas
ure mure than twenty m inches. The
tracks are thought to lie those of a race of
giant*, the uses sad women probably be
ing more tbaa twelee feel high.
Horticultural Commissioner Elirhorn,
of California, recently received from the
Orient a consignment of Japanese gypsy
moth parasites. In the eastern states
there is a pest known as the gypsy moth
which destroys acres of crops and long
stretches of timber. Its presence has
cost the people of Massachusetts alone
thousands of dollars. It has been found
that the Oriental parasite deals death to
the moth when the latter is in the cater
pillar stage. The parasites were to 1*
sent cast by Commissioner Elirhorn—
who, by the way, is a brother of the well
known Rampart mining man, C. H.
Elirhorn.
Former President of Hayti Simon Sam
is a full-blooded negro nearly 70 years
old. He is the father of many sons and
daughters, all of whom are alive. One
of the inland towns of Hayti is entirely
populated by Sams, all of whom are
either children or grandchildren of the
former president. Disturbances in Hayti
made it necessary for the venerable black
leader to leave his country and the present
summer found him living in splendor at
St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. He
recently fled from that place, under cover
of the night, leaving his family behind,
in order to avoid the consequence of a
charge of abduction preferred by a young
girl- _
When President Roosevelt was on his
hunting trip in the west the past spring
the impression got abroad that he was
rather pleased than otherwise by the
persistence with which snapshots of him
self and surroundings were taken by
camera bends. It has lately become
known, however, that one picture se
cured in Colorado has so far excited the
disapproval of the chief executive that
secret service men have been sent out to
suppress it. An up-to-date Colorado girl,
dressed in a costume that showed the
outlines of her shapely limbs to somewhat
above the hinges, caused the trouble by
haltiug her bronco in the background of
the presidential group just at the critical
period of the photographing process.
Steamboat Springs, a famous health
resort ten miles south of Reno, Nev.,
was in a state of eruption the last part of
June, and mud and tKilling water were
being shot from crevices high into the air
and were flowing down the hills. Some
of the crevices are as much as a hundred
feet in length and average about three
feet in width. For their entire length
the water was shooting heaveuward 50 to
75 feet. The springs, which are numer
ous, were discovered many years ago.
The water has always been hot. A few
years ago earthquake disturbances re
sulted in shutting off the flow in several
places. Since that time the crevices
have gradually increased in size. In the
opinion of several university men the
springs are located over a volcano.
New (iul<l FTnd
Near T'ewlln Lake
The Dawson News reports a gold
find on a tributary of the Nescutlin
river, which flows into Teslm lake
near the British Columbia bound
ary. The strike is well in line be
tween the Klondike and CawUr
Three creeks in the new district
carry pay. and miners are said to
be rocking out an ounce a day.
The creeks are in a section long
thought well ot by eapeneueed
proa jectors.
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The Latest Project
To Reach the Pole
Dr. A. Variele, of Dawson, ac
cording to the News of that camp,
is the principal in a new and ex
traordinary movement to try to
reach the north pole Dr. Variele
is well known among scientists and
is a balloonist of great experience, |
and contemplated at first a project
similar to that of Andree, but gave
it up as impracticable and fantasti
cal. The plans now settled upon
contemplate a dash over land or
over ice by experienced Yukon
travelers with well-trained and ac
climated dogs. Experimental trips
will b« undertaken from Dawson
the coming winter, and when the
practicability of the scheme is es
tablished, the support of all geo
graphical and scientific societies
will be solicited for the undertak
ing.
Nearly all previous expeditions
have started from Franz Josef Land.
This expedition will start from
Greenland, to be taken there by
whalers from the mouth of thej
Mackenzie river. A dash of 700
miles would have to be made over
land or ovei ice to the pole. Six
hundred miles more would land the
expedition at Franz Josef, where
there are always supplies and fre
quent opportunities to get back on
ships via Spitzbergeu and Norway.
In addition to the dogs, the ex
pedition will set out with a large
number of mules, to be used in
transporting the outfit and to be
killer! for dog feed as occasion re
quires.
The Dukeof Abruzziand Nansen
got within 250 miles of the pole.
Dr. Variele feels sure experienced
northern ciuslietx could teat that.
Kit Verrau, Jutes Marion. Tondro
am) other most skilled roushers iu
the Yukon are desirous of going
with the expedition, and no doubt
many other hardy Yukouers will
want to go
Heeter’s PackTrain
Leaves for Glen Every
Five Days.
Freighting and Packing
To and From All
tlie Creeks.
Good Teams. Good Service
THE
HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER, ED FERGUSON,
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
FIKST-CLASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
In th« District Court for the Territory
of AUiika, Third Division.
K. W. Griffin, 1
Plaintiff,
Kakl K Tschepen, L. II. Titus, > SUMMONS.
G. w. Pennington, C. J. i
Heneman and Wm. M. Davis,
Defendants. J •
The President of the United States to Karl K.
Tschepen and I«. H. Titus, defendants.
Greeting:
You and each oi you are hereby required to
be and appear in the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Division, in an action
brought against you by the plaintiff herein, to
answer the complaint on file within thirty days
after the publication of this summons.
Said action is brought to obtain a decree of the
court foi the foreclosure ol a certain mortgage
described in the complaint, and executed by
Karl K. Tschepen and G. W Pennington,on the
31st day of December, iyua, to secure the pay
ment of a certain account for goods, wares and
merchandise sold and delivered by plaintiff to
defendants, and that the premises conveyed by
said mortgage may be sold, and the proceeds be
applied to the payment of said indebtedness,
and in case such proceeds are no* sufficient to
pay the same, that a deficiency judgment may
issue for the same, and also that said defend
ants, and all persona claiming by. through or
.hi • it her of them, maybe »ati«d
and foreclosed of all right, title, claim or lien or
equity of redemption and interest in and to sa.d
mortgaged premises, and tor other and further
relief as will more fully appear from the coni
plaiut on file herein.
Ann >ou are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint, as above re
quired said plaintiff will apply to the court lor
the relief demanded in said complaint
Wirsasa, the Hon James Wicker sham. judge
of said court this nth dny of July, in the year
of our L,ord one thousand nine hundred and
five, and of our independence the one bundled
aud twenty ninth KDWAMDJ »TINI
Clerk Court
Halt of first puhlK'nttow of this summons
this lylh dny of July, lias
Saskatchewan ami Al'ierta. new
Canadian provinces, have J75.mw
<M)tiare miles each.