Alaska Forum
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Weekly: Kampart, Alaska, Tlmrsilav. February 21,1901.
Kidnapped!
THE MOST DARING ON RECORD.
STEAMER STRIKES ICE
MESSAGE.
Omaha, Dec. 20. Little Edward
Cudahy, jr. was kiduapped Tues
day and held in confinement 36
hours by daring men for $25,000.
The father paid the ransom and the
boy was released. The town is
greatly excited over the case which
is considered one of the boldest on
record. Edward Cudahy, Sr. is en
gaged in the meat packing business
here and his brother Michael is
president of the N.A.T.& T.Co.
Skagway, Dec. 29. Str. Dirigo
struck an iceberg on her way here!"
She was slightly damaged and de
layed a short time.
Vancouver, Dec 27. Str. Alpha
s ink in a storm.Survivors reached
here. They tell thrilling stories of
the wreck. The survivors are en
tirely destitute.
.Washington, Dec. 22, F. H.
Morris, auditor of the War Depart
ment, was shot dead today by S
McDonald who then shot himself.
Sitka, Dec. 21. Suppressed ex
ists here for fear of an Indian out
break. In case of trouble serious
fighting may be expected; the na
tives out number the whites and
the small garrison statioued herej!
Seattle, Dec.21. The tunnel of
the Great Northern Railway
through the Cascade mountains
was completed yesterday.
Lincoln, Dec. 15. Bryan announc
ed today he would soon establish a
weekly paper known as the Com
moner; in which he proposed to
discuss public affairs.
Washington, Deo.3. The presi
dent’s message was made public to
day.
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LOCAL TEMPERATURE.
The weather report for the week j
ending Feb. 21 as submitted by Met- j
eorologieal Observer Liebes:
Minimum... .Feb. 14. -48
Maximum.Feb. 18 " " -8
Mean. o
ANOTHER MAN MISSING.
Dawson, Dee.28. Th.e strange
disappearance of Dr. J. Bellinger
along the trail two weeks ago, says
the Dawson News, is no nearer a
solution than it was when first re
ported to the police. He was last
seen at 9 o’clock on the morning of
Dec. 12, leaving road house at Ogil
vie. I
Washington, Dec. 14. Negotia
tions with China have advanced
beyond tbe preliminary stage* all
powers have agreed on demands to
be made and the aggregate will
reach $600,000,000. The powers
will take charge of the government.
and all Chinese customs to raise the
money. The wily Celestial seems
to be up agaiuft the real thing.
Matt Quay w ill be re-elected to
the U. S. Senate despite his arch
enemy John Wanamaker.
Congress has been fighting over
the new armv bill which makes the
minimum 60,000 and maximum
100.000 men, as compared with the
25.000 of the present act. There is
also a bitter fight against the can
teen portion of the new bill 4|nd
many prominent military men are
in favor of the sale of whisky.
The decision in the Noyes case,
j in which the Lane Syndicate is try
ing to cause his removal as judge at
Nome, will be announced lat
er. If there is a Senatorial inves
I tigation McKenzie is sure to win
out and the whole thing seems to be
I a case of two big syndicates fight
ing each other.
Seattle, Dec. 13. Transport Roy- j
alist is going to load 4,000 tons of
| hay and grain for Manila, for use
! by the army.
Our Population.
BIG INCREASE THE PAST DECADE.
SENATOR DAVIS* ESTATE
EGAN RE-INSTATED
The following figures were pre
pared by Director of the Census W.
R. Merriam, for the Seattle Times.
United States, 76,295,220; Puerto
Pico. 953»248; Philippines, 7,000,
000; Guam, 8,561; Tutuila and aja
cent Isles, 4,165; total, 84,261,189.
Basing the increase for tne next ten
decades at the uniform rate of 18
per cent;in the year 2000 the total
population would be in the neigh
borhood of 411,009,206.
Wa^ngtou, Dec. i%. ThTsenate
lias amended the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty and says that the treaty prac
tically ceases to exist. It is displea
sed by the Hay-Pauncefoto obstacle
to building the canal. English pa
pers are very bitter in their discus
sion of t he matter and characterize
the action as an insult to England.
New York, Dec. 15. Four new
eases of smallpox have been report
ed to the board of health. The pa
tients will be sent to North Brother
Island.
St. Paul, Dec. 12. The will of the
late Senator Davir wak filed for pro
bate today. The estate consists of
$25,000 personal property and $40,
000 real estate, aff of which is left
to his widow. Minnesota is build
ing a monument to commemerate
the great statesman.
Washington, Dec. 10. Towne,
of Minnesota, pop., was sworn in
as Senator Davis’ successor today.
Washington, Dec.6. Commissary
General Egan was today restored
to duty by President McKinley and
immediately placed on the retiree
list.