Weekly: Rampart.
March 7, 1903.
GAMBLING BILLED
Attorney General Sounds Death Knell of
Gambling in Alaska—Law To Be Bn
forced^—Complaint To Boose veil—
Nome, Jan. ?i .—Department ofi
Justice, Washington, D. C., Oct. j
17, 1902.—U. S. ‘Attorney, Nome,
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Alaska.—Complaint has besn made
by W. B. Palmore to the President
that there is much violation of the
laws relating to gambling in that
territory . Your attention is called
to the laws relating to these mat*
ters in section 152 of tue laws, of
March 3, 1899. i
Ywu arc directed to use your ef
forts to effect the enforcement of
the same. 1
[Signed] J. K. Richards,
Acting Attoruey General.
Th^ above letter was received by
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Acting. District Attorney George
Grigsby from the Department of
Justice by themaiL Monday after
noon he sent a communication to
the U. S. Marshal, notifying him of
the receipt of the letter with the re
quest to investigate the' matter at
once and if he found that the gambl
ing laws were violated to take such
steps as he deemed necessary for
tbeir strict enforcement. Marshal
Richards immediately sent a deputy
to notify every gambler in the city
to close and by 7 o'clock Tnesdav
morning not a game was open.
The district attorney states that as
long as he retains his present posi
tion gambling will be closed in this
district. ______
Joe Auicicb and Jim Langford re
turned from Chenoa last Monday.
Joe’s report is about the same as
others who have returned the pas;
two weeks. Rev. M. E. Koouce
and Ben Baker were also among the
arrivals from Chenoa.
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[Special to Dawson News]
Skagway, Jan. 27.—Elias Ruud,
deputy United States surveyor, ad
vertises for bids for the first govern
ment Alaska survey. It will con
sist of a line I98 miles long, as a
! gtoide for meridian. The east line!
will begin near Stuck mountain, 12
i miles south of Copper Centre, in
the Copper river district.
Hecordft Kof(!\ lonie And C1
Records mysteriously disappear
and reappear from Recorder Green’s
odice with painful regularity. Vol
! ume 2 general recorus was gone for
I over a month One day it was
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; found reposing in its place on the
[shelf. Where it ha l been and to
s What use it *i11 *n p it to in the
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I interim was never discovered. The
| latest is the disappearance of the
j Hunter creek records. Two vol
j nmtis, one numbered 3 and a trans
| fer volumn have been stolen from
the office, the past week. In view
that there will be some litigation
fever two Hunter creek claims at
next court session, the disappear*
I ance of these records at this time
' may be accounted for.
Fire At Nome
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j Nome Midday, Jan. 21.—A de
structive fire broke out in the west,
end of the city at 4 o’clock this \
morning. The Bodega saloon and j
the Warwick building are burned
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to the ground, and the Dexter
saloon is almost wholly destroyed.
The fire is still burning, but it
. is now well under control. The
. firemen worked like heroes. The
I big chemical was gotten into
! operation at once, but the hose carts
could not be used owing to iutense
j cold. j
COURT’S PROCRAM
Judge Wickeriham Opens Special Term
At Kagle In March—Rampart Next
Alaska’s Delegate—J. Wlckersham
Dawson News, Jan. 30.—An ar
rival in Dawson front Valdez by
way of the winter trail over the Val
dez- Eagle route brings the .first
news ot the program of United
States District Judge James Wick
ershan fur holding eouit this year
He also brings word : lie judge is
mentioned promil ently a» a dele
gate to congress, with strong pro
spects of being selected in case the
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“Judge Wiekersham with the
other Alaskan court officials aie at
Valdez. The court house and of
fices are finished and the ti st term
of court will be open by February 2.
“As soon as the first term is fin
ished, about March 2, the Judge
and Clerk A. R. Helig will come
across by way of Copper river to
Eagle City, and hold an early
spring* term there before the miners
have to go to work for the open
season.
“The judge expects to go down
river as soon as the ice breaks up,
and to hold a term of court at Ram
part, and then come out to Bristol
bav and around on the coast in the
smmmer.
“Judge Wickershatn is being fav
orably mentioned for delegate ' to
congress in case the bill passes for
that purpose. Should the bill be
passed and the judge could be iu
duced to be a candidate there
would be no doubt about his elec
tion. He is no doubt the ablest
and best informed official In the
district regarding the needs of
Alaska.
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