Can Remain As Long
As He Pleased
From the Skasrway Alaskan.
Hon. James Wickersham, judge of
the Third judicial division, arrived on
the Dolphin last night—July 10—and
left for Fairbanks this morning where
he will hold court.
Judge Wickersham was summoned to
Washington immediately upon his ar
rival from Fairbanks last spring to ans
wer the charges preferred against him
there by unknown complainants. He
has been held there ever since by di
rection of the department of justice
that he might have an opportunity to
answer those charges as they were sup
plemented from time to time. That he
t
answered them to the entire satisfact
ion of the department of justice is man
ifest in a letter to the president from
Attorney General Moody and which let
ter the president turned over to the
judge. In the letter the attorney gen
eral-urges the president to make the
recess appointment in case the Senate
refused to confirm the nomination,
characterizing Judge Wickersham as
one of the most upright, trustworthy
and capable officials that had come to
Alaska, and a judge that had demon
strated peculiar ability on the bench.
Judge Wickersham in an interview
this morning dismissed the subject that
has absorbed the people of the Third
district for so many months in a few
words:
“It simply amounts to this,” said the
judge. “The rules of the senate re
quire unanimous consent for the dispo
sition of matters of this kind. Every
senator can talk on any subject as long
• as he wishes, and it lies in his power,
therefore, to prevent action. The pur
port of the charges are well known.
The opposition to me, in the senate,
amounted to just five votes. But those
five were enough to prevent confirma
tion. When it was decided to pass my
name on account of this, I was directed
to return to Alaska, the president as
suring me that as long as he remained
in office. I should be judge in Alaska,
if it pleased me to be. That is all there
is to the matter.”
Location Notices: Forum office
Geological Survey At
Work in Rampart
F. C. Witherpoon and two assistants
are at work in Rampart along the Yu
kon platting this section. By triangu
lation the altitude of the mountains
that constitute what is called “The lo
wer Ramparts of the Yukon,” is being
obtained.
Mr. Witherspoon has a large section
of country to map this season, reaching
from the Yukon river to the Tanana,
and well intb the Beaver creek section
on the north. His ill luck of last sea
son has followed him this summer, hav
ing lost a large part of his camping
outfit by a recent forest fire. This was
however, replaced at Ft. Hamlin with
out delaying the operations for the
summer.
Tons of Gold Flowing
Into Seattle Assay Office
SEATTLE.—Seven steamers coming
from Southeastern Alaska and Nome
were the carriers of the yellow treasure
which has flowed in a steady stream
since the opening of navigation in the
North. A table of the amounts brot
by each steamer follows:
Humboldt
Senator
Victoria
Spokane
Ohio
City of Seattle
Dolphin
Total
$ 255,000
300,000
300.000
750.000
935.000
1,250,000
1,365,320
$5,155,432
From now until the close of naviga
tion the golden flood will continue and
is highly probable, from all present in
dications, that the records for previous
years’ receipts will be broken.
Joseph Miquel Released
Joseph Miquel was released from the
federal jail Thursday night after serv
ing ten months—nine months under sen
tence for theft and one month on costs.
The costs in the case amounted to $118.
according-Jto Miquel, and after serving
one month he paid $72 additional to re
gain his liberty. He claims he wore
out $58 in clothes during incarceration.
Chicago Packingtown *~
Expose in London
An investigation of tne factories of
food supplies, canned goods and baker
ies this month in London, caused by re
cent exposures of the filthy conditions
in the Chicago packing houses, has re
sulted in some horrible discoveries.
England is consequently shocked as the
disclosures are said to be almost unbe
lievable.
It is found to be a common custom ,
for employees of the bakeries and their
children to bathe in vats of the factor
ies which are cleansed not oftener than
once a week. The bakers pans are
used for laundry work.
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Miners’ Association
A Special Meeting of the
the Rampart Miners’ Associ
ation will be held Sunday,
July 22, at 2 p m, J. C. Hall. ^
The meeting is called for J
the purpose of endorsing the 2
candidacy of Thomas Cale,
and taking steps for a proper
reception to him upon his ar
rival at Rampart. Important
business will also come before
this meeting.
W. B. Ballou,
Secretary.
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