Yukon Valley News
Yol. I.
RAMPART, ALASKA, DECEMBER 21, 1904.
No. 20
ALASKA
AFFAIRS
Late Appointments Not
Yet Acted On.
Washington, Dec. 15 The sen
ate committee is holding vp the
recommendation for continuation t f
the reappointment of Brady, Wick
ersham, and Hoyt.
Senator McCutnber stated that
Bradv was unpopular in Alaska,
while Wickersham gave unjust de
cision m Alaska copper ease.
Hoyt is being fought by the Cali
tornia delegation on the ground
that he is not a republican.
STATEHOOD BILE
The senate committee recom
mends the Dill tor the admission of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as
the State of Oklahoma, and Arizona
and New Mexico as the State of
Arizona, Arizona people at epro
testing against the statehood lull.
“A oeiet family."
Washington, Dec. iS. William
Bn lye, head of the Mormon church
in Idaho, t v evidence in the Smoot
investigation hows he has three
wives and twenty five children.
ID confesses the church authorizes
the practice of polygamy in Idaho
and Utah.
1«)R THE HOLIDAYS.
The senate will adjourn next
Wednesday.
• KAIKlt.VNKS Ml SllKIJS
(l.KWKh oi l riism:
l-'airhaii'a-. I Hr. ij. K«»v Ste
vtts k.ii ju-t auivid from Circle
City ami rt;« it- that the -t> rkiol
goods* ill the -torn there have lieeti
depleted hy the »tcady demands of
traveler-* pa-sing through t«» Kair
btskl.
It t-» imp>**»i-*le to buy butter,
-alt. pepper, ham. «<r any of the
short- of the F*tiU»kl tuaiket
Lnl lH HkurnitA.
lienver. Dee. ij Kaperu re
p«Mt atany allege*! fraudulent vote
Mil the <tcm*M.latK candidates III
one eutl two Ik- voml It » be
based it will *«at Featwdy.
MISSING MAN
MAY BE DEAD
Fairbanks, Pec. 17. — Lost on the
ridge between Homestake and
Batehelder creeks, it is believed
.Steve Maltlei wandered about till
death relieved him from the tor
lures ol cold and hunger.
Mattler has been missing two
weeks. Searching | arties are un
able to locate him, and it is strong
ly believed he died while lost.
lie was well known here aud in
I )a\vson.
Chadwick Frauds.
New York, Lee. 16. Close in
vestigation ot the frauds of Mrs.
Chadwick bring to light .he fact
that Mie secured bv false pretenses
the greatest amount of money any
singlehanded swindler ever secured.
She fraudulently obtained $1,300,
000. This is the extent of the
thefts.
Second lied rock.
Fairbanks, Dec. iS.—A Gold
stream miner now in town reports
the finding of a second bedrock on
that creek. The discovery was
made 1>\ operators on the lower
end of the upper half of 4. Verj
fair prospects, but no good pay
were found in the overling gravel
WASHINGTON Hl'NTKH
FIGHTS WITH A BEAK
Portland, Ore., Oet. 4. James
Short, a hunter of Washougal,
Wash., who was brought to a Port
land hospital this morning, has the
honor of rivaling Penimorc Coop
er's heroes to the extent of having
killed a bear in huud-to hand con
flict.
While hunting near Washougal
Sunday he tell across a log. his
ritle rolled down a hillside, and
when he arose he found himsell
confronted by an angry cinnamon
liear. The bear attacked him, and
ina tight which lasted for thirty
minutes, Sh .t succeeded with his
hunting knite 111 killing the animal.
When ton ml later by compan
ions ihe antagonists were still
lot ked together, the ><ear dead ami
Short uncoils. 1* it'. Ilis wounds
arc serious, hut he will proUaldy
survive. The bear weighed in
pounds
Mvsetved seats for the .V if.
Christmas KiiterUiiimeni «.n «aW
el Traeger A ► alhenherg*.
YUKON ELECTION
A WARM AFFAIR
Dawson, Dec. 17. —Dr. Alfred
Thompson is elected member of
parliament over ex-Commissicner
b red Congdon.
It was a hot election, with sev-1
eral mix-uqs but no bloodshed.
The people of the camp are jubi- j
lant over the downfall of Congdon.
Line Down.
For two days the telegraph line
has been down somewhere beyond
the summit.
The Alaska cable is still out ot
commission, and may remain so for
a mouth, the cable ship Burnsides!
being under repair at Seattle.
What 'll It 15** Next ?
Mexico City, Nov. 4. Popocate
petl, the volcano with immense
sulphur deposits, has been trans
ferred to New York parties. An
American company with a capital;
of $5,000,000 will operate the de-;
posits. The company will con
struct a cog railway from the vil
lage of Atnecca Meea, at the base
of the mount lin, to the summit.
Vw Army IliHc.
It is announced by the war de j
partmenr at Washington that the;
I'i’.ited States ordnance department i
will have cmni leted by January, j
1905, a sufficient supply of the new
Springfield magazine rifles to make
the issue of the new arm to the
whole of the regular army, incluil-;
ing those in the 1‘hillippines. Aj
present the rifles are being turned
"lit at the ord.niece factory at the
rate of 500 p>-r div. After the.
tegular tro<4 s are supplied the
manuiactitrc ol the rtties will he j
continued until .» .suflii it. nt supply
has l>cen reachetl u>r tlie the organ
ized militia olthe forty-five states.
This is the weapon that was used
in the Talma trophy matches, an
terior l>y nearly two years to its
adoption as the ofiaial arm ot the
I'nitcd States army. Strange to
sav, reports from Sea tliit this year
state that It - rod weupni, ths
"King." mule a tatter record
throughout the meetii.g ot the Na
IK<11.11 kith- z\*so«»4li»»U than did
the new gun 1 vrhat,*e.
Atueri in caj italists liave !■ u^ht
the Mriiioi volcano Top s itepetl
Th« devil* in lu< t It the Vmrr
kanrapitalt*’. * *n eve-I in a»-»jairing
hi* kingdom n-tvta they will give
him a jub a* Hrentan in Meah o
CITY OF
DEATH
Nothing in History Like
Port Arthur Fight.
Chefuo, Dec. 17.— Refugees de
clare Port Arthur like a white city
of death. Japanese shells from the
Mter Hill fight entered the hospital
and killed 7,000 out of 8,000 pa
tients.
The commander of the Poltava,
now here, interviewed, says the
snow was red after the fight at
Meter Hill. There has been noth
ing like it in the whole history of
the world.
Chefoo, Dec. 16.—The capture
of Ristung Hill finally effected, the
Japanese have forged the last link
in the big circle that completely
fences in Port Arthur and cuts off
every source of water and supplies
the beseiged have had.
Gold Hill fort and arsenal have
been blown up. The position was
about to fall to the Japanese and
the defenders destroyed it to pre
vent it being captured and used
against them.
MOSCOW TURBULENT.
Moscow, Dec. 17.— During a
revolutionary demonstration this
livening 5,000 agitators were char
ged by the police with sabcis.
Many were wounded and arrested
and one officer was killed.
MUST FIGHT.
Tokio, Dec. 17. Toga's fleet to
meet Baltic squadron entrance to
China Sea. Must fight.
KH IIKSI l‘L\( Kl{>
IN \LL \l.\sK\
Fairh.itiks, l>ec ii.- News lias
been received here v>f what is *ai«l
t-> the richest j User strike ev«r
un le in \la>ka It wa* utuuv
er'*<l oa the tundra near the Bering
Sea tamp One pan was taken unt
that contained |i>x). have, ages
$ ion a | an in «**veral plates.
[ This mav have reieiei ve hi the
strike re- *ntl> nule »n l.ittW creek
where it cuts the tundra near
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