NEWS OF THE WEEK
When the verdict of guilty was returned in the Ruef case “the
curly boss” nearly collapsed. He had confidently expected ac
quittal or, at the worst, a disagreement, and the shock at the find
ings of the jury was almost too much for him in his weakened con
dition. When the jury returned the verdict Heney was in court
and wTas heartily cheered by the large crowd of spectators present
despite the attempts of the court and officers to maintain silence.
Heney and his assistants were the most popular men in the city
that night, and they were cheered by crowds wherever they were
recognized. Ruef’s attorneys will move for a new trial on the
ground of irregularities, but it is generally believed that the mo
tion will be disallowed.
A west-bound Northern Pacific passenger train jumped the
track near Bismarck, N. D., this week and fell into a ditch. Six
passengers were killed and thirty more seriously injured in the dis
aster.
Commander Marish, of the cruiser Yorktown, will be court
martialed for allowing his boat to sink. The vessel had been on
the rocks for ten weeks, and when pulled off a few days ago imme
diately sank in deep water. It is claimed by his superiors that the
loss of the boat was due entirely to negligence and should have
been easily saved.
As a result of a civil action brought against Samuel Biddison,
a New York broker, it was found that he had realized nearly $100,
O00 during the past year on forged paper. It is believed that he
is the head of a syndicate which has been guilty of wholesale
swindling and whom the police had been unable to apprehend. The
signatures of well-known wealthy men were used and all wTere so
well imitated that detection was a difficult matter.
• - Jack Dalton, widely known as the Alaska pathfinder, arrived
in Seattle last week on the steamer Yucatan from Alaska, and has
been taken to the Hot Springs near that city, where he will un
dergo treatment for sciatic rheumatism. He has the disease in
very bad form and is unable at present to even stand on his feet.
At a meeting of the National League of Democratic Clubs in
Washington last week, William Sulzer, the New York congress
man, was elected president. It is the purpose of the league to
maintain throughout the country the organization which was
formed for the last election, believing that by this method better
work can be done in future campaigns.
John Mulholland, the natioual committeeman of Hearst’s Inde
pendence party for the state of Ohio, has disappeared with all the
funds belonging to the organization. It is not known exactly what
sum he has stolen, but it is thought to be quite large as very little
money was spent in the late election.
Private Duke, formerly in the infantry in Alaska, shot and
killed First Sergeant Stanton; of the Twentieth infantry, at Pacific
Grove, Ore., last-week. The trouble arose over a woman with
whon Duke was smitten, and whom he found in company with
All Hoads Lead to Hot Springs
On Christmas
THE BIGGEST ANO BEST DANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT
Ever Attempted in this City Will be Held on
Christmas Eve., Dec. 24, Under Auspices of Arctic Brotherhood
„ Presents for all. The
biggest Christmas
Tree in Alaska will
be weighted with
gifts and aglow with
. myriads of candles.
A NUMBER OF ALAS
KANS WITH
REMARKABLE
TALENT
Will make their initial
bow to the public on
this occasion.
DON’T F0R6ET THE DATE,
Dec. 24th,
Come "and spend Xmas
in the most famous re
sort in Alaska.
One admission pays for
everything.
Tickets, $2.50
The
Enfertinment
Will be replete with
the best numbers ever
presented to the people
of Alaska.
SONGS, RECITATIONS, DUETS,
A QUARTETTES, MUSIC,
All going to make up a com
plete and entertaining pro
gram.
AN ARCTIC QUEEN
AFTER THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU CAN
DANCE TILL MORNING
To the best Music ever heard in an'Alaskan ballroom.
Tickets on Sale at Morrison’s, Hot Springs, and at Carter’s, on Sullivan Creek,
Stanton. He immediately shot the sergeant and then assaulted
the woman, who is now in a dying condition.
Advices received from St. Petersburg state that there will be'
a great revolution in that country if the people are not given more
freedom. A general uprising is imminent, and unless the govern
ment takes speedy steps to suppress it there is liable to be a long
and bloody struggle.
The secretary of war has asked congress for $52,000,000 in
crease in its appropriation this year for his department for addi
tional river and harbor improvements, as well as for the mainten
ance of the army. If this appropriation is granted it will be the
j largest ever voted this department in time of peace.
OUR NEW
GAME LAW
The Sixtieth Congress made impor
tant amendments to the original game
laws for Alaska. Under the new law,
approved May 14, 1908, Alaska is di
vided at latitude 62 degrees into two
I game districts, with special seasons for
each district; caribou on the Kenai
peninsula are protected until 1912; non
residents hunting big game other than 1
deer or goats, and residents desiring to
export heads or hides of big game from
Alaska are required to obtain licenses;
authorization is also given for the em
ployment of wardens and the registra
tion of guides. All matters relating
to the issue of licenses, employment of
wardens, and the registration of guides
are placed in charge of the governor
of Alaska.
“Season.—That it shall be unlawful
for any person in Alaska to kill any
wild game animals or birds, except
during the season hereinafter provided:
North of latitude sixty-two degrees,
brown bear may be killed at any time;
moose, caribou, sheep, walrus, and sea
| lions from August first to December
I tenth, both inclusive; south of latitude
sixty-two degrees, moose, caribou, and
mountain sheep from August twentieth
to December thirty-first, both inclu
sive; brown bear from October first to
J July first, both inclusive; deer and
| mountain goats from April first to Feb
j ruary first, both inclusive; grouse,
ptarmigan, shore birds, and waterfowl
from September first to March first,
both inclusive: Provided, That no car
ibou shall be killed on the Kenai pen
insula before August twentieth, nine
teen hundred and twelve.
“Number.—That it shall be unlawful
for any person to kill any female or
yearling' moose or for any one person
to kill in any one year more than the
number specified of each of the follow
ing animals: Two moose, one walrus
or sea lion, three caribou, three moun
tain sheep, three brown bear, or to kill
or have in his possession in any one
day more than twenty-five grouse,
ptarmigan, shore birds or waterfowl.
“Guns and boats —That it shall be
unlawful for any person at any time to
hunt with dogs any of the game ani
mals specified in this act; to use a shot
gun larger than number ten guage, or
at any gun other than that which can
be fired from the shoulder; or to use
steam launches or any other boats
other those propelled by oars or pad
dles in the pursuit cf game animals or
birds.
“Sale.—That it shall be unlawful for
any person or persons at any time to
sell or offer for sale any hides, skins,
or heads of any game animals or game
birds in Alaska, or to sell, offer for
sale, or purchase, or offer to purchase,
any game animals animals or game
birds, or parts thereof, during the time
when the killing of such animals or
birds is prohibited.
To a special staff correspond
ent of the New York World Pres
ident-elect Taft gave a statement
forecasting what the nation
might expect from him as its ex
ecutive. He said in part:
“The Republican victory means
primarily that the Roosevelt ad
ministration is approved by the
American people. In the enor
mous business development of
the last 12 years there crept in
corporate abuses, lawlessness of
the great corporations, among
the railroads and infidelity to
financial trusts. There came
among the people a moral awak
ening, a quickening of public
conscience, and the exponent of
that feeling—the man who led
public opinion and who guided
its expression—was Theodore
Roosevelt. He asked congress
to help him with needed legisla
tion, and it did, and in a few
short years steps have been taken
to stamp out those abuses. A
change has come over our great
business corporations and rail
roads that it is hard to over-esti
mate.
“There is more to be done
along this line, not so much in
the way of originating correc
tional legislation, for the path
has been blazed, but in the devel
opment of machinery for the effi
cient enforcement of the meas
ures now on the statute books,
and some legislation making cer
tain, exact and prompt the dis
covery of corporate evils and
their prompt and just correction
and punishment.
‘ ‘Great corporations—call them
trusts, if that is the popular term
—when conducted within the law
are a considerable part of the
force that makes for the prosper
ity of the country. I am in favor
of combinations of capital, just as
I am in favor of combinations of
labor, when those combinations
are rightly conducted.
“My record on labor, my atti
tude toward labor, were misrep
resented from the beginning of
the campaign. I believe that I
convinced intelligent labor men
of the country that I had been
misrepresented. I * proved to
them that, far from being an en
.Stanley House.
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< HOT SPRINGS’ NEWEST HOTEL >
Fine Furnished Rooms $1.50 and $1. Spring Bunks 50c|
FINE RESTAURANT IN CONNECTWN OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Warm Dog: Houses
F. B. Stanley!
Discovery Roadhouse
JIM DRUMMOND, PROP.
Good, Clean t Comfortable Beds.
Warm Horse and Dog Stables
NO BAR SULLIVAN CITY
Golden North Restaurant S
Regular Meals for $1. . Meals Served at All Hours. Ed Lee, Prop.
emy of the workingman, I was
not only his friend, so long as he
conducted himself within the law,
but that further, while on the
bench, in an opinion I laid the
foundation for a prosperous and
effective Jabor union as it is con
ducted today.”
Phonograph
Case in Court
A small case was tried before the
commissioner last Monday in which
Frank Shipp and J. Larsen disputed the
ownership of a phonograph and records.
It seems that some time ago Larsen,
who was out prospecting, had no good
place for the phonograph, and during
his absence left it in the possession of
of a ceriain Miss Mazie who was to
keep the machine until such time as
Larsen returned. In the meantime
Miss Mazie decided to go outside, and
seeing a chance to do a good stroke of
business she sold the phonograph and
records to Shipp. Larsen heard of the
intended departure of the fair one, and
thinking there was no time like the
present, came to town to claim his
property. When he arrived here he
heard that the machine had been sold,
although the petite Mazie had not as
yet left the camp. He immediately
went to Shipp and claimed his prop
erty, but the latter refused to give it
to him, claiming that he had bought
and paid for it. Larsen then started
suit for the recovery of the phono
graph and records or its value, which
he placed at $50.
In the trial Larsen proved his owner
ship to the machine, and the fact that
he had himself in the presence of a
third party delivered the machine to
the woman with the tacit understand
ing that he could ootain it when he so
desired.
The case was tried before the com
missioner without a jury and the deci
sion was made in favor of Larsen, which
means for Shipp to return the machine
and pay the costs of the action.
Looked Like a
Fire Sunday
Sunday afternoon smoke was seen is
suing' from the safety surrounding the
stovepipe in Traeger’s store, and for a
time it appeared that the city was to
witness a real fire.
Several parties noticed the smoke,
and went to notify Mr. Davidson, the
store manager. They found the store
locked at the time, and not deeming
the situation serious enough to. warrant
breaking the door, the fire alarm was
sounded. Immediately Fire Chief Dav
idson appeared and the door was un
locked. Upon examination the situa
tion was shown to be without danger,
and occasioned much relief.
During the mild weather of the past
two weeks only a very slow fire of green
birch had been kept, with, the result
that the top pipe was almost closed
with creosote. When a large fire was
made Sunday, the smoke unable to get
through the top of the pipe had passed
through the joints in the safety and
came out around the pipe, looking very
much as if the roof was on fire. The
pipe was taken.down and cleaned and
the difficulty removed, and everything
was soon as good as ever.
The barn which Jim Drummond is
erecting for the benefit of the Discov
ery roadhouse patrons is fast assuming
a completed appearance, ^nd will soon
be ready for occupancy. The barn will
be very large and will easily accommo
date all the horses which pass through
Tofty town. >
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD — Camp
Hot Springs No. 24 meets every Mon
day evening at 8 o’clock in hall over
Traeger’s store. Visiting brothers
always welcome.
B. A. Meyers, C. A. Davidson,
Recorder. Arctic Chief.
MAIL SCHEDULE
Arrives from Fairbanks Saturday p. m.
Arrives from Tanana Sunday p. m.
Departs for Fairbanks Monday a. m.
Departs for Tanana Monday a. m.
Ail kinds of Job Printing at this shorp.
JAS. BLODGET,
AND
General Teaming
Prices Reasonable,
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Leave Orders at Morrison’s
HOT SPRINGS
Hair Cutting,
Shaving and
Scalp
Treatment
I SHAMPOOING
With the Famous
Hot Springs water
direct from springs,
is the best tonic
for your hair. Try
It.
Matt Stewart, Prop.
HOT SPRINGS HOTEL.
HENRY RODEN,
Attorney at Law
Fairbanks, Aka.
Office: First Ave. and Cushman St.
That gladdens
the eye of the
trail-weary pil
grim on his ar
rival in Fair
banks is that of
the
FRACTION
Sideboard—where only the best and
most recuperative Liquors are di
spensed by skilled mixologists.
LOUIS SPITZ, PSOP. FAMOUS, UK.
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