Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, June 4, 1904.
Vol. 0.
WORSE THAN DREYFUS
French Plot Uncovered in London—A
Scheme to Sell Over One Hnndred
Plans French Defences to Germany
Special to the Forum.
Paris, May 26.^ The Matin's
London correspondent begins in
this morning’s publication of the
Matin the history of a treason af
fair which seems likely to far ex
’ ceed in importance the Dreyfus
scandal.
April 21 the correspondent re
ceived a letter signed . “Fragola
Petro,” telling him that the writer
had been acting as guide to two
persons who had come to London
to sell a'large parcel of documents
of the higUtst importance concern
ing the French naval defenses. An
appointmeut was made and Fragola
told the following: “I was for
merly employed by the war minis-,
try of Rome. I subsequently came
to London. Three men of Italian
origin and one a naturalized French i
citizen worked for foreigu govern
' ments and sold important secrets
to Germany. One of the Italians!
and the Frenchman left for Brussels:
five days ago. After their depart-1
ure documents I found left behind j
_ contained 85 plans of the Toulon'
forts and a list of the plans of
Cherbourg and Brest, together with
full typewritten instructions.”
The correspondent persuaded,
- Fragola to leave the documents for j
examination, and a naval attache;
at the French embassy declared1
, them absolutely genuine. j
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Mrs. Lewellyn, Mrs Heeter, Mr. j
and Mrs. Parshall and the Misses j
- Martha and Katie Mayo were I
among the passengers on the Cud-!
ahy behind for the states. !
FORCED TO DISCO ROE
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X-ray Discloses Stoleu Diamond in Sto
mach of Thief—Surgeon Operates
Special to the Forum.
New York, May 26.—Paul Clark
son, who poses as a prizefighter,
was operated on today and a $250
diamond taken from his stomach,
says a Galveston dispatch. Clark
sou had been arrested for stealing
the diamond, and said he had swal
lowed it. An X-ray machine read
ily showed the stone in his stomach.
It was held that a thief thus dis
posing of his booty must take his
own risks under the surgeon's
knife when the law calls it into use.
WILL NOT HANDLE BOATS
The Cudahy will be the only boat
operated directly by the N. A. T.
& T. Co. this summer. Their other
boats have been turned over to a
transportation company headed by
Capt. Humphreys, who formerly
acted as transportation manager for
the company at St. Michael. The
transportation company will handle
all N. A. T. & T. Co. freight this
season.
HIGH PRICE PAID FOR WOOD
The woodchoppers around Tan
ana are considerably exercised and
wrought up over the letting of the
cord wood contracts at Vancouver
barracks, to outside parties, at $13
per cord. The contract was let at
Tanana at $11, but the Vancouver
authorities cancelled it and accepted
the outside bid at $13. The wood
men are trying to figure out why
Ft. Gibbon post should pay $13 per
cord for wood, when they will fur
nish the required amount-—2,400
cords—for $11.
MURDER COMMITTED
Near Kokrines—Man’s Skull Crushed—
Body Supposed to be That oi Bill
■ Evans-Inquest N©t~Yet Held—
Special to the Forum
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The Forum received word per
Cudahy of the discovery of the
body of a murdered man near
Kokrines. The body was in a de
composed state and had laid in a
patch of willows lor months. The
' head was crushed and the bodv was
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lashed jn some bedding. The mur
dered man is supposed to be Bill
: Evans, a prospector who came down
1 from Dawson. This is the second
murder committed in that section
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jlast y?ar.
! Emory E. Arnold, a signal corps -
' operator, was murdered near there
; last spring. It is said the autkori
■ ties are working on both these
! cases. Whether or not an inquest
! was held on the body ot Evans
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| could not be learned definitely, but
I it is thought not. Kokrines is in
the Rampart precinct and Commis
sioner Green is acting coroner.
Vienna, May 26.—The squadron
of nine warships now making a
tour of the world has received free
permission to enter the ports of
Trieste and Fiume. Under the
Austrian law not more than six
1 warships can enter Austrian waters
at one time, and not more than .
three can enter any Austrian port
without a special permit. On sev
| eral occasions this permission has
! been refused to the powers, while
the permit asked for by she United
States ambassador was granted ex
peditiously and with profuse com
pliments.
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