Weekly: Ham part, Alaska, Saturday, Mar, 1. 1902.
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JUDGE WICKERSHiiM
APPOINTED TO NOME!
Till' Ntnvs Received by The Tast Mail.
Th tril Division A ppo in I ee 1'iikuo vv n
Ju Ige Balliet received by l ist
mail, a telegram from Eagle to be
forwarded to jsjoine to Judge Wick -
ersham, notifying him ot his ap
pointment as judge for the Seeo id
Division. No news was received
as to-who will succeed Judge Wick
ersham in this division.
Washington, Jan. 8. —Senator
Kearns today called at the White
House and recommended the ap
pointment of A. B. Hayes, the pre
sent stale attorney of Utah, to suc
ceed judge Noyes. Hayes resides
at Ogden and has been a resident
of Utah about seven years coming
to Utah from Ohio. He is highly
endorsed and the President seemed
impressed with the encomiums on
the candidate by Senator Kearns
and PerryS Heath who accompan
ied the senator.
Johannesburg, Jan. 3.—General
Botha has sent a notice to all Boer
commandoes requesting them to
keep on fighting, as the British par
liament is to be asked for anotner
war vote, which will induce the
British nation to demand that the
war in South Africa be stopped.
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Tin and zinc deposits have been
discovered in the Nome district the
past winter.
Hkainei1 Hristul Cost on Alasksiii Coast.
Vancouver, Jan. 9. -The steam
er City ot Seattle, from Skngwav
brings word ot the wreck ot 1 tie
steamer Bristol, which went down
off Green Island forty miles Uom
Port Simpson, her captain and six
ot her crew p erishing. Toe steam
er was on her way from Ladysmith
Vancouver Island, to the Tread
well Mine on Douglas Island, Alas
ka, with 2500 tons of coal, when
wrecked the night of January 2nd.
Green Island lies right in the path
of Alaska steamers and being low
and flat cannot be seen on a dark
night. The steamer was trying to
make Dixon’s Entrance in a rough
sea at 11 o'clock when she went
aground.
Jack Nelson returned from Glen
Wednesday. It is reported that he
has«aequired the Karshner interests
in the Glen Saloon and the road
house also, and that Mrs. Butler
will be placed in charge of the road
house while Tommy Laporte will
run the sal o 1.
Craven Goes to Jail For Six Months.
Bob Craven was sentenced to pay
$30 costs and serve six months in
the jail for giving whisky to an In
dian. The evidence showed con
clusively that Craven bought a bot
tle of whisky and gave it to Clint
Mavo, who testified that it was a
quart. Marshal Dribelbis almost
caught him in the act.
NEWS ITEMS.
Destitute People to be Cared For--? o
Outside Mail K< aches Nome - i u«l ..e
Wickersham Goes on a Vacation
The following news items were
taken from the Nome Nugget o ];
ies of which were received in last
mail.
Nome, Jan. 8.—-Nome has not
yet received any mail from the <«ut>
/
side, only Dawson and river mail
dated Oct. 15.
District court adjourned Jan. ^tli
Special session is announced fur
Feb. 17th.
A meeting- was held last evening
to a range for the care of the des
titute people of Nome. Gapt. Han
sen was elected chairman and K.D.
Ryan secretary.
Ju lge Wickersham with Iymis
Lane will leave next Friday on an
extended trip tip the coast which
will include Teller, York and Cape
Prince of Wales. The trip is taken
for pleasure as the judge feels the
need af a complete rest after his
severe labors on the bench. The
judge will be gone a mouth.
Preioria, Jan. 3.—General I;e
Wet has ordered that the Boer com
mandants retard the work of ex
tending the British blockhouses at
any cost. Further fighting may
consequently be expected. Gen.
Bruce Hamilton has captured anoth
er Boer laager and 22 prisoners 0:1
the Swaziland border.