Yukon Valley News
KAMJ’AKT, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMHER 15, l'JOo.
VOL. II.
No. 12
MAIL ARRIVED
Nothing Worse Than Slight
Wetting.
Matter for Fairbanks Turned Back
at Fort Yukon—Up-River Mail
Leaves Tanana Today.
The mail which left Eagle Oct. 14 ar
rived at Rampart last Thursday after
noon. It consisted largely of first-class
matter; but there were a few newspa
pers and magazines, none of which,
however, were of later date than had
been received by the summer service.
The mail froze in twenty-five miles
above Fort Yukon. Carriers Joe Guay
and Harry Britt hauled it into Fort
Yukon on dogsleds; and then Britt
started back up the river with a part of
it to lie dispatched to Fairbanks by
Circle, and Guay proceeded down river
with that intended for Rampart, lower
river and Nome.
Carriers Paul Schultz and Jim Curse
met Guay at Willow Point, twenty-five
miles below Fort Yukon, Oct. 110. Re
turning, they were met by John Palm
and Fred Cassidy fifty-five miles from
Rampart, and Schultz, Palm and Cas
sidy brought the load the balance of the
way. There was no worse mishap than
breaking through the ice a couple of
times and getting a little wet; but over
flow made travel exceedingly hard.
Carrier Palm will start up from Tatiana
with mail today. He will probably ar
rive Friday. _
EAGLE-FAIRBANKS MAIL
Contract for Twice-a-Month Service
Each Way This Winter.
Joe Williams has a contract for carry
ing the mail twice a month each way
lietween Circle and Fairbanks this win
ter. All tlie F.agle-Fairbanks mail will
go over that route.
Mr. Williams carried mail for the .V
C. Co. lietween Charley River and Circle
lust winter.
Money Order Blanks.
The Rampart |w»f«tothce rii'rivHl one
Imh.U «»f money order blank* in tin* mail
lant Thursday. The nllirr ha* l*een out
of blank* Mitrv Aug. «t. Iai*t *timmer
th** lodiikirtfr mvivtil a con*ignment
of blank- tin* numlar* *»n which dupli
cated a loruter lot. They could not l«r
lined and lir ha* l**vn endeavoring ever
•lore to Kvt utlier" The l*«»k received
the other day i- prolmMy the remill of a
telegram «*n the matter. It will not la«t
long; hut others may la* on the way.
Canadian Mail.
Tbv U*l »l IniwiuilUl'Ir mail mailer
lnl«> I lav mlvrti»r lr<>m Wlillrhur-w. |..r
Situation in Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 6 (via Fairbanks, Nov. 7.
Delayed in transmission.)—After a week of slaughter,
turmoil and swift changes, order is being brought out
of chaos iu this unhappy country.
The revolutionists refused to accept anything less
than a republican form of government. The Jews
paraded the streets in joy after the czar’s withdrawal;
but they have been slaughtered in the outlying towns
by the thousands.
M. Witte is now at the helm and has succeeded in
somewhat restoring quiet by granting compromise
measures.
The czar lias liberated all political prisoners (over
one hundred and fifty thousand), and agrees that all
strikers shall be re-employed and military regulations
removed from all railroads.
Rioting is still active in some outlving places.
The Fairbanks Bandit Recaptured.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 7.—(Delayed in transmission.)
Hendrickson, tin* bandit wlm escaped from jail here,
lias been recaptured. He was working for a miner on
Eagle creek.
SOME LATER NEWS.
The following has been received from Fairbanks
under date of Xov. 14:
The Russian Situation.
BERLIN.—War has lieen declared in Poland, Cermany rushing troops
t«» tinnier to prevent dismemlierment Russia.
ST. PKTERSBl’R(».— Massaere threatened. Jews fleeing for safety.
Martial law declared. M. Witte said to have resigned, Czar greatly dis
heartened. Revolt threatened throughout the empire.
Alaska Convention.
SEATTLE.— Alaska convention convened today. Resolutions denoun
cing Brady. Will receiiiinend Perkins, of Nome, for governor. Rn hard
Ryan will tie named as delegate to Washington.
Municipal and State Elections.
NEW YORK.— McClellan, Tammany man, elected mayor hy small ma
jority. Ileurxt has contested, and stolen Ballot t*»x has l»cen found with
I’allot* mutilated. Mass meeting called to ask sipiare deal and insist on
r«c< atnt. Evidence a I moat conclusive that llearst was elected.
Weaver re-elected in Philadelphia, and Shunt* in Erisco. Ohio g««es
•hnesrutic Republican* sweep Massachusetts, Chicago, Maryland and
Kh«*le Island. I tali goes anti* Mormon.
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CONVENTION
To Meet in Seattle Today
in Behalf of Alaska.
Matter of Rampart Representation.
Telegram Says We Are Entitled
to Three Delegates.
Today is the date set for the meeting
of the All-Alaska Convention in Seattle.
The convention is the outgrowth of
a resolution passed hv the Council City
Improvement Club. Its objects, in
brief, are to suggest needed legislation
for Alaska, to give the suggestion the
force of an expression from the entire
territory, and, so far as practicable, de
vis** a scheme whereby the ]>eople can
act in concert on public questions in the
future.
How representative a body the con
vention will la* is unknown here. Kven
from such a near-by point as Fairbanks
the j>**rsonnel and manner of choosing
the delegation is l>eyond the scojie of
our information. But that some good
will come of the meeting is honestly
Ijelieved.
The basis of representation originally
suggested was construed to entitle Ham
part to only one delegate. Acting on
this theory the Kanipart Board of Trade
took the matter up and elected a dele
gate. Some thought the board made a
mistake in not soliciting the public to
participate in choosing the delegate. Be
that as it may the board selected an ex
cellent man—11. F. Thumm, a miner
who has worked and pros)H*red and who
is intelligent and progressive. With he
as delegate the camp would la* worthily
represented.
Monday last Commissioner .1. Lindley
tircen received a delayed telegram from
C. M. .lohanson, of Fairbanks, now in
Seattle, saying that Kampart is entitled
to three delegates and asking that they
be elected and their proxies forwarded
to himself.
The Iswird of trade met and elected S.
A. Cutting and Mr. .lohanson additional
delegates, and telegraphed its action to
Seattle.
If Mr. Thumm has found it impossible
to attend the convention he has doubt
less given his proxy to some suitable
person.
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