Yukon Y alley N e ws
Yol. 1. RAMPART, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 22, 1905. No. 29.
OPEN Vl'KON TO ALIEN
BOATS..
Senator Nelson Introduces Bill
oi That Intent—Measure
Being Fought.
Washington. Jan. 31 Senator
Nelson, of Minnesota,, one of the
United States senatorial committee
who visited Alaska a year ago last
summer, lias introduced a bill the
intent o! w hich is to open American
Yukon waters to foreign steam
boats, and, he claims, force a big
reduction in freight rates.
In reality the bone of contention
is the big fight anticipated when
the White Pass and Yukon Route
announced last tall it would invade
the Tanaua'district. A. B. Newell,
vice president and general manager
of the British compapy, is here can
vassing for the scheme. Manager
W ashburn, of the. Northern Com
mercial company, which would he
the White Pass system’s most for
midable rival in the field, is fight
ing the bill.
The White Bass wants an open
port at Tauaua.
F.-l. Against tin* Fill.
Seattle, Jan. 31.--The 1W In
telligencer in its editorial columns
strongly opposes Senator Nelson s
bill, arguing that America shon d
make no concession to Canada' in
the north that would not he granted
i>y the JJomiuion government. It
declares that the tar t that Canada
will not allow American bottoms tea
ply upper Yukon waters is reason
enough why America should lelusc
the same privilege t > Canadians on
flu* lower Yukon.
I SITED STATES 1A1
K Hi 11 1 YKNKZI KI.A
Wubiaglun, Feb. i lluh ofh
> uli *j| the government are .»la ruutl
»t the possibility *»• the I'nited
Sum becoming involved in war
with Vtwttttls. The rupture has
been iMihot by the government »i
Venezuela annulling American m
phnlt
Stguilkant note* have been ex
>. hanged by the leu go vein men t*
LITTLE Ml NOOK
DUMPS GROWING
Mrs. Blyck, from No 7; Mike
Laboski ami Charley Stadelman,
from No. 8, and (>. A. Salisbury,
from No. 9, Little Minook, were
in town Saturday night and Sun
day.
Peek and the Laboski brothers j
are taking out good pay on 9,
where Stadelman works at the
vvindlass.
Salisbury is establishing a record ,
at the windlass on 9. where the I
ground is unfrozen; and big durat s
of fine pay are being hoisted at a
lively rate.
N. C. RETRENCHES
AT DAWSON END
Dry DoihLs ami Drng Depart
ments Closed and Men
Laid Off.
Dawson, Feb. 1.—Owing to the
steady decrease of business gener
ally, the Northern Commercial com
pany here has adopted a policy of
general retrenchment. Two of the
chief departments outside the gro
cery and hardware lines, were closed
today. The were the dry goods
and drug departments.
Twenty regular employes were
thrown out of work as a result. '
I . S. Kails out With Havti.
... Port au Prince. Jan. 14. Havti
is threatened with war l>y the
1'nited States, which demands the
annulment of the sentence of fil
teeti years af haid labor that was
imposed by the Haytian couits
against Jaeger Htilier. an American
citizen, lor complicity in bond
-frauds There is turn' ••xcitement
and resentment amotu, the people
heie.
Two-Knot I ill l.rtlge.
Nome Gold Pigger, Jan. I*. —
Mr Gibson, who arrived last Sat
urday from Teller, brings the news
of a strike made b\ Parted at York,
lie has uncovered a ledge whwh ts
two ltd wni'- an-’ assay* 30 }ct
cent. tin. He has eight men at
work ami is about t > put on a
double shift.
HOOSIER MEN’S
FINE PROSPECTS
Prospect work by Mo; r e &
Lindsey has developed some fine
pay on Iloosier cieek this winter.
Pickups have run as high as $60
per day.
The paystreak on 14a has been
found to be as much as 80 feet
wide, and it is about the same 011
13a.
They will have 5,000 feet oi lum
ber taken out this spring with
which to repair t'leir ditch, so as to
avoid a repetition of the trouble it
caused last summer; and with a
dependable water supply their
property is sure to be a big yielder.
VERY COLD WEATHER
RULED AT CIRCLE
Last Two Weeks in January
Thermometers Registered
C»0 and 70 Helow.
Fairbanks, Feb. 1.—From tlie
News.—While Fairbar.ksans were
complaining of the forties below
last week and the one | revions.
Circle inhabitants were fighting
against weather of 70 below zero
Extremely low tetr>fetatnres pre
vailed unbroken f< r a week or more,
thermometers fiequently register
itig in the sixties and seventies
below.
This news is brought by the
Circle-Fair banks mail earner, Jem
York, who m..de town Sunday
night.
4iAMK LAW KNKOKi’KI)
IN (ITV n'F FAIR RANKS
Fairbanks. Feb. i 1 respite the
commotion th.it i< Mowed the warn
ing that game must nut !>c sold in
local markets during close season,
says the News of this city, dealers
Iravc evidently decided ru t to tight
the law. for the present at least, as
last Monday there was no game to
be 'Ceil in the l oil strops, and mi
tar as could he learned there was
none tor sale.
The dealers, it is understood,
will do everything possible to re
move the ban, ami even a test case
is talked
HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE
1IICO.
Death List Augmented by Cold.
Japanese Gained Their
Object.
Tokio, Feb. 3. —111 a battle
I termed “the battle of Hieo” in
. Uvama’s official reports, the Rus
; sian casualties readied 10,000. One
entire Russian regiment was anni
hilated. The Japanese claim to
have lost but 7,000 men, but other
reports state that honors were about
jeven.
After many stubborn advances
Sand forced retreats the' Japanese
succeeded in occupying their ob
jective position. Through a change
| of plans the Russians were sur
prised in several instances and were
' greatly handicapped. This was by
making tlie most important ad
vances at night instead of during
; the day.
The foices ol both sides are suf
fering terribly from thecold. Many
not mortally uouuded, if the wea
ther had not been so severe, suf
fered so from the exposure that
thteir- cases became complicated
and losuited latuilv.
liussians to .Mans Navy in
Indian Ocean.
Jibohtil, French Somaliland, Feb.
3.—Admiral Bbtrovsky's division
of the Russian Baltic fleet sailed
from this port yesterday to join Ad
miral Kojestvensky's fleet near
Madagascar. It is evidently the
. intention of ihc Russians to mass
their naval strength in the Indian
ocean liefore getting near enough
to the Japanese for the opening ol
u Uttl.e.
WANIKI) To 1*1 K
ISKl Al SK 111. VI K
Imyvmjii Feb. v Charles iten
Mtl, a I'ftniiiiuii creek miner, at*
templed to kill huusell Uerc 1 burn
tUy because hi* *kiu «u not mbit*,
lie is a 1'eruvi.m and u boick a* a
negro. ||e brotxletl over but color
till hint nit ml became unbalanced.
It Ft not thought he can recover,
and he tna> die within the u.wt
lew home.