Yukon Valley News
VOL. II.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1906.
No. 44
CONGRESS
To Adjourn This Week—Almost a
Billion of Appropriations—The
. Wickersham Case.
'Washington, 1>. June 0.
—Congress is expected to ad
journ this week. Although
economy w as t he watch word.
appropriations amount to
nine hundred millions of
dollars.
The senate considered the
Wickersham case in execu
tive session last Wednesday.
Judge Wickersham headed
the list of presidential nomi
nations awaiting confirma
tion, and a determined effort
was made to force a vote;
hut Senator Nelson and his
associates held the matter
up, and there seems hut
small prospect that it will
come to a vote. It is claimed
that <SM votes are known to
favor and 7 to oppose con
firmation. It is talked that
the president may appoint a
new man before congress ad
journs; but Wiekersham’s
friends say he will receive a
recess appointment.
KOREANS TIRED
OF JAPANESE
London, Juno 21.—A dispatch just
received from Seoul re|s>rts a number ■ f
arrests in connection with the discovery
of n plot under width the King >d Ko
rea hud sanetionefl a secret treaty with
Itus-iii, inviting the czar to semi troops
to expel the Japanese.
The report is semi-ollicial, and thor
oughly reliable, but the facts are thought
not to is- of great importance, tin- status
of Korea ts-ing expressly given in the
Portsmouth treaty of (sai-e, ami not to
Iki changed by tin* niachinati*>ns of ev* n
Icon*
tents. The news, however, indicates
the inability of Japan to create a feeling
of contentment in Korea, and suggests
|>»si bill tie* for tile future.
!Bad State of Affairs in Russia
St. Petersburg, June 25.—
Socialists in several instances
in the douina have demanded
tht‘ resignation of the Gor
emyken ministry. The situ
ation is tense.
Revolution is in progress
in Russia. Soldiers joined
the mob at Rialystok and
killed officers and Jews.
As a clash between the
czar and the douina means
revolution throughout Rus
sia, it is reported that the
police are secretly arming
the worst element for a fur
ther massacre of Jews. The
I Jews apply for and are re
fused police protection.
New York, June 25.—Rev
olutionary Commander Ivan
Naridny has arrived here.
In behalf of the revolution
ary party he declares a big
public mob has been organ
ized to gain control of the
Baltic fieet as the first step.
On seizing Russian islands, a
republic will then be organ
ized, and it will ask recogni
tion of the powers within six
i months. It is proposed to
Hoat bonds for sixty million
dollars to begin to wipe out
despotism in Russia.
Delegates to Juneau Convention
.
The republican primary meeting at
A. 15. ball Monday afternoon was fairly
well attended. It was enlled to order
at 3:30 p. m., and .1. Wesley Young
presided and .T. F. Nellany was secre
tary. Judge J. Findley Green brietiy
addressed the meeting and stated the
object for which it w as called.
M. K. Koonce, G. II. Wand and John
Stanley were appointed a committee on
j resolutions.
A motion was made by 1'. R. Peck
that President Roosevelt, and the pres
ent administration be endorsed. C. A.
Davidson opposed the endorsement of
President Roosevelt and moved that
Mr. Peek's motion be tabled. Mr. Da
vidson's motion to table was lost and
Mr. Peck’s motion prevailed with no
appreciable dissent outside of that of
Mr. Davidson.
A motion by Judge Green that J.
Wesley Young be declared the meeting’*
ehoiee for central committeeman was
seconded. A motion by C. 15. Allen fa
voring John Stanley for the position
was also seconded. A vote was had,
resulting in 15 for Young and 10 for
; Stanley; and Mr. Young was duly de
clared the choice for committeeman.
Six persons were nominated for dele
: gates to the territorial convention to be
! held in Juneau July 14, namely, II. F.
: Thuintu, J. F. Nellany, M K. Koonce,
[ 0. 1!. Peck, John Stanley and S. E.
lleeter. The vote resulted: Thuinm
24, Koonce lilt, Stanley 10, Nellany 12,
Peek 8, lleeter 0. Tliumm, Koonce and
. Stanley were declared elected. They
were uninstructed.
There being no further business, the
meeting adjourned.
Saw a Big Bear.
John 1’itlni eahinx Mime fifteen hun
dred feet from Mr. and Mr*. \Y. It.
Hallmt'* rexidenee on Ruliy creek. On
limkina out one morning luxt week Mr.
Paltu m«a .1 huge < inmtmon liear •
ing leisurely between the tworiihinx.
Not lm\ing n gnu, he remained <|tiiet
till the liear went into tin- hruxh xome
difttM.ee away, when .Mr. Palm rouxed
Mr. Itullon. and the two, well armed,
gave |air»nit. Tlteir hunt wa* fruitlexx,
however, for a thorough mirrli failed to
di*'!o-e tin- t|uarrv, »n-l the only rutime
httion left it that hear are nut of XeuxiIII,
anyhow.
A. H. Monroe’s Arrival.
A. II. Monrot- u former operator on
1 loonier creek, arrived on the Sarah
Monday evening, lie wan accompanied
hy a bride, married in Mexico, Mo., lant
April.
Mr. Monroe hanaehieveil a g<nn| deal
of newnpaper notoriety an vice prenident
and general manager of a i-biie
puny, with $;!;►>,taut of the eupital tlul
already |nii«l up. which hun holding* of
trouieiidnit* value in thin ilintrict. Two
director* of the company locked after itn
prnprty during the winter and it i»
likely that noire of it got away.
DEMOCRATS
Advised that Bryan Would Accept
Nomination on Anti-Trust
Platform.
Now York, June 25.—Dem
ocrats are advised that W. J.
Brvan would accept the pres
idential nomination in 1908
on a straight anti-trust plat
form. Mr. Bryan recently
said that in order for success
to crown their efforts it is
necessary for the democrats
to free themselves of any
. . v
| suspicion of affiliation with
the corporations which have
been dominating American
politics. In this respect he
says the beef trust is not dif
ferent from all other trusts.
They all have a tendency to
increase prices and to be un
fair to the jjeople.
Mrs. Kauffmann
Out on Bond
Sioux Falls, S. Dak., June
25.—Mrs. Kauffmann, who in
a tit of anger beat her serv
ant girl to death, has been
admitted to bail. The police
have formed a bodyguard to
keep her from being mobbed.
U. S.-CANADIAN
UNION PREDICTED
Ithaca, X. Y., June 21.—Cornell Uni
versity dedicated the new $ii00,000 “Hull
of Humanities" yesterday.
The grand hall is named “Uoldwin
Smith Hall,” in honor of one of the co
founders of Cornell University.
l’rof. Uoldwin Smith was himself
present, ami though over HO years old,
“|«>ke vigorously ami distinctly. He
predicted at some future time u union
of Canada ami the United States, hnt
declared that Canada never would be
“annexed."
He thought that the prevailing United
Stales opinion that the only union |„>»
aihle is alworption, loss of identity and
•aerlltcv of nationality will Iw considera
bly m.-iiried in the future.