Vol. 4.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, Feb. 14, 1903.
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The first words that the ticker de
noted on tape were “You are re
versed,” meaning that Honolulu
k was getting San Francisco signals
backwards. ihe local difficulty
~ was quickly adjusted by a reatij.is.
meni i f tae batteries here. Then
came ihe first formal communica
tion from Uucie Sam’s new posses
sions over ti.e Pacific cable.
It was fitting that such a message
should be from the chief of ihe fair
Pacific isles to the bead of the Unit
ed Slates, so the ticker read a mess
- age of congratulation and good wi 11
from Governor Dole to President
Roosevelt. Then, came a cable
~ gram from the officials at Honolulu
-to Clarence Mackay, president of
the Commercial Pacific Cable com
pany. Company messages followed
r rapidly, greetings beiug exchanged
and messages of good will and
, prosperity passing rapidly to and
fro.
V. —
Erast us Brainerd has applied for
patents on his three Idaho bar
. claims. Judge Balliet has the
matter in hand, Mr. Brainerd now
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being in Washington, D. C.
better From Chenoa
Chenoa, Jan. i8, 1903.
Editor Forum.
For the amount of work done
the diggings are showing up well,
was out on the creeks for nearly
two weeks. The entire country is I
pretty well staked. Good pay has
been found on Gold stream also on
Pedro creek. The boys are going
wild over town lots at. the lower
p )>t, ju npiug io«.' and building cib
ius. I don’t think the lower post
will be the town however. Boats
can come up to the upper post all
season, except when tne water is
at the very lowest. I think I will
chance put iug up a two story buil 1-1
ing 25 by 40.at the upper post—
Fnirbai ks. The * will be a great
rush to this secti j.i next spring.
G. N. Hensley.
i Dawson Lodge Grants Charter
i The Arctic Brotherhood 4ias is
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sued a charter f >r a lodge at Ram- j
part City, where a lively interest is
being taken in the organization.-]
The Rampart people will have a
I strong lodge. R. Hedger is past
j Arctic chief of the new camp, and
A1 Wissel, Arctic eaief.
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At the session of the Arctic
Brotherhood last night three new
members were initiated. They j
were A. V. Buel, the cartoonist, W. j
A. Beddoe and Mr. Wickey. The |
session was a decided suceess in ev-j
ery respect.
Instructions were received last j
j
mail from A. R. Heiiig, clerk of
the district court, that all road
houses haviug a capacity for ten or
more persons, shall pay a boarding
house license of $ 15 per annum.
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FRIGHTFUL HOLOCAUST
At Notoe-••New*” Reporter Writes Of
Horrible Sight-Many Will Die—
-Whisky At The Bottom Of It-*
Nomk, Dec. v>.—Eight human
beiugs burned almost to death,
some of the skin hanging in shreds
from their bodies, their black, swol*
lea faces contorted in agony; some
of them unconscious, their labored
breathing sounding like the last
agonized breath of lite; piteous
moans, dumb appeals by uplifted
blistered aVms, receding out appeal
ingly to tne patient sisters; these
are some cf the horrible rights ai.d
and sounds witnessed by a repre
sentative of the News at the Holy
Cross hospital at 4 o’clock this af
ternoon.
At half past three o’clock a man
by the name of Vaughan rushed
down to the federal jail and ex
claimed: “A lot of Eskimos are
burning to death in an igloo on the
tundra just back of the Vista Min
ing Company.” ;
Deputy Marshals Lowe, Ander
son and Blakslee hastily runned to
tht spot. They found tne igloo
filed with smouldering fire and
dense smoke. Lowe reached in a:;d
grabbed a half grown child by the
leg. As he pulled it out, the skin
oh the leg broke and pulled off,
The burned Eskimos were all
drunk, and possibly stupified with
liquor. The native boy who seem
ed to be suffering so much agony,
was seen going into the igloo with
a bottle of whisky.
Mail Leaves Xanana Tomorrow
The mail leavesTanana for Ram
part and np river tomortow.