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VOL. II.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, lHOfl.
No. 29
TANANA MINERS
ARE IN POLITICS
Fairbanks, March 9.—The
Tanana Miners Association is
sending circular letters to
every newspaper in the min
ing districts of Alaska with a
view of forming a federation
of miners to elect a delegate
to congress next fall.
A BIG FINE IN DAWSON
Dawson, March 12.—A tire
started in the Monte Carlo
and destroyed Id houses on
Front street between King
and Queen. The damage is
$15,000.
GOAST CHINESE DRILLING
San Francisco, March 12.—
Secret service men have
found Chinese in the coast
cities secretly drilling and
equipped with arms.
Relations with China are
growing more tense.
TAFT OFFERED LIFE JOB
Washington, March 12.—
Secretary of War Taft lias
been offered the seat on the
supreme bench vacated by
Justice Brown.
GUCCENHEIMER'S ACENT
Fairbanks. March H.— A re
cent arrival at thi* place
reiairt* representatives of
tiuggenheimer in the Forty
mile country studying the
conditions.
Two Men Drop Dead
On the Valdez Trail
Fairbanks, March 10.—A
j telegram was received here
j today by Frank Johnson
from the United States com
missioner at Copper Center,
stating that William Bolmer,
on tin* way to Fairbanks with
passengers and freight, drop
ped dead there yesterday.
The commissioner was in
j structed to return the re
mains to Valdez and forward
i
the freight to Fairbanks.
Bolmer was here last sum
mer and formerly lived in
j 1 >awson.
William Borders dropped
dead the other day at Teik
liell while on his way in with
egg*
Dredging Right
For Deadwood
Fairbanks, March 8.—Al
bert Trabold, a big operator
in this district, lias secured a
dredging right on Deadwood
creek.
The Woods Cabin
Title in Dispute
Next Saturday an interesting ease is
to come beiore tiie eoinmissioner’scourt,
wherein George \V. Woods is defendant,
ami Julius Kahinstorf. as agent for John
Bock, is plaintiff.
The action is brought to oust the de
fendant from that certain premises
facing Front street for some considerable
lime occupied by himself as a residence,
and to secure the payment of rental or
damages for the period during which it
has 1 icon so occupied.
The case may prove of considerable
local importance as tending to settle the
status of that class of town pmjierty
not actually occupied bv the claimants.
Weather Conditions.
March 7, highest
March H,
March W, "
March In, “
March II, “
March 12, “
March lit, *•
Snowfall, trace.
Nil in tier "f d.n
21 ; lowest — ft
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II; " —ill
14; •* il
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2H; “ 4
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-t tear U, partly
cloudy 2, cloudy .V
KmkIi II. It IliRK,
Voluntary ulwnrr
Delta Miner
Killed by Gas
Fairbanks, March 8.—Fred
Tessier, a miner, was killed
by gas in an 80-foot shaft in
the Delta district.
The Boundses
Acquitted at Nome
At Nome Feb. 2 the jury in the ease
of the I'nited States vs. Homer and Lee
Hounds (father and son), for the murder
of Bartholomew Shaughnessy, brought
in a verdiet of not guilty.
The killing occurred in a tight on
Klko mining claim Oct. 1T.J The trouble
grew out of disputed boundary lines,
and the parties to the tight were Shaugh
nessy, Killalea and Uingan on one side
and the Boundses on the other.
The Nugget says the trial was without
doubt tbe most notable criminal trial
that has ever taken place in the second
judicial division, |*‘rhaps in all Alaska.
The case was contested with all the >kdl
and subtlety known to the eminent
counsel on either side. For the govern
ment were IMstrict Attorney Hoyt, As
sistant I district Attorneys tirigsby and
Ueugan, and Alfred .1. Ihily as special
counsel. For the most part the case was
in the entire charge of Messrs, t • rigs by
and Italy, and they made a strong and
abb* presentation of their case from the
government standpoint.
The defendants were defended by
Attorneys \. .1 Bruner. AlUrt Fink.
KUonI Bruner, I * t'»« bran, and W
II Bard. Tin- jury wa* addre***cd by
AlU*rt Fink, \ .1 Bruner and Flw**»<d
Bruner, the a« Id r esses of the former and
the latter l«eing iisst exhaustive.
W. B. HOCCATT
THE GOVERNOR
Washington, March 12.—
President Roosevelt will send
I the name of W. B, Hoggatt
to the senate tomorrow as
!
i the next governor of Alaska.
; His confirmation is assured.
INTEREST IN RAILROADS
_
Washington, March 12.—
A bill has been introduced
for the survey from the head
waters of the Tanana to Nome
for pack trails and to deter
mine the feasibility of the
route for a railroad. Wil
liams, of the Copper River,
Nome and Kugarok, says his
company will build such a
road.
The Grand Trunk (Cana
dian) is asking for a charter
to build a railroad to Dawson.
Congress has granted the
Alaskan Copper Company a
franchise for a railroad on
Alexander archipelago.
LID GOES ON AT SEATLE
Seattle, .March 12.—Moore
was elected mayor over Hip
linker hy la votes, lie says
lie will close the town up
tight.
ONLY LEAD DOGS NEEDED
Minneapolis, March 12.—
t'liarles Iturcli Inis patented
an ice locomotive for use in
Alaska next winter, lie says
it can go any place where
• logs can go.