Yukon Valiev News
Whole No. VOL. IV No. 2
TANANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 13. liM)!)
New Series VOL. I No. 2
Scampering for Safety in
Other Fields.
Ernest Bartezi and the woman posing
as liis wife, who were arrested ten days
ago on the telegraphic request of Kazis
Krauczunas, inspector in charge of the
United States immigration service for
the districtjof Alaska, are still detained
at the local jail. It is expected, how
ever, that the inspector will come for
them in a day or two.
They are Belgians, and it is alleged
Bartezi imported the woman for im
moral purposes. They will be taken to
Seattle and an investigation held, and if
it is found they are unlawfully in the
country they will be deported.
C. B. Allen, the Rampart attorney,
last week offered to have Bartezi taken
before the district judge at Fairbanks on
habeas corpus proceedings, but the offer
was declined. In similar cases at Fair
banks it has lately been held that per
sons under Bartezi’s circumstances are
not entitled to the benefit of the habeas
corpus writ.
Several cases of the kind are pending
at Fairbanks. It is alleged that at least
seven or eight maquereaux of the Bar
tezi pattern have passed through Tanana
from Fairbanks within the past ten days,
most of whom were headed for Yukon
territory. _
Week’s Boat News
ARRIVED.
Robt. Kerr from St. Michael July 7.
St. Michael from Fairbanks July 8.
Julia B from St. Michael July 9.
Hannah from St. Michael July 10.
St. Michael from Hot Springs-July 10.
Gen. J. C. Jacobs from St. M. July 11.
J. P. Light from St. Michael July 11.
Schwatka from Fairbanks July 11.
Susie from St. Michael July 13.
DEPARTED.
Kerr for Cliena July 7.
St. Michael for Fairbanks July 9.
Hannah for Dawson July 10.
Julia B for Fairbanks July 10.
St. Michael for Fairbanks July 10.
Schwatka for Fairbanks July 11.
Light for Fairbanks July 12.
HEPORTED.
Herman, up, St. Michael 1:10 a. m.
Delta, up, Melozi 5:15 a. m.
Susie, up, Birches 11:15 p.m. July 12.
Hannah, up, Rampart, 4:45 a.m. 12th
Schwatka, up Tolovana, 12:18 a. m.
July 12.
Kerr, down, Minto 7 p. m. July 12.
Julia B, up, Nenana 7:30 p. m. 12th.
St. Michael, up, Nenana 1:30 a. m.
Tanana, down, Cliena, 7: 45 a. in.
Hamilton at Cliena; Luella, Florence
S, Martha Clow, Little Delta at Fail-'
banks.
ACQUITTAL FOR ECKENGREEN
Tried on Two Charges, Jury Fails to Find Kim Guilty
on Either.
Victor Eckengreen was acquitted on [
a charge of selling liquor without license i
by a jury last Friday night.
He was rearrested and held in $1,000
I
on a charge of giving or selling liquor to
Indians, the same alleged acts being the j
basis for both charges.
The charges had been laid at Fair- j
banks by Archdeacon Hudson Stuck of
the Episcopal church.
The complainant was not present at j
the trial.
Neither was Moses, a witness named
in the' warrant of arrest.
When Victor Eckengreen appeared
for trial in the local justice’s court last
Thursday on a charge of selling liquor j
without a license on a day not specified j
in November, 1907, C. B. Allen, of It a m- j
part, was present as his attorney.
Archdeacon Stuck, the Episcopal mis
sionary who made the complaint, was
absent.
Motions to dismiss on account of the j
absence of complaining witness, of de
fective warrant and for lack of jurisdic
tion, as well as for a change of venue,
being denied by the court, a plea of not
guilty was entered and a jury trial called
for.
“Would you, all things being equal, 1
give the same weight and consideration
to the testimony of an Indian as you
would to that of a white man?” asked
the justice of the jurors one after an
other in determination of their qualifi
cations for duty in the case.
The question was a poser. Some said
offhand that all things could not be
equal as between an Indian and a white 1
man, and were excused; others asked
the court to explain the question; and
finally the test seemed to settle down to
the proposition of whether the mere fact j
that a witness was an Indian would dis
credit his testimony in the mind of the |
juror.
Even under this slightly less rigid i
requirement, many were called and few
chosen. After noon the court left the
questioning to the accused’s counsel,
Mr. Allen. Mr. Allen said he wanted
to be perfectly fair and impartial to
both sides: the court answered that he
was satisfied of that. In a short after
supper session the jury was completed,
the following twelve being accepted out
of a total of tliirtv-nine examined:
W. Doherty,
George Rice,
James Randall,
W. B. Rodman,
J. Donovan,
James Mockler,
O. Poppert,
W. Poppert,
Angus Gillis,
Bert Lucas,
H. L. Hearn,
Peter Smith.
Friday morning laul Williams was
! sworn as court interpreter. The de
fense had Paul Kokrine sworn as a check
I on Williams.
The testimony for the prosecution was
all by natives. In every respect it was
straight enough except a little confusion
regarding dates. Albert Jacob cut wood
for Eckengreen and had an open account.
He was, and is still, indebted to Ecken
green. He was positive he got six bot
tles of whisky, some of which was in
November and some in December.
In his own behalf the defendant de
nied selling or giving the whisky. By
himself and other white witnesses the
jealous enmity of other traders was
shown. Defendant’s character was
shown to be good.
The defendant claimed a conspiracy
on the part of business rivals to put
him out of business and introduced tes
timony intended to establish the con
tention. It is claimed the rivals in
duced Archdeacon Stuck, without direct
personal knowledge, to lay the charge,
and then ribbed up the natives to sus
tain it. Had Stuck and Moses, a wit
ness mimed in the warrant, been pres
ent, the defense claims the conspiracy
could have been clearly shown.
In giving the case to the jury the
court instructed them that if they found
the defendant sold whisky at any time
between the first day of January and
the last day of November, 1907, they
should find him guilty.
The jury was out about five hours. It
is said it stood 11 to 1 for acquittal from
the beginning to the time agreement
was reached on a verdict of not guilty.
Arrested on Another Charge.
Eckengreen was at once rearrested
charged with selling or giving liquor to
Indians. I*Ie was tried yesterday and
acquitted. It is said the jury’s first
ballot was unanimous. Following is the
jury in this case:
James Doherty,
Frank Ring,
J. O. Stephens,
A. E. Coleson,
Matt Stewart,
Charles Coloumbe,
James Trail,
James Logue,
W. McMuim,
Julius Roseublume,
Louis Rossis,
W. Osborne.
Bride From California
Married in Fairbanks
Herbert E. Simpson, of Tanana, and
Miss Lizzie M. Abbott, of Los Angeles,
were married at Fairbanks last Thurs
day by Rev. J. H. Condit.
The bride came from her home and
met Mr. Simpson by appointment. They
at once got married and came down on
the Tanana.
As soon as an addition and other im
provements can be made housekeeping
will be commenced at their home on
Second avenue.
The Tanana Bakery and Restaurant keeps
open all night. It also keeps good grub.
WICKERS HAM
Alaska’s Delegate on His
Way Here.
Judge James Wickersham, Alaska’s
distinguislied delegate to congress, is
expected down on the next boat from
Dawson. The Campbell is supposed to
he the first boat to arrive, and it was
billed to leave Dawson July 9; but up
to noon today it had not been reported
Judge Wickersham, accompanied by
Mrs. Wickersham, left Whitehorse for
Dawson July 5. lie is on his way to
Fairbanks to look after his law business.
One More Sample
of Roosevelt Rot
Naivashiad, British East Africa, July
7.—It is reported that while Colonel
Roosevelt was hunting a lion today, he
had a narrow escape from death. The
lion sprang upon him and- would most
certainly have thrown him to the
ground, had he not been shot dead by a
bullet fired by another member of the
hunting party. Colonel Roosevelt bears
on his face the marks made by the lion’s
claws.
Prospectors
On the Hosiana
According to Victor Eckengreeii, who
conducts a trading post near the mouth
of that river, there are fourteen or fif
teen prospectors on the Hosiana this
summer. Their work is principally on
the Mud Fork.
An engineer was expected to look over
some ground for Boston parties, but he
had not arrived up to the time Mr. Eck
engreen left home.
Last summer some prospectors rocked
more than a dollar an hour from a bar
on the Mud Fork for a short time. They
then constructed a dam and attempted
to work on a bigger scale; but the dam
failed to hold and their efforts came to
nought. The creek is subject to sudden
and violent floods.
Mr. Eckengreeii had heard of no note
worthy activity on the Ohandlar; but
there, as well as on the Hosiana, pros
pectors are paying considerable atten
tion to quartz.
Quite a little fur was taken in the
Hosiana country last winter.
Colon, Panama, July 7.—Meager re
ports have been received here during
the past week that the revolution
against the administration of President
Reyes, of Colombia, which has long
been smoldering, has at last broken out.
President Reyes is now in London.