BOOK OF CHRONICLES Chap. 5.
JIT \TOW wherefore, it came to pass
;i! * ^ that evil days did come upon
the carpet-baggers, both hot and heavy.
Forasmuch as their beloved leader and
' cljjeftain, “Soapy,” was no more; the
wrath of the decent people of Skagway
waxed hot against them, They no long
■ er wore purple and fine linen, nor knew
they where to lay their heads, and
even a dry doughnut was a sweet mor
sel to their taste. And those who yet
retained some sparks of manhood, even
did honest labor whereby to sustain
life. And sweeping floors and cleans
ing cuspidores were their daily portion.
, ^ But many of the gang lacked honesty
! to do honest labor, and also were too
«r*
i la*.y to steal for a Iive’.ihooJ. And over
the mountains they hiked: even the
White Pass Mountains, but. they went
each one by himself, for they knew and
trusted not one another. Therefore,
when the natives beheld their coming
they were troubled, and said: “Now.
of a truth we are up against the real
thing. We have bravely suffered from
storms, famine and pestilence, and the
flipty frigidness of 70. degrees below
has small terrors for the children of the
Northern forests, but this invasion of
renegade newcomers, with pallid faces
and evil eyesj are they not sweepings
of the Devil’s kitchen?”
And they held themselves aloof, But
certain of the outcasts among the na
tives made the exiled wretches wel
come, and did learn from them how to
make counterfeit “hooch.” And after
they had thus shewed them, these
same carpet-baggers did immediately
inform the Men-at-arms, and a holy
rumpus was the natural result. And
the course of the riff-raff was always
Northward and Westward!
Drives Speedy Team
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John Sullivan arrived from Fairbanks
a few days ago. He will return with a
load of “shorts.” Sullivan is an old
timer, and made the trip from Nome to
Fairbanks the past winter with a pas
senger, Gus Sieffert, a Nome saloon
man, who, since his arrival at Fair
banks, has gone into business with
Louie Golden. Sullivan has one of the
'finest dogteams ever in Rampart. It
is composed of eleven white malamutes
and is the speediest team on the coast.
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CUES TO TRIAL WITH
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SAME JURY IN THE BOX
San Francisco, Nov- 1.—Because
Judge Cook instructed a jury to acquit
Dr. Benjamin E. Stoll, charged with
the murder of Dr. Robert J. Blake or
October 16, 1902. the Supreme Cohn
heid it was an error and that the mat
ter must be resubmitted to the same
jury. Hence with the same men in the
jury-box, the trial began before Judge
Cook yesterday. As he expressed it
in addressing the jury: “You have
been called back after a long recess and
the trial will proceed this afternoon
just where we left off. ’ ’ The defend
ant was a member of the dental firm of
Decker & Stoll, and Blake was employ
ed as an operator. There had been
some feeling between the men on ac
count of Blake’s attention to private
patients and it reached a climax on the
afternoon of October 16, 1902, when
Stoll shot Blake, inflicting wounds from
which the latter died three days after.
The first trial was held in January of
last year and after the District attor
ney made his opening statement, At- ]
torriey Hosmer for the defense made a;
motion that the jury be instructed to
acquit, because from the statement, it
was evident that testimony to convict
was lacking. This was done by Judge
Cook, but on appeal the Supreme court
held that though the judge under such
circumstances might “advise” the jury
to acquit, he had exceeded his preroga
tive to do SO. — S. F. CHRONICLE.
C H. GIBBONS. M. D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office Hours: I to 3p.ro. and when not othemae engaged
Office and Residence, Second Avenue
James B. Wingate
NOTARY PUBLIC
Forum Office . Rampart
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GEORGE A. SALISBURY
Attorney at Law
Rampart Alaska
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Masonic Association of Rampart
Meets on the last Saturday evening of each
month. AH Masons invited to attend.
J. H. Hudgin, M. D. Pres. J. B. Wingate/ Sec.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Mark C. Burns: You arehereby notified that
I have expended $800 in labor and improvements
upon placer mining claims No. 4 .and 5 below dis
covery claim on Ruby creek. Rampart recording
district, District of Alaska; as will appear by cer
tificate filed Aug. 16,1904 in the cfiiceof the Re
corder of the Rampart precinct, in order to hold
* said premises under the provisions of section 2824
Revised Statutes of the United States, being the
amount required to hold sarnie for the years I960,
1901, 1902,1908, and if within nipety^days from the
first publication of this notice you fall or refuse to
contribute your proportion of 'said expenditure as
a co-owner, your interest in said claims becomes
the property of the subscriber under section 2822.
First publication Oct, 15.1904 John C.Fluga
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To M. Nixon Kimball: „ You are hereby notified
that I have expended $400 in labor mid improve
ment8 on placer mining claim No. 28 above discov
ery claim on Little Minook Jr. creek, Rampart ' ^
cording district. District of Alaska, iBorder tJ
hold said premises under section 2324 revised stat
utes of the United States, being the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for the years 1901,1902; 1908,
and 1904, and if you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of said expenditure as a 40-owner
within ninety days after the first publication of
{his notice, your interest in said premises win be
I come the property of the subscriber under said
section 2324.
First publication Oct. 29,1904. Donald McLean
Mr; McKinney is suffering with a
slight attack of rheumatism.
McLean & Evans hoisted over 1.000
barrels of water on 251 m jr. before
they cleaved the drifts. They are now
making ap for lost time.
Whiter Sundborg left this morning
with neatly 4,000 pounds of freight for
Fairbanks. It is composed principally
of hardware and nails.