LEGAL NOTICE.
NOTICE OF MARSHALS SALK
United States of America, *
Third Division > ss:
District of Alaska. )
Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a writ of Fieri Facias[or execution], dated
August 8, 1901, issued out of the Distrtct Court,
of the United States for the Third Division,
District of Alaska, on a judgement rendered in
said Court, on the seventh day of November,
A. D. 1900, rn favor of* Maska Commercial Com
pany and against Thomas D. Drewr, I have, on
this fourteenth day of August, A. D. 1901, levied
upon the following described real estate, situat
ed iu the District of Alaska, Third Division, to
wit: All that certain property in the Territory
of Alaska, known and designated as the Pioneer
Coal Mine, and more particularly described as
follows: First, Coal Mining Location covering
one hundred and sixty acres, recorded by
Thomas D. Drew July 12, 1897; and Second, Coal
Mining Location recorded by j. P. Bauscaren
January 3rd., i8v8, and transferred to Thomas
D Drew in the month of July, 1898; the latter
premises adjoining the first described and both
being located upon the Yukon River, about thir
ty- miles up said river from Rampart City, oppos
ite Mike Hess Creek, record of all which is in
the office of the Recorder at Rampart Cijv,
and that I will, accordingly, offer said real es
tate for sale, at public vendue to the highest and
best bidder, for cash, on the thirtieth day of
September, A. D. 1901, at ten o'clock A. M , on
the front steps of the court-house at Eagle City,
Alaska.
Dated, Eagle City, Alaska, August 12. 1901.
Geo.G, Perry U- »S. Marshal,
Third Division, District of Alaska.
By K. E. Reynoldson. Deputy.
George K. French,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. Stevens and son were arriv
als on the Sarah.
Mr. L. Sloss, Mr. and Mrs. Ste
wart Menzies and Mr. and Miss
Hid were passengers bound for
Dawson on the Sarah.
Mr. Hill will take charge of the!
N. C. post at Forty Mile, Charley !
Hall takiug his vacation this win-1
ter in civilization; his first in six
years. ;
Mr. Bellows, N. C. agent at Ta- j
nana, has been displaced by C. R.
Corbusier. Mr. Corbusier was at
one time the record breaking mail
carrier betweeu Tauana and St.
Michael, but latterly N. C. agent
at Anvik.
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LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.
List of FfitAlltlen L*ant Year Cofeiilf*
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or ably Lower Than for Pre
vIoiin Year.
The annual report of the supervising
inspector general of steamboats, which
has just been made public in the form
of an abstract, contains a highly inter
esting exhibit of the numbers of lives
lost at sea from American vessels dur
ing the last calendar year, together
with other important correlated infor
mation. It appears from this document
that the total number of persons
drowned, or who came to their death in
other ways, was 404, which is a consid
erable increase over the previous year,
when the aggregate of fatalities was
123 less. This increase was due to the
foundering of the steamer Portland off
the Massachusetts coast during the
great gale on the night of November 27,
1898. Every one of the 127 persons on
board perished.
Of the total of 404 86 fatalities were
chargeable to accidental drowning, 213
persons went down with wrecks, 13
succumbed to tires, 31 were killed in
collisions, 24 were the victims of ex
plosions or of accidental escape of
steam, and in 37 cases miscellaneous
causes were reported.
The chapter on destruction of vessel
property shows that 48 vessels met with
accidents, seven had tires, 13 were in
?ollision, eight experienced a breaking
of steam pipes, two had explosions and
18 encountered snags and wrecks or
developed leaks. As the duty of the
supervising inspector general’s office is
to ascertain whether steam vessels have
complied with all the safety require
ments in the matter of live-saving appli
ances and relative to the condition of
toilers the report may be considered a
^.favorable exhibit. The destruction of
the Portland was not due to laxness on
the part of inspectors, but to the reck
lessness of her captain, who insisted on
putting out to sea in the teeth of a fierce
storm.
Except for this disaster, the loss of
life would have been comparatively
small. Only two vessels were damaged
by explosions—an excellent record con
sidering the extent of steam water
traffic.—Baltimore Herald.
Temporarily Dull.
‘‘Every man should have a purpose
in life,” remarked the severe old lady,
as she sized up the tramp through her
steel-rimmed spectacles. “Yes’m,”
said the tramp. “Mine’s makin’ foot
prints in de sands’ o’ time; an’ derc
don’t seem ter be much doin’ here. 1
guess T’ll make a few tracks.”—Phil
adelphia Record.
A LIBERAL POLICY.
Capt. -1, K. HaiiA^n, iriHi»njs»»r for the N.
f. (’o. sjiyw prirrs will not h»» rai^fd
Trio miner will bo considered.
Capt. J. K. Hansen, manager of
tl’.e N. C. Co. spent a few days in
Rampart the early part of the week
Capt. Hansen is an Alaskan of
many years experience and is thor
oughly familiar with the needs of
tne country. In response to an
inquiry of the Forum, Capt. Han
sen slid: “We do not intend to
raise prices; but on the contrary to
lower teem. The on v man w o
will be injuted by the consolidation
is the small dealer, as he cannot
compete with us; on the other han l
tne consumer will be benefited, he
is the man vve are catering to, not
our co .ipetitors. Freight will be
accepted f.o u any one; in a iy
quantity, for delivery in Alaska,
and any reports to the contrary are
ullerly unfounded.’’ Capt.Hansen
expressed himself t i.nglv as to
the imbecility ofa line of business
policy that would drive out the
miner by exorbitant pricee, thereby
decreasing the value of the assets
of his company-- a most un-business
like pro jet ding. The captain left
on the vlonarch, and after a trip up
the Koyukuk, will to Nome where
he will winter.
District Attorney Harlan is here.
Judge Harlan, District Attorney,
arrived on-the Monarch. The jud
ge is fres : from <. iviliz tion, and ex
presses liiruseif as being pleased
with the country. He is surprised
at the utter lack of knowledge the
people in the States possess of Alas
ka; geography included. Judge
Harlan is nei_e to represent the
interest of Mr. Garratt in the 24 1.
m. jr. litigation, and will return to
Eagle at the close of the taking of
testimony before Referee Knapp.
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