Vol. 3.
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Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, Aug. 30, 1902.
No. 9,
GLEN CASE DECIDED
Mrs. Strutherg Wins The 4a Glen Cfs« 1
Laymen Get Their Money—Belsaa
Takes An Appeal—24 Case Settled, j
Lynn Smith arrived from Eagle
on the Jeff Davis with the mail. He
brings the following court news.
Mrs. Struthers wins the 4a Glen
case. The jury awarded the laymen
* their 55 per cent, holding that Jack
BeL'ca hau iet the lays under tne
au.iiority oi the power ot attorney
giV'ea him by Mrs. Struthers. The;
Eagle Mining Co. have taken an ;
appeal and will put up a $10,000
bond. Beisea’s attorney T. A. Me- j
Gov* an, got an order from the!
court giving him two mouths time j
* to hie the bond and four months!
additional time to perfect the ap-1
peal.
I The 24 1. m. jr. case was com-1
y promised. Mrs.Garratt takes the!
money now in the clerk's hands,
A1 Allen gets his lay money, and!
* Mrs. Myers takes the claim.
Tne N. A; T. & T. Co. win tht
Thronson lot jumping case.
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J. T. Kelium was disbarred for,
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tampering with tbejury in the Beau
-> mont case last year. The petition
asking he be disbarred was signed
by every attorney in Eagle.
V W. T. Garratt was adjudged in
sane and committed to the Salem
Asylum.
* The retail liquor license of Jack
Nelson at Tanana was revoked.
Manthei, who jumped a $3000
bond at Nome under a charge of
^ perjury, was arrested by Marshal
: Dribelbis on a warrant sent up
from Nome and placed in the jail at,
Eagle. He escaped a few nights
later by spreading the bars on the
jail window.
J. J. Reynoldson, formerly office
deputy at Eagle, will remain there
having been appointed deputy
marshal. Chas. Dribelbis was ap
pointed deputy to Valdez.
Owens, the murderer who was
sentenced to the penetentiary for
25 years, was sent out in charge of
Guards Copeland and Grnehle.
Marshal Dribeibis is bringing a
a jailer down from Eagle with him.
He will arrive on the Eouise due
here next Monday. *
Court Headquarters Move To Valdez.
Court adjourned Aug. 22nd and
Judge and Mrs, Wiekersham ac
companied by Geo. Jeffrey and
Marshal and Mrs. Perry left at
once for Valdez. Clerk Heilig will
remain two weeks longer at Eng e
arranging for the transfer of the
oourt headquarters to Valdez.
Rampart Gets No Commissioner.
No commissioner was appointed
at Rampart. Judge Wickersham
refused to accept Judge Balliet’sl
resignation, but gave him a four
months leave of absence. If at the
end of that time the judge still in
sists on resigning another will be
appointed. As the matter stands
Rampart will have no commission
er for the next six months.
Emil Ferstenau arrived last eve
ning from Dawson in a small boat.
He reports a rate war on the upper
river and that crowds are taking
advantage of the low fares and are
having Dawson.
DIES AT EAGLE
J. W. Dillon, The Discoverer Of Glen,
Passss Away At Eagle—Buried East
Sunday—On His Way Home To Die.
James W. Dillon died at Eagle
Friday, Aug. 22nd and was buried
there the following Sunday He
! was suffering from chronic Bright’s
disease and was on his way out on
the Hannah under the care of Dr.
Reisloff. He was subpoened 011 U;e
boat atEagie and carried ashore oil
a stretcher. Ail attempt was made
Several times to take his deposition
in the 4a Glen case, but witnout
success, he being to weak. The
death of Dillon was not unexpect
ed as he was on his way home to
die. L,. A. Joues was named his
executor under a will made prior to
his departure on the Hannah.
Dillon was practically thediscov
erei of Glen and at that time staked
one oi the best claims on the creek.
His death at this time is patiietic;
he was in a position to acquire a
handsome competence, and enjoy
the first fruits of years of hardships
and privation, which were respon
sible for seating the disease that
caused his death.
(Daily Klondike Nugget)
Dawson, Aug. 21.—The .sluice
box robber is again abroad in the
land and doing business in no in
considerable scale. Number iab.
on Bonanza creek is the latest claim
to have its boxes relieved. The
theft occurred last night or more
probably at an early hour this morn
ing. The claim is owned by Skoo
kum Jim, but the robbery occurred
on that portion of the ground work
ed on a lay by Bert Schuler. The
amount stolen is about $2000,