SISTER’S REMAINS
TO BE SOUGHT
llewett Family Gone to Fair
banks to Commence a
Thorough Search.
The Hewfctt family within the
past few months have gained a good
reputation in the north by their J
clever and diversified performances I
at Skagway, Whitehorse and Daw- j
son. At all places they have made >
friends and their entertainments j
have been very favorably received, j
The little company arrived at:
Rampart Sunday night, and not
withstanding the people were anx
ious for them to exhibit here, they
left Monday morning for the Tan
ana. Prof. Hewett is impatient to
reach Fairbanks, from which place
he will set out early in August to
search for the remains of a sister
who perished in the mountains in
1901.
The sister’s name was Dr. Edith !
Chambers. She endeavored to go!
on horseback from the Tatiana
country to the Foitvmile, and is
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supposed to have died of starvation.
A diary, covering the time from;
July 1 to August 23, 1901, portions i
of her wearing apparel, her pack,
and letters written as late as Octo- j
f>er have been recovered. One of;
her letters requested that if her
body should be found her husband
and children should be notified.
Prof. Hewett said she was well
provisioned at the start, but bears
despoiled the pack and she was left
without subsistence. It is certain
that she starved.
Many of the entries in the diary1
tell of the woman's starving condi-1
tion. One of the letters said she
had been three weeks without food.
Most of the traces of Dr Cham
bers wtre discovered by William
Shafer, a sergeant in the Cnited
States signal corps, who was hunt
ing moose in the mountains of the
Good paster country. Prospectors
and others have discovered traces
ot the lost woman also.
Prof. Uewctt has arrangements
already completed whereby a com
petent guide will conduct him to
the locality w here the last traces of
his unfortunate MMer were found.
Diligent search w ill be made and
rewards will be offered, and the
prolesscr believes that the remains
will be found
The Sarah was forced to burn
wood on her down trip, owing to
the supply of nil being exhausted at
Circle, the l.eah not having arrived
to replenish the tanks.
W. D. McCARTY
MAKES HIS ESCAPE
Sent to McNeill’s Island from
Rampart in the Summer
of 1903.
W. D. McCarty, sent to the pen
itentiary at McNeill’s island from
Rampart in the summer of 1903,
was one of eight prisoners who)
made their escape on the night of
July 3
It is believed that the men were
aided from the outride. They cut
through six inner walls and then
forced the steel plates overhead,
and escaped in the darkness with
out attracting the attention of the
guards. Before leaving they dis
abled the prison launches so they
could not he pursued and took the
only two rowboats there and made
their escape.
They are supposed to have es
caped about midnight. Their dis
appearance was discovered at 6
o’clock. It was nearly 12 o’clock 1
before pursuit could be commenced,;
owing to the disabled condition of
the launches. At last accounts!
there was no clue to the direction
taken, and no indication that the
men would be recaptured.
Other Alaska piisoners in the
party were: James I,«slie, larceny,1
term expires Aug. 18, 1905; J. H.
Malone, six years for rape, term ex
pires Dec. 4, 1908; Matt Moore, a
Japanese, five years for stabbing,
term expires May 16, 1908: K.
Tachenouchi, a Japanese, twenty
years for manslaughter, term ex
pires May 16, 1918; George Wade,!
live years for larceny, term expires
June 2, 1908.
The crime for which McCarty was
sent to prison was committed on
the river below Rampart in the
summer of 1903. A man named
l’elke cariied more than $1,100 in
a belt Pelke wanted to go out for
some diversion and turned the belt
over to his hired man, I.ogau. for
safekeeping. Logan fell to drink
ing with McCarty and Shorty Big
low and told them of the money
l>elt. They persuaded him to ab
scond and the three started down
river In a lonely place McCarty
and Biglow robbed Logan. When
arrested McCarty’s share of the
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booty was found in his shoe. Judge
Wickershatn sentenced him to ten
years. Biglovv cached his share and
refused to the last to reveal the
hiding place, and was given fifteen
years. It is thought a friend of
Biglow’s afterward secured the
money.
Presbyterian Clmrch.
Services at the courthouse Sun
day evenings at 7.30.
M. E. Koonce, Missionary.
St. Andrew’s Mission.
It is announced that Mr. Chilson
will not return from Tanana, but
will continue on to Sitka and the
outside. Capt. Collinette is tempo
rarily in charge of the mission. No
religious services will be held till
a permanent successor to Mr. Chil
son ai rives.
Just a Reminder
of Good Old Days
From the Alaska Forum, July 12, 1902.
Rampart is now entering on a
prosperous era. The Forum has
in the past repeatedly called atten
tion to the benefits that would ac
crue by incorporation. Judge Wick
ersham will be here in a few days
and if the matter be promptly taken
in hand considerable progress may
be made before the river closes.
I.et us get to work and help place
Rampart ahead of any camp along
the river!
John Minook will prospect on
Morelock creek.
Ed Biedelman and Frank Ham
mond expect to start tomorrow with
Heeter's scows for the hayfields in
the vicinity of Fort Hamlin.
Sj>ei'ial Officer Sundborg served
a writ on Henry Miller commanding
him to vacate 3a North Fork of Pi
oneer. Miller came to town, but
what further action, if any, will lie
taken in regard to the contested
ground can not )>e stated
c- ' 1 ’£'ic,Ch<ih. A.Trne«er,
Hntt*, Clothing
tinci Furnishings
MINERS STORE
(In the Postoffice Building)
General Merchandise
Outfitting
(California
Kitchen
Strictly First Class— Best Meal in Town
MEATS, FISH AND GAME.
Bakery—Bread, Pies and Cakes
IVERSON & WILSON, Props.
C. P. KALNING,
Blacksmith
and
Wood Worker
General Repair Shop
Morris Farrell brought in a big
raft of wood yesterday.
John Neussbaum expects to go
to St. Michael on the Cudahy. He
may be joined by Mrs. Neussbaum
later and go outside for the winter.
The cellar being excavated by
C. P. Kalning for the N. C. Co. will
be 18 by 40 feet and 7 feet in the
clear. It will be used for warm
storage.
Tom I.ovclaud, who wet to Fort
Gibbon for treatment by the post
doctor a tew weeks ago, is now un
dergoing a course of baths at
Karshner's Springs.
Chas A. Traeger, who has been
visiting in Rampart for a fortnight,
will return to St Michael on the
Cudahy, w hich is expected along in
a day or two. It is likely that Mr.
Traeger will spend the winter in
the States and return to Alaska
next spring with the stock for his
mercantile establishment