Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, October 17,1903. No. 10.
'"ADA PRESENTS CASE
tnada’s Attorney Takes Up Plenty Of
Time—Sir Thos. Liptou Recovering
Big Floods Threaten Loss of Life—
London, Sept. 23.—Attorney
en. Findlay devoted yesterday
orning’s session to an examina
on of the evidence of the Canadian
trveyors regarding the mountains
ordering on the Alaskan coast,
ontrarjr- to expectations, he was
ill speaking when the commission
Ijourned.
London, Sept. 18.—At to-day’s
.•ssion of the Alaskan boundary
>mmission Attorney-Gen. Findlay
mtinued 011 behalf of Canada the
u JK ssion of the proper location of
Portland channel.
The attorney-general's argument
•ill not be completed "before Sept.
1. David T. Watson, of Pitts
urg, will open for the American
de on Sept. 22.
Chicago, Sept. 18.—rSir Thomas
,ipiou, who is ill of catarrhal ap
pendicitis, passed a quiet night ai d
; doing well, although a very sick
tan.
OtD-l’IMER DEAD AX DAWSON
Dawson, S^pt. 25.—The ranks of
te genuine old sourdoughs were
till further depleted yesterday by
te death of - Dick Dale, who came
ito the Yukon 13 years ago and
itii lately was one of the familiar
gu ' in the Forty-mile diggings,
le cried at St. Mary’s hospital,
'here he was taken Sunday, from
complication of diseases resul ing
the hardships of a long fron
bfe.
MISSISSIPPI FLOODING BANKS
i Lacrosse, Wis., Sept. 18.—Hun
dreds of families in the district ad
jacent to Lacrosse are fleeiug with
i what valuables they can grasp to
the hills which skirt the Missis
sippi to escape death from the floods
which are sweeping the Mississippi
valley.
| Upon advices of the United
States weather bureau here yester
day the entire police force was de
|
j tailed to warn the residents of sur
| rounding towns that the worst flood
in the history of the state was to
strike Lacrosse early today.
Mounted couriers were dispatch
ed in every direction and it is be
lieved the warning was sent early
enough to prevent loss of life. The
weather bureau predicts a 13-foot
stage on the Mississippi here by
Saturday morning.
I
London, Sept. 18.—Stanley
Spencer, the aeronaut, left the
Crystal Palace last night in his air
ship and made a half circuit over
St. Paul’s church, then went north
' war Is to Trent parkland descended.
He had . desired to return to tho
Crj'stal Palace, but was obliged to
laud eight miles from there.
Clint DuMire is representing his
Big Minook claims. Clint got as
high as $7 on 19a two years ago,
* / .
but water prevented further sink
ing.
! F. E. Drake is only awaiting the
frost to harden the trail to start
machinery to work on Slate. H.
Haven’s big steam plant will crcs -
cut the upper end of the creek in
three places the coming winter.
SCOW DUE TONIGHT
Reported To Have Left Circle Oct. 6th—
Relatives Of Those Aboard Getting '
Uneasy—River Near Closing Poin
Somewhere in the ice between
here and Ft. Yukon a barge load
of passengers under the pilotage of
N. C. officials is slowly making
their way to Rampart. It is not
known when the barge left Circle,
and as telegraphic communication
is broken there is no way in which
this information can be obtained.
In addition to many passengers the
Indian crews of the various N. C.
boats now upriver are also aboard.
The relatives of the voyagers,
here in Rampart, are getting very
anxious, and the rapid filling up of
the river with ice does not tend to
allay their anxiety. Manager Dun
can, whose wife is aboard, expects
the barge to arrive here tonight or
tomorrow. Many' residents are of
opinion that the barge will not
make Rampart before the rapid
accumulation of ice renders river
travel impossible. In this event
they may not arrive until the trail
is such that the trip can be com
pleted on the ice.
Jerry Ford and Max Neville re'
turned from a prospecting trip to
Applegate creek last Tuesday.
They got good prospects, and had
they not run out of provisions
would have got two hQles to bed
rock on this likely looking creek.
I They will return next spring and
finish the shafts. Neville will* vork
I •
a lay on 7 Little Minook this win
ter, and Ford will work with Tom
Aritonson and John Palm on 24
L. M. Jr.