Yukon Valley News
Vol. I.
RAMPART, ALASKA, JULY 19. 1905.
No. 50.
SECRETARY WILSON
FIRED FROM OFFICE
The President Expels a Mem
ber of His Cabinet for
Cause.
Washington, July io.— James
Wilson, secretary of agriculture in
President Roosevelt's cabinet, was
summarilv dismissed from office
Saturday afternoon.
He is accused of having made
money from the action of his sta
tistician, Edwin S Holmes, in jug
gling with the June cotton report.
The dismissal has caused a sensa
tion.
Wilson was the oldest cabinet j
officer in point of service connected j
with the Roosevelt administration.
He was appointed to President Mc
Kinley’s first cabinet and had serv- j
ed ever since that time—March 4,
1897.
ELI HU ROOT
SUCCEEDS HAY
Washington, July 7.—Elihu
Root was today formally appointed
secretary of state, to succeed the
late John Hay [who died July 1].
It is believed President Roosevelt
will throw his support and that of j
his administration to Root for the
republican presidential nomination
in 1908. ,
Seattle No. 3 Stuck
Like the Monarch
The beattle No. 3 went hard on
to a bar three miles above Circle
last Friday. The Susie took off 76
first-class and 22 second-class |u«s
sengers. The water fell two feet
the first day alter the Seattle stuck,
and has been steadily dropping
since; so the boat is thought to lie
in a pretty bad 6x.
The Susie reported the Mouarch
still high and dry above Ft. Yukon.
licit Kverett, the king t«ee ol the Wash
mgtou State republican hiee, era* in the
I.avclle Young and »prnt Monday in
Kaatpaft. Mr hvrrrtt era* on h» wav
out. but eapecta to return amt »|irad the
a inter ta Fairbanks, where be baa ac
quired « sic naive Utaiucaa intereata
PROF. GEORGESON
TOURING ALASKA
Prof. C. C. Georgeson, special
agent in charge of Alaska agricul
tural experiment stations, arrived
in Rampart Monday night on the
Susie. He is making a tour of the
territory, gathering agricultural sta
tistics and data for the department
which he represents.
Prof. Georgeson has come to
Rampart in one of the most unfa
vorable summers for plant growth
this section has known. Sunshine
has not been a prevailing charac
teristic of the season so far, and
July has already been marked by
four light frosts. However, it is
believed he is finding some things
at the government station and in
the private gardens that will inter
est him and prove encouraging for
greater things in the future.
Prof. Georgeson will go to Tan
ana torro row, and thence up the
Tatiana river—probably visiting
Karshner’s Springs before reaching
Fairbanks. Somewhere in the
Tanana valley a government re
serve will be selected on which to
establish an experiment station if
it should be thought advisable to
do so.
BIG LOT OF LIQUORS
FOR THE RECEPTION
The steamer J. P. Light brought
ten barrels of Old Valley whisky
and about 150 gallons of miscella
neous wines and liijuors for Heeter
& Crockett, of the Reception, last
Monday night.
Through some error the goods
were not discharged here on the
Light’s down trip, but were carried
on to Fairbanks.
NO. 3A PIONEER
CONTROVERSY
Since the proceeding's in the
commissioner's court wherein J. F.
Nellatiy anil others were plaintiffs
and Henry Miller anti S. K. Hudson
defendants, in which the decision
was tavoralde to the plaictiffs, it is
saitl Mdler and Hud'on have again
entered on the ground in contro
versy ami Special (iflicer SundUirg
went out with papers to serve on
them Sundborg is expected to re
turn this afternoou.
CONGRESSMAN
ON THE SUSIE
Congressman Lacey of Iowa was
on board the Susie last Monday
night. The lateness of the hour
and the short time of the boat’s
stay gave the distinguished gentle
• man scant opportunity to see or be
: seen here; but those who were
i fortunate enough to form his
! acquaintance say he impressed them
| as being a man of wonderfully quick
! perception. It is declared that a
| a few minutes’ conversation con
I vinced his hearers that he was
\ well posted on Alaskan affairs, and
| especially so on those of the Third
judicial division.
I _
:
Gardens Injured
by the Rabbits
__
Rabbits have been preying upon
i John Clinton’s cabbages at the i
lower end of town. Mr. Clinton
l has trapped a good many of the |
marauders.
In the spring rabbits destroyed
i,6oo young cabbage plants of Ed
McCormick's, twelve miles below
town.
Crooked Gamblers
Caught at Tanana
East week two strangers run in |
i “favorite” dice in a game at Tan-1
ana. Charges were laid against
the men and Commissioner Bath
urst put them under $50 bond each
to appear for trial. The outcome!
of the case is not known.
NORWAY-SWEDEN
DIFFICULTY
i
i Stockholm, July it.—Sweden is
| taking precautionary measures on
! the frontier to offset the reported
threatening attitude of Norway.
Christiana, July n.—No denial
is attempted of the rejHuisthat the
Norwegian army and navy are liv
ing raised to their highest possible
efficiency, ready to strike at any
inotuei't. There is a denial, how
ever, that the threatening action of
Norway led to the similar action
living taken by Swedeu.
The strain is living calmly met.
There is growing confidence iu
Norway that the common classes of
Sweden will come to admire their
sturdy brethren across Ihe border.
INTERNED RUSSIANS
WOULD JOIN REBELS
United States Skip at Manila
Prevents Murderous
Intention.
Manila, July io.—The situation
among the interned Russian sailors
here is strenuous. The news of
outbreaks in the Russian navy and
the seizing of the ships has aroused
so emulative a spirit that the United
States authorities today ran the
United States monitor Monadnock
alongside the sullen sailors to avoid
trouble.
The United States vessel is kept
constantly under arms. The men
are freely expressing their sympa
thies for the mutineers in the Black
Sea.
St. Petersburg July 8.—The ad
miralty is advised from the interned
officers at the Philippine islands of
a plot of the sailors to murder all
the officers has just been nullified
by the promptness of the United
States authorities in drawing up a
fully armed warship alongside,
ready lor action, with the ports
cleared, and plainly to be put into
instant service if disorder occurred.
The sailors had plotted to put all
the officers to death, seize the Rus
sian ships and escape to sea, going
to the aid of their struggling com
rades.
The Czar in Sad Plight.
St. Petersburg, July 8.—The
capital of Russia may be removed
to Moscow. The czar is now seri
ously considering the proposition.
For three days open warfare has
been waged between the troops and
workmen of this city. Reformers
openly denounce the czar and his
government. “Down with the
czar’' and “down with absolutism'’
are heard on every hand.
The prediction is freely made
that the power and glory of the
house of Romanoff is of the past,
end that belore the year shall have
[tasscd the czar will tie compiled
to abdicate his throne.
Many of the inner circles of bu
reaucr lev are advising the czar to
t(Uit St. Petersburg for Moscow,
the ancient capital.