Nick Snyder, who is working with
Chadwick on 6-a. on Little Minook, met
with a serious accident last week.
While working in the hole a block of
wood fell from the top of the shaft,
striking him on the top of the head, in
flicting a serious wound. He went to
Rampart where Dr. Hudgin took eight
or ten stitches in the cut. Hi is now
fully recovered and is again at work.
Reports from Gunnison creek still
continuo to be favorable, but the pros
pectors there are bothered very much
with water. Owing to the mild weather
which prevails the ground is not frozen
as much as is desirable, and there will
have to be some cold weather before
work can be properly conducted.
The trail up Hunter to Quail and
Troublesome creeks is now in good
condition. Dave Rushan returned from
there this week, having built all the
necessary bridges and knocked out all
the niggerheads in the bad places.
William Pike has good pay on Slate
creek, and is taking out dumps on both
discovery and 2-b.
Billy Graham und Jim Frazier have
thrown up their lay on 3-a. Little Mi
nook. They found that while there
was good pay, the gold was embedded
in a cement bedrock, and it would re
quire a stampmill to extract it. Both
Graham and Frazier have gone to Eu
reka side of the divide, and will prob
ably work on the right fork of Pioneer.
Shirley & McCloud have two holes
down on Big Minook, one 20 feet and
the other 9 feet, but as yet no pros
pects in either.
Dunn & Staples, on Big Minook, have
three holes down and another one
started, but are bothered very much
with water. As yet they have no pros
pects.
Dave Rushan is doing assessment
work for C. B. Allen on Ghapman
creek.
R. Jackson and Thomas White ar
rived last Monday from Fairbanks.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Chief of Police Biggy of San Francisco, who was supposed to
have committed suicide by jumping overboard from the police
launch while returning from Oakland, is now accused by many
with having been in collusion with the Ruel faction and drowned
himself to escape the results of his offenses, which he felt were
about to be discovered. There are some who maintain that he is
not dead, and one of his friends is positive he saw him in Denver
this week. No trace of his body had been discovered, and his dis
appearance is still as great a mystery as ever.
Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, says that
Roosevelt is planning to succeed Taft as President in 1912. This
sentiment is now being widely accepted by the people of the coun
try, but is very unpopular with the admirers of Roosevelt.
Prince Puyi, aged three years, has been crowned as Emperor
of China, with Prince Chun as regent. In behalf of the young
Emperor, Prince Chun has announced that preparations will be
■started immediately to educate the masses of the people sufficiently
so that at the end of nine years they will be able to govern them
selves under a constitution which he proposes to give them. This
promise is not regarded seriously by the foreigners at the capital,
who look upon it as a mere bait to the people to keep them quiet
during the present crisis.
Eight hundred million dollars in appropriations will be asked
from congress this term by the heads of the different departments
of the government. This immense sum is regarded as being none
too large for the work which is contemplated in addition to the or
dinary running expenses of the government.
A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to
investigate the Panama purchase and ascertain what part, if any,
of the forty million dollars paid by this government to the French
syndicate, reached the pockets of Americans has been introduced
by Representative Rainey. This resolution is the result of the
charges made by the New York World during the recent campaign
in which it was said that Roosevelt’s family and Charley Taft,
brother to the President-elect, were greatly benefited ,financially,
by the deal.
Upon the opening of congress, Joe Cannon received a remark
able ovation from the members of the house and was reelected
speaker on the first ballot. Although there was considerable • op
position to Uncle Joe it was not strong enough to be noticable and
was completely overwhelmed by the large majority in his favor.
The attempt of the Canadian officials at Vancouver, B. C. to
send the Hindus of that city to Honduras, which was made this
week was a failure and almost resulted in a riot. The Hindus ut
terly refused to leave Cauada and the officers were threatened with
violence if they persisted in their attempts. For the past several
years Hindus have been coming to Canada in constantly increasing
numbers and the laboring men have heen strongly objecting to
them on account of their willingness to work for next to nothing.
It is thought that at the next session of Parliament some action
will be taken by that body to remedy this growing evil.
An embalmer'of Chicago has stirred that city this week by
placing large display advertisements in the local papers, in which
he says that the citizens are absolutely at the mercy of the under
taking trust and that exorbitant prices are being charged for all
services. Great indignation is expressed on all sides that such an
uncanny combination should be allowed to exist and some action
looking to the dissolution of the combine will be taken by the peo
ple of the city.
The explosion of a military magazine at Calcutta last Monday
resulted in the death of eleven natives and the injury of thirty
more. No explanation as to the cause of the explosion has been
offered as yet, but it is now being investigated by a military com
mittee appointed for the purpose. The explosion was terriffic
and shook the entire city, leading many to believe that an earth
quake had occurred.
It is now announced that immediately after the expiration of
his term, President Roosevelt will leave on his trip to Africa,
where he will remain a year engaged in scientific research under
the direction of the Smithsonian Institute. He is already engaged
in his elaborate preparations and proposes to leave as soon as his
duties will allow him.
J. F. Nellany returned Monday from
a four days’ tour of the creeks.
All Roads Lead to Hot Springs
On Christmas
THE BI6GEST AND BEST DANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT
Ever Attempted in this City Will be Held on
Christmas Eve., Dec. 24, Under Auspices of Arctic Brotherhood
Santa
Claus
Will be here with
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
The
Entertinment
Will be replete with
the best numbers ever
presented to the people
of Alaska.
SONGS, RECITATIONS, DUETS,
QUARTETTES, MUSIC,
All going to make up a co m
plete and entertaining t ro
gram.
Will make their initial
bow to the public on
this occasion.
DON’T FORGET THE DATE,
Dec. 24th,
Come and spend Xmas
in the most famous re
sort in Alaska.
One admission pays for
everything.
Tickets, $2.50
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.
InnokO'Kaltag Road
Will Be Constructed
The local superintendent of the
Alaska road commission received in
structions from headquarters yesterday
to proceed with the preliminary work
of constructing the road between Kal
tag and the Innoko, says the Nome
Nugget.
Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Macphersor,
the investigator who is now here, have
both traveled over the ground and ex
amined the conditions, with the result
that both recommend the building of
the thoroughfare. The road is part of
the trunk system which will be in
stalled between the coast and Nome,
and which will have its other terminus
at Seward.
It is expected that a large force of
men will be employed there next
spring, but the work will mostly con
sist of cutting timber and corduroying.
The sum of $2,000 has been appropri
ated for the work.
Hot Springs
Has Earthquake
Sunday night at 9:58 Hot Springs ex
perienced a very distinct earthquake
shock which stirred things up for a few
seconds.
The tremor was plainly felt by every
body in town, and was the occasion ol
considerable alarm to many people.
The windows in nearly all the build
ings were shaken, and the bottles on
the shelves in the business houses
moved about a bit.
J. E. Baker heard a rumbling in the
salesroom of the N. C. store which
sounded something like heavy cases ol
goods moving around. He rushed
down stairs thinking that Managei
Turnbull had gone in for strenuous ath
letics, but instead he found the man ol
the Ingersollian brow wrapped snuglj
in his dressing gown calmly reading
the 109th Psalm. Then Mr. Baker
after disgustedly wiping some cracker
crumbs and other groceries from th(
bottoms of his trilbys, crawled back int(
the hay.
No damage was done and the citizens
were rather pleased with the shock as
it gave them some diversion.
The shock was felt at Tanana, an<
proved a very pleasant surprise to a
least one person. Rumor has it tha
the “jar” shook a four-bit piece fron
the pocket of Raffle King Spence tha
he didn’t know was there.
J. K. Green (better known as “Younj
Jeffries) and W. Forrest are late arriv
als in the city from Fairbanks. The
are at present on Sullivan creek, wher
they will prospect this winter.
Discovery Roadhouse
JIM DRUMMOND, PROP.
Good, Clean, Comfortable Beds.
Warm Horse and Dog Stables
NO BAR SULLIVAN CITY
Golden North Restaurant is
Regular Meals for $1. Meals Served at All Hours. Ed Lee, Prop.
Stolen Funds .
Are Returned
All save a few hundred dollars of the i
sum with which George Gibson, the de
puty field marshal at Hot Springs, ab
sconded last fall has been recovered
and it now in possession of the federal
authorities at Fairbanks, by whom it
will be held pending the trial of the
defaulting official to take place here
some time this winter.
The bulk of the money which Gibson
obtained by selling the gold dust ir»
trusted to him by Commissioner Bev
ington at Hot Springs for delivery to
the court at Fairbanks came into the
possession of the marshal’s office yes
terday, having been received bo mail
from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Gibson got away with approximately
$3000 worth of dust and some nugget
jewelry. After exchanging the gold
for money in Fairbanks he immediately
got rid of it, evidently fearing detec
tion and arrest. To place it where it
would be available later he sent a part
to a relative in Los Angeles and two
other remittances to relatives in Nova
Scotia. The authorities here learned
of this disposition of the money, and by
the use of cablegrams succeeded in
stopping payment. The two amounts
received yesterday from Nova Scotia
aggregated $2048; $1498 had been sent
to Mrs. James Gibson, at Halifax,
mother of the defaulter. This was sent
back by John A. Rutland, chief of po
lice of that city. The other amount
($550) was returned by James Farqu
har, stipendary magistrate of West
Hamps, county of Hamps, Nova Scotia.
He had taken possession of the remit
tance which had been sent to some one
in that place.
Through the splendid work of the
marshal’s office Commissioner Beving
ton will be saved nearly all of the big
sum which it looked for a time had
been lost. In addition to the returns
made from the outside there is an
amount greater than $100 found on
Gibson when he was arrested and an
other sum of $300 he had intended to
pay for counsel.—Fairbanks News.
Will Hold Down
Tanana Woolsack
Judge Phil Gallaher, who The Post
mentioned last week as having opened
his office in Fairbanks for the practice
of law, has been appointed by Judge
Reid to be United States commissioner
at Tanana, to succeed Commissioner
Bathurt. The appointment was made
to take effect January 1, 1908.
Judge Gallaher’s appointment to any
position within the jurisdiction of the
district court would meet with the
hearty approval of everyone who knows
him—and that’s “mighty nigh” every
body in the North.
The Difference
Barney Malloy and Mike Cairey weae
’ shingling a roof. “Barney,” Mike
asked, removing a bunch of shingle
nails from his mouth, and settling back
comfortably, “what is the difference
between satisfied and content?” “The
difference? Sure there’s none,” an
swered Barney. “If you’re satisfied
' you’re content, and if you’re content
you’re satisfied.” “That was my
opinion, too, Barney, me boy, up to
' now, but it struck me sudden like as 1
put that last nail in that I am satisfied
all right that Molly Cairey is my wife,
' but I am durned sure I am not con
' tent.”—Ex.
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t Tag Envelopes at this office.
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD — Cam*
f Hot Springs No. 24 meets every Mon
day evening at 8 o’clock in hall ovei
Traeger’s store. Visiting brothers
’ always welcomq.
3 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.
All kinds of Job Printing at this shop.
f" '
JAS. BLODGET,
Freighting
AND
General Teaming
Prices Reasonable, •
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Leave Orders at Morrison’s