NEWS OF THE WEEK
Dnring the visit of Admiral Sperry’s fleet of battleships at
Marseilles, France, the conduct of many members of the crews was
exceedingly bad, and, though the authorities were disposed to deal
leniently with the offenders, it was found necessary to place many
, of them under arrest, some of them being' held on charges of so
grave a nature that there was much difficulty in securing their re
lease before the fleet departed.
Remy Denvers, a notorious murderer of Paris, whose hands
hands are red with the blood of many victims, was on January 26
publicly executed in that city in the presence of a great crowd.
The horrifying sight of decapitation had but little effect on the
* spectators who stood around in a nonchalant way munching pea
nuts and enjoying the small gossip of the day.
The messenger carrying the electoral vote of the state of Ore
gon was just one day late in arriving at Washington, and, in con
sequence, was mulcted in a fine of $1,000. The delay in arrival
was unavoidable, being caused by the interruption in traffic on all
the railroad lines last week. It is believed the fine will be remitted
by congressional action, or a sum equal to the fine imposed appro
priated to reimburse the elector who is forced to pay it.
C. S. Scroggins, cashier of the State Bank of Des Moines, la.,
locked himself in the vault of the bank on January 26, and blew out
his brains. His action followed on the appearance of a state bank
examiner, who found several notes for large amounts of money
which had been forged by Scroggins.
The fact has just developed that, while Billy Papke is appar
ently a perfect specimen of manhood, his heart is so weak that a
prominent insurance company to which he had applied for a policy
of $10,000, has refused to take the risk. The outcome of his ap
plication has disheartened Papke to such an extent that there is a
fear expressed that it may affect his fighting ability in the future.
The British ministry is face to face with the most serious
problem of a century past, and seems to be unable to find any sat
isfactory solution, the question up to them oeing the relief of the
hundreds of thousands of starving workingmen of the kingdom
and their families, and every day’s delay in the solution of the
problem only adds to the strain of the situation. Thousands upon
thousands of unemployed are walking the streets, and it only re
quires the leadership of determined men to convert the sullen mobs
into a revolutionary body of great proportions. Pitched battles
between the crowds and the police ere of hourly occurrence in the!
•cities of England, and the authorities are having the greatest diffi
culty in curbing the passions of the people. A general outbreak
is far from being improbable, and in anticipation of personal at
tacks, members of the ministry are constantly guarded by heavily
armed squads of policemen in plain clothes, and the house of par
liament is guarded by a force of military and civil servants to pre
vent an invasion on the part of those clamoring for bread. The
situation is the subject of the gravest discussion in the privy coun
cil, and it is hoped that some solution of the problem will be
evolved before another day is out.
Senator Ben Tillman has given out an interview in which he
declares that the New York World and Sun and the Indianapolis
News, as well as other papers which have endeavored to show up
the financial rottenness of the Panama canal deal, should have the
undivided support of the people in the libel suits now being in
vestigated by the federal grand juries in New York and Washing
ton. Mr. Tillman insists that it is only through the press that the
people will come into their rights to acquiring information in the
premises, and he applauds the press for the bold stand taken by
the editors of the papers mentioned in their efforts to expose the
truth in the case in all its naked rottenness.
The house committee on appropriations early this week re
ported back the bill providing for the maintenance of the depart
ment of agriculture for the year 1909, one of the principal items in
the bill, as far as the North is concerned, being the appropriation
of a sum of $28,000 to insure a continuance of the work of the ex
perimental stations now established throughout Alaska.
RAMPART
BUDGET
Rampart, Feb. 1.—Otto Kro
ehle arrived in town last Monday,
and he will wait here until Cas
sady comes in from Buckeye
creek with their boiler, on which
some repairs are needed, and as
soon as these have been com
pleted Kroelile and Cassady will
return to Buckeye and prospect
during the balance of the winter.
Buckeye creek is a tributary of
the West fork of the Tolovana
river.
Strum, on 24 a. Hunter creek,
has moved down to Discovery
claim, same creek, where he will
remain the balance of the winter.
His partner remains on 24-a., and
will continue to drift for several
weeks. Strum will return there
as soon as water runs in the
spring, as he believes the ground
will pay better to work in the
summer, when they can dump di
rect in the boxes.
McLean is in town from Little
Minook Jr., and reports that he
and Fisher have out a fairly
good sized dump on 25-a., and he
thinks it will run pretty good
when cleaned up. As soon as
they have finished drifting from
present holes they will move up
to 26-a. and put in the balance ol
the winter.
M. W. Sinclair, of Eureka
creek, is in town. He had the
misfortune to crimp his casing
and now has trouble getting it
out of the hole, so came to town
to get McLean to make him an
implement to get the pipe out
and prevent it from crimping in
future. Sinclair says he is down
175 feet now, and that the ground
is sandy and caves in considerably
—thus causing much trouble in
sinking. At present he has a
fairly good flow of water.
News from Little Minook creek
is that all claim owners and lay
men are doing well and adding to
their dumps daily.
Swanson & Ott, on 12-a. Hoo
sier creek, have not succeeded in
getting to bedrock in any of the
eight holes started by them, but
expect to soon as the last cold
snap helped out a lot.
Barney Buck was in from
Troublesome last week for grub,
says the boys on that and Gun
nison are working right along
and getting encouraging pros
pects.
No news from Quail creek re
cently; Cassady came by there
but did not stop on his way to
town.
Business quiet, as the boys on
the creeks bought their winter’s
outfits in the fall and freighted
out on the first snow, and now
only come to town for shortages.
Fourth Anniversary
Wedding Celebration
Rampart, Feb. l.-One of the
most pleasant parties of the sea
son was given Friday evening,
January 22, by Mr. and Mrs.
Milton P. Fleischman, the occa
sion being the fourth anniversary
of their marriage.
The first part of the evening
was spent in playing progressive
“500,” Miss Peck and Mr. Dun
can winning first honors—the
lady’s prize being a silver pie
knife, the gentleman’s prize a
box of cigars, while Capt. Mayo
was consoled by receiving a fish
ing tackle with full instructions
how to catch a “sucker.”
At midnight the company re
tired to the dining-hall where all
gathered around the attractively
decorated table. An elaborate
lunch was served, consisting of
salads, cold meats, ice cream and
cake, coffee, nuts, fruit and rais
ins.
After the usual after-dinner
stories the ladies assembled in
the parlor, while the men en
joyed their indispensable smoke.
An entertainment consisting of
songs and recitations was en
joyed by all.
The guests present were:
Messrs, and Mesdames Mustin,
Nickel, Strickland, Smith, Kelly,
Ballou, Chadwick; Misses Peck
and Marcy; Messrs. Crocket, Gas
ser, Peck, Wiehl, Swanson, Dun
can, Young, Dr. Hudgin, and
Capt. Mayo, Master Jamie Smith
and little William Ballou.
After extending congratula
tions and best wishes to the host
and hostess the party broke up
at 3 o’clock, all having a de
lightful time.
After the 1st of March the headquar
ters of the Alaska Road Commission
will be at Valdez. Skagway has here
tofore been the headquarters.
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