ALASKA FORUM
THE FORUM PUBEESHING CO.
AW R. Rd wards, Kditor. J. II. Wingate Manager.
VOIUMK I. No. S.
THURSDAY, NOV KM HKR I 5, I 90 ).
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jgMT'ln suppoit of the statement
that vast sums are being expended
by the government in the develop
ment of Alaska- -the cable recentlv
laid. runs from St Michael to L'na
laklik, to Nome, thence back to St.
Michael,making a triangu ar ire i .
“Tne installati >u plaits at each
terminus are the lies', in the worn!
and were built at a eo.-t ofSeo.ooo.
Kaeli 10 miles of the best cable ob
tainable was transp arte 1 o 1 spo >ls
that weighs l 15 tons each and is
c doubted to withstand the most
s .were hardshins.
The dead body old. H. Pi'.—
hugh t< unci in a stiowsiide rear
his cabin on Slate creek has ca--t
a gloom over theentire com mtaity.
He was ever genial, making filends
of all with whom h • met. His
pleasant smile and jolly w* id will
be 11155 id by m a ay in this cam;—
hut fond parents and sisteis h oe
yet to learn and to mourn deepest.
Now the Canadian soldiers
fro <aSf
— under British officers in South
Afiica—are hollering because thev
di 1 not mind their own business.
Tilt Yankee did the same in Cuba
and L,uzon—history repeats itself.
gWQueen Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands —age a )—is to wed
Prince Adolph Pre brick of C.er
many and all Europe is pleased —
im usual.
California’s gold mines are
said to have reached the highest
mark last year, producing $65,000,
000. The world's gold output for
1899 was $315,000,000.
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The funeral of Robert Hunter
Fitzhugh occurred Sun lay ;n nuiing
under the direction ol jack Spen
cer, lb J. Knap]) officiating; e\erv
laniily in camp and on creea, w is
represented,so gat at was the esteem
in which the departed was held.
The deceased came into the coun
try some years a go with Dr. Ilud
gin and leit liighly connected ‘par
ents ami loving sisters, in Rexu g
ton, Ky., to roam the wildso! Alas
ka. He was oi a venttnesonie,
tnou’ genial and kindly nature, be
loved i>y all. \\ hen one was ill or
in distre- s,he cai wed watci lo thmu,
split their wood and attended their
nan s localise he was lay pier
when so doing. lie often spoke ot
his nairow escapes while hunting
gold and game in the mountains
his menus le t his good judgment
made him sccuie trom g< i lg a trav
or trom accident hut here was the
iiio.vt rugged and rocky wild coun
try lor miles around, nor can ore
guard against a sudden avalanche,
which sti iking trom behind, rend
< >
s
ers one senseless to die without a
struggle. hoi such are the weird
stoi ies ot the searche: s tor h ltxlnigh.
The d .ceased left Ire; partner,
Drake, Sundae moniino-, with lrs
shotgun on a hunt for otarmigm.
As he did not return that 11io i:t,
ihake s.d out to look for hi:]
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al 3
a.m. Monday out being unable to
track iiiill beyond a certain joint
oil the wind beaten snow blocks
like jagged reek and rutlilessly
cold, he returned and notified the
miners i 1 the v’cinity. S. L. Ideate r
brought the news tliat Fitzhugli
uas lost, into cam]) Tuesday night.
Herman Webber and John Duncan
leit the next morning with Win
gate’s dog team lor Flate creek, a
p u ty ot loyal soldiers following
soon alter. Thursday morning,al
ter three hours ot ninth g and care
ful survey, the ] arty, consisting- of
\\ obber, Duncan, Diake, Davis,
riir 1 ey and Ni-'k Xcl-on, decided
h ilzhuDi had been caught in a snow
slide and began to look f >x some
clew to him in this slide. Duncan
by the merest chance discovered a
,gun b; r. el, just uncovered by WoL
ber's foot and from this spot the
purty began to turn over the snow
I»< ceeoing up the steep incline,for
as they correctly judged. the gi n
had f>een carried the farthest.
i he snow was undermined and
p i-dawty with snow shoes, m
chunks ot lrom 50 to 70 cubic feet
and was so comj act that it 1 email -
cd intact while Ik.uncling down the
mount.on side, lint 30 leet above
the gnn it retrained for poor Drake
to first discover the dead body, the
( o line tri ce of u hicli.v as \ eaceft 1
and no sign of a struggle. Drake
ft:i' e out unuer lire str: i 1 and w; s
sent home while the In e men stri g
gled with the body 2.500 feet down
the wind swept si ow bank. The
b >ys rea hed tov.11 al 5 p.m. Thun
d y and the reman s were given in
to rir* < arc of Dr. Hudgin.'
e id ami g ews n e are thesp -
hies told of their feelings at finding
a no c; rt\ mg ol tue bodv some two
mdes to a trail and dog team.
f hese men desei ve much credit
for 1 heir willingness, ability and
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