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Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, February 18, 1905.
No. 7
ANKENY JOINS
THE OPPOSITION
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Senior Senator From State of Wash
ington Will Also Oppose The Ap
pointment of Judge Wickeraham—
Special to Nome News
WASHINGTON, December 24:
Senator Ankeny of the state of
Washington, will oppose the re
appoinment of Judge Wickersham to
the judgeship of the third judicial dis
trict 6>f, Alaska. Ankeny will be sup
ported by the Western delegation.
Nome Marshal; Confirmed .
WASHINGTON, January 12. —Thos.
C. Powell, of Oregon, has been appoin
- ted United States marshal at Nome to
succeed Frank Richards, removed.
Powell was recommended by the Ore
gon delegation.
Refuses To Reduce Tolls
WASHINGTON, January 12.—No
cut will be made in the rates charged
for the transmission of commercial
dispatches over the Alaska cables,
which are owned and operated by the
United States. Gen. Greeley says the
rates are now as low as consistant with
~ the expense of the service and the
. „ amount of money invested. He says
the government should have a fair re
turn on its investment. •
^ There will be a 10*§)er cent reduction
on all the Alaska land wires.
_ SEATTLE, January 14.—President
Roesevelt has reappointed George M.
- Stewart postmaster at Seattle.
Chasing A Thief
The Fairbanks authorities are chas
ing a man named Casey down the Yu
kon somewhere between Tanana and
Nulato.
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Casey, it is reported, is wanted at
Fairbanks for the alleged robbery of
Petrie’s saloon which occurred the ear
ly part of January.
. A special deputy, representing the
Fairbanks authorities, passed. Baker
creek a week ago on the trail of the al
leged robber, who had ten days start.
It is said that the marshal at Nulato
has been communicated With by -wire
aiid if Casey succeeds in getting. that
far, he will go no further,
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Nome News Notes
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The following interesting news notes
are copied from the Nome Gold-digger
of January 18, received in last night's
mail. r
Otto Lundgren was brought up frcm
Solomon yesterday and placed in Holy
Cross Hospital, suffering from a broken
leg received in the Big Hurrah quartz
mine.
Within a radius of about half a mile
on Center creek, 13 steam thawers are
working and giving the place a business
like aspect.
The big hoist on Adams & Ashley’s
ground on Little creek is now in oper
ation. They will hoist 260 cars daiiy
each containihg 75 pans of dirt.
Pay has been discovered on Dahl
creek. Walsh, Hamilton & Snyder are
hoisting rich pay on No. 4. They will
soon work on a more extensive scale.
In the. suit of Nordstrom vs Detter
ing for an accounting of the proceeds of
of the mining claim known as No. 6 on
Nikkala gulch, judgment was rendered
in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of
STOESSEL TAKES
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THE BLAME
Says He, Assumes All The Responsi
bility For The Surrender of Port
. Arthur—Stoessel Leaves Japan—
VTAGASAKI, japan, January 17.—
General Stoessel arrived here to
day enroute to Europe. He is al
lowed to wear his sword and is treated
as a gentleman and not as a prisoner.
In his farewell speech at Port Arthur
he took all the blame, if any there was,
for the premature surrender, of the
forts.
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Borrows Eighty Millions
ST. PETERSBURG, January 18.—
The latest Russian loan has, just bean
made, amounting to thesuroof eighty
million dollars.. Host of this amount
was subscribed in Moscow. ,Berlin sub
scribed one million.
Murder In Southeastern Alaska
SEATTLE, January 12.—A foul mur
der was ; committed on Fox island, in
Southeastern Alaska, on January 2.
William Dipple and Robert Ball were
partners in a marble property, and a
dispute arose, and in anger Dipple kill
ed Ball, and then gave himself- up to
the authorities.
NOME, January 18.—A reliable dis
patch to the Nugget states that a rich
strike has been made on 7 above Dry
creek. This claim is owned by the
Wild Goose Co. and is under, lease to
H. A. Ingalls,-the well-known mining
.man and others. The strike-was made
on the upper end of the claim. At a
depth of 50 feet a fine body of gravel
about dye .feet in depth, containing
rich j »*y. pans of>$3 being found.