CORONOR'S JURY vs
SHERLOCK HOLMES
The coronor’s jury rendered a ver
dict of death from natural causes, in
their investigation as to the cause of
the five months infant of Indian Yaska.
The autopsy performed by Dr. Gibbons
showed that a ruptured blood vessel in
the brain was the immediate cause of
the infants death, although all the in
ternal organs were badly affected with
tuberculosis, and had not the vessel
ruptured death was not far off.
. It is now reported that in spite of the
verdict of the coroner’s jury and the
findings of the autopsy, a certain fe
male Sherlock Holmes, who claims a
sort of proprietorship over the local
tribe, is trying to show that the child’s
mother murdered it. It was first de
ckled that the father murdered it, but
when it was learned that Ye.ka left
home two hours prior, and five minutes
before its death the infant was appar
ently well, this theory was abandoned.
To account for the remarkable fact
of murder with the entire absence of
all external marks of violence, it is to
be alleged that the child’s brains was
beat out with a feather bed!
Nugget Found on Omega
on No. 9 Worth $123.40
Omega creek and the immediate vi
! cinity is the colter of observation on
the other side of the divide. Hall &
Atkinson, who have a lay on No. 9 from
R. H. Wright have found pay running
40 cents to the pan,. and picked up a
nugget worth $123.40. The upper half
of this claim is owned by Gill & Wright
and the lower half by Joe Kaminski.
Eddie Power is taking out good pay
on No. 11, and Kaminski is on pay on
No. & Omega creek is on a direct line
with the cross-country pay channel on
the west of Glen.
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The Monarch is due from Dawson.
She has a heavy load of machinery to
land at Fairbanks.
John F. Egan has' purchased the in
terests of Gill & Wright on discovery
Thanksgiving creek.
Capt. and Mrs. Barnette of Fair
banks were passengers outward bound
on the Sarah.
Big Minook Hydraulic
Is Working Successfully
Manager M. Koonce, of the Rampart
Gold Mines Company, operating the
big hydraulic plant on Big Minook, will
spend the winter with his family east.
S. P. Robbins arrived on the T. C. Po
wers, and will take charge in Mr.
Koonce’s absence.
The plant is running in full blast and
barring accidents, several cleanups
will be made before the season closes.
It is reported that $250 was cleaned up
at the mouth piece a few days ago.
Local News Items
Big Mary was sentenced to two days
imprisonment for contempt, and fined
$50 and costs for her late jollification.
Mrs. J. E. Nussbaum has sold her
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cabin and lot to Jack Isom. Isom will
continue the barber shop and solicits
the patronage of all who grow hair.
The Susie reported the Tyrrel on a
bar 40 miles above Ft. Hamlin. The
Susie was aground an hour near Ft.
Yukon.
Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Wharton arrived
on the Susie and have taken their resi
dence in the Ballou cabin. Dr. Whar
ton is a dentist and comes well recom
mended. For the benefit of those in
need of his services, Dr. Wharton will
remain here about two weeks.
A. H. Monroe, of Monroe & Lindsay
the Hoosier hydraulic company, left on
the Susie for the States. Mr. Monroe
will spend the winter in Arkansas at
the springs, returning next spring.
G. H. Wand is in charge of his Hoosier
creek interests during his absence.
S. A. Cutting will leave for Seattle
early next month. He will return on
the ice via Valdez next spring. It is
reported that he and H. F. Thumm
have secured an option on the What
Cheer bar property and will put in a
pipe line .from the Hootlanana.
Dr. C. H. Gibbons, and Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. McKenney left Thursday night
for St. Michaels. The party took a
small boat and will drift down as far
as Anvik where they will transfer to a
river steamer for St. Michael. The
McKenney’s will go to their old home!
in California, while Dr. Gibbon will go
on to Seward via Dutch Harbor.
Fresh Eggs
Just Received Per
Steamer “Susie”
Tents All Sizes. Mattresses,
Feather Pillows, Double Wove
Wire Springs—The Best.
Enameled Bedsteads, Brass Trimmed
$50 and $75 Complete
Cigars, and a full line of Chewing
and Smoking Plug Tobaccos
Australian Hard Winter Onions
Selected EGGS packed in SALT
For Creek SHIPMENT if desired.
Fresh Potatoes
Creek Orders Will Have
Our Prompt Attention
V. MYERS, FRONT ST.
Strictly First-class
The BEST MEAL in Town
Meats, Fish and Game
Bakery: Bread, Pies, Cakes
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