JUDGE T. J. HUMES
COMES TO ALASKA
Seattle's Former Mayor Would Like
To Be District Judge.
Will Be on the Ground in
Case of a Vacancy.
Judge Thomas J. Hum<“s, late
mayor of Seattle and formerly judge
of the King county (Wash.) supe
rior court, is somewhere on the
Yukon between here and Dawson. !
He left that place on the Monarch
teu days ago on his way to Fair
banks. The boat is supposed to be
fast in the Flats. It has long been ru
mored that Judge Humes aspires to
succeed Judge James Wickersham
as judge of this (the Third) district
of Alask ’.. Interviewed in Dawson
regarding the matter, Judge Humes!
said:
“I am frank to say that I am a1
candidate lor a j lace in the Alaska
judiciary. Furthermore, I have
made efforts to secure an appoint
ment, in the idea that a vacancy!
may occur. However, if Judge
Wickersham does not vacate his!
office I will not move to secure an
appointment in his place. If the
position does bacotne vacant I will
be on the spot and may be fortunate
enough to secure the office.”
Being a republican, the following
touching Judge Humes’ career from
the democratic Seattle Times is not
without interest:
“After twenty-three years of life)
in Seattle, a varied career as mining !
lawyer in Montana, Colorado, Ne- j
vacia and other mining states, the
nominee of his ] artv for many im
portant posts and the j ossessor of a
number of prominent and lucrative
positions, Tom Humes is ‘broke.’
Not that he is absolutely without
money, but the fortunes of the ix
ecutive who was for years a popular
idol arc at a low ebb.
“It is all because he was t< o good
to iiis friends. Because men were
or professed to be inteicsted itt him
and because they at least pretended
to help him jiolittcally, Tom Humes
gave cheerfully to aid them. He
sacrificed his own political future to
help others, and the only repayment
was an ever-increasing drain on his
own finances.
“When he left the mayor’s office.
Torn Humes frankly confessed he
was broke. 11 declared then that
he would have to go back to hu
profession lor t ivclihood. Tin sc
who really knew the e* mayor real
i*ed he was telling the truth. Those
* i did not know hi'ii well scoffed
At the story. Th-se to whom Tom
Unities ha«l a right to look tor »>wi
pathy or at least for aid in rebuild
in," liis fortunes turned their backs
on him. Not figuratively, but lit
erally.
“Through all the charges of cor
ruption and maladministration that
were hurled at the Humes adminis
tration no one accused the mayor of
actual participation in any ques
tionable acts. No one who knew
t le circumstances believed that he
had ever paiticipated in a division
of spoils. As mayor he steadfastly
insisted that if corruption existed
he was ignorant of it.”
HAS KICK COMING
AGAINST STAKliRSi
Prospector Finds No Room
at Reaver Creek.
Jack Sheedy. a well-known old
time Alaska prospector, arrived
down from the Beaver creek coun
try with lid Biedelman yesterday. I
He does not think well of the Beaver
creek outlook, and is especially em
phatic in condemning the action of
a few men in staking everything iti
sight.
“'lhe country is staked for fifty
miles square,” said Mr. Sheedy,
“and when I spoke of prospecting
people said 'Tlieie is no chance to i
prospect here.’ I panned on rim
rock in several places and got pros
pects that lead me to believe a pay
streak may exist somewhere in the
country, but saw nothing to con- j
vince me that one has already been
found. Every one I spoke to said
he knew of nothing better than
good prospects.
‘‘About twenty people are in the
country prepared to stay all win
ter.”
Mr. Sheedy was at work on Birch
creek, and when he heard of the
Heaver creek strike he immediately
went into Circle and I'Utfited, with
a view to taking chances in pios
pectiug along with the balance,
lie and two companions went into
the Beaver creek section, undergo
ing much labor and expense; and
he feels that it i- unjust for a few
men to lay claim to tlie whole re
gion and practically force him to
leave.
There is .in unclaimed !e ter in
tin- pos'.offtce I r John Cavanaugh.
We carry a cn
Miners’ \Ye*i
W \Tl III n " " 'v,'‘? ' "rar,v »«
” • 'll*' on1 -i.li- j.r i IMvin and
Waltliiim fit full % guaranteed for I year
NiilH' I Jewrlry tn.idr tn order
risr ni ih.i r« i ii mini «o«r
Knit tin.- nf iKjim, Tobac**. Smnkrr»‘
Article* an*l Jii «ti«ncr»
Agent* far wd# <nt MWnl'»
Wild ami |aim *»i<
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S. A. CUTTING,
ASSAY ER.
Assaying of Ore and Bullion.
Milling, Concentration, Amalgamation and Cyanide Tests Made.
SAYS RAMPART
IS NOT “ALL IN.”
A private letter fr>m E.D. Howe
states that he will shortly leave San
Francisco for a short visit to the
world’s fair. He will spend the
winter outside and return to the
interior of Alaska in the spring.
Mr. Howe writes: “Alaska is
not as had as painted It is good
to get outside fora season, and then 1
it is good to get back. . . Ram
part district looks, to me, just as
good if not better than ever. It is
not half prospected. The whole
Hootlanana district, showing good
surface prospects, is not yet touch- j
ed, and there are paystreaks there
without doubt. Rampart will be a
gold producer for many years to
come. I do not believe the best
has been struck. Rampart ‘is not
all it;’ yet, as tlie fighters say.”
JOE ANICICH’S HAFT
NEARLY DEMOLISHED
Joe Anicich bought a large raft
from Swanson and loaded his house
holi goods on it and departed for
Tanaua, intending to use the raft
for firewood upon arrival at that
place.
On his way down he met the:
steamer Tatiana on her way to
Dawson and the waves front the
boat almost broke the raft to pieces. |
Mr. Anicich lost considerable of
his outfit.
For Itii; Miuook.
Messrs. M. E. Koonce, John
Stanley and Horace tioucher left
Monday morning for 35 Dig Mi
nook to complete the quarters in
which to rivit the Pittsburg Co.’s
hydraulic pipe Mr. Stanley will
oversee rivitii.g and dipping the
P'Pc
mpletr line of
rinjLC Apparel
Traeger &
Falkenberg
MINERS STORE
(In the Postoffice Building)
Outfitting.
John the Bear Hunter
fs ready to do any kind of
diore work, |,ro,nirt T.^an^ii,
JULIUS RAHMSTORF
[jenera 1 Merchandise
KNtah. 1 809
K AMP ART
RECEPTION RESTAURANT “
OPEN ALL NIGHT.
Short Orders a Specialty
Fresh lieef, Fresh Eggs, Fish and
Game of all kinds.
Quick service.
Ij S. K. IIKKTFH, Proprietor
A man who is furnished with
arguments from the mint will con
vince his antagonist much sooner
than one who draws them from
reason or philosophy.—Gold is a
wonderful clearer of the understand
ing; it dissipates every doubt and
scruple in an instant; accommo
dates itself to the meanest capo'd
lies; silences the loud and clamor
ous, and cringes over the nn»s.
obstinate and inflexible. Phillip of
Macedon «ji a man of most invin
cible reason this way. He refuted
by it all the wisdom « f Athens;
confounded their s'ate men; struck
their orators dumb, and at length
argued them out of all their lifter
ties. Addison.
Wallie La bosk i was in from X
Little Minook yesterday and t -ok
out some Hue pups belonging to C
K. Peek.
In a telegram to S. H. Heeler.
George Hretbelbts says horses are
very high at |Liifh*tnW<t.