Mrs. Boyle, who is believed to have plotted the abduction of
Willie Whitla, when brought into court entered a plea of not
guilty to the charge. Bonds were demanded in the sum of #25,
000, which sum Mrs. Boyle was unable to furnish, and she was ac
cordingly remanded to the county jail, where her confederate is
also imprisoned. The identity of Mrs. Boyle, or Helen Falkner,
as she styles herself, has not yet been established to the public.
It is rumored that she is a resident of Sharon, Pa., well known,
and that the Whitlas are unwilling to disclose her identity for fam
ily reasons.
John Cradlebaugh, who was recently acquitted of the murder
of John Walton, at Denver, on the plea of the unwritten law, has
renounced his wife, whose testimony probably saved him from con
viction.
The funeral of Samuel G. Cosgrove, late governor of Washing
ton, was held at Olympia on March 31. It was attended by the
members of the state legislature, and by all the state officials.
Ex-Governors McGraw, McBride and Mead acted as pallbearers.
Jasper Rand, a prominent capitalist of Utah, died at his home
in Salt Lake on March 31 of pneumonia. He leaves an estate com
puted to be worth $10,000,000, and was unmarried.
The recent attempt at a revolution in Transcaucasia has been
successfully crushed by the Russian government for the time being.
Seventy revolutionists are under arrest, and these are thought to
include all the leaders in the movement. They will be sent to St.
Petersburg for trial.
Because A. S. Randolph, a traveling hypnotist', put a girl to
sleep in the electric light company’s window at Tucumeari, N. M.,
recently, the citizens objected, and the town’s mayor ordered the
hypnotist to awaken the girl. This was refused, and the showman
was put under arrest, but he broke aw’ay and ran to the window
where the girl was asleep, made a few passes and declared she
could not be awakened for 30 days, A mob tried to attack him
and he was removed to the city jail, the crowd pursuing. The girl
was removed to a hotel, where she continued in what was appar
ently a peaceful sleep, but all efforts to awaken her w?ere fruitless.
Randolph declares he will not awaken her till he gets ready, and
several men have declared that they will either lynch him or give
him a coat of tar as soon as he is released from jail unless he awak
ens the girl at once.
It is rumored about Washington that President Taft will soon
appoint Oscar Straus of New Nork to be ambassador to Japan. Mr.
- Straus was secretary of commerce and labor in the cabinet of
President Roosevelt, and was minister to Turkey in the second ad
ministration of President Cleveland. Another piece of diplomatic
news was that Truman New7 berry, who succeeded Mr. Metcalf of
California as secretary of the navy if President Roosevelt’s cabi
net, had reeeived the offer of an ambassadorship to an European
court and had declined.
With characteristic courtesy, the French are making life very
pleasant to Miss Katherine Wright, sister of the famous aeroplan
ists who have brought the “Wright mania” into the royal houses
of Europe. B4fcause of their expeditions in the sky at Pau,
Prance, that town has prospered unusually well this winter, and
when a successful ascent is made it is to the sister that thanks of
the mayor and city are given. It is also reported that Miss Wright
has had a number of offers of marriage, one of these being from a
wealthy Russian, but truth compels the confession that the Wright
“boys” have denied the story. At any rate, Miss Wright is hav
ing a delightful time sharing in the honors bestowed upon her
brothers.
Characterizing those who deal in cotton and grain futures as
“vicious gamblers, freebooters and buccaneers,” and claiming that
the gambling in cotton is worse than that at Monte Carlo, C. T.
Ladson, of Atlanta, counsel for the Farmers’ Union, addressed the
House committee on agriculture at-Washington on legislation pro
posed to prevent dealing in cotton and grain futures. Mr. Ladson
declared that the cotton speculators sold 38.000,000 bales of cotton,
although the production was about 12,000,000 bales. In 1908, he
said, it was estimate I that 100,000,000 bales were sold on the ex
changes, while the actual cotton produced was only between 12,
000,000 and 11,000,000.
I
Rampart, April 5.
QUAIL CREEK
At the present time 18 parties j
are prospecting on this stream, i
Wherever they reach bedrock,
and are not bothered with water,
prospects good enough to war- i
rant them to continue are discov- j
ercd.
TROUBLESOME CREEK
Some 12 parties are prospect- j
ing on this creek and the!
benches. Good prospects are I
found on bedrock, but as soon as!
soon as drifting is tried water;
comes into the hole and stops the \
work.
On a tributary of the Trouble-1
some seven parties are prospect- j
ing, and fairly good -prospects ]
have been found well up in the j
gravel, but so far as known noth-1
! ing was found.on bedrock.
t !
John Higgins and partner,who j
were at work on Willow creek, I
|have quit and come to town. |
i They say they want to see the j
j country in the vicinity of Willow ;
;creek in the summer before put-!
iting in any more time prospect-1
ing there.
HUNTER CHEEK
Clemens & Campbell, cn 3 a. !
Hunter, have quit work for the
winter and are now getting ready
for summer operating on the
same claim. Their dump is a
good-sized one, and it is expected
they will do very well on their j
cleanup.
Charley Johnson, on Dawson
creek, has out about the largest
dump on this side of the divide.
He says that he has not keep
any account of the average pan
nings, but he is sure he will do
much better on his cleanup than
wages.
Strum, on the Fraction of Dis
covery claim, is doing well, and
has out quite a dump for the]
time he has been at work.
LITTLE MINOOK CREEK
The boys on 8-a. are still in
good pay and adding to their'
dump daily, and will continue to
drift as long as they can do so.
Lindeboom, on the lower end
of 5-a., is doing well, has good
pay, and a fair-sized dump.
Cronk & Woods (Sr.), on 3-a.,
are still in pay, and have out a
good dump for the few weeks
that they have been in pay.
Sundborg & Raiding, on 3-a.,
are still in good pay, and their
dump is getting to be a good
sized one.
Evans & Wild haver, on 2-a.,
have out a big dump, and if the
dirt runs as it usually does on
this claim, they will do well for
their winter work.
Frank & Graham are getting
ready for summer sluicing and
building*a new cabin on the
lower end of 2-b.
LITTLE MINOOK JR.
Carlson and partners are pre
paring for summer sluicing.
McLean has got good pay and
a fair-sized dump, and will add to
it as long as the weather permits.
Fisher is doing pretty well, but
nothing big.
Doffinmier, McCabe & Wilson,
on the bench between Jr. and
Hoosier, have found prospects as
good as 9 cents, one piece going
15 cents. It is rumored about
town that they have uncoveied o,
good quartz ledge, and as Mr.
Doffinmier is well acquainted
with quartz — having spent a>
number of years in and about
the mines of Colorado. We are
informed tnat he said if he had
his find out in that state he could
dispose of it for all the money he
would ever want.
Barnett, on Big Minook, is peg
ging away on pay.
Ott & Swanson, Hoosier creek,
are trying to freeze their last two
holes down.
Flugy, on Florida, has not
been heard from for over two
weeks. _
is l^ow on
Eureka Creek
Jerome A. Chute, accompanied by
Mrs. Chute, arrived on Saturday’s
stage, and left for Eureka Wednes
day, where he will superintend his
mining operations. Mr. Chute spent
the winter in about Fairbanks, and
during his stay in that city became in
oculated with the “quartz germ,” and
has been helping a good thing along in
in a most substantial manner. Mr.
Chute was one of the enterprising citi
zens who furnished the “wherewithal”
to purchase the stamp mill recently
brought in by Ed McConnell.
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