ALASKA FORUM
THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
J. B. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOLUME I. No. 43
THURSDAY, JULY l8, I9OI.
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KD1TOKIAL.
The conviction of O’Brien in
Dawson for the murders committed
on Christmas Day, ’99, is due to
the tireless energy of the N. W. M.
P. In ferreting out the entile chain
ot circumstances and the manner,
to the most minute details, in which
these men were done to death.
The quick and speedy trial is a
credit to the judiciary; the address
of Prosecutor Wade to the jury
was a m tsterpiece—a cold, pitiless
exposition of the evidence produc
ed, put to the jury in a most con
vincing manner.
The libel case of Chief of Police
Meredith against Editor Clayson
was brought to a sudden close by
the killing of Meredith by John
Considine, one of the principal
witnesses for Clayson. Meredith
was shot and instantly killed in
front of Guy’s drugstore in Seattle,
after an ineffectual attempt to empty
the contents of a sawed-off shot
gua into Considine.
Vancouver, B. C., merchants are
subscribing to a fund to be disburs
ed in paying the miners the differ
ence in gold charges between Seat
tle and that point. Five thousand
dollars was needed to make up the
deficit 011a $1,500,000 shipment.
Tho lot jumper is in evidence.
It is a peculiar thing that men will
endeavor to try and get something
for nothing. It is not necessary
for a person to reside on his lot to
hoid, or even to record it. Any
evidence of possession or occnpan
! cy is sufficient to hold the proper
| tv. We reprint an opinion of
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| Judge Wic’cersham in another c< 1
I limn in the case of Sawyer vs. Van
| Hook at Eagle the past winter, for
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' the edification of any person who
may have the lot jumping bee
buzzing in his bonnet.
Beer is selling at $150 a barrel
in Dawson. No wonder the hoboes
are leaving; the}’ can get it for five
cents a glass in Nome.
Sir Thomas Cait, formerly chief
justice of the Ontario court of com
mon pleas, died at his home in
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Toronto June 26, aged 86 years.
Andrew Carnegie has given away
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to date $25,251,552, the bulk of
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which has gone to establish libraries
i and to endow colleges.
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The new river steamer Wi 1 I.
Isom sailed from Seattle for S'.
Michael July 4.
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The Yukon river is fed by 7000
miles of tributaries.
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MINES AND MINERS.
Vogt and Jack have taken a lay
on Hopkins’ Florida creek proper
ty. They will operate with one of
Wright’s machines next winter.
The entire population of Ram
part is over the divide on the scene
of the rich strike. Over forty
holes are peing sunk on Glenn
Gulch at the present time.
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-Str. Alice..Dali River Tatiana
-Str. Gold Star.Dawson-Koyukuk
-Str. Rock Island.... Dawson-Koyukuk
-Str. Alice.Tanana-Circle
—Str. Auruin.Rampart-St. Michael
-Str. Alice.Rampart-St. Michael
-U. S. S. Niinivak. .I)all River-Rampart
—Str. Argo.Taiiana-Rampai t
-Str Louise.Dawson-St. Michael
—Sir. Monarch.Dawson-St Michael
-Sir. Argo.Rampart-Tanana
-D, *S. S. univati..Rampart-St. Mienacl
—str. Leon.Dawson-St. Michaef
—Str. Arctic hoy.Liicle-St. Michatl
-Str. Rebecca.Rampart-Tanana
-Str. Robert Kerr.. . Dawson-St. Michael
-Str, Tyrrell.Daw so; -St Michael
-Str. liainiltoii.Dawsou-St. Michael
-Sir. Lie, ii in ine Dawson-St. Michael
—Str.j. 1'. Light. . .. Daw son-St. Michael
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-Sir. Susie.Dawson-St. Michael
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Personal Mention.
A rumor is current that Judge
\\ ickershatu has boon transience!
to the Nome district.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Cheq riu will
stay in Rampart the coming winter.
Mr. Chcquin will work on 4 Little
Minook.
P. M. Mullen, of Nebraska, was
appointed register of the law office
at Rampart by the President June
24
Judge Post h.s been succeeded
as district attorney for the district
by a son of the late Justice Har
lan. Judge Harlan is now in Daw
son. His wife accompanies him.
Yukon Order Of Pioneers meets every
f.rst Saturday in each month.
Miners Mutual Protective Association
meets every alternate Wednesday night.
The Masonic Association of Rampart
meets every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Attorney at Law. ^
Office At .Residence.
Rampart, » Aka.
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