Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, Jan, 18, 1902.
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«J udg;^ Noyes Retired to Private Life.
New Judge Appointed For This
I>is4i*iet--Wiekersiiam For Nome.
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Special to the Forum.
Eagle, Dec. 19.—Judge Noyes j
is removed. Judge Wickersham
is to remain at Nome. New judge
to be named for this district in a
few days.
It is recommended by the Dept. i
of the Interior that the Rampart
Land Office be discontinued.
London, Nov. 17.—Kitchener!
reports engagements with Boers j
last Wednesday and Thursday inj
which British loss was 360 men.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov, 17.—The
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bligands who abducted Miss Stone
the American missionary and her ;
companion have not ieplied to the
latest proposals of Mr. Dickenson*
diplomatic agent of the United
States in Sofia. There is a general
impression here that time is being
frittered away while waiting for
the brigands to reduce their price.
It is felt that to bring matters to a
head is to inform of the sum avail
able for ransom and that it cannot
be increased for any consideration
whatever. This ultimatum might
endanger Miss Stone’s life, but it
it is more probable that the brig
ands will accept it.
Pekin, Nov. 15.—The Chinese
court has arrived at Kai-Fong-Fu,
capital of Ho-Nan, having left the
people along its line of march half
ruined by the contributions levied
for entertainment repairing of
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roads and decorations. *
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Chicago, Nov. 16.--Judge IIan:
se}' today passed sentence on A.
M. Lawrence, the managing editor
atidH. S. Canfield, reporter of W.
R. Hearst’s Chicago American for
contempt of court, and committei
them to40 and 30 days imprison-!
ment respectively in the county
jail. I
A Patriotic ? Sentiment. |
The controversy over the flag tn- j
cident between Joe Thowne}7 and
publisher of the “Minor” who is
also Receiver of the local land office
demonstrates that Thowney is at j
least the better cifizeu of the two. j
Thowney denies the remark in ques !
ion in forcible terms; the erstwhile I
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publisher goes him one better and |
goes on to say in his attempt at an j
apology: “This story was told ns on j
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Glen as coming froin him and we j
thought it SO GOOD and to the\
point expressing SO NICELY the
feelinSs of a man who had worked |
hard for a little, and was finally
beaten out of that title, that we could
not refrain from publishing it.”
R. H. Wright may go outside!
over the ice. He received word
by laat mail that his wife was ser
iously ill. If no improvement is
noted in her condition on receipt of
next mail, Mr. Wright will leave
for the States at once.
' GOLD IN PHILIPPINES.
Army Officers Report The Island < f
Mindanao ail El Dorado-Big Rush
Predicted From All Over ‘World.
Washington, Deo. 5.—Oiie of the
greatest gold rushes in history is
predicted, with the Philippine Is
lands as the new El Dorado. Ar
my officers who have just returned
from Mindanao declare that the
mineral riches of that island wi 1
soon be one of the wonders of the
world. They say that the valleys
of the Sita river and its tributaries,
with a total length of 200 or 300
miles are full of gold. The natives
go out with their crude washiug
implements and clean up from 50
cents to $3 worth of gold in a day.
Returning Army officers bring out
specimens of this gold and report
that, according to the natives, the
precious mineral is found all thro’
the valleys, which range from 5 to
20 miles wide. No American mi
nes have as yet gone into the re
gion, as the Taft government is
debarred from issuing permits or
franchises. As soon as Congress
tBkes off the ban of the Hoar amen
dment to the Spooner resolution
and gives the government the au
thority to establish mining laws,
and arrange for title to claims, it is
predicted that there will be a tie
mendous influx of miners from the
United States, S°uth Africa, Alaska
and all over the world.