Vol. 2.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, March 15. HM)2.
y* Prince Henry in New York--Intinera.ry.
Rampart Land Office Will Stay Here
Bill Passed to Guard President.
New York, Feb. 3 —Prince Hen
ry’s intinery is as follows: Arrives
in New York Feb. 24*K Will call
g.
at the White House on the pres -
cient; later the president will return
tlie call at the German Embassy.
jj:i the evening* the Prince, Presi
dent, and presidential party leave
for New York. Feb. 26. Kaiser’s
* yacht is launched and christened
by Miss Alice Roosevelt. 27th.
Prince to be entertained at dinner
^ at White House. Prince attends at
Capitol and Secretary Hay will de
liver McKinley memorial address.
28th: Starts on a brief tour to in
clude Chicago and Niagara Falls.
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March 8th: Sails for home.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Senate
* committee on appropriations have
struck out the House provision lim
iting the land offices in Alaska to
one.
* Washington, Feb. io.—Commit
tee on judiciary reported favorably
^the bill for the protection of the
president, vice president and others
A new feature of the proposed bill
is that the secretary of war is em
powered to direct and to select a
detail from the regular army to pro
tect and guard the president “with
nit unnecessary display.”
Dawson, Feb. 15.—Strs. Ora,
Nora and Flora have been bought
from the Klondike corporation by
R. W. Calderhead.
Nome's Historical Museum.
An Historical museum has been
formed at Nome under the auspices
of the Arctic Brotherhood. Agent
Godly received a letter from Capt.
Hansen, manager of the company
apprising him of the fact and ask
ing his cooperation in collecting cu
rios, Indian relics, traditions etc.
Thecompany will grant free trans
portation for a 1 such articles. The
object of the museum is for the pnr
pose ot collecting and preserving
the traditions and relics of the In
dians, and recording the current his
tory of Alaska under the develop
; tnent of the white man. This is a
most praiseworthy undertaking and
one that all residents of Alaska
j should interest themselves in. The
I Ram part district is particularly rich
| in the fossil remains of mammoths
| and other extinct species of prehis
toric ages: these could be readily
collected and would make a inter
| esting exhibit.
Jim Oldfield left this morning
; with out-bound mail. Scott left
I
!
| for Tanana with in-coming mail
yesterday morning.
Gus Williams is in camp for a few
j
I days. He has been prosbecting on
the Tanana 75 miles above Baker.
Harry Russell arrived from the
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Koyukuk last Thursday. He re
ports one good claim 011 Hammond
creek, and that there is a general
I scarcity of money in the country.
Sva<{ 11*, ( irclt1, And Tamnia News s
Miner Killed on Kagle Creek-5.U*, {
D.H. Jarvis Takes Ivy’s I’ositirn.
Seattle, Feb. 3.
Saw Thumtn a few days ago. He
intends to start in between 20th of
this month and 1st of Mareh, and
will either use a dog team or a horse.
Trinity church was burned down
a week ago. The $7000 organ re
cently installed was destroyed.
The Boer w r is still on, but
rumors state that the Boers are ne
gotiating for peace thro’ the friend
ly offices of Holland.
Eleven convicts recently escaped
from McNeil’s Island penitentiary.
All were recaptured, not being ao.e
to leave the island.
Tanatia, March io.
I Lieut. Dichmann received orders
in last mail to get read}^ to leave
for the Philippines on the first boat.
The eutire company will go. It is
supposed that two companies of the
17th will relieve the men here.
Circle, Feb. 21.
Circle is quiet. A miner named
Wm Lassman, or “Cariboo Bill,”
I was killed on Eagle creek last Fri
day by a cave-in. The ground is
! not frozen and timber is used. A
| ton of earth fell in on him. The
! miners uncovered his head in th e
minutes, but he was dead. It took
; 12 hours to dig the body out, the
j dirt running in as fast as it was re
■ moved.
Washington, Jan. 27.—President
i Roosevelt has appointed Lieut. I ■.
| H. Jarvis collector of customs h r
! the district of Alaska.
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