Weekly: Rampart, Alaska,
Saturday, March <!. 11)02.
' LATE OUTSIDE NEWS.
Marquis of Dufferin Dead — Kngland And
Japan Sign Treaty to Maintain The
Integrity of China--Tolstoi Dying.
Dawson, Feb 12 —H. D. Saylor
the newly appointed U. S. consul
at Dawson arrived bv stage at noon
today.
Yalta, Crimea, Feb. 12.— Count
Tolstoi is continually growing
worse. All the members of the
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family are assembled at his bedside.
London, Feb. i2.--Mirquis of
Dufferin, formerly governor-gener
al of Canada, died at 6:25 this morn
ing at his home, Clandeboye County
Down, Ireland.
New York, Feb. 12.- The Ger
man imperial yacht Hohenzollern
was sighted off Sandy Hook light
snip at 11157 this morning and is
now coming into port.
Washington, Feb. 12.—The Jap
anese minister called at the state
department today and notified Sec
retary Hay of the signing of the
treaty between Great Britain and
Japan, binding the two nations to
joint action to maintain the integri
ty of the Chinese empire and Corea,
'i be treaty is precisely in line with
the aims of the United States.
Noble, the freighter, arrived
from Tanana yesterday with 4000
lb of freight for the N. C. Co.
A mad dog ran amuck yesterday
and was shot by John Duncan.
^ The boys shot away fully $5 worth
of ammunition.
Gassiar Jim and Barber Hall left
Thursday morning for Koyukuk.
Jim Oldfield arrived from Ham
lin with outside mail Thursday. He
leaves this morning for Tanana.
Paijl Williams, an Indian, has
brought suit against Julius Ranis
torf for $30. The case comes before
Judge Balliet Monday morning.
The telegraph line was down for
a few days between Tatiana and
the Rapids, but is now in working
order. The break below the Birch
es has glso been found. The line
is now in operation clear thro’ to
St. Michaels.
The local jail is being very badly
strained; but there is always room
for one more. It has been said
that Marshal Dribelbis wtll either
have to put hoops around the
building or chain his boarders on
the outside.
Joe Melson and Private Butzier
arrived from Fb Gibbon Tuesday
last with the post mule team. Mel
son came for a load of construction
material for the new line up theTa
nana, and Butzier lo relieve Beard,
who returned witn Melson Thurs
day morning.
Instructions were received at Ft.
Gibbon to commence work on a
line from the post up the Tanana.
This wire will connect with the
Eagle-Valdes line which will cross
the Tanana river at Bates rapids.
A spur line will connect Rampart
and Circle with the main line.
REPORTED STRIKE
ON CHENA RIVER.
Party to Start From Glen--250 Milos to
Scene of Reported Strike-Miner .
A late arrival from Glen brings
word that in some way news lias
been received announcing a strike
| on the Chena river, 250 miles up
the Tanana, and that Belsea, Jones
; and Tofty are organizing a party
I to start for the scene of the report
1
ed rich strike. It is generally
known that there is a number of
! prospectors on the Chena who left
| Tanana last summer on the Chief.
The Chena cuts the belt and in
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j past years some good prospects
1 have been found on it; none %
! however within 100 miles of the
mouth.
Major Green, U. S. Signal Corps,
; has notified the war department
that St. Michaels has had no later
! mail from the States than Nov. 28.
I The Trans Alaskan Company have
a contract to deliver two mails per
I month at SC Michaels via Iliamna
! bay but up to March 1st had net
| made an appearance. This coui
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| pany advertises to run a stage line
| for passengers and mail clear thro’
to Nome. Three horses were lanri
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| edat Russian Mission last fall, and
; this is all the equipment known to
be in the country belonging to the
so-called stage line and mail route.
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